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“Don Milsop said: "Liberalism deals in an "I feel that" realm of nonsensical illusion that simply is unworkable at best ...”
“Mark Foecking said: "What possible difference does it make if Limbaugh is in the Hall of Famous Missourians or not ...”
“I didn't expect to have to spell it out, but I'm obviously differentiating between "famous" and "infamous." Otherwise ...”
“Karl: The difference between those awards and the one being discussed here is that those are given by private organizations ...”
“Ray Shapiro said: "To equate a right-leaning shock jock radio celebrity with murderers is much more distasteful then anything the ...”
“Care to elaborate?”
“If you're going to segue into the usual polygamy argument, I'm fine with that too. I'm sure ...”
“Michael: I'm all about the government getting out of the marriage business altogether. Just hand civil unions to everyone ...”
“No one's sure when/where/how marriage started. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage#History_of_marriage_by_culture -Lineage has been important ...”
“The church did not create marriage.”
“I've been telling him the same for a while now, Louis. I'm glad someone else noticed. "OMG MARXIST ...”
“Weird how apparently I'm in denial about that earlier discussion and all the great answers I was given, when ...”
“Uh, you CAN do much more than that. You can actually go the link yourself, and point me to where ...”
“Jimmy Bearfield: "Actually, you did. You just don't like to admit it." Uh, I've been in discussions on ...”
“Jimmy Bearfield said: "You received several answers at www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/..." Actually, no, I didn't. The only ...”
“Karl said: "Where reasonable people draw the line is the abundance of entitlement spending doled out to and expected by ...”
“I've asked this question before and have yet to come across an answer: Would there be nothing wrong with ...”
“Strange too that they would use the term "freedom of choice" when everything indicates they're part of the pro-life ...”
“Speaking of fantasies, frank unsurprisingly invokes the "good old days"/nostalgia argument. Numbers don't lie: We are better off ...”
“And Michael, I never said anything about coercing anyone into any views. It wouldn't have sped up the process ...”
“Don, the sensationalist language doesn't help your case. This war you speak of is a fantasy, and it's ...”
“I agree, Michael, hence why I called Ray Shapiro's views outdated. He made vague references to "the nuclear family ...”
“Don Milsop said: "How about the liberal war on unborn children?" Hmmmn, speaking of fictitious claims... You do know that ...”
“Jim Clayton said: "If a democrat says something it's O.K., but a republican says the same thing then ...”
“frank said: "You quote KM, whose entire piece was about Republicans, then protest Republicans were not in your mind or ...”
“Hmmmn, interesting that I'm the one with the "generic line of crap," supposedly against Republicans, when I didn't ...”
“Bleh, I really wish there was an edit button somewhere. Point #3 above could sure use some proofreading.”
“Ray Shapiro's post is a perfect example of the iron-age mentality unfortunately so popular still today. "It is this ...”
“Karl said: "The Republican party must be an extremely powerful force, if, by controlling Congress for less than a third ...”
“And since I know that someone will take issue with my last sentence above, let's clarify: It really IS ...”
“Cheyenne Greene said: "Don't force any curriculum of sexuality on my child." Uh, no one forces kids to partake ...”
“mike mentor said: "IMHO, the bullying is coming from the progressives. Speaking as a parent, I am feeling bullied on ...”
“The arguments against Bush were "that guy is an idiot," not "that guy needs to show his birth certificate," or ...”
“Ignoring the bloated language, it doesn't take long to notice that American women do get the short end of ...”
“Oh man, she is indeed the lady I was thinking of. This sucks big time. (And yes, I'm terrible ...”
“Ellis said: "When someone posits that a celebrity is NOT MU it seems logical to determine what their "standard" is ...”
“I really hope it's not the person I think it is. The article didn't say anything about gender ...”
“Ron Fauss said: "So I assume that those whom the rich doctor's wealth has been re-gifted to will help ...”
“Eh, I'm a couple of days late on this one, but given that last jab by Don, perhaps I ...”
“But this is the same thing as the new bill forcing employers to provide contraception coverage, except it goes the ...”
