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2001-02-02 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
jmu.edu/rosserjb -Original Message- From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:09 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7683] Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam Yeah, I would say. There's problems with unconstitutional conditions. B

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2001-02-02 Thread Justin Schwartz
6:09 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7683] Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam Yeah, I would say. There's problems with unconstitutional conditions. Btw, are you sure the note must be from a clergy member? That's clearly unconstitutional. Suppose you object to the pledge cause you are an atheist? Btw

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2001-02-02 Thread Jim Devine
At 10:58 AM 2/2/01 -0500, you wrote: No, I do not welcome Dubya's "faith-based initiatives," and I fear that Ashcroft is a sign of more nonsense to come. the good news is that this kind of nonsense almost always provokes a backlash. the bad news is that in the meantime, people will suffer.

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2001-02-02 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
interests than she is. Barkley Rosser -Original Message- From: Justin Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:47 AM Subject: [PEN-L:7700] Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam Right, Barklay, I never suspected yo

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2001-02-02 Thread Forstater, Mathew
tions. -Original Message- From: J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7709] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam Justin, Well, I am not going to pursue this one further because it is

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2001-02-02 Thread Margaret Coleman
Brown, Martin (NCI) wrote: When I first came to the DC area I lived in Virginia for one year, in a rental townhouse neighborhood where the majority of the residents were junior Pentagon officers (and their ROTTEN, violence-prone kids). I quickly decided to move to the Maryland side of the

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2001-02-01 Thread Margaret Coleman
Mike reminded me of how floored I was when I heard about the Virginia legislature passing laws about where to sleep in the house you own... To make matters even more hypocritical, Virginia is a right to work state -- because unions interfere in the market place. So it's o.k. to stamp out living

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2001-02-01 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
- From: Margaret Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:12 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7629] Re: blowing off steam Mike reminded me of how floored I was when I heard about the Virginia legislature passing laws about where to sleep in the house you

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2001-02-01 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
r. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7659] Re: Re: blowing off steam Actually the Virginia legislature, now fully dominated by the Repugs who are seriously beholden to the Christian Right are going off the deep end.

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2001-02-01 Thread Jim Devine
At 01:20 PM 2/1/01 -0500, you wrote: After some protest, the sleeping law was withdrawn. However, such regulations are not uncommon in many jurisdictions. They are aimed at keeping poor immigrant families, e.g., 10 people living in one house with 3 bedrooms, out of the "good" neighborhoods.

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2001-02-01 Thread Forstater, Mathew
: Re: blowing off steam Actually the Virginia legislature, now fully dominated by the Repugs who are seriously beholden to the Christian Right are going off the deep end. The latest? They have just passed a 24-hour waiting period on abortions and also a law requiring students in high schools

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2001-02-01 Thread Brown, Martin (NCI)
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:7664] Re: RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam At 01:20 PM 2/1/01 -0500, you wrote: After some protest, the sleeping law was withdrawn. However, such regulations are not uncommon in many jurisdictions

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2001-02-01 Thread J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
hew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7666] RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam so if you refuse to say the pledge (as I did when I was in 4th grade) are you breaking the law and liable to be arrested? -Original Message---

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2001-02-01 Thread Ken Hanly
Just how is this law about sleeping in bedrooms enforced? I know God must see everything but he doesnt keep video tapes for authorities to peruse.. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - corporations. Then it has to be overruled. Individuals know what is best, but then

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2001-02-01 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/01/01 01:00PM Actually the Virginia legislature, now fully dominated by the Repugs who are seriously beholden to the Christian Right are going off the deep end. The latest? They have just passed a 24-hour waiting period on abortions and also a law requiring students

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2001-02-01 Thread Justin Schwartz
hew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 01, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: [PEN-L:7666] RE: Re: Re: blowing off steam so if you refuse to say the pledge (as I did when I was in 4th grade) are you breaking the law and liable to be arrested? -Origin

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2001-01-30 Thread michael
I just glanced at a journal of political economy article in condemning mandates. Mandates are bad, except you want to force schools to get standardized tests. Local control is good, except when inconveniences corporations. Then it has to be overruled. Individuals know what is best, but then