DanJohnson

[replyNow, imagine homosexuality is caused by a genetic trait and a mother has that recessive trait but the father does not. There's a pretty good chance that 2 of their children may also possess that recessive trait. Those 2 siblings have children and... ...BAM... soon we've got little gay kids everywhere.Quote LOL! Homophobic much? LOL! Well at least we'd be whipping that overpopulation problem!

[replyEnd the legal ramifications. Marriage is a contract. To "end the legal ramifications" would mean either that contracts are from now on unenforceable or that no marriages can occur.

[replyThere is a difference between a promise and a contract, a huge difference. Quote Really? Could you explain the difference?

Sadly it is my opinion that not one member of Congress would vote for a Bill which would better the lives of millions if that Bill was detrimental to the congress persons own wealth or well being. We don't have Statesmen anymore. We have *politicians* in Congress.

Exactly. Marriage is a religious/spiritual event. It shouldn't be made into a legal one. It may be a "religious/spiritual event" to you but others see it as a promise made in front of the entire community. That promise or contract does have legal ramifications if either party violates the contract. Considering the legal ramifications how could government not be expected to be involved and set criteria pre- wedding?

Quote>The Democrats want And the republicans want Republicans /Democrats are just labels created to confuse the masses. When was the last time one of these parties was in control of the government and things got better for the common man? When Congress talks about major tax hikes on the wealthy you can bet money that it's all talk. Won't ever happen. Reason being they are all wealthy and they ain't gonna raise their own taxes.

...and spend a lot of your life in jail if you live "free" in America. The only "free" you're going to get is free room and board at your local jail. The Founding Fathers risked the noose and loss of their fourtunes to live as Free Men. Some things are worth risking everything for. Would you live as a Man or a mouse? If you love the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for Freedom,go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.May your chains set lightly upon you and may posterity forget that Ye were our countrymen.

[replyI am sure this MIGHT have been a secondary consideration when drafting the law but I think that the primary reason is to prevent death/injury for those to stupid to understand that it will help save your life or those that think they can AVOID an accident just cos they are a careful rider. No, really.., The sole purpose of the law is to save the insurers money . It isn't about protecting riders anymore than seatbelt laws were enacted to save auto drivers/passengers lives. These laws which are just one more attempt by the government to reward their corporate donors at the expense of the citizens freedom were not enacted with concern for your and my well being. They were made law to discourage Free Citizens from riding motorcycles. If the riding of motorcycles was made illegal tommorow(which is the ultimate goal of the insurers) , the insurance industry would throw a party!

[replyYou know I am really glad that at home we have specially trained armed cops, and that not every half brained idiot wearing a uniform carries a gun.Quote How do you feel about "half brained idiots" having the power to throw you in a cage? Personally I'd have a gun to ensure that never happened.

Sure bugs, rain, hail, sand off of dumptrucks , dirt off of trucks carrying heavy equipment and chunks of tire all hurt. None of them have killed me. Here is something for you to think about considering the squashed insect on your visor.., what if a stinging insect becomes entrapped inside there with you? Will you be able to endure the pain and keep your wits while running along a 4 lane canyon interstate in heavy fast traffic? Oh one more thing.., if you learn to breathe through your nose instead of your mouth insect ingestion won't be *too* much of a problem open faced or lidless. I have had insects go up one nostril but never both simultaneously. On the other hand, Do you know that in Oxacca, Mexico restaurants actually serve their willing patrons cooked bugs? Yes I know that's true because I saw it on TVs' travel channel just the other day! Also do you know that some lidless bikers have been known to yank the decoritive glass/plastic off of ceiling fixtures and lick off all the dead bugs at parties just to do it? That's gross(imo)!

[reply most motorcycle accidents are caused by a lack of awareness of surroundings, the helmet directly causes a reduction in awareness by reducing hearing and vission. proven fact. the best way to reduce the chance of an accident is to use all tools at your dispossal to reduce the risk of an accident and that would mean not wearing a full face helmet. In addition to reduced hearing and vision consider the lost stimuli which gives one the sense of "I'm going so damn fast I could die! Full face helmets block the *wind on the face * effect. Another problem with helmets is that on hot days the rider isn't able to shed heat as nature intended(through the top of the head) . This can cause serious fatique and even lead to heat stroke. The greatest argument against helmet laws in my opinion is that most testing of helmets isn't done with full body cadavers but instead with just head forms. To prove that a helmet is safe testing must be done with full body(imo). Dale Earnheart wore a helmet. It killed him. What did Dale say just before the accident? "Look Ma, no Hans!" In 1993 the Cleveland Indians lost two pitchers during spring training after the 150 H.P. speed boat they were in collided with a three-foot-high wooden dock in Clermont Florida's Little Lake Nellie at a speed estimated to be ~60 mph. One was decapitated, the other died the next morning in Orlando with a badly shattered skull. It wasn't the lack of safety helmets that killed them. The autopsies showed that death was due to pier pressure.

