Quiet, frail, oh -- and DRUNK and behind the wheel of a car weighing thousands of pounds. Would you be so forgiving of a quiet, frail, drunk woman waving a gun around in a public place?

There are lawyers, and then there are lawyers. Any lawyer who would defend someone who's been arrested for driving around drunk (as evidenced by blood test and/or breathalyzer) and hitting another car or person is a scumbag. The fact that our legal system allows for such a defense is immaterial. Would that same lawyer take on the defense if the drunk drove daily along the same route used by the lawyer's child to walk to school? For many lawyers I guess the answer is "yes", as long as the defendant could come up with the money for the lawyer's fees. Legal penalties for drunk driving in the U.S. are way too soft and easily manipulated if you've got the money for a lawyer. Lawyers who help dangerous drunk drivers avoid jail time should have to answer to the communities they live in for endangering innocent people.

There are too many names. Way too many, in light of the fact that we know, and have known for a long time, exactly how AIDS is transmitted and how to prevent that transmission. The problem isn't lack of information, education, or awareness. Kids are given this information in eighth grade health classes. The problem is that, for whatever personal reasons, people continue to disregard what they know about safe sex and "safe" IV drug use. This may be due to recklessness, a lack of personal responsibility, or an inherent inability to value oneself. These are behavioral problems based in psychological or emotional issues, and AIDS awareness in itself doesn't address those problems.

More useless crap. Is it any wonder we have a shortage of people with employable skills? Oh wait, Roger Ebert just died, didn't he? So there's one job vacancy in this field.

Conservationists or Imperialists?

Question Authority!
All Authority.
Including Liberal Authority.
Anything short of that is indoctrination.

"Highly educated" is not equivalent to "intelligent". Highly educated = Highly Indoctrinated

"Question Authority" doesn't just mean "Question Conservative Authority". Liberalism IS the "Authority" now on most American campuses and more than ever, kids should question that authority.

If you do happen to be fortunate enough to own a building that is truly architecturally and historically significant, the city won't allow you to make reasonable improvements to make the building energy efficient-- such as installing triple-pane windows. It doesn't matter if you're willing to spend lots of money to have those windows custom-designed and fabricated to preserve as closely as possible the aesthetics of the original windows. How hypocritical is that?

If your kid said he'd decided to just hang out on the street, get high, and blow off work of any kind, would you keep giving him an allowance? In most places people would answer that question with a resounding "no". In Boulder, a lot of people are too gutless to say "no" -- to their kids or the dependents living on our streets. That's why Boulder has a transient problem.

Oh, and note to rally organizers: In the future, don't invite performers like Lil' Flip.

From TMZ: "The rapper was busted Christmas night in Louisiana when a cop pulled him over for speeding ... and then allegedly found ganja and an AR-15 rifle in the car. Flip was booked for possession of marijuana and possession of a firearm in the presence of drugs."