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College Decisions

December 16, 2016 Comments Off on College Decisions

Here’s a thought: When the members of the Electoral College meet this coming Monday, what if most of the 537 votes are for Evan McMullin?  

Evan who?  You know, that Independent who got the least number of votes after “Other” (even write-ins got more).

Really, there isn’t any Federal law or Constitutional provision against it–so sayeth the Supreme Court.

Hillary and Donald are still irritating people, and some are worried about a government run by the very rich and/or inexperienced and/or people who have made their intentions clear that they hate the departments they’re about to head up.

I guess there would be an uproar.  But any louder uproar than the election of Donald Trump?  If the election is already decided, why do those people need to cast votes on Monday and Congress count those votes on this coming Jan. 6?

President McMullin.  What if?  I was just wondering…………

 

 

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The Responsibility for Andy’s Death

October 25, 2013 2 comments

Someone is to blame for the Sheriff’s shooting 13-year-old Andy Lopez, a kid out playing.  Here are the possible guilty parties:

The 24-year veteran sheriff’s deputy who shot the Santa Rosa teen after Andy didn’t heed his commands to put down the gun.

The perpetrators of tragic mass shootings such as Sandy Hook and Columbine, whose actions slither into the minds of law enforcement when faced with guns and kids.

Andy, who waved the gun around playfully and refused the deputy’s repeated orders to put it down.

The friend who let Andy borrow a toy that was so realistic as to put Andy into potential danger.

The father, who told Andy several times to be careful but didn’t take the replica AK 47 away from him before he went out into public.

The manufacturer, who made the orange tip–indicating that this was only a toy–easy to break off rather than an integral part of the toy.

Society in general, which glorifies people using guns to kill in war, hunting, and stand-your-ground, and which encourages everyone to exercise his Constitutional right to carry a gun, have one on the night stand, put one under his store/shop’s counter, and collect weapons such as the AK 47 whose only purpose is to kill large numbers of people (unless you’re a hunter with bad aim and no intention to eat your kill).

Who’s to blame for the death of Andy Lopez?

 

 

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Torture Animals: It’s Your Right

April 30, 2013 2 comments

Maim and kill an animal so you can film it. It’s your Constitutional right, according to a Texas judge, U.S. District judge Sim Lake. Prohibiting you from making animal snuff films is infringing on your  First Amendment rights. Therefore, Judge Lake decided in favor of the couple who makes and distributes films in which puppies, kittens, rabbits, and other animals are tortured to death.

For more information, read Sam Wood’s article at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Judge_Animal_snuff_films_protected_by_1st_Amendment.html.

 

 

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Take God Out of the Inauguration!

January 22, 2013 Comments Off on Take God Out of the Inauguration!

Atheists are Americans, too.  Therefore, religion doesn’t belong in a Presidential  Inauguration.  That’s what I’m hearing from my atheist friends.  They don’t like the Oath of Office taken on a Bible and ending with “so help me God.”  And they certainly don’t like today’s National Day of Prayer at (gasp!) the National Cathedral.

My reply to them is this: When our country was formed, even atheists who helped frame the Constitution agreed to the inclusion of the Deity, as long as the rights of non-believers were secure.  The National Day of Prayer goes back to those same times, when George Washington participated.  Today we continue what has become a national tradition, one that harks back even farther, when Pilgrims sailed here so they could exercise their right to worship.  (I like to think that a few of them were, in reality, atheists and agnostics, coming along because they felt that they could help form a new nation in which they, too, were not persecuted.)

Is something right or good simply because it’s tradition?  Of course not.  But if it’s based on fighting injustice, and if it’s nurtured into something that allows justice for all…that makes it good and right.

Besides, if atheists are right, all we are doing is promoting good (although they call it “brainwashing”).  On the other hand, if believers are right…well, we and our country can use all help can get .

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