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  1. The problem is that the GOP is fixated on this idea that they need someone who is a religious fanatic. There are plenty of voters out there who dislike Obama and value smaller government, less spending, and lower taxes but don't want someone who's a fanatic on moral issues. +1 I know you were not attempting to infer this, but moral issues can be tackled with absolutely no reference to religious beliefs.
  2. You don't change the Constitution AT ALL. It's like changing the Bible. The bible's been changed plenty over the years...
  3. My local Tea Party pulled in a massive 347 people (organizer estimates, so likely inflated to include anyone who happened to walk past during the event). Judging by the pics in the local paper half of these were militia crazies and the other half were their young children who weren't old enough to form an excuse for not being dragged along...
  4. modern American fiction eh? :blink:
  5. You don't think that government schools don't indoctrinate? Of course I'm not talking about religion here but if we are talking about a "well-educated society" it is certainly worth mentioning. I agree 100%, it's certainly part of the wider debate. I didn't have a US education, but my kids do. They are still quite young, but I do get surprised with how some "facts" about history and America's place in the world order are presented to them...
  6. It's not my place to tell you what benefits religion may have to you it's different for everybody I think :lol Now that's gold. Couldn't you just, like, generalise a little just for the sake of at least attempting to prove a point...? I'd like to know how many churches have you gone to with an open mind? It's not my place to.... j/k. I've been to plenty.
  7. See this is where your close-mindedness comes in. The benefits of religion do not come from validating as a fact the extraordinary claims they do make. Go on then, please tell me some of these benefits and how they are the *exclusive* property of religion. Just one example will do...
  8. Disagree. I think a 'better educated' society comes from having diverse schools and having less close minded people like you. Wrong. I'm extremely open-minded and will happily believe that religion of any form has benefits the day anyone can actually validate objectively anything any of them claim. In the meantime all it does is impose close-minded thinking (look up "dogma" in the dictionary) that ergo can do nothing other than impede educated points of view. Hence my comments.
  9. Good. Less dogma = a better educated society.
  10. Now is the time for all those idiots who voted for him twice to hang their heads in shame... There's old saying where I come from; Vote for me, shame on you you fool. Shame me twice and, er...
  11. Let's get a couple of things straight; Kaka has rejected the move to Man City He never even spoke to City officials. City walked away after meeting Milan officials and Berlesconi. no one has talked about the discusting amount of money ManCity is throwing out there for Kaka? ... 236 MILLION POUNDS ... that's close to $500.000.000 ... that's 500 MILLION DOLLARS Those figures, which the entire world's media have jumped on, came from (wait for it) Berlesconi controlled media outlets in Italy. City never mentioned a single number in any announcements, nor did they even talk numbers with Milan. Yes, I'm a City fan as all good born and bred Mancunians are... :thumbup
  12. I recommend that you read the book that I am reading right now, which is called 'The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy' by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. The two authors go through all of the common 'myths' about the peace process, like the myth that it was Yassir Arafat's fault that the last round of peace talks failed in 2000. It's really good, and well-researched. Seconded, an excellent book. Some of the younger posters on here would do well to read it as a counter-balance to the embarrassingly weak, subservient and petrified media coverage of the whole subject of the US & Israel. If anyone is thinking of reading the book, just go out and buy it. Don't look for reviews as, unfortunately, it's been subjected to the usual smear-job...
  13. Also, they say terrorism started when Israel was created. It's certain that early Zionist terrorist atrocities provided the template for a lot of modern activities on all sides... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_bombing
  14. Teal all the way :thumbup If orange was forced upon us, I guess this color scheme wouldn't be *too* bad... http://cgi.ebay.com/Florida-Marlins-New-Er...A1%7C240%3A1318
  15. The Bible teaches us not to hate anybody WTF :blink: Have you actually read it..??
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