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Skip to comments.The Gay marriage fight now becomes a religious liberty fight
Posted on 06/30/2013 7:32:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Today's talk of tolerance and acceptance of gay marriage will soon give way to intolerance and rejection of those who hold a traditional view of marriage.
The next offensive in this culture war will involve wielding government to force individuals to accept the new definition of marriage, falsely invoking analogies to civil rights.
As a prototype, consider the assault on the liberty of Elaine Huguenin, the wedding photographer in New Mexico. In 2006, a couple asked her to photograph their wedding. When she learned the couple were lesbians, she declined, explaining that pursuant to her faith, she only photographed man-woman weddings.
The couple got a different photographer, but they sued Huguenin. In New Mexico, there is no gay marriage. In a recent poll, most New Mexicans said they oppose gay marriage. But the state outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The New Mexico Human Rights Commission found Huguenin had broken the law, and ordered her to pay $7,000. Huguenin, with the aide of the pro-bono civil liberties law firm Alliance Defense Fund, has sued and the case is now before state Supreme Court.
Try to live your own life according to traditional values, and the state will come after you, and compel you live according to its values.
Florist Barronelle Stutzman owns Arlene's Flowers in Richland, Wash. A gay man, who was a long-time customer of Arlene's, asked Stutzman to arrange flowers for his wedding. She declined, citing her belief that marriage is a union between a man and woman. Now Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is coming after Stutzman, saying, in effect, she must participate in this gay wedding.
How does Ferguson justify using the power of the state to impose his morality? "If Ms. Stutzman sells flowers to heterosexual couples," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer quotes Ferguson saying, "she must sell them to same-sex couples."
But obviously Stutzman did sell flowers to same-sex couples, happily - that's why this particular client was a long-time customer. What she refuses to do is participate in a ceremony that the state calls marriage, but which she doesn't consider to be marriage.
This is why the civil rights analogy doesn't work. Hugeinin's case and the Stutzman's case aren't about small businesswomen refusing to serve gay people. They are about businesswomen refusing to endorse the novel definition of marriage.
Now a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has asserted that the only reason to object to gay marriage is to "demean" gay people, expect this offensive in the culture war to escalate.
President Obama promised that he won't try to force churches to administer gay weddings. That's very kind of him. But Obama's contraception mandate has shown us how narrowly he views religious liberty.
Maybe Obama or his successor won't use an executive order to rewrite the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony, but government will go after churches all the same. The Cardinal O'Boyle Hall that your parish occasionally rents to outside groups? Better allow gay wedding receptions there or face the wrath of the state.
You're allowed to be religious, of course, but only on the Sabbath. If you dare step into the world of commerce or public service, the government will impose its morality on you.
You see it in Obama's rhetoric: he talks of "freedom of worship" rather than freedom of religion. It's a push to bring to heel all rivals of government. Liberal writer Kevin Drum made it pretty explicit during the contraception mandate debate:
"I'm tired of religious groups operating secular enterprises (hospitals, schools)," he wrote, "hiring people of multiple faiths, serving the general public, taking taxpayer dollars -- and then claiming that deeply held religious beliefs should exempt them from public policy."
The thrust: religious groups should only do religion--they shouldn't feed the poor, clothe the naked, educate the young.
And individuals who adhere to religions? Leave your faith at the church door. The Obama administration has argued in the contraception mandate cases that we lose our freedom of conscience the second we enter into commerce with other people.
The Left has long been the aggressor in the culture war. The crushing power of government has long been their weapon.
Many politically involved writers and advocates concerned with liberty and equality fought to open marriage to gay couples. Now that they've won, here's hoping that those who care about liberty will defend the liberty of cultural conservatives to live their lives according to their faith.
-- Timothy P. Carney is The Washington Examiner's senior political columnist
Muslims are exempted - of course
Homosexual marriage. The whole idea is ridiculous on its face. Within 5-10 years this nonsense will be reversed...if there is an American left to stop it by then.
"Within 5-10 years this nonsense will be reversed..."
Reject the language. Reject the very premise, "gay marriage"-— doesn't exist. Marriage is defined as man and woman. What is the candy a$$ libbie lightweights definition of marriage? 3 gals/2 guys, father/daughter, etc, etc..???? I've yet to hear an answer in person. Lapdog lemming cowards who accept everything from a kool-aid propaganda ministry. Then we hear, despite biology of reproductive organs, that "Chaz" Bono is now a man. Lies to be rejected at their face with no compromise.
We all know where this is going. The sodomite scum want affirmation for a perverse guilt ridden lifestyle and will attempt like in Canada and England to criminalize all speech against the queers. So more tyranny and we're back to guns again. Which is why ammo is still wiped out.
