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"Christmas tree" bill

2007-11-09T12:27:55Z

MichaelMoore:

A '''"Christmas tree bill"''' is informal nomenclature for a [[bill]] on the [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[floor]] that attracts many, often unrelated, floor [[amendment|amendments]]. The amendments which adorn the bill may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.<ref>[http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/christmas_tree_bill.htm] US Senate Reference</ref>

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"Christmas tree" bill

2007-11-09T12:25:51Z

MichaelMoore:

2007-11-09T12:23:45Z

MichaelMoore:

The highly successful Japanese franchise '''Pokemon''' was created by Satoshi Tajiri, and was introduced by [[Nintendo]] in the 1990s. The name is a [[transliteration]] of "Pocket Monsters" (''po-ké'' + ''mo-n'' = ''po-ké-mo-n'', which serves as the Japanese title of the series. It spread to several other countries in a short time.

The video game was the basis for the popular children's television show, Pokémon and helped to spawn a large amount of merchandise and a successful trading card game.

To those unfamiliar with the video games, the world is explored from an aerial view, in a way similar to "[[The Legend of Zelda]]" games (also by [[Nintendo]]). The player captures wild animals called "Pokemon," using a device called a "Pokéball." Pokémon often have cutesy species names such as "Rattata", "Pidgey", "Pikachu" & "Nidoran." Pokémon are also collected in the same way some people collect [[Baseball]] cards or "[[Garbage Pail Kids]]" stickers, and cataloged in a "Pokédex." Once captured, you can battle Pokémon against wild Pokemon to either scare them away or weaken them enough to capture them with a Pokeball. Each species of Pokémon has one or two elemental "types," and during turn-based battles, certain types trump others, in a [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]] manner. The most commonly-known of these are probably the starter Pokémons' types from each version: Fire trumps Grass; Grass trumps Water; Water trumps Fire.

==Gameplay==
In every mainstream version of the handheld Pokemon games, there are eight gym leaders, as well as a group called the Elite Four that one must beat, in order to win the game. Also, every different version gives each character a rival that constantly attempts to best you in your progress throughout the game.
As you move along, stronger Pokemon and harder trainers become increasingly present, forcing the main character to quickly adapt and become stronger.

==Games==
So far, there have been fourteen mainstream Pokémon games: Red and Green first appeared in Japan, but when the franchise came to the United States, Green was replaced by Blue, due to several bugs in Green. This was known as Generation I of Pokemon. Generation I was capped off by Yellow Version, a special Pikachu edition, in which the main character receives a Pikachu as his first Pokemon. Generation II introduced many new Pokémon in Gold and Silver, which was followed up by Crystal Version. Generation III, which also introduced new Pokémon, included Ruby and Sapphire, which was capped off by Emerald, however remakes of Red and Green, called Fire Red and Leaf Green were also released during Generation III. Pokémon is currently in Generation IV, where Diamond and Pearl are the only games that have been released yet, along with a whole string of cute, collectible beasts.

There are also many spinoff games, such as Pokemon Stadium for the [[Nintendo 64]], in which players could put their Pokémon cartridges into special adapters and battle Pokémon in 3D. Also for the Nintendo 64 is Pokemon Snap, in which the player is a Pokémon photographer, and travels around through Pokemon's habitats and snaps photos of them. Pokemon Pinball also came out for Game Boy Color, which was a pinball game in which Pokémon could also be caught in order to fill a Pokédex.

==Controversy==
[[Lolwut|In the past, some Christian groups believed Pokemon to be Satanic]]. In 2000, the Vatican released an official statement.

:''The Vatican has announced that the trading-card and computer-game versions of Pokémon are “full of inventive imagination,” have no “harmful moral side effects” and celebrate “ties of intense friendship.” Whether that extends to the TV show, His Holiness didn’t say. The New York Post, quoting a Thursday story in The Times of London, says The Vatican made its announcement on its satellite TV station, Sat2000, run by the Italian Bishops’ Conference.'' - from the New York Times

Arguments made against the game by some conservative Christians included that it used the word "[[evolution]]", that some creatures in the game could be considered to look like un-Christian creatures (snakes, dragons), that any fictional creatures not within the scope God's real-world creation must have been created by the [[Devil]], that supernatural abilities used by creatures in the game amount to witchcraft, and that the game's Japanese origins preclude a strong Christian influence. After an episode of the Pokemon cartoon where bright flashing colours caused epileptic seizures in a number of viewers, some fundamentalist Christians blamed the seizures on evil spirits (Luke 13:11). {{fact}}

