Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Debate Performance Tailored To Woo Women, Independent Voters

I'm sorry, did I miss something? Are you actually saying that Citizen's have no responsibility to register and Vote? That even limited Voting fraud is OK?

Voter's rights are not "restricted" by having them do what hundreds of millions of other voters do-Register and Identify.

And, your last comment is just wrong. Voter Registration and Identification are not just applied to Democrats, they are applied to ALL-Libertarians, Greens, Communists, all.

You should be ashamed for pointing out that Registration Verification and ID seem to hurt Democrats most, since that just proves my point that voting manipulators are trying to game the system, by constructing scenarios that allow more of the unwilling and unknowledgeable to get their votes lined up for liberal candidates. Those who care enough about their Citizenship responsibilities always seem to get Registerted and to Vote. Using flimsy excuses to attempt to get those who don't care to vote "your way" is just wrong.
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Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Debate Performance Tailored To Woo Women, Independent Voters

You miss the point. Voting is both a right and a responsibility. Voting is one of the privileges of Citizenship-a most highly valued privilege, I'm sure you would agree. Affirming Citizenship in order to exercise a right seems reasonable. The laziness of people in Registeringing and confirming ID is the culprit, not rationalizing the lack of motivation of the many who don't care enough to participate without the pushing from behind of those who want to control their decisions. Making it "easier" is just an excuse for driving down the standards of "personal decisions, personal consequences; individual effort, individual achhievement."

Those who want to make it easier are just in the business of attempting to control masses of people for their own benefit.

I've voted in every election,state federal and local, since 1961. I've Registered, gone to the polls even when it was difficult, and exercised my rights in a responsible way. I want to see everybody else do the same.
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Iron Dumping In The Pacific Ocean Stirs Controversy Over Geoengineering

Agree with labeling, as long as there are also choices of alternative foods. I also think it should be mandatory for these genetically modified foods to be consistently folllowed up, transparent in reporting and judged by independent scientists. One could make a case that these foods lead to obesity through genetic modification of the human consumption and metabolic processes. There is no evidence to the contrary, so why not?
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Iron Dumping In The Pacific Ocean Stirs Controversy Over Geoengineering

I note a distinct evidence of jealousy in the response by "competitor' researchers. At the same time, I wish that the experiment had been configured to be fully monmitired in all the basic ways; toxicity, pollution, plant and animal life changes (BEFORE AND AFTER ) and other attributes not necessarily central to judging the success of the experiment's goals, but absolutely central for planning future experiments of a similar nature.
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Mitt Romney Favorability Lower Than George W. Bush, Poll Finds

Let me be the first to agree that wars should be fought "on the books," not "off book." Having said that, EVERYBODY knew that Americans would not have approved the path we chose to punish al Qaeda, and in particular th Trillions spent (that's Trillions with a big "T" folks. Finding ays to capture, kill or other wise elimite threats doesn't always mean we have to destroy whole countries; we're better and smarter than that.

Look, can we agree that we are spending money we don't have, and passing the debt to our choildren? That deficits generated by either political party and any government rob the private secotor of funds to invest in jobs, and plants and equipment?
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Mitt Romney Favorability Lower Than George W. Bush, Poll Finds

You too, with the Kool-Aid guzzling? Please just look at the results of our two party system; look at the inability of either to govern successfully, in the truly American tradition.

"Personal decisions, personal consequences; individual opportunity, individual achienvement."

Let's get back to that, PLEASE!
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Mitt Romney Favorability Lower Than George W. Bush, Poll Finds

Yep. You drank the Kool-Aid.

Of course BOTH parties and their hacks are responsible for what is wrong! Both see themselves as having constituencies that demand adherence to principles and ideology from a prior century. The fact that self-described Independents in recent polls are now up to 40-41% of voting electorate, up from 33% in 2010, and 18%+ in 2004 only proves the point that our current system is broken. We need Open Primaries that allow Independents with different platforms a chance to be elected. You'd be surprised at the results if truly "popular" elections were held, and the existing political power structures just cringe at the thought.
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Mitt Romney Favorability Lower Than George W. Bush, Poll Finds

