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  1. The real question on George Orwell Was Right — Security Cameras Get an Upgrade · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We should not ask ourselves what can government do with all the power they are accumulating but what will they do. A nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects something that never was and never will be.

  2. Entitlement on America's Worst Christmas Parties · · Score: 1

    Are we entitled to great bonuses and parties or are we grateful to have them?

  3. Another Title on Seventh Harry Potter Book Named · · Score: 1

    I like Harry Potter and the Ding Dong Dudley better. But seriously what a pain to write a book where millions of people are going to look for the slightest error or inconsistency. Many don't realize Harry is a fictional person.

  4. Nice View on Rotating Solar-Powered Skyscraper · · Score: 1

    I have a really nice view every Tuesday.

  5. Attention Deficit Disorder on Is Internet Addiction a Medical Condition? · · Score: 1

    I would put it as part of ADD. That said, my belief is ADD only makes it harder to focus and not impossible. People need to take personal responsibility and either stop the behavior or get the needed help. If not then fire them unless their job is being a web crawler.

  6. Type it into google on Verizon Can't Do Math · · Score: 4, Informative

    .002 cents times 35893

  7. Conspiracy on Federal Panel [not NIST] Rejects Paper Trail For E-Voting · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I haven't yet determined if this is a conspiracy of power mongers or just one of mass stupidity. I think both.

  8. Re:What's worse on Richest 2% Own Half the World's Wealth · · Score: 1

    Who creates the value? But I wonder how much of this wealth is tied to the unconstitutional federal reserve and world bank. They are run by private banks. I also wonder how much of this wealth is generated through defense contracts in unconstitutional wealth. I don't mind people having money. I only mind if they cheat.

  9. Re:Trust Man on NASA Making Plans To Save the Earth · · Score: 1

    I prefer the Revolutionary War. Trust God and then do your part. Have we lost this? The Declaration of Independence says rights come from God. The UN charter says rights come from man. But that means rights can be taken away from man. In reality only the freedom the exercise those rights can be taken away by man.

  10. Trust Man on NASA Making Plans To Save the Earth · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have seen what man can and cannot do. I place my trust in God.

  11. Re:Proper Role of Government on An Indian On the Moon By 2020 · · Score: 1

    So you are saying then if the government has extra money after paying for the needed things then it should spend it on space exploration? Whose money is it? Perhaps they should give it back to the people.

  12. Proper Role of Government on An Indian On the Moon By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Is spending billions of dollars of tax payers' money to go to the moon the proper role of government?

  13. Re:Depends on what you value on Saving Democracy With Web 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Democracy or Communism? The US, along with the rest of the world, are quickly turning socialist. The 51% have realized that they can rob people through voting. Karl Marx said Socialism was the middle step from Capitalism to Communism.

  14. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    No, rights come from God. Freedom comes from man, which is taken away.

  15. UtahDebate.org on Saving Democracy With Web 2.0 · · Score: 1

    I setup UtahDebate.org in order to allow candidates to run without a lot of money and still get their message across. People don't need to spend millions of dollars on campaigns and therefore do not need to take 'loans' from special interest groups to run. All of these other laws really just interfere with free speech and make it harder for candidates from smaller parties to run.

  16. Why save democracy? on Saving Democracy With Web 2.0 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Democracy is just tyranny of the majority. A 51% vote by the people still doesn't give them moral authority to take my land. Government only has power which people give it and people can only give power which they themselves hold. This includes defense of life, liberty, property, and little else.

  17. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    I agree that Christianity has been the banner for countless murders. But that does not mean these guys were Deists. I never said they were devout Southern Baptists or anything of the kind. I think that they saw corrupt religion for what it is. A Deist basically says that God has abandoned us. If so then why did they pray to God and seek his help? They recognized a Supreme Being as the author of our rights. The Constitution does not say the government has to be irreligious but should not establish any specific one. For me that includes atheism. If you accept that rights come from man then man can take them away. I believe that rights come from God and are for all man. Corrupt government can infringe upon those rights as ours infringes upon the right of property. I believe that the Founding Fathers were inspired men of God. They saw what current religion was like and I believe they awaited the day when God would bring back his true church. Of course I believe that to be the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In this church we believe that you must be baptized to enter into heaven. We also believe that a man can be baptized after he is dead through a proxy if he did not have the opportunity to be baptized during his lifetime. I also believe that the Founding Fathers appeared to the prophet Wilford Woodruff and requested they be baptized by proxy. You can read about it at http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_lds.html

  18. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    So if they were deists why did they pray to God to seek guidance? Why did they claim they were inspired in what they were doing? It isn't difficult to take people out of context and take a very select group of quotes to make it look like people believe things they don't.

  19. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    So if they were deists why did they pray to God to seek guidance? Why did they claim they were inspired in what they were doing? I never said the Establishment Clause was a Supreme Court creation. I said that the separation of church and state was.

  20. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    That is a difficult question. I think that we can teach values such as being trustworthy, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. The family is under attack and it seems that public schools as a whole are part of that attack. Will this approach offend some? Sure it will. Will it infringe upon their rights? I don't think so.

  21. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    I believe in the separation of a particular church and state. Here is the problem, there is a much larger effort to remove religion from life and replace it with filth and pornography. For example, I was recently at a public school in a very conservative area. I was appalled to a milk advertisement of an immodest woman in a suggestive pose. Is this what my tax dollars support? Of they wouldn't allow a picture of the ten commandments in that same school. It seems that one type of belief is endorsed while another is banned from public view. I find it interesting that public education is one of the points on the Communist Manifesto. The problem with Communism is that it is godless. It pretends to allow religion but you are penalized for being religious. Look at the former GDR. You could go to church but it was pretty much guaranteed you wouldn't get a good job if you did. That is what I call an endorsement for atheism. So why does it favor public education? While living in CT the local high school would have a day of silence for gay repression. If you did not participate you were ridiculed by both your peers and teachers. Does this sound like an establishment of religion? As my wife grew up they showed rated R movies in her school and had very graphic descriptions in sex-ed. Endorsement of immorality? Sure it is. My circumstances allow me to home school my children but not all have that opportunity. What are kids learning in public schools? Drugs, sex, bullying, disrespect, cheating, etc. They are not learning values, just the opposite. I think you must admit that people's morals are going downhill quickly and we are fast becoming ungovernable. Read how much the founding fathers knew that we must be a religious and moral people to survive. As we move away from that we lose our freedom.

  22. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    Sure. He understands that government shouldn't exercise religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof. If you understand what the founding fathers said they firmly believed in God. They knew that our government was only fit for a moral and religious people and once we forsook that our nation would fall apart. Being a religious people does not mean that we endorse one religion but banning prayer and such things in our schools has built the religion of atheism. The "separation of church and state" is a Supreme Court creation done by taking Thomas Jefferson out of context. I think we can see how our nation has suffered from it.

  23. Re:Religious Reasons on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    Hatch's policies go against what many of the brethren have taught. That is why I am voting for Scott Bradley. He actually understands the proper role of government. I like Pete but he doesn't understand the job description. You can come see him debate online at www.utahdebate.org.

  24. Online debate on Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill · · Score: 1

    Read his online debate at www.utahdebate.org.

  25. Re:Taxes: is there anything they can't do? on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 1

    It is too bad people don't understand the proper role of government. It is to protect our rights of life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. As the Alabama State Constitution says, anything more is tyranny and oppression.