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    Bush's Wars Cost Each US Family $20,000

    The primary reason why we are distrusted internationally is because we, the US, aka the Bush administration, was dishonest with the world in our reasons for invading Iraq. In case you need to be reminded, we originally justified our invasion by accusing Iraq of possessing WMDs and that these...
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    Bush's Wars Cost Each US Family $20,000

    Yes and No. Members of the National Guard understand that they are subject to being mobilzed for war. Across the nation, a serious problem in mobilizing National Guard soldiers for Iraqi Freedom has been operational tempo. Once a returning mobilized unit is released from active duty...
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    Social Security Fix

    Question. You say it is not the government's problem to provide you with a retirement income yet permissible for the government to provide you, by not ending medicare and medicaid, with medical and disability benefits So, when you get right down to it, you are not opposed to the concept to...
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    Social Security Fix

    Let us suppose that your wish is granted and you now live in a world without Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. You are in hog heaven banking your $12,000 a year for your future. Then, in his sophmore year in college, your son develops adult onset schizophrenia. What happens now to...
  5. J

    A Bogus Cancer Statistic

    Link: Government Bureaucratic Waste vs. Private Sector Efficiency | TPMCafe
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    Interesting hidden taxes article

    We have debated FairTax at least once before. I won't replow old ground except to say that FairTax advocates want to replace our federal tax system with a national sales tax and that, in my opinion, is a bad idea. Links to peruse for anyone interested. Link (Fair Tax Fraud): The Book, The...
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    A Bogus Cancer Statistic

    An article (opinion) in Salon on Giuliani and the government-provided plan that made it possible for him to survive his prostate cancer. Link: http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/11/02/healthcare_lies/
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    Outlaw Torture?

    If you have a fondness for military acronymns, you may find this publication interesting: FM 101-5-1/MCRP 5-2A Operational Terms and Graphics. I invite your attention to Chapter 2, Operational Acronyms and Abbreviations. Link: FM 101-5-1, Operational Terms and Graphics, Table of Contents and...
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    FB Season Tickets Req'd For Neb vs ISU - OK?

    I am not sure I understand your point. In Jack Trice (effective 2008), sections 8,9,24, and 25 will be be priority seating for contribution levels $12,500 and $5,000 annually. Currently, donors in the $2,500 level and above sit in these sections. Donors giving $2,500 will have to DOUBLE...
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    Outlaw Torture?

    Actually, Herbie, the basic rules and principles pertaining to "LOLW", (I presume that your acronym means the Law of Land Warfare, a part of LOW (Laws of War) are expressly stated in FM 27-10 The Law of Landfare (Department of Army Field Manual). But than, you knew that all along, didn't you...
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    Outlaw Torture?

    I invite your attention to paragraph 3, page 4: "Rather than flount the laws of war, coalition forces have generally held to the policy that Geneva and Hague Conventions are applicable in any armed conflict, no matter how characterized." Link: (The Army Lawyer: DA Pam 27-50-386) -...
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    Weather Channel Founder comments on Global Warming

    The Latest Prophet to Global Warming Denialist: A Local TV Weatherman. John Coleman may be the "founder of the Weather Channel," but he's actually just a hack weatherman in San Diego. His biography, excerpted from KUSI News, San Diego follows: "John Coleman has been a TV weatherman since...
  13. J

    Expanding Government

    If I were asked to give you a salient example of right-wing bullsh*t, those two paragraph would be it. Maybe even the whole editorial. I am not surprised you think they are "spot-on".
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    Expanding Government

    I am not sure what I said is ambigous but I shall try to say what needs to be said with a little more precision. Before I do that, one understanding first. The subject matter at hand is not worth anymore effort than we have already invested in it. The reason, precisely, is that Voegeli's...
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    "All Whites are Racist"

    Hmmmm. So, herbie, my man. What have you been into again? More of that "warrior ethos" firewater or some of that "culturally misunderstood" mystery brew? Whatever it is, it ain't workin....
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    Outlaw Torture?

    Article IV of the Geneva Convention states that members of irregular militias (like al Qaeda) qualify for prisoner-of-war status if their military organization satisfies four criteria. The criteria are: "(a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) that of having...
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    Outlaw Torture?

    You say waterboarding is torture. John McCain says waterboarding is torture. A vast majority of Americans agree waterboarding is torture. If waterboarding indeed is torture, it is prohibited by federal law. Namely, Title 18, US Code Section, Section 2340, 2340A. US CODE: Title 18,2340...
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    Expanding Government

    The Voegeli editorial makes a one paragraph statement that military spending is a minor factor overall growth of government and supports that statement with pecentages and dollar numbers which are not documented. He goes on to makes a one paragraph statement saying that the growth in government...
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    "All Whites are Racist"

    There are virtually dozens of definitions of the word "racism" to be found in general use. In one way or another, almost anyone can take exception to almost any standard meaning of the term "racism". For example, the second American Heritage definition of racism: "Discrimination or prejudice...
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    "All Whites are Racist"

    The University of Delaware called their program, however it was viewed in the eyes of the beholder, the "Residence Life Diversity Progam" while the World Net Daily and other conservative luminaries called it an "all whites are racist" mind indoctrination issue. In any case, the program has been...
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