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• New Conservatism and Old Politics

  Thu Nov 12, 2009
  • Here's one case in point: November 1, 2009 -- about health care reform, North Carolina Republican Representative, Virginia Foxx, says, “I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country”

• How concerned are you about the emerging swine flu outbreak?

  Sun Apr 26, 2009
  • Whatever happened to bird flu, West Nile Virus, and SARS? I'll worry about swine flu when it does more damage than those.

• Talk me down! How can we develop sound policy from winning arguments when one side doesn't bother arguing with facts?

  Thu Apr 9, 2009
  • To be clear, my analogy is by no means perfect. I do not mean to imply that my wife is like those wacky Republicans. I mean only to say that all of us can accomplish our goals and still be respectful and considerate.

• Talk me down! How can we develop sound policy from winning arguments when one side doesn't bother arguing with facts?

  Thu Apr 9, 2009
  • Rachel:

• "Conservative" and "Liberal" are meaningless

  Sat Apr 18, 2009
  • Sorry, Scoot1965. I'm assuming you are referring to my deleting your comment, "This [thread] is meaningless." If so, let me clarify why I deleted the comment. Telling me that this thread is meaningless is, in itself, meaningless. Such a comment contributes nothing.

• "Conservative" and "Liberal" are meaningless

  Sat Apr 18, 2009
  • I love the stream of consciousness, Tonys247. It says something serious and important in an interesting way. Read Djuna Barnes' Nightwood, William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, and James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

• History Will Vindicate George Bush

  Mon Jan 19, 2009
  • Lisaed: 16.21. Although fighting war may be necessary at times, our soldiers' dying is never ok, alright, good, or somehow beneficent.

• History Will Vindicate George Bush

  Mon Jan 19, 2009
  • Lisaed and RushRules: It is ridiculous to suggest that any death of a worthy citizen is not outrageous. Do you honestly think that death for any one of our soldiers is good? If you do, I can say nothing more than shame on you.

• History Will Vindicate George Bush

  Mon Jan 19, 2009
  • You're wrong. There were between 2,792 and 2,752 killed in New York on 9/11/01 and 4229 killed in Iraq as of January 2009.