Saturday, May 15, 2004
Ultimate Censorship & Parental Control
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They say the Numbers don't lie...
51,000 The amount of money, in US dollars, Martha Stewart risked her Billion dollar Empire to save.
21,000
The number of new jobs created in the United States last month.
2.6 million
The number of new Jobs the Bush Whitehouse projected would be created this year (2004) over last year (2003).
300,000
The number of new jobs that must now be created every month in order to fullfill the above projection.
43
The number of consecutive months American Manufacturers have eliminated jobs in the United States.
5.6
The percentage of American unemployed which has remained "steady" due to the fact that for many, unemployment benefits have expired and they are no longer counted as being "unemployed".
20.3
The average number of weeks unemployment benefits have been relied upon, the highest since 1984.
3.3 million
The number of White Collar jobs projected to be offshored by the year 2015 if the current trend in "offshoring" continues.
2.2 million
The approximate number of jobs lost in the United States since George Walker Bush took over as President.
21.6 million
The number of new jobs created by the Clinton Administration, in spite of all Bill's insidious lies about "blowjobs" and "cigars".
167 Billion
The record budget surplus, in US dollars, accrued under the Clinton Administration and left to the Bush Administration in 2000.
521 Billion
The record budget deficit, in US dollars, the Bush Administration will create under Bush's current 2.4 Trillion dollar budget.
419
The total number of penalty minutes accrued in Friday's shelacking of the Ottawa Senators by the Philadelphia Flyers, setting an all time NHL record for most penalty minutes in a single game. In addition to the brawl, the Flyers also won the game, 5-3.
deuddersun
21,000
The number of new jobs created in the United States last month.
2.6 million
The number of new Jobs the Bush Whitehouse projected would be created this year (2004) over last year (2003).
300,000
The number of new jobs that must now be created every month in order to fullfill the above projection.
43
The number of consecutive months American Manufacturers have eliminated jobs in the United States.
5.6
The percentage of American unemployed which has remained "steady" due to the fact that for many, unemployment benefits have expired and they are no longer counted as being "unemployed".
20.3
The average number of weeks unemployment benefits have been relied upon, the highest since 1984.
3.3 million
The number of White Collar jobs projected to be offshored by the year 2015 if the current trend in "offshoring" continues.
2.2 million
The approximate number of jobs lost in the United States since George Walker Bush took over as President.
21.6 million
The number of new jobs created by the Clinton Administration, in spite of all Bill's insidious lies about "blowjobs" and "cigars".
167 Billion
The record budget surplus, in US dollars, accrued under the Clinton Administration and left to the Bush Administration in 2000.
521 Billion
The record budget deficit, in US dollars, the Bush Administration will create under Bush's current 2.4 Trillion dollar budget.
419
The total number of penalty minutes accrued in Friday's shelacking of the Ottawa Senators by the Philadelphia Flyers, setting an all time NHL record for most penalty minutes in a single game. In addition to the brawl, the Flyers also won the game, 5-3.
deuddersun
Bare, uh, Bear with me...
Please bear with me. I'm still figuring this out and trying to organize links and comments and, sigh, well, you know. I promise I'll have something incendiary up soon, :lol: ! (In the meantime, I'm off to Home Depot, gotta build some shelves for da luv of my life - da44magster! Be Back Soon!)
Gay Marriage
."Hey, honey, would you eat that snack cracker in your special outfit for me?" Alternative lifestyles, up next. And why Bush needs to leave the Constitution alone and uphold the 14th Ammendment as it stands. Gay marriage? "Why Margaret, isn't everybody 'gay' on their wedding day?" "Oh John, that was fifty years ago!"
Seems like a lot of folks have got their knickers in a twist over this whole Gay Marriage thing. The Big Question seems to be the "legality" of such unions. Some folks want them "outlawed", some folks favor so-called "civil unions" and some folks think they are just alright. I fall into the last category. Honestly, folks, what's all the hoopla about? Marry who-ever you want, ferchrissakes! If you don't approve of Gays & Lesbians, don't marry one!
Now a lot of you who still believe that homosexuality is a "choice" will argue that Gay Marriage jeopafdizes the "traditional" family unit. Perhaps you're afraid your children may be led into "choosing" to be "queer". Nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Dick Cheney or Dick Gephardt, both of whom have daughters who are lesbians. Were both Cheney and Gephardt "bad" parents? Were their children "misled"? Or is homosexuality something a person is born with? I work in the Entertainment business and I have a lot of Gay and Lesbian friends. We have discussed this ad nauseum over pints into the wee hours of many a morning. Not one of them said they chose to be Gay! In fact, one Lesbian friend of mine confessed to me that at times she wished she were straight because it would have made her life so much easier to deal with. Doesn't sound like someone who "chose" to be Gay to me. She can no more bring herself to view men as appropriate "partners" than I can. It's not her fault, it's not her "choice", and folks, it doesn't make her a "bad" person.
