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VH,

I used to live in Champaign, and knew of Prussing. She ran against Tim Johnson for House of Reps. She is an unadulterated left wing looney. I'm not surprised she would advocate such a thing.

OT:

The AP has come up with the top 10 U.S. news stories of 2007 for us, so we don't have to.

They chose Virginia Tech shootings as number one, instead of Iraq which was number three, where apparently the surge is causing it to be too successful to stay newsworthy.

"The "surge" that sent more U.S. troops to Iraq was credited with [newspeak for 'they say so, not us'] helping reduce the overall level of violence. But [there's always a 'But' when referring to the successful surge] thousands of Iraqis and hundreds of U.S. personnel were killed nonetheless during the year, and Iraqi political leaders struggled to make meaningful progress toward national reconciliation."

Global Warming was on the list, not because of so much actual science coming out refuting it, which wasn't mentioned of course, but just because it's...well, Global Warming. It stays newsworthy simply because newsies like to slip it into everyday stories, "Overall retail sales are down this season, which may become a trend as the onset of Global Warming becomes more evident."

"I do a lot of walking and I see children walking in the streets. I think we need to do residential"

Yes indeed. If children come into contact with snow, terrible things may happen, like they may make slides or snowballs, or just enjoy that satisfying crunch of their footsteps. They may act spontaneously. Clearly something must be done!

I'm sad for the future. Even childhood's simplest joys are being verboten.

There are places where you don't have to shovel your walks? I thought every property that sits on a sidewalk was required to do so already?

"I thought every property that sits on a sidewalk was required to do so already?"

Certainly not. Where I live that's actually a big controversy. If you take steps to clear your sidewalk of snow or ice, you open yourself to litigation if someone hurts themselves on it. The thinking is, if you make the attempt but don't do it right, you are at fault. If you don't make the attempt, you can't be held liable because you haven't done anything.

Bureaucrats and lawyers, what a beautiful combination.

Shovel the sidewalk and someone falls you're in for a major lawsuit. Leave it alone and they can't sue mother nature.

I truly believe a shooting war is coming in this country and the cause of the war (democrats) believe it to. That's why they want your guns. Never mind that a three year old can now build a bomb (if a Mooslime can) and kill dozens.

OT:

How will Google manage to avoid the "C" word this Christmas? Stay tuned at: http://www.google.com/doodle13.html

It's not a question of "will they avoid saying it", it's "what clever way will they avoid saying Christmas on Christmas so as not to offend the people who hate the people who don't hate Christmas". Got it?

The City of Milwaukee (and all its suburbs) have a similar ordinance.

It's common friggin' sense, and it's enforced with the same.

I am not sure how many people posting have ever lived in a northern suburb. We ALWAYS shovel our sidewalks if you do not than the schoolkids have to walk in the streets. Would you force the mail carriers also to walk in the street ??
You people are every bit as dogmatic and wack as any on the left.

That's why I live in Florida. Well, that plus I was BORN here.