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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:19 PM Original message |
U.S. gov't gets giant cross in San Diego |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh good. One more cross. Because there aren't enough all over the place. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Why is the President involved in this local issue? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Greater good of the nation... now that's funny. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yea...I know.....sometimes you have to say it out loud.... |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tear the fucker down |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. What about the Jesus statue in Rio? |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Rio is not in this country.... |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. What is wrong with holding on to relics of our past history. You don't |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Is the statue in Rio on public property |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. where in the Constitution does it mandate separation of |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Its in the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. the establishment clause does not mandate separation of |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Madison and Jefferson would disagree |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. exactly |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I oppose spending money to tear it down |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Christo Fascists |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. vice and virtue is not |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. A fundamentalist is a fundamentalist is a fundamentalist. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. As a matter of fact there is a rather large segment of the "christian" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Deleted message |
leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It wasn't placed as a war memorial. It became a war memorial. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Go read the Constitution. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. So because we want to prevent the government from endorsing religion... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not the cross itself that bugs me (I know I may be alone here,) but |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Busholini Regime is promoting Christianity |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. Those certain things depends on what "Christian" you ask. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. This atheist thanks you for thinking of us. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I always try to put myself in someone else's place. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't approve of Bush getting involved, but I approve of retaining |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Then why are so many upset by it if it is not offensive? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It must be very hard for the people who are honestly offended by it |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. It's not the symbol. It's the violation of the 1st Amendment. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. can you pick and choose which constitutional violations you find irksome? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I do it every day |
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PerceptionManagement (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. The bill signing "smacks of election-year politics," |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. let's hope it doesn't end up like the Tower of Babel? |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. We must federalize and protect crosses and crucifixes |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Separation of Church and State |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Terrific post, thanks for saying that. |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. This Will Solve All Our Problems |
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manhunter2006 (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. Whats the beef... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I can't find any public record of him owning property in San Diego |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. You may have a life, but not a clue on this case. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. You have a point there. n/t |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
66. So you have no problem with the Gov. illegally supporting one religion? |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
21. I am an atheist and I could care less about this cross. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Agnostic San Diegan here |
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LordLovesAWorkingMan (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. good point |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. a cross is a cross is a cross |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. Deleted message |
maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. so much to moderate |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Heh, true. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. and you got popped too! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. That's the one with the rocket launchers right? nt |
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OregonDem (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. Its the federal government endorsing a particular faith, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Great post, with one caveat... |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's only right that the cabal endorses the cross. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I hope you realize the "cabal" now includes every Democratic Senator |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You mean there is still a Democratic Party? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Voting with the cabal doesn't necessarily make you of the cabal. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm an athiest, not a vampire |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. It IS just one more in a long line of violations of American rights. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
40. So the Wiccan war widow will be getting her plaque any day now, right? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Total violation. The government cannot accept land... |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. why do people erect stuff they know people are going to complain about? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. I wasn't even born in 1954 when the present cross was put up |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. the CCRs in many western neighborhoods are appalling |
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