Obama said this is not a Christian nation. He intends to make that so. Christians must fight it.
What makes you say that?
If I were a member of the American Left, I'd be laughing and crapping on everyone too.
No one anywhere is stopping them.
Ironically, in so doing the Commission broke the law:
Art I, Sec. 11. [Freedom of religion.]
Every man shall be free to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and no person shall ever be molested or denied any civil or political right or privilege on account of his religious opinion or mode of religious worship. No person shall be required to attend any place of worship or support any religious sect or denomination; nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
This will be the last straw.
RE: This will be the last straw.
And then what?
I'll figure that out when I get there.
Last week's abominable SC decision was as good as an ENDA being passed, as the upshot of Kennedy's statements will be used as the "marital status" part of federal non-discrimination laws nationwide. And when they are hired, they will further reference this court decision to force employers nationwide to provide the same insurance coverage and other employer provided services to their "spouses" even when the state forbids such unions be recognized for such purposes.
My best friend's husband is the pastor of a fundamental Baptist church in California. They're terrified that he'll be asked to perform a same-sex marriage. There is no way he'd agree to it, and could be taken to court. He would change careers before doing that ceremony.
Because frankly there may be no United States by then. And the new owners are liable to not be so godamned tolerant...at least not for anyone but their fellow goat and butt-humpers.
That's because good, law-abiding, conservative Americans play by the rules. Leftists do not. They have NO system of morality, so their desired ends justifies everything they do, no matter how horrific and vile.
What do you expect us to do? Forge voter ballots more than the Left to win elections? Ignore the Constitution to push our agenda? We'd essentially become THEM.
God invented marriage, not man. God designated marriage, not as a contractual agreement, but as a covenant. Governments may be able to regulate contracts, but a covenant is based on the laws of God and not man. Thus marriage is an institution outside of the bounds of government.
Government was happy to intrude into the marriage because when we gave tax exemptions based on marital status, or when we taxed a persons estate upon their death, or when the State stepped in to direct the disposition of an estate, or when we used the State to enforce marital fidelity or grant divorces, we had to allow the State to define who was married and who was not.
As with all things Statist, the secular States definition of marriage and divorce has come to have more weight in society than Gods definition.
God defines marriage as being between men and women. While many men whom God called righteous in the Bible practiced polygamy, Jesus is quoted in Matthew chapter 19 that from the beginning of humanity, it was Gods intent that marriage would only be one man and one woman. In Mark chapter 10, Jesus stated that God, not man, joins the husband and wife and the two are "one flesh", an act that by its very nature is only heterosexual.
God defines sexual relations between people of the same sex as against His law, that is immoral. In Revelation 22:15, a book dictated to John by Jesus, God tells us that anyone who practices sexual immorality will not be granted eternal life.
These are ecclesiastical considerations that are outside of secular government, that is unless we want government to police sexual behavior between consenting adults based on the standards of the Bible, assuming we can agree what those are. Do we want Congress to have that debate?
Maybe it is time to get government out of the marriage business and to return it to the private sphere. The problem for me today is that people who want to call themselves married against Gods law (as I read it) are willing to use the State to force me to recognize that marriage, which I cannot do. The want to have the States public education system indoctrinate my children that homosexual marriage is normal. They want to force me to subsidize the homosexual marriage in the tax code just like the godly marriage is subsidized, and they will use state agencies to punish me for "discrimination" if I decline to accept their status in any way.
If the State must force me to acknowledge its power to declare two men to be "married", then I must support efforts to remove that power from the State. If people who don't want God defining their personal morality demand a separation of church and State then let us also have separation of marriage and State as well. If those people don't want any displays of the Ten Commandments in government buildings, they cannot hide behind the Commandments that protect marriage when it comes marriage that God cannot sanction.
"You're allowed to be religious, of course, but only on the Sabbath. If you dare step into the world of commerce or public service, the government will impose its morality on you."
In Missouri, until the 1970's, the State restricted what retail shops could be open and what they could sell on Sunday. These laws came to be called "Blue Laws". The State still has a single Blew Law left: auto dealers must be closed on Sunday.
So even on the "Sabbath", government imposes its morality on you, especially if you keep the same Sabbath that Jesus kept and would close your business on Saturday. The State would still insist that you need to keep the day it insists you must rest on.
The Reverend should tell any that request it that he does not perform civil marriage. Only Holy Matrimony, and that requires all the prerequisite counciling sessions and and church doctrine requirements. Much like Catholics require that a would be bride or groom must convert if they are not Catholic.
Unfortunately, all churches will have to start doing that. They may even have to separate from the state civil marriage all together, it might even come to not getting licenses . And people who want to make it legal would then have too have a civil marriage too, at a courthouse or JP. But the issue is staying with God and the Bible, and being married in the eyes of God, NOT the state. We can pray it doesn't come to that, but it very well may.
