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Yeah, there's an idea! Make it so he can't even work to pay off his debts.

You notice a pattern here? The Romney candidacy looks an awful lot like a replay of Dole and McCain. The Republicans must not like the presidency.

Well, you're partially correct. Had the heat not gotten too high, maybe he'd still be in operation, raising the cash to pay off those drivers. Now he's not. Feel better?

Yes, that's true, but it's a civil matter, not criminal.

A license is official permission to do that which is otherwise illegal. Is it your position that people should be licensed for their occupations, with the government reviewing your qualifications before you're allowed to open your business? "Let's see, Mr. Petrus...your previous experience was...

Mike, if you were in business similar to the way John was, with lots of payables every month, and an employee or two made off with cash and equipment, putting you in a huge hole, what would you do? Don't you think that would put you in a situation similar to John? Maybe you'd do everything you...

Please restate this in English so I can address it.

Who are "they," and are you advocating that "they" decide what people do for a living?

Honest to a fault. And a little too patient. I advised him to pull the plug on LRT long ago, but he thought John would be able to right the ship and wanted to stick with him.

Not directly. He owes my former owner several thousand dollars, my cut of which has been paid me by said owner. But even if he did, that wouldn't necessarily make him a criminal. Incompetent, unfortunate, any one of several adjectives that could describe a failed businessman, but not necessarily...

It doesn't fit the circumstances or the timing. And he wouldn't have made payment arrangements with contractors. And most importantly, he wouldn't have spent all those months being awakened every 2 hours around the clock if it was a scam. He can be a bit of a jerk, but he's not a crook.

Should of.

I'm not saying he doesn't owe people; he owes my former owner about $8000. I'm just saying there's a difference between civil liability and criminal guilt. There's no mens rea here, so let's all take a breath or two and shelve the jail talk, huh? We have a hard time keeping rapists and murderers...

Unfortunately, what most class action suits lead to is rich lawyers, while Iron Balls McGinty cashes his check for $1.09. A symbolic victory.

Guys, take it easy. He didn't start up intending to shaft anybody. He was trying to run a reputable company, and somewhere things took a left turn and things got out of hand. I'm not the guy's biggest fan, but I was there when calling in meant he answered the phone at home, even when you'd wake...

It's highly irregular, unless you live in Mayberry.

LOS said he frequently sees cops changing tires. My reaction was, "How many decades ago?" But I saw it this morning, a state trooper changing a woman's tire on the inside shoulder of a busy Chicago expressway. I think it was this morning. Either that, or I went back in a time machine.

If all he gets is taunts, he's getting off pretty easy.

That's what I don't understand. Even conservative commentators report the generally accepted unemployment rate of 8.-something, but they know that U-6, which is almost double, is the genuine unemployment rate, the one that kicks us in the nads every day. Why don't they refuse to report the false...

Alaska used to be tropical. Lush, green plants year-round, never a hint of snow. Who's to say that that's not normal and that Alaska and other frigid parts of the globe aren't an aberration? Well, it turns out they are. We are just coming out of an ice age. What you see around you now, the...