The reality is that for thousands of years and across all known cultures marriage has been defined as a relationship between different sexes. The fact that a majority of a minority culture in the world has chosen to call a cat a dog doesn't make it a dog.
The same reality is that for thousands of years and across all known cultures slavery has been accepted as the normal way of doing things. Are you REALLY going to go for the "heritage and history and tradition" angle?
Yet, of those 16 that did create exchanges, more than half have failed to work or have gone over budget, after wasting more than $4 billion in federal funds. On top of that, three are now under investigation.
Gosh, corruption in government! You are shocked, shocked! Maybe we should eliminate every part of government that wastes money! Can we start with the DOD? But NO, you want to start on the part that keeps people healthy.
The way this should have been handled is that the court should have ruled based on the law as written.
so when a state legislature passes a law stating that pi is equal to three, the state has to carve pieces out of the tires of official state vehicles so that their circumferences are exactly 3 times their radius?
The heck they can't. Just walk into an emergency room and voilà, free healthcare without anybody checking if you can pay or not. I
really? so cancer patients can get chemotherapy in the emergency room? pregnant women get checkups in the emergency room? what universe do you live in?
it's easier to find a "magic pill" to fix everything.
WHO EXACTLY said this was going to "fix everything"? Your straw man and nobody else!
What's being "fixed" here is an attitude. Racists see the racist flag flying over government buildings and they think it lends legitimacy to their cause.
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The reality is that for thousands of years and across all known cultures marriage has been defined as a relationship between different sexes. The fact that a majority of a minority culture in the world has chosen to call a cat a dog doesn't make it a dog.
The same reality is that for thousands of years and across all known cultures slavery has been accepted as the normal way of doing things. Are you REALLY going to go for the "heritage and history and tradition" angle?
I heard a rumor somewhere that slashdot readers are actual human beings, do you deny it?
This affects me about as much as just about all the other cases decided this year, which is to say not in the least.
Why don't you just say "I really don't care about anyone besides myself" instead of beating around the bush?
Yet, of those 16 that did create exchanges, more than half have failed to work or have gone over budget, after wasting more than $4 billion in federal funds. On top of that, three are now under investigation.
Gosh, corruption in government! You are shocked, shocked! Maybe we should eliminate every part of government that wastes money! Can we start with the DOD? But NO, you want to start on the part that keeps people healthy.
The way this should have been handled is that the court should have ruled based on the law as written.
so when a state legislature passes a law stating that pi is equal to three, the state has to carve pieces out of the tires of official state vehicles so that their circumferences are exactly 3 times their radius?
The heck they can't. Just walk into an emergency room and voilà, free healthcare without anybody checking if you can pay or not. I
really? so cancer patients can get chemotherapy in the emergency room? pregnant women get checkups in the emergency room? what universe do you live in?
In terms of corporate handouts, how could you possibly surpass making every living American an obligate consumer of a for-profit industry?
you mean like how we are all paying premium prices for military hardware that we don't want and don't need?
The US Constitution:
"Congress is authorized to lay and collect taxes, &c. to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States"
So congress can most certainly lay and collect taxes to pay the debts it accumulates while providing for the common welfare of its citizens!
Pretty sure legitmacy to their cause is not something most/any racist requires.
really? so why did the killer wear flags of apartheid countries on his clothes?
I live in upstate new york and I see more Battle Flags here than I saw when I lived in Georgia.
Yeah, I've been to both places too. The difference is that you EXPECT to see them in Georgia so you tune them out.
A flag only represents something to those who believe in it. To the rest of us it is colored cloth at the end of a pole.
so you freely admit that your own opinion doesn't matter
To dedicate so much time, energy and attention on this flag only brings more attention to it, and imparts it with some weird power in pop culture.
yeah, because that's what happened in germany when they banned the nazi flag. oh wait, the exact opposite happened.
it's easier to find a "magic pill" to fix everything.
WHO EXACTLY said this was going to "fix everything"? Your straw man and nobody else!
What's being "fixed" here is an attitude. Racists see the racist flag flying over government buildings and they think it lends legitimacy to their cause.
The idea of outlawing a piece of colored cloth is about as logical as outlawing a plant.
who's outlawing a piece of colored cloth here? just curious
because corporations have NEVER EVER hired thugs to break up unionizing efforts
when others stop repeating it
I don't need a taxi very often, but my few experiences with uber were way better than every experience I have ever had rding in a traditional taxi.
this is no different from when senator inholfe brought a snowball into congress to disprove global warning
I don't care what Martin Luther King said.
so this means you think people should just roll over and let their jobs be taken from them?
so we can stipulate that the violent protesters are irrelevant to the bigger conversation
But it is these very governments who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. And the bureaucracy to support it.
welcome to modern civilization, we actually support the institutions that make the world go round
Uber just pays the fine/bail and the driver is out in 90 minutes or less.
dream on, if they did that they would run out of money very quickly
When uber breaks the law, it actually makes people's lives more convenient.
yeah when women get raped they find their lives more convenient
yeah that's what the republicans are all saying about roe v wade
and nobody EVER fakes internet reviews! Gosh they are SO tightly regulated!
Like, seriously?
Wtf is the problem?
" Prosecutors have cracked down on Uber, filing almost 500 legal cases "
can you still drive a taxi when you are in jail?