LawTalkers - The babyjesuschristsuperstar on Board: filling the moral void of Clinton’s legacy

Curiousity: Is there anything that requires the president to spend earmarked money as directed in legislative history? I'm not talking about actual statutory provisions for the research of butterflies at mississippi state university. But if there's just a long leg. history saying build a bridge to nowhere, what legally prevents the president from telling DOT spend the money on any old highway, not that bridge? And I'm not asking whether it would be politically savvy.

taxwonk

02-21-2006 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
The people who make that for you live here, so they won't die.

There might be a period of mourning for any family members, but maybe you could go on vacation that week or something.

Or you could eat gyros that week. There is quite a lot of similarity between the shawarma and gyros. I guess for hummus you'll have to go Tuscan and have some cannellini paste.

taxwonk

02-21-2006 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
I've always heard it referred to as a holocaust. Is a holocaust a lesser included offense to genocide?

Sort of. It's only a Holocaust if you burn them in ovens.

ltl/fb

02-21-2006 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Or you could eat gyros that week. There is quite a lot of similarity between the shawarma and gyros. I guess for hummus you'll have to go Tuscan and have some cannellini paste.

WHAT? Shawerma is chicken. Gyros is like beef and pork or something. Shawerma would obviously never involve pork.

ltl/fb

02-21-2006 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Sort of. It's only a Holocaust if you burn them in ovens.

I would have thought that holocaust was a subset of genocide?

taxwonk

02-21-2006 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
WHAT? Shawerma is chicken. Gyros is like beef and pork or something. Shawerma would obviously never involve pork.

Shawarma can also be beef or lamb. And if it's prepared in the traditional way, by stacking slices of meat and onion that have been seasoned on an upright spit and roasting them, slicing off the outer edges as they cook, it is almost the same thing as gyros, which is beef or beef and lamb. No pork.

taxwonk

02-21-2006 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I would have thought that holocaust was a subset of genocide?

It is a subset, but the means are as important as the end.

LessinSF

02-21-2006 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Spanky
With the amount of Johnny Walker you sucked up last night, I am surprized to see you posting before noon. I bet Less won't be conscious until late afternoon.

You are correct, sir, but I did then go see Dave Chappelle, so the day was not a total loss.

SlaveNoMore

02-21-2006 04:56 PM

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LessinSF
You are correct, sir, but I did then go see Dave Chappelle, so the day was not a total loss.

BTW, I have the Gilbert Gottfried tickets in hand.

ltl/fb

02-21-2006 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by taxwonk
Shawarma can also be beef or lamb. And if it's prepared in the traditional way, by stacking slices of meat and onion that have been seasoned on an upright spit and roasting them, slicing off the outer edges as they cook, it is almost the same thing as gyros, which is beef or beef and lamb. No pork.

Whoops. I eat all the meat, so I don't pay attention to what is and isn't in things as much.

taxwonk

02-21-2006 06:23 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Whoops. I eat all the meat, so I don't pay attention to what is and isn't in things as much.

No big. I just take my sammiches very seriously, as you know.

original Hank@judged.com

02-21-2006 07:22 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Whoops. I eat all the meat, so I don't pay attention to what is and isn't in things as much.