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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah, criticism of Soros smacks of "class traitor" accusations. The wealthy aren't supposed to fund OWS or call for more taxes or inconvenience their fellows in the financial industry. You don't screw other rich people over, you screw poor people over, everyone knows that much!
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Coulter is probably talking about Juanita Broaddrick's never proven allegations, not the Lewinsky Scandal.
Paul Ryan: GOP budget best way to make ‘down payment’ on debt
Speaker Boehner ‘absolutely’ trusts Obama, but wary of odds for deficit deal
Senator Corker: GOP would consider revenues in exchange for ‘true entitlement reform’
edited 17th Mar '13 3:07:29 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016I think this is the thread where the anti-science education bill in Oklahoma was discussed recently. The bill would have mandated teachers to "help students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories" such as "biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning."
That wording is directly copied from dozens of other Creationist bills like this. Their goal is to force schools to adopt a curriculum that is only served by books that the organisations promoting these laws have published, and they're definitely not objective about the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution and the chemical origins of life - or global warming. (As for human cloning, what public school teaches that?)
Fortunately, even though the bill, sponsored by two Republican Representatives, passed the Education Committee (with 9 votes for and 8 against,) it failed to meet its "deadline for bills to have their third reading in their house of origin passed." So that bill is dead.
I got this info from the National Center for Science Education. They send out a weekly newsletter about matters of, well, science education. I recently joined the organisation (even though I'm not American and the membership fee is pretty big-ish for a student.) Anti-science organisations in the US are making the whole world stupid so if I can spare any money for the promotion of real science education in the US I'll do my part. You're welcome.
Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.The US has a very large evangelical population that doesn't travel outside their own sphere often. It makes it very easy for various groups to control some of the more rural areas and treat all opposing ideas as evil and the work of the Devil.
I'm guessing they're anti-science because if you're more educated you start to question things more which threatens Christianity's dominance.
edited 17th Mar '13 4:51:42 PM by Kostya
As I understand it, it's partially an outgrowth of Cold War era anti-communist rhetoric that heavily touted godliness over the more secular Soviets and more largely a result of America simply having a very large, zealously religious population with a great number of folk willingly pandering to their views.
"The marvel is not that the Bear posts well, but that the Bear posts at all."because if you treat religion as fact instead of faith its obviously better and easier to defend against atheistic attacks. Or something like that.
"You can reply to this Message!"So, two of the Steubenville rapists were convicted today.
CNN decided it would be fine and fucking dandy to portray said rapists in a sympathetic light.
And I really wish I was joking.
As a sidenote, these two people got a shorter sentence (for kidnapping, drugging, and raping over the course of several days a young woman) than the mother who sent her child to the wrong school. (1 year vs 5 years.)
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryArizona Voter ID Law to be Heard This Week by the Supreme Court
Senator Klobuchar (D-MN): Grand bargain on deficit still within reach
RNC to spend $10 million to reach minorities
Of course, I wouldn't put it past politicians to not understand that.
edited 18th Mar '13 10:26:05 AM by NativeJovian
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
I meant that they apparently fear Puerto Rico will become a springboard for immigration into the contiguous US, because they fear that people can land on the island from the Carribean states and then on to the USA.
God knows why, as it can't be that much worse than the Mexican border, but there you have it.
Schild und Schwert der Partei
Yes. But the stupidity of the right knows no bounds. I've seen plenty of scare statistics and rumblings on facebook about how its an immigration risk, or an asylum risk, or how it will unleash a tide of the brown foreign hordes upon pure Columbia's bosom, or some other such tortured ratiocination. A lot of it is rooted in local politics as well, as in "these PRs will come and nick our jobs and our women!"-style anti-immigration classic arguments.
In essence: Puerto Rico = probably democrat. Thus, Puerto Rico = bad.
edited 18th Mar '13 10:46:26 AM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiIt's valid introspection, at least. They could do these things and hope to win future elections. Some will, but some won't. And thus we have our schism.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Yeah. Like anyone, the man has flaws. But I think republicans hte him less for currency speculation and more for the fact he throws lots of money behind liberal darling efforts like Occupy Wall Street.