Current events is like an arena. You either take your seat in the stands or, when you feel compelled, jump in the ring. It doesn't matter which 'side' your on, if you express an opinion someone will inevitably try to kick your ass.

It's good to know your opponents. If they were movie or TV personalities:

Tom- Definitely Mel Gibson in BraveHeart, hacking the throngs of lefties with his mighty broadsword.

Davin- The Black Night. The one in Monty Python's Holy Grail. "Come back here you bloody bastard! I'll bite your legs off...tis a scratch!

Bowser- Also in the Holy Grail. He was the guy with the coconut shells. (Just kidding dogbreath)

Fox - Ming the Merciless

SDAI (in absentia) - Merlin

Larry J – Grizzly Adams on a bad day.

RL - Darth Maul. Thank god that laser isn't portable.

Frank C - Fred MacMurry with a baseball bat.

Lindy - Beulah Ballbreaker

Mcfly- Errol Flynn in RobinHood

gbaikie- The Tasmanian devil

Raoul- Vavoom! (Extremely obscure cartoon reference. You’ll have to google.)

Mary Anne - Frau Bluecher. Don't drink the Ovaltine.

Tony- Dr. Smith on "Lost in Space"

Phil, Dan and Justin – “The Three Musketeers" (Dan's horse must be lame?)

Robert - Who else?.... 'Z'orro

There’s more, but there are guys like Publius who don’t post enough and Odin who I haven’t seen before.

So feel free to don the chainmail and helm, and throw down the gauntlet. I’m gonna sit it the stands for awhile.

:-)