Tolerance, intolerance, LBGT... it is sickening. People should NOT be granted special consideration because they are different either by choice or by birth. We are the HUMAN RACE. Everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe in this country and that is what makes it great. Because of this FREEDOM, we can choose not to believe in a bible that disagrees with our own beliefs. We can also believe in a bible that disagrees with the beliefs of others and should be able to do so without repudiation.
Because one believes what the bible says does not mean they are intolerant. It just means they believe what the bible says. Intolerance causes a so called bible believer to attempt to "deny" the rights of others. Real intolerance is when non-bible believers want to "change" the meaning of what the bible says and then say it is intolerant to speak against what they believe in.
Give LGBT's the right to live human lives but do not give them special priviledge to change the belief system of others. They don't have the right to change the belief system of any religious group. So instead of calling it marriage, call it whatever else they want and allow anyone to enter into that form of union with all the rights and priviledges of all other Americans.
Bailout to multi-billion or multi-million dollar entities should be conditional. If there's not going to be a consumer bailout then why should we bailout big business? A bailout means no more debt right? That means assets are free for investment right? Imagine if every home owner with a mortgage could suddenly get bailed out of all of thier debts and find about $1000 to $4000 extra per month to spend? If the bailout is conditional, those businesses should be held to paying back the taxpayers every dime that they were bailed out of. Give it back to the taxpayers!
If it saves the economy and everyone benefits, do it. Everybody should benefit! So, bail them out and make them pay it back over a short period of time. The more that gets paid back, the bigger the bonus to the CEO in charge. They should be compensated based on performance and never leave with a bonus package if they leave the company with debts! Take the debts out of their proposed package!
Bailout the consumer too! Reduce their debts and require that they invest a portion of their new found disposable income as part of the deal. Make it a straight percentage, 10%, 20%, etc.
Do the banks the same way. Tax their profits until they pay back all of the $700 billion!
First Obama was pegged as a celebrity in a negative way... then the McCain camp creates one of their own that outstages McCain himself!
I know that we should not go tit for tat but... the Obama camp in my humble opinion needs to raise the bar. Those things that make Obama/Biden an attractive alternative to the current administration need to be visually proclaimed in such a way as to envoke "celebrity"... again.
A female vice presidential pick for the McCain ticket is certainly not going to change my mind about what needs to happen in Washington. I realize that if McCain wins, there WILL BE FOUR MORE YEARS of typical Washington crony-ism, tax cuts for big business and the wealthy while the average working class family will continue to struggle.
But if "celebrity" is what people want (as obviously seen at the RNC), why not give them a little of what they want while showing the masses "what kind" of change the Obama/Biden ticket will bring and how they intend to bring it?
