Rex Kickass

George Michael... But the way he falls asleep behind the wheel all the time, I think I'm circling the drain. Elvis Costello would be kickin too.

AIDS claims a lot of lives, gay and straight. Doesn't really pertain to the discussion though.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 3, 2007 -> 05:38 PM) I wonder if they'll give him the same amount of s*** for doing cocaine as they give Bush over the unfounded rumors he did cocaine. My guess is no. Obama admits it. Bush doesn't address it. So I doubt he'll get as much s*** as Bush's cocaine history, which didn't get nearly the mileage of Bill Clinton admitting that he tried marijuana.

It's not about the money, it's about the community. It's about the interaction between neighbors. Something that our society has forgotten a lot about.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Jan 2, 2007 -> 08:03 PM) you are the craziest person I've ever e-known. This is the craziest place I've ever been: The Community of Jesus Why is being opposed to the thought of "this is a gorgeous place, a 300 room luxury hotel would look perfect here." crazy? I wouldn't live in a trailer park on the ocean like that, but it appears to be a functioning community... and I think that's something worth valuing. Over a s*** ton of condos in a flooded market? Yes please.

Something tells me if this was written by a Clinton appointee, you'd be all up in arms about it Nuke.

Shuffle up and deal!

It'd be cool if they didn't sell. I love seeing people put community over money.

I'm pretty sure that there's a difference between being accepted and becoming gay because of what you see on TV. I saw lots of beer commercials when I was a kid. Not only do I not drink that much beer, but I don't drool over the Swedish bikini team. What I love here has nothing to do with the perceived morality or immorality of homosexuality. What this has to do with is equal rights. PA, people may not like to be told that their physical traits are recessive - but that doesn't change the fact if they are. Homosexuality is natural, but not necessarily normal genetically. And there's nothing wrong with being abnormal. It just is what it is. Being able to find proof that someone is "born gay" or wired differently doesn't really change anything - except that homosexual people deserve the same rights and responsibilities in the United States that heterosexual people deserve. In most states, you can be fired upon suspicion of being gay. Gay people are not protected under fair housing statutes, and their presence in the military has merely been decriminalized, not legalized. If there is a physical difference between many homosexuals and heterosexuals, it becomes apparent, IMHO, that our government shouldn't be able to allow discrimination based on sexual identity. That's all.

The longer they delayed it, the more they risk the government not around to see it through.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 1, 2007 -> 11:24 PM) I have no love lost for a religon that sanctions rape, abuse of women, and murder of anyone who doesn't share their beliefs then claims it is a "religon of peace". I'll take any opportunity I can to point out the hypocrasy in that. There are so many religions to point fingers at on that one, youd run out of hands.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 31, 2006 -> 06:13 PM) why have over 50% of lesbians been shown to have some sort of sexual abuse in their lives? Why are there people who combat homosexuality and then overcome it and realize they're not gay? on the other hand... proving that homosexuality is a genetic thing isn't a positive either. obesity, cancer, color blindness, homosexuality... in darwins opinion those are all weaker traits. I'm going to disagree with you here. I don't disagree that homosexuality is a weaker trait in evolution. Gay people are genetic dead ends of a sort - by definition. They don't generally reproduce. I think there are many reasons why people "combat" homosexuality. Fabulousness aside, its not the easiest thing in the world to deal with - and there's a lot of self-shame and loathing to be overcome because of the way that our society views homosexuality. I'd argue many "ex-gays" are reacting to societal pressures of their community rather than anything else. I also think that there are plenty of reasons why someone might be gay. Traumatic experiences dealing with molestation may be one of them, but there also appear to be biological reasons why someone may be homosexual instead of heterosexual. That's a fundamentally important point. Because if that's true, then it makes it much harder for people in our country to deny equal rights to equal people, purely based on biology. Frankly, I don't see why that's even important. It wouldn't change that there is a biological difference that can account for sexual identity and that people shouldn't be discriminated against based on their biology. For the record, I'd like to state that homosexuality is neither a good or bad thing. Going out of style? Breeding is so 2002.

I try every day. They still make me come in.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20...24408_1,00.html A lot of controversy regarding this. And I don't know that I understand why. I understand the fear of changing things in someone, as a way to "eradicate" the gays. But that won't ever really happen, I don't think. What will happen is pretty good proof that homosexuality isn't a choice. That sexuality isn't anymore of a learned behavior than heterosexuality. And I think that's a great thing to have good proof on. Because a lot of questions can then get settled. Whether or not its ok to discriminate against legal rights for gay people that straight people get. The answer, at least in our country, quickly becomes no. Which is excellent.

Don't blame me, I voted to Kickass!

The difference is that this has been the biggest news story in the country/world for the last 24 hours. This is different than some assclown in Texas getting the chair. This is actual news that can affect our situation in Iraq.

I was focused more on the executioner's comments. Meet the new boss. Just more pious than the old boss.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein/index.html

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 28, 2006 -> 02:08 PM) exactly Best 2 weeks of my life. well, not really, but it was cool meeting Ricki Lake and Vitamin C. How old was Vitamin C, 4?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 28, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) 1) My Grandfather was a famous Television and Movie Star (Ozzie and Harriet; Hazel; 30 Seconds Over Tokyo; She’s Working Her Way Through College) to name a few 2) I was in the film “Hair Spray” by John Waters 3) While on the set of “Hair Spray,” Vitamin C promised to take me to her prom and did not fulfill that promise. 4) I met Southsider2k5 and Kapkomet and their wives at a Ranger’s game a couple years back. 5) Despite being perceived a “conservative” on Soxtalk, I’m rather liberal in real life. I knew it all along How can you be conservative and in a John Waters movie?

It's a Mans Mans Mans World from Live at the Apollo Vol 2. 18 mins of blistering mid 60s soul.

Dumb question. Is it possible that Jobs was oblivious to this? Or is this almost always nefarious?

I think the good news is that the Democrats see themselves intent on restoring at least some of the civility in the halls of Congress that seem to have been lost in recent years.

There was a story on NPR yesterday talking about how coral reefs did a lot to help reduce tsunami damage, and areas where the Tsunami has hit hardest had severe reef damage.

Pneumonia actually. James Brown will lie in state at the Apollo Theater. http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?s...1&aid=65385 He also used WGBH TV in Boston to keep race riots from breaking out there after Martin Luther King's assasination. http://main.wgbh.org/saybrother/history.html