I want to make a new rule – before you start your campaign, you actually have to be on the ballot. So far, Ms. Dobson, and independent seeking the Senate seat held by Susan Collins, has run an aggressive campaign of protests, speeches, postings on web sites, letters to the editor and, of course, the all important indictment of those war criminals, George Bush and Dick Cheney.

And the 4,000 signatures you need to get on the ballot are where, exactly?

The idea for my new rule came when I saw some folks at a Shaw's supermarket collecting signatures for Herbert Hoffman, another independent in the race, while Ms. Dobson was busy finishing her reign of terror -- squatting in Senator Collins’ office. 

Apparently, Ms. Dobson and her peasant skirt posse have taken a liking to the confines of the lobby of the Portland office of Senator Collins, staging a second sit-in this week. I understand they even brought their own pee-pot this time.   That's nice.

Yo!  Ms. Dobson, Senator Collins isn't at the office at 2:00 in the morning. 

I'm sure the sit-ins are lots of fun; talking about evil corporations and all their corporating or the 1,001 uses for hemp, but you ought to at least consider that these offices are constituent offices, staffed by hard working people with families.

Perhaps your declaration of conscience should consider that.