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  They do not have to be the same. Any person can be rejected for cause and that cause can be any prejudice toward either side of the case in question. Whether one group is the exact same an another does not matter. If a person is an activist for a cause, that person really should not be on a jury deciding an issue.    The criminal's defense attorney even stated that it was an overreaction. There is no problem contesting a strike based on race and I have sat on juries (I think that I have sat on four juries in both state and federal court) with such challenges. It is not every case but far from rare that a defense attorney will challenge a strike. 

The prosecutor makes a valid argument however he should know that he can never mention race per se in court unless it deals with a description of a suspect. 

  They are crowing like they beat someone. One conservative replaced a less conservative one in a seat that will likely stay Republican. That new Republican might be a bigger thorn in the side of the Dems than the guy that is being replaced and they act and think it is a great deal.    To me, that is stupid. 

Maybe the Tea Party isn't dead after all. One Republican beat another one. Apparently the Dems are too stupid to realize that it was not their guy that won and an even more conservative will take his place.

It is almost too funny that the teacher's union calls the decision that allows the firing of incompetent teachers "deeply flawed". What seems to me that is deeply flawed is the teacher's union.

Yes. He has taught me that you can only scam the public for so long until even your thinking (not blindly following) supporters bail out on you and vote for the opposition. Which is exactly why that the last 6 of his 8 years in office will show him with no political clout whatsoever. He was a lame duck after his second year in office. If the next Democratic nominee for president is lucky enough to win, he/she will begin the term without having any support in Congress and will remain a lame duck through the entire term unless vast changes are made in the way that he/she does business. I wonder if the Dems will realize the same lesson. I doubt it.

  With the power to pass no legislation. 

  ..... and the Dems are sweating that the sinking ship might be about to take over complete control of Congress. 

Only if he had Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea. 

  That simply is not true unless you intentionally skipped two step raises in between $5.15 and $7.25.    If you want to do it that way, the MW was $1.60 when I started working so it went from $1.60 to $7.25. 

  There have been court cases that say that WBC (other protest and religion cases but specifically one involving them) is within their rights to protest. There has been no federal cases that show any right to openly display rifles in a public place.    I understand the rationale of being within your rights but not doing something anyway because it is stupid but the argument doesn't fit here as there is no "right" yet shown to openly display firearms. 

Yes we had an income tax prior to 1913 including at the least, during the Civil War. In 1895 the SCOTUS ruled in a case (Pollock) that income taxes were "direct taxes" which were allowed under Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution.    The problem with these direct taxes (income tax is included in that definition) is the aforementioned apportionment.    Income taxes have always been legal to impose but not legal the way they were imposed and they were collected way before 1913 or even 1895. The Sixteenth Amendment ended those technicalities. 

  That is not exactly true and they did not teach that in my school and I doubt any others. The founding fathers put taxes in the US Constitution in Article I and in fact in Section 2 they allowed income taxes where it says that there are "direct taxes" allowed.   The SCOTUS threw out income taxes in 1895 because Section 2 said that all direct taxes collected had to be "apportioned" throughout the states. Apportioned meant that the taxes collected had to be spent back at the same rate they were taken in by the states so if Texas sent in 25% of all income taxes, then 25% had to be spent back in Texas and not sent to where Congress wanted. It had to be "apportioned".    Article I Section 8 clearly says that Congress has the right to levy taxes but does not mention apportionment like Article I Section 2 which only deals with "direct taxes".   So taxes were allowed and direct (income) taxes were allowed but with limitations. They were never listed as illegal and in fact the US government cannot run without taxes and everyone including the founding fathers knew that. The problem with taxes is not that they exist but that their spending is abused.   Since Article I is the very first section of the US Constitution and in two sections it clearly talks about taxes I am not sure how you came to the conclusion that the founding fathers thought that they were evil and somehow should not exist when the colonies all signed off on it.    The apportionment problem was taken away with the 16th Amendment where it takes the requirement of apportionment away. 

    Whatever the percentage, it pales in comparison to the people that oppose him for his horrible performance.    Apparently the majority of his votes that were from whites in his first election and his poll numbers were very high weren't racist but they changed sometime during the next six years. I suppose they weren't racist when they voted for him the first go round but now it must be his skin color and not the terrible decisions, nominations, cover ups, criminal actions, etc., that are causing those feelings.

  Check you PM's for a tip on stepping it up. 

  Yes, it is written from their slant.    I have seen plenty of nationally known Democrats say that there is no way that the Democrats get back the House (meaning that Obama is so popular that for the last 6 of 8 years as the president, he had control of those houses for two years) and are in definite danger of losing the Senate. It might not be a Tsunami but you can bet that the national Dems are sweating. 

Why do I have the feeling that this may be short lived?

  Ask for the GG meal card the next time you go there. You can also go online and register it and they will send you specials. If you do register, you can also look at a record of every time you ate there (date, time, receipt) and how many meals until your next free one. If you go with a friend and he/she doesn't have a card, you can put both meals (or however many) on it. I took my mother and wife and got three meals logged in one setting. 

Rockin' right along like a well oiled machine................ 

  I have 1,000.... do I have 5,000?    5,000... 5,000....  need another bidder..............

Twenty-three pages on a thread about an old white guy born in the early 1930's that made a private comment to his black girlfriend that he didn't like her hanging around publicly with black guys because he is seen with her in public also? 

  I have the GG card where you can get a free meal after 10 meals bought. So far I have gotten 4 free meals and working on my 5th.   

  Menu? We don't need no stinking menu!  :D   Yeah, there are a couple of items on the menu but the most common by far and best is to make your own. It is like going through the line at Subway or Freebirds but instead of a build your own sandwich or burrito, you build a grilled (kind of like stir fry but dry grilled on a large plate/grill.    You pick the meat(s) you want (cubed marinated beef, shredded beef, sausage, ham, pork, chicken, and others), season it with a dozen powdered/granulated flavors (sea salt, pepper, lemon pepper, ginger, garlic, dragon salt, etc.), put in your vegetables from 15 or so to choose from and then pick your flavored sauce(s) to season it with. Give it to the guys/cooks doing the grilling lastly pick the base/bed (they call starch) like spiral pasta, udon noodles, white rice, brown rice, cabbage, fried rice or tortillas (tortillas?).    You pick from small, regular or large bowls. I get the regular because I know how to really stack up the vegetables. You can fill your bowl with meat but you won't have much room left for the veges. Unless you are just a big time meat eater and ignore vegetables, it is better to go lightly with the meat on your first trip. I see newbies go through the line and get crazy and stack the bowls with meat (like a kid in a candy store), then figure out that they have room for about half a cup of vegetables that when cooked turn into about two tablespoons. Now if you are a meat eater and don't care about vegetables, load that sucker up.    My favorites are the shredded beef for protein and spiral pasta for the bed. I like all of the sauces but usually pick Honey Soy, Chili Garlic or Ginger Citrus. 

  The one in PA?

  In a country of 300+ million people, do you really think that it is hard to single out people for stupid behavior? Can I find stupidity from people on any subject that proves nothing?   Yes, Obama has had racists remarks made toward him. Duhhhhh.......   And if the next president is a Republican that is black, you will hear some of the same calls. If the next president is a woman, you will hear simply stupidity from the opposing side that did not win.   If you predict the day that racial remarks will not be made by anyone from all races, please point out that day. I am going predict it will be the day the world ends.