I like photographing groupings of leaves. It amazes me all the different shades of green, and other colors, that leaves have.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Photo of the Day - Sweet Gum leaves
I like photographing groupings of leaves. It amazes me all the different shades of green, and other colors, that leaves have.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Larry Craig Witch Hunt
Have you read the police officer's account of what happened in that airport bathroom? Even if the motions that Craig made with his feet and hand were signals soliciting gay sex, so what? He didn't harm anyone, and I certainly don't see how he was "disturbing the peace." Whose peace? No one except Craig and the police officer even knew what was going on.
Whether Craig was actually trying to proposition someone or not, we may never know, but if someone other than a police officer had been in the next stall, nothing would have come of it. Either the guy would have just ignored the signals or told Craig to keep it to himself, or, if both we so inclined, they may have engaged in some actual activity, but probably not flagrantly in front of other people in the restroom.
Women get propositioned all the time, or have come-on remarks or gestures made to them, in ways that are far more direct and annoying, or disturbing, than this incident, but most of them aren't made into criminal cases.
So, did Sen. Craig deserve to have his name dragged through the mud, his family embarrassed, and his political party desert him and treat him like dirt to be washed off? No, I don't think so. Not for THESE actions at any rate.
However, I do worry about his judgement in pleading guilty and thinking it would just go away. Not in our poison political atmosphere.
Shame on his colleagues for pushing him to resign. I'll bet a fair number of them have done worse things than this. Just no police officer on the scene . . . .
How many have drunk driving citatiuons and convictions, for instance? That's FAR more dangerous to the public and far more disturbing of the peace.
I don't know whether Sen. Craig is a good senator or not, whether he is gay or not, or much of anything else about him. I don't think he was entrapped. No one enticed him into doing what he did. But what he did does not deserve this nasty witch hunt.
Whether Craig was actually trying to proposition someone or not, we may never know, but if someone other than a police officer had been in the next stall, nothing would have come of it. Either the guy would have just ignored the signals or told Craig to keep it to himself, or, if both we so inclined, they may have engaged in some actual activity, but probably not flagrantly in front of other people in the restroom.
Women get propositioned all the time, or have come-on remarks or gestures made to them, in ways that are far more direct and annoying, or disturbing, than this incident, but most of them aren't made into criminal cases.
So, did Sen. Craig deserve to have his name dragged through the mud, his family embarrassed, and his political party desert him and treat him like dirt to be washed off? No, I don't think so. Not for THESE actions at any rate.
However, I do worry about his judgement in pleading guilty and thinking it would just go away. Not in our poison political atmosphere.
Shame on his colleagues for pushing him to resign. I'll bet a fair number of them have done worse things than this. Just no police officer on the scene . . . .
How many have drunk driving citatiuons and convictions, for instance? That's FAR more dangerous to the public and far more disturbing of the peace.
I don't know whether Sen. Craig is a good senator or not, whether he is gay or not, or much of anything else about him. I don't think he was entrapped. No one enticed him into doing what he did. But what he did does not deserve this nasty witch hunt.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Doonesbury takes on the federal debt
According to today's comic strip, the Republican presidencies, Reagan and the two Bushes, account for 70% of the federal deficit . . . . since 1776!
Whatever happened to Republican fiscal conservancy? They ought to be ashamed!
Whatever happened to Republican fiscal conservancy? They ought to be ashamed!
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