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sdgddf - Alabama Should Lead on Rejecting National Standards

sdgddf — Tue, 5 Jun 2018 12:37:50 +0000

[...] last week, Alabama’s Senate Education Committee approved a measure that would withdraw them from the Common Core state standards altogether, [...] [...] last week, Alabama’s Senate Education Committee approved a measure that would withdraw them from the Common Core state standards altogether, [...]

d6gdf6f - Alabama Should Lead on Rejecting National Standards

d6gdf6f — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:13:49 +0000

bitch - Tiananmen a Quarter-Century Later: China Remains Dangerously Unpredictable

bitch — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:00:04 +0000

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sdss - The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama's West Point Speech

sdss — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:46:58 +0000

sowingseeds - Your Money in Pictures: The Top 5 Charts of 2013

sowingseeds — Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:25:03 +0000

Yes.. but HOW DO WE FIX IT? Follow in Iceland's footsteps? http://www.madavar.com/icelanders-overthrow-gover...

hoc nau an - Radical Islamists and Hunger Stalk North Africa

hoc nau an — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:54:53 +0000

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Michael Peterson - Harry Reid’s Crusade Against the Koch Brothers Threatens Your Free Speech

Michael Peterson — Thu, 5 Jun 2014 04:52:56 +0000

No, because there are more poor people than there are rich people.

Chris - Morning Bell: Bringing Medicaid into the Debate

Chris — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:42:42 +0000

It is simple. If you do not .need medicare or social security don;t take it.. Maybe a tax write off for not collecting social security. Do not extend people's lives with heroic medical measures. Let your love one die with dignity. Do not medically prolong life which is ending..

Pragmatic1 - The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama's West Point Speech

Pragmatic1 — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:51:55 +0000

There may be a miscommunication here. I didn't say anything about arresting an unlawful president. I was referring to arresting the voters who voter for the guy because he is, according to most of the sentiment here, an awful, awful, evil man who probably isn't even a U.S. citizen. Guess I should have been clearer. My mistake. And yes, some of my comments were straw men. Anything wrong with that? Is it illegal? And, how do you know what information sources I used. Who should I rely on, Rush Limbaugh? Just conservatives? Why is it that only conservatives get things 100% right and liberals get things 100% wrong. By whose authority? Yours? Who elected you as the final decider of what information sources to trust and what to reject? I don't recall that election. I didn't vote in it, that's for sure. Go ahead and get your people elected to congress and the White House. Then you can get rid of the EPA, DOE and very other agency you hate. All you have to do is win power and do it. I am sure the American public will support you and your valiant endeavors. Or, maybe not. I will pit my knowledge about the constitution against yours any day. Hit me with something solid, not just empty right wing rhetoric. Where's the beef?

Bobbie - The Persecuted Whose Names We Don’t Know

Bobbie — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:39:16 +0000

Their religion isn't at all reflective of God the human Creator. They're so busy judging people they deprive themselves the gifts God gave them. Their beliefs do not fit in with humanity and if the world was their religion, we would never know what we are given. The ignorance of these laws are disgraceful to humanity. Men are suppose to be the image of GOD. These men are images of their personal free will. Themselves! Less than men become. Their indignant behavior has no reason to exist in civility. For anyone to think God's Will is for those in the Muslim religion to lie to get their way, torture women and children, terrorize the masses, harm innocent people, control or kill, certainly contradicts God's Image, civil decency and peace. The people forced into detainment caused no harm to them. There's no reason for the people and with child, to be held against their will. It's very disturbing people think they're above God and will judge people as if they think they're God but with no acceptance of truth or tolerance. God doesn't want man to rule over man! That's why He gave everyone a brain with His Judgement pending. He doesn't judge according to religion or skin color but according to how man uses the gifts God gave each and everyone equally and individually that this religion omits from everyone politicizing everything for rule and control. God did not put hatred in any man's heart! That's man's own doing to which God will judge since hatred is such a man made coward. To sustain civility of course humanity has to have rules and laws where people are the judge but not laws that favor anyone to rule over anyone else, to cheat anyone else, to down play anyone else, to physically harm anyone else. Those laws aren't equally applicable and defy human intelligence (God's Gift.) We pray for the health and safe return of all people especially women and children because without women there'd be no man!

