Obviously given the “marriage penalty”, the prototypical scenario may not be two individuals on W-2 income. There are other scenarios where it is convienient to have a “tax spouse” – a spouse for tax purposes. Same-sex marriage and civil unions open up doors previously kept locked. (“It’s no longer fraud, it’s the law…”)

[St. Andrew] Then a plastic tube, sometimes as much as 50% bigger than the type commonly used for feeding incapacitated patients, was inserted through his nose and down his throat – a procedure that can trigger nausea, bleeding and diarrhea.

A good whack in the face with the vile substances wielded by the Gitmo terrorists can trigger nausea, bleeding and diarrhea…

For how does the law judge whether someone entering into “gay marriage” is even “gay” at all? Is requiring a kiss at the altar sufficient to ward off the cheats and poseurs? As far as I know Andrew is not suggesting the law actually verify that the partners getting married are in fact gay before they grant marital sanction (or we are forced to do the same with our tax liabilities).

So thank you, Andrew Sullivan, for expanding the rights of the rest of us to marriages of convenience with our pals, the rights of Bill or Fred to marry Jose to speed him along toward naturalization while the rest of us debate the immigration issue, and the money to be made in the cottage industries sure to follow.

All I want to know is: when’s the “Russian Groom” website coming on line?

I haven’t read anything by Sullivan for quite some time now, and don’t plan to start. It seems that his whole universe basically orbits around his genitals; everything he perceives and writes about is in one way or another filtered through that prism. Given the limited time to read during the day, there are a lot of other more interesting, informative, and – not to put too fine a point on it – psychologically balanced bloggers to pay attention to.

Somebody seems to have pissed in the collective Post Toasties of the righties. Their little corner of blogdom is absolutely seething with anger and frustration. [Fair warning: all the links below lead to specific spew-laden pieces they reference. Click…

They are ***NOT*** “prisoners of war”. “Prisoner Of War” is a status reserved for lawful combatants engaging in combat according to the LOAC and who are entitled to the “combatant’s privilege”.

They are not entitled to Geneva Convention rules for the simple fact that they aren’t uniformed members of a State/Nation Army” – some lesser informed individuals might perpetuate the myth that we are fighting a “new” kind of war because the Geneva Convention was written for traditional warfare between nations, when in fact the Convention DOES cover the situation of UNLAWFUL combatants.

They are lucky we have not put them in front of a firing squad as allowed by international law

If it were up to me I would feed the Gitmo War Criminals bacon 3 times a day and make sure there was plenty of Pork Gravy available.

We have become soft and worship at the alter of Political Correctness

Anyone who would write an article on Guantanamo based on the statements of detainees lawyers, who are by definition, advocates, isn’t practicing punditry or journalism – they’ve become a propagandist for the enemy. And even that might be too noble…

A friend recently suggested I read this John Peters piece on the recent suicides at Guantanamo Bay. I admit to being slightly moved by it, if only by the theoretical i……

What sort of faith and/or God are you working with if someone else can detatch you from it/Him? I don’t see how the likes of Robertson and Co are capable of that. Pedophile priests, yes. Homophobe preachers, no.

I don’t for one minute anyone who is a decent, reasonable, non-hating person could write like Andrew. Too sad, too bad.

It is similer to being invited into a persons house, then taking a big dump on the kitchen table and peeing in the milk.

Freedom of speech does not divorce one from the responsibility of speaking wisely and with restraint. Some times you have to say something outragous to geta message across, but in Bues case their is no message, other then him sitting infront of a monitor while masterbating every time he thinks he has pushed someones buttons.
If the kid were actually contributing to the boards with a dissenting opinion and justifiable reasons why his/her POV is correct then I would welcome him/her 100%. As it is, flinging poo like a monkey is not a justified expression of ideas, and he should be removed from the board.

As to Ann, Blaise called it perfectly, and I couldn’t agree more with that conclusion. Ann may be a wee bit harsh at times with her statements, but she is never wrong nor does she create facts out of thin air…most unlike the collaborators..er, I mean the Left.

As to the story at hand, what most upsets me is not that we tried to keep these 3 sh*tf*ckers alive via forced feeding tube, it is the meals they are served which gets my goat. They should be given only MRE’s, with no choice as to which particular meal it is. Don’t like it well than the Gitmo Detainees are SOL. Eat what you are given or die…its that simple….Gitmo is not club med although after reviewing what the American taxpayer coughs up to provide these SOB’s on a daily basis….one might think it is.