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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Each of your posts demonstrates even greater ignorance of history and logic than the previous one.
1_ The Declaration of Independence (DOI) has absolutely nothing to do with the laws of the United States. The DOI was not produced by any representative group nor was it ratified by anyone or any thing. It was a small group of rich white men trying to get richer by eliminating interference from the King. Noble words galore, but almost half of these guys were deists not Christians, and many of them were slave owners. Please
3- You can't compare France and the Soviet Union. They have absolutely nothing in common. Moreover, France is not moving to the left. It is a fully democratic country that has laws approved by the majority of its citizens. France is a very free country - it has much greater religious freedom than we do, there are no restrictions on freedom of speech and there is private property. What are you talking about?
4- Imposed religion doesn't produce freedom. It is the antithesis of freedom. You keep your superstitious claptrap out of my life and away from my family. I will do the same. Anything else is fascist crap. You pray at my child, I hunt you down and punch your lights out for abusing my children. You teach my child that there is a god, same result.
You are ignorant of history, you are a religious bigot, and your proposed model for government is a theocratic dictatorship.
Pathetic
Bad typo. Gee jwnelson, everything you name as valueable is purely superficial.
I haven't lived in Sweden, but I do live in France 4-5 months per year. It is an overwhelmingly free society. The average standard of living is only slightly lower than the U.S., but that is mostly because the French are unwilling to work the hours that we do. Per hour worked, the French are the most productive workers in the world. There is virtually no poverty, they have roughly the same unemployment that we do (they count everyone unemployed, we don't so the official numbers are different but reality is the same).
Do you think a plasma TV is some kind of standard for something? Yes, I have one, but I make a ton of money and would have one wherever I lived. Most of my French friends don't really care much about TV, and they choose to spend their money on other things.Most of them have excellent cookware and top quality knives. They dress far better than Americans. They spend more time with their families than Americans - far more actually. We talk about family values, but the French actually have them. They like their superfast trains. From my house in the SW of France, it is 350 miles to Paris. Including the 10 minute drive to the TGV station, it is less than 2 hours to Paris.
Also, it was Swedes who produced and installed the small hydroelectric system I have. I produce 16 Kw of constant power so my heating and electrical costs are zero. My system paid for itself in 12 months. In my 4 trips to Sweden, I don't hear much complaining.
But I suppose you'll be happy to be someone's lapdog, when the anonymity of the internet gives way to the reality of real life.
On the internet and OFF. This is the only thing that stands between us and tyranny, is our opinion and being able to state it freely.
I am sorry I live surrounded by pussies. I am glad I will one day, hopefully soon, be able to leave you be to have the beasts have their ways with you, while I laugh from some perch where people still comprehend what the word CARING means.
No wonder I refuse to raise kids in this fucking society.
He promised to be civil.
He lied.
He equates pussies with being weak.
May he never see another.
and allow oneself to be run over is strong?
I suppose, if it finally spurs OTHERS to do something to right wrongs in a society, then yes.
But how many people died in WWII before that wrong was righted?
Do we NEED another WWII type war before people will stand up and throw off tyranny?
This is all I am asking at core--CHOICE: succumb or challenge the tyrannical order.
All I largely read on here is 'succumb'. I am greatly offended as a result. Offended but not surprised, since it is a stereotype that people on the left are wimps. One that is apparently all too true.
Deborah Lawrence ought to gather up some elves and a big workshop to crank out millions of those ornaments. She would find ample willing buyers!
I had hoped with the election, the Left could "move on." This artisit clearly hasn't moved beyond the Looney Left. It is on a par with the maturity of the Clinton White House staffers removing the W from computer keyboards. Surely, even Salon cannot take this guy seriously!?!?
That never happened. It was a lie pereptuated by right wing radio.
My goodness! This woman is certainly not acting in the Christmas Spirit. What a horrible idea for a Christmas ornament and a disrespectful thing to do. Obviously, she doesnt remember that Christ was sent for all men; even those we do not like or agree with. Grow up!
Shrub will be out in six weeks and, besides, he'll just pardon everyone he knows including himself.
the lack of logic, the lack of logic...(sung to the tune of "Ring of Fire," naturally).
@ Bigguns...I couldn't have said it better myself!
@BS...yes, I do dare. Understanding that women are human beings with the same right to control their bodies, lives, careers, etc does not automatically turn men into spineless wimps. Unless, of course, you consider oppressing other human beings to be a sign of strength.
Waiting for the inevitable spiel about how it's actually evil feminists who are oppressing men by insisting women have the right to determine their own destinies....
What an idiotic premise. If someone is killed for a reason that is not religion, then he is killed for secularism?
That is so pathetic it is mind-boggling.
So you make a list of wars and massacres and atrocities that are not driven by religion, and you count those tallies under "driven by secularism"? Because with every death, the killers were thinking to themselves, "Here we strike another blow for secularism!"?
This is not a zero-sum game. The choices are not limited to "pro-religion" and "pro-secularism." Can you tell the difference between "killed for a secular reason" and "killed to advance the cause of secularism"?
Every person who put forth the idea that WWII was fought for secularism has placed himself permanently on the Too Dumb To Pay Attention To list.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
