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QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 01:59 AM) Is there a Supreme Court ruling that says that somewhere? (Asking because I don't know). I've always thought of specific religions, i.e. Christianity, because colonists were tired of being dicked around by the Church of England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_v._Kurtzman and The Lemon Test would be the obvious reference. The National Day of Prayer fails prongs 1 and 2. That being said, the Supreme Court by their own admission applies Lemon very inconsistently and a lot of the stuff which is vague or 'traditional' doesn't get knocked down, probably because it's not worth the controversy.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 01:35 AM) It's so vague, how does it actually infringe on the rights of atheists? What level of specificity is required before endorsement of religion is too much? It is everyone's religious right not to be influenced by the government, however minor that attempt is. Still waiting for National Prayer-Is-Useless Day.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Apr 28, 2010 -> 12:49 AM) I'm not really bothered by the government promoting a vague idea of religious activity or faith, it's not endorsing one religion over another Does it not endorse belief over non-belief? Or theism over non-theism/atheism/deism/pantheism?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 09:07 PM) H. Christ. Anyone want to defend this one for me? States I'm not moving to as of this week: Arizona, Oklahoma. Emphasis mine. It also basically requires that women early in their pregnancy get an invasive vaginal ultrasound rather than the normal abdominal one because it could get a clearer picture. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/19...probe-abortion/

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 07:58 PM) You are sighting an average. You don't see the problem in that? I acknowledged the calculation wasn't perfect. For the officer not to have been at .08 at the time of the accident, his rate would have to be .0069/hour. Is it humanly possible to process alcohol that slowly? I do not know... Besides, doesn't the breathalyzer already depend on people being average? It's not a direct test of BAC; it approximates based on ethanol in the breath. Can a person who blows a 0.08 say they are a freak and their breath produces a greater % ethanol than is representative of their actual blood alcohol level? Or that they have low hematocrit levels?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) Unfortunately that isn't actual evidence. Why not? What's the defense? "I'm a mutant unable to process alcohol so my BAC drops at inhumanly slow levels."?

Another question: why WASN'T he given a breathalyzer at the scene? Did his colleagues purposely avoid it because it would be damning? What's the point of giving him one 7 hours later when it is of no value?

Wait, so now the guy isn't being charged with anything? Even if he wasn't drunk, isn't it still vehicular manslaughter? Can't you do some math to figure out (approximately) what his blood alcohol level was 7 hour earlier? This site http://www.selfcounseling.com/help/alcohol...stozerobac.html says a body processes .016% BAC per hour on average. So, .016 * 7 = 1.12.... + .032 = 1.152. Obviously, this is just an approximation and there are other factors, but it certainly points to him being above .08 during the accident.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 10:25 PM) It IS all about establishing a religion. Virtually all precedent disagrees. The government should not be promoting religious acts, even by the simple act of "encouraging" Americans to pray.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 08:47 PM) Define religious activity. Is taking peyote a religious activity? How about sacrificing animals? And I don't think "prayer" is enough to "establish" a religion, which is all the Constitution is concerned with. Prayer isn't specific enough IMO. ...an activity associated with religion? Taking peyote or sacrificing animals can be, but are not necessarily, religious exercises. Is prayer ever non-religious? The first amendment isn't just about establishing a religion; it's about the government compelling people to believe in any way, including being religious over non-religious.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 26, 2010 -> 07:17 PM) Not really easy. They've been debating variances of this exact issue for decades now. Personally, I don't see a problem with it. It's not promoting a religion, therefore IMO it's constitutional. If you're going after this, you might as well go after "In God We Trust" or Christmas as a national holiday. Ignore it if you don't like it/don't agree with it. It's promoting a religious activity: prayer. It doesn't matter if it's non-denominational (we swear it's not evangelical!). Is it *picky* to b**** about something so small? Sure. How about a National Day of No Prayer? I bet that would go over well.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 25, 2010 -> 12:32 PM) Religion News Service via HuffPo - Easy ruling. The government should not be encouraging a religious exercise.

Breaking news: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has just filed for over 1,000,000 arrest warrants

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 23, 2010 -> 02:54 AM) Brian Bilbray (R-CA) believes you can spot illegal immigrants based on how they're dressed.

This is so lame. Muhammad was already shown in the original Super Best Friends episode.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 21, 2010 -> 04:33 PM) Please tell me you stumbled out from the baggage carousel like Kramer did in that one Seinfeld episode. No, I just stood there.

In an AOL chat room. In person...O'Hare Airport, Terminal 3, Baggage Claim 5.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 16, 2010 -> 01:21 PM) This weather has been awesome. Once again, I welcome global warming with open arms. f*** snow. f*** cold. And f*** penguins. Ugh, no. North Carolina hitting 90 in early April....just no.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 03:21 PM) I thought Illana explained that at some point this season? Yeah, you're right. I missed that. Michael seemed really suspicious to me.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 14, 2010 -> 02:25 PM) I believe the producers said that Smokie is locked onto either being the smoke or Locke. Sine Jacob's death, he can not take on another bodily form. Wow, that's rather arbitrary and not anything you would know by just watching the show...

Why does anyone put any worth into what "Michael" was saying? How do we know that was even Michael? I got the impression that it was just Smokey messing with Hurley. He got Hurley to not only screw up Richard's anti-Smokey plan, but to bring all the remaining candidates TO Smokey.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 10, 2010 -> 02:40 AM) Maybe someone can enlighten me on Catholisism. I seem to remember that once you are named Pope you are considered infallible. Am I correct? On matters of Church doctrine, yes

Doesn't mention laptops, but I'd at least be prepared to have to walk back to my car.

Frosted mini-wheats.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Apr 8, 2010 -> 01:54 PM) I caught up last night watching the latest episode on my DVR. I agree that the Desmond episodes are always solid. I'm slightly more confused after the latest, but that's not a bad thing. In the alternate timeline, when he landed safely in LA, he was working for Widmore and had no idea who Penny was. But in the island timeline, he was already in love with Penny and was abhored by Widmore, right? Maybe I'm getting my times mixed up, but are we to assume that these are two completely different timelines, not just different from the time of the crash? The universe split occurred when Jughead was detonated in 1977.