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by Ronja » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:19 pm
I do not
believe these people! You can't make this stuff up...
A law firm with ties to the California GOP is deeply bothered to see Mexican-American Jose Hernandez’s name on the ballot for U.S. Congress ... because he has listed himself as “astronaut” on the line for his occupation. Hernandez ... is a recently retired astronaut... This means that Hernandez is CHEATING, by describing himself according to his career accomplishments over the span of more than say, the last week. ...
The Fresno Bee reports:
In a pointed new challenge, a Sacramento law firm is asking a judge to block Hernandez from describing himself as an “astronaut/scientist/engineer” on the June ballot. The lawsuit notes Hernandez has left NASA.
“Hernandez’s attempted use of ‘astronaut’ violates the Election Code’s unambiguous requirement that a candidate’s ballot designation reflect one’s current profession, vocation, or one held during the previous calendar year,” the lawsuit states. ...
More here
http://wonkette.com/468261/ca-republica ... pirational
and on Hernandez's Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/notes/jose-her ... 6702048095"The internet is made of people. People matter. This includes you. Stop trying to sell everything about yourself to everyone. Don’t just hammer away and repeat and talk at people—talk TO people. It’s organic. Make stuff for the internet that matters to you, even if it seems stupid. Do it because it’s good and feels important. Put up more cat pictures. Make more songs. Show your doodles. Give things away and take things that are free." -
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by klr » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:24 pm
Point of order for our legal friends: NASA is not the only game in town you know.
And an astronaut does not necessarily need to have recently been in space, or be scheduled to take a flight in the near future. By that logic, many well-known astronauts wouldn't have been able to call themselves thus for considerable periods between space flights.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:31 pm
I should list "killer" in my CV to see if there's any complaints.
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by PsychoSerenity » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:31 pm
Astronaut emeritus.
[Disclaimer - if this is comes across like I think I know what I'm talking about, I want to make it clear that I don't. I'm just trying to get my thoughts down]
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:32 pm
Do John Glenn's classmates have to stop calling themselves astronauts?
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by klr » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:34 pm
Psychoserenity wrote:Astronaut emeritus.
Works for me.
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by mistermack » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:55 pm
Candidates have been lying for years, ever since Ronald Reagan put actor.
While there is a market for shit, there will be assholes to supply it.
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by klr » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:57 pm
mistermack wrote:Candidates have been lying for years, ever since Ronald Reagan put actor.
Although oddly enough, in order to be a successful politician, you usually need to be a good actor.
And a liar.
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by jaydot » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:19 pm
petty, petty, petty.
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by klr » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:22 pm
It goes without saying that if the recently retired astronaut was of the an all-American variety, and a Republican, then this complaint would never see the light of day.
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by Tero » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:18 pm
Yeah, why are ex military etc always Republicans? Are they afraid peace might break out?
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by Ronja » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:20 pm
Tero wrote:Yeah, why are ex military etc always Republicans? Are they afraid peace might break out?
Not all of them. I know a few off forum who definitely aren't Republicans - and just look at Zilla.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:28 am
Ronja wrote:Tero wrote:Yeah, why are ex military etc always Republicans? Are they afraid peace might break out?
Not all of them. I know a few off forum who definitely aren't Republicans - and just look at Zilla.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:29 am
The demographics of the US military reflects the general population. There is no preponderance of one party over any other.
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by Robert_S » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:46 am
Ronja wrote:Tero wrote:Yeah, why are ex military etc always Republicans? Are they afraid peace might break out?
Not all of them. I know a few off forum who definitely aren't Republicans - and just look at Zilla.
And there was that one US presidential candidate back in 2004.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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