All We Are Saying Is Give Peace a Chance

Since when is advocating peace offensive?

Churches Should Shut Up or Put Up

In other action, the council approved an emergency bill that allows exceptions for businesses that are within 400 feet of a school, college or District-operated recreation area applying for liquor licenses. D.C. law prohibits such proximity, but the bill will allow exceptions for businesses in commercial areas.

What the fuck 400 feet? I could maybe, maybe see the justification of a not having a bar near a school, though that shouldn't be an issue as bars should not be serving students and bars usually don't have peak hours during school hours, but a church fuck that, as one of the comments points out when churches start paying taxes then they may have a say in how the government is run, but until then shut up.

And while I'm ranting I would really like to see strict parking enforcement on Sundays around churches. I am guaranteed to see several illegally parked cars around the churches in my neighborhood. It would like to the rules enforced with the same vigor as they are during stadium events. Ideally they'd enforce the same rules on Sunday mornings as they do for stadium events where as only people zoned for that area can park there. Then maybe I could find a place to park on Sunday after running some errands.

Harmful for Minors

I came across this today Government study: Internet 1 percent porn and a few thoughts came to mind.

1) Finally the government is spending some money on things that are important to me.

2) They must have only counted The WWW and of that only parts that weren't protected by passwords and they certainly didn't consider usenet and what is considered porn anyway?

3) Has there ever been a study that actually shows that viewing porn is "harmful to minors"

I'm not advocating showing porn to children, but in my teens my friends and I were always looking for ways to look at porn and we were moderately successful and though this is anecdotal evidence we are fairly well adjusted adults who don't seem damaged by our youthful dalliances with porn. It is still a commonly held belief that sugar makes children hyperactive, but this isn't the case and it wasn't until it was researched that it was discovered otherwise. Have there been any scientific studies of the effect of porn on minors?

Fuck X-Mas

It's un Jesus like and if you celebrate it you must hate Christ, you naughty little pagan.

Adult Status?

Although she is only 17, Sylvester was arraigned as an adult. In this case of mistaken identity this child was seen to the justice system as an adult. Shouldn't she be able to keep her adult status? It only seems fair.

Cooperation

Post the elections all I've been reading about lately is that cooperation is the main goal now and that partisan politics will stop. And I really want to say fuck that, Clinton wasn't given a break. If Allen forces a recount, I want a to see a bunch people calling him a whiner and sore looser. I want to see the tactics used the by the Republicans used against them, I want to see people calling meetings in rooms and not letting congressmen in and running with gavel and dismissing them. I would like to see all of these things and as much I know it wold make me feel a lot better, I know it would be wrong and that it why I won't encourage it, but boy would it be nice for just for once to give those fuckers a taste of their own medicine. What I do encourage though is that investigations will be started and the people will be held accountable, in the hopes that the next time the Republicans are in power they'll know that they won't get off the hook for the crimes that they've committed.

Catching a Liar

Notice the answer to the first questions which isn't that he was validated but glad that the guy failed. A common tell for a liar is that they will give subtle clues about the truth during their lies, notice how every time he gives an answer in the negative he right after nods yes I'd say this guy is lying.

Good riddance.

Also not that this is said to have met with Bush every Monday and the only thing they didn't agree was on the brand of truck they drove.