Revolt is coming.
will NOT back down. They'll have to jail or kill me.
The aggressor sets the rules.
So you have two choices: either get nasty back or sit on your ass and watch them take over.
You choose.
There's an old saying: all evil needs to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
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Today's talk of tolerance and acceptance of gay marriage will soon give way to intolerance and rejection of those who hold a traditional view of marriage.
"Will soon give way"?? Where this writer been? Homo activists have been attacking those who hold a traditional aka "real" view of marriage for a long, long time. It's just going to get much worse now.
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Non-Catholics are no longer required to convert to Catholicism if they marry in the Church.
Sexual orientation?
Bullsheit. Same Sex Attraction Disorder is a symptom of sexual DISorientation.
I am sorry you are wrong. within 5-10 years it will be legal to marry animals, minors, tractors, bacon, and Polygamy will be the norm.
We are not sloughing to Gomorrah, we are running at full tilt.
Clergy really ought not worry, at least not for the time being (except perhaps military chaplains.)
The law sees a significant difference between a clergyman performing a religious function and a florist arranging flowers or a photographer taking pictures. The former are protected by the Free Exercise Clause. The latter are not.
I can't find the Freeper link, butt here was a story last year about a woman that was suing her Baptist church of the pastor performing a gay wedding.
The Church will leave the marriage business very soon.
To much money at risk to do much else.
Some will make a stand.
In California there is, and has been for a long time, a law that schools must promote marriage.
Now, therefore, schools must promote gay "marriage".
What liberty?
anyone opposes you for wanting normal marriage and saying homosexuality is disgusting should be met as the left does ti us and that is stop being a bigot, stop being a hater, stop being anti Christian , stop being anti religion zealot, stop being an hater or what founded this country.
Religious freedom is not a hateful thing , but opposing the law, the constitution, and the founding of the country is a hater
they like to throw names about then do it back to them and use their Alinsky tactics right back at the bigots
they can pretend as much as they want to have their sham or to be a family but the fact is that it is a sham and because they have fecal sex does not make them a normal couple or married.
If I ever hear anyone saying they are a family or married then they will hear off me and if they start their crap then they are nothing but anti freedom of religion bigots and haters etc .
there is no way he can be forced to marry them and to worry about it instead of just preaching and telling folks marriage is between one man and one woman is silly
then we don;t play by the rules, we speak up and tell everyone what is what instead most on the right have bene cowering like little chickens , hell ever on this htread I;ve read how a friend is a pstor and is scared he might be forced to marry them
Tell them to piss off, we get groups to defend us like them and we go after them, we call them haters and bigots, label them like they have been doing to us, fight them like they have been fighting us, .
Course most on our side and some on here sit in their house, get on their computer and them on on here but never make a damn call, never get involved, and even at times like thanksgiving they say they have liberal family members and so they never talk about politics and shut up when it is risen.
Yea way to go cowards, and all they do is moan on here and never do a damn thing
good for her
Should there be some punctuation in your post? Or proper syntax? Makes no sense.
He can't be forced to marry them. He should worry about what marriage is about and he should be preaching it.
Worrying about homosexuals who might be suing him for doing his job as a Pastor is plain silly and if the issue arises then he should stand tall and tell them as well as his flock every week, every day that marriage is between one man and one woman.
That is his job with the 1st amendment behind him.
Hope you can understand that.
There's a difference between "getting nasty back" and cheating to beat the Leftists, and I'll admit that conservatives haven't been tough on the Left by calling out every violation. Obama's likely illegitimacy is exhibit one on this.
We may be fully there already...or worse. Sodom and Gomorrah didn't even try to use the lying term of 'marriage' to legitimize their sins of homosexuality.
I personally believe we were already under judgment when this evil administration took the leadership of our nation. Many times in the OT, when the Lord was displeased with Israel, He would turn them over to their pagan enemies to discipline them. This administration follows its own lusts and wants to promote and legislate that everyone do the same.
God will not stand idly by and watch an individual, let alone a nation continually sin against Him. It is the law of sowing and reaping. Our nation's foundation is being rebuilt on the sinking sand of sin rather than the firm foundation of Jesus Christ. It is a terrible thing to witness.
Any Baptist Church I have EVER gone to, and there have been many, certainly do.
Did not know that. Two of my brothers had to and also go to conferences before they could marry their wives. Granted has been about 19 years since then, but then again may depend on the Church.
For now!! Anyone who trusts it will sty that way is foolish, as these people are redefining/shredding the Constitution daily!
