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Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]It goes to the fundamental aspect of privacy which military services entails enough sacrifices to privacy without subjecting individuals to live in close quarters or shower with others who openly practice homosexuality.[/quote] If it were an issue of privacy, wouldn't the issue of sexuality be rendered irrelevant. Again, I know that you and Nitro aren't exactly hip to issues of human sexuality, but we're talking about non-sexual situations. [quot

Reply to JP Barlow: The Internet Has Broken Politics in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]He should stick to what he knows and not make a fool of himself by sounding off on things he is clueless on.[/quote] Unfortunately, I don't think he knows much beyond writing songs for the Dead. That and being the king of intertube rights. [quote]The difference is instead of reaching a few ears in one city, you reach a few eyes in several states/countries. As a source for news, it is invaluable, but it is not going to be handed to you on a silve

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]if you have an 'ax to grind with religion.[/quote] Not at all. Born and raised Roman Catholic----20 years of Catholic education, none the less. The difference is, I've managed to negotiate what little religious beliefs I maintain against my political beliefs - in realizing that a 2000 year old document as interpreted by 70 year old white guys in Rome has exactly zip to do with how to best govern a country - but the same document might offer certai

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging Stardock Forums

Well obviously, there isn't really an 'atheist fundamentalists' perse, but certainly atheists have extremists that are as aggressive as religious fundamentalists. If you like the parallel, you could take it with those tools who yap about "In god we trust" on the dollar bill. Wow. What assumptions. "YEAH HE SAID BAD THINGS ABOUT MY MEGA CHURCH. YER A BAD 'MERICAN AND PROBABLY AN ATHEIST AND A LIBRUL!"

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]So now we have your opinion.[/quote] It's not an opinion. It's flat out reality.

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic Stardock Forums

Ey! There is no corruption in Chicago. You guys are like the feds! Ya got nothing on Chicago political corruption. Nada. Zip. Zero. zilch. NOTHIN'!

Reply to A New Candidate in US Domestic Stardock Forums

Actually, fwiw Denver isn't half bad. If you get outside of Denver itself though, Colorado becomes a pretty strange place. There's a massive Jewish community in Denver too if it's that's something you're looking for. Chicago, San Fran, Boston, Minneapolis, Austin would make my good list. Duck Atlanta, Phoenix, LA, and anything in PA.

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[quote]I don't know what public transportation is like in Portland or Seattle. I want to take a bus or train to work.[/quote] Chicago. Pizza Beef <img src="http://osumate

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]They may be "ass backwards cavemen" (interesting phrase), but that is not the same as saying the are advocating violence. That is my point[/quote] Agreed. My point, more or less, is that the Christian fundamentalist leadership is aware that they have a largely stupid and highly volatile constituency. You'd have to be the former to buy into that stuff, and the latter seems to be a function of other social conditions. Yet, we don't see a pro

Reply to US/Mexico Border: not so dangeorus after all (and other silly arguments to keep immigration on the front page) in Blogging Stardock Forums

Yeah, this is one of those bits where you know you're hearing crap. It's a lot like when the other side of the argument insists that there is a chronic trench warfare between some drug lord named El Gato Gordo and people on the border. I'll never understand what it is about this issue that results in so much BS.

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]If your not a liberal elitist, you do a wonderful job expressing yourself as such.[/quote] LOL. ' your a Lib-ruhl liteist!". [quote]This article is not advocating for anything other that to let the military decide their course of action.[/quote] That's the point: The military doesn't get to decide their own course of action. They're not an island of fratboy "we don't want no gay folks here". They're federal employees. &nbs

JP Barlow: The Internet Has Broken Politics in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A really fascinating read : "The political system is broken partly because of Internet," Barlow said. "It's made it impossible to govern anything the size of the nation-state. We're going back to the city-state. The nation-state is ungovernably information-rich." I like it because it challenges the noti

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

On a lighter note, the comedian from the great state of Texas, Bill Hicks on Gays In the Military circa the 90's. Errr....NSFW, probably not for the easily offended either.

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Not another liberal elitist??? [/quote] Yes. Obviously, I disagree with you. Therefore, I must be a stoopid lib-ruhl liteist. [quote]You seem to have something against the military.[/quote] No. I have a problem with people who advocate against fair treatment of gay folks simply based on sexual orientation. [quote]You seem to have something against the military. Jealous? Couldn't mak

US/Mexico Border: not so dangeorus after all (and other silly arguments to keep immigration on the front page) in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Link : Sometimes you read something, and you know there's some bad statistics going on somewhere. You can just smell the problem there: The top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of violent crime are all in border states: San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso and Austin, according to a new FBI report. "the top 4 big cities". Really? Austin? San Diego

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]One side clearly advocates violence as the means to their end (ALF, ELF), while the other side's manifesto advocates turning the other cheek.[/quote] Yes. But the difficulty is that the rhetoric of the 'christian values' types, often times has 'end of the world' type ramifications - hence why it's difficult to get them to back down and the extremism is so pervasive. Religious fundamentalists are bad. They can gussy it up with "we turn the o

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm unfamiliar with that term.[/quote] Naturally. [quote]Call it what you want. My opinion is based on experience, how about yours?[/quote] Again. You were a federal employee. You get your own holiday. Congrats. It doesn't somehow mean that there's a free pass from the values of the rest of the country, which at present time say---at the very least, gay folks have every right to employment as anybody else.

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[quote]Fuggin nuts? Perhaps, but unhinged? No, I do not. Screaming and yelling is not going unhinged. Blowing up buildings and cars is. Whether you want to agree or not, so far, society says murder is still a lot worse than rhetoric. That may change, but is still true today.[/quote] Because both Environmentalist nuts and 'Christian' nuts have never murdered anybody? I mean, look, both groups have elements that I would call terrorists, both groups have elements that I would call h

I couldn't make this up. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Link : Comedy Central's "JC" is currently in development, which means it's still a couple steps away from becoming a Go project. The show is about Jesus trying to live as a regular guy in New York City and wanting to escape the shadow of his "powerful but apathetic father" (more details here). With Comedy Central having recentl

Did BP understand the risk? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I think I should probably agree with this piece in the NYT : For all the criticism BP executives may deserve, they are far from the only people to struggle with such low-probability, high-cost events. Nearly everyone does. “These are precisely the kinds of events that are hard for us as humans to get our hands around and react to rationally,” Robert N. Stavins, an environmental economist at Harvard, s

Reply to A little sanity...... in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]Yeah, I'd buy that analogy. Their both religious in their beliefs.[/quote] It's worse than that. Both are totally fuggin' nuts and both are likely to unhinge as soon as their fantasy based view of the world isn't validated.

Reply to Congress Inches Toward Repeal Of in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Really??? I wouldn't compare our military with any "professional" group in the world,[/quote] That's your problem. Not mine. [quote]No, I'm saying their WILL BE additional administrative man-hours, regardless of how few gays might be serving. When in uniform you can't just walk down the ranks and determine who is gay. It is apparent who is male or female. So, since there is no way of knowing all commands, big and small will need to hold traini

Oh man... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

That's pretty awesome, if you ask me. You almost feel bad for the guy who screwed up that big. It's not like that's the way people want to end up with Stanley Cup immortality . Game tonight, where the Hawks take on the Flyers in Philly for game 3. Monday as any indicator, it could be a rough one.

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I'll say this: Do not, ever underestimate the environmentalist movement. They're the left's version of the Christian right. They can/will turn on Barry if he doesn't react to this how they want. And---that could be bad.