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No. Whether Wright is "EVIL and HORRIBLE" is entirely irrelevant to the question of whether or not I am a racist. I am not arguing "for argument's sake." I am stating that the person whom B.O. Hussein called his mentor, his spiritual advisor, the person who performed the ceremony which married him to his wife, the person who baptized his children and dedicated his house, the person whose church he has attended for the past two decades, is a racist. Whatever I may or may not be, that does not alter these facts. So what does that mean to you? It's irresponsible to assume that Obama is going to go on some racial tirade once in office. It is possible to surround yourself with people of differing opinion and still retain your own beliefs. I mean, Marney, let's face it, America institutionalized (and still does to some degree) racism for a good number of centuries. The Civil Rights Movement was completed forty years ago. I wrote an essay for an IB exam today on this, in fact. Black people may have legally been equals to their white counterparts thanks to legislative successes, but racial equality is something that America has yet to see fulfilled. Not to say that there hasn't been a general movement towards economic equality, but the ultimate goal of that still seems distant. Poverty begets poverty, and it's a well-known fact that Reconstruction essentially directly condemned black people to low-income areas of cities in the south and other areas. I certainly wouldn't be exactly warmed up to a situation like that.

Of all the days I decide to take a 4-hour nap, why, oh why, did it have to be today.

I depend on fire fighters, and Ron Paul wants to fire all them. So what does a reduced government mean then? And not "they have less control over our lives," details plz. -Reduce spending (drug war, Iraq, worldwide military presence, bureacracy spending) = actual tax cuts. -Those four examples of reduced government alone would be huge. -Cutting back on surveillance of people and such (this both returns privacy and will save a massive amount of money). Iraq and surveillance have been products of the Bush administration, pretty much. Surveillance maybe less so, but Iraq definitely. And the drug war, that's a moral issue. Is it being poorly run? Yes. It's focused in all the wrong directions, but that can be changed. I think anti-drug efforts are needed on more than an educational level. Bureaucratic reform is also necessary. I think we should rip out a page from France's book, because their bureaucracy is citizen-centric, and not process-centric. Their whole French bureaucracy is one to create the least amount of headaches. Reform is necessary in most areas of our federal government, but for the most part, I believe that it's there to take care of its citizens, ala the social contract theory. For the most part, it's difficult for me to separate a "reduced government" with 21st century-rugged individualism and being an opponent to a welfare state. RE: Clinton. I think it's becoming a little more obvious to me that she's pursuing her campaign on two grounds: the chance that she has is incredibly slim and will only win through undemocratically perverting the superdelegate system, but the chance is still marginally there (and she's a fighter, to be sure); there's a lot of money backing her from party elites, and they don't want to be disappointed.

My parents' good friend is a physics professor at the local university. He came over to the house and did a pretty convincing presentation on how global warming isn't wrong, it's just not the issue. It's gonna happen, and it's a result of the sun, and the planet's cyclical heating and cooling systems. According to all his fancy science, climate change began 50 years before coal started being used. I can't give you specifics until I ask him to come over and give it again, but there it is.

You're not comparing two similar cases here. We know what Snuff believes. When he says something sarcastic, it's regarded as such. Grow a set? Yeah, I really need to grow a pair of balls because I'm defending myself. Okay. I didn't complain, I didn't send any PMs, but I'm just pointing out the mistake. K? K.

Yes, that's what a troll does. Posts bait in order to incite a fight.

I depend on fire fighters, and Ron Paul wants to fire all them. So what does a reduced government mean then? And not "they have less control over our lives," details plz.

NYU, it's not the fact that she's a conservative, it's that she deliberately trolls there. "B.O. Hussein" and all that good stuff.

Come to Hawaii. Wouldn't that be fun, we all going to the beach or something?

I just like my roads, water supply, and free education. Thanks.

Um, except they have. Classical liberalism was the belief that the private sphere should be large and the public sphere should be small, i.e., little government intervention in peoples' lives. Going to. The Democratic Party as currently constructed will not stand for small government, as far as I can tell. Which is fine. The prevailing belief is that the government is there to help its people. We're pretty much over that "rugged individualism" bullshit of the Hoover years too.

Yeah, this helps me most of the time. I sleep better too.

Um, except they have. Classical liberalism was the belief that the private sphere should be large and the public sphere should be small, i.e., little government intervention in peoples' lives. And come on, libertarianism?

As Patton Oswalt best said, I'm shocked at anyone who "supports Bush and isn't a billionaire, because... Bush fuckin' hates you."

Even though Clinton and Obama agree on pretty much 90% of the issues, Obama getting into the White House means the end of the civilized world as we know it.

Did the servers just crash or something?

New ownership.

Hasn't he always told his life story in the way that he was raised by his mother? That's pretty much the same, right? What?

UHG GOD HOW DID I MISS THIS

Ortonsault said that his favorite golf player is Michelle Wie. In Hawaii, she's a fucking princess even though she can't keep her head above water and basically failed at professional sports. But anyway, she goes to a high school 5 minutes away from mine, and this exchange took place. (in class) Teacher: "Okay, everyone, let's go around the room and share something about ourselves that no one else knows. Michelle, let's start with you." Michelle Wie: "I play golf."

Could you kindly read your fucking Bible and your fucking catechism before asking utterly elementary questions which wouldn't give a moment's pause to anyone who hadn't been brought up as a heathen. I have better things to do than teach Sunday school to kindergarteners without pay. I was raised Presbyterian for 15 years. My friend asked me that question and just thought I'd pass it along. Thanks.

Ignorant blasphemy. Mary was an instrument of divine will, not some kind of mistress of God. According to the doctrine of the Trinity, Jesus is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and He therefore formed Himself, just as God did. Mary's place of honor in the Catholic church as the Mother of God in no way conflicts with her temporal role as the wife of Saint Joseph. There is no contradiction. So, if God is immortal, and Jesus is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, then how did Jesus get resurrected if he didn't die?

Clint-dawg does not pay her bills

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