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Interesting, With this The Gotei 13 Stands a chance. Makes you wonder why Yamamoto told Unohana not to fight. Is she too powerful to fight in the presence of others?
Interesting, With this The Gotei 13 Stands a chance. Makes you wonder why Yamamoto told Unohana not to fight. Is she too powerful to fight in the presence of others?
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So, did Kubo just confirm, in another way (again?), that the reason why Orihime was abducted, was to stop Kenpachi (perhaps she reminds him of a younger Unohana ) ? Thus the reason why he didn't await to confront the strengthened Ichigo in HM, was because of Kenpachi's presence in HM ?
How the heck old is Kenpachi ? IIRC Unohana was taking care of him at one point before joining gotei, right ? Damn, I just don't know anymore . Now I need to check the older chapters with Kenpachi's flashbacks.
Kyouraku with 2 VC ? Does this mean that he wants to appoint the younger and the older sister as his VC ? Since the old guy is a 3rd seat ?
Now I'm even more sure that the beast isn't Unohana's shikia, but her Zan's Spirit.
ok mind = OFFICIALLY BLOWN. unohana was the first kenpachi? holy s**t. i knew she was hiding some skill behind her calm nature but i didn't think to this extent. kinda redundant that a healing person is also one of the deadliest killers in the bleach universe
like everyone else, I knew Onohana was strong/deadly, but I would have never guess "First Kenpachi". For some reason, shes a whole lot sexier now...lol.
Yes, Shunsui is the new Captain Commander. He is one of my favorite Captains. It's messed up how he just fired Nano though. Does that mean she is not in the Gotei 13 anymore?
So I'm lost a little. If Onohana was the First Kenpachi, did she just give up the title? She was never defeated and shes still alive. Also Kenpachi is the title given to the strongest shinigami, so why wasnt Yama-ji or her Mentor a Kenpachi?
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@Daemon spade...No he did not fire Nano read carefully she is going to be the new VC of the 1st division along with the previous 3rd seat of the 1st division unless im mistaken.
But dddddddddaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm mm!!!!!! So shes the only person zaraki ever admired eh? Sure as hell tells u the full story about her true strength. N yea why the hell hasnt shunsui gotten inoue to heal his eye already. Unless kubo is looking for his version of kakashi in bleach lol
Holy reveals Batman! Unohana is the first Kenpachi!? Nice! Well people feared her for a reason and am liking this. Nice Kubo, very nice. Hell if you have to teach Kenpachi how to really kill someone, what the have he been doing this whole time.And of course Ichigo will be getting a whole lot stronger and it looks like Renji, Byakuya, and Rukia will a little power of out of this as well. Looking forward to the next couple of chapters.
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Alright. First of, Kenpachi doesn't have, or perhaps doesn't remember his name. The first time we see him chronologically, he already has that scar on his face that goes over his left eye:
It's possible that he lost his memories because of it, because frankly speaking, if the person he cherished the most didn't give him a name, then I'm not sure what to think of that person.
Here, Kenpachi mentions that the only person he ever cared about was named Yachiru:
And now, we know that Unohana's name is Yachiru (it might just be a coincidence, but the fact that she was the first Kenpachi suggested that it wasn't ):
Then there is the question why wasn't Kenpachi able to recognize her ? The memory loss seems like a nice shot, assuming that the only thing he didn't forgot, was the name of the person he cherished the most, but without remembering how she looks like. It's also possible that she have changed strongly after all that time (maybe when he sees her without her brides or while fighting he will recognize her).
Unohana might be responsible for Kenpachi's "seal".
Thinking forward, looking ahead:
What can the Quincies be thinking right now. They Had the Shinigamis on the ropes, but the only Captain that died was Yamamoto. They would have done much better to kill off as many Captains as possible, they should have delayed their attack until they had enough forces to do this.
Now Quincies knew about Squad Zero, so it is obvious that they (Quincies) haven't revealed all their cards yet. For instance, they are Mass Manufacturing arrancars.
Obviously part of their ploy is to overwhelm SS with arrancars (like The Guy who tried to seal Ichigo's Bankai). WHy they did not Kill Kenpachi is beyond me.
If Juha Bach returned to HM without sending reinforcements to Opie's location, I'd be dissapointed in their strategic thinking/abilities.
I am not yet sold in th Shinigami's hopes, because losing Yamamoto Genrusai sets them back further than what I think that a Renewed Kenpachi or Unohana can make up.
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April 30, 2013: For the second consecutive day, an error on CTB McGraw-Hill's servers caused widespread interruptions for Indiana students. In response, Superintendent Ritz suspended online testing for the remainder of the day to give CTB time to assess and fix the problems. Superintendent Ritz also extended the testing window by three additional days and asked schools to test at 50% of their normal testing load, based on the assurances of CTB. Because of these steps, the remainder of the ISTEP+ was completed with minimal interruption to Indiana students.
