My coffee shop is depressing me
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pecuniumThere are five guys sitting in on the terrace, talking politics. I don't have the energy to engage them, not least because by the time I'd parsed out what they were saying, I knew it was hopeless.
They are talking, among other things, about how the Jews in America have been tricked into with all the leftist america hating which has been preached for so long that the are willing to cut Israel's throat by supporting Obama.
They are talking about how the "failed policies" of the present adminstration are all recent..., "the first six years were a complete success." They can't see how so many americans have been hoodwinked into thinking Bush, et al, have been bad for them.
They are hoping for a disaster in the next 18 months, so the nation will come to its senses and return the Republicans to power in the House and Senate, a la 1994. I wonder, if there is no disaster, if we are managing to weather the storms still spinning 'round us from the unmitigated disasters Bush and his cronies are working to leave us with, they will still sing that same song.
I fear they will, and hope they won't.
They are talking, among other things, about how the Jews in America have been tricked into with all the leftist america hating which has been preached for so long that the are willing to cut Israel's throat by supporting Obama.
They are talking about how the "failed policies" of the present adminstration are all recent..., "the first six years were a complete success." They can't see how so many americans have been hoodwinked into thinking Bush, et al, have been bad for them.
They are hoping for a disaster in the next 18 months, so the nation will come to its senses and return the Republicans to power in the House and Senate, a la 1994. I wonder, if there is no disaster, if we are managing to weather the storms still spinning 'round us from the unmitigated disasters Bush and his cronies are working to leave us with, they will still sing that same song.
I fear they will, and hope they won't.
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Date: 2008-11-03 03:15 am (UTC)There is no consistent way of handling that even between two people in the US - it varies wildly from state to state (for example, PA does not acknowledge common-law unions...unless it was 'finished' in a state that does - ie, a couple who lived together for 8 years in CA, then moved to PA, would be treated as married in PA).
I am not in any way shape or form saying that the complication means it should not be done - I'm firmly in favor of allowing people the greatest amount of choice in their personal lives as is possible without causing a harm that is greater than the harm caused by restricting people's liberty.
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Date: 2008-11-03 11:12 pm (UTC)Common Law Marriage
Because I live in Ca, and have lived with women; in a way which might have led to such a thing, I looked into it.
I've heard this the other day:
Date: 2008-11-06 11:23 pm (UTC)Scary logic.
But I am sad that Prop 8 passed. I am all for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
1. Life: People will argue that same sex marriage does not promote life, because same sex partners cannot procreate. Creating life is what brings "sanctity" to the marriage (LOL). But that is a stupid argument, because married couples perform abortions all the time, thus not promoting life themselves, but destroying it.
2. Liberty: As far as liberty is concerned, same sex marriage is all about liberty, like when there were laws in our books that preserved the "sanctity of marriage" by prohibiting inter-racial marriages. I do not believe in the "separate by equal" doctrine of banning gay marriages. I think that once that battle is won, the next battlefield will be the destruction of "separate but equal status" between man and woman. No more facilities to segregate men from women. No more separate bathrooms, schools, medical facilities, etc. Then, when that is done, the next war will be fought against ageism. No more rules on how old somebody must be for dating, marriage (either straight or gay), or fucking. Utopia will be achieved.
3. And of course, the pursuit of happiness if most obvious. Same sex marriages will enhance the right to the pursuit of happiness to those who seek it. Besides, my gay friends should have the right to the same amount of happiness and suffering that marriage brings to my "breeder" friends. They should also be given the right to join our armed forces, and the same goes to women's segregation on combat arms specialties.
Soon, when Utopia is achieved, everybody will be treated the same, no matter what. Age, sex, race, sexual orientation, financial status, education, nothing will matter anymore. We will all be the same, treated the same, or ignored just the same.
Got to go now, I am going to buy me a Che Obama t-shirt. At least someone has come to the vanguard all will stop Che Guevara's monopoly on t-shirt sales to the young and educated.