“Karl said: "I am sufficiently intelligent to understand that I have more chance of winning the lottery than Ron Paul ...”
“I wonder how many people have actually been discriminated against for owning/discharging/supporting the use of firearms. This bill ...”
“Bleh, sorry for the now triple-posting. The first one didn't appear after submitting it, so I posted it again ...”
“I'm not sure why everyone is hounding George to state who "is" MU in his view. For one, it ...”
“I'm not sure why everyone is hounding George to state who "is" MU in his view. For one, it ...”
“Michael said: "INO, it's an ad hominum attack that has nothing to do with his thesis." It has everything ...”
“And, in my view, the ultimate discussion on the Martin case is race. Whatever evidence is uncovered will lead to ...”
“Michael: I agree that a strong title and intro are a good thing, but when your argument intends to criticize ...”
“Well, I'm one of those dirty liberals everyone here loathes, and yet I'm on the fence on this ...”
“Argh, this forum is in desperate need of an edit button. That last post of mine was a disaster. Onto ...”
“And because I'm a straight shooter, yes, I did indeed do partake in the hijacking in my response to ...”
“Michael: Obviously we're talking about using the Trayvon Martin case as a launch pad for one's own agenda ...”
“Don: I'm not making an argument for or against guns here, just pointing out that the 2nd Amendment was ...”
“Karl said: "Mr Fogle--I find both interesting and amusing your "Now you've highjacked his case for your interest too ...”
“I'm pretty much illiterate on all things oil-related, but it's not necessarily true that gas station owners can ...”
“Ray Shapiro said: "Awkwardly tall buildings seem to be the new norm for the greater downtown "District." No amount of ...”
“I have no idea why so many people don't care that politicians routinely get away with spewing complete nonsense--if ...”
“Michael: I failed to comment because the Limbaugh issue is way overblown IMO. Plus, you're reading way too much ...”
“Karl: I mentioned that because you're singling out the attack on Republicans as an unfair move on the part ...”
“Karl said: "It is equally tragic and asinine when a simple First Amendment issue concerning religious freedoms evolves into an ...”
“I don't expect you to respond to everything, but it certainly doesn't look like you're even reading ...”
“Good job ignoring everything I've said so far--and I'm the one arguing for the sake of arguing...lol ...”
“"The only apparent difference is that I feel personal responsibility for mine. You feel like a genetically rotten, somewhat sleepless ...”
“Michael said: "Further, I could not turn off my guilt because, unlike you, I CHOSE to make a bad decision ...”
“Michael said: "If luck is paramount and predestination ordained, why do you note that you cringe and lose sleep over ...”
“Mark: I asked Michael if he could choose to WANT to have sex with men--and actually, I first asked him ...”
“Bob: "So you once believed in free will until you chose not to do so? Okay..." Uh, no. I once ...”
“(To further elaborate my point: After re-reading my previous post, I realized that I don't like the way I ...”
“Michael said: "Now, I want to know how in the hell you can be big on personal responsibility and making ...”
“Michael: Those who "choose" to make chronic bad decisions are not responsible for that, just as you don't deserve ...”
“Michael said: "...if I take my shotgun, go outside, and shoot a raptor, I'm gonna pay a hefty fine ...”
“Michael: Just as I explained how you can indeed "cause" luck, the same is true about "preventing" it. Polio used ...”
“Michael said: "'Luck' implies a complete lack of control; 'prevent' implies direct control. These two beliefs are in opposition. After ...”
“Mark & Gary: The brain is an organ, and conscious awareness is only a tiny fraction of what our brains are ...”
“Mark: How we react to these events is also not in our control. I'm pretty sure all of you ...”
“Michael: 1. We have no control over natural disasters either. Does this mean we don't or shouldn't do ...”
“@mike mentor: The thing is, I can't really argue my point without making it sound like a personal attack ...”
“"I have hopes and dreams that someday we will kick the other half of the country out of the nest ...”
“mike mentor: "That must mean some conservatives are lowering themselves so low as to equate themselves with the majority of ...”
“I remember reading about that. My comment, though, was directed at the strange logic of using conspiracy theories to accuse ...”
