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Kilarin

Will Robinson wrote: didn't say that. I think your quote is of someone else.

ARGH! Sorry about that. corrected it.

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In reality, unless Carson has some affair with a blond white woman or the press can fabricate one, who do you think the African American population is going to vote for? A white woman or a fellow black man? You may be right, but I hope we are getting over that. I would like to think that if African...

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There is a great movie out about Dr. Carson. "Gifted Hands" I think it's funny that people on the left start shouting "Uncle Tom!" as soon as a black man takes a conservative stance. The REAL racist attitude is the belief that all people of a particular race must have the same po...

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woodchip wrote:And so it begins Kilarin:

ROME – Four top Italian disaster experts quit their posts Tuesday, saying the manslaughter convictions of former colleagues for failing to adequately warn of a deadly 2009 earthquake means they can't effectively perform their duties

Can't blame em.

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According to one report I read, the problem was that the city was afraid that the earthquake fears were hurting the tourist business, so they went to the scientist and said, "convince the people to shut up about this earthquake stuff!" I've got a BIT more sympathy for the judgment if that ...

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My entire point, such as it is, is that when you, as TB does, belittle other locales, you have to be ready to defend your own I'm from Texas. There is no real need to belittle other locales any more than to point out that they are not Texas. Or, as my father once told me. "Boy, when you meet a...

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calmeslick wrote:Heck, even my wealthy Texas friends have gravitated to Louisiana and Missisippi.

What?
You have GOT to be kidding! I'm not blind to the fact that Texas isn't QUITE as perfect as we think it is. But Lousyana and Mississippi?

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And, We've trained parents to think that they shouldn't HAVE to bother with their own kids, and that they are not competent to encourage their education in any active way. I don't quite agree. I think the problem is that most parents are too busy with their own lives to actually care about what goe...

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One could also say the quality of education has been going down at the same time that the involvement of parents in education has been going down. Yep. and closely related in my opinion. (Possibly because parents are too busy trying to stay afloat economically to be involved, so they voted for the ...

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CobGobbler wrote:What could be done for declining education in this country?

The quality of education had been going down at the same time that the involvement of government in education has been going up.

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While I think there are safety regulations that go too far in controlling people's choices, I don't include common, well-established, high-efficacy devices like airbags among them. I'll admit I'm biased on this, but it's with reason: As I mentioned earlier in this thread, seventeen years ago my lif...

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That "delicate touch" never seems attainable. We always return to the back and forth pulling between those who want absolute freedom and wealth and those who want a stable society with the accompanying costs. There's no happy medium that seems to please everyone. Actually, I agree with yo...

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I wear a bike helmet now. My choice. Laws shouldn't be made to protect you from yourself. The level of risk an ADULT is willing to take with their own life should be their own choice. Just so long as they are not endangering anyone else. EXCEPT, all of this changes when we start supporting health ca...

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I don't know anyone who wants to vote for Romney. Not one. There has got to be some real Romney fans out there somewhere, but I haven't met one yet.

I know a lot of people who say they are going to vote AGAINST Obama, and they think that means they have to vote FOR Romney. Limited point of view.

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Kilarin, I'd like to know how we can have a true democracy if we have at the same time a true aristocracy? Aren't they mutually exclusive? An aristocracy collects power and money into the hands of the few, while in a democracy, the masses are entitled to have a say. Didn't those colonists flee to t...

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LIberals feel that man is inherently good, and that this communicates to man's ability to centrally govern for the greater good. Conservatives accept that man is inherently evil, and that this communicates to man's best attempts to centrally govern for the greater good--thus the desire for LESS gov...

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But Godwin's law doesn't apply in any discussion where Hitler and/or the Nazi's are actually ON topic. And in any discussion of genocide, it would be a pretty incomplete and handicapped discussion if you were not allowed to mention Hitler, Nazis, and the holocaust. Yeah, I know, which is why I adde...

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callmeslick wrote:what's the body count,roughly for Islamic terrorists? Call me back when the total approaches, say, 3 million or so

Logic and reason doesn't have much to do with what people are afraid of.

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Godwin's Law exists to inform an individual when intellectual discussion on a topic has ended Godwin's law is a GOOD law, in general. But there have to be some exceptions to every law. Godwin's law applies when the Hitler or Nazi's are brought into a conversation that had nothing to do with Hitler ...

