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• Beck Asks if Ten Commandments Are Slipping Away From American Society

  May 23, 2012 at 11:58pm

  In reply to moussiagilda.

  Wow, tell us how you really feel….

  How about elaborating a bit more perhaps? What makes them “cold” and “nazi” as you put it?

• Beck Asks if Ten Commandments Are Slipping Away From American Society

  May 23, 2012 at 11:54pm

  Setting religion aside for just a second (yes I understand the 10 commandments are religious but bear with me a moment).

  If you choose to not believe in God then so be it, it’s your life and I figure we will all find out in the end. But if you remove Commandments 1-4 then 5-10 are very good ‘moral’ lessons for anyone to follow. Believers and non-believers. But of course, since Commandments 1-4 deal with God, those who do not believe get pissed about seeing them displayed anywhere.

  As a side point, you know it will never stop too right? Remove them from public lands which is fine with me – don’t like it but I understand the argument. Once all the (christian) religious references are removed from public buildings the atheists will move on to targeting private property displays. (you already see it with such things as our beloved Stars and Stripes)

  It will start with HOAs (home owners associations) or local cities passing rules banning nativity scenes or crosses planted on your front lawn for “safety” or some such. Once they hammer those out of your yard they will move on to displays ‘mounted’ on your house, be it a cross or a stained glass window built into your house.

  In my opinion, based on long conversations with atheists, the underlying goal is the complete removal of ALL religion…. everywhere.

• Beck Asks if Ten Commandments Are Slipping Away From American Society

  May 23, 2012 at 11:36pm

  In reply to Therightsofbilly.

  HA – I love it!

• Man With 30 Kids — By 11 Different Mothers — Seeks Child Support Help

  May 20, 2012 at 11:07am

  I’m going to catch he11 for this one.

  ((“If there’s something out there like that, I’m unaware of it,” Melissa Gibson with the Knox County child support clerk’s office told the Los Angeles Times. “It definitely needs to be.”))

  Whoa, stop. It “needs to be”?! Let me be clear in saying that I think this guy is a worthless and irresponsible bum. He’s a human photo copy machine. But there is nothing illegal in what he is doing. And it should stay that way.

  What some (not all) of you, and this Melissa Gibson from the article are saying borders (or supports completely) the idea of eugenics. Think China’s one child policy. While I will agree that this is an extreme case it is not up to you, or me, or anyone how many kids any person has.

  If anything, bar the man from government assistance but don’t put him in jail for his reckless reproductive behavior. That is a slippery slope this country should not go down. Do a little research on China and their family planning before calling for this man’s head on a plate. That is what we will look like in a few decades if we were to take that path.

• Proposal in New Highway Bill Would Mandate Trackers on Semis — and Some Truckers Aren’t Happy

  May 18, 2012 at 10:04am

  In reply to mastice.

  I have another rambling side point to add to this here too. One thing that irritated the heck out of me when I drove was all the ‘concern’ for the big rig drivers. What about all the half asleep, intoxicated, reckless, speeding, texting, phone jabbering, eating, drinking, idiot ‘4-wheelers’ who bared passed drivers education?

  (a rhetorical question) Tell me why truckers are picked on and over regulated … when a 18 year old (kid) can jump in his souped up sports car and drive/speed (non-stop) from New York to Seattle fueled on snickers and Red Bolt?

  I, like any other current or former truck driver here, can tell you that we saw/see far more dangerous behavior and accidents caused by/from ‘4-wheelers’ than we ever did from fellow truck drivers.

• Proposal in New Highway Bill Would Mandate Trackers on Semis — and Some Truckers Aren’t Happy

  May 18, 2012 at 9:55am

  In reply to mastice.

  …I question how it will make things ‘safer’. (got to remember – even though Blaze gives us 1500 characters, it ‘always’ cuts it off around 1400….. they need to fix this I think)

• Proposal in New Highway Bill Would Mandate Trackers on Semis — and Some Truckers Aren’t Happy

  May 18, 2012 at 9:52am

  In reply to LARR.

