Ok - I know this isn't a word post, but I really want to hear your reactions. This woman gave birth to her child, unassisted, in a gas station . . . well, just read the article here.

It seems like an armed response unit's over-reaction to me. I'm glad she and the baby are OK (and with a lifetime's supply of stories to tell about the incident).

The canons of rhetoric: Invention, Disposition, Style, Memory, and Delivery.