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I think what is safe to say about climate change is that BOTH sides have a political agenda and are unwilling to consider any possibility that the other side may have some points. I've heard just as much blind "faith" about climate change from folks on the left who have never actually rese...

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This filmmaker should be tried for helping Al Qaeda, fomenting riots and contributing to the murders of U.S. officials, period. The filmmaker is certainly a jerk. But in the US, you have the right to be a jerk. As Woodchip pointed out, I don't think you would excuse Christians becoming violent when...

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tunnelcat wrote:But Mr. Plastic Android Man is still creepy, always with the fake smile, beast or not.

Can't argue with that.

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tunnelcat wrote:Obviously, the dog was so scared that his bowels let go in fear.

Actually, It's possible that the dog just got sick, not that it was terrified.

I would never travel with an animal this way. But I'm not certain this proves Romney is a heartless beast.

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I'm not a romney fan by any means. But how is this particularly worse than driving with your dog in the back of the truck? Which is dangerous to the dog, but certainly considered acceptable by a large percentage of society.

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The statement was absolutely true as stated. And it was a completely idiotic way to say it.
It makes me worry about his judgement.

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How does one pay for college nowadays without going into hock for the rest of their life? Linus Pauling went to Oregon State University for FREE :shock: back in the 1920's. Now, only the rich and privileged can to afford it It IS a serious problem. Ron Paul worked his way through medical school, yo...

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Isaac wrote:You just can't let me be grouchy, can't you?

You can be MOSTLY grumpy. Because MOST of the time people take pictures of stupid things and then never look at them again anyway...

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Why do you go to a museum to take photos of famous art when there are better photos of it on the internet, taken by someone that owns a camera worth more than 80 bucks. Could be they wanted to learn how to take better photos themselves. Another possible reason could be to record information about t...

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woodchip wrote:We should title the research "One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

Ouch! Thats worse than the virus!

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The nation has had worse debt situations in the past, relative to GDP(post WWII). Ah, here you bring up a point we can discuss, good! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg/800px-US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg...

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You really aren't in as dire a situation as above. Really, you aren't You keep saying that. But what do you base it on? The numbers for the debt ratio above are a bit out of date, but things have gotten worse, not better since then. http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Current debt: 15 trillion Debt per cit...

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We are printing money at an unbelievable rate. not really http://www.safehaven.com/article/8030/composition-of-the-us-money-supply Just to clarify, when I say "Printing Money" I don't mean actually producing physical currency, I mean we are increasing the amount of money in the system. Mo...

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but at the current juncture he would plunge the nation into chaos and massive suffering, That's where we are headed now. We are printing money at an unbelievable rate. We are spending it even faster. We are so far in the debt hole that complete economic collapse is imminent. And on top of all that,...

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and Ron Paul? Really, you think he would have a prayer of winning once people sat down and analyzed what his plans would really entail? Winning the nomination would be difficult, because the Republican Party is terrified at how he would cut their power. But IF he were to get the nomination, I don't...

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Cuda wrote:I choose not to whore myself out to insurance companies like many shops do.

Having Insurance in the middle almost always increases costs and reduces quality. Its true in the medical field, it's obviously true in auto repair as well. I applaud your avoidance of it.

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Ron Paul is actually in the LEAD in Iowa right now. But they skip him entirely and bring in Jeb. <sigh>

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I wont own a Kindle because they keep to much control over your machine. That doesn't matter to most people now, but it bugs ME. If I buy a copy of 1984, I don't want to be wondering when Big Brother is going to sneak in at night and take it back. My wife uses a sony e-reader and likes it very much....

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Yea, get rid of all the laws that have their basis in religious beliefs… Where should we start…Murder…Stealing? (murder is a state crime) There is a big difference between laws that have a foundation in religious beliefs, and religious laws. The basis of society is built around the idea "don't...

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I think Will has a valid point, in that Sharia wants to accomplish something terrible. If the US started giving in to it, that would be VERY bad. But it still seems very unlikely HERE at this point. There are much bigger threats to religious liberty in the US.

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The problem is, if the government just keeps raising the debt ceiling in order to avoid defaulting on the loans, then what will EVER stop them from spending?

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