At this moment, it appears Obama and Democrats are outmaneuvering Romney and Repubs. Deflecting undesired issues discussion, changing issue focus, using red herring-type tricks on Repubs and voters generally. Media are in full compliance mode (Hello? HuffPost!) This election will probably be as close as the last, but I sure wish people would take the time to get educated on issues like deficit spending-when's the last time you heard the word "surplus" in relation to government spending? Obama make sit seem like everybody hates business, but everybody wants jobs, right? If business unfair sometimes? Absolutely. Is big government and deficit spending unfair? Even more so. The insidious larceny that occurs when government robs you of opportunity, diminishes your savings and investment value (in retirement plans) through hidden taxes (like inflation!) and more, along with the ability to fool people into thinking they have a 'good deal" with the current regime is just mind-boggling.
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Scott Brown To Elizabeth Warren: 'Stop Scaring Women' About My Voting Record

Having a vagina is not a license for genocide. 1,000,000+ abortions a year just in U.S. is just not a better alternative to birth control. Since Roe vs. Wade over 40 million babies have been killed, 98% of which would have made it to a normal birth if left alone.

I often wonder why women have been so brainwashed by the feminist movement into believing that it's alright to kill the unborn.

What's even funnier is that so many women who profess religious beliefs can justify their "circumstantial morality and situational ethics" while undertaking these "medical procedures."

We should be very much promoting more, not less, birth control options, even incentives for men and women (boys and girls) to commit to longer term birth control like reversible vasectomies and five year implants for those arriving at puberty.
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Cheryl Leitner Home Burglarized: U.S. Paralympian Robbed While Competing In London (VIDEO)

Why have such a "friend?" Why no home alarm? Why no one "house sitting?" AARRGGHHH!!

Question. Would it be better to have over-medicated addicts from controlled and low-cost drug distribution taking up couch space (and wide-spread treatment programs), or under-satisfied addicts that commit millions of crimes to pay for drugs? Monetary costs are about the same; psychic costs of drug-driven crime much worse. Fair and balanced; you decide.
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Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney Adviser, Defends Omission Of War Talk In RNC Speech (VIDEO)

Does anybody besides me see parallels to Iraq? Bad decision to go there, and now tribal and monetary interests are preventing Iraq from becoming a true independent state worthy of recognition. Iraq is degenerating into tribal, religious and secular factions determined to control the energy resources, the source of the country's great wealth potential.

Afghanistan's resources don't include energy (so far) ,do include some mineral resources, but of course the greatest resource is the country's Opium crop, the world's largest, controlled by -guess who?-the Taliban (and al-Qaeda).,

If we aredewtermined to be the world's policeman, then let's be the leader as well.

"Our way, or the highway," and enforce it!
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Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney Adviser, Defends Omission Of War Talk In RNC Speech (VIDEO)

Class, can we say both parties have failed our country, and continue to do so?

Is it any wonder that "independents" are self-described as up to 41% of electorate in recent polls (but have no standing in Open Primaries in most states), and no candidate to elct in this election

I hope everyone pushes their legiislators to vote for Open Primaries in every state AND that mean Open Regbistration for Independents everywhere.

Basically this allows for Independents-and Libertarians, Greens others to get candidates on ballots, register Party affiliation and vote their conscience.

Let's restore America's grass roots electorate!
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'Garbology' Book By Edward Humes Examines Trash In America

And might this place be a perfect candidate for end-to-end recycling? Assuming they have access to large and continuing supplies of water (which could be raw sea water for this purpose).

The plant I conceived takes in ALL raw mterials from garbage, shreds, then separates acording to density using water as a vehicle within the process. Water used in the process itself is cheaned to "fresh" and recycled into the environment for agriculture, as are the compost materials from organic waste. On this basis every landfill, thousands of them, are "mines" with valuable raw materials, able to be separated and recycled into useful streams of raw materials for manufacturing and other uses. The are many potential clients, and many more would develop as "tipping points" were reached that saw costs of recovered/recycled materials earn a premium value over those that have to be mined and developed from ever more difficult environments.
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Dirty Dozen: EWG Reveals List Of Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies

Unfortunately, their watchdog status is influenced by the agriculture industry. As noted in my comment above, the cumulative effect of additives and chemicals, and air and water pollution, have exposed consumers to a totality of diseases and genetic aberrations that make a mockery of purported attempts at transparency in food safety.
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Dirty Dozen: EWG Reveals List Of Pesticide-Heavy Fruits And Veggies