May 3, 2013: Superintendent Ritz conducted three separate conference calls open to all superintendents throughout Indiana to answer their questions about testing issues. Superintendent Ritz and the Department of Education also maintained constant contact with schools throughout the testing window.
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Posted on 02/23/2005 5:22:55 PM PST by pissant
Stickers on urinals all over Belgium where President Bush was today for a third day are inviting people to relieve themselves on likenesses of the President himself, and the American flag.
The stickers distributed by the Belgian Socialist Party (search) can be found in the bathrooms of schools, youth clubs, and pubs, and even in the office restrooms of Belgium's Vice Prime Minister, Johan Vande Lanotte. After all, the man who designed the stickers is one of Vande Lanotte's spokesmen. The leader of the Socialist Party was asked about them on Belgian television but, as The Weekley Standard points out, he refused to condemn them, only saying they weren't his idea.
Meanwhile, here's how one reporter at President Bush's press conference with EU leaders today summed it all up in his notebook "The same old Bush Junior."
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I will not eat Belgian waffles until they stop this nonsense.
I think Prevacid works for Belgian.. But if you wait a bit, the gas will pass.
The Belgians need to recognize that they are really French (with all negatives that that entails).
Other than political stickers, is there anything Belgium produces that Americans might want to buy?
When we are shoping, let's keep in mind who are our friends and who are morons. It is not trivial, see Fricken Frenchies drowning in their own vine as a result of gringoes switching to more friendly beverages.
Belgium? Isn't that a country we liberated in two World Wars?
Hell, you would think the global Socialists would be thrilled to death with the junior Bush.
Belgian women have been making stunning bobbin lace for hundreds of years. I wouldn't mind a few pieces.
Oh, wait, I'm an American. I'll figure out how to make some for myself! Yankee lace! lol
Why would that be?
Ditto here.
What global socialist endeavor has been condemned lately?
To bad we Cant give back to Hitler
What global socialist movement has been proposed lately?
I see Bush has exempted the US from the ICC, pulled us out of the ABM treaty, Gave Kyoto the finger, invaded Iraq w/o UN approval, relaxed US environmental regulations, and cut taxes accross the board. Not bad for a socialist.
Seriously, what has Belgium done for the Tsunami Victims?? What have they done for Rwanda?? What have they done to save the Whales?? The Caribou? Bolivian humpback bluefooted titmice? Space exploration? Medical breakthroughs? AIDS research?? What have they done to improve society in the last 12 months??? What ??? NOTHING?? I thought so.. Stingy b*stards.
All the socialist wieners can come up with is URINAL DECOR?? Okie-dokie.. What is it, a country of 3rd grade boys?
My question was which have been condemned by action and not just lip service.
I say we Agent Orange all their "Sprout" fields, not only would we hurt them economically, we would be doing the world a favor. A world without Brussel Sprouts - what a wonderful world it would be.
I'm not done.
Can we just rename Brussels, LAND OF THE 'TARDS?
I don't think the actions I listed in my 2nd sentence were just lip service.
Add that he has done more to tear down the phony wall of "separation between church & state" than any Prez in recent history. And instructed John Ashcroft to make the gov't official position on the 2nd Amendment to clearly state that it is an individual right.
A land of limp-wristed pedophiles.
You would get your entrails handed to you so fast in Flanders....
Belgium is two different countries forced together by the very bizarre power politics of Europe. The southern half is French speaking, the Waloons. The nothern half is Flemish speaking (think Dutch/German), which is Flanders.
All Belgians are required to learn both languages fluently in school, along with English. The Waloons forever after refuse to admit that they speak Flemish and the Flemish refuse to admit any knowledge of French. Therefore almost all business is done in English. This leads to a lot of resentment against anyone who actually speaks English.
Belgium is the best revenge on the Belgians. Even the Belgians know this to be true. My father in law and mother in law live in her home town in Flanders.
In compensation they have the finest chocolate anywhere and they have more different beers than any other country in the world. Each town has one or two local brews that they've perfected over hundreds of years, most of them excellent. Brussels beer, however, is flat and very yucky. Which is, of course, fitting.
If the French are Frogs, then the Belgians are Toads.
That too.
I have not seen any substantial progress in this area.
And instructed John Ashcroft to make the gov't official position on the 2nd Amendment to clearly state that it is an individual right.
This is a given. This is not something that any subsequent political entity can grant or subtract. You seem to think it is a new privalege granted to you. Why?
Leonidas chocolate.