Do you know of the hangmans' noose? Yep. It was used by executioners to hang people. How is that relevent? I think he's referring to a cervical fracture known as a "hangman's fracture", which some believe can be caused by the cervical spine flexing against the fulcrum of the edge of a helmet. It's the type of injury, for example, which was Dale Earnhardt's cause of death. It's a specious argument: that something that has a 99% chance of helping you also has a 1% of hurting you - so that 1% is the reason why you don't use it. It's like the old "thrown clear of the danger" argument that some people use against seat belts: 99% of the time, it's a crock of shit. To Dan: if you have hard data to cite, then cite it. The Hangman's Noose Analogy -- A case report by the Naval Safety Center introduced this analogy in the early 1970's in a report entitled "The Cervicocranium and the Aviator's Protective Helmet." The report reads: "The inferior edge of the helmet, when visualized as part of the continuous circle completed by the nape strap and the chin strap, forms a loop that can be likened to a hangman's noose. The analogy might be further extended to include the lesions made about the neck by the straps or the edge of the helmet, paralleling the abrasions and contusions that might be associated with a rope having encircled the same structures. When the know is situated at the side of the head, such a hangman's noose produces fractures of the base of the skull, tending to extend bitemporally through the basisphoenoid." Referencing a specific case, they continued, "One interesting and compelling aircraft accident investigated by the Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, Va., served to emphasize the practical application of their theoretical exercise. A Navy A-4 jet aircraft experienced difficulties in flight which caused the pilot to eject at an altitude, attitude, and air speed that were within the operating envelope of the ejection seat. Supported by a fully blossomed functioning parachute, however, the pilot reached the ground severely injured and died shortly after the accident, as a result of a transverse laceration of the cervical spinal cord." "The details of the investigation established that the energy responsible for the fatal lesion was transmitted through the helmet and its inferior edge, into the neck. A vertebral dislocation resulted, which in turn severed the spinal cord."

Hmmm...interesting. I still hope he posts the whole story. Quote on May 5th,1985 Larry McAfee, a fledgling skydiver decided to take his motorcycle for a ride with some friends to the North Georgia Mountains. It was a beautiful , sunny, day. Hours later, Larry would never walk,eat, or even breathe unaided again. Larry was an avid outdoorsman. He was about 6'-6" and around 240 lbs. A pretty healthy guy. At a speed of about 10-15 mph, on a curve, Larry's bike suddenly went out from under him. I don't know why. His head snapped back and the base of his helmet crushed his top two vertebrae. There wasn't another mark on him. Larry was instantly and permanently paralyzed from the neck down,by his *safety* helmet.

Free Men don't need or seek any government *permission* to carry fire arms or much of anything else. Decide that you are Free as intended and live that way.

[replyReading comprehension not your strong suit, huh? He told you what scares him. A terrorist dropping small pox in public. Why? It's uncontrollable, unable to defend against, and able to cause massive damage. Listen, The world has dealt with smallpox epedmics in the past and come out stronger and in larger numbers. A fear of smallpox is irrational. So what scares you "heatmiser"?

Again , the only thing to fear is fear itself.

Really Proffesor? A man of your intelligence still buying in to the Dem / Rep bull? It is a ploy to make sure nothing is ever accomplished while giving the common voter the illusion that they can make a difference and it is their vote that is responsible for the current state of affairs. ReaLLY? You fall for that crap? You got something better there, JimBrown, I mean er, DanJohnson? Is it easy to change the system? Nope. Possible? Not if everyone has your attitude. The people of this country have banded together in the past, and it can happen again. I don't know what point you are trying to make but as for myself I'm not waiting on everyone to band together. I decided a long time ago to live as a Free Man and that is how I live.

[The US won't default because the opinion polls clearly show that the GOP will get far more blame than the President if it does. Boehner can read opinion polls. Really Proffesor? A man of your intelligence still buying in to the Dem vs Rep bull? It is a ploy to make sure nothing is ever accomplished while giving the common voter the illusion that they can make a difference and it is their vote that is responsible for the current state of affairs. ReaLLY? You fall for that crap? Are you by chance an avid fan of the World Wrestling Federation?

Really? You are worried about a test tube.., Go on! You are trollin' me and should ban yourself!!! No really, what are you scared of? We jump out of planes every weekend which would scare the bejebus out of the majority of the population, so.., what scares you? Like I said before, most people worry about the wrong things. If the idea of a massive human die off due to terrorists getting their hands on stockpiled biological agents doesn't concern you at all . . . I guess you're one of them. And a gun isn't going to help you one damn bit in that scenario. It doesn't concern me in the least. But please answer the original question ; what scares you and why?

Once we scale back on the wars certainly we will also scale back VA funding.

Great. But as to Sgt Luther, Is he credible?

I've been watching this torture accusation by Sgt Chuck Luther all over you tube. Congressional hearings etc. Is he credible?

Why would one fear? Yes we fucked up building nuclear reactors in a flood zone. So what? Everythin' is goin' to be alright dis mo'nin' !!!

I'm mostly scared of things having a gun would have absolutely no effect on whatsoever if that's what you're getting at. Me getting robbed in my home really isn't one of them which is apparently what an awful lot of folks with guns do worry about. People are frequently afraid of the wrong things. A test tube of smallpox being dropped in front of the Cinderella Castle at Disneyland during the summer fireworks show. That would fuck things up pretty bad. Few people think about it. Shit like that. Really? You are worried about a test tube.., Go on! You are trollin' me and should ban yourself!!! No really, what are you scared of? We jump out of planes every weekend which would scare the bejebus out of the majority of the population, so.., what scares you?