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That's right. You are learning my young padawan.
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I mean, that mailer is beyond reproach. We know damn well that it's supposed to mean Obama is a terrorist. McCain: go to hell asshole. |
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Re: Palin
I just heard on the news her approval rating is lower than Bush's...is that even possible? .......Wait it gets better; she just said she think the job of the VP is to "get in there with the senate and make policy changes"....... ![]() Amazing, really. |
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From last night:
MSNBC pwns Palin(I think Maddow had a segment too but I can't find it) |
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I'm not for legislating what goes on in the bedroom. Even homosexual marriage, which is legalized in Canada, is for a small percentage of the population and when the political mission is eliminated less people seem to care as long as it's private. What conservatives should be more worried about is gay adoption and influence on children. Just read Plato's Symposium, and you'll know what I mean about fear of the older influencing the younger in relationships. They believed that young teenage boys were real sexy. There was no political correctness when Plato was around to censor that book. The question will be more heated when we talk about gay adoption. What is a Catholic adoption service supposed to do for a gay couple? Should the government force them to provide the service to gay couples despite their beliefs? You know the government is going to be pulled in on this debate. Quote:
When Fred Thompson said in the RNC that "Obama is not going to take water from this side of the bucket but from the other side of the bucket." It was actually a line with a lot of thought put into it. Basically we are interconnected. There are unintended consequences to redistributionist policies. If we can't force people to hire (which would be like communism) then all there is are incentives. Quote:
After redistributionist policies are started people evenutally join special interest groups to collect as much as possible of this handout and some with the aim of getting part of their tax money back by controlling where the spending goes. This creates apathy in democracy and low voter turnout. Individuals without a special interest group feel they are competing against blocks of group voters. Also the lot of people who make huge money usually have talents and HARD WORK to get their money and have to deal with constant competition for their jobs. There has to be an incentive for people to get up in the morning to do work like that. It's like war sometimes in these high powered jobs. Even Sweden decided to lower their corporate tax rates because their personal tax rates were so high. There needs to be a reason for corporations to be there or else there won't be any payroll to tax. I think the major weakness of capitalism is that if people lose self-restraint and self-discipline their wealth can spoil them and ignorance on top of that can lead to rampant consumerism that makes us soft and weak. The kinds of things people get stressed about are so minimal compared to what people in 3rd world countries have to go through. The modern wealthy man has to invent tragedy out of small things. Without self-discipline and morality (which is found in religion and philosophy) societies decay. I prefer philosophy to religion but most people are attracted to religion because it offers rewards in the afterlife and if they lose belief or have none in the first place they tend to go to egoism. Adam Smith wrote an economics book but also an ethics book as well. You can see it's a fragile balance that individuals need to be aware of. If morality is missing, or good economics, a crisis ensues until we learn our lessons. If we do. |
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Republicans have unleashed a blistering mailing against Barack Obama that invokes the 9/11 attacks with a disturbing image of a jumbo jet and a warning that the Democrat nominee isn't "who you think he is."
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. |
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But once again you miss my point, it's not a "if Republicans do it why can't we", it's about quit using the slogans of yesteryear, they no longer exist. The Republicans are not small government. Quote:
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Well, at least it wasn't directed at his wife this time.
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LOLOLOL.
Man, that statement also had the word "Bush" in it as well. ![]() I like how his wife heard it and moved uncomfortably. |
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Great article on just how crazy/full of shit/dangerously unstable McCain might be.
Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone |
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And I haven't read it yet, because it's long, but the snippets I've heard about it are pretty awesome if you are for Obama, but also kind of scary re: McCain, and at the very least quite juicey.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/ma...=1&oref=slogin |
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![]() If nothing else, this election has drilled into my head what the role of the Vice President is according to the Constitution. |
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yeah, you, me, and everyone in america except sarah palin, candidate for vp.
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See, here's why I've always said not to be counting chickens re. the presidential race - Too many stupid people
AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks - Yahoo! News |
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