Posted on 01/29/2003 7:57:13 AM PST by TLBSHOW
Brilliant court argument, tpaine. I haven't seen a presentation like yours since Judge Wopner presided over the "Case of The Puppy Stained Carpet":
"Damn right my dog DID crap on his carpet, but "Biggiesmall dog" pissed and pooed on the carpet of EVERY new house he visited. D'MeetRie should have seen it if he wasn't all the time high and drunk, and he shoulda known that and not let the damn dog into his crib if he didn't want his carpeet destroyed. Not to mention how bad that man over there is in the BED-ROOM your honor ..."
"Everybody else just deals with it. I just let my new boyfriend beat the mutt and told him to leave him off at the mall lot anyway, so it isn't even my dog anymore. I rest my case."
Ya gotta know when to rest the case. It's a fine line between clever and stupid, tpaine, and you've always been firmly on one side of that line.
That would be a fetching forehead tattoo some day.
Hottie: "So ... we all NEED to know ... what does that number on your forehead mean?"
Freeper Reelin' her in: "It's whatever you want it to mean, kitten. Call me M18436 for short ... all my close friends at the head injury clinic do ... "
Sublime. The boys at the NSA are thinking about running the algorithms right now ... but there's a "too dull to fear" option decided.
Grubs, roots and berries. That's the ticket.
I guess I'll never be a Vegan, because I prefer to eat the grubs.
Yeah, you are so F'n stressed. Do yourself a favor, walk over to your local library or find a website that has photographic journal of America in REAL DEPRESSION, circa 1933-5.
Get some perspective. It's becoming unusually annoying dealing with you people.
How do you feel about CFR? Is it Constitutional? If not, why was it signed into law?
You obviously have no understanding whatsoever of the origin of your blessings.
Newsflash........God has no nationality. Believe it or not, he is not an American. Furthermore, everything on the face of this earth belongs to Him. He has so abundantly blessed our country and we do have a great responsibility to our fellow man.
I'm not a lover of foreign aid and I have many objections to over taxation, but........some sacrifices are humane, noble, and ultimately benefit us anyway.
Above all remember that everything YOU have is the product of Mercy and Love. You didn't earn being born here; you were blessed with it.
Please do not personalize the discussion. Personal attacks are a violation of the posting guidelines.
Did you know that there is no confirmation of a positive test in Africa. Here they confirm in 5 or 6 ways. The fact is that AIDS is diagnosed by a complex of symptoms that in the past accompanied diseases of poverty and poor sanitary systems. Now diseases such as TB,malaria,dysentery,malnutrion are no longer the scourge they once were. As one African woman aptly put it "No one dies of 'running tummy' anymore,now everyone dies of AIDS".
If you go over to the Smoky Backroom,there is a thread about e-mailing Bush,the last 20 or 30 posts will give you good information and sources for this info.
Good point, saradippity. I believe you're right. I do believe that anyone suffering should be helped - as in the example of the Good Samaritan. But as someone who lived in Africa for some time (and loved it), it irks me that we seem to have forgotten all the terrible health scourges that plague that continent, outside of AIDs. And it is more irksome, since AIDs is completely and totally preventable by behavior, whereas most diseases are not.
While that's very true, I'm not sure it's a reason to give taxpayer funds to Africa. If people feel strongly about the AIDS issue, why can't they donate their money directly?
Perhaps not, but it's a judgment call. We can't be all things to all people and may not always make the best choice. It may simply be a matter of opinion.
However, there may be a strong spiritual (Divine intervention, if you will) push behind the choice of Africa. I understand that they have the greatest growth of new Christians today. Perhaps this is a special blessing. Who knows? God DOES work in mysterious ways.
Some things are too obvious for anyone to miss.
Thanks for doing my thinking for me.
I try to help whenever possible. You ought to give it a go and try to do it yourself. One never knows.....you might succeed.
I think it should be a matter of the Constitution...
I am not even close to a Constitutional scholar and am not qualified to speak in depth on it, but I don't see a conflict.
Please do not get me wrong. I am not an out of control bleeding heart. I simply believe that some matters of mercy and care should transcend continental divisions and it may be just and proper.
Lots of interesting points of view on this thread, and lots of brass knuckles to go with them.
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