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    Poll: My favorite president did everything to assure...

    My favorite president did everything to assure the union. Southerners were fools to leave the first time. Nothing really has improved for them. The South is at the bottom of nearly every demographic...
  2. I might start with the chief accounting officer...

    I might start with the chief accounting officer of sea.gov presenting the demographics of what will happen to social security and medicare over the next several decades. He is not a political...
  3. Let's start with the assumption that there is...

    Let's start with the assumption that there is plenty of blame to go around. Obama care Republicans will eventually grow to hate the fact they honored the legislation with this name as it will work...
  4. Thank you so much for your meaningful response to...

    Thank you so much for your meaningful response to my comments. I can see that you thought deeply and long to come up with your name-calling non-response. Since you didn't bother to answer any of the...
  5. Why is "proud to be American" a measurement of...

    Why is "proud to be American" a measurement of anything important? Blind patriotism (and I think this is what we are talking about) is dangerous. It allows problems to be ignored. It may keep us from...
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    I will be perfectly happy for PM (shouldn't there...

    I will be perfectly happy for PM (shouldn't there really be a S) to judge who will be married within his church. Have at it. Have a ball. Keep your hands off of the rights of those who are not accept...
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    About your comment in Red (ironic you would use...

    About your comment in Red (ironic you would use that color) I am one who rejects everything you stand for and would opt to negotiate with the Devil (read you) if it meant we might move beyond the...
  8. What is the point of this? If I find flaw with my...

    What is the point of this? If I find flaw with my country, I am not a patriot? Is that it? If I find that we can learn from other countries because they do some things better than us, I am not a...
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    I understand there is a trial going on. The rule...

    I understand there is a trial going on. The rule is, regardless of my opinion of the defendant, innocent until proven guilty. The verdict is not yet in. When we give up entirely on American justice,...
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    Poor George who went off immediately to put down...

    Poor George who went off immediately to put down the whiskey rebellion. Whiskey, or the control of the taxes, seem to have been more important than the liberty of those rebelling. George finally was...
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    I ended up watching a celebration of our freedom...

    I ended up watching a celebration of our freedom to honor bad music also know as America's got Talent winners, Neil Diamond singing really bad patriotic songs again,
    a celebration of a Russian...
  12. Sticky: Let's start with the the Greeks. First,...

    Let's start with the the Greeks. First, Lysistrata. Then the Oresteia In US writings, the Federalist Papers. History - everything by Barbara Tuchman. That should lead to a slightly more informed...
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    Now that statement I like. But everyone's farts...

    Now that statement I like. But everyone's farts smell and none admit it. We need an agreement that some smell lingers with everyone's statements, so others are allowed the distance of the smell of...
  14. Give a good, careful read to John Irving's Owen...

    Give a good, careful read to John Irving's Owen Meany. I continually have the feeling that people in America care more about their pets than children. I guess that is ok, but nobody's pet is going...
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    Aren't the wealthy supposed to say, "Let them eat...

    Aren't the wealthy supposed to say, "Let them eat cake"?

    Why isn't school a proper place to teach nutrition? Schools profit off of those machines. They should have some say over what they contain.
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    So, let me get this straight. Anyone who reads...

    So, let me get this straight. Anyone who reads print gets a blast of ageism. And the reason for this is? Have you demonstrated that one reads electronic sources more carefully ( the evidence says...
  17. I just joined this site. I had hoped for...

    I just joined this site. I had hoped for intelligent debate, a condition lacking in some other sites I tried. Looks like I'm wrong again. Let's try a few questions.

    1. The flood of illegals would...
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