“Mark said: "Is it? Show me." My exact thoughts when I read that sentence. "Putting cursive writing on the back ...”
“So, the SPLC are Grade A conspiracy theorists (possibly planted by the FBI and run by the government), and the ...”
“To my knowledge, Mizzou does have a concrete canoe team, or at least it did the years I was there ...”
“Do you disagree?”
“Michael: That's pretty vague terminology you're using there, "productivity for which a person is responsible," nevermind the perennial ...”
“frank said: "I haven't produced the numerical formulas that some do, but can relate conversation with a prominent Columbia ...”
“I've heard the pronunciation of BAHliver, MO, and to me it's almost nails on a chalkboard every time ...”
“Glenn Beck is more than welcome to opine via Youtube or any other medium that doesn't mind him getting ...”
“Ellis: I'm Bolivian. Granted, I've forgotten most of what I learned in school up to an including college ...”
“Ellis: The Wikipedia article specifically states that Potosi, MO was named after Potosi, Bolivia--and so is San Luis Potosi for ...”
“"True Invisible Empire Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (Potosi)" I found that one interesting, and now I ...”
“Now we'll get to see if everyone's infatuation with the B1G conference this year was warranted. All the ...”
“@Michael: You asked Gary these questions, but I'll throw in some answers because I disagree that the reasonable answer ...”
“It wasn't just a #2, it was the last possible #2. As in, the committee thought that KU, tOSU ...”
“Yeah, strange that contraception would fall off, considering that the cost of not using it will be insanely higher than ...”
“@Flint Homecookin': Erin Lovella and Jason Hutson brought up MU's move to the SEC before Frank and Mike even ...”
“On Rhodes Scholars: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/winners/college-and-university-winners "Please keep in mind though that the Rhodes Scholarship competition has ...”
“Good job with the bait-and-switch too, Jayhawks: Flint Holmwood asked at 11:27 a.m.: "Does it ever embarrass you ...”
“@Flint: Hmmmn, you've asked that question three times already and haven't gotten an answer yet. I'm guessing ...”
“Hey Margaret, did you know that the MU/KU rivalry is about more than just basketball, and so is Mizzou ...”
“Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%26I_Bank_Border_Showdown_Series "The M&I Bank Border Showdown Series dates back to 2002. Missouri ...”
“I love that the KU fans are using this article to accuse Mizzou fans of being overly obsessed with the ...”
“I'm going to invoke burden of proof on this one and ask that you guys provide evidence of Maher ...”
“I'm feeling too lazy at the moment to do any in-depth research on the costs of contraception, but the ...”
“And thanks to you as well for checking up on the Columbia newspapers to make sure that no anti-KU commentary ...”
“Since everyone keeps complaining about the length of my posts, yeah, that's probably not gonna change any time soon ...”
“Michael: Seems you underestimate people's ignorance. There's a difference between having the ability to obtain condoms and knowing ...”
“Michael: "Conservatives don't want to control women's reproductive freedoms." Yeah they do. Wanting to outlaw abortion is exactly ...”
“Yeah, that's completely bogus (if true).”
“Mark brought up a great point. It's easy to dismiss their behavior as a pathetic/exaggerated distrust of the ...”
“Michael: The same people you say are being "forced" to pay for someone else's contraception are the very people ...”
“mike: "so please let us call this the criminal community or the "gangsta" community, or the thug community or whatever ...”
“I was curious as to which one of frank's posts Ellis was referring to, and a quick word search ...”
“Michael: It's not argument for the sake of argument, because a huge part of the problem is the double ...”
“Don: "Okay, virtually every home in Switzerland has a fully automatic assault rifle, semi automatic pistol, and ammunition." Well, let ...”
“Michael: "Back to JKarl's topic: There are gunfights in Columbia. What are y'all gonna do about it? Propose ...”
“John Schultz: "Can we expect a follow-up article from the Colonel about the Hispanic community since "they" are apparently more ...”
“Karl: "Mr Hopfenblatt--An observation--An intelligent person who finds himself in a hole has the presence of mind to stop digging ...”
