archenemy

That's my busiest time of the year.

I went on a napa wine tour with a group from work. We just rented/hired a person to drive us around the loop and chose which places we wanted to stop at. THis worked well--and I would say would be worth it even if a small group of you (two or three) paid more just to be sure you didn't have anyone outside your group there. Don't miss Silver Oak--they were wonderful.

Goat figure?

There is a glory in humiliation

The one with the most speed is the one having the most fun.

Um, isn't this one obvious? Why would this need to be a law?

I lost a wee bit of weight last week, but I put it back on over the weekend. I made some mean guacamole one night and dolmas last night. Both were made as fattening as possible and were consumed late at night. I quickly found those lbs that were trying to escape!

As long as you submit...

I'm a girl.

No. It said $850,000

I've eaten kangaroo(in Australia.) A bit on the chewy, gamey side, mate. My granddad used to take my brothers deer hunting(again with the brothers getting to do all the fun stuff!). The meat would get ground into "hamburger" and I hated it(not sure if it was the thought or the taste--I just could not enjoy it.) My mom would have to show me one of those styrofoam trays from store-bought meat to convince me that the deerburger was hamburger. Eventually I caught on to this ruse--"mom, why is the styrofoam always so clean if meat just came off it??" She had been hiding the same tray in the cupboard to show me each time. Duh. No wonder I don't miss meat now. That was too weird. you should try rocky mountain oysters Testical Festival

I made little signs for my gummy bears and staged a gummy bear strike. They had things like "equal work for gummies" and "gummies are people too". People didn't get it. I thought it was funny. But then, I really don't like gummy bears.

Well, I'm left handed.

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Really? Man, you are strange.

Voting is a right. Absolute. When I referred to at as a privilege I was wrong. As to why we need to register to vote? Well, um, I never really thought about that. You register so they can keep track of you. You know, no voting twice, no voting if you are 14. etc.

Sorry 'bout that--I can get the Figures of Fury typing thing going. No problem on not being a lawyer--they don't make any legal decisions anyway so it really doesn't matter. Plus, no one likes them. As for the Constitution being vague--it sounds pretty clear in the case you quoted. The states can't take away your voting rights on the account of age. Period. But, this doesn't address the issues at hand: felons, dishonorably discharged people (I didn't know they couldn't vote?), and the proposed group--welfare recipients. So finding the spot that says that the gov't can take away a person's right to vote for whatever reason would be helpful. If anyone knows where this might be written, it would be interesting to read...

There sure is a difference between home grown and store bought!! We also raised our own meat. As for not being encouraged as a girl, I wasn't either. I was not invited, only my brother was. I used to steal his wrist rocket, then bb gun, and hunt rabbits as a kid. Then I was given a real gun by my bf and loved it. The first time I went shooting with my dad was when I was in my twenties. It was the first time I ever shot at skeet and trap. Afterwards, my dad told me not to tell my bro about the afternoon b/c I was a better shot that him. Looking back, I realize that was an important lesson on many levels. Funny how life is like that.

Mr's Selkirk? That's funny.

It doesn't seem to say anything like that, but this looks like a catch: 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; So the "due process of law" sort of leaves things open. What are your thoughts?

I'll take a look right now--this is very interesting. I've never thought much about the general right to vote, so I am not very knowledgable.

Actually, I think that is exactly what you said. But maybe I misunderstood...

Thank you for getting us back on topic.....you make some very valid points. Would I be wrong in thinking that it is a conflict of interest to be able to vote only were the gravy train is coming from? How does that better our country? 50% of a two party democracy is voting people out, or voting for more money for me. Ours is not a perfect system, so it does need to be continually tweaked. However, we must show prudence on how and where to tweak our system to make it work well. We SHOULD vote for what we feel is best for America, and we should our choices for our leaders accordingly. However, there will be those who vote for whoever is going to fatten their own pocketbook. That can not be helped. I guess if we disallow ALL those whose income source is the government then we are saying ALL whose income source is from the government are only fattening their own pocket books. AND it might be true that all whose income source is from the government are not thinking about what is best for America, however, once we open the door to revoke their voting privileges, then we will have tweaked the system and the repercussions will be far reaching. More that I am willing to risk. I suppose your voting privledge would only go away while you are on a govy check.....once you stand on your own feet again....you get to vote again.... In hindsight and after the non sprayer commentary.....it does sound like a fairly fool hardy endeavor. I just came out of a meeting with a lawyer. In that meeting I asked him, “What is the difference between a right and a privilege?” His answer was as I thought; a right can not be revoked where as a privilege can. So I asked about the right to vote, and if is it a right or a privilege. He pulled a copy of the constitution and showed me at least two amendments on the RIGHT to vote. Voting is clearly a right. It would take a constitutional amendment to revoke that right by a specific group of people. However, amendments are extremely vague in order to allow for interpretation by the court and legislation. Therefore if we were to revoke the voting privileges of one group for say their primary source of income was from the government, then it would be very easy to extend that to say someone who uses public lands for personal adventures such as climbing. However, the more important point he brought up was the original spirit of our constitution was to protect the people from a federal government that might be to strong. I feel revoking voting privileges of any group of people would be going against the original spirit of our constitution. Sorry, but I am a bit confused here. You start out saying voting is a right, but then switch to calling it a privledge. I think I understand that it's a right. But how can it be that it is taken away from felons? Then, it couldn't be a right, right?

It would be tough to measure exactly how much time and money from a salary got put to herds vs. to overall work. But I think that herd management does not only benefit hunters either (as JayB stated above). So it is kind of a wash. I think it is fair to say 100%; but you certainly have a point.