I eat a peanut butter sandwich almost every night when I am at work. (What else is a very easy brown bag meal for a vegetarian to pack?) Over the years, I have come to be very picky about my peanut butter. The only kind I will eat is Arrowhead Mills Organic Unsalted Crunchy 100% Roasted Valencia Peanut Butter. All peanuts, with no other ingredients. (Why would I add sugar or oil or salt to something which tastes so good all by itself?)

Anybody who says that all peanut butters are alike doesn't know very much about peanut butter. Heck, such a person probably doesn't even like peanut butter. (Horrors!)

Let me stretch the analogy to the breaking point. Peanut butter is liberalism. Wholesome, nutritious, as American as apple pie. There are many varieties of it, some better than others. My preference for the "natural" stuff puts me outside the mainstream, I suppose. That doesn't mean I hate the "adulterated" forms of the stuff. Sometimes one has to select the best from a series of limited choices.

But I'd much rather have something halfway decent than something which I dislike very much.

As a vegetarian, I can only say that conservatism holds as little attraction for me as the same old baloney.

The fact that you continue to imply that I called Bush a terrorist is childish. Put up or shut up. the question I posed was this: who is responsible for more deaths and destruction in middle east since 2001, Bush or OBL? That was my question for you. Answer it........ post where I called Bush a terrorist....or retreat back to your mothers basement.

By the way, I think the Awards need a name. There's the Emmys and the Grammys and the Tonys and the Oscars.

Why not The Jaimes?

Here's another category I'd like to see: "Person on the other side of the political spectrum that I'm most inclined to agree with (occasionally)."

I'm not a fan of party-specific threads. By their nature they are exclusionary and tend to encourage "me too" posts instead of genuine debating and the free exchange of ideas.

The Women's Issues and Men Issues forums are not gender restricted. No one would ever dream of making The Race Debate forum off-limits to Whites.

It's time to take the next step in evolution and ditch the forums that block debate, not enhance it.

I posted this in another forum, but I believe it belongs here as well.



I would include in that evolution taking a hard look at some of the forums such as Men's and Women's issues or others that don't generate much input. It may be time to merge, revamp or retire them.

Yes, I understand that I'm not "on the right" (I don't have enough fascist tendencies); however, I'm also not "on the left" (I don't have enough communist tendencies).

Progress Update - well, lack of progress update. I'm going to be a bit late in opening the nominations for the Year in Review. Mike and I hadn't anticipated getting hit head-on in our car yesterday. Thankfully we're ok, just a few bruises and muscle soreness. The car on the other hand...

Obviously, this has set me back here. Thanks for your patience. We'll be rolling soon enough.

How much more assimilated am I supposed to get? I wasn't just introduced to the dominant White culture; I marinated in it.