“Don: "So, hate crimes involved less than 27 ten thousandths of one percent of the population. Remind me to take ...”
“Michael: You already said you weren't gonna get in on the argument, but I figured I'd point this ...”
“frank: "Mr. Hopfenblatt, imo, is unprincipled and neither liberal nor conservative. His schtick, in his effort to gain attention (probably ...”
“Karl: "Mr Hopfenbratt, which part of "This attitude is not new to the black community, which has a long history ...”
“Don: "I also recall seeing the minorities next door sitting on the porches drinking beer and watching us work without ...”
“Don: "Okay, let's turn to the stories about black gang members helping senior citizens fix their homes while cleaning ...”
“Michael: Indeed, discourse on this topic tends to be unfruitful; someone always uses the cliche "playing the race card" line ...”
“Karl: "For the good of the community and the safety of children, is it not time to put prejudice and ...”
“Michael: "Either you run towards, or run away, or you think about it. The last is the same as the ...”
“I didn't miss the point, because I never disagreed with it. Quoting myself: "(And let's note for the ...”
“My comment about the potential left-vs-right debate was in reference to the analogy I made. Drove the point across well ...”
“I think there's too much at play in the question, or at least enough that there's not a ...”
“Mark F: "HSUS doesn't do much of anything except agitate for an unrealistic place for animals in our society ...”
“Yeah, I read "Humane Society" and immediately associated the term with the local shelters and what not, but I guess ...”
“Michael: "You left out our local MEM." I wasn't arguing for or against any political ideology. I was just ...”
“Granted, there's plenty of room for semantical games with the author's choice of words, but her letter IMO ...”
“mike: You mentioned somewhere else that you're not that big on religion (or so I think :P), but yeah ...”
“c. A panda’s diet is 99% bamboo, and it eats ~20-30lbs of the stuff a day to meet its ...”
“DISCLAIMER #1: Huge posts incoming. Sorry for any computer crashes. DISCLAIMER #2: Any instance of "you" below is a general ...”
“Don: "Okay, the real test or moral honesty and integrity: Derrick, Jonathan, Gregg et all liberals, for what purpose could ...”
“Oh man, I really want to get going on the evolution discussion, but yeah, I'm not known for being ...”
“Michael: Obviously none of this can be verified via experiment at the moment, but I think it's Hawking himself ...”
“I didn't cut off the disclaimer to misrepresent your argument; sorry if it seemed that way. I was just ...”
“I actually have A Brief History of Time, but I got about halfway through it and got distracted with something ...”
“Michael: "There are situations where we will both measure the same thing and get identical results. Yet, you will say ...”
“Tony: "But in most, if not all, of the present global flashpoints of conflict between Islam and Christianity, the former ...”
“Jimmy: "Again, when it comes to direct influences on the people who wrote Missouri and federal law -- especially during the ...”
“"Jon, Very good. You get an A for consistency." Assuming that wasn't just sarcasm, yeah, I'm big on ...”
“"The answer is no. Your statement, that knowledge does not depend upon the observer, is quite wrong." No, it isn ...”
“"Jon, so a woman standing at the door of an abortion clinic, about to have an abortion, is shot and ...”
“"So, the question remains: If you and I are two observers, and you say two events happen simultaneously, will I ...”
“Michael: "Which is what this is all about. Any mental prostitution is ok if only pro-choice can be preserved. Means-end ...”
“I never said that complete knowledge means all will believe it. I already said that someone is more than welcome ...”
“Don: "Jonathan, I said, since the year 1939, can you think of a single instance of Christians invading a city ...”
“Don: "Jonathan, since the year 1939, can you think of a single instance of Christians invading a city, sacking it ...”
“Jimmy: "I am. So is Obama, who quotes the Bible when criticizing America for not doing enough for "the least ...”
“Ellis: "On a different - but possibly related - tack, it seems that many on the political Left believe in and indeed ...”
“Facts are facts, and once again, facts do not depend on the observer. The Uncertainty Principle is a fact, regardless ...”
“Michael: "Sure you did. You wrote, ""I don't doubt we'll be able to hook people up to an ...”
