King Kung

Anyway, I think we are too far gone. Socially there are too many people who have bought into the 'us vs. them' based on color, religion and lifestyle for us to have any meaningful change.

I agree 100%

Stars and Stripes | Sep 10, 2014 | by Chris Carroll

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force said Tuesday it was awaiting a legal opinion from the Defense Department's top lawyer on whether an enlisted airman who's an atheist can opt out of the phrase "so help me God" in his re-enlistment oath.

The airman, stationed at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, was told in late August that federal law requires those words in the enlistment oath, attorney Monica Miller of the American Humanist Society said. Air Force policy previously allowed airmen to drop the phrase if they wished, but the policy was changed in 2013.

"The opinion that we're seeking will help inform future decisions and the latitude that can be taken with the oath," Air Force spokeswoman Rose Richeson said Tusday. "But the Air Force has to comply with law."

However, a defense official who discussed the matter on the condition of anonymity said the airman's right to modify the oath to fit his lack of religious belief is not in question outside the Air Force.

"I'll tell you that there is no legal requirement to say 'So help me God' in any federal oath/affirmation by a person taking the oath," the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, said in an email. "That is, saying 'So help me God' in any federal oath is optional at the discretion of the person taking the oath (not the person administering the oath)."

A host of Supreme Court and lower court cases support the airman's right to opt out of calling on a deity, as does as the text of the U.S. Constitution itself, said military legal expert Eugene Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale University.

According to Article VI of the Constitution, federal officers "shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

But a religious test is what a requirement to say "so help me God" amounts to, Fidell said.

Miller said last week the American Humanist Society was prepared to sue the Air Force and individual officers involved in the decision if the airman is not allowed to reenlist.

The airman, whose term of service expires in November, has chosen to remain anonymous to avoid what he fears would be hostile reactions from others in the military or the public, Miller said.

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Smart kid. The religious loons in the military are almost as intolerant as the gaystapo.

I applaud his courage. My guess is that he will be allowed to reenlist without having to orally recite the fantasy of god.

Racist!

The US administration is too busy trying to divide and weaken the US domestically than worry about those pesky foreigners.

By all accounts, they're doing a bang-up job.

Black criminals kill more blacks than anybody. Why doesn't this raise the ire of the oppressed?

No hay to make?

Come on now, a serious answer please.

Where are Jesse and Al when 100 black kids a month are gunned down by other blacks?

No Hay. Is it only "racist," and therefore objectionable, when these opportunists can connive a nefarious plot? Nobody can be that stupid.

Instead they fabricate fantasies against cops and neighborhood watchmen who display grievous wounds from criminal animals they've killed.

It's all quite comedic and amateurish. You need some better handlers. Queers and Mexicans and females are stealing your advantage.

Chiang Kai-shek's eventual loss to Mao is what cut short the US occupation of Japan post WWII. Only a fraction of MacArthur's reforms took hold before focus started turning to China and Korea.

Supporters of Mireille Miller-Young cite the "cultural legacy of slavery" and even the effects of pregnancy to explain why the feminist studies professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara would accost a teenager spreading a pro-life message on campus.

 

The pregnant 38-year-old who pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts of theft, vandalism and battery after stealing and destroying an anti-abortion poster and injuring a a16-year-old activist, says she’s sorry for some of her actions and hopes to “makes amends through community service.â€

 

An associate professor whose course work, which includes pornography and sex work, has gained her the nickname the “porn professor,†Ms. Miller-Young was set to appear for sentencing today (August 14) before Judge Brian Hill in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/15/slavery-pregnancy-drove-california-professor-to-accost-teen-pro-lifer-say/?intcmp=obinsite

Mireille Miller-Young, professor of pornography and sex.

The "cultural legacy of slavery" caused you to assault a 16-year old? Sounds reasonable ...

USA! USA! USA!

A camera caught the dead thug robbing a convenience store minutes earlier, before he was stopped walking down the middle of the roadway.

Here's a picture of Michael Brown released by his family -- reportedly taken just days prior to his death.

I bought a Kindle book through Amazon last week. Where is the sidebar? Is it a section of the forum?

*edit* Never mind, I found it.

One less criminal robbing convenience stores. Well done I say.

A taxi is like an airplane. Just sit there and shut your gob. Jeezus Chreist some people have to whine abut everything. If it gets you there in a reasonable time and your baggage isn't lost -- just STFU. You win, you goddamn idiots. It's always the same twats whining. You expect fuggen caviar and a neck massage for a 35 baht taxi ride. British STFU.

The benevolent gatekeepers need to double electric bills to get my attention. Of course it's only a matter of time. Can anybody stop them? I don't think so. This happiness initiative is just tickling me to bits. I love the Military Government and their move toward greater happiness by increasing utilities. You can't imagine how happy this makes me. I'm happy beyond comprehension!

