[Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage

[Donovan Arnold]

I think the drinking age needs to be 21 to protect 18-20 year olds from the drooping, sagging, aging, gray baby-boomers. :)
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan

--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Kai Eiselein, Editor <editor at lataheagle.com> wrote:

From: Kai Eiselein, Editor <editor at lataheagle.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage
To: lfalen at turbonet.com, donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, jeanlivingston at turbonet.com, vision2020 at moscow.com, scooterd408 at hotmail.com, "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 3:06 PM

It's ageism I tell you. Discrimination against youth and good looks by an 
drooping, sagging, graying population of Boomers.
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From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:53 PM
To: <editor at lataheagle.com>; <lfalen at turbonet.com>; 
<donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>; <jeanlivingston at turbonet.com>; 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>; <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>;
<thansen at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] California Supreme Court to Take Up Gay Marriage

> Kai -
>
> "Drinking age" is a state matter.  I realize you already know
this.  I
> only mention it to preface my comment that . . .
>
> Back when my wife first attended UI, back in the late 60s, the legal
> drinking age in Idaho was 19.  Lowering the drinking age does not violate
> any part of the US Constitution that I am aware of.
>
> If you truly want to lower the drinking age in Idaho, I suggest that you
> campaign for it.  If your campaign is successful, maybe we'll see it
on
> the next state ballot.
>
> As far as active duty military service members are concerned . . .
>
> According to Department of Defense Instructon 1015.10 at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/6289gz
>
> "The minimum drinking age on a DoD installation located in a State
> (including the District of Columbia) shall be consistent with the age
> established by the law of that State as the State minimum drinking age.
> Minimum drinking age means the minimum age established for persons who may
> purchase, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages.
>
> In the case of a DoD installation located in more than one State or in one
> State but within 50 miles of another State or Mexico or Canada, the
> minimum drinking age on that DoD installation shall be the lowest
> applicable age of the State in which the DoD installation is located or
> the State or jurisdiction of Mexico or Canada that is within 50 miles of
> such DoD installation.
>
> The minimum drinking age on a DoD installation located outside the United
> States shall be 18 years of age. Higher minimum drinking age will be based
> on international treaties and agreements and on the local situation as
> determined by the local installation commander.
>
> The commander of a DoD installation may waive the above requirements, if
> such commander determines that the exemption is justified by special
> circumstances. Special circumstances are those infrequent, non-routine
> military occasions when an entire unit, as a group, marks at a military
> installation a uniquely military occasion such as the conclusion of
> arduous military duty or the anniversary of the establishment of a
> military service or organization. The event must be held on a military
> installation. The commander shall ensure that appropriate controls are in
> place to prevent endangering Military Service members or the surrounding
> community."
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> As far as 18-year-olds being sentenced to life in prison or sentenced to
> death, two things:
>
> 1)  Having been sentenced to life in prison or sentenced to death, the 18-
> year-old had (prior to sentencing) already been convicted of a major
> felony.
>
> 2)  Having reached the age of 18, the person is no longer a minor.
>
> Again, if you want to lower the drinking age, campaign for it.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
>
>> You mean like not allowing certain adults, those between the ages of
18-
> 20,
>> to drink alcohol?
>> They can vote, they can go to prison for life, can receive the death
>> sentence, can smoke, can go to war and get wounded or die.
>> But they can't drink alcohol?
>> Sounds like age discrimination to
> me....
>
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