Comprehensive studies, thoroughly vetted for reliability and credibility, would answer the questions raised by this and oher studioies. There is undeniable accumulated evidence, though mostly statistical, that the CUMULATIVE ingestion of chemicals and additives in processed foods, including fruits and vegetables, has contributed, even led to the epidemic of societal health problems, including obesity, chronic disease, autism, cancer and the many other chronic and episodic conditions "enjoyed" by modern society, as a condition of participation.
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George W. Bush Blamed For Economic Troubles More Than Barack Obama, Poll Finds

Your logic seems unassailable. I still offer that Bush, by himself, was only the focus of yours (and some of mine angst); mine based on convincing research showing that repeal of Glass-Stegall, and Mssrs. Frank and Dodd were the perfect storm of opportunity and greed that drove the mess. Obama folowed his idelogy like a wold sniffing prey, and when his legislative efforts are piled on the financial mess, it's no wonder we are in sucxh trouble. Look to the Euro Union and the problems of socialist governments therein for a precursor of what's coming here, unless we change...quickly. A surplus Budget would be a good start.
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George W. Bush Blamed For Economic Troubles More Than Barack Obama, Poll Finds

I'm a conservative, financially speaking, and a pragmatist, socially speaking, and more intetested in free market solutions than ideologic rhetoric. I hold Bush 60% responsible for financial problems (although to be honest, it was the greed, leverage employed and manipulation of the financial system by both Repubs and Democrats that caused the problem) anf Obama 40%.

Actually, it would be better to lay the blame where it truly belongs;the purchase of the House and Senate by special interests, particularly the financial sector.
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Smartphones Bring Hope, Frustration As Substitute For Computers

Our system has encouraged monopolies, both market share and geo-monopolies. The top 3 cable and telcos share over 70% of the ISP and entertainmentmarketplace. When Content is controlled by access and access is limited, there is little or no transparency. Without forced separation of Content and Broadband, too few control access. Why do you think there is no "ala la carte" marketplace for Content? Because "packaging" keeps out new entrants who could bid, in a transparent and competitive marketplace with reasonable access, on "pipeline" capacity, delivered over Internet (wired and wireless) as a "choice." Another thing; New Release movies could be offered on a pay-per-view basis, probably doubling the size of the entertainment industry (as long as they didn't get greedy-a faint hope I'm sure).

The countries ranked ahead of us are learning from our mistakes, broadening the capacity and appeal of Internet for Education, Health Care, Government, job training, and on and on.

We have so much technology opportunity that is being held back by monopolistic pricing and practices that it creates multiple lost opportunities. In just a few years, the Internet will be THE venue or commerce, both in the U.S. and world-wide. Entrepreneurial opportunities of today will magnify, maybe exponentially. The "creative destruction" of the Internet applied to traditional methods of commerce, distribution, Health and Education, will mean tens of millions of new, and different jobs.Part of the U.S. problem is that instead of leading, we're following.
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Smartphones Bring Hope, Frustration As Substitute For Computers

Accessibility for more may be helped by the FCC and FTC getting aound to doing the necessary job of separating Content from Broadband provisioning. The U.S. ranks 16-17th in world Internet rankings of reach and speed. With Convergence AAA (AnyThing, AnyTIme, AnyWhere) becoming more a reality every day, opening up more wireless spectrum and creating more transparency among Cable and Telcos through forced separation of Content and Spectrum just can't wait longer.
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Wisconsin Recall Polls: Scott Walker Leads, But The Margin Varies

In spite of all the hue and cry from public employee and other unions, Walker winnming sends a strong message of responsibility to other states and goverors and their legislatures to clean up the pension and employee "benefit loading" that politicians of all stripes so often use to buy votes.But, that's only part of the problem; entitlements and social benefit programs at the state level are only one step removed from the problems at the Federal level, and may be closer to the edge of the cliff than we think. How will governors solve those problems? The cost of educating and providing medical care for illegal immigrants and now their Title Ten children exceeds $115,000,000,000 (that's Billions with a big "B" folks!) and may actually be substantially higher.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

More all the time, and invetigations are continuing. I, too want to see more fraud prosecuted, AND controls put in place to rein in highly leveraged "casino-style" hedging, trading and invesing that puts the taxpayer, you and me, at such high risk. Making banks and other financial market participants raise equity capital to 15-20% of total investments, and limiting investment operatjions through "Prudent Man" policies would have stopped our crisis from occurring, and will stop the next one as well.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

I can't speak for others, just myself. I'm not advocating arbitrarily cutting support to those in real need through untoward circumstances. However, I do want a more balanced approach, even if it includes long-term incentives for birth control and education to allow reductions in the numbers of people being born into and growing up with poverty, while at the same time hurting their own-the girls and women's-chances at education and skills training to allow at least an opportunity to participate and grow.