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Plymouth Colony

2007-11-09T12:22:23Z

MichaelMoore:

'''Plymouth Colony''', founded in 1620 in what is now [[Massachusetts]], was an early [[England|English]] colony in the [[New World]]. Many of the so-called Pilgrims to Plymouth were members of a religious group known as the Separatists, who believed the [[Anglican Church]] of England was too [[hierarchy|hierarchical]]and had retained many of the trappings of the Catholic Church. They drew much of their influence from [[John Calvin]], such as the notion of [[predestination]], and the right of the individual to interpret the [[Bible]] for himself. The Mayflower Compact, signed aboard their ship, the Mayflower, guaranteed all citizens of the colony self-government. [[William Bradford]], the leader of the colony, authored ''Of Plimouth Plantation'',[http://www.liberapedia.com a history of the colony. Despite mostly good relations with local] [[Native Americans]], [[half of the colonists died in the first two years]]. Plymouth Colony later merged with the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] to form the colony of [[Massachusetts]].

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Bisexual

2007-11-09T12:20:27Z

MichaelMoore:

[[Image:San fe symbol.jpg|right]]
'''Bisexual''' is a person with both [[heterosexual]] and [[fag|homosexual]] desires. An animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs is [[hermaphrodite]].

In a national survey, 90% of men aged 18-44 considered themselves to be heterosexual, 2.3% as homosexual, 1.8% as bisexual, and 3.9% as 'something e-lse' (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005). <ref>[http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html Homosexuality] The Kinsey Institute for Research in ex, Gender, and Reproduction, Inc. </ref>

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The [[Catholic]] Catechism states: "The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. They do not choosetheir homosexual condition; for most of them it is a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and0 sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their lregard should be avoided. The persons are called to fulfill [[God]]'s will in their lives and, if they are [[Christians]], to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition" (CCC 2358).

While they may not choose their desires, homosexuals do have the ability to choose whether they act on those desires, just as an alcholic has the choice of whether to act on his desire to get drunk and just as a heterosxual has the choice of acting on his desires. For this reason, the Catechism states, "Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, traditions has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to natural law . . . . Under no circumstances can they be approved . . . . Homosexual persons are called to [[chastity]]. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support o disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection" (CCC 2357, 2359). <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/library/almanac_thisrock94.htm Quick Questions] Catholic Library. </ref>
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== See also ==
*[[Not|Abstinence]]
*[[Not|Nancy Peosi]]

== External links ==

''"For a little love you pay alll your life."'' Yiddish folk saying.

*[http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~tomshoemaker/StudentPapers/JewishSexuality.html Sexuality in Judaism (is wrong)]
*[http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=25922 BNP news]
*[http://www.godhatesfags.com god's opinion on bisexuality]

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Bisexual

2007-11-09T12:18:42Z

MichaelMoore:

[[Image:San fe symbol.jpg|right]]
'''Bisexual''' is a person with both [[heterosexual]] and [[fag|homosexual]] desires. An animal or plant having both male and female reproductive organs is [[hermaphrodite]].

In a national survey, 90% of men aged 18-44 considered themselves to be heterosexual, 2.3% as homosexual, 1.8% as bisexual, and 3.9% as 'something e-lse' (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005). <ref>[http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html Homosexuality] The Kinsey Institute for Research in ex, Gender, and Reproduction, Inc. </ref>

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The [[Catholic]] Catechism states: "The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. They do not choosetheir homosexual condition; for most of them it is a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and0 sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their lregard should be avoided. The persons are called to fulfill [[God]]'s will in their lives and, if they are [[Christians]], to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition" (CCC 2358).

While they may not choose their desires, homosexuals do have the ability to choose whether they act on those desires, just as an alcholic has the choice of whether to act on his desire to get drunk and just as a heterosxual has the choice of acting on his desires. For this reason, the Catechism states, "Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, traditions has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to natural law . . . . Under no circumstances can they be approved . . . . Homosexual persons are called to [[chastity]]. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support o disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection" (CCC 2357, 2359). <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/library/almanac_thisrock94.htm Quick Questions] Catholic Library. </ref>
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== See also ==
*[[Abstinene]]
*[[Nancy Peosi]]

== External links ==

''"For a little love you pay alll your life."'' Yiddish folk saying.

*[http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~tomshoemaker/StudentPapers/JewishSexuality.html Sexuality in Judaism (is wrong)]
*[http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=25922 BNP news]

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