That’s interesting, but I’m not sure I see the point. A wrongful death suit would be easier to prove, and would likely do a nice job of draining the estate of money (especially since 230K of value went up in smoke when he set his house on fire – insurance isn’t going to pay, since the insured committed arson). Perhaps Stack’s wife has assets that are only in her name (and thus not subject to the probate process).
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In the last presidential election:

1) The top 15 most educated states – 100% of those states voted Obama, 0% voted McCain
2) The 15 least-educated states- 18% voted Obama, 82% voted McCain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_presidential_election_united_states#Results_by_state
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1082169/RESULTS-SPECIAL-State-state-guide-U-S-Presidential-race.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/3/184815/4654

There’s plenty to pick apart Obama on, but unfortunately the right has lost its focus. Instead of focusing in the real issues and flaws, they seem more intent on stirring up passion and fear (making him out to be a socialist, etc.).
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I’d definitely say that Stack was a terrorist. I’m not sure what else you would call him.

There was a story on CNN.com about the dead IRS employee’s wife filing a lawsuit against Stack’s widow. I’m not even sure how this qualified as news – seems like a foregone conclusion that this would have happened.

As for the IRS, I don’t really have hatred for them. They don’t make the tax law, they merely enforce it at the behest of congress. Audits aren’t fun, but without them, more people would cheat. I’d prefer to minimize that tax cheating. If Adam cheats on his taxes, it makes Bob and Charles unfairly pay more to make up the difference.

I really think that sexual orientation is genetic rather than a pure choice. I simply can’t imagine all of the gay people in the world making a conscious choice to take a more difficult route in life – a route that opens them up to hatred from others. The only way this makes sense (to me, at least) is if sexual orientation is genetic, and something that they really have no control over.

What What Jesus Do? I find it hard to believe that he’d condemn people for something they have no control over.

A civics literacy test? Because less educated people don’t have the right to representation? This is an awful idea, even if they aren’t are rigged as the tests of the past.
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