Category Archives: Constitutional Issues

California Assembly Passes Resolution For Cuss-Free Week

26 Friday Feb 2010

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A cuss-free week? 
I’m not sure which is more irritating–that the California Assembly would even entertain an idea like this when the state is beset by real problems, or simply the jaw-dropping inanity of proposing something as ineffectual and pointless as a cuss-free week.
 

Fuck That

   

Read more about this shitty idea: California Assembly passes resolution for ‘Cuss Free Week’ – San Jose Mercury News.

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AP Writer Claims Republicans In a Tizzy Over RINO Scott Brown

24 Wednesday Feb 2010

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A possible Republitizzy.

According to Glen Johnson of the AP, the Republican faithful have branded Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown a ‘Benedict’ after voting with the Democrats on a recent jobs bill.

Much ado about nothing, I suspect.  I haven’t seen the Drudge piece which Johnson cites, but even assuming that the AP piece correctly captures the spirit of the Drudge article, I don’t believe that’s indicative of any widespread Republican rage.

At least I hope not.

The Republicans absolutely deserve to be where they are right now.  For years their ranks have been clogged with second-raters who have allowed the small-government/personal liberty core of Republican ideology to be diluted, and allowing Christian ideology to morph into Christian policy.

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Dare We Mix Seamen With Women?

24 Wednesday Feb 2010

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We’ll know soon enough.  The US Navy plans to allow women on submarines. 

Just Wild About Submarinettes.

Any undo concern about this development is unfounded.  Of course, any time you put men and women in such close quarters over an extended period of time, there’s bound to be some sex.  Still, even if sex between male and female submariners does occur, it’s likely to comprise only 20-30% of the onboard sexual activity at any given time.    

Not A Fan

Deep sea hanky-panky here: Navy says it is ready to end ban on women in submarines – CNN.com.

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Even Better Than The Real Thing?

18 Thursday Feb 2010

Posted by in Constitutional Issues, Drug Culture, Drugs, General Foolishness, Health, National Events, National Politics, Science, Uncategorized

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A new, artificial marijuana substitute, called among other things, “K2,”  is making the rounds.  And for right now, it’s legal.  Given that this stuff is made in China, a folk not known for their rigorous industrial standards, it’s probably best avoided.

A move is underway to criminalize this stuff.  Of course, if the real thing were decriminalized, K2 would disappear over night.

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To Love Us Is To Loathe Us

17 Wednesday Feb 2010

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A help-wanted advertisement in Illinois suggests that “Arrogant Americans” might not be right for the job.  If any people other than Americans had been called out, this might be a big deal.

Has our tolerance for self-loathing metastasized so completely that someone posting this ad could even think this acceptable?

If you’re able to read, read it here, Yankee Imperialist: EXCLUSIVE: Help Wanted — ‘Arrogant Americans’ Need Not Apply – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News – FOXNews.com.

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Veiled Fascism: The War Against The Burqa

09 Tuesday Feb 2010

Posted by in Constitutional Issues, Culture, Political Correctness, Politics, Religion

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By Smaktakula

Recently, France has escalated its ongoing assault on religious displays and symbols, most recently manifested in the official denunciation of the burqa worn by some muslim women.  The French government is winning the war of forced secularization, outward signs of religion–the crucifix, turbans, the burqa and more–are quickly becoming anathema in French culture.

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The Heresy of Jenny McCarthy

08 Monday Feb 2010

Posted by in Constitutional Issues, Health, Politics, Science

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By Smaktakula

Actors Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are taking a drubbing in the press for maintaining their stance that certain vaccinations promote autism in children now that the publication that originally published the allegations has distanced itself from them.   This is something of a change from the more mixed press coverage McCarthy received before these latest revelations.

The suggestion seems to be that Hollywood celebrities like McCarthy and Carrey have no scientific expertise.  This would hold more weight if some of Hollywoodland’s more ridiculously non-scientific beliefs were examined more closely. 

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Our Lady Of Nothing Better To Do

05 Friday Feb 2010

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By Smaktakula

It’s fortunate we live in an age of such relative affluence and comfort that groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation can devote some measure of their manufactured indignity in such ridiculous pursuits as the Mother Teresa Stamp Controversy.

Americans who understand their First Amendment rights know that the government has no place endorsing a particular religion.  Largely, this is an issue which is not in debate.  What is in debate is whether including Mother Teresa on a US stamp is tantamount to endorsing a religion.

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