Archive for March, 2006
SJC: Out Of State Gay Couples Can’t Come To Mass To Marry
Friday, March 31st, 2006Three years ago, the Supreme Judicial Court legalized gay marriage in Massachusetts… Now, they have ruled that out of state gay couples can’t come to Massachusetts to marry… A suprising decision, given their past ruling…
Justice Francis Spina wrote Massachusetts “has a significant interest in not meddling in matters in which another state, the one where a couple actually resides, has a paramount interest.”
The state “can reasonably believe that nonresident same-sex couples primarily are coming to this commonwealth to marry because they want to evade the marriage laws of their home states, and that Massachusetts should not be encouraging such evasion,” the ruling said.
Will this stop gay couples from coming en masse to Massachusetts to marry? Maybe to a degree, but naturally we can expect more battles in the courts, and perhaps gay couples establishing residency in Massachusetts in order to obtain a legal “marriage.”
Democrats Will Say Anything
Wednesday, March 29th, 2006Democrat have promised to “eliminate” Osama bin Laden…
At one point another in history, Democrats have promised a lot of things… Affirmative action was supposed to magically cure racism and help minorities succeed, and has only done the opposite. Amongst other things, the Great Society was supposed to end poverty…
Promises mean nothing in politics. Actions do. Over the past four years, only one party has done anything to ensure our security… the Republican Party.
Lesson Learned
Sunday, March 26th, 2006Take it from me, backing up your data on a regular basis may be time consuming, but it’s worth it.
Late Wednesday evening I discovered that my laptop would not boot up. The last time I backed up my data was in January, prior to my last trip to Washington DC.
My personal attempt to recover my data failed, and my laptop is now at a local computer shop which will make an attempt to retrieve select things I hope to salvage.
I had previously thought my most recent backup was in mid- or late-2005. So I was relieved to discover on my external firewire drive that I had in fact backed up my data in January… but 3+ months is a lot of time, and I should have backed up my data sooner than that…
Anyway, I will likely find out on Monday the fate of my data… You can believe that from now on I will backup my data on a regular basis… I advise others to do so as well.
2008 GOP Primary Straw Poll
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006What Happens In Vegas… Stays In Vegas
Sunday, March 12th, 2006I’m here at McCarran Airport on free WiFi… it’s been a busy but fun week. I’m taking the red eye flight back home to Boston… There really isn’t much to say right now… Normally I’d be sleeping right now since I’m so tired.
Anyway… I’ll talk you again after I get home and have recovered from jet lag…
Vegas, Baby! Vegas!
Saturday, March 4th, 2006Tonight I leave for Las Vegas. I shall be gone for about a week. I am bringing the PowerBook with me, so maybe I’ll do some blogging while I’m there.
I Know You Are, But What Am I?
Saturday, March 4th, 2006Leave it to ODub to criticize a conservative for accusing the media of being biased against Bush by responding with an accusation that the media is biased for Bush.