The problem is, despite separation of church and state, the government does recognize marriage, but only between a man and woman, and there are vast legal repercussions. The government has allowed religion to define marriage their way.
I'll reply to you to, short stack, where, in my narrative, did I say I signed this one. I didn't. I was using the example of signing petitions as not necessarily meaning you agree with the subject.
Now, bless your pointed-little-head-knee-jerk self. Do try reading more slowly and don't hit that reply button so fast. Be careful, don't play in the street, and wash your hands before you come to the table.
That's my point. The law was good, the Initiative was morally reprehensible. Supports provide cash, manpower, effort to passing an initiative. Petition signers are simply saying, "Let's air this out and trust the voters." The activists who wanted the names made public were confusing signers with supporters and were basically saying, "We don't trust the voters (maybe with good cause) so we are going to expose everyone.
Interesting note: In my theater group, one of our gay members said he signed the petition because he thought marriage was being encroached upon. Can you say ostracized?
I live in the Seattle area. Among my hobbies and avocations are community theater and gay rights, even though I am straight. I am for same sex marriage (actually, I'm for getting government getting out of the business of licensing marriage and getting religion out of the business of defining it), I've performed them, gratis. However, I have a hard time with this. The more vocal of the gay community were trying to bully state voters who were opposed to a bill that would provide almost all the benefits of marriage to gay couples.
I routinely sign petitions that, even if I disagree with the premise, I believe deserves a fair airing in public. As a result of this action, I had a minor break with some of my gay friends who were very angry and wanted the names of all the signers.
The problem is, they'd package the free puppy dogs inside the celophane magazine wrappers and people would be tossing DEAD puppies out in droves. Then you'd have the smart alek posting a website about the 101 things you could do with a dead AOL puppy.
What they learned from the Iranian elections was that need control of all the means of communications. They want to know who is criticizing the government. If you organize to criticize, they will consider that terrorist in nature.
A government that can't govern will resort to oppression.
Well, I've got to go pack my bags. I'll need a few creature comforts with me wherever Aunty Janet's shock troops are going to take me. See you on the other side.
Imagine what the perps will feel when they are sitting in a REAL jail cell facing REAL charges for an imaginary crime. We need a sanity check. I'm hoping it will come in the form of a Finnish judge who looks at the case and laughs himself into a coma right after dismissing it and calling the "owners" and "buyers" of imaginary goods complete morons.
How does the Huffington Post come up with details a/. contributor couldn't? Oh, yeah, he didn't rtfa. Anyway, there are a few examples of DIY tablets if you want to go through the effort, such as the Carbon and a Shanzai Tablet (btw, reading the root article translation of this is funny at times if you have brain leakages).
If little Victor Victim was allowed to scrap it up in the 2nd grade with Bobby Bully, while they are equally matched, then maybe Victor won't try to take Bobby out with an AK47 in the 9th grade?
Perhaps both would learn the lesson back when they are 7?
I grew up when and where the U.S. Navy and Air Force tested and flew supersonic on a daily basis. I was a navy brat. On many days there were a number of sonic booms, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 a day.
My father, a range director, once told me that the purpose of some of the tests were to see if changes in aircraft design could result in smaller sonic footprints. They were never successful.
Now, imagine a somewhat regular commercial aircraft route going supersonic. The public wouldn't put up with regular booms.
Tube testers were pretty darned hard to find almost anywhere in 1977 (you could find them in old-used-electronics stores). I do recall testing tubes in drugstores in the early 70's.
Wrong, but forgiveable.
Thrifty Drugs, a west coast retail chain had tube testers until the mid-80's.
Every single Radio Shack had a tube tester up until the mid- to late 80's, and a few into the 90's.
I know this because I collect antique radios and these machines were essential for maintaining them. Also, a friend built several Heath TV's. My father's huge Zenith was in service into the 90's because of a local franchise RS with a tube tester.
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The problem is, despite separation of church and state, the government does recognize marriage, but only between a man and woman, and there are vast legal repercussions. The government has allowed religion to define marriage their way.
Ah, poor old pointy headed Dufus, the "action" that I was refering to in that line was the gay activists pushing the exposure of the names.
Now, do try not to paint yourself into a corner with your own waste.
Care to sign in with your screen name and stand up and be counted? Or, were you be facetious? Mental masturbation under the cloak of AC.
I'll reply to you to, short stack, where, in my narrative, did I say I signed this one. I didn't. I was using the example of signing petitions as not necessarily meaning you agree with the subject.
Now, bless your pointed-little-head-knee-jerk self. Do try reading more slowly and don't hit that reply button so fast. Be careful, don't play in the street, and wash your hands before you come to the table.
Uh, sparky, nowhere did I say I signed this one. I routinely sign petitions, but I didn't sign this one. Read a little more carefully, next time.
