Lurking on Reddit.com

I really have to stop lurking on Reddit.com. Today following a link I landed in the middle of a YouTube video of dancers being roughed up and arrested at the Jefferson Memorial and the press being informed they had to stop filming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UyiaR1PDhQ When the police were asked what law was being violated, they refused to answer as they continued to clear the monument of visitors.

Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Then another link sent me to Salon.com and an article by a woman who claimed a Chicago hospital initially refused to perform an abortion of her dying fetus while she was bleeding out. http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/05/26/abortion_saved_my_life/index.html

There are the political rantings, largely from the left, but also from the right. The links to articles from obscure blogs and mainstream media. The links to cartoons and pictures that use one quick image to say more than pages of script - like which states get the most back from the federal government. http://www.lazlow.com/uploaded_images/2987025203_fc2c517522_o-748920.jpg

Yeah, I really have to stop hanging out on Reddit. This is getting out of hand. I would spend some time playing online poker, but the Justice Department ripped that option away from me weeks ago. I would go to the gun range for pistol practice instead, but without a permit that is illegal in my state. And getting that pistol permit is very a long, tedious process.

Gee, I wonder if there are any new posts I should see... . http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/