The Way

The Way

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having a predisposition for homosexual attraction is not a choice. choosing to engage in homosexual acts and gay relationships is a choice. having a predisposition for alcoholism is not a choice. choosing to drink excessively is a choice.

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can you check out my rough draft story and provide some feedback? it's based on a true story of a sergeant who made one of his soldiers shoot a woman and a child because "he was bored and thought it would be fun" i'm trying to give an somewhat accurate picture of war life...but i'm limited by my measly one year of experience in AFROTC (can it get any more inaccurate?)

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what's your point? is it also a "given" that blacks in the south should be slaves? My point is that we shouldn't take these things "as a given". We should feel sick to the stomach when we hear about them and want to do something about it.

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1:23 am I woke up suddenly from a dream, and I am no longer tired. I was in the Catholic Student Center office, along with a group of many other people meandering about. The CSC was a little different though. It was as if it was in a dorm or something. It seemed like it was in one of the “new dorms” Two men, a large one and a scrawny o

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I'm not writing this to bring shame to the people of the Armed Services, or discredit their service. We know that no one can perform their job flawlessly, yet they put themselves in a situation, either by choice or perceived necessity, where flaws are not forgiving. I'm writing this in the hopes that more people in the U.S. public, or any other democratic

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Interesting article copied from my local paper: Deal for black farmers falls short By SHAILA K. DEWAN New York Times 08/01/2004 Thousands miss out on landmark accord STARKVILLE, Miss. - R.L. Stevenson was bundled into a recliner, a bowl of prescription medicine bottles at his elbow. At 79, he can

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By the way, I found out why my group had been taking in so many new members. An article that had linked to our website was included on drudgereport.com. wouldn't you know... Without further adoo. The next set of messages from KerrySpace

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In my experience, unless you are talking about complex sciences, advanced "study" relies a lot more on your ability to assimilate and regurgitate. If Republicans are "sheep" as everyone says, people who nod their way through a post-grad degree would be far more apt to vote Republican... OK. You're start

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I would not have made the same points for Al Gore that I did for John Kerry. In fact, I would make the same argument for the reason that Bush did win in 2000. You'd be surprised how poorly informed the average voter is. Yes, they might watch the news, but they watch CBS Nightly news, local news, and other network programs. Do you know what the evening audience of O'Reilly factor is (which I believe is the most watched of those pundit shows)?<b

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You make a good point as well, but my answer is YES, many people won't notice that he talked longer about the flag than his tenure in the senate. people will just remember, "he said such nice things about the flag. he must be a great american." it is mainly only the pundits on fox news and CNN's crossfire (and the pundits on JU) who will dissect his speech and compare number of words said about this topic and that topic. and the number of people that

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I've been trying to read through this Swit Boat Veteran's For Truth, and I find the group interesting and informative (pretty good website, too). But I think most people feel to realize one thing when they criticize Kerry for "showing off" his Vietnam service. He's running for political office for pete's sake!!! When you run for office, it is your job to present yourself in the best possible light. Everyone has their flaws, but when you run fo

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John Audubon (1785-1851) came a bit before John Muir ( 1838-1914), and he didn't found the Audubon Society. George Bird Grinnell did. Audubon was just a painter, who happened to pain birds. He love the North American wilderness though, and I suppose who could call him a naturalist. An environmentalist is more someone who advocates for protecting the envionment. John Muir called for the establishment of the Sierra Club in 1892. Not sure if the

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That was very nice of President Bush. Would Kerry do the same? Maybe. There is nothing that shows he wouldn't. I'm sure if a similar opportunity presented itself, he would be equally empathetic. I truly believe President Bush is a good-hearted person. I just don't think he's a very good president.

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I mentioned awhile back that I was moderating a group called KerrySpace, which discussed ideas for John Kerry's Space Policy. Over the past two days, for some reason membership has skyrocketed (no pun intended) to over 150 members. Included in our ranks are several respresentatives of major national space advocacy groups, as well as a Kerry for President staffer who i

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