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THE OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA PLUS BOOMER 'N WHISKERS THREAD! (pg. 1381)
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSZ
This quandry we are in now with gay marriage is in large part a construction of the initial merging of church and state in regards to marriage.
Now we begin to see the unfortunate problems created in merging the two!
When you merge the two it weakens both the institution of government, and the Church.
I think of marriage as a religious institution. If a gay couple wants to get married through their particular religion, if their religion allows it, then more power to them.
I'm for equal rights. That is, I favor granting the same government benefits that hetero married couples enjoy to gays and lesbians.
However, I'm greatly opposed to the initial merging of church and state in regards to marriage in the first place. Unfortunately, I don't see how this merging can be undone now that hundreds (or more) of government benefits are tied together with government marriage.
Consider:
My grandparents were married in both a separate Catholic Church ceremony and civil union ceremony in Texas after my grandfather returned from WWII in the 1940s.
This was the norm at this time, and it was not out of the ordinary. In predominately Catholic Mexico, this is still the norm.
At some point along the way, some bozos in governmental positions decided that it would be wise to merge church and state by getting rid of "civil unions" in favor of government sponsored marriage.
My preferred solution would be for the state to return to granting civil unions to both hetero and homo couples (for government benefits), and religious institutions should perform "marriage."
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Yes.
Clearly clear and simply simple.
<3 |
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| getfoul |
| btw whiskers, thats the song you wanted. |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by montie
that would be cool. everyone should post a few songs that they want to be on the mix everyone votes for the other people's tracks that they want. each person nominates say 5 tracks and only 2 get to go onto the mix and those 2 are chosen by other people's voting and people can't vote for the songs they post
and eventually teh songs get chosen and then we all do a mix of them (since everyone prolly doesn't have the songs on vinyl or CD tables we could do the mix on the computer also) and then post up the mix and see who does the best job of putting al lthe tracks together |
That's sweet, we could put a poll in this forum for it. And I'd make a mix too. Oh and each mixer could have the option of including one track not on the list, but just one. |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
, my cubase sucked big time. most of the mix sounds like it is underwater....judas... |
Too many low frequencies, not enough highs |
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| Tranc3 |
OK well here are my top 5 nominations for teh mix:
Narcotik - Blue
Shpongle - Divine Moments of Truth
Taste Experience - Highlander
Sinesweeper - Eyes Wide Shut
Planisphere - Teardrop |
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| Tranc3 |
lol....got this email today from a discogs user:
| quote: | I have a few records that I could let go for one of yours. If your
interested.
I'm looking for Moogwai - Viola
I can trade you
Push - Universal Nation 2003, and
Armin Album Sampler 2/3
Let me know. PEACE |
Viola is my precious
Plus I don't like those records he offered |
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| montie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranc3
OK well here are my top 5 nominations for teh mix:
Narcotik - Blue
Shpongle - Divine Moments of Truth
Taste Experience - Highlander
Sinesweeper - Eyes Wide Shut
Planisphere - Teardrop |
my vote goes to Taste Experience - Highlander and Shpongle - Divine Moments of Truth
Oh there should also be a rule that the person doing the mix can use whatever remix of the tracks decided |
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| DaveSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
it'd be "you are her", not she :P.
but I am still convinced that exstace is whiskers.
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I can see whiskers doing something like that. |
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| DaveSZ |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story...1228622,00.html
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Email shows Cheney 'link' to oil contract
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Tuesday June 1, 2004
The Guardian
The US vice-president, Dick Cheney, helped to steer through a huge contract for the reconstruction of Iraq's oil industry on behalf of his old firm, Halliburton, Time magazine reported yesterday.
The report, based on an internal Pentagon email, joins a steady stream of allegations of cronyism involving Halliburton. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Houston company has won $17bn (£9bn) in contracts to rebuild Iraq, far outstripping its competitors.
Mr Cheney, who ran Halliburton for five years before he became George Bush's vice-president in 2000, has maintained that he severed all links to the company when he entered public life.
However, Time said it had obtained an internal email from a Pentagon official indicating that Mr Cheney's office had been intimately involved in awarding a multibillion-dollar contract for the restoration of Iraqi oil.
The email, dated March 5 last year, said that Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defence for policy and an avid promoter of the war, had approved a contract with Halliburton "contingent on informing WH [the White House] tomorrow".
The email says that Mr Feith received authorisation for the Rio (Restore Iraqi Oil) contract from the deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz. The email, from an unidentified official with the Army Corps of Engineers, says: "We anticipate no issues, since action has been coordinated with the VP's office."
