Comments for Politics Of Zeus

Comment on The 14th Amendment by Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:26:01 +0000

sadly this is very true and makes me wonder the true state of the world we live in. I personally agree with this for a number of reasons, the strongest though, being that EVERYONE has rights that protect them. kudos on a great article.

Comment on Taxes and Proposition 8 by Tom Dibble

Tom Dibble — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:52 +0000

“Generally I find boycotts to be kind of stupid. It seems that they don’t really work because while you have people boycotting it also seems that it gets people on the other side to support those businesses. Also sometimes people can’t boycott places because they just can’t afford it.”

IMHO, the opposite is true in more cases. Take Leatherbys here in Sacramento. It is a hell of a lot easier for me to tell my six ice cream-loving kids ‘no’ to Leatherbys (and explain why) than for another truckload of folks from Simi valley to drive up and buy ice cream.

At the same time, my dentist gave to the Yes on 8 campaign, but good luck finding another dentist who isn’t ultra-conservative (what IS it with that profession???) and who is covered by my dental plan …

The difference is this: boycotts on “luxury” and commodity items works. Boycotts on necessary and unique items tend to fail. There are a dozen more “Music Circus” type theaters around town, so that would have been easy to boycott (commodity); there is no reason we have to go out and get slightly better boutique ice cream instead of the cheap stuff (luxury).

Comment on Taxes and Proposition 8 by Jamie Holts

Jamie Holts — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:59:28 +0000

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

Comment on Taxes and Proposition 8 by Mike Harmon

Mike Harmon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:31:08 +0000

Hello. I was reading someone elses blog and saw you on their blogroll. Would you be interested in exchanging blog roll links? If so, feel free to email me.

Thanks.

Comment on Taxes and Proposition 8 by jonolan

jonolan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:57:18 +0000

The 1st amendment – and several federal court rulings – would demand that ALL tax exempt statuses be removed then, if they were removed from the churches. To do otherwise would violate the Free Exercise Clause of the 1st Amendment.

“If religious institutions benefit, it is in spite of rather than because of their religious character. For religious institutions simply share benefits which government makes generally available to educational, charitable, and eleemosynary groups.”

– Abington School Dist. v. Schempp,
374 U.S. 203, 301 (1963) (concurring opinion).

Comment on Proposition 8 mistake by johnbisceglia

johnbisceglia — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:02:09 +0000

PROP 8 surely drove more into the cash economy; I know I’ll never pay taxes again. I’ve HAD IT.

Comment on The Palin Pregnancy Issue by Bill

Bill — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:10:33 +0000

News Alert:
Hopefully this gets eyed by someone with a voice and it becomes a talking point.

To the kids mainly Bristol:

Your mom willing put you through this. Years from now you will hate your mom. She’s terrible and selfsish you can’t even just be the pregnant girl in high school but now you are the pregnant girl of the nation. You may like the attention now but you will realize your life has taken a path forever tainted and not your own. I feel bad for you.

I also feel bad for your boyfriend. The monies good now but he will realize he didn’t get to make his life choices comfortably either (Look what he is putting his mom through). And I know his mom didn’t ask for this. He can’t even trust a paternity test because of her power. Good Luck guys.

If Barack Obama even aloud his children to be interviewed too many times he would be ridiculed.

Comment on The Palin Pregnancy Issue by treehugginglib

treehugginglib — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:24:36 +0000

Dang! That is the best explanation of why we should talk about the Palin pregnancy and contradiction in the Repub party I have seen so far! Bravo.

Comment on Interesting Choice by Liz Taylor's Politics

Liz Taylor's Politics — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:07:15 +0000

I was listening to the radio on Friday and this guy said that nobody had done more for women than the Republican party. Please.

I also love how they are acting like they did something amazing. Excuse me we already did this twenty-four years ago.

I agree it’s fine if they wanted to pick a women. Actually a female VP is a great idea. But pick somebody who is actually qualified.

Comment on Last Night At The Convention by Liz Taylor's Politics

Liz Taylor's Politics — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:01:15 +0000

John Kerry’s speech was excellent. Where was that John Kerry in the fall of 2004?

Bill Clinton did give a good speech and Biden’s speech was a good intro to the American Public.