Gwennie, Thomas Jefferson did not favor secession but said that states had the right to seceed. Too bad they weren't allowed to seceed as it cost the lives of 650,000 Americans.

Whatever you may think of J. Edgar, he was right on target with this quote.

It's always all about the money.

Joe usually got it right and this was no exception.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, commie spies come to mind as well as good old commie Alger Hiss who was in our State Department. When the Rosenbergs were tried as spies,reds all over the country held rallies for them and wept bitter tears when these two traiters were executed.

The people of Eastern Europe were taken over by the Nazis and then after the war, WW2, were given over to Stalin who was every bit as bad as Hitler, maybe worse. Those poor folk couldn't catch a break.

Hoover may have been a little quirky but he was right on target then and it is the same for now. Examples are, a recent big Commie rally in California, this Occupy Wall Street business, and the extreme enviromental movement just to name three.

The defendent and the law are both on trial in every criminal case.

Mann,Kalamazoo is right and you will never hear a judge tell a jury of this age old method of nullifying bad law. Several years ago, I asked my brother-in law about jury nullification and he had never even heard of it. He is also one of the best defence lawyers in Ohio. They must not be teaching this in law schools now days.

If it's a bad law, a juror can, and should, vote not guilty regardless of any thing a judge says. It's called Jury Nullification.

A perfect quote and exactly right. Another great quote is, "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe when the Legislature is in session."

Stalin or Mao said something to the effect that if you kill one person it's murder, but if you kill a thousand it's a statistict. Not an exact quote but you get the idea.

So what's the problem here, I thought this was known as negotiating or bargaining.

Hitler and Stalin controled people with fear. The people were afaid of speaking against these tyrants as anyone, even members of their own family could inform on them. The IRS pays people that inform on anyone they suspect of tax violations. What's next ?

The idea of hate crimes and banning assault weapons is simply a foot in the door for all sorts of government attrocities.

Tell that to Hillary, Obama, and the Brady bunch.

True, but never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. Most elections are proof of this.

All information is imperfect, unless it comes from the mouth of the Omniscient One, Barack Obama.

Amen, J Carlton.

If you should slap an unruly child and CPS finds out , your child will probably be removed from your home. CPS does some good work, but remember, they are government bureacrats.

Looking back on school, I think that the kids who "played hookey" were the smart ones.

I believe that this man was once the teacher of the year in New York. He should knowwhat he's talking about.

Education is fine, it's schooling that's the problem. As Mark Twain said, never let schooling interfere with your education.

J Carlton said it better than I could.

After the vote in Wisconsin the NEA is losing members, thank you Wisconsin.