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• Search Engine Results Reveal: Teens Don’t Know Who OBL Is

  May 3, 2011 at 9:15pm

  In reply to Veritas vos liberabit.

  Or maybe today’s 16 year olds were 6 when he hit and never got a real feeling for his life story. Maybe they’re not judgmental idiots and wanted to know how someone becomes crazy.

• Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship in Latest Action Comic

  April 28, 2011 at 4:01pm

  In reply to powhatan.

  Does it ever occur to anyone that companies take these sorts of positions because they reflect the beliefs of most Americans?

• ‘Slut Walk’ Comes to Texas, Complete With ‘Hey-Hey-Ho-Ho’ Chant

  April 28, 2011 at 3:52pm

  In reply to 13th Imam.

  I think their message isn’t accurate, but calling them fat is just name-calling. I realize this is just a message board, but are we really so out of thoughful comments that we’re just going to resort to a schoolyard diss? Comments like this show the immaturity that we need to cut out.

• Was Jesus a Socialist? MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell Has Theories

  April 28, 2011 at 3:24am

  In reply to CatB.

  I don’t know anything about Scripture, but I don’t trust any group that trusts it and it alone to interpret a text, their claims seem hard to believe. Reconcile Jesus with capitalism, or socialism, or libertarianism all you want; but don‘t act as though others don’t have the ability to do the same. The Bible is massive, and it provides statements that people of differing mindsets can read and reasonably disagree on.This is why theology exists- it’s because people disagree on religion. It doesn’t make you dumb, stupid, or evil; it just means you see the book a different way than a fellow believer.

• Bill Maher Continues His Tea Party-Bashing: Bunch of ‘Sad,‘ ’Fat,‘ ’Useful Idiots’

  April 26, 2011 at 1:04pm

  In reply to Robert-CA.

  He’s silly for using names; everyone is. Look around on these forums, though, and try to believe it’s still one-sided. The amount of name calling and rhetoric that gets flung around on any site devoted to politics is immense; that’s how the game is played now. You want to stop Bill Maher? Stop calling Obama un-American; Stop calling Reid evil; Stop calling Biden stupid. Those may be names you believe in, but Maher’s names are names he believes in; really, the only difference is who’s being named. We must first change within ourselves the change we wish to see in others.

• Texas Could Soon Abolish Transgender Marriages

  April 25, 2011 at 1:01pm

  In reply to TRUTH.

  ” having them marry is a mockery of the most important institution in the world.”

  I would agree that marriage is one of the most important institutions in the world; it is based on affection and trust, and it rears the future generation of thoughful, capable Americans to be the best they can be. What I don’t understand, though, is why transgenders are making a mockery of marriage more than..anyone else is. The divorce rate in America is 50%; Larry King has been married eight times; Kelsey Grammar ended his marriage over the phone; infidelity is still considered a generally redeemable offense. It is astonishing to me that THESE examples aren’t the reason a mockery is being made of marriage. It seems to me, personally, like in a world where trust and love is as rare as it is that we as a society should recognize the value of every powerful, lasting relationship that we can find.

• Group’s Anti-Israel Message Hits Seattle Billboards

  April 23, 2011 at 11:30am

  In reply to Marylou7.

  There’s a silent majority of Muslims who just want the suffering to end. A common school of thought, both in Israel and in Palestine, is that the leaders egg the conflict on so that they can use the fight to keep their people unified. It’s not “the people” or “the Muslims” who don’t want peace; when you’re hungry, and peace means bread, you’ll do anything to find peace. The words of “muslims” can’t be made out from the noise; I know a lot of people who’ve been involved with the violence. They just want it to stop. But even if the talks DO go nowhere, it doesn’t make a difference; supporting talks is better than supporting violence. Talks are healthier, talks are more productive, and more importantly, talks are cheaper.

• Group’s Anti-Israel Message Hits Seattle Billboards

  April 22, 2011 at 7:41pm

  In reply to Marylou7.

  @TexasCommonSense:

  I don‘t think that’s the end of the story either. American support for Israel is the single biggest factor fostering anti-Americanism in the Middle East and among Muslim terrorists as a whole. That means quite a bit of our defense budget (including the war in Afghanistan) is going towards fighting the indrect consequences of this policy. We make messes, and then we spend to clean them up, and then we spend to clean up the results of our fixes. It’s a terrible cyclical cycle. This is, of course, leaving aside the fact that we’re perpetuating a conflict. We have the potential to bring the sides to the negotiating table: if we leverage our aid to Israel, we can initiate talks and see if these talks can go better than talks of the past. The poster’s inflammatory, but the sentiment might not be terrible.

• Liberal College Students Eager to Redistribute Wealth Are Less Eager to Redistribute Hard Earned Grades

  April 21, 2011 at 1:56am

  In reply to MODEL82A1.

  It’s an interesting analogy, and to a point it’s fair. There are two distinctions that bear noting: 1. hypothetically, every student could be getting a 4.0. Finance works out to a much more zero-sum game, meaning in order for me to get a 4.0 20 people need to get a 1.5 or something like that. If you asked someone “if you have 5 grade points, how do you think they’re best split”, and they said i want 4 and they can have 1, that would be a better demonstration. 2. I think most of those students would agree to assisting poor students, and would be willing to give up some time to help poorer students to do better. It doesn’t mean people are selfish, it just means people don’t see why they need to share an infinite resource.

• Town Hall Attendees Boo Paul Ryan for Defending Current Tax Rates for the Rich

  April 21, 2011 at 1:44am

  Bush came into office with a budget SURPLUS. Bill Clinton’s policies also fuelled huge economic growth, especially towards the end of his term…and then the .com bubble burst. It was a strong economic run, but it was fuelled on insolvency and it didn’t last.
  Bush’s economic “prosperity” was built on insolvent loans- and then, when they defaulted, the economic system combusted in a really spectacular way. Maybe Obama‘s policies haven’t helped as much as they could have, but the fact of the matter is in recessions, the rich get richer. Small businesses shouldn’t bear the weight of heavy tax impositions, but things like taxing banks for the risk they take on (to discourage risky behavior) is in the best interest of everyone but the banks members of the Congress work tirelessly to defend.
  A final thought- the greatest civilizations in history have been toppled when the many, poor and unable, felt that the gap between them and the wealthy was too great. Socialism kills incentive; socialism is terrible. But isn’t a society where a few people can afford everything they could possibly imagine (and more) while millions of others struggle to put food on the table bad too?