If politcians are not disobeying the law in their private lives, then their privacy should be respected. Rick Perry is probably going to run for president. He has a scandalous private life, but not an illegal one. He has a right to his privacy and so does Anthony Weiner and so does Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich and all of them. As a country, we need to reacapture our maturity.
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So far, this Pacific hurricane is not very large, but it’s a full fledged hurricane. There has been a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico that has been trying to form into a storm but seems to be dissipating. Still, it’s way early for so much activity. Best outcome: one or the other of these formations crosses the parched American southwest, soaking it–but never becomes so fierce that it does damage. Fingers crossed! http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_epac.shtml
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