“A free people will not go silently into the night; they'll just regard themselves as slaves to an invisible ...”
“Michael (didn't notice this earlier for some reason): "You argue in a circle as if every brain, perfect and ...”
“""Best" as determined by.....you? Me? Ellis? Don? My daughter with the PhD in neuroanatomy disagrees with you, mainly with ...”
“Michael: “17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come ...”
“"So the people who wrote U.S. and Missouri law over the past 150-plus years got that "information" from cuneiform ...”
“Michael: "Why does it make sense? Defend that statement." Because we're intelligent social animals. Less intelligent social animals have ...”
“Jimmy: "Which is an example of how what you dismiss as a Bronze-Age mythology does have relevant things to say ...”
“Don, your God is the most prolific abortionist out there, so let's not get too carried away with the ...”
“The reason you haven't seen me mocking Islam is because I've yet to encounter articles or comments here ...”
“frank: "Santorun explained the danger he was referring to and gave an example of how and when it has happened ...”
“Jimmy Bearfield: "And yet so much of what you consider irrelevant is codified as law, including thou shalt not kill ...”
“The abortion debate has nothing to do with when life begins, at least not in the sense it's being ...”
“Derrick: Extreme positions indeed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWqls5KE5d8 The fact that this guy is still in the ...”
“frank: Yes, you need to provide evidence if you're going to claim that this guy "clearly believes the 1st ...”
“Is the argument against the cameras an issue of cost or privacy?”
“The cascade of hypocrisy is amusing. On one hand, the author accuses Col. Miller of not citing the right statistics ...”
“I agree with Mark for the most part, although the way I see it, it's somewhat unfair to lay ...”
“Hmmmn. Maybe Rep. Brattin is trying to redeem himself for the atrocious intelligent design bill he introduced in January? I ...”
“Ignoring the No True Scotsman, the people you're calling "true" believers are actually people who read the Bible very ...”
“p.s. this is the same argument Republicans/conservatives use to dismiss climate-change alarmists: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php ...”
“But he's right. Saying, "I had 1 quarter in my pocket, now I have 2" doesn't sound as ...”
“Pretty convenient that apparently Christians just "ignore" atheists now, when any other time all these Christian politicians and religious leaders ...”
“^Uh, there's a reason why pro-choice people don't call themselves pro-abortion, and that's because they don't ...”
“And here come the word games. You're hung up on that one word even though I just gave you ...”
“frank: We have morals because of our evolved brains, as evidenced by the fact that other social animals also dislike ...”
“Karl: While it's true that "fringe" parties have little chance of success, your later posts seem to agree with ...”
“(Before anyone accuses me of drowning you with text, please note that the above post is long due to format ...”
“frank: "Every fascist, communist, government ever formed has first condemned religion. Founding fathers of United States of America, promoted it ...”
“I'm curious as to which part of the Constitution gives government the authority to ban contraception. "One of the ...”
“I'll take your ducking and weaving as a tacit admission of defeat. This whole time you've been merely ...”
“I do not want Santorum anywhere near the Oval Office. frank had asked earlier for reasons as to why the ...”
“This can be resolved easily: Prove me wrong. (And I'm talking about arguments relevant to this topic, not the ...”
“My guess is that the sponsors of this bill don't know that human beings are animals too. "Certain kinds ...”
“Apparently, the fact that a bunch of old(er), conservative forum regulars (predictably) agree with each other proves me wrong ...”
“People respond to my posts. Most people ignore yours, even your fellow conservatives. You regurgitate political buzzwords ad nauseam because ...”
“Michael: Like I said before, I'm big on evidence and facts, and the facts prove that luck plays a ...”
“Reminds me of all the people who voted for Bush because "he looks like someone I could have a beer ...”
“Ellis: When someone enters uninvited and you're there, you have to assume it's a home invasion. Granted, there ...”
“"No, option 2 is not better. Rather, it is worthless. It is a solution dreamed up in an ivory tower ...”
“Michael: “It's the best of no best solutions because (1) submitting kills us both with no chance whatsoever and ...”