I do not think the 2nd amendment is a new priveledge for me or you, unless you consider 1789 to be new. But the feds, under a multitude of Presidents have left it purposely vague whether it was an individual or a militia right. Bush has cleared the air, and I am grateful. It was a ballsy thing to do, and one of the first things he did in office. Do you not recall the gnashing an wailing from the press and the left?
Which faction in Belgium is the majority?
Why don't the Flemish secede and join the Dutch?
Yes, Yes, maybe I was being a bit reactionary, but a UN sub sub panel in concordance with the IPCC agree, that a drastic reduction in Brussel Sprout production would in fact delay the catastrophic onset of global warming by several decades.
'tards or turds? you pick!
Was it the IPCC or the ICUPP??
I believe the Waloons (French)
Why don't the Flemish secede and join the Dutch?
Belgium is a construct of European power politics dating back to the Napoleonic wars. If the Flemish were to break away there is a deep seated fear that those wars would reoccur.
The national emblem of the Flemish used to be the Stars and Bars
So you can imagine their attitude to the subject.
My mother in law was 16 when the Nazi's came in and occupied her 16th century Flemish town. She tells stories about saving up her sugar ration to dump it into the gas tanks of German vehicles.
She used to be worried because the Germans were overdue for invading Belgium. She's now figured out that the EU is the way they (and the French) are invading this time. Her only hope is that the cretinous Belgian bureaucrats will screw up the EU as badly as they've screwed up Belgium, the whole thing will fall apart and they can go back to governing the town and the immediate surrounding countryside and be left alone.
After consulting with my staff, we will stick with 'tards. Turds after all, are a product of effort and depending on the originating source, are useful enriching mother earth. /s
Now - Now, you cannot discuss that with representatives of the "International Panel for Climate Change". You are hereby directed to the IPVR - "The International Panel for Voyeur Rights". I am sure one of their 4,000 sub-panels can address your issue.
Well, then I'll have to delegate to a Senior member of the UN Ethics committee.
We will forward your request to the Sudanese delegation.
The Second Amendment was there long before this Bush was alive.
That pretty well sums up my feelings for the gov't - just leave me alone (sounds kinda like Don't Tread on Me).
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..at least, I hope so. >_>
I agree. Probably a wind technique that is long range.
How about a wind technique to not blow anymore, or maybe the unique ability to make the series move as fast as the wind (I mean like regular wind and not the horrendously slow naruto series wind)...
But in seriousness we need to see more defensive techniques because not everything can be offensive all the time, or using Kage bunshins to take the hits -_-
A pie in the sky?
but thats what bushins are for lol but i would like naruto to go back to the forbiden konoha scroll now that his chakra flow is normal and hes gotten more powerful maybe he'll be able to use the kage-shuriken technnique like the 3rd.... there must be allot of forbidden jutsu that require narutos new found shape,form and chakra controle.
hmm i wonder what obitos doing right now.... decomposing and smelling up the joint i gess coz hes dead!!
naruto's chakra flow will never be normal whilst the kyubii is still inside him, he'll just have better control over it.
as regards to wind jutsu's, winds blades like baki's would be useful. he could also use it as a sheild to counter sasukes chidori. clones are okay but theres always the risk that his real body could get hit
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naruto prolly wouldnt get a sword, if you look at his character he's to blunt. also if you olook at sasuke's and naruto's respective original special jutsu, chidori and rasegan, the chidori cuts, which is complimentary to sasuke's fighting style and personality, the rasengan grinds, which is blunt like naruto's personality and fighting style
Bak's wind sword would be useful but, it doesn't have to be weak. I mean, thinkn Baki's sword plus Naruto's chakra pumping through it or even the Kyuubi's! It would be good for defence.
Sasuke:Chidori NagaShi!
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Pierces Through it
Sasuke: WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sharingan. Two must battle over it. One will survive.
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i think he'll use asuma's wind chakra blade maybe? and make the blade super long like sasuke's hehe but i cant really see naruto holding a weapon... wouldnt that look kinda weird? =/... his current outfit wouldnt really go well with a weapon like that. i think he needs a outfit change if he wants a weapon =Pback to naruto winds chakra i think he should optain chakra sword like sasuke , he needs something that could block his katana with lighting chakra in it...
Naruto holding a sword would be re-tar-ded and i also think that he wont get anymore jutsus, i mean he already got Rasengan which is a strong jutsu and to top it out, he haves an ultimate jutsu.
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Skip to comments.Why Do Dogs Bark? It's Still Mostly a Mystery.
Posted on 04/24/2014 4:35:17 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Whether a woof, ruff, yip, or yap, dogs bark dozens, if not hundreds, of times each day. Imagine if every pet canine in the U.S. -- all 83.3 million of them -- congregated. The chorus would be a postal worker's nightmare.
