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Reply #7 By: MasonM You da man Mason, have you considered politics? We need thinkers like you serving our country.

Reply #3 By: MasonM Reply #2 By: Citizen latour999 I agree completely guys, I once had a nice conversation with a Rabbi who said that he 100% believed

MasonM: You are endearing yourself to me more and more this morning.

I feel obligated to say here that so would I, as an individual if left without a viable alternative. I know I didn't make that clear in previous posts. I simply do not think that we should sanction it as a nation. But I also don't call what was described in the Time article as torture either. Well s

Should Our Society Endorse Torture? One more thought and I might be accused of arguing semantics here, but I think begrudgingly accepting the fact that we are fighting a unique war and a unique enemy that may call for us to resort to some form of torture is not necessarily an endorsement o

It'll take a while, but we will eventually find out ( well not find out, but finally have proof of) the real reasons some countries preferred to continue working with Saddam. I can't wait till the liberals find out their UN support in protesting the war was all about contracts and money and not agreement with their anti-war sentiments.

We can win and still maintain moral integrity At what cost? I would rather sacrifice a little of my morality than ANY of my children. How bout you? Is your morality more precious than your family? Your friends? Your fellow citizens? A lot of people talk about the high ground, but I would be wil

It was the first to recognize the maddening escalation of health costs and urged universal health care not only to enhance the health of so many of the uninsured and eliminate the need for Medicaid, but it actually championed small and big business alike beset with insurance costs that position them unfairly in competing with dom

It continually struggles to protect Medicare and Medicaid I would invite you to visit some of the housing projects here in Atlanta where Medicaid is a way of life, not a safety net for lower income people. It is a system that invites hiding income and encourages single mothers to stay single so as not t

Tex: Notwithstanding your views on terrorist torture , I'm liking you more and more every day. Very well said, I could not agree more. While on the subject of the trial, let me be one to say that this is a case where I think the state should have to pay back MJ for his costs. That was the worst prosecution I have ever seen.While I agree with Sneddon's remarks that he ca

BTW, very nice article, I forgot to thank you for that. May I offer up a # 6? 6. You are not a spell checker. If you attack someone's spelling (more than likely typing) errors, you have lost all credibility in my book. It gives the impression that due to the lack of a viable alternative viewpoint, you are lowered to mere attacks of one's grammar. Here's a possible # 7. 7. If you must send a link, make

Zoomba, as a conservative, there is nothing that gets my blood boiling more than a liberal that simply disagrees with current policy and offers no alternative. I can learn something from # 2 and 4 myself. I have been guilty of both in a fit of anger. I like to think I am very tolerant, just not of people guilty of committing the sins of # 1.

You see, I feel so strongly about it, I subconciously posted my praise twice. Sorry about that.

Sensei: I would likely agree with you on very little else, but this article could not have been more well written.

Sensei: I would likely agree with you on very little else, but this article could not have been more well written.

like i said earlier in this thread, i'd rather not be than be like them And I respect you for that. i've no doubt that you feel i'm an extremist <b

Sensei: Before you come back with another drawn out lecture of history, further obfuscating the subject at hand, let me return to the original arguement. This whole post started as a debate about the comparison of Gitmo to the Gulag. I was watching CNN last night, you know that pro Bush bastion of conservatism, and the report was about the latest insghts into Gitmo. While the report was not positive in nature, they at least finalized

But you're the monster. And if being that way is the only way to be a patriot, well, then, fuck that. Ah, it seems you speak of your fears when I have said no such thing. Patriotism comes in many forms. I have NEVER nor will I ever insinuate that being willing to perform the necessary evils that many pe

either you don't realize the word has more than one meaning or you're choosing to fixate on a meaning that isnt applicable in this case. common sensei explained it more clearly and fully than i. the statement you found so puzzling wasn't referring to the area around the caspian sea. it related solely to the soviet union's campaig

Hussein's Ba'ath party was never a fundamentalist Islamic party Also, who is talking about Hussein? This link began as discussion of the gulag like conditions at guantanamo. Hell, Iraq stopped being about Saddam and his Ba'ath the day after we captured him. Because kingbee cannot address specific issu

Actually, Islam has probably hated both sides since around 1097, the time of the crusades. I actually do know a little history. And when I think of one culture influencing another, I think of America which has examples of architechture from many different cultures due to the many people that have come here from other countries and caused an influence . I think of the fact that our language is rife with words that origninate in other lan

I wish the left would stop bashing Bush already. It's time for them to accept the FACT that he was elected democratically by the American people. Instead of the bashing... let's see some lobbying for what they think might be better. If not, prepare for another Reublican victory in 2008! Therein lies

king, I have become convinced that you are the mastermind of a well thought out plan to drive all conservatives to the point of insanity so that we are not available to vote in the 2008 election; we will all either be dribbling idiots in an institution or will have committed suicide to escape your insanity inducing diatribes. I know I should just not click on a blog authored by kingbee, but it is an indescribably impossible temptation to resi

One last thought king, going back to the due process and detaining stuff. here's a link showing what your ACLU buddies create. Link A guy with a bloody chainsaw can't be held at the border. It appears even a bloody chainsaw is not enough evidence to deny someone their rights for a while if they have no warrants.

Probably because it is far easier to critique someone's leadership than it is to actually lead... Exactly why the dems lost more seats this last election. while they are oustanding critics, they offer no alternatives to current policy; only criticism and contradiction.