Well said, podfish!

There are lots of compelling reasons, most of them having to do with the potential for massive environmental degradation. Google "risks of Keystone XL Pipeline." Here's a good place to start:...

Don't forget, Hillary also supports the Keystone XL pipeline, among other horrors.

I also voted for the Green ticket in the last major election, and very well may do so in the next one. If all...

I can believe it's happening in Florida!

Seriously, Ed? A publically-declared atheist is asking this question? Or is your tongue poking through your cheek?

Personally, I don't see why it can't be both. :-)

Ed Mendoza thinks we've gotten away from the original thread with all this back and forth about Judaism and Zionism, so this letter to the editor (somewhere in England) seems timely:
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He comes highly recommended by several healers I know.

Here's another option, sent by a friend today:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzKZ1Tgr6dMHundreds of thousands dead. Millions displaced. The needs of a generation traded for massive...

"Better replacement on the ballot" indeed! That goes for every level of government.

As Utah Phillips used to say: "If God had intended us to vote, She would have given us candidates."

What you misconstrue as "ill will" is for many of us a strong desire for accountability by Carrillo. He has demonstrated very poor judgment and a questionable lack of character while terrorizing an...

I read in today's paper that David Rabbit, who not only appointed Carrillo to Sonoma Clean Power but who also is the only person who can remove him from that agency, has stated that he has no...

A couple of years ago, there was an article in the PD about a world-wide (maybe only the Western world, given the results) survey of women asking which country they thought had the best lovers. The...

I looked up the prevalence of circumcision worldwide. You might find it interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence_of_circumcision

My son was born in England, and although his father...

Also, I do believe that politicians' private lives to some extent should be taken into account, unlike artists, say. One of the big problems in politics today, IMO, is the lack of integrity of many...

Supervisors Gorin and Zane both said they have had to call him on his disrespectful treatment of women.

You are quite right, Jessica. In order for our system to work, we do need good defense attorneys. The problem is that the system has been so corrupted by money that the wealthy get the good defense...

And Dennis Kucinich, who was so threatening to the status quo that he wasn't even allowed to participate in the debates.

How about Elizabeth Warren?

Doubtless there are others with pasts similar to yours, Shandi. That's why I used the word "generally." And kudos for learning from your mistakes. Some people don't.

My experience and...

Well, then, lower your voice, tomcat.

Honestly, I find it pretty amusing that someone with your sobriquet is so eager to dismiss Carrillo's behavior as inconsequential.

Of course, we've all...

You don't think that relatively small turnout for the demo might have had something to do with the temperature in the 90s, the hour (people coming home from work, having dinner) and the fact that...

At the Supes' meeting, people wanting him to resign outnumbered his supporters 2 to 1. Not sure where you got the idea of "so many people asking him not to resign?" Also, the other Supes got a...

Carrillo has stated a couple of times that he was elected to represent the 5th District and that he would continue to do so until his constituents told him otherwise. I'm sure what he has in mind is...

Well, yeah. But what Carrillo is modeling now is how to be publicly humiliated WITHOUT acquiring any humility in the process. He has a long road ahead of him and many people want him to do it out...

Here's a link to the Board of Supes meeting today:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140506/articles/140509711?title=Carrillo-faces-critics-at-supes-meeting#page=2

I think EC's refusal to...

Jeeze, Geoff, I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I would never call Efren Carrillo "a handsome stud." IMO, he's not even attractive. He would not be welcome at my front door, let...

Forgiveness is solely for the benefit of the injured party, as in "Resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die."

It by no means absolves the transgressor of...

There is a petition for Carrillo to resign currently circulating at change.org:

https://www.change.org/petitions/supervisor-efren-carrillo-please-resign-now

Pass it on.

Abraham Lincoln said that if you want to know a man's true character, give him some power, ignore what he says, and watch what he does. Mr. Carrillo has shown us all his true character. Please join...

I totally agree, Oliviathunderkitty and Imagery. There has been entirely too much discussion about Efren and very little about the impact his noctournal visit had on his neighbor. His apologists...