When you just do more of the same you get what you always got. Since the evidence is in, it's obvious a change in societal thinking is necessary.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

I don't believe Obama should have taken the auto industry risk (he only did so for Union jobs) , or the AIG (because AIG didn't have enough capital and was at risk for highly leveraged derivatives and other trading "chips" in the big casino) risk for that matter. Those companies, and many others, should have been left to suffer whatever losses the free-market, risk-taking system saw fit to visit on them. And, that's still a problem, solved by increasing the equity capital (shareholder's capital) at risk; then losses would be "enjoyed" by shareholders and equity owners, not taxpayer's.

And, the recent BOA losses from similar "hedging" trading strategies wwre covered by earnings and capital in the bank.

While we're at it, I favor a Surplus Budget and paying DOWN debt, not increasing it; I favor no more "off book" wars; if we are going to fight, let Congress pass approval and a Budget to pay for it.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

It's not. More whites and Latinos are in entilement programs than blacks, but not by much. The point isn't white or black, it's too many..of all!

And yes, I would tells whites (pinks to quote another commenter) and their entitlement supporters to undertake the very same corrective measures; less population, more education, less drugs, more opportunity. Where are the community leaders totake up this most important "bully pulpit?"
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

A capitalist society will nevver have a "level playing field" in the sense that some people, like you, get an education work and participate. Some don't, take lower level jobs(based on a lack of skills and education) don't start businesses, don't take risk. many of those who take risk..fail, and they start over. Some success, even wildly succeed, and build empires. Are they guilty of anything?

I just don't believe that I owe anything excpet an opportunity to my fellow "competitors" in society.

Not failing means not trying; however, no success also means not trying. Many make a choice not to try. I can't help them don't want to try. There is no free-market soiety in which some won't do better than others; that's not a bad thing, unless...unless..it is achieved through monopoly practices, cheating, special interest favors and support, all things that bastardize a system which has worked, and will work, when given a level playing field of government transparency.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

While I agree that corporate self-interest soimetimes seems unfair, may I remind you that without business investment and risk taking with their capital, jobs would not be created, factories and plants would not be built. The evolution of business iin the twentieth century presents an interesting opportunity for discussion, oriented around deciding if it would have been better (and is it still) or business to lose money and close plants in the U.S.. or participate in moving manufacturing overseas to low-wage (and regulation) countries so as to participate on the growth of world trade?

I myself wonder at where the "lower prices" for goods are that were supposed to be a benefit of opening U.S. markets.

It turns out that businesses' need for growth and profits , along with American Consumers desire for more products, more choices, more consumption, combined to give us a higher standard of living, but less "life."
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

I AM for ending tax favored and unnecessary subsidies for businesses, and non-profits that take advantage. Just remember that those very same tax subsidies and incentives support charitable non-profits, create incentives for foundations and non-protfits to invest in human capital and societal improvement. Also, whether Demoncratic or Republican, many times Congress sees fit to establish short term incentives and tax breaks for favored constituents, only to have their lives ectended indefinitely; not in my book.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

Baloney on you.

I grew up lower class, almost poor. I dropped out of high school to work. I got a GED, paid for my own start at Community college. Got drafted, continued school in and after military. Didn't get my BS in Business (at night-age 36) until 1976, after I already had a family. Started as a warehouse clerk after military, got sales rep job. Applied for training as an Investment Advisor, became VP. Left to go to private sector as VP, then President of growing retail company. Started two different businesses. How's that for hard work? I do know what I'm talking about, and have opinions supported by a lifetime of participation, with good and bad results, in the American marketplace.
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Joe Walsh: Jesse Jackson Trying To 'Keep African Americans Down On Some Plantation'

It is the community that has always been the supporter of those who are circumstantially down on their luck, and which provides food baskets and other support. Part of the problem is that despite generations of community support, there is TOO MUCH "community," too many people, and growing, dividing scarce resources among too many mouths. Our community leaders; politicians, pastors, role models are not doing their job in encouraging less population and more education; less dependence on government, more dependence on self. It is one thing to offer support and help to those who have fallen on bad times; another when there are too many because of poor population managment, poor (non-existent) community leadership to keep young girls from considering getting pregnant, you get what we have now.
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Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning

Maybe not the first thing, but you definitely would get caught up in the "affirmation" groups-churches,advocates,others-who misguidedly align your desire for work and opportunity with voting for those who are liberal in ther promises to help you get that, even illegally if necessary.

