That might be idealistic. It might be naive. But I certainly hope it is the case that these self-described Bush-haters actually hate his policies. They might find him distasteful or a simpleton - pick your insulting term. But he's a tough guy to hate. He seems like a nice guy, when you get right down to it.

Rob Schilling was the primary advocate for an elected school board for years. That's a feather in his cap. But whether or not that's going to make anybody vote for him, I don't know. It's something that he's done, not something that he's promising to do. So I don't know that it's going to make a difference.

Usually kids are making idle threats-- almost always.

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I looked someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted thier answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I as looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I could answer. It took me a while and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself!

We certainly would like that to be the case.

My chief responsibilities have been described as soliciting and procuring. The illegal variety would be easier. And it certainly would be more profitable.