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Attitudes like Jim's don't just discourage us from being active on FR; it caused me to leave the GOP altogether. I've recruited quite a few others since then, because of the same attitude.

That said, this is Jim's site, and he can cultivate whatever culture he wants. And I may not be active anymore, but I do still read the breaking news section in my RSS reader. I think the fact that I still read speaks volumes about the value this site has.

I'm a non-Christian veteran. As far as I'm concerned, the only offensive part is the ACLU trying to have a memorial to veterans taken down.

I do however have to disagree with the idea that only a cross or Jewish Star of David would be acceptable. I served with a few muslims, who all served honorably. If someone wanted to erect a memorial to their service that was a red crescent, that's fine by me. And if someone wants to erect a memorial for those of us who are atheist veterans, go right ahead.

This is getting ridiculous.

In my state, they raised the cigarette tax at the same time the feds did. One week a pack was $26.95, the next it was $50 (note: there’s not one cent of exaggeration there.) So I quit smoking.

At the same time, they raised the tax on alcohol. I’m now brewing my own beer. In fact, I bought the equipment mail-order, and I’m doing the same with the ingredients, so that I don’t pay sales tax on them. I may not have given up alcohol, but I’m not paying the state one cent for the privilege.

Now this. I guess I’m going to start making my own soda: http://greatfamilygadgets.com/make-your-own-soda-or-seltzer-at-home/ They aren’t even taxing my soda (it says diet would be exempt.) But I’m going to cut them out of the loop anyway, just because I can.

Added bonus: it will probably act like an air freshener, making the car smell like tea.

But if you’re like me and don’t like the smell of tea...

We're actually on the same page on that. I believe that the plummet to the bottom will be the worst part of this ride. I'd rather take it myself than put my children through it. The longer we hold it off, the more they'll have to go through. Plus, they'll learn more from the hard work of rebuilding than I could ever teach them.

I look at things that way. Let the Dims and the neo-cons drive this country, and probably human civilization, into the ground. At some point humanity will wake up, even if it takes a trip back to the stone age.

I'm to the point where I feel that's the only option left. I almost voted for Obama for that reason. The sooner everything falls apart the sooner it can get fixed.

When I was stationed in Korea, AAFES did exactly that. They found that the few rounding errors they couldn't get rid were much less expensive than shipping pennies from the US. I didn't miss them, or even realize it until I had been there a few months.

I think it was in a local paper (Cincinnati,) after the Vice Presidential debate last year I read an editorial talking about the paper receiving several letters claiming that Edwards "destroyed" Cheney. The paper pointed out that the letters were received 4 hours before the debate began!