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Naruki_Oni
JapanHusker: we're STILL not in a war. I realize that familiarity with the US Constitution is not something Republicans concern themselves with (beyond the 2nd Amendment), but you really should pay a little bit of attention to who actually has the power to declare war.
Well, who legally has the power. Since BushCo have abandoned the pretense of acting legally, an argument could be made that they "actually" have the power. And that sucks.
Posted in: McCain says Palin's background was thoroughly checked
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Naruki_Oni
JapanHusker, sorry to disappoint, but I'm quite sane. Join me?
Republicans have traditionally wanted to conserve old political standards so much that they are practically trying to rejoin England.
What makes America a great country is the Constitution, and more specifically the Bill of Rights.
THAT was the thing that set us apart from other nations of that time, and that is something the Republicans have been in the forefront of destroying.
By no means are the Democrats innocent, but they have dirty hands where the Republicans have bloody hands. The level of destruction is far greater by the Reps.
Trying to promote a rabid, religious fruitcake like Palin to a position as important as VP is only slightly less offensive to the American ideal than allowing an evil, ruthless businessman like Cheney to squat in that office.
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Naruki_Oni
Definition time!
Anti-American: someone with a nationality other than US citizen who hates the US. E.g., the victims of our predatory socio-political meddling in other countries.
Un-American: a US citizen who hates the US. E.g., Republicans.
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Naruki_Oni
Sailwind, perhaps you don't understand what teaching "abstinence" really means.
It doesn't mean recommending no sex, but also explaining the other options.
It means relying on "No sex" alone as the message, ignoring everything else.
It has been proven to be detrimental to the problem of teen pregnancy and STDs.
People who continue to support that should be pilloried. They will certainly never be qualified to run any form of government.
Posted in: GOP convention opens amid talk of Palin's unmarried daughter being pregnant
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Naruki_Oni
Damax6:
A candidate who claims to champion family values had better have some sort of apparent relationship with said values. (And not a hillbilly inbred type relationship.)
Thus, having a pregnant unwed daughter -- when you are a strong opponent of sex education and proponent of hetero-only marriage, etc. -- makes this issue fair game.
I know that Republicans are used to doing what they tell others is immoral, so it probably comes as a shock to you that most everyone else calls that "hypocrisy". Trust me on this: we think it's a bad thing.
So practice what you preach, and don't complain when you die by the same weapon you lived by (hint: it's a sword).
Posted in: GOP convention opens amid talk of Palin's unmarried daughter being pregnant
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Naruki_Oni
7+ years of Bush "foreign policy" should have made it painfully clear that conservatives are frelling cowards with no sense of humanity to guide their actions. Oddly enough, many of you here are resistant to acknowledging reality. (Probably because of its well-known liberal bias.)
McCain is made from that exact same mold. His policies would simply continue the inflammation of terrorism, decimation of economy, and retardation of progress that have been Bush's prime directives.
Obama, while not a great choice, is still a positive choice. And his positive beats McCain's negative any day of the week.
McCain is certainly capable of learning. The problem is, he learned from BushCo's school of lies and slander rather than, say, the Bible he pretends to be guided by or the military code of honor that he should have sworn to uphold.
Posted in: McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad
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Naruki_Oni
I am upset because I was told Olympics are all wonderful and idyllic, and this is a ripple. Why isn't the world perfect?
Fortunately, the reporters are telling me it's okay to blame the loser, so I can stop thinking about it. Thinking hurts my brain. Blaming one person [who cannot make the reporters give his side of the story] requires no thinking.
I like no brainers!
~Typical Viewer
Posted in: Swedish wrestler stripped of bronze for throwing medal
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Naruki_Oni
presto345: good, er, call!
Posted in: U.S. public divided on in-flight cell phone use
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Naruki_Oni
It's bad enough making us suffer the screaming kids and the lard butts, they want to charge us extra to only listen to noisy jerks from a slightly greater distance?
It's still like trying to swim in the no-pee section of the pool.
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Naruki_Oni
skipthesong:
Are you posting from your cellphone? Ouch.
Even if you accept the links as true, I don't expect them to change your mind. Mainly because I'm not disagreeing with you as much as you seem to think.
I do expect them to broaden your perspective a bit, unless you simply reject them without a fair hearing. Hopefully you won't do that.
Take your time.
Posted in: Bush mixes sports, politics at Olympics
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Naruki_Oni
undecidedbout08:
Don't lie, now. Check out the comment I made at 05:27 PM JST - 11th August:
Now, are you going to answer that first comment? And tell the truth, this time.
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Naruki_Oni
undecidedbout08:
I've already got a reply to you that you have ignored. Answer it, honestly.
If that topic can be resolved, then we can try this new topic you are bringing up.
But until you answer the previous one, you are just muckraking instead of discussing.
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Naruki_Oni
skip:
Wow, it's almost like you read part of what I wrote for once.
Are you actually reading ANY of the links I gave you? I didn't make this stuff up.
If you aren't going to do even a tiny bit of easy fact-checking, you are not going to impress anybody as an honest participant in this discussion.