  @servant100

  TMC = too much chrome (sorry couldn’t help it) :) I pity you there – I drove lazy man’s truck – refer, the heck with flatbed.

  In all seriousness, you said it better than I have seen it said so far on this! Forcing ‘every’ truck to have e-logs or satellite tracking just helps the ‘driver-mills‘ and ’training schools’ … the turnover rate will skyrocket, and no one can tell me that once all we have are ‘rookie’ drivers on the road things will be safer for all.

  It’ll be a mess.

• Proposal in New Highway Bill Would Mandate Trackers on Semis — and Some Truckers Aren’t Happy

  May 18, 2012 at 9:41am

  I will agree with Snufy that the system does have it’s advantages, but there are some disadvantages as well. (former driver myself – used both paper and electronic systems)

  I am with the crowd that questions whether the electronic monitoring systems (qualcom for example) makes things safer. One thing I learned in a hurry under the e-log system is time management, and how fast that can be screwed up and put you in a worse bind than the old paper systems. I also learned there are ways to fudge the system, just like with paper logs. Just because your “computer” says you are not moving and “resting” doesn’t always mean you are doing just that.

  For example many systems don’t track small movements (less than .6 miles), as long as you restart the system/engine, which allows you to reposition the truck around shipper/receiver yards for loading and unloading. You may sit all night long at a job site or loading dock getting unloaded (awake the whole time) but your computer shows you “resting” for 10 hours, which resets your clock and allows you a new 11d/14od shift.

  Speaking of the 14hr ‘on duty’ time. With the old paper system, if you got tired after 6 hours you could take a 2hr nap and ‘back your logs up’ (fudge). But under the e-log system once you go on duty you are screwed and have to push yourself or sit for a mandatory break. (or if something happens that burns your 14)

  So you see, there are some major disadvantages to it. And, again, I question how i

• University Creates Gender-Neutral Bathrooms After Alleged Black Panther Supporter Goes on Hunger Strike to Demand Them

  May 10, 2012 at 10:25am

  It’s funny, 20 years ago it wasn‘t uncommon to find ’unisex’ bathrooms all over the place where I am from. (midwest) Many small gas stations, repair shops, grocery stores, etc, didn‘t have separate ’mens/womans’ rooms but a single restroom that everyone used. I guess I am not seeing what some people’s problem with this is – it isn’t/wasn’t an uncommon practice in some public places.

  While I don‘t agree with this person going on a ’hunger strike’ to further their whim, which in turn will cost the University more money to update/change/install to these gender neutral (unisex) bathrooms, there is no need to get your pants in a ruffle over it.

  It’s not a new idea.

• ‘I Am Sickened’: Alleged Undercover Video of Wyo. Pig Farm Produces Shocking Animal Cruelty Images

  May 9, 2012 at 1:02pm

  In reply to Blazebanned.

  While I will agree with you that we need to blame those who are responsible for things like this, laying the blame solely on the large factory farms – while elevating small family farms – is ignorant if you ask me.

  I grew up on a ‘family farm’ and was around enough other ‘family’ livestock (pigs, chickens, cows, goats, sheep) operations that I will disagree fully that this “only” happens because of the factory farming mentality. I can tell you that small operations are plagued by such acts as much, if not more so due to even less eyes watching them, than large factory farms.

  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a PETA or animal rights activist. I fully recognize that the reason we don’t pay $15 for a pound of ground beef is because of large factory operations. (it’s simple supply and demand math – there are just not enough “small” operations to feed the demand, there never was enough “ma-n-pop“ farms with a few dozen hogs to feed billions of people who demand ”meat” products) In short, my point is that we cannot do without the large factory farm operations so long as demand stays the same.

  And I like my bacon, I like my burgers, I love my steaks… just like billions of others people. So the factory farms will always have a customer. Targeted enforcement, consumer pressure, and proper education of employees will have a far better result than the “blame the factory farm” game spewed out by many.