The endless attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge are not "running away", either.
Nope. Because doing so will do exactly nothing to harm the wildlife, unless some yahoo actually gets drunk and decides to start running over elk with a work truck. Environmentalists are very good at getting the populace to believe that life is a zero-sum game. We don't have to exterminate wildlife to get oil out of the ground.
Why do so many revere FDR when he presided over a decade-long depression, yet they revile GWB for the 2001-2003 recession immediately after 3,000 people were killed in a terrorist attack in the USA's financial center and after the internet bubble burst before he took office? It's the same as people placing the sole blame for the Depression on Hoover, as if after less than a year in office he had created the dangerous economic policies which had actually been constructed over the last decade.
Like anyone, he must choose his battles. The stand on abortion and gay marriage aligns him with the Republican Party line. Must line up with them somewhere if he's going to diverge on issues he considers important.
Or, he might think that abortion is murder. Just because one is a classical liberal doesn't mean he should throw morality out the window. He could be wrong, but it's time we admit that such positions must be open for debate rather than continuing the ad hom attacks and straw man debates.
Marriage is a religious institution, which is why it has no place in government. Were the government to do away with "marriage licenses" and civil ceremonies, I think you'll find the REAL objectives of some left-wingers who really are more interested in antagonizing the "religious" rather than winning the benefits of social partnerships for homosexuals.
Also check out Shareholder Proposal #2, which essentially says homosexuals are evil and that Microsoft should remove any mention of "we don't discriminate against sexual preference" from their equal opportunity policy.
No, actually it says the following ("evil" is not used):
4. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL NO. 2
Mr. Thomas Strobhar, 2121 Upper Bellbrook Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385, has notified the Company that he intends to submit the following proposal at this year's Annual Meeting:
Whereas, our company seeks to hire the most qualified person and has never had a policy discriminating against any person, or groups of persons, for any reason.
Whereas, it would be inappropriate and possibly illegal to ask a job applicant or employee about their sexual interests, inclinations and activities.
Whereas, it is similarly inappropriate and legally problematic for employees to discuss personal sexual matters while on the job.
Whereas, unlike the issues of race, age, gender and certain physical disabilities, it would be impossible to discern a person's sexual orientation from their appearance.
Whereas, unless an employee chooses to talk about their sexual interests or activities while working, the issue of sexual orientation is, essentially, moot.
Whereas, according to the website of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political organization, "an inclusive non-discrimination policy (one that refers to sexual orientation) is a key facet of the rationale for extending domestic partner benefits." The HRC adds, "Establishing a benefits policy that includes your company's gay and lesbian employees is a logical outgrowth of your company's own non-discrimination policy..."
Whereas, domestic partner benefit policies pay employee benefits based on the employee engaging in unmarried, homosexual relations. These relations have been condemned by the major traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam for a thousand years or more.
Whereas, the Armed Forces of the United States is one of the largest and most diverse organizations in the world. They protect the security of us all while adhering to a "don't ask, don't tell policy" regarding sexual interests.
Whereas, our company does not discriminate against tobacco users when they apply for a job even though they are not protected by any employment clause. It also does not pay tobacco users special benefits based on the engaging in this personally risky behavior.
Whereas, those who engage in homosexual sex are at a significantly higher risk for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Whereas, marriage between heterosexuals has been protected and encouraged by a wide range of societies, cultures and faiths for ages.
Resolved: the shareholders request that Microsoft form a committee to explore ways to formulate an equal employment opportunity policy which complies with all federal, state and local regulations but does not make reference to any matters related to sexual interests, activities or orientation.
Statement: While the legal institution of marriage between a man and a woman should be protected, the sexual interests, inclinations and activities of all employees should be a private matter, not a corporate concern.
I work for a company in the financial services industry.
Legislation was passed years ago (Check21) that allows for check imaging to be used as a permanent, legal record of the transaction.
This doesn't explain why the slow-ass banks still take three days to clear your check. We have lightning fast systems and the appropriate legislation, and they are still sitting on your money. Actually, I can explain it: because it benefits them. Unfortunately, Check21 puts very few responsibilities on the banks. They can still hold deposits for 2-7 days even though the electronic transfer happened in mere hours.
Obviously, a consumer-protection amendment to Check21 needs to be made.
