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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Nov 07 2005
Tidbits and Odd Thoughts on the Eve of Election Day, November 2005
All Saints Episcopal church in Pasadena, California could lose its tax-exempt status because of a sermon last year that contained an anti-war message. I can't help but wonder what the sermon topic was this year the Sunday before Election Day.
Voters in Texas will be voting on whether to prohibit same-sex marriage. A lot of states seem to be taking up this issue, which always holds just a teeny bit of irony for me. When droves of heterosexual couples began living together without matrimony in recent decades many of them often said, "It's only a piece of paper. What's a piece of paper if you love each other?" Well, it seems that piece of paper has now become a coveted item to a whole other set of folks.
The democrats have already decided when, but not where, to hold their 2008 Democratic National Convention. I can appreciate their wanting to think about the idea of possibly meeting in New Orleans, but part of me can't help but want to remind them that they will be meeting during the height of hurricane season. In the unlikely event that 2008 is as active a season as 2005 I cringe at the thought of the logistics of evacuating whole boatloads of fired-up party delegates.
One future national issue looming on the horizon is the home mortgage interest deduction, considered untouchable for decades and often referred to as a sacred cow. Because of the high cost of housing in California this just might be the sacred cow that breaks the camel's back. Californians are liable to put both donkeys and elephants out to pasture and finally secede from the Union.
posted at: 15:58 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
All Saints Episcopal church in Pasadena, California could lose its tax-exempt status because of a sermon last year that contained an anti-war message. I can't help but wonder what the sermon topic was this year the Sunday before Election Day.
Voters in Texas will be voting on whether to prohibit same-sex marriage. A lot of states seem to be taking up this issue, which always holds just a teeny bit of irony for me. When droves of heterosexual couples began living together without matrimony in recent decades many of them often said, "It's only a piece of paper. What's a piece of paper if you love each other?" Well, it seems that piece of paper has now become a coveted item to a whole other set of folks.
The democrats have already decided when, but not where, to hold their 2008 Democratic National Convention. I can appreciate their wanting to think about the idea of possibly meeting in New Orleans, but part of me can't help but want to remind them that they will be meeting during the height of hurricane season. In the unlikely event that 2008 is as active a season as 2005 I cringe at the thought of the logistics of evacuating whole boatloads of fired-up party delegates.
One future national issue looming on the horizon is the home mortgage interest deduction, considered untouchable for decades and often referred to as a sacred cow. Because of the high cost of housing in California this just might be the sacred cow that breaks the camel's back. Californians are liable to put both donkeys and elephants out to pasture and finally secede from the Union.
posted at: 15:58 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
