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Great. Thanks. Your opinion has been noted.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
Originally posted by DanS
Nah, I think it is a suitably descriptive term.
No it's not, because the arrogant, bigoted, homophobic, narrow-minded, stupid, obtuse, backward, religious-right nutjobs have tried to coopt the phrase "pro-family" as if gays and lesbians who wish to have their own families are anti-family.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Actually yes you claimed it a LIE. That is a serious accusation.]
I don't have to prove it precisely because it's not my claim, or as you put it, I'm not the man throwing bald assertions
Feel free to prove teh accusation or simply state for the record you don't beleive it and move on.
Otherwise this is simple masturbation."Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.†- Jimmy CarterComment
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I don't think the pro/anti phrase in this case is directed at a narrow group, such as homosexuals. In this case, it has to do with the view of children. Are families replete with children to be avoided or encouraged?
If you've seen the difference, then you know what the difference is. It's very stark. It seems somewhat to be tied to geography and economics, but not entirely. I was visiting my sis out in South Dakota and families blessed with children seem to be seen as a good thing there. Come back to D.C. and there are few children to be seen (normally among the immigrants) and kids are viewed as annoyances at best.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Are you saying there's something wrong with masturbation, Ogie?
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Are you trying to make me out to be a hypocrite?
After all, I do wear glasses and had a wife in constant state of pregnancy for about 3 years.
"Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson
“In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.†- Jimmy CarterComment
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Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
Are you trying to make me out to be a hypocrite?
After all, I do wear glasses and had a wife in constant state of pregnancy for about 3 years.
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Got to agree with VJ here. The 80% figure sounds like pop sociology.Comment
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more like pop bullsh!tA lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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babiesOriginally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe
had a wife in constant state of pregnancy for about 3 years.
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Other people's babies are cute and fun. It's the older ones that need to be muzzled and be put under sedation.I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Having 1 baby is okay. 2 babies is iffy. More than that and you're dooming your offspring and eveyone else's to ecological collapse.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Which one of you (You or Yehban) should be purged for the good of the planet?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
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Me, clearly. However, since I choose not to breed, you can let me die of old age.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Originally posted by VJ
But yeah, discuss the issue not the posters: Because the entire article is based on the claim that four fifths of children grow up to vote like their parents do, I don't believe there's much to discuss until that claim is proven. And it won't be proven.
There is a wide body of research dating back 30 years about intergenerational voting patterns, which consistently shows that members of household X are statistically more likely to agree politically than complete individuality would predict. I can't find the exact 80% figure after five minutes of googling but the following did pop up: The household as context as shown by a 1992-1997 longitudinal study - The Economic Research Council
The Social Logic of Politics: Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Workmates as Context for Political Behavior (edited by Alan S. Zuckerman) contains pieces by a number of academics backing up the assertion "those who talk together vote together" (and by extension that "those who live together vote together"), but I can't find any online excerpts to post here. There are also dozens of related articles in academic journals you can find at any library (or online database if you have access to one).Comment
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