Well said, Windsparrow.

But, I still think the guy deserved Miranda Rights, waterboarding is torture and gays should both be able to serve in the military and get married, and I still can't understand why people wouldn't, but I am trying to understand.

Just one more thing about the "Christmas Bomber". He has given up actionable intelligence that is in fact being acted upon.

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True, he did clam up for five weeks, but there's no way of knowing if he would have given up good information no matter what happened. They got him to cooperate with the help of his family.

Sophia, smonster, and WindSparrow all make points I'd want to make if I were more articulate.

A tip re: salad shooters and celery - peel the celery first by removing the ribs on the back. It slices easier and cleaner and also the celery tastes SO MUCH BETTER LIKE WHOA.

Re: politics: I am a lot more conservative (lower case "c") than most of my friends here and my husband. I lean more toward the middle and am more than a little Republican-friendly, mostly due to Emeline's godparents being Republican. But, like Shari pointed out, they are a lot more "on my side" on any number of issues than the Cheney's and Coulter's out there.

Oh, well, at least I'll see people I know in Special Hell.

::high-fives erika::

Miranda rights are are for humans, not solely for Americans. Speaking as a member of a select group which has been routinely denied rights that at least one other select group takes for granted, I'm a big fan of not taking human rights away from select groups just to make privileged groups feel secure. A person never knows when s/he is going to be summarily included in a select group chosen to have their rights denied them.

Because it's worth reposting.

The Miranda thing should be a non-issue. Not only for the legal reasons Sparky points out, but because Richard Reid (note: not actually a USian -- Reid's British) was also read them. In December 2001.

Reading them to Mr Crotch-on-fire was hardly a deviation from precendent.

Peel celery?? That just seems....weird. And overly hard work. Dude.

Shari, I have to say that while I disagree with you on probably just about every political point (since I'm not sure these days I could even hold my nose and vote for a Republican for office even if I liked them and some of their positions, solely based on larger party politics and filibuster type stuff), I respect you for putting your opinion out here and standing up for yourself. And I have Republicans in the family and....ahem. Never mind, won't go there. :) (And GO HOYAS!!!)

so you would be Mrs. Robinson? I've always kind of wanted to do that, but between my resemblance to a shambling teen and my general interest in people older than me, it's not looking likely. But I think anyone who got to be your Ms. braddock is lucky, Meara

Yes, she was going to be visiting someone I know, and dunno if he offered my FB profile or she was browsing or what, but he was all "She thinks you're hot". And she's...21. t fans self

Peel celery?? That just seems....weird. And overly hard work. Dude.

It's totally not! And it is SO worth it. Emeril says so.

Emeril's a freak.

Now tell me Alton says so, and maybe I'll reconsider it.