The core of this may be Raegan's Amnesty in the 70'S, the blind eye of business seeking cheap labor, and the complicity of the Mexican government in promoting large-scale immigration to the U.S to secure the Billions in remittances that help support an over-populated and no-growth economy that doesn't provide jobs or education.

New immigrants, particularly Latinos, want jobs in order to support their families, or in he case of the singles-women- a chance for opportunity, and child-bearing that gives them an "anchor" from which to particpate in the system.

So, in that sense, you are correct; they didn't illegally emigrate for an opportunity to vote, but some , not a small amount, get caught up by sponsors and supporters who encourage illegal behavior in order to promote their causes.
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Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning

Wow! Sounds like your logic went to lunch and didn't come back. Scott is no less a politician than Holder and Obama, trying to stuff ballot boxes with less-than-responsible voting from ineligible and even illegal voting practices. Say what ylou want about changes in voting laws and identification requirements, not only inFlorida but now 23+ other states, it's long overdue. By some estimates over hundreds of thousands of illegal votes were cast last election by ineligible voters, most not even Citizens, to say nothing of double voting, and vote "buying."
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Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning

Intent and directly related Proof is required; none is presented or claimed. You can't prove a negative, and rewquiring "proof" of Citizenship should be a minimum for any voter. I'd be happy to show my drivers license, picture I.D., whatever, if it establishes my right to vote. That lazy people and their oh-so-transparent supporters want to make it easier , rather than just the standard of "reasonable" (and Constitutional) is evidence of knowing that most Americans feel that Citizenship and voting rights have real value and don't want that value diluted or cheated upon.
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Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning

No matter his purported "motivations," the truth of the matter is that voting is a right reserved for Citizens. To dilute or negate the votes of Citizens with illegal or ineligible voters is itself a crime. And, one could easily point out that the hue and cry of Democrats and liberals is based solely on a desire to pack the polls with as many like-minded people as possible. If transparency evidences this illegal sctivity by Democrats, no wonder they resist. Using the excuse of the travails of the few who have difficulty producing their proof pales in comparison to the double/triple damage of allowing illegal voters into the polls.

The fact that liberals have devalued Citizenship to the degree that they have by cheapening the voting process through illegal registration and related activity, and using the excuse of discrimination when none exists, is proof positive of the nefariousness of their intentions.
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Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning

Our country was founded on the prnciples of representative government, "of the people, by the people,and for the people."

As such, the pre-eminent responsibility, and privilege, of Citizenship, and of free speech, is the Vote. It seems that establishing the right to vote through transparent procedure (and proof of Citizenship should be the primary one) is a prime duty of election officials, otherwise what value my vote, potentially diluted and negated by illegal/ ineligible voters?

Congress needs to legislate national voting standards, at least for national elective offices, that use Constitutionally-derived principles, primarily Citizenship and proof thereof.

States would be sure to follow because whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Indpendent/other, all agree that ONLY Citizens are entitled to the privilege and responsibility of voting.
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Americans' Heads Getting Bigger In Size, Changing Shape, Anthropologists Say

You comment refers to those like snake farmers and spider handlers, who deliberately inject or otherwise infuse their systems with small amounts of toxic venom to build immunity. Maybe our evolution will confer the same type of resistance/immunity to free radicals and genetic mutation, but the obvious pace of change evidenced by this and many, many other research studies argues that it's happening too fast. Just look at disease statisitics for the last hundred yeears, and you get an idea of the effects of modern society on the human species
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Wisconsin Recall Election: Officials Unknowingly Break Law With Facebook Posts

And so, you think Unions, general and Public Employee, aren't "special interests," don't influence, don't marshall their resources to provide unfair advantage to their "chosen" candidates who slip their special favored legislation "under the door?"