At the risk of a short posting and a "hold on there cowboy" comment:
Yep
That's my point. The law was good, the Initiative was morally reprehensible. Supports provide cash, manpower, effort to passing an initiative. Petition signers are simply saying, "Let's air this out and trust the voters." The activists who wanted the names made public were confusing signers with supporters and were basically saying, "We don't trust the voters (maybe with good cause) so we are going to expose everyone.
Interesting note: In my theater group, one of our gay members said he signed the petition because he thought marriage was being encroached upon. Can you say ostracized?
I live in the Seattle area. Among my hobbies and avocations are community theater and gay rights, even though I am straight. I am for same sex marriage (actually, I'm for getting government getting out of the business of licensing marriage and getting religion out of the business of defining it), I've performed them, gratis. However, I have a hard time with this. The more vocal of the gay community were trying to bully state voters who were opposed to a bill that would provide almost all the benefits of marriage to gay couples.
I routinely sign petitions that, even if I disagree with the premise, I believe deserves a fair airing in public. As a result of this action, I had a minor break with some of my gay friends who were very angry and wanted the names of all the signers.
Stop bastardizing the process. Just stop. The Gnomes had no steps after "Profit".
It was a 3 step process, never 4 never 5.
The gnomes were wise to give us 3 steps and 3 steps only, heretic.
Gee, Dad, it's a Farnsworth.
Funny, that's what they told the Navy. They still have IE 6, with some workstations having IE 7, and they are just beginning to roll out Office 2007.
The problem is, they'd package the free puppy dogs inside the celophane magazine wrappers and people would be tossing DEAD puppies out in droves. Then you'd have the smart alek posting a website about the 101 things you could do with a dead AOL puppy.
What they learned from the Iranian elections was that need control of all the means of communications. They want to know who is criticizing the government. If you organize to criticize, they will consider that terrorist in nature.
A government that can't govern will resort to oppression.
Well, I've got to go pack my bags. I'll need a few creature comforts with me wherever Aunty Janet's shock troops are going to take me. See you on the other side.
Completely unrelated, but somehow related.
What Every Sci Fi author thinks make an alien name:
The combo of a consonant(s) followed by an apostrophe then a string of consonants and more apostrophes makes a good alien name: Kj'Arp'Tan.
Aliens can't have names that when pronounced sound like Bob, Ted, Alice.
Many aliens are like Cher and have only one name: Spock
Warrior races naturally name themselves like Vikings: K'arg Son of B'Jark (K'arg B'jarksonn).
Warrior races will use the Spanish naming P'llk'nrm'stk y S'nchz y G'tr'ez y M'rls y J'hnsn
You could never pronounce my family name, your adams apple would explode, says the alien with oddly humanoid outfitted vocal arrangement.
It does appear that the Al Gore, holiness is his name, acolytes took offense to the joke.
You aren't the first woman to report that Al Gore makes her vag go dry.
Imagine what the perps will feel when they are sitting in a REAL jail cell facing REAL charges for an imaginary crime. We need a sanity check. I'm hoping it will come in the form of a Finnish judge who looks at the case and laughs himself into a coma right after dismissing it and calling the "owners" and "buyers" of imaginary goods complete morons.
How does the Huffington Post come up with details a /. contributor couldn't? Oh, yeah, he didn't rtfa. Anyway, there are a few examples of DIY tablets if you want to go through the effort, such as the Carbon and a Shanzai Tablet (btw, reading the root article translation of this is funny at times if you have brain leakages).
There, corrected it for you.
Did a quick skim of the article for altitude and couldn't come up with an adjustment so I stuck with near sea level numbers.
About 360 km if i did the math correctly.
If little Victor Victim was allowed to scrap it up in the 2nd grade with Bobby Bully, while they are equally matched, then maybe Victor won't try to take Bobby out with an AK47 in the 9th grade? Perhaps both would learn the lesson back when they are 7?
I grew up when and where the U.S. Navy and Air Force tested and flew supersonic on a daily basis. I was a navy brat. On many days there were a number of sonic booms, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 a day.
My father, a range director, once told me that the purpose of some of the tests were to see if changes in aircraft design could result in smaller sonic footprints. They were never successful.
Now, imagine a somewhat regular commercial aircraft route going supersonic. The public wouldn't put up with regular booms.
Wrong, but forgiveable.
Thrifty Drugs, a west coast retail chain had tube testers until the mid-80's.
Every single Radio Shack had a tube tester up until the mid- to late 80's, and a few into the 90's.
I know this because I collect antique radios and these machines were essential for maintaining them. Also, a friend built several Heath TV's. My father's huge Zenith was in service into the 90's because of a local franchise RS with a tube tester.