dabe

dabe

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Besides, modman, don't these quotes mean anything to you? Don't they ring of at least some modicum of truth, without questioning the act of being patriotic to you? Come on, mod, you say you're a moderate........

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Patriotism is not a bad thing. Blind patriotism is, as it delves into the realm of nationalism and borders on the insane coopting of government. The point I want to make is expressed, as follows (and is also above in my original post): "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President." - President Theodore Roosevelt

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The difference is "day of prayer" is generic; the creche is a specific representation. Day of prayer doesn't refer to any specific religion -- hell, you could be praying to yourself, for the humanistic types -- and therefore couldn't be "establishing" one. I agree with this. However, I think that by ma

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"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." - Samuel Johnson "Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains." - Thomas Jefferson "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes strong t

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Anyway, mr bee, don't even try to tell me that all this sudden largess from the heart of mean old conservatives like Bush and crew has anything OTHER than a political motive behind it. The only political motive for this gift from the government is to hopefully build up dubya's tanking ratings. Only the

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You aren't changing anyone's mind here, dabe, and the only buddy you really have is Myrr--another much despised one, although I must say you're making progress with Mano always digging for milk-duds in your asscrack these days. When it comes to disgusting, profane, lowbrow, asswipe bullshit, you beat me

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Heh, I just heard that part of Bush's plan includes giving vast tracts of federal land to the 'poor' to build houses on, and also giving each victim a $5000 "Individual Recovery Account." Now, this is so compassionately conservatively stupid . Farm out the poor onto federal tracts away from the c

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maybe...that's the difference between the right and left? the right don't expect, at best, its candidates/leaders to to achieve the higher functioning level you mention; the left don't expect anything less? Now this is clearly quotable, if I may, Kingbee. I'd definitely cite you. "The right d

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Wmsc, I have not yet read the article, but I have written and made a connection between the dubya dummies, oil and taxes. What I see is that the oil companies are going to make huge profits no matter what. That, in and of itself, is indication that the government is in bed with them, and that they really could care less about people. Secondly, given all the tax cuts that the dubya dummies have made and are now trying to make permanent, oil costs are

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must start them up early there in Conn. Hell, I did'nt have the first idea of what a Jew was at 8 years old, definitely not that I was supposed to hate them. And I certainly would not have known to be offended by the Lord's prayer. Imagine how much I missed out on. I'm gonna go kick my dad's ass for not teaching me to hate Jews

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The whipsy doodle dipsy is apparently right on this call in her scum sucking article bashing the bushtard bashers. Gotta give credit where credit is due. Except, I did not lie. I admittedly did not have all the facts. I do not lie. Apparently, they retracted the appointment due to mass outrage. No freakin' shit. What the hell would they expect? But, the fact t

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This is no joke. We get horsie idiots for FEMA, doggie doctors for Womens Health, and f*cktards in the white wash, I mean house. Planned Parenthood Federation of America Interim President Karen Pearl issued these comments on the appointment: "The appointment of Dr. Norris Alderson, a man who has spent the majority of his career in the office of

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Okay, try to make a point, but don't make up false stories to do so. If you were a Jew, why did your parents have you in Catholic school? My mistake. It was a mis-statement. I grew up in a predominantly Catholic town in Connecticut. I went to public schools, wherein most of the students were Catholic

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It astounds me when dubya proclaims, rather pointedly, and in the hopes that people will like him better than the less than 40% who like him today, that in spite of the huge federal spending program that will occur to clean up after Hurricane Katrina, he's not going to raise taxes. Huh????? How can this be, you ask? Well, it can not be. He is a liar. It's

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This is all really kind of funny since they didn't have a problem with it when it was first done. How do you actually know this? I contend that you don't. First of all, when the god words were added to our money and our pledge, it was during the McCarthy years. No one in their right mind was going t

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