Dogs sound off in almost any situation. Maybe the doorbell rang, or a stranger approached, or a bird fluttered nearby. Even with little to no obvious stimulation, dogs can bark incessantly. Behaviorist and biologist Raymond Coppinger once observed a dog that barked for seven hours straight, even though no other canines were within miles.
Because dogs bark repetitively and in varying contexts, for decades, a hefty chunk of scientists argued that these sounds served no specific purpose. Coppinger, for example, put forth the notion that barking relieves arousal, and merely indicates an emotional state. At the turn of the century, however, these views started to evaporate. A key clue came in 2002. UC-Davis animal scientist Sophia Yin recorded the barks of different breeds of dogs at play, when the doorbell rang, or in isolation. She found that bark frequency and duration differed significantly between the situations.
"The fact that barks were context specific... strongly suggests that barks serve specific functions," she reasoned.
For all the barking the dogs do, their closest relatives, wolves, rarely bark at all. As little as 2.3% of their vocalizations are barks; the rest are almost entirely howls. Moreover, wolves bark only in warning, defense, and protest. Even though 30,000 years of evolution separate the two species, many breeds of dogs look quite similar to their lupine cousins. But the sounds they make are easily discernible.
Taking note of this contrast, Hungarian ethologist Csaba Molnar forayed into the barking discussion, postulating that the bark came to prominence through the process of domestication, in essence, as a way to communicate with humans.
In 2005, Molnar presented evidence to back his assertion. Molnar had 36 subjects listen to a variety of barks from a breed called mudis. The barks were recorded during different situations: when the mudis encountered a stranger, acted aggressively, were prompted to go on a walk, begged for a ball, played, or were left alone. Regardless of whether or not the subjects were dog owners, they were able to guess the situations in which the barks were recorded at levels significantly higher than chance when presented with the choices.
Further evidence backing Molnar's theory came courtesy of Dmitry Belyaev's domestication experiments on silver foxes. For years, researchers selected the most docile foxes that showed the least fear of humans and bred them. Over the generations, the foxes began to sport characteristics like spotted coats, floppy ears, and curled tails. They also began barking a lot more, specifically when they saw people!
It might be presumptuous to think that barking evolved on our account, but right now, it's the most plausible explanation we have!
Barking dog ping
What about foxes? What do they say?
dogs are narcissistic and crave attention. And the only way they can get it is by barking..........
Why do dogs bark? It has to be global warming.
Dogs in domesticity are alone or with one or two fellows when not with their owners.
They bark to summon the rest of the pack: i.e. humans.
It's in the article. They say that domesticating silver foxes, breeding the tamest, resulted in foxes with spots,curly tails, and the ability to bark.
Talking back and complaining with specifics of long ago transgressions wouldn't help in staying a best friend.
dogs bark, but the caravan rolls on
Our dog is losing her hearing....so now, she barks more....it seems to be her way of talking to us and being reassured we know what she wants. She usually barks when she wants something.
The biologist should'a checked for squirrels or deer just beyond the fence or run.
My dog barks when she it is time for dinner, time for a walk or there is someone at the front door. In short - because she has something to say...
Because it is too hard for them to quote Shakespeare.
My dog barks when she it is time for dinner, time for a walk or there is someone at the front door. In short - because she has something to say...
Someone ask Debbie Wasserman Poodle Shultz...she knows.
So dog bark to talk..hmm bet the one that barked 7 hours straight about nothing was a female
"Hi, Yortuk. Hi, Georg. Sorry we're late."
Dogs bark because they are undisciplined. In the wild, dogs seldom bark.
Because it would be silly if they mooed.
I have a neighbor who lives around a quarter of a mile away, maybe just a little further than that. They have a dog that barks at anything and everything.
It is so sensitive that it will often bark when I just go outside. I am not sure if it hears me or picks up my scent. I can't hear it when I am inside so it is not that big of a problem but if I lived really close I would think about doggycide.
I'm still wondering why moonbats bark.
Meowing would not make much sense either.
Only a scientist could not figure out why dogs are barking in a given situation.
To warn off intruders into their territory, to get attention such as to be released from a leash or let out of an enclosure, for food, when a pack is running together so they can stay together and make themselves known to each other, to threaten, to greet people or other visitors.
I'm sure I left some out.
I've noticed that my dog has different barks for different situations! All of which are designed for me to do something for her! I love her lots!
You got that right. The house behind us - two frikken yappy dogs all day long. Owner gone, owner home, doesn't matter. (BTW - it is the OWNER that is undisciplined. Probably thinks it is cute?)
Our dog didn't bark at all when we brought him home as a rescue puppy (large dog). Had to train him to bark a few times when people came to the door to 1) let me know as I can't always hear the doorbell, and 2) to warn strangers away.
