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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 4, 2010 -> 04:37 PM) Unfortunately, any decision still has to survive the Roberts court, and really, what are the odds that this one is decided on the law and not the politics? LMFAO at the irony on this post. On so many levels. The whole f***ing thing is politics... from the 1986 decision the first time they took it up to the Texas decision. The Supreme Court here is making policy by simply taking cases to set the framework for this. If it were the law as written, they would never even take up the case and send it back to the states to handle it. If California votes down an amendment (or ratifies it via the right mechanism) then the FEDERAL government shouldn't get involved. That's more the point here. Same thing goes for another state that has legal gay marriage. The FEDERAL government should stay out. But they want all of these decisions taken away based on jurisdiction, purely and simply to take these cases and imply the law to attach federal credence to it. That's very wrong. I'm not anti-gay marriage, it's not my concern - I am morally against it, but I do not think people should be judged or condemned by it. But the MUCH larger issue is that the federal government should in no way be involved in this, and they've chosen to take cases that they knew would set precedence to allow for this type of ruling.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Yeah, on my list of things that shouldn't go anywhere...overturning the 14th amendment or pretending that it says nothing about birthright citizenship is pretty far up there. I'm pretending that it says nothing about birthright citizenship? It says something, but not what most people interpret it as. I'm not ignoring it...

He doesn't want the 14th amendment "overturned". I see your language, and the alarmist crap it raises. Furthermore, I would contend that a literal reading of the 14th amendment doesn't even require an amendment to suggest that all children born here are citizens anyway. But, it's what they think will get them the most mileage, which is bulls*** and a political folly because they know it won't go anywhere anyway.

Good call. The guy is an idiot.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2010 -> 01:42 PM) I'm sure no one did anything here to make a political statement. (By the way, violence and intimidation to achieve a political end...that's pretty much the classic definition of terrorism). You're a week late. Of course, I live here, so I heard about this and thought how stupid people are.

I like me some Jimmy Johns.

It's just ignorant. Both the people doing it and the media for fanning the flames.

Stop agreeing with me Balta, I might get depressed.

I agree with Balta here. Generally, people (friends) aren't equipped to handle that kind of stuff - encourage people to go talk to someone (a professional). I know that people that are having problems find that difficult, but that's what they are there for - if you can get them to see that part of it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2010 -> 01:09 PM) Ok, this one is fairly bizarre to me. Did you miss this post? I mean, I suppose you're right, no one said she was an attention hog, he said she was an attention whore. But that's kinda worse. Yes, I missed it. So, my larger point still stands.

No one said she was an attention hog, nor did anyone defend any of the people that are giving her threats. So... (xxxxxxxxxx)... Anyway...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 08:40 PM) Can you justify that beyond simply saying "she ruled in favor of non-white people"? Tea party, baby. Racists! Homophobes! Crazy right wing nuts! Immygrants and Amnesty!

Oh, the irony.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) No, that no one else pays any. Of course the rich pay more. They have 80%+ of the wealth in this country. Or, 99.9% of it to listen to you talk, and that should be taken away and given to you.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 12:41 PM) Nope, and I guess I'm a hypocrite on this, but I don't like seeing you calling my fellow soxtalkers idiots. Really? I get called that almost every day on here, and you obviously don't have a problem with it. And I didn't say they were idiots, I said that they/you don't understand it. And you don't... except what you want to believe.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 10:57 AM) I see that neither of you think that the judge getting threats is a bad thing. So, it's okay to label millions of people based on a few threats?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 01:01 AM) History doesn't really matter to kap. The only thing that matters is that he hits his quota of stupid s*** to type for the day. Like I said... maybe one day, you all will realize that people matter and not just brute force on policy.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jul 31, 2010 -> 06:02 AM) It's a thread for bad jokes. No reason to even talk about banning. Okay there's bad and there's just wrong. That one crossed a line. But that's my opinion. It's not like I'm going to do anything about it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 11:46 PM) I don't think Ozzie or Cooper trust rookies in a pennant race. Help me out here... who's the last prospect pitcher that has gone to another organization and pitched lights out (aka, 1-2 starter)? I'm drawing a blank. It seems like we get a lot for our prospects, and then they turn to the next team and really bust. Obviously, I have to be missing someone here.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 10:30 PM) Why do pedophiles not get along well with people? They struggle to fit in. You should get banned just for this joke, and I'm not sure I'm kidding. That's more then bad, it's wrong.

QUOTE (KipWellsFan @ Jul 30, 2010 -> 06:07 PM) Who made this clown shoe an admin? Whatever, dude. A Canadian telling me how our tax system works? I clearly don't understand it... considering that's what I do for a living. But okay, tell me all about it, mmmkay? You guys want to always come up with the talking points that are fed to you every day. Fact after fact is posted about the system, and then because we don't support raising taxes up the wazoo to buy all these entitlement programs you want force fed up our ass, we're stupid and don't understand who pays what. And then, you want to bend the goalposts and nitpick so that facts are twisted every way but Sunday to make it fit your "debates". Ridiculous. Yea, I'm an assclown. Whatever.

Evil racist tea party motherf***ers.

Nice try guys. You don't understand the tax system at all except the propaganda you're fed.

Maybe because this president is the most radical assclown president we have ever had? But whatever... ya'll keep smoking the good s***. I guess I'm racist now, because how dare I criticize such a historical president.

Global warming? Sure. MAN MADE global warming. Go warm yourself. Climate change? Sure. MAN MADE climate change? Go warm yourself. Yup. Uh huh. It's Bush's fault.