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Universal Serial Bashing?
He has completely ignored, if not actively schemed against, the government checks and balances to provide a truly free society and economy.
He'd like us all to believe that a totally unencumbered economy will lead to riches for everyone, but instead it only bolsters the rich 1% and takes us back down the road to feudalism.
From a geek's point of view (And there are many others) - get Bush out, or he'll take your Open Source software away soon.
I've never seen any reason for non-millionnaires to vote with the Republican party. They want to turn the USA into another Mexico - only extremely rich and extremely poor, no middle class at all.
That is completely what I thought!
Glad someone else sees the hypocrisy of the clueless Right.
I love how Bush says he is so pro-life when as Governor he executed more prisoners than any other state, never allowing a saty of execution. His unilateral actions in Iraq have killed tens of thousands, inclusing over a thousand Americans.
Sure glad none of those lives were terminated before they had the development to think and feel. It's so much more fun killing people when they can scream.
It's clueless anonymous cowards like yourself that Bush is counting on to get re-elected, people that have kneejerk reactions to one issue that bugs them such as gun control or abortions, while being unable to understand that there's far more important issues at stake in our country, such as the economy or A WAR GOING ON. WAKEUP!
I would like to vote against Bush just because of the stem cell issue but luckily, I've found about a thousand other reasons also.
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The Pro-Life platform has nothing to do with Capital Punishment. Capital Punishment is about killing the guilty. Pro-Life is about saving the lives of innocents.
Only the clueless equate 'gun owner' with 'murderous savage'. Looks like you're one of them.
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
I love how Bush says he is so pro-life when as Governor he executed more prisoners than any other state
This may be a novel concept for you but judge and jury hand down death sentences not the Governor. And the Governor of Texas only has the power to stay an execution once and only for a good reason.
Right. The flip side, it's okay to kill your baby, but not your assailant, makes much more sense.
I don't see any conflict in the belief that an unborn fetus deserves legal status as a human being and the belief that self-protection is a natural right.
I'll phrase it as "I'm pro-armed defense of my life, and statutory defense of the lives of innocents."
-Peter
Like the family members you're many, many times more likely to shoot than any burglar.
Does a Christian soccer team even need a goalkeeper?
In that case, you should provide fetuses with guns so they can defend themselves against doctors.
They are not "PRO-Abortion", they don't want to FORCE people to have abortions, they are simply not in favor of making it illegal to have an abortion. Making it illegal will not make them stop, but it will lead to back-alley abortions involving wire hangers, shop vacs, and severe infections.
Your honesty is commendable and not far from the mark. Planned Parenthood's roots lie in those who didn't like the early twentieth-century flood of Jews from Eastern Europe and Catholics from Southern Europe. Catholics hate Planned Parenthood for much the same reason that blacks hate the Klan.
It's all detailed in a book that includes extensive quotes from Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood's founder, and her liberal/socialist allies. You can download a free PDF of that book from:
Eugenics & Planned Parenthood
There you'll find out why many liberals call themselves "prochoice" rather than "prochoices." They want poor women to have only one choice available. It's as deeply rooted in what liberalism believes as Microsoft's behavior is in the similar Social Darwinian beliefs of Bill Gates--survival of the fittest, might makes right and all that.
Aside from the fact that discussions about Microsoft and abortion are both about people who want to crush those who get in their way, this is dreadfully off-topic.
--Mike Perry, Inkling blog , Seattle
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Your site is ugly and that makes me sad.
I assure you that I am not more likely to shoot a family member than an intruder.
First, would you care to cite an actual number and source?* "[M]any, many" isn't very precise. Does that statistic account for training and background? I have been shooting since I was a fairly small kid. I completed a hunter's safety course as a kid (and my Dad was a state hunter's safety instructor). I earned both the rifle and shotgun merit badges as a Boy Scout (back when it was two badges). I served in the Army for four years, including a hitch in the Balkans. I have completed the NRA's personal defense course, which is widely considered adequate training for concealed carry by sheriffs and police chiefs in Colorado.
Does your "statistic" hold when you limit the sample to people with similar training and backgrounds?
Second, could you explain how I'm going to shoot a family member when the nearest one lives some 15 miles from me as the crow (or 240 grain hydra-shok) flies?
Please exercise more caution in both your sources and application of statistics in the future.
-Peter
* Is the number 43? Dr. Kellerman's study was so bad that Handgun Control Inc. has pulled all reference to it from their site.
-P
also want a weak U.S. President
Or maybe they are just uncomfortable that he thinks he is the voice of God.
It's not contradictory. It's called protecting the innocent.
/. that is intent on attacking Christians weren't so damn arrogant, they might pull their heads out of their asses for long enough to realize that some of the people in the world have a different value system. The Christians have to right to have a different value system. In America, we call this freedom. Why the multi-culturalism that they preach doesn't respect a different viewpoint, I'll never understand.
If that liberal contigent of posters on
(Well actually I understand it very well. It's the old, "I'll agree with everyone, as long as nobody points out that I'm wrong" syndrome)
Aah, change is good. -- Rafiki
Yeah, but it ain't easy. -- Simba
Like the family members you're many, many times more likely to shoot than any burglar.
You say that like it's a BAD thing !! You can see MY family any day of the week on "Springer"; well, close you eyes and listen and you can't tell the difference.
I've been practicing, "Officer, I thought it was a burglar" for MONTHS now !