And you're wrong just like the other guy who didn't RTFA, because even non-profit automated messages MUST identify the caller and MUST provide a callback number. Many don't provide the latter.
Car dealers make extra money by selling dealer-installed options like satellite radio and CD changers. Therefore, most of the car audio systems of the last decade have auxilary inputs, but they either use proprietary connectors or are simply hidden behind a bunch of panels. Fortunately, third parties do make breakout boxes for about $70-200 US that will allow you to access these. Hopefully the iPod craze will finally get the automakers to stop hiding the jacks, just like they started offering multiple power ports (cigarette lighters) and even built-in inverters to power people's DVD players and cell phones.
I think they're supposed to work together where they overlap (say, if someone the CIA was tracking comes into the country, they're supposed to work with the FBI, but it's the FBI's territory at that point).
And obviously, this wasn't possible because of the wall Jamie Gorelick had erected during the Clinton administration. Ironically, she was also the one to bring this poor decision to light through her questioning of John Ashcroft on the 9/11 Commission.
We keep forgetting that there were two attacks on the World Trade Center. The first, in 1993, wound up with the plotters rotting in prison. Normal police powers were enough for that.
I prefer we find the terrorists before they kill people. Police find and arrest murderers after the fact, but they very rarely stop a crime from happening (which is why people who expect the police to protect them rather than watch their own six disturb me).
If you want to include our embassies, USS cole, etc, then by your definition, we have lost another 3K ppl (after all, we own the soil that our bases are located on).
You might as well include people who died from lung cancer and smoking in those figures, because the USA Patriot Act has absolutely nothing to do with military casualties.
It's a shame you wasted several lines of this post bashing religion. Christianity, in particular, is one which abhors moral relativism yet you chose to make childish straw-man attacks upon it.
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Why do so many revere FDR when he presided over a decade-long depression, yet they revile GWB for the 2001-2003 recession immediately after 3,000 people were killed in a terrorist attack in the USA's financial center and after the internet bubble burst before he took office? It's the same as people placing the sole blame for the Depression on Hoover, as if after less than a year in office he had created the dangerous economic policies which had actually been constructed over the last decade.
Marriage is a religious institution, which is why it has no place in government. Were the government to do away with "marriage licenses" and civil ceremonies, I think you'll find the REAL objectives of some left-wingers who really are more interested in antagonizing the "religious" rather than winning the benefits of social partnerships for homosexuals.
Looks like we don't need BadAnalogyGuy anymore!
Legislation was passed years ago (Check21) that allows for check imaging to be used as a permanent, legal record of the transaction.
This doesn't explain why the slow-ass banks still take three days to clear your check. We have lightning fast systems and the appropriate legislation, and they are still sitting on your money. Actually, I can explain it: because it benefits them. Unfortunately, Check21 puts very few responsibilities on the banks. They can still hold deposits for 2-7 days even though the electronic transfer happened in mere hours.Obviously, a consumer-protection amendment to Check21 needs to be made.
And you're wrong just like the other guy who didn't RTFA, because even non-profit automated messages MUST identify the caller and MUST provide a callback number. Many don't provide the latter.
Should we let the laws go unenforced?
If political ads involved nipples, I don't think I'd object so much.
Car dealers make extra money by selling dealer-installed options like satellite radio and CD changers. Therefore, most of the car audio systems of the last decade have auxilary inputs, but they either use proprietary connectors or are simply hidden behind a bunch of panels. Fortunately, third parties do make breakout boxes for about $70-200 US that will allow you to access these. Hopefully the iPod craze will finally get the automakers to stop hiding the jacks, just like they started offering multiple power ports (cigarette lighters) and even built-in inverters to power people's DVD players and cell phones.
Because of Saddam Hussein, UN Resolution 1441, and US Public Law 107-243?
The USS Cole was attacked by terrorists in 2000.
It's a shame you wasted several lines of this post bashing religion. Christianity, in particular, is one which abhors moral relativism yet you chose to make childish straw-man attacks upon it.
Not only that, but my records used to skip like a bitch when I played them in the car.
Thanks for the tip, Captain Hyperbole.
Because it's easier to write scripts with commands that look like English words rather than line noise.
... who likes to go commando.
Not for me! But then, I'm a quadruple amputee.
Apparently, engineers have REAL ULTIMATE POWER!