I wonder if we can get them to announce that they're not investigating murders either? Maybe THEN they'd find some good justice money.

@BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): He's got a bug up his ass about taxing. I think he thinks he's a real Republican or something. Maybe we can send a real Republican to set him straight. Anyway, he's also trying to close 80% of state parks, even though adding a little bit to the car registration…

@linnyt is a walking cliché: @RisaPlata: Also, I completely misread what you were saying. So, um, ignore me.

@linnyt is a walking cliché: It is actually ASTOUNDING how much wheat is in what we eat and you don't even realize. A good friend of mine developed a wheat allergy a few years ago, and a gluten-free cookbook was the only place she learned, for instance, why she kept breaking out in hives when she ate pudding. And soy…

@bebedamour: I don't understand what I'm supposed to be understanding about what he is saying. In other words, I don't understand what he leaves open for discussion. He comes at this with such a tone of "I know better than everyone" (he says this, in so many words) and proceeds to make a bunch of statements that are…

@electrogeek77: I posted this in response to another comment, but in case you missed it:

@olivia2.0: I did read this, and I firmly agree with you.

@LawFairy: I was very confused by his thinking that "equality" means "exactly the same." Did no one ever teach him equal?

@bebedamour: He isn't, though. The points he is trying to make are:

@LaComtesse: Pope Snowball from South Park!

Something I read just about forever ago was that in the Middle Ages, gay marriages, being about love, took place in the church, but heterosexual marriages, being about property, took place outside.

@cassis is a cereal girl: My response is going to cause this comment to expand, which is ironic because my comment is that when this is contracted, it reads "People are fucking evil. Now, I have a cat to smother..." which is HYSTERICAL. You get hearted for making me laugh, even though you didn't mean it.

I never understand when someone says they want to burn a book, because the concept of "book-burning" creates such a visceral reaction in me, and probably in most everyone here. The quick response is, of course, the Nazis did that but it's more than that. Books = intellectual wealth, and I don't understand a side that…

@snug*bug: My favorite immediately follows that: "The meaning is hard to distil down, but it is essence can be explained..."

@bluebears: I fail to see how a lack of response within six minutes (or even an hour) of the original comment should be taken as an open door to attack.

@thePrototype: I've seen some complaining in these parts from people who feel unwelcome when they have an unpopular opinion and feel ganged-up on. This is why. thebigm42 expressed an unpopular opinion in a perfectly respectful way, and we should be taking this opportunity to ask questions and try to understand another…

@Whitney's Black Best Friend: There was a news report a few years ago that sent a body builder with 0% body fat to one of those places and they told her she could stand to drop a few pounds. The reporter pounced immediately and asked what the hell they were talking about, and the counselor or whatever they're called…

@SundaysAndCybele: Although everyone else is right and every body is different, that is insanely low. I'm 5'8", and without discussing my current weight, there was a time when I was 120 and I got concerned comments and stares from strangers on the street.

@pizzaisafoodgroup: My parents were on a beach! My father wore a shirt my mother embroidered for him. The hippie runs strong in me :)

@leslieannelevine: I feel that way about Sting's "When We Dance." It's such a beautiful song... about a woman marrying the wrong man.