As to purchasing elections, I think the whole system stinks; "one man, one vote, do it in person (disability excepted) and identify yourself as a Registered U.S. Citizen."
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Leon Panetta Responds To Mitt Romney's Afghanistan Comments (VIDEO)

You may be partly correct, however, what hs has said so far indicates a reasonabbly firm stance on important historical security and treaty issues.

I would prefer a much more robust stance on using economic weapons to achieve compliance with foreign policy goals. Like, "Cut off ALL trade and financial activity with Iran, or forget about doing ANY business with the U.S., and by Presidential decree, I am ordering an embargo on any trade or financial transactions with you including shipments already under way, unless you comply."

Fortunately the U.S. still has enough economic strength to carry this off, and I bet that cheaters and non-compliers would soon feel real pain.
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Leon Panetta Responds To Mitt Romney's Afghanistan Comments (VIDEO)

So, if I have this correctly, we are leaving Afghanistan without a "victory," no matter what anybody says. We are leaving one of the most corrupt governments, top to bottom, in charge of billions of dollars of our funds, and funds of other NATO countires, plus giving them Billions more over time after we leave, and tons of equipment, mainly used to haul dope. We are leaving our relationship with nuclear power Pakistant in worse shape than ever, and we've allowed Iran to increase their influence in Afgh. during our campaign. We have allowed Afghanistan to become the one of the largest, repeat, largest drug growers and processors in the world, with little NATO activity to interrupt their activity, which supports the Taliban's terrorist and guerilla efforts. Military commanders say that it would take another 150-200,000 troops and at least three years to defeat the Taliban, and that effort would also result in failure without getting control of the tribal areas of Pakistan, and the border territory with Iran, which, big secret, is used to provide literally tons of Iranian military gear, including IED's and advisors, to guess who?

"Class, can we say SNAFU?"
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No Holiday for Hunger

Poor program design and management, politically correct eligibility, no follow up to monitor continuing qualification (some have been on for a generation or more!) are a problem. When government substitutes for parents, even down to the feeding of children, we transfer responsibility from those who should have it, to those that shouldn't. Using her logic, we would just take children at birth, house them in nurseries and dormitories, a nnd in effect, make the state their parents. Think that would produce good results? Hint: Look at Russia and other countries experience with "factory-farm raising of children.Ms. edelman's charitable attitude and comittment is appreciated for it's oodness, but the dependence on the state, ever-growing, ever more demanding, does no service, actually hurts, her constituents-the children.
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No Holiday for Hunger

We have free and accessible birth control.

We have sex ed in public AND private schools.

Regarding the hand up. If there are no consequences for the parents because of the irresponsibility (including not using available birth control methods) one reaches one of two conclusions;

a. it "happened" on purpose (surveys show that many, if not most, girls who get pregnant do so by choice, not by "accident." or

b.The minority, the 1-2% who are pregnant by way of incest or rape ARE entitled to society's protection, but they must cooperate. Many refuse to name potential father(s), even when the pregnancy is voluntary, knowing that the system will provide support.

While innocent children are not responsible for the irresponsibile decisions of their procreators, we make a mistake by not asking/requiring the community-the geograpjhic, political and religious "commmunity" to take leadership not only in caring for children, but in counseling prevention in the first place. Americans are by far the largest charitable givers in the world, but charity without compassion, which includes the willing participation in community moral structure and yes, opprobrium when necessary, is doomed to failure. There will NEVER be enough resources to take care of ever-growing populations of poor and minority children, absent making more important resouces available for most through population planning which divides the pool among less each year, making more available for all.
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Barney Frank Criticizes House Republican On Jobs, Wall Street Reform

I have never suggested let starving children die. I have suggested that starting immediately we MUST provide populaion control planning, and incentives, otherwise we will NEVER get this under control,, never.

You seem to have skipped the part where I extolled American values of "personal decisions, personal consequences; individual opportunity, individual achievement."

No one who knows me has ever accused me of bigotry, or unfairness.

