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June 07, 2006
Strong Stuff 6-7-06
It's an uncomfortable question, but it lingers in the mind: to what extent is the whole damn legislature corrupted? -- autoegocrat
With a slew of challenges and huge problems on his plate, President George Bush will soon turn to an issue that millions of Americans are talking about at the 7-Eleven, at water-coolers, over their kitchen tables — an issue that makes Americans wake up at night filled with preoccupation...and issue on which they demand immediate action and the allocation of his and Congress' valuable time.Well, maybe not.
-- Joe Gandelman
We've been told many times that the [Red Bank, TN] red light tickets are not revenue enhancement.We're also told that it isn't costing anything - the tickets pay for the cameras, etc.
So I guess that means that when the company that installed this equipment is paid in full there will be no reason to collect fines because there will be nothing to pay, and at that point the collected fines really would become revenue enhancement. Right?
-- Macel Holloway
[T]hink about the “social expectations” that our grandparents grew up with. It was just understood that EVERYBODY would eventually “get married, settle down and have kids.” EVERYBODY. And if you didn’t—if you somehow made it to age 45 as a committed bachelor, or a spinster, then you were an object of mixed scorn and pity, with just a dollop of suspicion tossed in for spice.THAT’S the world the religious right-wingers want back. I honestly don’t think that most of them want gays thrown in jail, necessarily—but they DO want them subjected to social pressure and ostracism.
-- a comment to John Cole
[A]s I have stated before, their exasperation can explain a lot of their behavior. [snip] This really is not about gay rights or marriage ending- it is their world view ending as they know it. As an example, even though we know better now, and we know about childhood obesity and all the complications it can lead to, there are still people out there who believe everyone should belong to the ‘clean plate club.” Even though ‘traditional’ marriage is not right for anyone, and heterosexuality is not the ‘norm’ for everyone, certain people want to demand it for their world view, not for the actual good of the nation. They may honestly believe that the world will end if their way is not adhered to, but it won’t. But good luck telling them that. -- more John Cole
Miscellaneous | By joe lance | 11:46 AM