Pragmatic1 - The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama's West Point Speech

Pragmatic1 — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:31:06 +0000

Interesting comments. Some you points do not seem to deal directly with foreign policy, which was the topic here. Regardless, your points are interesting. Your point about educating children to think for themselves is dead on correct. Right now, that skill is weak or worse for most high school graduates. And, you are also right, not everyone can or wants to be a doctor or lawyer. On top of that, our economy cannot absorb college graduates who are all doctors, lawyers or science, technology, engineering or math majors. Tens of millions of jobs in our economy, e.g., service industry jobs, agriculture jobs, retail jobs, construction jobs, etc., do not need that kind of specialized training. As far as ignorant voters, nothing can be done about that. Everyone has the right to vote, regardless of how much they do or do not know. On top of that, public education is so flawed that many or most voters rely mainly on what they are told by people with ideological and/or self-interested agendas. All we can do is to somehow make our two-party political system less dishonest so that what voters are told is honest, unspun facts and unbiased analysis. That simply will not happen with the two parties now in power. They are hopelessly corrupted by (1) their own rigid ideologies, (2) political self-interest that dominates the agendas of both parties and their politicians and (3) special interests with money to buy "access" in return for campaign contributions. All the current two-party system can do is protect itself and its interests. Unless real change ahppens somehow, the public interest will remain hosed and abused. You point about listening to the military seems reasonable. The current refusal of congress to let the A-10 Warthog die is a perfect example of meddling with associated waste of tax dollars. Obviously congress should do reasonable oversight, but its capacity to be competent in oversight for much of anything is nil. Frankly, congress is no longer up to the job it is supposed to do. Congress is far too distracted with political posturing, bickering & finger-pointing, defending sacred ideologies, defending the parties and politician's personal interests and serving special interest demands. The public interest is nowhere to be seen in the list of priorities. As far as long-term unemployed, I thought that president Clinton did sign a welfare reform law that limited lifetime welfare benefits to 5 years. Did that reform somehow quietly get obliterated and we are now back to lifetime benefits? I am not sure how that would affect foreign policy, but it is a real issue. Yes, immigration is a mess. That is fully the fault of the two-party system. When Reagan signed immigration law reform in the 1980's, congress never provided a budget for border control. That was because congress never intended to control illegal immigration. The business community would not have stood for that and that is where a lot of campaign contributions came from and still come from. The situation is unlikely to change this year because it is an election year and congress doesn't do heavy lifting in election years. There's too much bickering and backroom posturing to be done this year, just like it will be in 2016, 2018, 2020 and so on. These days, we have a a congress that tries to do something only in odd numbered years. Maybe congress will lay some sort of an immigration egg in 2015 or 2017. Maybe not. Again, I am not sure of how this impacts foreign policy. Taxing imports makes sense but that needs to be done with care and intelligence. It is messy but something worth doing something about as you suggest. We don't want to trigger a trade war. Fixing tax policy to facilitate made in America makes perfect sense, but unfortunately federal tax policy is hopelessly corrupt and beyond congress' feeble capacity to deal with shrewdly or intelligently. Trade policy is sort of a foreign policy thing. I am a non-ideological pragmatist and, like you, I don't believe in fixing things that aren't broken. I haven't decided on Obamacare because there's not enough time or data for me to come to a conclusion. Maybe in a year or two Obamacare's successes and failures will be reasonably apparent. Then I will start drawing some conclusions. Until then, its wait and see for me.

r. Lukens - Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It's Going to Cost You.

r. Lukens — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:28:29 +0000

I hope so or you would run out of food in short time without CO2 in the atmosphere. Mother nature maintains it at around 0.4 percent through photosyntheses in plants!

R. Lukens - Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It's Going to Cost You.

R. Lukens — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:22:09 +0000

Poiint 7 is not supported by climatologists nor meteorogists ( except some Who report weather at some radio stations) whose area of expertises are based on their research. Your view is only supported by scientists of other fields or those who reky on grants from biased agencies who support your views. Such sources have lost their abilities of unbias scientific studies and rely on emotional thought..

