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callmeslick

And that being a partisan press which, no matter who is running against the Dems or makes them look bad (Like Joe the Plumber), will savage them like so many hyenas on fresh meat. well, it's refreshing that no such thing is EVER directed at Dems or progressives of either party, huh? :roll: Not to t...

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... yet, our voting system has served the nation quite well, indeed, for over two centuries. Further, parties have actually gone out of existence in that time. The thinking behind our electoral system is actually brilliant, IMO. Lol! Yea the two parties who have taken control of that system served ...

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[I tend to think we could do without "central spending on research". I believe that business could fund research much more effectively, and what business misses universities and other learning centers may pursue. Infrastructure is what taxes are for . I don't know where you get that eithe...

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Sarah Palin being the perfect example. yes, she is......of something terribly wrong with our nation. And that being a partisan press which, no matter who is running against the Dems or makes them look bad (Like Joe the Plumber), will savage them like so many hyenas on fresh meat. well, it's refresh...

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hilarious

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nice hat.
Sorry. I was getting frustrated having a statement twisted on me.

callmeslick

Only a move to a proportionally representative system of voting could possibly make this dream a reality. Of course, that will never happen with two parties in power. :( yet, our voting system has served the nation quite well, indeed, for over two centuries. Further, parties have actually gone out ...

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Ron Paul is looking better and better. Even it a Ron Paul presidency wreaked seeming havoc on our foreign policy it would still put more power into the hands of the American people. I think we'd be deliriously happy with such a trade-off. so, a nation with no central spending on research or infrast...

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...we used to have a citizenry that was bright enough and involved enough to not accept it wholesale. When was this? Seems to me that propaganda was accepted more readily in the past. (Granted, it's less overt these days, and folks are a little lazier about news, but I think the overall U.S. popula...

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woodchip wrote: Sarah Palin being the perfect example.

yes, she is......of something terribly wrong with our nation.

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I would just add to that the total failure of the free press to hold itself above partaking in the power broker game and/or allowing itself to make partisan based content control decisions the vast majority of wool the elected thugs pull over our eyes would be called out and the perpetrators run ou...

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. I've read the school books from Saudi Arabian schools that teach these lessons. Is Saudi Arabia just a statistical anomolly and really the estimate you made still holds?!? um,yes it does. I suspect what you cite are Wahabbi Sect texts, and that is but a small segment of Saudi Sunnis, and Saudi Ar...

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well, I now clearly understand why YOU are the database master. I'll take your word on that explanation.

callmeslick

... Historically, that has proven very dangerous, from the French and Russian revolutions on forward. And, to conclude my thought, all that history will render the 'firearm' useless, unless it is to bring upon myself a less painful end. What the heck do you think they waged those revolutions with? ...

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callmeslick "all unions? All the time? Or, even a lot of the time? I'd sort of be interested in what proof you have of this." Might want to take a look here and see a breakdown: http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php I think you will see most if not all unions donating to the dems. and ...

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Slick, you are getting beyond what the topic is about. With 9/11 there was a concerted effort by a recognized religious group, including their religious leaders, to applaud the 9/11 event whoa, dude.....WHAT 'organized religious group' made a concerted effort to applaud 9/11?? Please don't suggest ...

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You have a source better than a poem :wink: indicating rasmussen is a tool of the GOP? twenty-plus years of working politics is all I can offer you, Woody, on that one. Everyone in the game knows certain pollers carry certain agendas. Rasmussen favors conservatives. As I said, though, that doesn't ...

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true enough. but I haven't met anyone willing to actually get their hands dirty; they'd rather sit at home, stuffing their face with quarter pounders while watching jersey shore. perfect summation of reality. And, were they able to pull away from the distractions, ir wouldn't really be all that dir...

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Krom wrote:
callmeslick wrote:(lemme guess, Israel, right?)
Wrong. Try again.

I'll take Egypt for 200, Alex.

callmeslick

I'm surprised, then, that someone didn't point out that Christians still exist in and in some cases take strong political roles in a few(very few, to be honest) Middle Eastern nations. aside--wierd, on this board, how replies sometimes post before the comment to which they replied. :lol: (originally...

