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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 23
Sign: Scorpio

City: Orlando
State: Florida
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/17/2004

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Big news for all my friends!!!

Okay, so my offsite Blog has been totally updated. It is now going to be run by myself and my friend Justin. There will several updates per day as we comment on just about everything. Take some time and go through some of our previous posts. Some things may humor you, and others are sure to offend you. Either way.....it is definitely the most honest blog on the net.

...Is Friggin' Awesome!

12:38 PM

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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

John Bolton Recess Appointment

I was just thinking about everything going on with the John Bolton recess appointment.

The 2 times its mentioned in the Constitution are as follows:

Article I - Section 3 - Clause 2
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

Article II - Section 3 - Clause 2
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Now it seems to me that the provision was originally created for the purpose of filling vacancies that actually occurred during a recess. However it has been changed to a tool for the president to use to get around the Senate.

I remember when Clinton appointed a gay ambassador to Luxembourg during recess Republicans were outraged. Saying he had shown contempt for Congress and the Constitution, and Trent Lott (No relation, lol) going off about it. Kennedy used it to appoint Thurgood Marshall to the bench, allowing time for racial tensions to ease. Eisenhower used it to appoint three justices including Warren.

In fact, this happens quite often, and most of the appointments aren't publicized. Presidents appoint dozens of officials during recess. Some don't keep office when they come to vote, some do.

I think it was in 1923 or such when somebody asked the Attorney General about the clauses I mentioned and what if a president used them just to work around the senate and get their nominee in, he said something to the effect that we shouldn't even think someone in the office of President would do such a thing.

I'd like to know how you guys feel about recess appointments.

Personally, I just wonder what's next. As history shows us, every time one President expands his powers, they don't retract. The next President just expands them more.

Bush keeps talking about Bolton reforming the UN and everything, but he has to realize that their are around 200 other people he has to convince once he's there...and I don't think the 'stache is gonna help.

Hit me back with what you think about all this.

10:33 AM

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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

7 Things about PETA you probably didn't know

I posted this as a bulletin, but figured it would have more longevity as a blog post.

1) PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk has described her group’s overall goal as “total animal liberation.” This means no meat, no milk, no zoos, no circuses, no wool, no leather, no hunting, no fishing, and no pets (not even seeing-eye dogs). PETA is also against all medical research that requires the use of animals.

2) Despite its constant moralizing about the “unethical” treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, PETA has killed over 10,000 dogs and cats at its Norfolk, Virginia headquarters. During 2003, PETA put to death over 85 percent of the animals it collected from members of the public.

3) PETA has given tens of thousands of dollars to convicted arsonists and other violent criminals. This includes a 2001 donation of $1,500 to the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF), an FBI-certified “domestic terrorist” group responsible for dozens of firebombs and death threats. During the 1990s, PETA paid $70,200 to an Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activist convicted of burning down a Michigan State University research laboratory. In his sentencing recommendation, a federal prosecutor implicated PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in that crime. And PETA vegetarian campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich told an animal rights convention in 2001 that “blowing stuff up and smashing windows” is “a great way to bring about animal liberation.”

4) PETA activists regularly target children as young as six years old with anti-meat and anti-milk propaganda, often waiting outside their schools to intercept them as they walk to and from class-without notifying parents. One piece of kid-targeted PETA literature tells small children: “Your Mommy Kills Animals!” PETA brags that its messages reach over 2 million children every year, including thousands reached by e-mail without the permission of their parents. One PETA vice president told the Fox News Channel’s audience: “Our campaigns are always geared towards children, and they always will be.”

5) PETA has used a related organization, the PETA Foundation, to fund the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a deceptive animal rights group that promotes itself as an unbiased source of medical and nutritional information. PCRM's president also serves as president of the PETA Foundation.

6) PETA runs campaigns seemingly calculated to offend religious believers. One entire PETA website is devoted to the claim-despite ample evidence to the contrary-that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian. PETA holds protests at houses of worship, even suing one church that tried to protect its members from Sunday-morning harassment. Its billboards taunt Christians with the message that hogs “died for their sins.” PETA insists, contrary to centuries of rabbinical teaching, that the Jewish ritual of kosher slaughter shouldn't be allowed. And its infamous “Holocaust on Your Plate” campaign crassly compares the Jewish victims of Nazi genocide with farm animals.

7) PETA has repeatedly attacked research foundations like the March of Dimes, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the American Cancer Society, because they support animal-based research that might uncover cures for birth defects and life-threatening diseases. PETA president Ingrid Newkirk has said that “even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we would be against it.”