DOROTHY - Citizen Must Bake Cake for Same-Sex Wedding, Colorado Civil Rights Panel Rules

DOROTHY — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:17:43 +0000

What I don't understand (wedding cake aside) is -- Why do gays, male or female, have to have a wedding ceremony? Two people can go live together, do whatever in the privacy of their abode, and no one would be the wiser -- or care. Why make it "legal?" A couple of gals or guys can get an apartment to save money. Don't need a marriage certificate. Only for some government benefits, or health care benefits? Or what? (Taxpayers pay again.) They obviously are not having a religious wedding, asking for God's blessings, are they? Are there Christian ministers who would do that? Why is so much of our lives today based on sex? Ads, movies, television shows, you name it. I've been happily married (most of the time) for 54 years, have kids and grandkids, and Trust Me, sex did not make up the greater portion of our lives. This nation has always been a Judeo -Christian society. LET'S PUT GOD BACK IN OUR SCHOOLS!

guest - Q & A: What You Need to Know About the Bergdahl Release Deal

guest — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 15:01:52 +0000

it doesn't matter what he is saying now the fact is he asked to leave his post was told no and he did it anyway. the man is a deserter and the military has him before anyone else. just the fact that he is still alive 5 years after being there should tell us something about him. the goal of all of them is to kill Americans so why is he still alive? sorry about it but this man deserves to be locked up in Leavenworth for the rest of his life. no I'm not sorry about that.

Darrell J Greenwald - Marijuana Is Harmful: Debunking 7 Myths Arguing It's Fine

Darrell J Greenwald — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:56:37 +0000

I agree all 7 are myths but I still favor legalization. Prohibition never works as good as regulation and control. I say that as a small government conservative who generally opposes regulation, but between regulation and prohibition (the ultimate regulation) I favor the former because the truth behind these myths is not as bad as the side effects of prohibition. 1) The effects of the black market created by prohibition of drugs is worse than drug abuse itself. The black market drug trade is violent and the drug trade is the primary source of revenue and dispute for drug cartels nationally and gangs locally, which kill tens of thousand every year fighting for turf. Legalization will eliminate drug cartels and weaken local gangs by depriving them of their primary source of revenue. 2) It's expensive to enforce the drug war, but taxing drug sales could at least offset the cost of a public education campaign against drug use and to treat drug addicts. Taxing cigarettes is a perfect example, the money we make taxing cigarettes has been used in a very successful campaign to reduce the percentage of American who smoke cigarettes. A campaign would also help to debunk these 7 myths making drug use uncool and unhealthy is a better message than just saying it is illegal. 3) Legalization will reduce access to drugs by minors. Under prohibition, it's easier for kids to buy marijuana than it is to buy alcohol. The reason, a liquor store values it's liquor license and won't sell to minors but a drug dealer is already braking the law and doesn't care if he sells to a minor or an adult. 4) The 7th myth actually favors legalization. Prevention, intervention and treatment work, so why not fund it with tax money from the drug users.

Pragmatic1 - The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama's West Point Speech

Pragmatic1 — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:51:58 +0000

Maybe because he was legally elected by more voters than his opponents and most voters regardless of who they voted for respect the rule of law and accept the consequences of being on the winning or losing side of an election. If they acknowledge that B.H.O. is an evil, wicked man, they are tacitly acknowledging that our system of governance is flawed and evil can come to power and/or that voters themselves supported wicked evil. Or, maybe most people do not believe that B.H.O. is not evil or wicked. Maybe what is plain and simple truth for you is neither plain nor simple to most other people. There could be other explanations as well, but these offer at least a partial answer to your question.

Barbara - Citizen Must Bake Cake for Same-Sex Wedding, Colorado Civil Rights Panel Rules

Barbara — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:51:53 +0000

"It’s time for state and federal policy to respect Americans’ ability to live and work in accordance with their belief." Really? Then why are state governments trying to limit a woman's freedom to choose, if her belief is to eliminate the growth in her body?

David A. Roberg Sr. - The Four Biggest Delusions of Obama's West Point Speech

David A. Roberg Sr. — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:47:09 +0000

your really in trouble when they DEMAND you take the Mark of The Beast because the military will be the first FORCED into worshiping The Beast!

leche - Citizen Must Bake Cake for Same-Sex Wedding, Colorado Civil Rights Panel Rules

leche — Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:45:07 +0000

i would take for granted the same thing happened to it as to the "Right" to Worship in the good ol' u.s. of A.