I can only assume you have misread what I wrote, or are replying to someone else.
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No Holiday for Hunger

The newly released Census report provides a clue..." In 2011 children born to minorities, Latino, Blck and Asian, outnumber white births for the first time in American history.And, notwithstanding the "mix" between poor and not-poor births, the fact is that those children born to poor minority parent(s) are proven to be less healthy, more dependent on social programs, less likely to get educated, while at the same time their mostly unmarried parent(s) also place great demands on society, and lose their own opportunity to prosper through education and training. We have created this mess through misguided social policies, compounded by poor leadership, not one of whom I have every heard counsel poor and minority girls to avoid unprotected sex, eschew unmarried parenthood, value their selves and look toward personal achievement.

Poverty persists because there are little or no consequences for bad decisions. Poverty persists because it is of benefit to so-called community and religious leaders who generate power through numbers of constituents, and so want more constituents, not less.
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No Holiday for Hunger

You are absolutely ...not correct. If parents (wrong word-"procreators) don't have consequences for their bad decisions, who does? Are you suggesting, and I beleiieve you are, that people who make decisions to have children they can't feed, or support (even emotionally, as a parent(s)) should be allowed willy-nilly to have as many children as they want and "society" meaning taxpayers-should support that ridiculous idea? How would you stop the plague of children born to uncaring, even abusive parents who can't or won't care for them(11-12% of poor and minority children are cared for by others, in homes where their parent(s) don't live)? Just continue to allow what is so obviously an epidemic number of mouths to feed, clothe, house, educate and prepare for a productive life?

Yes is the wrong answer.
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No Holiday for Hunger

Better we should provide incentives for population control that would provide more resources for those that need them, then dividing increasingly scarce resources into ever-growing populations, leaving less for each. A long-tern, a generation long, program of birth control incentives, properly structured, would increase the ability of those who participate to become better educated, achieve and maintain better health, and look forward to increasing opportunity, instead of a lifetime of "voluntary servitude."
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Barney Frank Criticizes House Republican On Jobs, Wall Street Reform

Prison-the farm-is way too nice. Be glad he's retiring and can't continue to do damage. Here's a "bet" for you.; I bet Barney Frank will earn over 1,000,000 in speaking fees the first year, AND will be elected to some financial Boards of Directors, AND will earn additional millions for his "connections" and contacts. How much? I bet my house!
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Barney Frank Criticizes House Republican On Jobs, Wall Street Reform

Barney Frank is not an idiot. In fact, he's at his best when obfuscating to avoid his (and Dodd's) share of the blame for the financial collapse due to his insistance on supporting "expanded home ownership opportunities" through pressuring Fannie and Freddie and FHA and the mortgage originators and the banks and just about anybody who could sign their name to a loan to incentivize (translate : corrupt) the marketplace. Well, the banks and hedge funds and investment banks and anybody who could add up fees and commissions could see that this was a good thing. I mean why not help Americans to borrow more money than they could afford to repay? Why not "blow up" the housing marketplace with time bombs of Rate Resets through ARM, No-Doc loans, and every "casino chip" created to earn money for the "players." We are at virtually unlimited risk levels, and if I had to apportion the blame for the state of the economy and the financial marketplace, I would lay most of the housing collapse at Frand/Dodd's door, with generous helpings for those who ended the Glass/Steagall act separating banking and investment banking/trading operations, and another portion for the Federal Reserve who kind of knew early on that the mess was headed into unsustainable terrortory, but allowed politics to intefere.

Our current system needs/must have redesign-right now!
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Barney Frank Criticizes House Republican On Jobs, Wall Street Reform

The financeial world got caught with their hands in my pockets; the Republicans seem to want to gove them more opportunities to do so. I don't approvve, and I am a financial conservative.

See "Unfettered Captialism Leads to Economic Anarchy.")

http://voices.yahoo.com/unfettered-capitalism-leads-economic-2083708.html?cat=9
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Mitt Romney Addresses Gay Marriage, Religion In Liberty University Commencement Address (VIDEO)

One would think from your "snarks" that you are decidely against Romney as a candidate. Please don't substitute opinion and half-truths for the substance of informed discourse. Even if I don't think Romney is the best candidate, I certainly can't ignore the charge towards Progressive Socialism your guy-Obama-brings to the party, and the absolute damage he has caused to American free market capitalism.
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Mitt Romney Addresses Gay Marriage, Religion In Liberty University Commencement Address (VIDEO)

And therein you have the proximity of belief over fact, myth over morality. To some, religion is faith as the sword, the club of obedience. The morality of community interest, as reflected in teachings of ALL religions (and some non-religions) is to be preferred over the politics of religion reflected in the (purported) advancement of the faith, when that faith is used to mislead, obfuscate and otherwise subjugate people in contravention to their own best interests. My beliefs lie in "personal decisions, personal consequences; individual opportunity, individual achienvement."

