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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Agreed that we'd better stay away from the Abortion issue.
edited 3rd Apr '13 12:12:11 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016See, this whole establishing state religion thing is why the Republicans keep getting called the American Taliban. It's not because they're terrorists. It's because they want to put the same restrictions on the American population that the Taliban does on the Islamic world. The laws about religion and treatment of women that they propose are the same. The biggest difference is the religion they support.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. DickI vehemently disagree with Preibus's rhetoric as it keeps an actually civil discussion about abortion from coming about. That's all I will say.
And I believe that Swag has a place in society as a concept regarding quantifying coolness however the current execution is the dumbest pile of pigshit ever. "who needs condoms when you've got SWAG" indeed.
Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen FryAnd the other difference is that Biblical Christianity isn't actually that restrictive. It is in some ways, but there's nothing that says women can't work, and Christianity started out as a religion repressed by the Romans. It wasn't a state religion of anywhere until after the Bible was completed. They pull a lot of these suggestions out of nowhere, or out of the Old Testament laws that are made pretty clear that Christians can ignore them. Like the kosher laws.
I have no idea what kind of Christianity these people are following is.
edited 3rd Apr '13 12:22:54 PM by Zendervai
Obama: ‘No conflict’ between gun control and gun rights
Labor, religious leaders join forces to defend family visas in immigration deal
edited 3rd Apr '13 1:19:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016I don't agree with some of the stuff the president does but I agree with this idea. I'm fine with regulations for guns and I'm also fine with others owning guns as long as they aren't the kind of things like rocket launchers, grenade launchers, or sniper rifles that are especially dangerous even in capable, sane hands. At the very least be more restrictive on buying those things than buying pistols, or hunting rifles.
Well at least we're keeping things civil.
edited 3rd Apr '13 1:33:47 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016About 100 or 200 pages ago,you posted an article about how things are more partisan and it cites the 1976 election vs this one and how many close states there were.
But it's faulty,considering since 1948 the scale between has gone back and forth. It's not receding,re-elections just often have fewer close states.
1952 had 7 close states,1956 had just 3 (even less than the last) the first was an open election. The second was Eisenhower's re-election
1960 had 20,1964 had 3 again (true it was Johnson since Kennedy got assassinated,but still)
1968 had 13 close states,1972 didn't have any under 5% the latter which was Nixon's re-election
What's happened after 1976 with the exception of 1984 is that if anything,...there have been too many close states,even when re-elections should drop drastically. Often in an incumbent landslide.
If anything 2012 is just a return the normal "incumbent slaughters challenger" thing.
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Are you talking to me?
Because I don't recall posting anything like that.
Then again my memory is horrible.
edited 3rd Apr '13 1:46:45 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016![]()
Protecting his property from burglars?
Preventing his family from putting him in a retirement home?
Jay Carney: 'Shameful' if GOP lawmakers filibuster gun control legislation
edited 3rd Apr '13 2:04:49 PM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016

Mods tend to muzzle discussions on abortion, so I'll just say this; I have a hard time disagreeing with Priebus.
I'm certain neither Obama nor anyone in his party aims for that, but it does kinda boil down to that in the end, no matter how unpalatable it is to hear.
It was an honor