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A Hostage Taking in My Neighborhood

A man in my development is a brave soul indeed!. As I came home from work tonight.I observed activity at the house and yard where this father of 2 young girls lives. There were at least 20 teen and pre-teen girls in his yard, the front door was open and I heard shrill sounds from inside the house. There were more inside. To make matters worse. I have not seen the mother. I think the poor man (glutton for punishment) is alone. We have boys-3 of them, all grown now. We often had activities in our house. On more than one occasion we had upwards of 40 boys here. But girls? I wouldn't dream of it. With boys I never questioned that I was in control of what was going on in my house. But my neighbor? If I knew my neighbor better I would go over an ask him whether he was laboring under the illusion that he even has a modicum of control over what was happening in his house? Wait a minute:shrieks, screams! Does any one think I should call 911 and report my neighbor being held hostage by myste

Should Newt Gingrich Get Out of the Race

After Newt won only Georgia is Super Tuesday's primary some in the Santorum camp said he should drop out. While a single victory was disappointing I'm not sure it is time to drop out yet. First Georgia is the largest of the Super Tuesday states. It awarded the most delegates, so Newt walked away with more new delegates than the other three. Neither Romney nor Santorum had a strong showing in their wins. If Newt can win Alabama, Mississippi and Texas he will be back in the race. Yes, that is a big if, but the other 3's positions are not strong enough yet to rule Newt out. Besides, the Santorum people's assumption is false. They assume that if Newt dropped out of the race most of his supporters would go to them. I for one would vote for Romney. My objection to Santorum is simple. He has never lead anything, nor has he ever reformed anything. Although he gives a strong conservative message, and has a strong record on social. On fiscal issue his record is not very conservat