Judge overturns California's ban on same-sex marriage

[Mike DiRucci]

Big D wrote:

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I never did any of that kind of stuff myself, my second 3 years were spent on Yerba Buena Island which most people mistake and call Treasure island, it is the natural island on the bay bridge to San Francisco.
I was a firefighter, but scheduled on boat watch crews on duty days, usually pulled jumpers out of the water under the GG bridge. You could call it SAR, but they were always already dead, and we have to knock the sharks off of them before pulling them on board.
Most interesting story there was an inspection on a large sailboat. It was obviously overladen and the crew looked pretty scummy, so we took our longest hair and laid back looking guardsman, he pulled the shirt tails out of his pants and tried to look like he didn’t give a crap and boarded them for a safety inspection.
He check thier life preservers and other small crap, gave them a certificate of passage and left.. he told us the boat was just packed to the gills with bales of what was obviously Marijuana, he said it was all over the deck.
The sailboat headed into Oakland and we informed the police and then backed them up with a 50 footer, I don’t know if you have seen a Coast guard 50 footer but it will scare the pants off anything smaller, and some things quite a bit larger. A 50 footer will really move, they are designed to catch fast boats.
I wasn’t on the 50, but was told there was a firefight on the docks with the Oakland police when they showed up, the cut loose ( just into the water ) with the twin 50 caliber machine guns behind the sailboat and they surrendered to the police.
The police told the boat captain that they would have surrendered too after hearing that.

You Coasties are heroes and you do a great job and save lives and protect our country and waterways and all that good sh!t but lets face it, you're f*&%ing narcs!

I know. You don't make the rules or the policies just do or die like we did.

Did you ever commandeer a little of the evidence, you know, leakage.:)

[Mike DiRucci]

akpilot wrote:

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This is why your opinion doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
If the court wanted to keep this decision solely effecting California they wouldn't have taken the case, there was no need to as that is exactly what the 9th Circuit did.
There are only two possible outcomes. The SCOTUS overturns the 9th and ultimately Walkers decision or they make this a national issue. The real question is are they really ready for another Roe v Wade?
And, will the court contradict itself? Let's not forget they are also hearing the DOMA decision, which clearly states that the Federal Government has NO say in marriage laws, that it is an issue left to the States. In order to uphold the Prop 8 and the DOMA ruling they truly create a contradiction. On one hand you have the Federal Government regulating marriage through the federal court system, on the other you have them saying the federal government lack the power to regulate it?
Interesting situation the court has put itself in.

California is unique in that rights were already granted and then taken away.

[Mike DiRucci]

Pig Mania wrote:

I hope $3 Bill shares some of his war stories with us, I heard he was really good at mopping the deck and polishing the brass.
Cumon Bill, can I get a 'SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE'?

Some guys I talked to down at the Livermore VFW who were on the ship with Bill said he was the Captain's favorite and he gave Bill extra privileges. The Captain said that was because he was always swabbing the poop deck and polishing the brass knobs and balls and such real good.

Then Bill came in and told them to "Shut your pieholes!"

[Mike DiRucci]

Rose_NoHo wrote:

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Rose's Law: Morons with no real argument scream, "But what about the children!?"
Hate to break it to you, gay couples can already "obtain children" in any way they choose. Marriage is a separate issue.

Hate to break it to you (not really!) but you can't make up "laws" name them after yourself and expect anyone to give a sh!t.

[Mike DiRucci]

Big D wrote:

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Oh he didn’t eject, these were choppers, they were going down, but semi controlled.
Engine or hydraulics hits I assume, I don’t know

Do you notice your war stories get good judge-its and my war stories get bad judge-its?

I guess you're a hero! Congratulations coastie!

[Hrdy]

A simple dust of will do.

[akpilot]

Mike DiRucci wrote:

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California is unique in that rights were already granted and then taken away.

True, and I have said that many times. But again, if that was the issue than the SCOTUS had no reason to revisit it as the ruling would stand and prop 8 would be tossed.