No other bids were sought, and Halliburton was awarded the contract.
A spokesman for Mr Cheney's office denied any connection to the contract. "The vice-president and his office have played no role in government contracting since he left private business to campaign for vice-president," in 1999, Kevin Kellems said.
But Mr Cheney has not severed his links with Halliburton. Last year, he received $178,437 in deferred compensation from the company.
Reports suggest that the process of awarding contracts has changed under the Bush administration. A report to the House of Representatives committee on government reform last week noted that $107bn in contracts had been awarded without open competition. Nearly three-quarters of those exclusive arrangements - worth about $88bn - involved work in Iraq, the report said. Halliburton has won a sizeable share of them.
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| DaveSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Yes.
Clearly clear and simply simple.
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How does it work in your country?
Do you have separate civil unions and religious marriage?
I think that's defo the way to go.
I did find this:
http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/al...ld_/index.shtml
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Denmark
In 1989 became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriages. In 2000, Denmark passed a law that gives homosexuals couples the right to obtain custody of children by a previous heterosexual marriage. |
:toocool: |
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| DaveSZ |
http://slate.msn.com/id/2100884/
Prenuptial Jitters
Did gay marriage destroy heterosexual marriage in Scandinavia?
By M.V. Lee Badgett
Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 1:28 PM PT |
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| whiskers |
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
DAVS SVEETER SKAT
roughly translated by whiskers means:
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what the ?
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
awww she likes me. *now to get her in bed with me* |
good luck. she didn't even want to post a picture of her... good luck getting her in bed with you :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
presenting.........
(drum roll)
(bugle)
(flute)
(saxophone)
(more drums)
the one and only......
G E T F O U L
on his
1 0 0 0 t h post!!!!
Yay, Grant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ROFL!
pretty
(ignoring Grant flirtage :p)
| quote: | Originally posted by TrAnCeAkI
nice chatroom u got going on here :p |
what are you doing on the internet, go back to masturbating to pictures of gay kai :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Fundamental
Ain't been in here in a while. Thought it might have ended by now... :p |
you wish :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Emil
Chrissi, will you marry me? |
now, now, easy there.
if she's marrying anyone, that would be me :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
aren't we all getting married? in Vegas?
the 5 of us...remember?
wow, back in the early days of this thread. 5 of us would be you, me, Boomers, Montie, and Whiskers. :D
I guess we've grown, eh?
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i think i'm against that idea now...
well, against montie, emil, and boomers :D
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
i got flirted with by "attentionwhore" and not by exstace.
dammit i feel rejected cause attentionwhore is gone. |
who WAS attentionwhore??? :conf:
and look, grant is sad because some girl on the internet that he never even met didn't flirt with him :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
dunno..
I kind of suspect that attentionwhore is one of us? I think she appeared only in our thread and in Chill Out.
Like...Boomers. I think maybe you are she? ;)
If we have to start a new thread, we should just call it "OUR THREAD."
Where is our Phun Nun? |
the nun is walking to washington
and i still hold my belief that attentionwhore is Tuan :p
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
it'd be "you are her", not she :P.
but I am still convinced that exstace is whiskers.
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1. don't correct my internet girlfriend, bitch :p
2. what the hell???????
now i'm being blamed for being a girl??? :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
| quote: | Originally posted by Mebot
i dont think so.... ;) ;) ;) |
thank you, damn it. some justice here!
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
oh, prolly because Jen thought she was banned. She wasn't. She had changed her e-mail address and had to go to the TA email and click the link to reactivate her account. She's just...what's the word...inattentive? *chuckle
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haha, sorry, that's what i call grade A dumbass :p
sorry, Jen :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
okay, link link. I'll download at my speedy 10 bps connection. This house is very nice but I think I'm on the oldest phone line in this country. Eh, feels like home. *sigh |
:)
it's good that it feels like home :)
| quote: | Originally posted by getfoul
btw whiskers, thats the song you wanted. |
thanks, mate. will check out.
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
<3 |
easy there. whiskers is jealous :p
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSZ
I can see whiskers doing something like that. |
you on their side too????
:whip: :whip:
and all this time i thought we were going to vote for the same person....!!!
Denmark
In 1989 became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriages. In 2000, Denmark passed a law that gives homosexuals couples the right to obtain custody of children by a previous heterosexual marriage.
jesus...
Denmark is like 10 years ahead of everyone else
seriously, Denmark = coolest country in the world :happy2: :eek: :toocool: |
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