At that point, it becomes more of a parenting issue than a gun control issue.

I don't have guns in my house, but I still taught my kids basic gun safety using water pistols. They know not to point at anything they don't intend to shoot, and to always treat a gun as if it were loaded and ready for firing.

In the words of Dr. Seuss..."it's fun to have fun, but you have to know how."

I'm not sure where anyone got the idea that I said tradespeople were dumb. I did not mean that at all. My father, who is one of the smartest people I know, is a retired machinist and a high school dropout.

I agree wholeheartedly, and THIS is what I thought I had said.

As much as we need competent programmers, DBAs, network administrators, etc., we also need plumbers, carpenters and electricians. Not everyone has the talent or desire for college, and I think we as a society ought to recognize that. Of course, that means less income for colleges and bankers providing student loans, so I'm not surprised that this is being billed as a radical idea.

I down modded every ROT-13'd reply I could!

You're welcome.

You'd think they would have ROT-13'd the headlines as well!

But no, /. half-asses it again.

My twin brother and I are both college graduates, with additional training on top of our Bachelor's degrees. He is a chemist, and I am in IT.

Both my sister and younger brother dropped out of high school, as both of our parents did when they were younger. To this day, we don't know we got the drive to educate ourselves, but we are grateful we have it. I am trying to pass it on to my two kids. They know that they are expected to do their best in school, and to go on to college.

I enlisted in the Marine Corps my senior year of high school. At boot camp, I had an accident on the confidence course and washed out due to the injury. My DD-214 is listed as an entry level separation.

To be on the safe side, I said that I am not a veteran. This was in 1982, so I probably wouldn't have seen any action had I stayed for my initial tour of duty anyway.

I agree that this is the best approach. It sounds like the problem is mostly organizational, and the document management system is only making things more complicated.

The polling place was moved across the street, from a local church to the Public Safety building (combined police and fire station).

I was directed to the correct line for my precinct (there were two), got my ballot on two large Scantron sheets, which I had to fill out both sides (lots of issues to vote on.)

It took about half an hour at 8 AM. My wife just voted, and the line was shorter in late afternoon.

...but I especially prefer those with good booze and women with questionable morals and poor decision making skills!

From the submission (emphasis mine)...

You and I must have gone to the same high school. I remember cutting my teeth on a PDP 11/70. I also remember writing a Minesweeper game as a senior project, mostly because by that time I had gone through all the programming classes the school offered.

I also remember there were some college recruiters who looked at my source code and told me their school couldn't teach me any more than what I was already doing.

My God, I'm old......

Hot Grits!
What brand of crack are you smoking?
In Korea, only old people post lists of memes.
In Soviet Russia, memes list YOU!

So what's the price for the contents of my wallet file?

The real reason, I reckon, is that the US is internally antagonistic. *Everyone is screwing each other over.*

FTFY...and I was born and raised in the US.