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Oh, and I could see a Christian leader in Lebanon in the next election cycle, given the right circumstances. And the Pope might convert to spaghetti monster tomorrow. I've been to the middle east and spoken with residents there about politics, I can assure you there will be no christian leaders in ...

callmeslick

there is a level of equivalence between ALL religions. Certainly not in the overall death toll. true that....the Buddists and Rastafarians have a ton of ground to make up. The Hindus do well on limited turf, but I'd estimate the Christians and Muslims are pretty comparative. Oh, and yes, I've read ...

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Spidey wrote:When all is said and done, I think they might need a scale with higher numbers.

how come Spinal Tap just came to mind( "it goes to 11")?

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It isn't a story line that unions are the tool of the democrat party. Nor that they seek to intimidate their members to vote for the democrat ticket or else suffer on the job. all unions? All the time? Or, even a lot of the time? I'd sort of be interested in what proof you have of this. Now, as a D...

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... Historically, that has proven very dangerous, from the French and Russian revolutions on forward. And, to conclude my thought, all that history will render the 'firearm' useless, unless it is to bring upon myself a less painful end. What the heck do you think they waged those revolutions with? ...

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What definition of "deserve" are you working with!?!? .....the definition which holds that it's completely nuts for Chief Executives to make over 250 times the pay of entry level workers. That is where we are, in the US, today, and it is obscene. To put this in a fair context, my Dad was ...

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Yet we overcame all that and now have a "colored" man as leader of the country. Care to guess when a Christian will become the leader in Iran, Afghanistan or any other middle eastern country? who knows? Turn that thought around, and go back a mere twenty years. Who would have thought a bl...

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woodchip wrote:I think you are confusing liberal environmentalist with conservatives.

no, I'm thinking conservatives......

,back at ya!

callmeslick

right you are, upon re-reading. Sorry.

callmeslick

I'd like to know if you considered the quote from Mark 10:25 is merely a cynical commentary on the morality of the average rich man living in the time it was written. And then, with that in mind, looking at who was rich back then and how they built their wealth you might want to rethink assigning e...

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I'd like to know how this egoism ideology can be combined with the ideals of Christianity in the Prosperity Theology of modern Evangelicals. .....damn!! That sounds like the kind of question one would see on the final exam of a graduate philosophy course. It will be fun seeing where it goes, but co...

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It's always comical to see folks suggest how they are going to hold off the US government/military with fireams. Are you folks aware of the resources available, were they used? Hell, the US government could incinerate you, eviscerate you or eliminate you altogether without being within 500 miles of ...

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Dancing? I'm a master of the Texas Two Step. well, there's a video I don't need to see.... Still doesn't make your "Poem" relevant to videos of the Muslim masses dancing in the street, or Muslims saying it was good to attack the Great Satan. When you show me something similar to prove you...

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We're in something like 170% GDP debt to Japan. I think after all the help and all the stuff they're doing to the environment that affects us the debt should be cleared. explain the above, because it bears no relation to reality. What, exactly would be '170% GDP debt'?? I mean, the entire US debt i...

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so why bring up the name Chernobyl specifically if it's not meant to scare people? why not use other examples? are you in possession of another example that hit Level 7 on the International Atomic Energy scale? I'm not. For what it's worth, EVERY report I heard or read today emphasized that to date...

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If World War I could so easily be "turned into a myth," why hasn't the American Revolution or the Civil War turned into a myth? are you suggesting that, to some extent, they haven't been? Both eras have much about them which has been mythologized. Hell, some folks are working on making th...

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Yeah, statements which paint the two as equivalent religions are ridiculous. . there is a level of equivalence between ALL religions. For my part, I've been working real hard NOT to imply that Christians are evil like Muslims, but that MOST Muslims, like MOST Christians are decent, loving and peace...

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ThunderBunny wrote:I guess I can't tell these cows that the rancher has less than benign intentions for their fate as they enter the slaughterhouse chute.

you have no idea how many times I've said the same thing to Tea Party supporters. The Koch brothers ain't the ranchers some folks think they are.

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Spidey wrote:Yea, I’m sure you are a regular right winger, and a secret member of the tea party to boot.

I didn't say I was an idiot.

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Alas, you will not get most peeps here to agree with you about Moore. The amazing thing is people actually paid real money to see his films. alas, I really couldn't care less if ANYONE agrees. My first question to any would be which ones did you watch, and what, specifically, is your problem with t...

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