'suela, you're just applying sound legal analysis to the discussion at hand... which is based on a legal opinion issued by a federal court. Rational =/= legal, and sometimes people have a problem understanding that.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Feb 08, 2012 9:06:29 am PST #20940 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Jesse - Feb 08, 2012 9:08:12 am PST #20941 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She is apparently from Utah, Connie, FYI.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2012 9:09:12 am PST #20942 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Damnit, I need to meet a gay billionaire!!
Check out www.dateagaymillionaire.com.
Oops. Just gay male millionaires.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2012 9:11:17 am PST #20943 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Representative democracy? That's precisely the term I needed to throw at my father during our never-ending democracy debate this Christmas. It's what I was talking about, but maybe if I'd thrown the term out, he'd have backed off (or seen my inherent righteousness, whichever is good).
Lee - Feb 08, 2012 9:11:56 am PST #20944 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Woot! I just got word that I get to go to Dallas in April for a work conference, and stay at a fairly swanky resort, courtesy of one of the bigger legal publishers.
Less Woot! This morning I discovered one new potential problem with the whole dog in the yard scenario--the neighbor's very large, free-ranging cat, who I spotted in my back yard this morning, very methodically marking several of the bushes.
Dana - Feb 08, 2012 9:12:48 am PST #20945 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A problem for the cat, maybe.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2012 9:13:07 am PST #20946 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think said free ranging cat should exercise Darwinian decision-making, and stay their ass out of your yard, if there's a dog there it doesn't get along with. It's not your cat. It shouldn't have to cramp your style.
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 9:14:56 am PST #20947 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I discovered one new potential problem with the whole dog in the yard scenario
How is that a problem? The dog will scare the cat away and keep it from leaving presents in your yard.
I wish I had a way to keep this one local outdoor/feral cat from treating my mulched yard as one large litter box...
Maria - Feb 08, 2012 9:15:18 am PST #20948 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Woot-fix! Tall-ish fence (assuming there's nothing in neighboring yards that would give the cat a launching pad to vault over it).
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 9:15:18 am PST #20949 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hah! Crosspost with Dana and ita !