I am utterly failing to get any work done.
Man, me too. More so than yesterday even.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 05, 2008 11:17:04 am PST #9532 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Toddson - Nov 05, 2008 11:18:52 am PST #9533 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Pete, I believe some churches have had their tax-exempt status revoked because they either strongly and openly supported someone in politics or - in extreme cases - told their congregants that they had to vote for someone/something specific.
quester - Nov 05, 2008 11:20:24 am PST #9534 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I am utterly failing to get any work done.
This is why I took the day off. I expected to up all night waiting for returns, but I still spent the day watching the news, reading the news and posting here. Otherwise, I am completely worthless.
SailAweigh - Nov 05, 2008 11:23:27 am PST #9535 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I'm actually more productive than usual, even though I stayed up late and then had nightmares that all those blue states turned red overnight and they made McCain take back his concession speech. ::shudders:: I feel energized by the actual results and I wanted for the first time in a long time to get more done in a day than I normally planned for. And I have!
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2008 11:23:53 am PST #9536 of 10001
brillig
There's a movement to have the Mormon Church's tax-exempt status removed for interference in the political process.
told their congregants that they had to vote for someone/something specific.
Ah, but the letters that were sent from Utah to the California congregations only "urged" them to support Prop 8, they weren't "ordered." It was, of course, left up to their own consciences.
msbelle - Nov 05, 2008 11:24:41 am PST #9537 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am pretty sure they are within the law - here's a pdf of guidelines for religious institutions and pastors: [link]
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2008 11:25:30 am PST #9538 of 10001
brillig
The church's argument is that they have a right, nay, a duty to issue statements in matters they feel are important to the state of people's souls.
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2008 11:26:01 am PST #9539 of 10001
brillig
Still, I wouldn't want to be a Mormon missionary out knocking on doors today.
Glamcookie - Nov 05, 2008 11:26:10 am PST #9540 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I am so tempted to send my uber-Republican, McCain-voting Dad (who sent offensive email after offensive email during the campaign that I simply ignored) an email that just says, "GOBAMA!" But I will resist. I'm such a good person.
lisah - Nov 05, 2008 11:29:50 am PST #9541 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
From glAMcookie's link, this
Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz to PEOPLE: "My parents met working for [Obama's running mate on one of his early campaigns]. If it weren't for Joe Biden, I would not exist as a human being. ... I am proud to be a part of history in the making."
Is intriguing to me. Are his folks from Delaware, I wonder???