"I see you've laid out all the issues and carefully analyzed everyones position on them before deciding who to vote for. Niles considered both sides of this issue every bit as carefully as you did in your position statement on GM corn ."

"I approve of this shamelessly self-congratulatory thread... or, in other words, hell yeah!"

"As someone who still views himself as a North Dakotan living abroad, I'm thrilled to hear of this event. Too bad I won't be able to attend."

"I always imagined "smiting" had to do with lightning or earthquakes or something, but actually this makes a lot of sense."

"Good observation, and interesting to note the timing...."