tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post1070358777619282452..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: California's state religionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-71017014842692764992016-06-20T19:06:56.213-04:002016-06-20T19:06:56.213-04:00Crying the sky is falling for the second raises qu...Crying the sky is falling for the second raises questions for me on the legitimacy of the sky falling on the first, as well. Ever since the Civil Rights Movement, drawing the line on public accommodations is difficult for some. If Christians would have been more generous in allowing more obvious rights for citizens who do not share the majority's (?) Christian beliefs, perhaps there would be less of a push for all they can get - just like Christians have had and enforced for so long. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, quite apart from one's views on gay marriage, etc.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-19761076438382770092016-06-20T19:02:56.616-04:002016-06-20T19:02:56.616-04:00"Unfair competition practices" focuses S..."Unfair competition practices" focuses Senate Bill 1161 on organizations and corporations with an economic incentive in seeking to act fraudulently by deceiving, confusing, or misleading the public on climate change - as opposed to individuals simply not 'believing' in climate change and saying so. "Financially supporting" such organizations is where an average Joe could be in trouble, but again that would be because they would have been giving financial assistance to an organization guilty of fraud.<br /><br />In any normal situation, the science on this issue rises to the level of proof - making anyone claiming otherwise either ignorant (even with the best of intentions) or fraudulent. However, the whole issue is discussed in terms of whether one 'believes' in (anthropogenic) climate change or not; lack of trust here is directly related to the critique by Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein of the modern Republican Party being "scornful of facts".<br /><br />That raises the question as to why normal fraud legislation can't already do the trick, of course.123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-89820062148784392072016-06-20T07:54:43.197-04:002016-06-20T07:54:43.197-04:00Why should anyone outside of that silly State care...Why should anyone outside of that silly State care what they do out there?<br />The rest of the America is foolish to take its cues from them.lanneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201942000756193774noreply@blogger.com