Forum: USA Politics
10th February 2015, 06:10 PM
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Replies: 206
Views: 28,493
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
5th February 2015, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 4,272
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
5th February 2015, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 18,978
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
5th February 2015, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 1,020
Views: 141,688
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
5th February 2015, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 1,020
Views: 141,688
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Forum: USA Politics
5th February 2015, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 7,330
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Forum: USA Politics
5th February 2015, 11:55 AM
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Replies: 116
Views: 8,030
My free market idea would be to form a company...
My free market idea would be to form a company whose purpose would be to have a mob show up with pitchforks and torches to take care of restaurants that spread disease.
I agree he was just trying...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
1st February 2015, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,582
The alarm is only at the exit doors and I'm...
The alarm is only at the exit doors and I'm pretty sure they are ignored unless you are a Navajo.
I've seen them put stickers on things like people's backpacks or maybe items being returned after...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
1st February 2015, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,582
I've never understood why they pay people to be...
I've never understood why they pay people to be greeters. When I think of all the time and energy they probably spent dealing with this one instance, does not help.
Almost makes me want to respond...
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Forum: USA Politics
31st January 2015, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 232
Views: 35,823
Oh please, the Koch's involvement in political...
Oh please, the Koch's involvement in political spending is no secret.
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lobby.php?id=D000000186
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Forum: USA Politics
30th January 2015, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 232
Views: 35,823
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Forum: USA Politics
30th January 2015, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 286
Views: 20,185
Our society must make it right and possible for...
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl Buck
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
29th January 2015, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,823
I dunno. I think I live in a pretty typical USA...
I dunno. I think I live in a pretty typical USA place. There are only two kinds of people interested in religion. One kind believes that the Bible is literally true, delivered to us by Almighty God...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
29th January 2015, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 112
Views: 8,946
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
29th January 2015, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 305
Views: 42,096
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Forum: USA Politics
28th January 2015, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,701
History pretty much shows that one of the best...
History pretty much shows that one of the best ways to improve a president's popularity at home, is to leave the US.
Good for Michelle. I would be ok with Obama just sending her, now THAT would...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
28th January 2015, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 305
Views: 42,096
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
26th January 2015, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,349
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
25th January 2015, 09:19 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 5,559
The maps are just a small part of a larger...
The maps are just a small part of a larger problem that results from teaching your children to hate as part of their education. We could probably say that Harper Collins is contributing to the hate,...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
25th January 2015, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 771
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
25th January 2015, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 6,966
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
24th January 2015, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 159
Views: 7,774
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
24th January 2015, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,446
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Forum: USA Politics
22nd January 2015, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2015, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 308
Views: 33,394
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2015, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 308
Views: 33,394
The pipeline has more political value in not...
The pipeline has more political value in not being built, the value is existing as a threat. It is a useful lever against heavy crude countries like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. It is not even clear...
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2015, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 308
Views: 33,394
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2015, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: USA Politics
21st January 2015, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
I thought it was a good speech as far as SOTU's...
I thought it was a good speech as far as SOTU's go. The part I think would have gone well in October last year was the more positive spin on the economy and taking credit for some improvements. There...
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Forum: USA Politics
20th January 2015, 09:04 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: USA Politics
20th January 2015, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: USA Politics
20th January 2015, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: USA Politics
20th January 2015, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,069
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th January 2015, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,516
One of the points made by the Charlie Hebdo...
One of the points made by the Charlie Hebdo editor was that he would not want to live in a world where nobody could speak their conscience for fear that it might incite someone, somewhere to violence.
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
18th January 2015, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,752
Oh. Let's suppose it was a roomful of praying...
Oh. Let's suppose it was a roomful of praying monks who were gunned down. We would quickly see the fallacy in suggesting a "If only they'd had some machine guns to defend themselves" sort of...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th January 2015, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,752
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th January 2015, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,968
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
16th January 2015, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 302
Views: 38,564
I suspect that in this case Muslims are just...
I suspect that in this case Muslims are just proxy for Mexicans, which they can't talk about without sounding racist. Really, everything on Fox about other countries is actually about us or something...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
16th January 2015, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 583
Views: 64,976
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
16th January 2015, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 123
Views: 11,061
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Forum: USA Politics
15th January 2015, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 10,534
Freedom of speech is a civil right.
I...
Freedom of speech is a civil right.
I would also assert as many countries have, that it is a fundamental human right:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th January 2015, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 123
Views: 11,061
I think I understand pretty well.
I'm not...
I think I understand pretty well.
I'm not supposed to be offended that he believes I'll be tortured forever in hell, and his book proclaims it as unquestionable Word - but it is wrong for people...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
15th January 2015, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 11,061
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
13th January 2015, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,949
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
13th January 2015, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 327
Views: 47,444
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
9th January 2015, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 1,596
Views: 185,758
While I agree that religion offers violent...
While I agree that religion offers violent extremists a sometimes cozy ideological home that they could find even in atheism - I really think that many of the persistent problems of the world would...
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Forum: Religion and Philosophy
9th January 2015, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 525
Views: 80,096
If religions just limited themselves to kindly...
If religions just limited themselves to kindly teachings that the creator of the universe was an unknowable deity, to be taken on faith with a sense of thankfulness - and did not continue to act and...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th November 2014, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 12,007
My son got one from Arizona that was probably...
My son got one from Arizona that was probably unintentionally ironic. Two columns. One column showed a typical Arizona voter: only one of four boxes was dark.
Compared against my son's voting...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th November 2014, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 481
Views: 56,326
I for one decided to tune into Fox News this...
I for one decided to tune into Fox News this evening after it was all over.
I wanted to see if they are busy falling all over themselves in glee, or if they were truly evil as reported, or...
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Forum: USA Politics
4th November 2014, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,557
Obama
Ebola
Unrelated? Think again!
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Obama
Ebola
Unrelated? Think again!
They have the same number of letters!
The l in Ebola is one letter preceding the m in Obama, and holds the same place
The A in Obama is one letter...
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