edlib

edlib

01-29-2006, 8:03 PM
#18

Like I said: I'd love to be proven wrong on this point. But that's still my gut feeling.... [Read More]

edlib

01-27-2006, 6:51 PM
#11

I honestly don't believe America is truly ready for a female president, from either party. Or for that matter a black one. Or a jewish one. And certainly not an openly gay one. I just don't think we've really come all that far in those regards. I'd... [Read More]

Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament

edlib

01-27-2006, 9:02 PM
#10

True,.. but why give them an additional reason to do so by a sudden cessation of all political and diplomatic communications, which will surely be viewed as an insult to a group that can rightfully claim to be elected by the people.... [Read More]

Posted in: HAMAS dominates Palestinian parliament

edlib

01-27-2006, 7:10 PM
#8

If the West totally shuts out the Palestinian Authority out of any communication at this point over this, it certainly isn't going to help maintain stability in the region. If Hamas feels totally isolated and shut out they could react explosively, s... [Read More]

Posted in: Palps slaying of the JEDI was poor

edlib

01-31-2006, 7:31 AM
#25

Lucas painted himself into a corner with this one. He had to have the Jedi confront Palpatine, which they wouldn't do alone, (so there had to be more than one of them there....) but also get down to a one-on-one fight, which is more dramatic, and fa... [Read More]

Posted in: Hitler is coming.... I mean Bush.

edlib

01-21-2006, 8:25 PM
#7

If you've seen any of the footage that came out of the police cracking down on protesters in Miami a couple of years ago, or seeing them gear up for the various political National Conventions, it might be possible to make a case for "Police Mili... [Read More]

Posted in: Judge Alito

edlib

01-22-2006, 1:35 AM
#20

I'm not saying I totally approve of their tactics, Templar... but I do understand what they are trying to do. The Democrats are pretty much sitting back and watching the Republicans slowly dig their own grave. By the time the mid-term elections co... [Read More]

Posted in: Judge Alito

edlib

01-21-2006, 9:51 PM
#17

They only had to stay the course for - what? 10 months? It comes down to political expedience: I'm sure most of the Democrats and Moderates were thinking that being seen as obstructionists to forward progress could also be political suicide at this... [Read More]

Posted in: Judge Alito

edlib

01-21-2006, 10:38 AM
#14

Well, I seriously doubt my home state is going to take any huge, radical actions to ban or overly restrict abortions. Eventually, the issue will come up before the courts again. Perhaps this time they can pass a much better "Freedom of Privacy&... [Read More]

Posted in: Judge Alito

edlib

01-21-2006, 12:16 AM
#12

Agreed. And one has to wonder: What issue will bring out the Christian Right to vote in such numbers as we have seen in the last couple of elections once they get thier victory over Roe?... [Read More]

Posted in: Judge Alito

edlib

01-20-2006, 5:49 PM
#10

I say appoint him. With a minimum of fuss. Anybody Bush nominates is going to be a conservative. So we either get an "up-front" conservative who seems to know a few things about the law (like Roberts,) a full-out conservative wacko (like B... [Read More]

Posted in: How many do you count?

edlib

01-30-2006, 10:22 PM
#39

Small point: Calling China's human rights violations "fascist" isn't entirely accurate. Communism and Fascism are fairly dissimilar, EXCEPT in the fact that they both tend to be run by Totalitarian regimes. True fascists tend be very anti-... [Read More]

Posted in: How many do you count?

edlib

01-20-2006, 11:37 AM
#9

So,... let me get this straight: Just because some (or, as you would have it, all) of these things have existed in one form or another throughout American history means: a.) We don't need to be vigilant against trends we might observe moving in a c... [Read More]

Posted in: How many do you count?

edlib

01-20-2006, 8:38 AM
#6

Well, the Eco essay is over 10 years old at this point. I remember seeing it long before the 2000 election, and the Bush/ Gore debacle. And while I wouldn't say it was a perfect fit to the current political situations here and abroad,.. there a more... [Read More]

Posted in: How many do you count?

edlib

01-19-2006, 7:52 PM
#2

That's similar to an essay I read some years ago from Umberto Eco: http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html Pretty sobering stuff, if you happen to look at the world in a certain way.... [Read More]

Posted in: Homosexuality & Same-Sex Marriage

edlib

01-19-2006, 11:29 PM
#48

No problem here either. Try a different browser, or clear all your cookies and session data, and try again.... [Read More]

Posted in: Homosexuality & Same-Sex Marriage

edlib

01-17-2006, 3:48 PM
#29

Heterosexual marriage/sex is old, traditional, and preferred by most of the world. Much of the world still prefers arranged marriages and polygamy to this day, as well... yet these fall outside the realm of what's currently acceptable in our country.... [Read More]

Posted in: Homosexuality & Same-Sex Marriage

edlib

01-17-2006, 8:03 AM
#24

Corinthians is in the New Testament. I did say that I thought there were references in the epistles (I didn't take the time to bother to try to look them up,) of which Corinthians is counted, I believe. It's been a while, so I might be mistaken. But... [Read More]

Posted in: Homosexuality & Same-Sex Marriage

edlib

01-16-2006, 8:57 AM
#12

Did Jesus even have any anti-homosexuality teachings? If I believe what all the christians say about Jesus, he was all about love and tolerance. Don't you remember that famous scripture: "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten... [Read More]

Posted in: Homosexuality & Same-Sex Marriage

edlib

01-15-2006, 9:41 PM
#9

As someone who lives in the only American state to currently have legal same-sex marriage, I can honestly say: meh. It went from firestorm to non-issue in a couple of weeks. Nothing in my life has been affected in any measurable way, neither has a... [Read More]

Posted in: Owen and Beru knew about Anakin I think

edlib

01-14-2006, 8:42 PM
#10

Well, I know for sure that the "Close the blast doors!" line existed in the very first version of the movie, back in '77. It's subtraction in subsequent versions always bugged me. A lot of the audio inconsistencies have been explained by B... [Read More]

Posted in: 403-3

edlib

01-20-2006, 10:44 AM
#161

That said.. WMDs may have been the offical reason for going to war, but they were never the real reason. Its pretty clear that the US wanted to go in (for whatever reason) and would have used any reason it could find to justify it. The real reasons... [Read More]

Posted in: 403-3

edlib

01-19-2006, 9:59 AM
#154

My theory: Saddam had WMD... once. However; after the end of the first Gulf War, all the sanctions, and being dogged by weapons inspectors continually started, then his bio- and chem-weapons programs started to fail. They became unsustainable under... [Read More]

Posted in: The Pledge "Unconstitutional"

edlib

01-15-2006, 11:50 AM
#90

I grew up in Plymouth Massachusetts, and one year as a school project I did some (mostly behind-the-scenes) work at "Plimouth Plantation," the historic recreation of the original settler village. As a result, I had to do a fair amount of re... [Read More]

Posted in: The Pledge "Unconstitutional"

edlib

01-15-2006, 12:44 AM
#88

The whole reason America was ever created was for religious freedom, because England wouldn't allow it. There might have been a handful of early settlers that came over to escape religious persecution, but if you look more carefully at the history of... [Read More]

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