Florida court strikes down ban on gay adoptions

Well,

I see another constitutional amendment coming. But this will be much harder to pass or even get on the ballot. But then again, I though the gay-marriage amendment would fail. So I'm not a good person to ask about this sort of thing.

Ironically, I care more about banning gay-adoption than I do gay-marriage. So this ruling strikes at one of the main reason I supported the gay-marriage ban. Ideally, Adoption would only be allowed by married couples, then there would be no need for a gay-adoption ban. But this would prevent singles from adopting too, and although I'm OK with that, most people aren't

I fully support giving a lot of the rights associated with marriage to gay couples. However, adoption is one that I am adamantly against! (Exclamation point). There is just no reason to place a child into a family structure that could in no way (under any circumstances natural or using any medical technology short of cloning) have produced a child of their own. And by their own, I mean the couple together, with the child being equally biologically related to both of them.

I think gay-couples should admit that they are not in the family making business and shouldn't be in the family raising business either.

Florida court challenges state's ban on gay adoptions -- OrlandoSentinel.com [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Dave Barry: And the winner is . . .

too true... the last few days of the campaign was nothing but name calling. Although Obama (since he was ahead) did focus more on what he would do if elected, McCain was mostly talking about coming from behind and winning.

Dave Barry: And the winner is . . . the man with the martini - Dave Barry - MiamiHerald.com [This Post Continues after the jump...]

US Automakers Forced to Pay 85% to Non-Working Union Members

Wow,
I say let them go into bankruptcy and cancel the UAW contracts (if they can) or go bust if they can't. Yes, I know that would be devastating to the economy in ways I don't understand right now, but something has to give. We can't bail out a fundamentally unsound company.

CNSNews.com - Automakers Forced to Pay 85- to 95-Percent of Wages to Union Members Who Are Not Working [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Earth has COOLED since Bush Took Office

So will Bush go down in history as the President who STOPPED global warming??

.: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works :: Minority Page :.

...the planet has not only cooled since George W. Bush took office – pause and let the significance of that one sink in – but began to chill significantly at almost precisely the moment that we signed the Kyoto Protocol, exactly ten years ago today.

The calendar year isn't exactly over yet, but the people who watch such things --- namely the National Climatic Data Center --- are reporting that through its first 10 months 2008 is shaping up to be the coolest year in the United States since 1997.

WOW! [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Federal Judge Orders Release of 5 Terror Suspects Held at Guantanamo

I think this has been TOO LONG in coming. I think it's important to be able to hold people initially without detailed charges, but SEVEN YEARS is long enough to come up with some charges. If the government can't do that, or chooses not too, then the people should be released.

It's a harsh requirement, but the power to lock someone up indefinitely just because our government says they're "dangerous" is too big a power for ANY government to wield.

FOXNews.com - Federal Judge Orders Release of 5 Terror Suspects Held at Guantanamo Bay Prison - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Federal Judge Orders Release of 5 Terror Suspects Held at Guantanamo

I think this has been TOO LONG in coming. I think it's important to be able to hold people initially without detailed charges, but SEVEN YEARS is long enough to come up with some charges. If the government can't do that, or chooses not too, then the people should be released.

It's a harsh requirement, but the power to lock someone up indefinitely just because our government says they're "dangerous" is too big a power for ANY government to wield.

FOXNews.com - Federal Judge Orders Release of 5 Terror Suspects Held at Guantanamo Bay Prison - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News [This Post Continues after the jump...]

NASA's Global Temp Blunder - The world has never seen such freezing heat

The world has never seen such freezing heat - Telegraph

A surreal scientific blunder last week raised a huge question mark about the temperature records that underpin the worldwide alarm over global warming.

GISS did not have resources to exercise proper quality control over the data it was supplied with. [Yet they]... are not only one of the four data sets that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on to promote its case for global warming, but they are the most widely quoted, since they consistently show higher temperatures than the others.

Read the whole thing to see how little scientific scrutiny is give to the Global Warming data... [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Are you an idiot to keep paying your mortgage?

What a deal this is going to be.... stop paying your mortgage and get one or all of these..

1 - Reducing the interest rate (always good, but strangely this is only for 5 years?)
2 - Extending the term of the loan (which isn't really a good idea - unless you're really in trouble)
3 - Reducing the principal (to be paid back only when you sell - a free loan!)

Are you an idiot to keep paying your mortgage? [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Would-be Obama aides must disclose... everything!

Would-be Obama aides must disclose Web posts, Facebook profiles | Politics and Law - CNET News

This seems Draconian... I don't think I could possibly supply all the info they are asking for.
And who would have time to read it all anyways?

The Gun ownership question is particular disturbing too...

But to be honest, a lot of this is normal for a job at this level. But shouldn't they keep it limited to things that matter? Like policy issues or cheating on income tax laws? I don't think posting a comment to a website should automatically matter. [This Post Continues after the jump...]

State Recognition of Marriage: not a Fundamental Right

I couldn't have said this better myself...

Actually I can't say it at all without being called homophobic or worse. But maybe this guy, "GayPatriotWest" (I'm not sure his real name, but it's apparently not Bruce Carroll) but maybe he can say it and have a few people listen.

GayPatriot » State Recognition of Marriage: not a Fundamental Right [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Obams's Chief os Staffl Was A Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal

This this asking the fox to guard the hen house or what?
Freddie Mac was the central player in the sub-prime mortgage disaster...
Now one of the same people will be running the white house...

It's change... but not one I can believe in....

ABC News: Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac During Scandal [This Post Continues after the jump...]

Florida Election Results

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Obama's Civilian Security Force

YouTube - Obama Civilian Security
A Civilian Security Force that is:

Just as strong as our military.
.... The "strength" of a military is generally summed up as it's size
.... so we're talking a 100 thousand or more members!

Just as powerful...
.... the "Power" of a military is generally related to it's weapons
.... so a group that is well armed!

Just as well funded
.... so we're talking Billions of dollars.


and what exactly will this large, heavily armed, group do?
.... I have no idea!

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McCain and Obama Differ even as They Both Reject Gay Marriage

If Elected ... - Hopefuls Differ as They Reject Gay Marriage - Series - NYTimes.com

This is a fairly good read... and pretty balanced (from what I know about the candidates positions) [This Post Continues after the jump...]