You're right. Unfortunately all of them wind up in their own little culture.  I took a course many many years ago called ''Otherness in Literature''  We read Black LikeMe, Frankenstein and a few other books focusing on being other than normal or forced to be outside the mainstream of culture.  The police fall into that realm.  ...

Just to get it right (I'm obsessing here), we are -8GMT and the time postings are 4-hours out of whack.

Thanks, Buzz. Actually some of the time stamps are off by even more than two hours. We've entered a time-warp. Nothing's what it seems.

Thank you Buzz. I appreciate it.

I am not at all sure the problem is yours. You're right, this is ''our'' corner.  It may simply be that there aren't enough of us yet.  There's a bit of a hollow echo in here right now.  The only thing I would suggest is that you guys are the hosts, even if it is our corner, and a bit more prompting might help get things ...

Thank you, Joseph!  They used to say in San Francisco, ''If you don't like the weather just move a couple of blocks.'' Now it's just wait a couple of days, I guess.  Makes it hard to adapt for those of us who work outside though.

Well put, Badgerr. I too am less concerned about the money in campaigning than most. I am, however, very much in favor of the move underway in DC and Salem to put a stop to the out and out bribery of public officials by lobbyists. 

I don't disagree with you, Badgerrr, but I think three cops shooting a 19year-old dead, and two cops in prison for sex abuse crimes probably had something to do with it too.  I for abhor the unrelenting billboard threats that line 99 from downtown north.  But, frankly, I think the answer to this thread's question is simple, we're afraid ...

Hey Badgerrr I think ''glitchy'' understates it.  I was trying to get back to the Gateway thread you posted on awhile back. Can't get it.  I have found that if the folder next to the forum name doesn't show a piece of paper in it that folder is inaccesible.  It's a mystery to me, but then most of this computerese stuff is a ...

Why are so many of the forums inaccessible?  If I click on ''Politics'' for instance, I'm told that there are either no posts or a filter is preventing access. There are posts; I can click on the most recent one and view it. Whta's happening here?