Herrkurt

Good post.

To reply #16. I'd disagree on the basis that everyone deserves the oppurtunity to enter the workforce on a level playing field. Some people may have to work harder to get there than others of course but delaying your education can hurt you in the long run. Not to mention the many people who can't even afford to go to a decent college now. Like my closest friend.

Yeah you really have a great graps of the situation in Africa don't you little whip? You may as well just come out and say that we shouldn't give money to animals. Maybe thats not what you mean, but that is the impression you give. But I can make that mistake too. CS it's my fault you interpretted my statements to be such a blanket commendation. Still I do strongly believe that there is a solid block of biggotted voters and beyond that the

You're gonna tell me that the Democratic Party that opposed intergration and oppressed blacks in the South is the same Democratic party today? I'm sorry but there is a reason the Republicans do some well in the South now. It's because all the biggots went somewhere they would feel more welcome. It's a real great sign of the Republican leadership that they accepted those views to get the votes. A

It's a cut when compared to rising costs. Cosby had every right to say what he did. Bush on the other hand is wrong to makes those false claims. Instead of vouchers there should be a real plan to turn ghetto schools around so that we won't be calling them ghetto schools anymore. Being a teacher is a thankless job. I don't think the union should dictate how much money they get

Yeah that's a pretty hypocritical line right there. To the second to last question a better question would be has shifting the tax burden onto working people so that the rich (my family included) can buy more fancy European cars ever helped a black kid get out of the ghetto? And has cutting social programs ever fed a hungry child who's mom already works twelve hours a day just to stay on welfare?

You can't stop progress. Every president has had setbacks and had to pander to both sides at one point but in the greater scheme of things America will always move to the left. This is because change is inevitable everywhere but also America was founded on the idea of progress. The only true American tradition is ever expanding freedom and progress towards a bett

I hate Bush but I don't see him as our President anyway. Yes I'm talking about Florida and no I won't get over it. Stealing is a crime and the statute of limitations hasn't run out yet. Forget the hanging chads, disenfranchised blacks and missing ballots. I'm upset because the counting of votes was engineered by someone close to Bush and the result was that different counties had thier votes counted in different ways. Historically Liberal counties

In response to Madine. The claim was that weapons could be readied for use within 45 minutes. A quote repeated dozens of times in the build-up to war. Even if that claim was never made the case was made that they already had stockpiles they could deliver to terrorists at any time. Iraq may have been a "great and gathering threat" now but when making the case for war the word used was "immenent". I don't try hard to defend Clinton. He was

It could be said that I oppose the war in Iraq and it could also be said I would support it if WMD stockpiles had been found. Of course the reality is that things are a bit more complicated. I initially supported an invasion of Iraq on what was the main case for war. That weapons stockpiles existed and could be used at a moments notice. I never trusted these statements coming from Bush, Cheney or Rumsefield but when moderates like CIA Director Tene

Well isn't this the highest form of debate ever. Time to lower myself and inform you ShadowWar that you are 100% Unamerican. Our country is based on Freedom and to label others unpatriotic for thier opinions goes against everything this country was founded on. In fact dissent is America's highest form of patriotism. Without it this wouldn't be the USA at all, there would be nothing to be patriotic about. By the way. Don't you think that c

Just three simple points. First Michael Moore is being made out to be something he is not. Moore is not an extremist in his liberal views. He advocates the peaceful and constitutional act of voting a President out of office. Personally I believe there is plenty of evidence to begin an investigation for impeachment but unfortunately Congress is controlled by the party of the President so that won't happen. Nor is what Moore accusing Bush of in anyw

I don't see anything wrong with this. If it means less anger towards us I don't see why it should be a problem. The Army has the bullets they need now and if they need more than the factory in Illinois can produce them and that means more jobs.

I don't think titles like Conservative or Liberal are very well applied so while what I am about to say might sound like a blanket condemnation I don't mean it that way. The way most people apply the title "conservative" seems to me as a position wholy opposed to compassion. It's not to say that these people are bad people. Just that they believe that if a person