Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[drache]

looks like everybody was here today, and I missed them all
never had a chinese water dragon, so it's just what I've heard - not much

[drache]

just had to call an american friend to check this, because it was the first inauguration I'd ever watched
see, I'd thought they had separation of church and state in the US, and being so terribly literal, I was in total shock that the first speaker was some religious guy
I'd no idea that this was common practice and felt such an acute sense of inappropriateness, I had to leave the room
my friend assured me that this is perfectly normal and I am still puzzled
this reminds me of a story that a friend of mine had told about going to a famous chinese doctor some place in china
the doctor had told him he needed to eat some pork chops
my friend told him he couldn't do that because he was a vegetarian
the doctor said "that's okay, vegetarian can eat pork chop"
except I think the pork chop story is funnier

[Stefan-A]

just had to call an american friend to check this, because it was the first inauguration I'd ever watched
see, I'd thought they had separation of church and state in the US, and being so terribly literal, I was in total shock that the first speaker was some religious guy
I'd no idea that this was common practice and felt such an acute sense of inappropriateness, I had to leave the room
my friend assured me that this is perfectly normal and I am still puzzled
this reminds me of a story that a friend of mine had told about going to a famous chinese doctor some place in china
the doctor had told him he needed to eat some pork chops
my friend told him he couldn't do that because he was a vegetarian
the doctor said "that's okay, vegetarian can eat pork chop"
except I think the pork chop story is funnier

Well, "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

If there's one thing I like about the US, it's the Bill of Rights.

[drache]

the bill of rights is cool, but I'm still confused about the religious aspects of the inauguration

[Zephyr]

the bill of rights is cool, but I'm still confused about the religious aspects of the inauguration

I guess you could say it's more of a tradition as opposed to part of the rite. However, one could argue that the American government itself was founded incorporating religion, particularly Christianity.

[Stefan-A]

I guess you could say it's more of a tradition as opposed to part of the rite. However, one could argue that the American government itself was founded incorporating religion, particularly Christianity.

One could argue pretty much anything, but one shouldn't necessarily do it without some pretty solid arguments.

[reptile3]

Hey guys-- just got a call from a local shelter, they had a Chinese water dragon turned in this morning. Anyone here have them?? I'm doing some reading now on the internet but wanted to get some one on one advice about them. Since our local reptile rescue shut down, I guess I'm it until I can find someone else!!! PM me if you want....

Lori, i believe Chinese Water dragons, get almost as big as iguanas.

Chinese water dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[reptile3]

won't be on much... taking care of my 2 sick kids. One has bronchitis, & the other has the stomach bug.

[drache]

sorry to hear
hope they get better soon

[Charlet_2007]

hello all i'm back after about a week in the hospital stay.. Im doing ALOT better now and am so excited to be back..