tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4020951623325456692..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Who knew John Adams was a prophet?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65680653181197874492008-05-21T07:10:00.000-04:002008-05-21T07:10:00.000-04:00Relatives outside sect seek custody in Texas case ...<B>Relatives outside sect seek custody in Texas case<BR/> <BR/>SAN ANGELO, Texas — Child welfare officials have said in the opening days of individual custody hearings for members of a polygamist sect that at least eight mothers once held in state custody as minors were actually adults. One is 27.<BR/><BR/>The disclosures, which have dribbled out in hearings held across five courtrooms, brings the number of underage mothers in state custody to 23, eroding statistics state officials have cited to bolster their claims of widespread abuse. Other reclassifications are likely to follow as judges sort out family relationships in custody hearings scheduled to last three weeksRelatives outside sect seek custody in Texas case,</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43770671236982431222008-05-21T03:11:00.000-04:002008-05-21T03:11:00.000-04:00Nite, bob.Nite, bob.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89282068720857363692008-05-21T03:10:00.000-04:002008-05-21T03:10:00.000-04:00It's socially accepted, and here in Colombia there...It's socially accepted, and here in Colombia there is rather a shortage of men, which only makes it worse.<BR/><BR/>Colombian women of any means at all keep the retail cosmetic surgery industry in piles of pesos. Retaining a husband is a seriously competitive endeavor.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12546411085191794562008-05-21T03:05:00.000-04:002008-05-21T03:05:00.000-04:00No threat to national security here. Orgy at MI5Wo...No threat to national security here. <A HREF="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64816" REL="nofollow">Orgy at MI5</A><BR/><BR/>World's gone nuts.<BR/><BR/>grrniteBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12166817656140109032008-05-21T02:59:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:59:00.000-04:00Down here they dump wives (and kids) and move on t...<I>Down here they dump wives (and kids) and move on to the next with utter and appalling abandon.</I><BR/><BR/>Which is probably a main reason they live in squalor, many of them. With a new revolutionary savior always on the horizon.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36994515279922903342008-05-21T02:56:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:56:00.000-04:00A time honored and tested cultural tradition, that...A time honored and tested cultural tradition, that they have there in the old world.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84187494682309197932008-05-21T02:54:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:54:00.000-04:00Down here they dump wives (and kids) and move on t...Down here they dump wives (and kids) and move on to the next with utter and appalling abandon.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19885927670640378372008-05-21T02:52:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:52:00.000-04:00What, you don't think two or three wives is a s'ma...What, you don't think two or three wives is a s'marvelous idea?<BR/><BR/>I take it this isn't a failure of imagination on your part.<BR/><BR/>The Continentals are undoubtedly smarter and boggle at the whole idea. They just take mistresses.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84262427139365394372008-05-21T02:48:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:48:00.000-04:00In Idaho, if you've been living with the girl, I t...In Idaho, if you've been living with the girl, I think it's five years, maybe seven, you're married, whether you know it or not. At least that's the way it used to be. So move around a little:)Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51297392785276433192008-05-21T02:40:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:40:00.000-04:00Chalk up another one for The Prognosticator aka Sa...Chalk up another one for <I>The Prognosticator</I> aka Sam. He said by 'at least 12' and Obama won by 16 in Oregon.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-10884072350543693372008-05-21T02:37:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:37:00.000-04:00It's a hell of a lot easier on the system, one's o...It's a hell of a lot easier on the system, one's own, and the state's, just to have one wife.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74802925396602000992008-05-21T02:35:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:35:00.000-04:00:) Shit, talk about happy times for lawyers.:) Shit, talk about happy times for lawyers.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68318136020315456502008-05-21T02:34:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:34:00.000-04:00Is there "Anything" in the Constitution that allow...Is there "Anything" in the Constitution that allows as how the government should be promoting one type of marriage/religion over the other?<BR/><BR/>Anything not ceded to the Feds is reserved to the states. The legislature makes the laws.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27477074097012754802008-05-21T02:33:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:33:00.000-04:00We're a nation of well-paid lawyers, bob. Let THEM...We're a nation of well-paid lawyers, bob. Let THEM figure it out.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85263713334366727142008-05-21T02:32:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:32:00.000-04:00Answer: Sharia law. That should do it. Like bin La...Answer: Sharia law. That should do it. Like bin Laden, and his many wives. Which is to say, the wives got very little rights.