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Linking the med cert to the license is fine, it's the limitation of practitioners who can do the exam that rankles, and requiring them to obtain additional 'education' because it increases the cost to drivers dramatically. If some doctors were the problem, why weren't they being identified and...

Mine would be the song "I'm on my way [from misery to happiness today]" by The Proclaimers. And every day, I start over, lol. ;)

Or Sodapop..... I read that book about 10 times before I knew that S E Hinton is [was?] a woman - it was the first book I really loved. :)

Exactly. How much is "improper physical exams" vs faked certificates, ginned up by the drivers themselves? Seriously, how hard would it be to 'create' a DOT physical on your own computer? Or steal some genuine forms? If the problem were really about bad doctors doing bad exams, it'd be simple to...

That need to malign people with veiled allusions and cryptic insults ought to be awful for those who hope to inflict suffering with it. I'm thankful not to have first hand experience, and don't feel the tiniest bit bad for those who do.

It's written to get a laugh, but since Jesus actually did overturn tables and chase people with a whip, how can it be "way out of context"? The command to 'Love thy neighbor' needs to be applied with some discrimination, IMO - what if you live next door to Idi Amin?

One of my favorite writers, with the coolest-ever name: GM Ford, pointed it out long ago, by including homeless and unreformed alcoholics as characters in many of his books. They sometimes earn a few bucks by doing surveillance jobs for the protagonist, because they are as close to invisible as...

What I like about Load One is the many ways [large and small] they differ from every other carrier I have been with, or read about. The CEO sets the tone, and ours supports our success, and treats us as if we are part of his, too. Little things like a free truck wash, shower, laundry facilities...

See, that's another reason torture is counterproductive: Americans get captured, too. Using torture on our enemies prompts a vicious circle of 'payback', in which everyone loses.

For the most part, I agree: we can't know how we might respond under extreme stress. We'd all like to think we'd be brave, but some aren't - and I could be one of those, who knows? What I do know is that I don't believe torture is effective, so it's not something I'd consider as a solution, [in...

What you admit to being willing to exceed is not "some people's ideas of acceptability" or "a liberal softy line", it's the law, here or there, war or peace. Either we obey the law, or we lose any right to the moral high ground. It's also common sense, [torture is counterproductive], though I...

Trying to justify his illegal, immoral, and just plain stupid action with reference to "protecting his troops" and "An environment with a lot of chaos" is just making excuses for a poor decision. The persons you refer to as engaging in 'Monday morning quarterbacking' were not "sleeping soundly...

Can't say what I might be willing to do to stop an imminent attack, but I know what I wouldn't do: take the same action West took. There'd be no need or reason to. Why would I torture someone for information I already have? You can't have it both ways: either West knew an attack was imminent...

What you refer to as "thought police" [?] has been part of society as long as society has existed: there are things one can say in public, and things one should not. That he didn't say them in public is a moot point, since he said them, and they have been heard by the public, and you can't...

Atlanta squandered jobs money | www.ajc.com Here's a possible reply to his query about whether people change their ways when they head south - or has Atlanta always been so poorly managed?

I nodded to the part about cops in Ohio, but I laughed out loud at his thinking US 23 was "a lot of mountains"! [Stopped the vid there, but I presume he gets schooled pretty soon as to what constitutes mountains, lol.] Good commentary. :)

One of my favorite books [for young adults] is called "Flourbabies", where both boys and girls are given a 5 lb sack of flour as their 'baby' for a few weeks. It gets checked and weighed every week, and the results are amusing - and quite the eye opener for some of the teens.

You're not gonna get the bus, guys. You can, however, get some of the stories in which it was a character, in the book "California Slim", by Andrew Bernstein, once known on here as TallCal. He finally wrote the book about the stories that began with dragging his guitar teacher out of the bar at...

When you live near a lake named Erie, overlooked by a tower that's Terminal......;) [stolen from Alex Bevan, lol]