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...as a great big THANK YOU to those who supported Democrats in 2008. But it looks like this bill is too rancid even for a few honorable senate Dems. Will there be enough of them crossing over to give this abomination the smack down it deserves?

When I was a kid my friends and I rode our bikes from Steilacoom out to the Nisqually Reservation where we purchased five M-80's, and a really cool tennis ball with a fuse protruding from it--all for $35.00. John's dad found the tennis ball in his room later that day and confiscated it, but I had retained possession of the M-80's. Feeling responsible for the loss of bomb, John came through with a Bluet Gaz canister lifted from his dad's camping kit and we promptly duct-taped one of the M-80s to it, took it down to Grant's Cove, and lit the fuse. The M-80 went off with a boom and there seemed to be a full second delay before the butane cloud flashed. We could feel the heat from more than 100 feet away. Good times. I'll bet a Coleman propane canister would be even better. Anyway, I'll bet punching a hole into a stove canister and igniting it would make for a great emergency locator/hair removal device.

...where he will find some Muskrat Love.

Forget my semi-automatic analogy then. What you're describing is more like a Gatling gun. Also, if you would, forget about the octobirth for just a minute and describe the conception...

Jeeeeeeez, man. You are one bitter fucking tool. It doesn't always have to be about the evil empire.

Do French govt slackers not read news? Fire them all and replace them with people who are willing to uphold their word and who want to work.

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My goggles are on. I'm going in.

Maybe restricting those high-capacity uteri? Two shots should be plenty. Or convincing the man of the house that firing blanks feels just like real target shooting?

Should semi-automatic birth canals be banned?

I went back. It matters insomuch as literature is one of the easier and more pliable subjects upon which one can nurture and build those critical thinking skills the world is so fond of--and that really do matter. It goes beyond the dry text of the history book and provides a window into the mind of the day. It is often the real record of a people long passed--or who's voices were silenced. Even if the subject matter bores you to tears, the structures you are being forced to follow amount to a reasoned approach. It's a lot like the high school algebra you swear you'll never use...until you see Ichiro hit that home run, just barely over the fence, and realize you posses the knowledge to express the path of that ball as a quadratic--and maybe even calculate some angle/energy physics. It still might not mean much, but the beauty remains. Just roll with it. It all comes together eventually.

You called the lack of public funding under the Bush Administration embarrassing--and I disagree. The private sector can handle certain border morality issues more effectively and with less debate than the fed. BTW; are MalCon and Jim your personal shit gnats? We're on the verge of a real conversation here.

Personally, I consider life to begin at implantation, so I have no problem with invitro or stem cell research. Hell, even oral contraceptives don't prevent fertilization and I'm sure good with their use. My point is that there are others--not all of them religious--who have another valid point of view and that our previous president's decision was probably less idealistic and more considered than Obama's recent pen strokes on the matter.

Stay behind the buttress, Ivan! There's a TV-sized TV a comin' down. (Tell TTK to look up.)

Bwahahahahah...

Amazon couldn't cough up Robinson Crusoe--it's on back order. I found a copy at Borders, but they wanted $39.99 so my quest is underway without the crown jewel. Between work, night classes, endless Spanish exercises, biking up Green Mountain/Mount Pete, a little skiing, racquetball, endless stairs at the gym, and, of course, spraying, I have managed to watch/re watch four Mars movies: Total Recall - Good flick, but not enough landscape. Red Planet - Not well reviewed, but I really liked it. Plausible. Mission to Mars - Pretty lame. Some good scenery, but the story line is beyond stupid. Ghosts of Mars - Pure torture. C-grade acting without any titty to redeem it. Watching this movie was worse than dragging my cement-filled tire by a chain screwed into my Atlas up the cable-line on Tiger. The quest continues...

Nowadays its spelled "North Mexico" if that's the case then the percapita IQ should be going up, and body mass index should be going down. No more chicken fried steak just beans and rice. Oh no, that's not racist.

Why? There are many people who view morality apart from religion but still see a danger in proceeding down a path to save one human life at the expense of an innocent and sentient being. Bush's decision to not allow taxpayer funding of stem cell research--while not pursuing a ban on private research--struck a fair balance, IMO. It seems to me the argument is similar to the one wherein some view the data gained during nazi medical research as poisoned fruit and some view it as valid and useful despite the source. I honestly don't know the answer to either question, but to portray those who follow a valid and reasoned morality as evil is just plain obnoxious.

Weak, OW. Only federal funding and govt research of new lines has been restricted. The majority of research--done by the private sector--has remained unaffected.

Stem cell research was never banned.

Beautiful country--but isn't it kind of dangerous driving on the wrong side of the road?

By any chance, were you raised in Texas?

all we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see

Economic freedom is a human right.

Scientific methodology brought us evolution? And all this time I was thinking it happened all by itself.