Tête-à-Tête-Tête

I guess this gives new meaning to potpourri
And forty bucks for 3 grams? Holy free-market Batman!
Ain’t it amazing how much folks are willing to spend in order to hallucinate and puke?

I was pondering this poetic question all day long today, …and although my conclusions may not be quite poetic, …well, they are mine nonetheless.
I will not limit the criteria to the living, however morbid some of you might think of drinking beer with a corpse may be, I want to give the question a bit [...]

For all his many faults, Obama still does as good a job as anyone at explaining and communicating important ideas. On the hate crimes law, he makes a helluva lot more sense than the detractors – not just the silliness about “they’re going to round up all the Preachers!” He doesn’t address the libertarian [...]

In my younger years, I carried Ralph Waldo Emerson in very high esteem. This was before my conversion to Unitarian Universalism. In fact, a friend of mine, whom I carried in very high esteem, spoke highly of RWE and lent me a copy of some essays to read. I was instantly hooked. I’ve kept [...]

I like Ed’s offer… It’d be nice if those making noises about the hate crime bill would put their money where there mouth is. If they sincerely believe that the hate crimes bill will be used to stifle the kind of hate speech* that is de rigeur from evangelical ministers from the pulpit, then [...]

Frederic. That’s the middle name of a poet/songwriter who I believe belongs in the very top class of those so engaged.
He has Bob Dylan’s skill with building thoughts, feelings, and pictures out of words, rhyme and cadence – but his voice is gorgeous and his musical skill matches his poetry.
His father used a stage [...]

Alright – every one that bet on “It’s already happened, you idiot”, come collect your prize. You can also have the 2:1 payout on the Not Michelle Bachman… as far as I know the only nationally elected official to advance the euthanasia trope in July was Virginia Foxx of NC:

So Kudos to Rep. Fox [...]

Via Post Politics, a statement from the TN Libertarian Party on marriage:
[...] Same-sex couples face numerous federal policies of discrimination, ranging from the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to gender-based tax penalties. The Defense of Marriage Act, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by Democrat Bill Clinton, denies federal recognition to same-sex marriages. [...]

*Caveat* This is not a criticism of religion. I have plenty of those, but that isn’t what I’m about here – this is a discussion of tribalism in human thinking, pure and simple. */Caveat*
Via Kleinheider comes a survey that takes up a question very similar to one I was talking to my friend about [...]

In my utopia, single people would do as they please, but when they started thinking about raising children, they would settle down in families. The families would be situated as close as possible in their home to their work environments, so that the two blended together and even long hours put in at work [...]