Might be worth remembering that some of "them" are conservative, and in fact Ricochet members. 

"Our" memories ("us" being in this case, you know, "them")   are good enough to know what a fraud "separate but equal" is. :-)

If you want to enshrine "marriage" as a religious term, that's fine I suppose, but it should be removed from the law in that case.

And what your sect will do about sects that think same-sex erm... marriages... are OK, I do not know. Declare them apostate, I suppose. Such is the struggle for doctrinal and dogmatic  purity.

I really don't care how religionists structure their religion as long as I'm left alone to run my own life as I see fit.

We could call it MiniPax...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Peace

"No 'Department of Defense' ever won a war..." -- R. A. Heinlein

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

I blew the Puritans. I mean, the question about the Puritans. 

It continues to amaze me that people who claim to be so dedicated to personal responsibility and small government with limited powers continue to lobby fervently for their right to use the government as a tool to impose their religious beliefs on others.

I won't let the government tell me who can be in my family. I don't think you should either. 

Check Six - This is a phrase used by fighter pilots that means to look behind you for enemy aircraft...the term became synonymous with "watch your back" among aviators who were looking out for each other on the ground as well as in the air.

via wiki.answers.com

FAA Airman's Information Manual, 4-1-15. Radar Traffic Information Service 1. Radar identified traffic: (a) Azimuth from the aircraft in terms of the 12 hour clock...(c) Distance from the aircraft in nautical miles...EXAMPLE- "Traffic 10 o'clock, 3 miles, west-bound"

Um, most photos I've seen of herero couples in similar circumstances are just as campy. 

What impresses me about all this is the fact that Obama bases his claim for the authority to use force in this way on "the right of self-defense". 

How deeply ironic, given his assault on the Second Amendment, where he claims that our citizens have no right to keep and bear "weapons of war".

Our constitutional-scholar-in-chief needs to re-read U.S. v. Miller.

Assuming, of course, that he's already read it once. 

Um, the Critique was Kant. Hegel was Wissenschaft der Logik and other light classics.

C'mon, I'm a software engineer....put those liberal arts degrees to work, people.   

Owl: Here ya go--

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/562862/changing-the-subject-2.pdf

Around here we're early Kickstarter supporters of Pebble also...ours should arrive this month. 

The last time I wore a watch was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_Wrist_PDA

Before that it was

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_Databank

I imagine what started the lust was a watch I never owned but often coveted: 

http://www.hpmuseum.org/01.jpg

Details:

http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp01.htm

A Pebble could potentially tell you where you set your beer down, but you'd  have to use a mug with a GPS and Bluetooth in it. 

Well, he would hardly be silenced by being off-shored. But perhaps he wouldn't be as loud if he was further away... :-) 

With all the talk about "talk" radio, and knowing that many marginal talk radio shows (not as successful as Rush or Beck or Hannity) are hungry for content, I wonder if it might not be better than just a "mention" to have an episode or two of some of the podcasts play *on* talk radio?

Somehow meggings do not add to my gruntletude.

I bet Ted Nugent would have more things to say about this than you have time to listen to. 

I'm  still waiting...haven't heard a word. I did it the day I played the podcast announcing the deal.

I'm  still waiting...haven't heard a word. I did it the day I played the podcast