“Ellis: "-They also try to pick residences that are unoccupied, to avoid confrontations." I'm talking about home invasions, not ...”
“Michael: "No. There is another choice. I do not have to leave the child behind and I do not have ...”
“Michael: "Hmmmm. On second thought, I wonder if that's true? Once "living groups" were formed long ago..... I guess ...”
“"Ok. I just wanted to know if there was a situation where you would run towards danger or run from ...”
“frank: "The robbery at knife point is a good example of when not to physically attempt to preserve your belongings ...”
“As for what I would do if I saw a woman being raped and I had a gun, I would ...”
“I'm not talking about tactics. I'm talking about your refusal to escape because "it's the cowardly option ...”
“I guess no one clicked on the last link I posted, but that’s understandable since I posted several right ...”
“Michael: "Tell me....why should K-12 teachers have ANY more job security than the rest of us Joe and Jane ...”
“"No Jonathan, I haven't walked in the shoes of Islamic terrorists. Our military by tradition and action serve to ...”
“Michael: "Many of us out here want criminals to know we are damned serious about protecting our homes, selves, and ...”
“Michael: "No, I don't agree that many people live in a fantasy world when it comes to this stuff ...”
“Don Milsop: "Had I been there I likely would have chastised my young marines about urinating on enemy bodies, asking ...”
“I think we've gotten off the wrong foot here. The legality of guns are a political non-issue to me ...”
“John Schultz: I wasn't criticizing guns; I was criticizing those who think that owning a gun makes them superheroes ...”
“I like how everyone seems to think that killing someone else is easy if you just have a gun and ...”
“Don, I'm aware of security clearances and the need for compartmentalizing sensitive information. My point wasn't that these ...”
“J Karl Miller: "Mr Hopfenblatt,if the military is indeed a secretive organization, designed to keep us out of the ...”
“Interesting to notice that servicemen's opinions are sacrosanct...until one of them says something that doesn't sit well ...”
“I'm guessing donors are a big part of that. They don't name buildings after people no one's ...”
“It's one thing to keep a gun handy in case someone breaks in and you have to defend yourself ...”
“I didn't even know that kids under 18 could sell tobacco in the first place, but now that I ...”
“Despite our many screw-ups in our search for cheaper/more abundant/better-quality food, it's important to remember that we ...”
“Aaand, frank completely misses the point once again.”
“frank: It's a cheap shot regardless of how many links you can provide to try to prove that "the ...”
“frank: Nice whitewashing of the situation. It would be one thing if people just "believed," as you say, but the ...”
“Louis: I agree. (And I have no idea which "side" you're on, if any.) I found it pretty shameful ...”
“The existence of God cannot be refuted because his existence from the start was established without evidence. You can't ...”
“Joy, I would appreciate it if you could forward me Corey's complete response, if you wouldn't mind. His ...”
“Corey: The US doesn't have an official language at the federal level. In light of that, it's somewhat ...”
“Doubting the validity of evolution is like doubting the validity of Earth's non-flatness, or doubting the validity of gravity ...”
“You mean to tell me that we completely caved in to the demands of Iron-Age superstitions again? No way. We ...”
“frank: I'm not the one who said that "people are our most valuable resource," so try again? I guess ...”
“frank: Until you answer the questions I asked you earlier, don't expect me to answer yours. Quid pro quo ...”
“John Schultz: "Name a right that is infringed by the Constitution or its amendments? Let's see how well you ...”
“As expected, frank again drops another pearl of drivel. "You give us environmentalism, which can only wrap us in regulation ...”
“Sigh. I'll admit that my tone tends to be grating and disrespectful, but at least I make an effort ...”
“"Second, we need environmental policies that are site- and situation-specific. What works for the people of West Virginia or Alaska ...”
“Well, this was interesting: "Unfortunately, our already tenuous energy security is being threatened and diminished by policies emanating from Washington ...”
“Eh, I missed the part where Joy already addressed nested comments, so just disregard the suggestion about quote boxes. (p ...”
“I agree that it would be a good idea to have a general forum where people can start new discussions ...”