He still will sit quietly in the backyard with the yappy dogs on the other side of the fence and wonder what the heck they are yapping about.
Much like learning the communications with an infant.
Because they can.
20th Century foxes or 21st Century foxes?
Dog size is strongly correlated with yapping (assuming similar dog-human socialization).
In the case of my Ranger, the answer is clearly: catz.
How can you pick out a dogwood?
By its bark.
I had a male Golden Retriever, 110lbs with no fat.
This guy barked, literally, maybe 3 or 4 times in his life.
He was the sweetest most loving dog I've ever owned.
When he did bark, it wasn't some "RUFF RUFF RUFF" going on and on. The first time, it was a really slow and really deep RUUUUUUFFFFFF, that took time to build into a final RUUFF.
It was soo funny, because he actually scared himself.
He wasn't a very smart dog, I admit.
Which brings up the question:
Why do dogs lick you in the face?
It gets that butt taste out of its mouth.
Ours went stone deaf and I have not heard her bark in probably a year.
I don't think any dog breed barks more than a dachshund.
The same reason they lick their you-know-whats.......Because they can!
"the OWNER that is undisciplined"
Quite often, but not always, the animal is a mirror of the owner. yes, undisxciplined owner, undisciplined dog.
When I go shoeing, if the dogs are yapping and acting like idiots, the horses will almost always be bad, and the kids will be running wild as well.
I remember being in a barn where one of the girls that worked there was complaining about guys taking advantage of her. It was interesting, because the horses took advantage too, though not in the same way.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick!"
Dog on the left...Moochelle, is that you?
I think mine do it to annoy me, along with the low grade whining.
For humans, tribal warfare is the special evolutionary pressure that selects for gradually increasing advanced intelligence. Tribes with dogs that alert of impending raids have a competitive advantage over tribes without. The primary function of the domesticated dog is to hear, see, or smell approaching thugs, government or freelance, then bark their head off. Since the Waco fiasco, SWAT teams now use silencers for the sole purpose of killing the dogs at the start their raids without blowing their cover. Police hate dogs.
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Sang Lee
San Jose State University, School Of Social Work
Assistant Professor
Interim Director, CHAMP
Dr. Lee's research interests include mental health literacy among immigrant older adults, mental health issues of older adults with dementia and their family caregivers, attitudes toward formal service utilization in dementia caregiving in immigrant families, cultural competence in social work practice and research with Asian American populations, and gerontological social work education.
Prior to joining SJSU in 2006, Dr. Lee worked as a research associate on several research projects including (1) Evaluation of the Practicum Partnership Program, National Initiative for Geriatric Social Work Education funded by the John A. Harford Foundation; (2) Evaluation of the Asian Pacific Islanders Dementia Care Network funded by the federal Administration on Aging and California Department of Aging; and (3) Evaluation of the Health Access for Pacific Asian Seniors funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and California Department of Aging.
Dr. Lee received her M.S.W. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Publications: (Aging Related)
Lee, S. E., Damron-Rodriguez, J., Lawrance, F. P., & Volland, P. J. (2009). Geriatric social work career tracking: Graduates of the Graduates of the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (HPPAE). Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 52(4), 336-353.
Lee, S. E., Lee, H. Y., & Diwan, S. (In press). What do Korean American Immigrants know about Alzheimer's disease (AD)? The impact of acculturation and exposure to the disease on AD knowledge. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Ongoing Research Projects
Principal investigator- Exploring the interface of culture, social factors, health literacy and health promotion among older Chinese, Vietnamese, and Asian Indian immigrants with limited English proficiency. Funded by College of Applied Sciences and Arts (CASA) Research Incentives Grant, San Jose State University for $25,000
Principal investigator - Assessment of attitudes toward community services use and expectations
about aging in Vietnamese older adults. Funded by California State University (CSU) Awards for
Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity, CSU Research Funds Committee, San Jose State
University for $7,473
Co-Principal Investigator - Assessment of health and well-being of residents in independent living
housing. Funded by the California Endowment to Jeanne D'Arc Manor (San Jose, CA) for $35,000
(Principal Investigator: Sadhna Diwan)
Principal Investigator - Development and pilot testing of an instrument to examine the knowledge and
perceptions of Alzheimer's disease among Vietnamese immigrant older adults. Funded by the Office
of Faculty Affaires, San Jose State University for approximately $6,000
Completed Research Project
Principal Investigator- Pathways to knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about Alzheimer's disease
and community services among Korean Immigrants. Funded by UCLA Quality of Graduate Education
Supplemental Allocation Program: Dissertation Support Grant for Original Data Collection for $5,000


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