http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog Kelley McDonald's Blog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:07:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is that it is, without a doubt, contrary to the 1st amendment of the US Constitution.  Freedom of religion.  There are a fair number of recognized religions in the US that perform same sex weddings and recognize same.  If there was a state constitutional amendment that prohibited this, it would ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2008/10/27/my-main-problem-with-cal-prop-8/ Talk about living in the last century. http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2008/09/06/what-i-heard-of-mccains-speech-made-me-wince/ I was honestly moved by Obama's acceptance speech for the Democratic Party's nomination.  Until he made mention of energy and oil dependency.  My problem lies in the statement "no dependance on oil from the middle east'... this is not what we need, not by a long shot, we need no ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2008/09/06/obama-nearly-reeled-me-in/ Oh, I have a number of reasons for this, one is that Obama is too establishment for my tastes, he has advisors that had a lot to do with creating the sub-prime mortgage crisis, doesn't seem to really want to stand up to AIPAC as he should if we really ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2008/07/19/voting-for-cynthia-mckinney-for-us-president/ I seem to recall that this was amended to the US Constitution to protect citizens from abuses of power by the government.  Given the latest flack about Berkeley California trying to regulate the attempts by the US Government in its recruiting for an illegal and immoral war in Iraq and ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2008/02/07/to-whom-is-the-bill-of-rights-supposed-to-apply/ At the Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa), their idea of an Iced Mocha Latte was cold espresso on top of what appeared to be vanilla ice cream.  It was the strangest thing I have had in a coffee drink, but it was good. My overall observation of NZ: A beautiful ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2007/06/12/iced-mocha-latte/ They are at http://photos.yahoo.com/kelleymcd@sbcglobal.net in any number of the folders contained therein.  The ones for New Zealand will be posted soon as New Zealand 2007, etc. http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2007/06/11/lots-of-photos-available/ would have wrote this in Wellington, but they do not have wifi... have about 2 hours before boarding my flight to LAX.  Went to the Botanical Gardens again yesterday, this time I was not so tired that I managed to go through most of it.  Lots of pretty (albeit, probably ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2007/06/10/sitting-in-the-auckland-airport/ just need to be in the food court next to it.  Went to Picton on the South Island yesterday, it was relaxing 3 hour (not to be confused with Gilligans Island) cruise on probably the biggest boat I have ever been in.  10 floors with nice seats and wonderful views. I ... http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2007/06/08/so-i-dont-have-to-be-at-starbucks/ Too loud...to wierd.  Anyway, I will hopefully find a better place tomorrow (only here because it is a holiday and no where else was open).  About to go back to the hotel...find a nice pub to have a brew or two. http://kelleymcdonald.net/blog/2007/06/04/starbucks-is-a-seriously-lousy-place-to-surf-the-web/