There is, however, one person in a position of authority here in the good ole U S of A who does get the whole thing though, our President, George Walker Bush. Bush realizes that this issue is NOT one of legality, but rather, constitutionality! The 1st Article of the 14th Ammendment of the Constitution of The United States of America states:
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Anybody see anything there that excludes Gays and Lesbians? Neither do I. That's why Bush wants to amend the Constitution to exclude Gays and Lesbians! So how would the 14th Ammendment look? Maybe like this:
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, unless said citizens are, due to unwise and immoral lifestyle choices, faggots.
What next? For all you Righties out there who love your firearms,(I know I love mine!), couldn't this lead to an Amendment of the 2nd Ammendment? You know, a "clarification" or re-defining of the "Right to keep and bear arms"? Anti-gun activists have long made the argument that this singular line guaranteeing our rights to self-protection actually refers to the individual state's right to form a militia and not the individual's right to own firearms. Maybe a future "liberal" president could "clear this up" for us.
The point is, it's dangerous to fool with the Constitution. Once you start, where do you stop? As for Gay marriage? Hey, if a religion doesn't want to perform them, fine. But until the Constitution is meddled with by fear driven homophobes, it is the States' constitutinal obligation to perform and recognize them and to extend to Gays the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the rest of us. As Scroff at Any Which Way would say, "Bush! Keep your Bible off my laws!"
(For more on this, from MY point of view, there is an excellent post at Any Which Way I would encourage you to read.
deuddersun
Seems like a lot of folks have got their knickers in a twist over this whole Gay Marriage thing. The Big Question seems to be the "legality" of such unions. Some folks want them "outlawed", some folks favor so-called "civil unions" and some folks think they are just alright. I fall into the last category. Honestly, folks, what's all the hoopla about? Marry who-ever you want, ferchrissakes! If you don't approve of Gays & Lesbians, don't marry one!
Now a lot of you who still believe that homosexuality is a "choice" will argue that Gay Marriage jeopafdizes the "traditional" family unit. Perhaps you're afraid your children may be led into "choosing" to be "queer". Nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Dick Cheney or Dick Gephardt, both of whom have daughters who are lesbians. Were both Cheney and Gephardt "bad" parents? Were their children "misled"? Or is homosexuality something a person is born with? I work in the Entertainment business and I have a lot of Gay and Lesbian friends. We have discussed this ad nauseum over pints into the wee hours of many a morning. Not one of them said they chose to be Gay! In fact, one Lesbian friend of mine confessed to me that at times she wished she were straight because it would have made her life so much easier to deal with. Doesn't sound like someone who "chose" to be Gay to me. She can no more bring herself to view men as appropriate "partners" than I can. It's not her fault, it's not her "choice", and folks, it doesn't make her a "bad" person.
There is, however, one person in a position of authority here in the good ole U S of A who does get the whole thing though, our President, George Walker Bush. Bush realizes that this issue is NOT one of legality, but rather, constitutionality! The 1st Article of the 14th Ammendment of the Constitution of The United States of America states:
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Anybody see anything there that excludes Gays and Lesbians? Neither do I. That's why Bush wants to amend the Constitution to exclude Gays and Lesbians! So how would the 14th Ammendment look? Maybe like this:
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, unless said citizens are, due to unwise and immoral lifestyle choices, faggots.
What next? For all you Righties out there who love your firearms,(I know I love mine!), couldn't this lead to an Amendment of the 2nd Ammendment? You know, a "clarification" or re-defining of the "Right to keep and bear arms"? Anti-gun activists have long made the argument that this singular line guaranteeing our rights to self-protection actually refers to the individual state's right to form a militia and not the individual's right to own firearms. Maybe a future "liberal" president could "clear this up" for us.
The point is, it's dangerous to fool with the Constitution. Once you start, where do you stop? As for Gay marriage? Hey, if a religion doesn't want to perform them, fine. But until the Constitution is meddled with by fear driven homophobes, it is the States' constitutinal obligation to perform and recognize them and to extend to Gays the same rights and privileges enjoyed by the rest of us. As Scroff at Any Which Way would say, "Bush! Keep your Bible off my laws!"
(For more on this, from MY point of view, there is an excellent post at Any Which Way I would encourage you to read.
deuddersun
deuddersun says...Welcome!
Well, I've been torturing everybody-else with my bullshit so I figgered maybe it's time I let some other's torture me. Here's yer shot, go fer it! At some point I'll figger this all out and maybe even make it respectable. Yeah right. Anyway, I'm not going to post too many articles here, you can read them for yourselves elsewhere. What I am going to post is my opinions on various topics. Some of them may lean to the "Left", others to the "Right", and some uniquely my own. The links on the sidebar lead to other blogs and websites that I like. Again, some lean to the "Left" and some lean to the "Right". They ALL represent individuals who have always welcomed me, (well, almost always), and respected my opinions. Please offer them the same courtesy. As for "Rools & Regs" for commenting, I don't really have any. Comment away. One thing I will not tolerate is attacks against a poster's family. Insult the poster all you want, (hey, we're all grown-ups here, we should be able to defend ourselves), but leave someone's mother out of it, if you get my drift. Other than that, I hope you enjoy yourselves. May you have as much fun reading this as I get writing it!
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