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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Ron Paul Makes Mitt Romney Look Stupid |
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Posted: 07 May 2012, 7:30 pm
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| So, CatLord... Care to give us references for all of those "Paul quotes" so that we can unequivocally link them to him? I won't be holding my breath. Fact of the matter is that Ron Paul is human, not a messiah or the Libertarian "anti-Marx." ALL politicians have put their foot in their mouth at leas... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is the basis for faith? |
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Posted: 06 May 2012, 10:40 am
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Replies: 54
Views: 4,742
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ruveyn wrote: A clear description of a mental dysfunction.
...or, perhaps, unflagging optimism.
Either way, I've contributed all I care to. I lost my passion and interest for in-depth theological discussions long ago. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is the basis for faith? |
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Posted: 05 May 2012, 8:53 pm
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That's easy. Saul of Tarsus purportedly summed it up thusly:
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What is the history of your family Heriatge? |
| CoMF |
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Posted: 05 May 2012, 8:49 pm
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Replies: 58
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ruveyn wrote: Many of my ancestors were horse thieves which is why I am so high strung
I think the humor was lost on Joker.  |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 05 May 2012, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 66
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| For now, I am glad that we at least have something. We can wait and see how it works, and then tweek it later. Well I hate to be the contrarian, but I'm not glad in the slightest. The PPACA breaks more things than it fixes, and falls short of putting proper healthcare within the reach of those who ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 05 May 2012, 3:05 pm
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Replies: 66
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| If the SC strikes down the entire law due to, as they suggested, the inability of the dysfunctional Congress to be able to realistically cope with the loss of the mandate, then a lot of people are suddenly going to be dropped from their insurance. Why throw the baby out with the bathwater instead o... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do you think people on welfare need to give a drug test? |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 3:04 pm
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Replies: 214
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| Depends. Are they using their assistance money to support a drug habit? If not, it's none of my business or anyone else's. Otherwise, I don't see what's unethical about performing "audits" to ensure the system isn't being abused. But rather than do so through drug testing, I'd much rather see the re... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 12:45 pm
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| Actually it's more akin to an investors group. Instead of one person risking everything, a group of people band together to reduce risk. AKA, something that makes logical sense. Also, it's been shown that socialised healthcare is actually CHEAPER for people, the American system is one of the most e... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 12:35 pm
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Replies: 66
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| http://www.democrats.org/issues/health_care *Sigh* Really, Panda? Some rhetoric from the Democrat party's official website is the best supporting evidence you can come up with? In March 2010, President Obama fulfilled a promise that Democrats have pursued for nearly a century: making health care av... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does trickle down economics/austrian economics/conservatives |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 11:38 am
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Replies: 36
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| Cutting taxes for the rich even further will only enlarge the budget deficit again. That's certainly arguable. The real question, however, is by how much? Would the difference be markedly sizable? I'm not arguing from the standpoint of whether the rich should "pay their fair share" or not. My point... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 8:15 am
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Replies: 66
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ArrantPariah wrote: The burden of proof lies with the original statement
I'm not shifting the burden of proof to you. I'm asking you to explain how the Affordable Care Act has actually reduced health care expenses for everyone. I'm more interested in finding the truth than scoring points for team conservative. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Does trickle down economics/austrian economics/conservatives |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 8:02 am
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| Yeah, right. :roll: Actually, you'd be surprised how much more cautious banks and investors would be when they have to bear full responsibility for their losses rather than fobbing it off on taxpayers. As it stands, however, deregulating markets while that "moral hazard" exists has proven to be dis... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 04 May 2012, 7:37 am
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ArrantPariah wrote: That's exactly what they want you to think.
So then please elaborate on why that's not actually the case, preferrably citing unbiased references if at all possible. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Solid State Drive vs. Thumbdrive |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 10:47 am
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| Once you go SSD you never go back. Y'know... Once SSD manufacturers get the whole TRIM in RAID 0 thing sorted out and the price per GB drops to more reasonable levels, I might consider replacing my HDs with a matched set of them. Thumb drives have their place too, but I rarely (if ever) use them no... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Right Wingers Benefit from Obamacare |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 1:19 am
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Replies: 66
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| The Obama health care law is a wind-fall for private insurers. Exactly the kind of deal we would expect in Crony Capitalism Of course, no one sees this. All they see are college age students being covered under their parents' private insurance plans for an additional few years and the outlawing of ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: White House Correspondents Dinners & Drone Strikes |
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Posted: 03 May 2012, 1:10 am
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Replies: 34
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| This whole "war on terror" nonsense strikes a very sour chord with me, and I think it's best that I remove myself from the discussion entirely before invoking the wrath of the WP moderators because I have nothing nice to say about those who insist on defending our current president's actions. Since ... |
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