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Today's decision is a big win for marriage equality.
Ms. Hawkins' effort to sow division between those fighting for marriage equality in the courts and those who fight for marriage equality by the defeat of this immoral, antidemocratic constitutional amendment is misplaced, misleading, and shows a fundamental misunderstanding, if not hostility, to the struggle for marriage equality.
The world knows now of this case. The plaintiffs and their allies are as Partisans, who have...
Mr. Hintz:
My clients are pleased. My clients hired me with knowledge of my track record.
You, sir, have little to say about the wrong in the denial of marriage equality. You, sir, have nothing to say of the stigma that children of same-gendered parents bear, in a world that is only slowly recognizing marriage equality.
You, sir, have nothing to say of the struggles that people of many faith endure to gain marriage equality rooted in their faith traditions. Several...
Mr. Shelby:
Thank you for a reasoned and cool analysis of the facts that surround Rep. Bachmann's campaign promise.
Thank you for showing the President's capability of fulfilling a promise of $2 per gallon gasoline -- and the attendant costs.
Thank you for showing the truth of Rep. Bachmann's demand for drilling ANWR and western states -- and the low, if measurable, return on energy invested.
Please take two more steps, being the responsible, retired journalist...
Mr. Shelby:
Thank you for your brief explanation of Peak Oil and its seriousness. Connection between Peak Oil and the current economic crisis, most especially the dependence of fractional reserve banking and fiat currency upon cheap energy input at the margin, merits further word from you. You may also note that depopulation -- by war, pestilence, or disease -- causes energy demand destruction, too.
That's one request you granted. Thank you. Now I address my second request...
Where does the money come from to keep "core activities" going by order of the special master?
Have you ever thought of that?
I see this budget shutdown as a prime opportunity to examine the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) of the state of Minnesota. The CAFR details all assets and income, from whatever source derived, of the state. This includes pension plans, State Investment Board holdings, monies coming from grants to the University or state agencies, and...
The DFL Legislative Party, in my opinion, has no standing to complain, because it lost it's majority status by it's refusal to act on values the majority of Minnesotans hold on the vision for MN and the taxation means to that end. Restated, a greater showing of guts in the Pawlenty terms would have found the DFL in majority control. If the DFL minority caucus truly has a vision for MN that sees a MN as decent, generous, and effective as the MN in W. Anderson's era, then I see them needing...
I see Gov. Dayton as the principled champene of the public in this struggle.
I see the Republican Legislative Party as one that opposes representative government, does not want to help the general public, and will do anything to serve corporations and the rich people who use the corporate shield at the public's expense.
I see the Democratic Legislative Party as the chronic losers with no mission to serve, benefit, or protect the public. Those DFL lawmakers who speak on...
That is a sad story without a happy ending.
HHH sold his soul time and time again to LBJ because of HHH's own ambitions. LBJ took HHH's measure, and found him wanting, but useful.
LBJ feared the Kennedys because they fought to win, and usually won. Do not forget that LBJ was a big beneficiary of JFK's assassination.
Fannie Lou Hamer was right then, and she's right now. That's why HHH cried when she scolded him.
HHH drove real radicals out of the DFL between...
Win:
Your analysis lack depth and demonstrates a refusal to address the objective reality of the times and events set forth in the article and my critique.
Paul:
Who is this official of whom you speak? You hold up compromise as a prime value? I disagree.
The MONEY POWER tolerates no compromise over control. Democrats appease the MONEY POWER time and time again. The present day shows Democrats as beholden to the MONEY POWER, in its various corporate,...
I erred. MLK's Riverside Baptist Church speech took place on 4 April 1967, not 1964.