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Among the ranks of the Fortune 500, just 11 corporate chief executives have remained in their jobs past the age of 70. Of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate, by contrast, 22 have reached septuagenarian status -- and seven of them are either older than 80 or will be before their terms expire. Of the U.S. Supreme Court justices, only one -- Clarence Thomas, 56 -- is not old enough to collect Social Security. These numbers make it plain that the top tier of the federal government remains the most welcoming arena in American society for people who want...

I have just succeeded in grossing out a group of Gay Rights activists on another website (which shall remain nameless.) Someone posted a thread about a Gay Rights parade,and enthused about how wonderful it was. Someone else responded to the effect he didn't want to interfere with the rights of Gays,but was very much turned off by the openly sexual conduct of some of the marchers: public performance of acts (at best) performed behind closed doors. One of the Pro-Gays answered immediately: claiming this point of view was proof of homophobic intolerance toward Gays. Another chimed in with the observation...