Nigel Tufnel
Ancient Mariner
My Father in Law recieves $1200 amonth in SSDI ( which is disability), but he can work...he just chooses not too. He is only 57
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Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Derek Smalls said:
I know several people in that position and I'm sure in your new job your meeting quite a few...
My mom is facing that decision. She is 65, but will likely work until 70, retire, then get a job as a translator/interpreter or start writing her life story.
Social Security and the Schutzstaffeln are about the same age, actually, 1934ish.
Nigel Tufnel
Ancient Mariner
Believe it or not, most of my clients work. The company I work for has a production center where the clients assemble medicine droppers. They get about $.02 a dropper. They bitch and complain about their jobs like the rest of usOnhell said:
Nigel Tufnel
Ancient Mariner
One of my guys made $6.00 one week and he thought he was rich, lol. Alot of them don't understand money.
Proposition 8 in California was killed by a federal judge earlier this month; the Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit has decided not to extend a stay on the ruling, and at 5 PM local time on the 18th, every adult in California who wants to marry another willing adult may do so, regardless of that adult's gender. The case (Perry v. Governator) will be heard the Appeals Court, but that will be but a stepping stone in what is sure to be a landmark case in the annals of the Supreme Court.
Suicidehummer
Trooper
LooseCannon said:
Fantastic. But it doesn't change the fact that most of the rest of the country still doesn't allow gay marriage. If church and state are truly separate, then how is this even a problem?
How about the building of that mosque near Ground Zero?
I found it pretty funny that on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, they pointed out that there is already a mosque two blocks down from the proposed building site.
It might. The Supreme Court may use the ruling in Perry v. Governator to invalidate all same sex marriage bans in the United States.
And yeah. I lol'd. I can't believe people are so openly racist/anti-Muslim like that. As if everyone near Ground Zero has to be a Christian.
And yeah. I lol'd. I can't believe people are so openly racist/anti-Muslim like that. As if everyone near Ground Zero has to be a Christian.
Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
My fearless prediction is that the Supreme Court won't touch this with a 10-foot pole. Regardless of what the Ninth Circuit does, I'm betting the Supreme Court will deny certiorari.LooseCannon said:
I've been wondering about that as well. In that case, the Ninth Circuit would get the final say. It all depends on whether or not the SCOTUS wants the possibility of dropping the hammer on gay marriage either way.
Invader
Ancient Mariner
It's an interesting system you guys have there, with a court being able to make such a major ruling. Not to mention, your system of courts is very confusing (Fifth Circuit? Ninth Circuit?). And your constitution with all its amendments... But then, with the way Democrats and Republicans bicker over the smallest things, I guess it's a good thing someone is taking things forward. 
Cap Maronis
Trooper
Can someone explain to me about how the conservative movement in Arizona is trying to remove citizenship from babies born to illegal immigrant parents in the US? As in, how are they justifying breaking the 14th amendment about equal protections to all citizens born in the United States.
Now, tell me why it's okay to break the 14th amendment, but dear god if we go anywhere near the 2nd amendment there'll be hell to pay.
I'm so tired of it.
Now, tell me why it's okay to break the 14th amendment, but dear god if we go anywhere near the 2nd amendment there'll be hell to pay.
I'm so tired of it.
Cap Maronis
Trooper
Considering most conservatives that are up in arms about this aren't from New York, probably have never been to New York, and have no idea how large a city block is in NYC... especially Manhattan, let alone two.
It's a non-issue, and even if it were across the street, we offer a little something called the freedom of expression in this country, and there's nothing anyone could do about it.
It's a non-issue, and even if it were across the street, we offer a little something called the freedom of expression in this country, and there's nothing anyone could do about it.
Invader said:It's an interesting system you guys have there, with a court being able to make such a major ruling. Not to mention, your system of courts is very confusing (Fifth Circuit? Ninth Circuit?). And your constitution with all its amendments... But then, with the way Democrats and Republicans bicker over the smallest things, I guess it's a good thing someone is taking things forward.
The court has to make the decisions. It's how one avoids tyranny of the majority.
The Circuits are just areas broken up for the purpose of federal appeals. The US is too big a country to have only one appeals court.
Finland has a constitution too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_constitution
Like most modern constitutions, it is based at least in part on the United States Constitution, though the Finnish constitution does not have a powerful legal branch like in the USA or Canada.