“Don: "Jonathan, perhaps you might want to review what I posted earlier. "Jonathan, indeed I did copy a portion of ...”
“Don: "Colonel, at this very moment Jonathan is desperately searching the internet to find where you plagiarized your post on ...”
“Mark and Michael: Thanks for offering your views on good leadership, and I agree with both of you for the ...”
“Don Milsop: "As opposed to the multi-party systems of other countries which are vastly superior in quality of life compared ...”
“mike: Maybe we view leadership differently. Obama has gotten a lot of flak even from his own party for wanting ...”
“Don: "Jonathan, many of our laws are based on the 10 commandments, derived from the Bible." Actually, no. In fact ...”
“mike mentor said: "The current president is by far the absolute worst leader we have had in my adult lifetime ...”
“Also, http://www.modelshipbuilding.com/militaryswords.htm http://www.usna.org/swords.html (scroll to the bottom of either link ...”
“Don Milsop said: "Obviously in Iowa, blacks fear the backlash if they were to openly come out as conservatives. That ...”
“http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/01/04/397355/rick-santorums-top-10-most-outrageous-campaign-statements/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum The fact that someone like ...”
“I'm wondering how the parking logistics will be figured out for however many people end up living in the ...”
“@Mark F.: It's not worrying about things we can't solve; it's worrying about things that we COULD ...”
“Uh, self-centeredness isn't exclusive to the democrats, Ed. And because someone a while back tried to argue that republicans ...”
“frank christian: "You should have quit this long ago. You have picked the losing side in this world wide debate ...”
“Well, I pay my taxes, and if I had the ability to choose where my tax money is spent, first ...”
“The sooner we cease to rely on fossil fuels, the sooner we can stop subsidizing the Middle Eastern states that ...”
“Michael Williams: I know that your last response was directed at Derrick Fogle, but I figured it was worth pointing ...”
“Frank and Jimmy: So, after having established that we ultimately all want the same thing, the question remains: Should we ...”
“mike mentor: 1. I'm sure there are a lot of unambiguously destitute people happy with their lives too. The ...”
“Michael Williams: Actually, the raging controversy you're talking about takes place in the philosophy circles, just as you can ...”
“Mark Foecking: The majority of this country's needs would probably be better handled in the private sector, were it ...”
“Awww, it seems that Michael Williams is still bitter over the fact that I had the audacity to present scientific ...”
“mikeBOT needs to learn the difference between means and ends. The goal of the rich is to create wealth for ...”
“Jimmy Bearfield: "You can't get much more selfish than choosing to have one or more kids when you can ...”
“Mark Foecking wrote: "Actually that's pretty much the whole problem. Investments that make jobs are less attractive here compared ...”
“Jimmy, are you implying that the rich people you're defending have nothing to gain from providing more people with ...”
“Acting tough for the sake of ego is dumb on its own, but it's especially dumb when those in ...”
“I think it's hilarious that he cobbled together another mish-mash of generic anti-left propaganda after calling out his infatuation ...”
“@Tony Robertson: No one (to my knowledge) has claimed that our government is doing a satisfactory job, but this doesn ...”
“And because I can't sleep once again, I might as well pretend to have found frank's articles compelling ...”
“Michael Williams said: "Changed the argument a bit, didn't you? Did I say "deserve all your misfortunes?" [...] However, I ...”
“Michael Williams said: "OK JohnS. Let's do an experiment. You go out and find 10 poor folks. Tell them ...”
“Michael Williams: "DNA is definitely the culprit. Some folks are just plain stupid and incapable of making good decisions most ...”
“Ken Geringer: Unfortunately a lot of these only have the abstracts, but it's worth nothing that our early forays ...”
“The certainty with which you all express opinions as if they were fact is quite amusing. All I'm seeing ...”
“Jimmy Bearfield: "Exactly. My parents opened a savings account for me when I was a toddler, and all of the ...”
“Michael Williams said: "Jon: I read back through all the comments, and I can't find a single poster who ...”
“Aaaand, obviously, rising poverty rates are the best thing that could happen to the country.”
