Recent content by midnight orange

No one gets a pass. Especially the American electorate.

We aren't going back to the Constitution. That train has left the station. Ditto individual rights.

It's certainly not ideal but it's tit-for-tat which is the strategy you start with in a power struggle. If there's no tat, there is no barrier for the initiating party. There is also a danger of escalation in this game. We've been off the rails for at least 50 years and the last 10 years, while...

Small podcasts get better numbers for low to no cost.

Worth going imo. It’s a nice stadium and the people are nice. I would recommend earplugs or AirPods.

I meant church absenteeism…changed original post

Could a state levy a fine to a citizen for church absenteeism in 1790? If so, was it Constitutional?

Absolutely wrong. There were no agnostic founders (in public anyway) Jefferson was deist and caught a ton of sh-t for it. It wasn’t the constitution for the “religions of the world” or the “people of the world”. It was for mostly English Americans I’m not religious and certainly not a...

It didn’t go beyond Christian sects when it was written. There were no Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Daoist, Taoist, etc. There was a small Jewish sect in Rhode Island? that George Washington had to pen a letter to his he locals urging them to be left alone. It was written with the implicit...

Where is separation of church and state mentioned in the Constitution? You can infer that the federal govt is washing its hands from legislating the establishment of religion but that’s it. They did not want to advance one sect of Christianity over others. Had they, non-ratification or civil war...

Have a son just starting out in mechanical engineering at utk.

Sounds like finding some intangibles to criticize as an excuse for picking the new shiny toy.

It’s almost a guarantee that the replacement will do worse. We have a winner and we’re getting better every year. Wanting to get rid of Huepel is crazy talk.

Sports are getting Disneyfied.

Kirby Saban or Nick Smart