Democrats are behaving like their thuggish, ancestrally similar in ideology, socialist, Nazi Brown-Shirt brethren in hate. I dare ANYONE to tell me where I am wrong. I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!! No one who reads this has a case in h@%% to distinguish their behavior from the thuggish and intimidatory (I made that word up) tactics used by Hitler’s goons.

This madness seems to be a trend all over the nation and unfortunately, most of the offenders seem to be African-American. When are we going to learn to behave? Maybe if we put as much energy and creativity into productive pursuits, we’d be too busy to act like the Democrat Party mascot.

It seems like a sociopathic anarchist arm of “black America” is taking EVERY opportunity to show its collective behind to the world thus confirming the negative stereotypes they have of our race and Americans in general.

WHERE THE @#$% IS THE MEDIA ON THIS? Sanitizing the news to keep that fluffed up traitor John Kerry in the race I’m sure.

In Gainesville, a left wing, maniacal, Democrat nutty professor (and I am being nice in my choice of descriptive terms) physically accosted a local campaign chief. The good news is I heard he got his clock cleaned GOP GATOR STYLE!

In Tennessee, these psychos even SHOT UP a campaign headquarters location. Come on people! Where is the outrage? Do you really want to turn the nation over to these childish fools? Please think about the REAL consequences of a Kerry victory. Yes, your “boogieman” Bush will be gone, but MY GOD, look at the garbage he will be replaced with! Where are the so-called black “leaders” on this? Huh Tavis and Tom?

PLEASE do not let Satan’s hate drive your heart on Election Day. Vote for Kerry if you must and if you feel it is right, but PLEASE do some homework first and THINK as much as you emote about your choice.

This is serious biz people. We are at war. What if America had replaced Halsey, McArthur, Patton and Ike during WW2 just because some ill-educated people hated them for some silly reason? Great Britain voted out Winston Churchill of all people after the war and now look at the sad state of England because of its hard left turn. In fact, look at all of Europe now. Once noble and rulers of the known Earth. Now a sad socialist network of economic and military failure overrun by islamo-fascist locusts taking advantage of their sickly defective welfare system.

Loyal opposition is fine, but this thuggery has to cease. This is America not Haiti.

Raymond C. Coleman

Tampa, FL

I must say that Cheney’s comment was the first time I’ve heard the Iraqi’s referred to as a coalition partner. Usually they’re a given, probably due to the fact that its not like they have a choice and can pack up and go home. I guess its fairer to say they are a coalition partner now that they have sovereignty, de jure if not de facto, but its still a strange comment, given how they really have no choice.

“The main AP exception to Strunk and White’s Elements of Style involves forming the possessive of a singular proper noun that ends in “s.” AP says merely add an apostrophe. Examples: Otis’ cookies, Amos’ ice cream, …”

1. The word is a proper noun.
2. The word has at least two syllables.
3. The words ends in ‘s’.

According to that rule, it would be fine to add just an apostrophe to Edwards’ name as I just did.

The fact of the matter is that standard rules for formal English vary, because different standardizations of spelling cropped up in different circles, and the ones that became most accepted are the ones that are most accepted now. There’s still not complete uniformity, just much more than there once was.

I was able to enjoy this little benefit for several years while living in the UAE from 1995 to 2000.

And Jeff M., I always had a gripe with the your REMFs (meant solely in loving jest, of course, for those of you who understand the acronym!) “in the Gulf”, since I was a Marine Embassy Guard in Baghdad, Iraq from 1986-1988, during the Iran-Iraq War (Gulf War 1/2). We were having missiles from Iran land around the city every other night or so, but received no hazardous pay, while guys hanging around at the old Chicago Beach Club in Dubai were collecting that extra cash!!

The problem? all of the email was sent before the debate started.

Think about it. The “s” at the end of “Edwards’s” (singular noun) indicates the possessive. The rule is that unless the word is plural, you add apostrophe “s.” If plural, only the apostrophe. For example: “Dan Rather read the bloggers’ posts and retired in shame.”

Bloggers is a plural noun ending in “s”, so you don’t need another “s” to make the noun possessive. But “Edwards” is not a plural noun despite the “s” at the end. It is singular, so you must add an apostrophe and an “s” to indicate the possessive. Got it?

Anyway, I think I should get off the computer now!

Hi, Rosemary. Welcome to my blog!

Addendum: Jeremy’s comment below reminded me that I posted only half the rule. A plural noun ending in “s” (“Bloggers”) needs an apotrophe without another “s” to indicate the possessive, as in my Dan Rather example. And this is what I forgot to note: for plural nouns not ending in “s” (men), you need to add an apostrophe “s” (men’s retreat).

I can’t believe I’m blogging about grammar…