You are welcome to disagree with the links I supplied. Just supply some of your own. But at least show you've read them.
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Naruki_Oni
What a happy dream. Unfortunately, the reality is that Christians still make up approximately 33% of the world population, putting them more than 10% higher than the next closest competitor, Islam. (http://www.adherents.com/ReligionsByAdherents.html)
Islam older than Judaism? Who said something like that? How absurd! Judaism is the source of Islam! And Islam only started in the early 600s. That's AD, not before Christ. Islam is younger than Christianity.
But Islam is no different than any other cult. By cult, I mean religion. The difference between cult and religion seems to be membership size, not validity, so I just call them all cults until they can prove me wrong.
Islam hasn't fooled any country regarding its level of peace. Neither has Christianity or any other cult. Individuals may be fooled, but then again they are fooled into thinking the opposite, as well.
For example, the Bush Regime's war machine has done an excellent (i.e., perfectly immoral) job of demonizing Islam. Plenty of people think all Muslims are terrorists, despite living and working with many of them in peace and prosperity.
Did you read the link about Goering? You really should.
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Naruki_Oni
skipthesong:
There is no such thing as a war on terror. That's marketing spin for "war on poor people who won't give us their money". You don't make war on desperate people fighting back the only way they can in order to stop them from fighting back. You stop attacking them to begin with.
There is no doubt Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq was all about money and power, as were, frankly, the Crusades. But he sells that to the gullible under the guise of pushing freedom, whereas the Crusades were supposedly pushing Christianity.
The chilling thing is that Bush is following the playbook laid out by Nazi leader Goering (http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp). Skip to the bottom and read the quotes.
Bush IS a Christian, and he certainly uses his faith to justify his horrible actions to himself, his family, and his countrymen. And they, in turn, use their faith to believe him. Faith is belief in spite of facts, and this is why it is dangerous.
But he's also a war profiteer who is making money hand over fist. To him, this is probably God's way of saying he's right.
Christianity, being in control of most of the world, usually has no need to use overt attacks. They cause enough misery, suffering, and death simply by making or influencing laws.
Islam, a younger religion, has to fight harder to beat their rivals, or at least stop being bullied by them.
Both are filled with "people of faith", and that is what makes them dangerous.
I am all for freedom of religion, so long as it stays the heck out of government (and other public institutions). Bush is not only tearing down the wall of separation, he is doing his best to install religious people in high offices and devolve our country to some golden age that only exists in his head.
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Naruki_Oni
presto345: He he he. Good catch.
skipthesong: You seem VERY confused about my position, among other facts.
First, I was not denying a "Muslim invasion", I was asking if you have proof. You claim to, and that means you can then produce some evidence to support your claim. In that case, go right ahead and call it that, and then back it up with proof (not just anecdotal evidence) if someone challenges it. I was not challenging it.
Next, if you want to deny Bush's Christianity based on his lack of adherence to the principals that Christ espoused, then it would be fair to deny pretty much ALL self-professed Christians. Bush IS a Christian, and he's done many truly atrocious things that Christianity either approves of or at least condones. The military core of zealots are not his fault, per se, but he has certainly given them the message to carry onward, Christian soldiers.
And finally, nowhere did I say Muslims are innocent. Honestly, check your reading skills. You seem to be confusing me with someone who thinks religions are okay.
AlliedForces: Don't worry about bad spelling, be concerned about bad logic. Bush is certainly spreading something worldwide, but it isn't freedom. Not unless you think freedom smells like a sewage tank.
Why don't you respond to his blatant hypocrisy in bringing his politics to the Olympics after criticizing others for doing that? He is undeniably a hypocrite here, but you act like he did nothing wrong.
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Naruki_Oni
gogogo:
You do know that Bush is part of that group of religious nutjobs in the US who think there is no separation of Church and State, don't you?
This isn't hyperbole. There are a large number of so-called Fundamentalists who proudly state this warped view, and Bush has made occasional statements confirming himself as a member of this group.
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Naruki_Oni
undecidedbout08:
I did not say that a call for freedom is an act of oppression. How silly you sound!
I said that Bush's war on the people of Iraq in the false name of freedom is a particular type of oppression. (Unless you consider "freedom from life" to be freedom, in which I have nothing to say to you.)
I, who am not oppressing anyone at the moment, can freely criticize China for its actions.
Bush, on the other hand, is a terrible hypocrite to do so. Do you see the difference?
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Naruki_Oni
skipthesong: Depends. Is it in the process of coming, or are you just predicting it?
Bush's literal war on other religions is a current fact, not a possible future worry. So it's fair to describe it as his Christian army.
If you have evidence that the Muslims are currently invading, then you can fairly describe it that way. If you are claiming it will happen, then it's not a fair description.
And I am not bringing my religion anywhere, since I have nothing to bring.
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Naruki_Oni
Sarge: I think it's called black humor. It's not really funny if you want a happy life, but in an absurdist and fatalistic sense it's really quite ludicrous.
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