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BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 26 Aug 11

Patricia Murphy of the Daily Beast (whatever that is) has a story picked up by Yahoo News entitled "Tea Party Rage Dies". Its focus is merely that the Tea Party seems to be less vocal and adamant now that a Republican House is in...

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BalthasarTheRat I don't know if she is a moron, but possibly too narrow in her vision. Her article, though pretty broad in statement, focused a little too much on one area of North Carolina. The vocal and nearly violent movement in that area was silenced after the same old...

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BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 26 Aug 11

Patricia Murphy of the Daily Beast (whatever that is) has a story picked up by Yahoo News entitled "Tea Party Rage Dies". Its focus is merely that the Tea Party seems to be less vocal and adamant now that a Republican House is in...

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BalthasarTheRat You're absolutely right about needing Psychology to understand Political Parties. I hate how so many Political Scientists will not look to the other "soft sciences" for clues to group behavior. But that's a rant for another day.

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BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 26 Aug 11

Patricia Murphy of the Daily Beast (whatever that is) has a story picked up by Yahoo News entitled "Tea Party Rage Dies". Its focus is merely that the Tea Party seems to be less vocal and adamant now that a Republican House is in...

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BalthasarTheRat You mean the Tea Partiers are NOT aliens themselves? That's wht it started to sound like from some sources.

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Graceekwenx @Graceekwenx (3160) • Philippines 29 Aug 11

Friends, do you think God hears the prayer of the sinful? When i say sinful, i am referring to the murderers and adulterers. What do you think?

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BalthasarTheRat That would keep him from being overwhelmed by hearing prayers. He might not even be getting any now.

29 Aug 11

andy77e @andy77e (5156) • United States 24 Aug 11

Why am I against corporate taxes? Well... let's go over some basics. Incentives Why do people work? People work to make a profit. You get up in the morning, you've got bills to pay. Food, shelter, insurance, gasoline,...

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BalthasarTheRat And one of the lies the American public is believing in this drivel that we'd be better off lowering corporate taxes AGAIN. I wish people COULD see the truth, but if you and I don't put ourselves in that same camp, then we're just big hypocrites too. I'm...

26 Aug 11

andy77e @andy77e (5156) • United States 25 Aug 11

Some people asked why some are against alternative energy. There's a number of reasons for this. Of course the most important reason is... they don't work. *GASP*! But I am open minded, if you have an example of a working...

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BalthasarTheRat In Germany the fight you mention is complicated by the end of their nuclear production which means one less alternative and therefore no reason to subsidize a "cleaner" alternative. Their subsidies were designed to try to reduce their nuclear dependency and...

26 Aug 11

najibdina29 @najibdina29 (1309) • Indonesia 19 Aug 11

The old religions have a multiplicity of gods, which are not just all for different things, but all are unique in their way. Which god / goddess who / what gods do you like best and why you can find just him / her likable way?

favorite god

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BalthasarTheRat "And I shall make him in OUR image" (Emphasis added). Not "my" image, "our" image, just the first of many references to a plurality of gods in the "Old Testament" that have somehow survived thousands of years of editing and translation. The Biblical God was...

21 Aug 11

Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 19 Aug 11

Are you sure you want your life to depend on the government for your health care? One man in South Carolina is seeing exactly how bad government healthcare can be. He has been diagnosed with breast cancer. According to federal...

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BalthasarTheRat And I didn't even get into the real issue. Most of the story is about Medicaid, a program run differently by each state, and up to each state to approve coverage. South Carolina decided to be whiney and point out that the wording of the Federal GUIDELINES...

21 Aug 11

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 19 Aug 11

I was away from my computer 2 days ago and do not usually go out of my way to get new news when I'm "unplugged", so I was surprised to see flags at half mast at and around the Ohio Historical Society (which was my hidout for the...

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BalthasarTheRat Possible. Less of a stretch for me than Elvis.

21 Aug 11

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 19 Aug 11

I was away from my computer 2 days ago and do not usually go out of my way to get new news when I'm "unplugged", so I was surprised to see flags at half mast at and around the Ohio Historical Society (which was my hidout for the...

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BalthasarTheRat It was at full mast when I went in but one across the street was down. I didn't think to ask when I went in and forgot about it shortly after I left again. I was hoping something on the radio might tell me, but that didn't pan out so I leave it to the...

19 Aug 11

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 Aug 11

I'd take anti gun people more seriously if the first thing they'd do when they felt threatened wasn't dial 9-11, to call people with guns to come to their rescue.

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BalthasarTheRat Is that 25% of the total or 25% of the per thousand population numbers? Because 25% of the total wouldn't be very impressive if you only have 25% of total population as well.

19 Aug 11

Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Aug 11

If you haven't seen this video you MUST watch it. I have been telling people for years that the media controls our elections. The media is what gave us Obama. The media is the reason most people can't even NAME the presidential...

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BalthasarTheRat "might lose" is even too optimistic. The two Party system is not going anywhere. The best we can do is vote for more responsive Representatives in Congress because we're never going to have much choice in President. As South Park so succinctly put it,...

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Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Aug 11

If you haven't seen this video you MUST watch it. I have been telling people for years that the media controls our elections. The media is what gave us Obama. The media is the reason most people can't even NAME the presidential...

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BalthasarTheRat Good call. You won't find a time when the media did not hugely affect elections and campaigning. There certainly is more media now then ever before and less concern for getting a story right before "going to press", but the impact on American public opinion...

17 Aug 11

Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Aug 11

If you haven't seen this video you MUST watch it. I have been telling people for years that the media controls our elections. The media is what gave us Obama. The media is the reason most people can't even NAME the presidential...

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BalthasarTheRat Maybe because he is a "crazy uncle" of the Republican Party? Since that's how the Party treats him, that's how the media will portray him.

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Taskr36 @Taskr36 (13963) • United States 16 Aug 11

If you haven't seen this video you MUST watch it. I have been telling people for years that the media controls our elections. The media is what gave us Obama. The media is the reason most people can't even NAME the presidential...

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BalthasarTheRat Yes, many people WILL lose their jobs if Ron Paul was President. Tanking the economy will never be easier than electing him.

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daud4ms @daud4ms (218) • United Arab Emirates 14 Aug 11

A religious scholar (scholar of religion other than Islam), was once addressing to a group of mixed religions. While addressing he asked 3 question specially to the muslim members in the group. His intentions were to deviate...

allah

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BalthasarTheRat Amen. If the Grimm Brothers were telling this story it would have ended like this: The scholar pulled out his knife and stabbed the kid to death. He then turned to the others and said "Any questions?" Alternately, he could say, "Where's your God now?"...

16 Aug 11

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 11 Aug 11

I'm not talking about economic incentives. Let's set that aside for a minute. Here's the basis for my question: With a Democrat in the White House and a Democratically controlled Senate, there is heavy pressure to eliminate big...

religion in government

republicans

unions

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BalthasarTheRat Yes, we have been electing, and entrusting our country to, people who have not successfully managed businesses before, especially small businesses. Unfortunately anyone can run for office and then it becomes a popularity contest instead of a performance based...

15 Aug 11

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 11 Aug 11

I'm not talking about economic incentives. Let's set that aside for a minute. Here's the basis for my question: With a Democrat in the White House and a Democratically controlled Senate, there is heavy pressure to eliminate big...

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BalthasarTheRat Taking jobs overseas is about opening the market in that country as much as it is about taking advantage of lower taxes and less employment restrictions. Every job created in China is a small fraction of the cost of creating a job in America and producing...

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