A major American city under curfew... shocking.

Before dawn, looters, their faces hidden, lugged stolen bottles of rum and vodka. After the sun returned, good-hearted citizens with brooms helped to clean the mess.

This is an anecdote for America. Rotten in the core, but cleans up nicely.

The people who are ashamed and cleaning up are outnumbered by the rabid scum 2-1. America has become Angola. Celebrate the diversity!

Thais should have a handicap -- like Negroes.

Where are the law-thumping Sharpton idiots claiming Thais have the RIGHT to steal and pillage when they feel slighted?

This is an injustice!

Agreed, it was so obviously manslaughter that they could easily have nailed Zimmerman on it. But the refused to go for that - and got nothing. No one to blame but the prosecutors.

Someone smashes you head into the pavement, you are at liberty to inject some hot lead into his heart. Good night. Yeah, your color doesn't matter.

I will not tolerate racism on this board. Knock it off!

Sanuk!

I respect that. However, Are you asking me to:

1 Forget or discount my personal experience?

Or

2. Ignore my personal experience and perhaps blame it on something else....

I'm interested in hearing your response.

If a person was following you in an area you didn't think the person should be,

would you think you should defend yourself?

A little early for historical revisionism. You can look up the facts of the case. Zimmerman was falsely accused and convicted in the hair-on-fire court of public opinion by racist Americans (including the media) trying to fabricate a case where none existed. He was subsequently exonerated by a jury of his peers in the cold, harsh daylight of a courtroom where fact and fiction were clearly separated. Watch this Missouri hooliganism case carefully. The same dynamics are at work.

supremacist ideology

Sorry, you're barking up the wrong tree. That overplayed card doesn't get a reaction from anyone anymore. Congratulations. Just a friendly suggestion which has nothing to do with your message: Invest in a spell checker. About half of your post is incorrectly spelled.

Fascinating. Likely receiving an NEA endowment of hundreds of thousands annually.

The farting sound is brilliant. He makes farting sounds! Hahaha! What a clever lad.

USA! USA! USA!

The boy(s) were walking peacefully home, not causing any trouble.

Where have I heard that before?

And you'd best not refer to them as "boys."

Liberia? Sierre Leone? ....... Nah, Missouri.

Here we go again.

A calmer dawn broke Monday morning after a night of protest and looting in Ferguson left broken glass and at least one burned-out building.

 

Officer Brian Schellman of the St. Louis County police said two officers were injured overnight Sunday — one was hit by a brick and one suffered knee injuries. Police arrested 32 people for theft, assault or burglary.

 

The protests followed the fatal shooting on Saturday of Michael Brown, 18, by police. Authorities said Sunday that a police officer shot Brown, who was unarmed, after the teen attacked the Ferguson officer.

 

After protests and a vigil earlier in the day, some people broke into stores and looted them, setting fire to a QuikTrip and leaving glass and other debris strewn about.

 

Schellman said the looting and destruction stopped and the area had quieted a down about 3:30 a.m. Monday.

 

He said the police helicopter was shot at once or twice, but was not hit. He said the night was a scary situation for even veteran officers.

 

Jennings school district canceled the first day of school today, saying it was concerned for student safety in the wake of Sunday night's violence.

 

"Safety is our uppermost concern," a Jennings release said. "At this time we do not feel it's safe for our students to walk to school."

 

Officials said they hoped classes could begin Tuesday.

 

On the lot of a QuikTrip that was looted and burned Sunday night, some men who said they had been there last night defended the damage as a response to injustice.

 

http://www.stltoday....0a3d36a083.html

When are these irresponsible and unconscionable police forces going to learn that it's the god-given right of every black teen in America to attack violently that which he finds oppressive? Just turn the other cheek, police dude! Don't be a racist bigot! Just let the teen attack you.

USA! USA! USA!

Ten minutes later, he came back with brasso smeared all over his collar.

There are a few thickos like that in today's military, too.

Here are two reacting to a "Column right, MARCH" order.

The Browns definitely have to go -- OFFENSIVE! Same with the Braves, Indians, Chiefs, and Blackhawks.

How about the REDS -- OFFENSIVE!

The Brewers? No way, OFFENSIVE!

San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels? Are you serious? I'm offended!

Can anyone say diversionary tactic from the country falling to pieces?

The UK government issues a birth certificate for children born in Thailand?

That's odd.

Are you sure its not a consular report of birth abroad?

*edit* Or a

"This is called a Consular birth registration. The document you obtain is not a UK birth certificate and should not be used as such. It does not replace the locally issued birth certificate which you would obtain when in the UK."

http://www.british-consulate.org/british-born-abroad.html

"If we cannot solve the problems, we cannot join the Asean [community]."

Foreshadowing: a literary device by which a speaker explains certain plot developments that may come later in the story.

"Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." "