Recent content by AnotherAmerican

Since you asked, I don't like the "except" clause. Narrowing things down with "except" clauses gives the Courts a fertile field of edge cases to "interpret." Anyway, "those born in the US to the parents of illegal immigrants" is poorly worded. If I'm a US citizen, and somehow one of my kids...

The only "poll" that matters is the one where we all vote; everything else is commentary. The appropriate place to bet on the outcome of the election is Las Vegas. In a voting booth, you're being asked what you really want. Respond accordingly. Suspend Habeus Corpus, legalize torture...

By definition, "socialized" health care would involve state-owned hospitals paying state-employee doctors. At the municipal level, this exists already in many places: County hospitals and Fire Dep't. EMTs are a few popular examples. Any state or locality in the country is already free to...

"Pay toll - 10 cents"

Where can one buy pure gold, silver, etc. for cash, and walk away with the metal in hand? An ounce of gold here, a pound of silver there, that kind of thing?

Yeah, like, some guy somewhere, like, said something. I mean, it's like, you know, whatever. :p --- The only thing the Department of Education really does is: 1) Collect tax revenue that would have gone directly from localities to their schools, and instead siphon it into Ed, which then...

People who vote for Ron Paul in their first election are the coolest people on the planet. :p Where I live, there are no Republicans. So I answered "Democrats" because that's what most people seem to be around here. What few Republicans do exist are Neocon caricatures, at least the ones who...

Thanks for mentioning Source Mage! I hadn't heard of it before; it looks really interesting. Gentoo with ./configure options, basically?

http://www.cryptography.org/getpgp.htm

I live near Berkeley. Welcome to my world. *sigh* As the Gay Marriage Ban Amendment vote showed, he's also against the Feds riding in to our state and telling us we have to discriminate. Give them the power to do "good," and they can also use it to do "bad." Better to leave them out of it...

Slackware Linux for me.

If the airlines are allowed to decide, then your friend will be able to choose whether to fly an armed-pilot airline or an unarmed-pilot airline. Is your friend pro-choice?

I take it that by "crisis of major proportions," she means 12 Million unemployed Americans getting job interviews?

25th Amendment, section 2: IOW, if Cheney resigns, Bush can nominate a new VP, and step down once that new VP is confirmed by Congress. This is how Gerald Ford became President: VP Spiro Agnew resigned, Nixon nominated Geral Ford, Ford was confirmed, Nixon resigned.

Taxi to Giants game: $55 Beer and a hot dog: $14 Beaning the IRS Commissioner in the 'nads with a $600K baseball: PRICELESS.