I am very interested to see what kind of BS the court comes up with on this issue. I won't even pretend to know what they are going to do after the ruling on ObamaCare, where they actually wrote law to make it "Constitutional". I guess if the POTUS can legislate, why not the SCOTUS? Perhaps our 3 branch system is as out-dated as the Constitution? LOL

[Purpled]

This type of illegal activity the USPS was convicted of in Court would be the samething Glendora, California is and has done to Senior citizens and other resdients.

In addition to ordering the USPS to reimburse the soldier for nearly 13 years in back postal wages, the board also told USPS to immediately begin paying Erickson his postal salary — even if the USPS opts to appeal, a move that could extend the case another two years. Erickson said he doesn’t recall his hourly wage rate in 2000.

[Mike DiRucci]

Pig Mania wrote:

I hope $3 Bill shares some of his war stories with us, I heard he was really good at mopping the deck and polishing the brass.
Cumon Bill, can I get a 'SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE'?

I saw Bill's posts on another thread.

No "shut your piehole!" or thorazine drip stories, but he was accusing other posters of being gay.

[Big D]

Mike DiRucci wrote:

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I saw Bill's posts on another thread.
No "shut your piehole!" or thorazine drip stories, but he was accusing other posters of being gay.

Well being called Gay isn’t an insult, I would just politely tell him he is incorrect and point the way to a gay bar somewhere where he might troll for companionship more easily

[Lined]

D does still come after C, right?

[Big D]

Mike DiRucci wrote:

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Bill says he's not gay. But he says he supports gay rights. The way he does it is to accuse everyone who doesn't of being gay. That's stupid.
Bill's a real funny guy. He doesn't think things through.

I don’t happen to be Gay, I fully support Gay rights, but I don’t "accuse" people of being gay as I don’t see that as any kind of insult. It is like accusing someone of having blue eyes.

[FutureNews]

A story biline might look like this:

GPD officer on patrol saw Douglas & Gene run a red light while driving eastbound at Route 66 at Compromise Line Road.

Officers attempted to pull the driver and passanger over, but they refused. The driver drove at freeway speeds then slowed down to a crawl. The driver played cat and mouse with the following officrs in their cars.

The driver circled streets surrounding Glendora High School, favoring to Lone Hill Avenue, Route 66 and Palopinto Avenue.

GPD officers immediately identified the subjects, knowing there might be issues with mental problems.

The pursuit was terminated, because GPD had identified them, an knew where they lived and had past contact with them.

The whole chase lasted less than 10 minutes.

[Mike DiRucci]

Big D wrote:

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I don’t happen to be Gay, I fully support Gay rights, but I don’t "accuse" people of being gay as I don’t see that as any kind of insult. It is like accusing someone of having blue eyes.

That's what I'm saying. It's stupid to use gay as an insult. Especially by someone who claims to support gay rights.

[Cooterbob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch...
frig my lifes!

[Mike DiRucci]

Cooterbob wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=d3ZThaVZ_Dw
frig my lifes!

Funny! Thanks for sharing.

[Big D]

Mike DiRucci wrote:

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That's what I'm saying. It's stupid to use gay as an insult. Especially by someone who claims to support gay rights.

I agree there, and I question the idea that they are for equality when they consider it an insult to be one.

[NorCal Native]

Mike DiRucci wrote:

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Some guys I talked to down at the Livermore VFW who were on the ship with Bill said he was the Captain's favorite and he gave Bill extra privileges. The Captain said that was because he was always swabbing the poop deck and polishing the brass knobs and balls and such real good.
Then Bill came in and told them to "Shut your pieholes!"

Why do you lie about folks you don't know? Does it make you feel better about yourself?

[RiccardoFire]

NorCal Native wrote:

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Why do you lie about folks you don't know? Does it make you feel better about yourself?

Why do you butt in(no pun intended) when it doesn't involve you? Does it make you feel better about yourself?

[Jazybird58]

RiccardoFire wrote:

<quoted text>Why do you butt in(no pun intended) when it doesn't involve you? Does it make you feel better about yourself?

Good question Lucy, good question. BTW say Hi to Mr Pot. I am happy to see you joined, it how ever did not improve your IQ. Better luck in your next life.