When community chooses/volunteers to help those who need it, that's desirable. When government mandates that effort through involuntary taxation and decision-making, that's reprehensible.
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Ashlie Simpson Sues Colorado Christian University

The "progressiveness" of that institution is admirable. I wonder why most can't see the difference between judging on the basis of individual performance and worthiness, and on the basis of specious religious values originating from a myth-supporting and controlling heirarchy?
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Ashlie Simpson Sues Colorado Christian University

It's always amazing to me when religious institutions "discover" their values when a worker is found to be outside their mainstream values. Either they prosecute their values rigoriorsly-up front- in their hiring process, require adherence throughout their employee monitoring process, or quit trying to manage people's personal lives and values. Either the person is evaluated on their job performance, or is fired for non-performance. No in-between "situational morality, circumstantial ethics." If religious adherehnce is the predominat requirement for employment, then stick to it; only invite to apply and hire faithful adherents, only evaluate on religious performance, nothing else. If religious infrastructures want to "have their cake," they must "eat it too."
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Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated

You go too far. The considered exercise of the war powers constitutionally authorized for the President is allowed as a direct response to imminent threat, or actual attack. When asked to "vote" on war, Americans are always reluctant, having been the biggest provider of peacekeeping "fodder" in all the world's wars.

Time to revisit the Monroe Doctrine (stay at home!) while making sure that our response to circumstances is balanced, and includes participation by NATO and other treaty partners who have continuing stakes in preserving peace.
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Mt. Rushmore Site Should Be Returned To Indigenous Native American Tribes, U.N. Official Says

Brazil and many other countries are doing to their indigenous peoples what we did to American Indian tribes generations ago. Without judging the correctness of "might makes right" over conquered territory of a long-ago era, I an still ponder the correctness, even today, of big government getting it's way through financial and legislative oppression. By all means, if the MT. Rushmore and related territory belongs to the Sioux, give it to them!

Maybe we could negotiate national Park Status, or Visitation and Resort privileges to allow Americans and foreign tourists right to enjoy this wonder. But, if the Sioux insist on religious grounds to manage this territory, and it is indeed theirs, give it to them. Our mistake originally was in granting nation status to native tribes, along with reservation ownership, as recompense for our conquering the.

But, that horse is out of the barn, and today's sense of what's right requires us to be more, not less, supportive. One hundred years from now ( or sooner!) when these independent territories, now able to choose what American laws they honor, yet able to ask for Federal and state help when the need suits them, are going to be in a position to declare independence. What then? Will the U.N. recognize these independent nations?
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Kenlie Tiggeman, Southwest's 'Too Fat To Fly' Passenger, Sues Airline (VIDEO)

The real problem is that the airline industry has always been "protected" by government, and Darwinism has not been allowed to operate. The singular determination of airlines to use this protection to stay in business no matter what has led to the kind of price-cutting and overcapacity that has driven U.S. airline growth to levels that hurt, not help, consumers. The coming revolution in Internet-based "work at home" and Collaboratrive business models offers unimaginably huge savings in pollution, travel time, satisfaction, productivity increases, and more. While I anticipate more "the world is growing smaller" technologies like efficient airlines, to facilitate leaisure travel, the demonstrable savings of Internet-based work and educaion (soon to include health) business models argues in favor of restructuring the airine industry through free-market competition to better allocate resources among competitors, and getting the government out of the business of saving those who make bad busines decisions.
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Bragging Rights

Other than a person's own need for self-esteem, there is no justification for purposefully 'bragging" about children. I think that a "braggart"-not a person who merely responds to questions (also an obvious opening and lead-in for another to respond with a brag)-seeks self-validation though the accomplishments of their children, in many cases. Being proud of children's accomplishments is one thing and maybe some don't feel they need wide acknowledgement of their children to either make themselves or their children "important."

Personally, I value more my children's growth and maturity as caring human beings, or at least equally to their swim and lacrosse trophies. The kids? Well, they value their accomplishments, but since every kid is not destined for a sports or academic scholarship, maybe we could give them all the opportunity to be good human beings through imparting of coping and self-validation skills.
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