Why havent we been black bagged then?Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
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Why havent we been black bagged then?Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
:huh: Marriage isn't just limited to churches. In fact, churches really have nothing to do with this issue at all. Marriage is a state matter though, with certain rights given. So... yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal_Sonic
Looks like prop 8 passed...
I have my own opinion about the gay marriage thing. I voted my opinion. Shouldn't that be how it goes, no one knows whomothers voted? ;)
You guys don't even know what president or party I voted for. I kept quiet very damned good I think.
Obama will make it all better, don't worry
Good stuff Obama!
You voted McCain didn't you:). Just a guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by evildragon
I voted for mccain and I'm proud of it.
The retards in my neighborhood are setting off fireworks. I knew McCain would lose but I voted for him anyways. I was praying he would win so I could see all Obama people cry like they did with Kerry and Bush. I am glad I got to vote against all the stupid propositions. There were some really stupid ones this time. I hope they didn't go through
can we move beyond all this now and lock this thread?
I've heard two different comedians say a similar joke about how it is unfair to deny homosexuals the right to lose half their stuff due to failing marriages as well. :p People are not married in churches -- not without a proper sanctioned license from the state. Marriage is simply a means to share property via a partnership not unlike any other small business. It has been such since Biblical times and remains the same now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal_Sonic
I suspect marriages as they are known now will lessen with each generation as attitudes change both as far as the actual need of a marriage as well as the general cost involved. That so many marriages end in divorce certainly doesn't aid the "specialness" or longevity of a marriage, but I'm sure most women in the US have it ingrained in them that they need all the Barbie fantasy trimmings of a costly religious ceremony as a sign of commitment.
I am sure Joe "Thread Locker" Redifer will soon thank god so I can get my mind off of this stupid election.
I better get in one quick jab then. Good bye mom n pop hello Big Brother.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy is pressing his efforts to head off an avalanche of Wall Street bailout bonuses. Recent reports indicate bonuses and other compensation packages paid by financially troubled firms receiving government assistance could reach into the tens of billions of dollars.
Today he released a letter sent to Congressman Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asking that the Full Committee move quickly to investigate how bailout funds are being spent by the financial service companies participating in Treasury’s capital purchase program.
“It would be an affront to taxpayers and shareholders alike if Wall Street executives cashed in on the bailout. We must prevent bailout funds from being diverted directly or indirectly to bonuses and exorbitant compensation packages,” he said.
Congressman Kucinich, an opponent to the bailout, has been a leader in calling for stringent oversight on money spent through the bailout program. He asked for the leadership of the Full Committee to ensure that the resources necessary to investigate are available. The Subcommittee will remain a key part of the investigation.
Congressman Kucinich recommended that the Full Committee begin by requesting specific information from each of the 11 companies participating in the Treasury's Capital Purchase Program (Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of New York Mellon, State Street, City National, and Key Bank). The information requested would include compensation data since 2003, descriptions of 'claw back' policies, an itemized list of funds received from government sources, A list of every party who has purchased more than $50 million of impaired assets in the past 24 months, and a description of each organizations risk management procedures.
"I believe that the American taxpayers who have provided this subsidy have legitimate concerns about how those companies will use those funds, what happened to require them to need those funds, and what they will be doing differently in the future to ensure that they will not need more assistance," wrote Kucinich in the letter.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Government Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today expressed alarm that the $700 billon from the Troubled Asset Relief Program has apparently not yet been used to make loans to businesses and consumers. Recent media reports suggest the banking industry will not use these funds to facilitate lending, but will instead use them to facilitate mergers.
“It is very troubling to learn that the $700 billion rescue package sold to the American consumer as necessary ensure to continue loans to small businesses and consumers, is apparently being used instead to squeeze smaller banks out of the market,” said Conyers. “I’m concerned about the federal government using these funds to take sides in mergers and to promote consolidation within the financial markets instead of reviving our economy.”
“It seems evident that bailout funds are being used in unintended and objectionable ways,” said Kucinich, a leader in opposition to the bailout. “Nowhere is this more clear than in my district in Ohio, where National City was recently purchased by PNC; a bank that did not receive bailout money was purchased by a bank that did. Federal money should not be used to subsidize consolidation of the banking industry.”
President Obama voted for this. All that I pulled from Kuchinich's website. Viva La Conspiracy Theory
America has elected it's first communist secret Muslim as President!
Obey Him. Obey Him. You shall obey.
lol, yet nothing will change ^ ^
(just kidding, some things actually might change, and it's certainly worth fighting for, but what do I know anyway, better go and deal with Frau Merkel)