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I saw another article about this, and it's a good story. Still, Go Blue!

...and the best game you can name, is the good old hockey game.

Finally! I have been watching college hockey, the World Juniors (USA won the gold medal), and the AHL, but it just hasn't been the same without NHL hockey. Can't wait for them to get started. GO WINGS GO!

Interesting question. A guy I know has frequently argued that drunk driving should not be illegal as long as the driver doesn't crash into or hurt anyone, and I have frequently disagreed with him.

Drunk driving and gun ownership are obviously two very different issues. Driving drunk directly decreases control behind the wheel and increases the chance of the driver killing someone accidentally. Simply owning a gun does not kill someone without making the active choice to shoot them (though of course there are some accidents).

I think people have a right to get drunk, carry a gun, and drive - just not simultaneously.

I agree with his principle. If the government were not in the business of forced charity, any individual charitable contributions would be completely unrelated to taxes paid for government services. Just because I give money to a needy neighbor, let's say, I shouldn't get a discount on the protection of my property rights, police protection, or any other legitimate government service.

We’ve all heard of the Columbine High School massacre and the Virginia Tech shootings but who outside of Bath or the Lansing, Michigan area have heard of the Bath School Disaster?

Wow, I had never heard of this, and it is from my home state.

Reminds me of an article from yesterday (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-57556043/what-the-broken-window-fallacy-means-for-you/) as well as Frederic Bastiat's "That Which is Seen and That Which is Not Seen".

Michigan loves SRU - they announce Slippery Rock results at our football games, and the crowd gets into it. I think it is a fairly long-standing tradition, too.

Maybe parks? Or libraries? Ignoring the means of funding these programs of course.

Prediction: Gary Johnson receives 5.3% of the national vote for equal funding and ballot access in the next cycle.

Final result: Obama 262 - Romney 276

Adam,

I am voting absentee for Michigan, where the race has tightened up. I think there is a chance. I now live in Chicago, but really didn't want to change my license to Illinois where votes do not matter.

-Ryan

I want to vote for him, but I also want to vote for a realistic chance to defeat an evil candidate.

Figures. A fellow Michigan grad. Man, do I have him pegged.

M Go Blue!

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Damn, I would have figured there would be more love for one of the most talented bands of all-time.

Just felt like posting this jam from one of the best bands of all time. 2112 is the album, and the whole first side (in the clip) is one song made up of 7 parts. It's got a pretty neat story line, with obvious parallels to Rand's Anthem, as I'm sure most of you are aware. I am reading Anthem now and have found myself stopping to listen to the song as I read along (I knew the song before I knew the book).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQEgZNqa8jE

I don't know how to post a new topic, so I figured I would post it here. In the "Ron Paul Tribute" video from the RNC, I heard one of the best quotes I have ever heard from a politician.

Ron Paul said, "The role of government ought to be for the protection of liberty, not for the intrusion in our private lives, not for the intrusion in our economic affairs".

Phenomenal. Video: