That’s a bit of a stretch. You must be “in reasonable fear for your life” to invoke protection under “stand your ground laws. Hardly a “he looked at me funny” situation.
Addressing your claim that someone won’t be able to vote, because of i.d. requirements- specifically whom do you believe has no access to identification? I cannot drive, purchase liquor, purchase cigarettes, rent an apartment, get a hotel room, register for school, use any banking service, get public assistance, hunt, fish, work a job, fly on an airline, or even get a library card without identification. Who are these disenfranchised persons who cannot vote or any of the above activities?

I disagree with your opinion that others can not “feel” what others feel without first hand experience. I do understand this is something you and I could go back and forth about, and more than likely neither of us budge in our beliefs. To make my point short, I will point out of the great works of American literature: The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane. Written after the Civil War, written by a man not far into his 20′s, and written by one who had never experienced the horrors of war. Yet those who had lived through the Civil War praised its realism, how the novel touched on their experiences. The story was written, it appeared, by one who had first hand knowledge of war. Yet, in truth, the author did not – yet he could relate to those who had.

And as you know, if we can find one example (or will you argue The Red Badge of Courage did not connect emphatically with actual veterans of the Civil War?), we can find others. But each to their opinion. If you feel one can not understand or feel what another feels until they have walked “a mile in his shoes’, that is your choice to make. I believe differently.

But stating that I note you then conclude this article by “connecting” with how the Romneys must feel. So I must ask you: have you walked a mile in the Romney’s shoes to then make the claim how empathetic they can be? Can you explain how you know the Romneys feel “zero” empathy toward poor people, if you claim one can not really understand or feel how another feels?

Thanks for the time and consideration.

Excellent blog.

There can be no argument that Brzezinski is left-of-center. He is certainly not as far left as you, but that does not change facts: though he did have some policies that support the right-of-center point of view, he generally promoted more liberal policies and politicians. This is easy to verify; it is historical fact, not my or anyone’s opinion.

If we are going to have an intelligent discussion regarding the impacts of hybrid vehicles, we should not leave anything off the table of discussion. As you point out – it all depends on how you “jigger the numbers”.

The analysis you suggest would have to include production of these vehicles and the impact theses vehicles have when they reach the “junk yard”, and everything in-between.