Is Jesus a Republican or a Democrat?

Either way, He'd probably have to stand in-line somewhere to get a government photo ID in order to vote!

It is often asked: Is Jesus a republican or a democrat?  This question always boils down to a matter of prideful self-identification--even in its premiss.

Fond Memories of My Father, the Arsonist

Dad in later years

When summertime came and I was out of school, Dad would take me with him on one of his sales trips to get me out of Mom's hair.  It was always a fun time of practical jokes, eating on the road and general bonding.

Once Dad and I took an extended trip which inevitably required doing a load of laundry. Fortunately, the motel we were in had a coin-operated washer and dryer.

Unfortunately, it was Dad's first experience at starting potentially dangerous fires.

Test Cops for Steroids! /UPDATED w Petition Information

Officer Casebolt's excuse for his horrible behavior at the pool party incident in McKinney, Tx was that he had faced a great deal of stress on two previous calls regarding suicides.

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Although such a situation would be stressful, that story doesn't make much sense.

Exactly what is it about trying to convince someone that life is worth living that would cause someone to soon pull a gun on unarmed teenagers?

As he was putting his knee on the back of a teenage girl's head, did he think to himself, "I just had a very stressful time trying to convince someone that life is precious, so I'm going to grind your face into the dirt?"

Who does that?

Do people who answer suicide prevention lines relieve their stress in such a manner?...Ever??

The stress involved in trying to prevent a suicide would be that of anxiety, not aggression!  Suicide prevention would include trying to create a calm situation; not one of anger and aggression.

So what is it that might have caused such a seemingly unnatural aggressive reaction?

Republicans Smoke Pot Too

The Arizona GOP leadership has decided to go whole-hog against any initiative to legalize marijuana in 2016.  Many are pointing out that in 2010, Prop 203, the initiative to legalize medical marijuana won by just 4,340 votes.  They believe that if they can improve republican turnout just a little more, recreational marijuana can be defeated in 2016.

However, this school of thought forgets the circumstances surrounding the 2010 election.

2010 was a backlash election.  It was the first opportunity since the election of Obama for people to vote. Particularly in Arizona, but throughout both red and purple states, republicans won big. In Arizona, GOP turnout was quite high.  In fact, republicans won every statewide office in 2010 and in many of them, they won big.