about four years ago. He became increasingly agitated over my abject refusal to agree with him. I nudged him further by suggesting that the measure really didn't have anything to do with babies, and he actually blurted "No, it doesn't!"

When he realized what he'd admitted, he couldn't back down; so he stuck his jaw out and said it was part of a plan to preserve the Constitution. He further admitted it was intended to take away women's rights, then it could be used as precedent for taking away the rights of others who should never have had them anyway (!). Their goal, he explained, was to return the Constitution to its original state of 'purity' before it was "corrupted" by the Bill of Rights.

We asked his wife if she'd be okay with surrendering her right to vote, to own property, etc.; she nodded, and said it would only be temporary. Uh huh. We also asked her if she'd be okay with reinstituting slavery, she just shrugged and nodded, and he smiled and smirked.

It was September 12th, and they walked away and across the street to the park where they joined other tea partiers at the local Glenn Beck rally. Scary, creepy people.

those people really are scary.