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Posted on May 11th, 2008 |
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Along with the healthcare conundrum, I have been forced lately to deal with another sticky situation that I don’t really like. The law is supposed to be equal across the board. However we have of late taken a very murky view of the subject when it comes to kids and their offenses.
For years now the legal age of adulthood in the US has been 18. We say if you aren’t 18 then you aren’t old or responsible enough to do anything. You can’t sign a binding contract, you can’t vote, you can’t smoke, join the military or marry without parental permission. Hell even after 18 we tell people they aren’t responsible enough to drink, gamble, or be considered independent students even if they are the only one paying for their college. (That last one varies from state to state and college to college, but the majority hold to that understanding)
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 |
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The proposed Gas Tax Holiday smells like it has been stuck up the ass of a politician for years and is only now being pulled out at election time. No matter how you try and sell the plan, the results still stink.
First there is nothing to prevent stations from simply offsetting the 18.4 cent discount [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2008 |
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Fact in Idaho a 10 year old girl gives birth. Fact she was the victim of statutory rape maybe as young as nine. Fact the man involved is 37. Fact he is an illegal alien. Instead of this case being about the poor girl and her baby, this case is sensationalized to be about an [...]
Posted on May 8th, 2008 |
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Another sign that we should be bringing our troops home is reported in this mornings USA Today. Since 2003 we have deployed more than 43,000 military personnel who classified as medically unfit for deployment. This is either a sign of the military’s macho delusions, someone just not giving a shit, or our government being out [...]
Posted on May 7th, 2008 |
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The land of sunshine, sharks and sermons we once again has the rest of the country scratching our heads and going “What the Fuck?” Along with their other recent decisions to encourage science teachers to teach alternate theories to evolution, denied them the right to teach anything but abstinence, and wants Christian themed license plates, [...]