“@John Schultz: Fortunately my parents paid not a cent for my education, so they didn't have to use any ...”
“@Tony: Your earlier posts seemed to suggest that we were all just confused about the role of taxation, mentioning that ...”
“@Tony Robertson: The debate is not about the primary role of tax policy, but rather about its content (as in ...”
“I sleep at irregular hours, just as you seem to (unless you're one of those early birds who wakes ...”
“And Derrick, you sound genuinely angry about all this stuff, so maybe you should just take a chill pill and ...”
“I was gonna say, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to invoke Walmart's outreach programs as ...”
“Ellis Smith: It would be incredibly dumb to picket in front of someone's private residence AT the people who ...”
“I have a vague recollection of the name frank christian from the Tribune's forums back when they were free ...”
“Don Milsop: "Socialists/communists likewise, we know when we see. We don't have to prove anything. You walk like ...”
“Don Mislop asked: "Jonathan, can you point to another country whose "poor" have a standard of living is similar to ...”
“frank christian: Good job completely missing the point. It doesn't matter how many atrocities were committed under Marx and ...”
“...I must say, it's somewhat annoying that the preview page on this website does not show paragraph spacing. That ...”
“Mark Foecking: Well played. I was wondering when someone was gonna google my name and not just speculate as to ...”
“Ellis Smith said: "Never underestimate the abilities of others, Mike. Most intelligent people can fake a few posts and do ...”
“frank christian said: "You start this particular perversion of the truth with, "Someone with a billion dollars". Someone who has ...”
“The only Paul that rings a bell in my head is some Paul Allaire, whom I imagine is/was a ...”
“I'm getting the sense that I'm the one (or one of the ones) being suspected hiding under a ...”
“Michael Williams said : “I guess I'm not surprised you wouldn't hazard a guess. Not a single "progressive" has ...”
“frank christian: “More sage information from the young guru J. Hopfenblatt.” I find it interesting that attacks on my age ...”
“mike mentor said: “Do you know how Un-American that sounds?” Do you know how un-human that sounds? Nevermind that the ...”
“frank christian quoted: “We have lived since Ronald Reagan in the '80s hearing liberals and reading their "as a percentage ...”
“Michael: I have no idea, because I never suggested that's what we should do. All I've said is ...”
“Michael: Regardless, the 90% tax rate, even if only "on paper," did not stop entrepreneurs and investors from getting things ...”
“Michael: This is true today as well. CEOs with a salary of $1 and all, moving their money around so ...”
“frank christian: You don't have to paste the graph, but you can provide a link to it, along with ...”
“mike mentor: You're talking about how unfair it is for the top 1% to be paying 37% of our ...”
“FYI, that to me was a pretty abrupt-sounding response, but I had to cut out a lot of stuff to ...”
“Michael: I know that the usual argument is age = experience = knowledge, especially if it's a discussion between someone "old ...”
“And to return the jab just because I can: "Penultimate" means "second-to-last," not "uber-ultimate."”
“Michael: It took me a while to pick up the jab there; oh well. Anyway, I'd like to know ...”
“Michael: I'm now trying to respond to a couple of people at least, on top of the fact that ...”
“Jimmy: The US spends exorbitant amounts of money on education, and obviously with terrible results. I guess I should have ...”
“p.s. Despite my best efforts, I've been a verbose person for as long as I can remember. My ...”
“I'll respond to your post, Michael, but first I thought I'd pose once again a question I asked ...”
“Karl Miller: It's just as tragically naive to believe, as you apparently do, that all rich people out there ...”
“@Mark Foecking: The main problem here is the false notion that we "deserve" our fortunes and misfortunes, because this view ...”
“@mike mentor: I assume that your numbers are based on federal taxes, given the claim that the bottom 50% pays ...”
“J Karl Miller: In an ideal world (or one better than this one), the amount of wealth you possess should ...”
“J. Karl Miller said: "The "occupiers" are costing cities and municipalities millions of dollars in police and sanitation functions and ...”
“Kevin Gamble said: "The point I'm after is that it's perfectly fair and honest to question the practices ...”