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Comment on A Golden Time to Downsize Government? by BubbaPicasso

BubbaPicasso — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:28:30 +0000

Jim, methinks you might’ve finally found a way to keep Brenden from spewing. This is a wonderful op-ed piece, deserving of an even wider audience.

Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by BubbaPicasso

BubbaPicasso — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:13:38 +0000

Not allowing 18-year-olds to see the world beyond the walls they’re about to escape is precisely why we’re in this boat, floating on a sea of ignorance and bigotry. I’d like to see the Human Rights Campaign fund a prom there, open to all seniors. I don’t care if two or 2,000 attend. It would be money well and better spent than paying people to give lip service to a bunch of legislators who come from the same tribe as the school board members.

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Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Jonna Pattillo

Jonna Pattillo — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:45 +0000

Scarily enough, the 2 proms I attended, both my dates were gay guys. Didn’t know it at the time, but still they would have been happier if they had been free to just be themselves. Been 30 yrs ago. I don’t see where her choice of date should threaten anyone. If the power that be are opposed to same sex relationships, they don’t need to have one. Otherwise leave it alone.

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Comment on On Googling Gods…and Willie Mays by Michael J. Solender

Michael J. Solender — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:07:53 +0000

The “say hey” kid was the epitome of what a ballplayer should be in my mind. Talented, articulate, fan-friendly, full of hustle and a dream to watch both in the field and at bat. they do not make em like Willie anymore which is too bad – a true Giant.

Comment on The Ballet by C J Smith

C J Smith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:42:30 +0000

Cliff you do know any positive responce here would bring on the worst female brow-beating imaginable.

Comment on The Ballet by C J Smith

C J Smith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:37:32 +0000

Raymond I forgot to ask if the Opera is on your bucket list? If that happens a review needs to be in brackets next to that entry on your list.

Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Kim

Kim — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:43:40 +0000

I find this whole thing eerily similar to the movie, now musical, sensation Footloose.

From the movie: Ren: Ecclesiastes assures us… that there is a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to laugh… and a time to weep. A time to mourn… and there is a time to dance. And there was a time for this law, but not anymore. See, this is our time to dance. It is our way of celebrating life. It’s the way it was in the beginning. It’s the way it’s always been. It’s the way it should be now.

The only thing keeping these teenagers from dancing is fear. The town elders are fearful. I say they cross the tracks and have their “non”prom and welcome everyone…

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Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Gita

Gita — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:25 +0000

Ahhh, high schools. I think that gay rights are the true final frontier of civil rights and gay rights for minors are even more so. High schools are war zones in the First Amendment battle. School prayer, freedom to wear religious headwear, freedom of the press — these get tested regularly in high schools, and on some college campuses, too, because these institutions are governed by boards.
Boards want campus newspapers and high school yearbooks to be happy, peppy publications.
In college, it is the board of trustees that wants the say-so over campus behavior; in high school it is the board of education. In such cases, the authority figures win for several reasons. One, they can fire principals and teachers who do not obey their rules; two, they cater to the parents (who are scared by gay girls and boys in their midst) because the parents ELECT the school board members. Three, boards of education control the dollars that flow to the various schools in their districts. No surprise that the prom was cancelled. Wish the kids had the guts to hold an off-campus prom and invite the gays to attend.

Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Vincent Allen

Vincent Allen — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:59:17 +0000

This entire affair delves deeply into the ridiculous and clearly demonstrates how prejudice and the imposition of social standards upon others is a bonafide moral outrage. I sincerely hope that Constance does not internalize the blame for the actions that were taken by the school board. All she wanted to do was participate in the event according to her own personal style and belief system, which is supposed to be guaranteed by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights but has been subverted by religious fanatics. This goes to the core of the types of issues that divide our great country. The lessons of tolerance and acceptance must be thrust to the forefront now or more of our freedoms will be jeopardized in the name of some other belief that wishes to impose itself upon us. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are indeed unalienable rights and should not be infringed. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”

Comment on Two Endings. One Story – Money by Monica Smith

Monica Smith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:39:38 +0000

Every mother knows that “there’s not enough money” is a good excuse when the kids ask for something inappropriate or stupid. The question is why we permit bankers to exercise this paternalistic attitude over the whole nation when they take our money to the equivalent of the casino to play roulette–a fancy variant on the blokes who used to stop at the pub on Friday and roll home broke. It is OUR MONEY, after all–an intrinsically worthless figment of the imagination whose value rests entirely on the good faith and credit of the American people.

Comment on Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off by Monica Smith

Monica Smith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:04 +0000

One of my pet peeves is the confusion that has been caused by the mis-naming of the Bill of Rights which is really an enumeration of specific behaviors the agents of government must not and shall not engage in. True. If these prohibitions are honored, then individual human rights will be respected and if the agents of government carry out their obligations as directed, then all persons will be equally served.
Associating with whomever one wants is a human right. Forming partnerships is a human right. Recording partnerships in the public records is, except for the census, optional. But when some people’s partnerships are recorded, then similar acts by all other persons are to be equally recorded. Having that happen is not exercising a civil right.
Civil rights are those which define the obligations of U.S. citizens to vote, serve on juries, propose legislation, hold public office, etc. That’s how the people rule.
Conservatives are understandably reluctant to recognize either the obligations of the agents (Justice Kennedy’s designation) or of the citizens at large who, being free, have the option of carrying them out, or not, while the agents, being paid, are under a mandate. That’s not their idea of how the affairs of state should be run. It doesn’t comport with their position that the majority of humanity is vile and government is charged with keeping them in line.
Considering that until the passage of the Federal Tort Claims Act in 1947 and the Freedom of Information Act in 1966 it wasn’t possible for most citizens to know what public officials were doing in their name and hold them accountable for malfeasance in office, it’s understandable that the attachment to the old way of doing things persists. Also understandable is the persistent effort to turn back the clock by privatizing public functions and substituting the secrecy of the corporate boardroom for the smoke-filled political haunts of old. Understandable but bound to fail.
Unfortunately, it’s turned out that failure is actually a guarantor of longevity, especially for politicians. Promising things that can’t be accomplished is the doorway to a pleading that they be permitted to “try and try again.” And generous Americans let them get away with it.