That's a stupid accusation.

Do you take your alcoholic friend out drinking? Do you put your most cherished bottles of fine libation in front of your alcoholic friend?

I've dealt personally with this issue. A friend was convicted and went to jail for pedophilia. I personally think it was a "duke rape case" where the hysteria won. I support my friend because he is my friend. He would still be my friend if the accusations are true. I do, however, keep him and my kids well separated. It's common sense.

All my friends have flaws, some deeper than others. That's part of friendship. You hang around even after the bloom leaves the rose. Anything less is just associates. They come and go, but my real friends are there for the long haul.

No, pedophilia is a disease.

How many times have your heard that sexual preference is not a choice? In the case of pedophilia, the preference is also a disease.

I'm sorry. I can't abandon a friend for having a horrible and incurable disease. It would be convenient, but I can't.

Loyalty is a good trait unless it lead to illegality or immorality. giuliani's loyalty to his friends should be an indicator that he will be loyal to his core values.

Sadly, his core values seem to include facism.

LydiaS - you wear your penchant for emasculation on your sleeve. Sure you can look for a clean and groomed botique style man. But really, all you've got is an accessory. Get 'em in a few different colors to match your shoes. Those poor boys never learned to be men before their balls decorated a prada bag strap. Next thing you know, they're tea bagging some dude in hopes of getting pair.

That's also why the numbers are misleading. Of the single men in NYC, an amazing portion are gay.

From a single man's perspective, NYC and DC are are both great. DC seems full of very pretty girls who grow into women that drift to NYC. So, in DC a girl giggles whereas in NYC a woman laughs or gives you that "I've heard this one before and I'm rating your delivery" look.

Oddly, every NYC woman I dated claimed to just want a boy toy, but was ready to go to the mat against any other woman that horned in. If a guy hit on me though, the woman would stand back, observe, and interrogate me later.

Oh well, I'm in the american southwest for now. It isn't nearly as easy. Long term relationships ensue.

Isn't that a second life name? You know, the ones used by linden labs employees?

What! You've never watched "Good Eats"? Alton isn't homey, frumpy, or bust-acious. He does deliver a good show with lots of authority. By the way, his guest Nutritional Scientist is a very knowledgeable woman, as is the cooking store owner.

I know, I know! I thought this entire chain had gone into the "harsh comedy" motif. So I let fly. After all, the single NYC woman stereotype is notiously well known. Who even mentions it these days without a wink and a nod?

And what fun!

Glad to goad.

hugs and kisses

...tyler

norah vincent could never go out back with the other guys to piss on the lawn. She couldn't hang out shirtless, bouncing her gut in one hand and drinking a beer with the other. She couldn't sit in a recliner holding her dick. She couldn't even watch someone having some bullshit emotional issue and decide not to give a damn. How can she understand how great it is to be a man?

Joe hit this one out of the park. rudy is a punch drunk lightweight trying to land a hay maker before he's counted out.

I've been somewhat confused by rudy's standing in the polls. He's a liberal. I don't know any republican that likes him at all. To the fundies, he is catholic, divorced and abortionist. The the libertarians, he's a fascist. To many, he's a liar propped up by the media.

I don't believe he can win the nomination.

On the other hand, can he beat whoever the democrats dredge up? Probably. The far right will vote for him because the democrat is scarier. The middle could vote for him because he's so liberal that he is standing to the left side of the aisle. He negates an awful lot of wedge issues.

This reminds me of the quote attributed to andrew jackson:

"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"

An alternative version I've heard is:

"The supreme court doesn't have an army!"

This quote refers to jackson's disagrrement with a supreme court decision. The eventual result is that the cherokee were forced off their lands and onto the trail of tears.

Oddly, jackson was also a founder of the modern democrat party. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

I agree that this is nice theater, but I think there is a little more to it. I think the cowardly dems are building momentum and courage with the purpose of impeachment hearings.

They want to lay out the charges loudly and in public so everyone is even more disgusted with bush than they are now. In the lead up to the elections, they will have hearings. There will be an impeachment vote shortly before the election.

The dem hope is that the republican incumbants will side with bush. The voters will be so disgusted that the dems win big time. The dems can't use the anybody-but-bush strategy, but they sure can implode our turd president and make sure that those standing near him smell like shit.

It is, however, a matter of timing. Crap washes off, dries up, and gets repackaged.

I hope it works. Too many republicans in the house and in the senate are still running interference for bush. They must be punished. Loyalty to the country should trump loyalty to the party.