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Reply to If More People PAID the Cost of Government... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I have agreed with the national sales tax since I first heard of it... wasn't it Steve Forbes' run for the presidency that really brought it to the table? At least that's where I first heard of it. I agree with the principles you espouse here, too... Americans should understand where all their hard-earned tax dollars end up. The government funds many causes domestically and around the world, all on our dime. Votes bought? You

Reply to A Misguided Fatwa in Religion JoeUser Forums

Will people kill to defend this fatwa?

Reply to A Misguided Fatwa in Religion JoeUser Forums

This was an accidental double-post. Please respond to this thread rather than the other.

A Misguided Fatwa in Religion JoeUser Forums

This story is about a month or so old, but I did a Google search on JU and found that this little gem had fallen through the cracks. One of Sunni Islam's most prestigious institutions is to discipline a cleric after he issued a decree allowing women to breastfeed their male colleagues. Dr Izzat Atiya of Egypt's al-Azhar University said it offered a way

Reply to God or Country first? in Religion JoeUser Forums

MM: My own personal battle cry You have a battle cry? You go into battle?

Reply to God or Country first? in Religion JoeUser Forums

It's really funny that some idiot (and I do use that term idiot) thinks that he is better than Mitt Romney because Former Gov. Romney sent his boys on missions "rather than" sending them into the military. Except in times of draft, both missions and military service are personal decisions. I wouldn't press my kid into military service any more than I would push them into the Missionary Training Center. Rather than pumping up his own perso

Reply to Domestic Intelligence in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

One thing I have noticed here in the US is the constant contradiction on how people don't like the idea of personal lojacks (if you know what I mean) because they don't like the idea that the Gov't or anyone for that matter would know where they are 24/7 while at the same time crying because when a child or a person is lost or ki

Reply to No Government by the People in Massachusetts in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Ironic that Massachusetts voters are stifled by the very people they used their votes to elect in the first place.

Reply to A Hamas-Free PA in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Bang! Zoom! To the forums, Alice!

A Hamas-Free PA in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

The Palestinian Authority has purged itself, at least temporarily, of the influence of Hamas. Hamas, for those of you JUsers out there who don't know, is a terrorist organization funded largely by Syrian, Lebanese, and Iranian interests against Israel. From Australia's <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/the-plo-israel-and-america-must-come-to-terms-with-

Reply to The Long War Versus Terror in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

The real test would have been Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. Our decision not to treat Pakistan like the friends of Al Qaeda they were has gutted our efforts around the world. Did you read today how al Qaeda and some Libyan terror group based in Pakistan are joining forces? Hmmm... guess you were

Reply to Domestic Intelligence in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Which is what makes this whole point point....less. I thought that WAS the point of this. How can we prevent crime without impinging on civil liberties?

Reply to Domestic Intelligence in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

How are we to stop or slow down crime or militants if we have to wait for them to shoot first? Great point, Charles. But the converse is also true: how are we to stop or slow down crime or militants beforehand without impinging on their civil liberties? Besides, the American legal system is based

Reply to Left Insane? Blame the Right! in The Media JoeUser Forums

When you address the political spheres of influence on a large platform like TIME Magazine, you should expect to rankle about half your audience. But then to blame the rankling on the other, non-rankled, half of the audience? Priceless.

Reply to We no longer have Illegal Immigrants in the US. in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Dude, Sean... you need to take a break from the keyboard and get some fresh air. Zen, dude... breathe. Gotta take time for yourself and not get wrapped around the pole. maybe you missed my article on the subject SD I read your article, I replied to your article. I don't see why you're getting all

Reply to This Is Not Real Independence in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sean: on this issue, in 2005, republican voters believed that a "carrot and stick" approach was the right thing to do. And the rank and file still do. Apparently I am the rank and file Republican of which you speak, since my thoughts and feelings are right in line with the statement you quoted:

Reply to We no longer have Illegal Immigrants in the US. in Democrat JoeUser Forums

why didn't you comment on that when bush said it in 2000? I can't speak for Charles, but for myself: I voted for McCain in 2000. And I wasn't blogging yet. Immigration is not the problem here. ILLEGAL immigration is the problem we are facing. I embrace "New Americans" and indeed welcome them as

Reply to We no longer have Illegal Immigrants in the US. in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Jim Reed, Senate Majority Leader... It's Harry Reid (D-Nevada) . ...made a comment on the news where he called the illegal immigrants “

Reply to Lilek's Mentions Hometown - Greywar Unaccountably Excited in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In further reading, Lilek also mentions Motley in last Saturday's blog entry. This should really get your heart a'racing: Minnesota does not possess an abundance of oddly named towns. There’s a few - I’m still wondering about Motley, for example. Apparently Shabby was taken. “Staples” makes sense, once you learn that they’d planned a sister city called Inessential Luxuries. Crookston is another favorite – why, it’s half a mile from Thief R

Reply to Back From a Self-Imposed Hiatus in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Hey, we just moved to the DC area (we're at Ft Meade). Our first Sunday at church we considered a bulletin about the Mormon Choir of DC performing that evening at a nearby stake center. Would that have been YOU performing??? Yes. If you're in Fort Meade, Severn, or Odenton wards, then your family

Reply to Domestic Intelligence in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Grey: the viability of a domestic intelligence service The power is far too easy to abuse and with a large bureaucracy to cover abuse Whatever is created (if

Reply to The Non-Binding Congress in Democrat JoeUser Forums

focusing their attention on Bush means they don't have to answer any tough questions True, the path of least resistance leads through Scooter Libby, Alberto Gonzales, Donald Rumsfeld, not to mention the never-ending quibbling over the war in Iraq. The Democrats would rather focus on the Bush Administration'

Reply to The Non-Binding Congress in Democrat JoeUser Forums

But then I am a fan of "The government that governs best, governs least". So let them waste the time (side point - they are WAY overpaid regardless of what they do). It is better for us. I think the point was that they were going to come in and actually accomplish something, even if it was short-sighted and

Reply to The Long War Versus Terror in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

But does "supporting the troops" mean that we're seeing an increased sense of urgency regarding the reason they're over there: ostensibly to fight terrorism on their shores rather than on our own? Let me check the Magic 8-Ball: signs point to no.

Reply to VA ARNG Deploys for the sandbox in Current Events JoeUser Forums

God bless your family, and to your soldier: be very safe and come home soon!