"Calls to boycott Arizona grow over new immigration law" was the headline at la times."
What do these and others who are qq'ing over the new (or old if your using your brain) Arizona Immigration law have in common?
They are all for having more illegal criminals voting to keep their politicians in office, it all boils down to politics in the end.
If anyone has read the documentation that the Arizona senate put forth back in January you'd see the bill is nothing more than forcing Arizona law enforcement to enforce FEDERAL Law... shocking?, no.
According to the Arizona State Senate fact sheet for S.B. 1070 the purpose of the law is to :
In Fact the actual law clarifies all this in the very first section.
OMG!! NOOO !!! Enforce Federal Law!?!?!?!
Ok, sarcasm over.
Let's get real, this "fight" or "protest" is nothing more than radicalists working any angle they can to get as many votes as they can, weather it be from illegal's, criminals, or people they just plain made up.
The Supreme Court gave its approval Wednesday to displaying a cross on public land to honor fallen soldiers, saying the Constitution "does not require the eradication of all religious symbols in the public realm."
Speaking for a divided court, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said the 1st Amendment called for a middle-ground "policy of accommodation" toward religious displays on public land, not a strict separation of church and state.
Kennedy disagreed with judges in California who said U.S. National Park Service officials must remove a small Latin cross from the Mojave National Preserve that had stood since 1934 to honor soldiers who died in World War I. The judges said the display of the cross on public land amounted to a government endorsement of religion.
It's refreshing to see something sane come from the beltway, however the fact it was a split decision is unsettling. I agree totaly with one of the commentators on the article.
"The Mojave Cross was there long before this became a national preserve. It was erected by WWI vets to commemorate their friends who did not return home. It has historical and memorial value, and the ACLU was ridiculous for pursuing its removal. At no time did this cross represent any kind of official endorsement of a religion by the government."
Well said.
Since I have the space this weeks "Song of the Week" is Sailing Day by Bump of Chicken off their Yggdrasil album.
Also as an extra I'm making available the video.
For fans of jpop/jrock these guys are already well know for their high energy, melodic rifts and great vocals.
However for those outside this realm I think you'd be surprised to find your self doing a bit of toe tapping, air drumming or even bouncing in your chair while listening.
It's just infectious to me, so much so I sought out more of their music and came across the "Tales of the Abyss" anime which they did the opening song for. The anime also rocks as it's one of the handful my daughter and I watch every weekend.
Just found out I have unlimited bandwidth and space... guess it pays to have used the same web host and such for eight years now.
Pondering what to do with it now :)
I was browsing the EvE forums today and came across this gem.
"My wife is not a gamer but she at least takes small interest in my favorite hobby and watches me play from time to time - though she can only handle so much EvE as I'm usually flying my Freighter. She does play a mean game of Tetris, but she's completely out of touch with modern gaming.
She knows a few simple things about my computer gaming. She knows that I can speak into my headset and people can hear me (but she doesn't realize this is only if Ventrilo or EvE Voice are active). She knows that my ship is larger than most other ships and that I can carry many smaller ships inside, and that I do this to earn more money.
Being the great wife that she is she will often try to come up with ideas that can help me earn more money. One day I was slowboating to a gate in my Fenrir with a Bestower above me also slowboating. He was right beside me so my wife could see how much I dwarfed him.
She says "That guy should let you carry him so he doesn't need to work so hard. He could pay you to take him!" I said I don't think he's going to be interested in that but before I could say much else she grabs my headset from behind my computer and shouts into it "HEY, SMALLER SPACESHIP, DO YOU WANT MY HUSBAND TO CARRY YOU? HE CAN KEEP YOU SAFE FROM BAD SPACESHIPS!" "
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1303989