Rex Kickass

Being naked is fun. Theres a nude beach near me now. I plan on going as often as possible this summer.

I protest, the Great Lakes never was a Dixieland.

My seventh grade teacher's husband served in the Navy during World War II. Apparently he was badly injured at sea and they pronounced him dead. Moments before he was to be buried at sea, the doctor undid the last stitch of the body bag and felt for a pulse. He found one. That gave me nightmares for years.

That's sort of the point to begin with. I don't know the specifics of this court case - but the principle seems pretty similar. Personally, I think they should get rid of special plates anyway, and a lot of cops seem to think so too. Makes it harder to identify out of state plates.

That's my biggest fear.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is not a leg up program for financially challenged non-profits. If you believe in that kind of welfare, maybe you should go to Spain with all the other socialists. This is about equal opportunity. If you deny a viewpoint's ability to be expressed in the same manner as an opposing viewpoint, you are denying expression. This is not an issue about reproductive rights. This is an issue of the government limiting expression. Get past the wedge and find the real issue.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 06:33 PM) We all know the ACLU is the bastion of morally relative politcally correct speech. There's no point in debating it. It's another socialist think tank designed with a specific intent to undermine democracy. Actually the ACLU is not a think tank at all. Its a group of activists involved in constitutional law. The Rand Corporation is a think tank. But you're right they do defend what has become politically correct speech. They defended Rush Limbaugh.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 07:05 PM) A democratic republic is intended to prevent the oppression of the minority by the majority that pure democracy inherently entails. Fascists, go back to Germany. Actually, they don't want you back.

I once licked a coffee table.

If you're caught peeing against a tree in Michigan and you are arrested, you have to register as a sex offender.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 07:02 PM) One more time we are a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. Democracy first. That phrase Democratic Republic seemed so familiar to me and it took me a minute to figure out why. Countries which used the phrase "Democratic Republic" in their names. German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) And I honestly mean nothing by it. Just remembered it and, in my complete lack of being able to not shut up, I thought I'd share. Moving on.... The issue here is equal opportunity to speak. If the state government grants an anti-abortion group a chance to raise money through license plates with its slogan, the state government should be obligated under the constitution to offer a similar pro-choice group a chance to raise money through license plates with its slogan. Assuming an apples to apples comparison for non-profits show that both meet the same requirements, allowing one organization to peddle the plates would show a defacto state endorsement of a specific political view and would be denying the equal opportunity of expression for the other group. It doesn't matter if the issue is abortion, gay marriage, or baseball team preference. If one non-profit, meeting all requirements, is denied the same access and opportunity by the state as the other, its first amendment rights are being infringed upon.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 06:15 PM) Slavery, demanding minorities sit at the back of the bus/use seperate facilities etc., not dumping Jim Crow laws, criminalizing sexual behavior between consenting adults comes to mind. Specifically, ALL OF THESE represent individualistic viewpoints NOT CHALLENGED by the majority. When they were challenged by the majority they were overruled. Generally, You are making your argument based on a relativisitc system of individualistic morality which you believe in. I may agree with that system but I do not agree with the general principle that any such system should ever usurp the will of the majority. Democracy first, individual rights second. The majority certainly did not challenge sexual behavior laws. The last time I saw, it wasn't the majority challenging sodomy laws in Texas. I wasn't seeing any "job-ins" in Austin. Although I wouldn't have minded seeing one.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 03:32 PM) Actually, by decreasing the size of the districts, there shoudl be LESS gerrymandering. if you only have ot have a district comprised of 200,000 people instead of 600,000, it would be easier to accomplish without having one district stretch down one alley, behind the grocery store and around a different district, just to ensure the racial makeup of a district. I am not saying it wouldn't still happen, just is should happen alot less. Except for the states that have one Congressman, all of them would get at least a second, if not a third.

Splitting hairs. And since are you one to complain about thread hijacks anyway?

You're the one who wants to be a teacher. Get ready to have deep pockets.

http://accessibleairwaves.org/2005/01/ucc-...-spongebob.html

Classic. Radio. Moment. My boss told me to fire my part-time midday host because he complained about not having been paid for 10 weeks. He seemed surprised when I quit the next day.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) Again context is everything. Slashing tires of GOP workers is a direct & obvious act to undermine the democratic voting process of the USA. That is what the thread topic is about. Clinton's perjury, the war in Iraq, prison abuse scandals, voting irregularity allegations in FL, OH, & PA have nothing to do with this topic. This is not heresay nor is it an allegation. It's an obvious criminal act which has both state & federal implications. It should be treated by the courts as such. Its an allegation until the person has been found guilty in a court of law. Or perhaps you've forgotten about the due process thing we got going on here. Even though it's quaint, we still have it.

Small ball is never a bad idea.

At least there was something to watch besides my Michigan State Spartans falling short of expectations.

It's like helmet laws. They oughta be required because they are integral to the safe operation of your motorcycle. There really isn't much of a debate on this in my mind.

The downside is that it would make gerrymandering possible in nearly every state. I'm not really all for the idea either.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 25, 2005 -> 09:29 AM) As opposed to "local" Nope, not at the moment anyway. Shame these talents are going to waste, eh?

You would be correct he did not face trial for perjury as a US citizen. However there was an attempt to remove him from office and it failed. The perjury charge could not even get 50 votes in a Senate with more than 50 republicans. I don't know if being acquitted in an impeachment trial would keep you from a regular trial, but I'd argue that no prosecutor would want to bring up the case because the burden of proof for an Impeachment trial is lower than a regular one. I seem to remember lots of law experts say that what Clinton got impeached for wouldn't have met the most basic standards of perjury in a regular court of law as well.

National Party?