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41701013707563808522008-05-21T02:29:00.001-04:002008-05-21T02:29:00.001-04:00The Beaver State has 52 delegates. It also had the...<I>The Beaver State has 52 delegates. It also had the distinction of staging the only contest without a designated polling day.<BR/><BR/>Instead, under a vote-by-mail system, election officials tallied all ballots received by 11 p.m. on primary day.<BR/><BR/>The only primaries remaining are in Puerto Rico, on June 1, followed two days later by South Dakota and Montana.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/20/clinton-campaign-predicts-race-goes-on-as-dems-await-primary-results/" REL="nofollow">Oregon/Kentucky</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67163566743685489902008-05-21T02:29:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:29:00.000-04:00But even if McCain had better ideas, he needs that...But even if McCain had better ideas, he needs that (Miami) bloc come November - just as Obama needs the equally instrumental Labor one.<BR/><BR/>It's all so sad and predictable.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70097246069349770102008-05-21T02:26:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:26:00.000-04:00Marriage isn't a religious construct. At least now...Marriage isn't a religious construct. At least nowadays. Atheists marry atheists all the time.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16544651139265932422008-05-21T02:25:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:25:00.000-04:00And don't say we made wills. People fight about wi...And don't say we made wills. People fight about wills <I>all the time.</I> What <I>rule of law</I> are you going to create to cover all this shit?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38036890346180311392008-05-21T02:24:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:24:00.000-04:00That would be funny.The Chavez angle to the whole ...That would be funny.<BR/><BR/>The Chavez angle to the whole deal.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88223529113670945692008-05-21T02:22:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:22:00.000-04:00It's really a shame, sam. If Cuba is destined to b...It's really a shame, sam. If Cuba is destined to be free - and why not? - we certainly can be active participants in that process. By ending a miserably failed, if well-intentioned, policy. Chavez'd shit a brick, I tell you what.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25083800550027950372008-05-21T02:21:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:21:00.000-04:00As a practical matter, how you going to sort out a...As a practical matter, how you going to sort out all the property rights, if anybody can marry anybody and anybodys? If I can marry A in 1965, pick B in 72, hook up with C, D, and E in 1975, etc. and their are ten kids involved, and I die and I'm the guy that put the bread on the table, what's the probate court to do with this fucking mess? In a community property state?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18669856859490437852008-05-21T02:14:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:14:00.000-04:00In a speech marking Cuba's independence day, Sen. ...<I>In a speech marking Cuba's independence day, Sen. John McCain told a cheering crowd of supporters Tuesday that if elected president he would "not passively await" the arrival of democracy in Cuba.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Distancing himself from his Democratic rivals, Sen. Barack Obama in particular, the presumptive Republican nominee said he stood behind the four-decades-old U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, including recent efforts by the Bush administration to tighten it.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>McCain also used the free trade debate to jab Obama and Clinton for their decision not to support a treaty with Colombia, which he said would lift $1-billion in tariffs on U.S. exports. "Delaying approval will not create one more U.S. job," he said.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article516700.ece" REL="nofollow">Policy on Cuba</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83692743352500239602008-05-21T02:01:00.000-04:002008-05-21T02:01:00.000-04:00I guess their post-Zarqawi (pre-Awakening) stretch...I guess their post-Zarqawi (pre-Awakening) stretch is judged by Scheuer to have been the more productive.<BR/><BR/>At the same time he was very insistent years ago that there'd be hell to pay were bin Laden to remain alive, without suggesting that killing him would be the end of our worries.<BR/><BR/>I've had, and have, some little added interest in the issue, by virtue of marriage.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Enjoin the Cuban ex-pats to help end the embargo! Isn't ANYONE working on that yet?trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87554857387674098112008-05-21T01:55:00.000-04:002008-05-21T01:55:00.000-04:00Because the life Ted Kennedy made for himself afte...<I>Because the life Ted Kennedy made for himself after his two brothers' assassinations, and after his self-inflicted wounds at Chappaquidick and Palm Beach was anything but tragic.<BR/><BR/>Out of the ruins of his own limitations, Ted Kennedy has built a triumphant life in the very Senate he tried to leave.<BR/><BR/>That lesson, in the end, may be his greatest legacy.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NEWS/805210344" REL="nofollow">Looked Out for Little Guy</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.com