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Teflor Lyorian

a month or so ago this "homeless" woman was charged with "stealing" education for her child by enrolling him in a school district that she did not live in. So we actually are preventing people from getting an education, then you want to punish them when they can't find employmen...

Teflor Lyorian

Obama is crap at foreign policy. With this, the treatment of Libya, and the handling of our relations worldwide without any improvement in US image abroad signals his complete failure since his election.

Although, Bin Laden is dead. We get a bump in our image with our allies for that.

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When anyone talks for long enough, stupid stuff will fall out of their mouths. The media has been relentless in their coverage of Sarah Palin, I believe with the intent of destroying her, similar in the way they covered Clinton. The media wanted humility from the Clinton campaign, in addition to mor...

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However, it does seem to place limitations on any future ambitions of the Russians.

Crappy treaty though.

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Sarvis wrote:
kiryan wrote:but you can touch the genitals of a 6 year old who wants to ride an airplane to see mickey mouse

Thanks to Bush, yes.

You mean Obama now.

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Sarvis wrote:Unless it's a Republican politician, right? Then "free speech zones" are de rigeur!

Free speech zones are setup specifically to prevent elitist mobs from denying normal access to public and private spaces. The difference is wider than perhaps your world view.

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a sign was posted, the question is why do free men and women tolerate crap like this Probably because it was what they asked for. I understand that you're against government regulation on principle, but there are many regulations, rules, etc., that enjoy the support of a significant majority of peo...

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Considering he was not doing anything illegal at the time...

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Just shows how little they care despite their always "fighting for the little guy". To protest at a special olympics event, to stand in front of the disabled folks blocking their front row view at the ceremony... is truly pathetic. Almost as pathetic as the coverage of the event. Where is...

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If it saves Florida money, I am supportive of this law to a point. Certainly, the least invasive, most cost effective measure should be used. I also recommend that two things are done: random screenings, and screenings on the suspicion of drug use by the state's representatives.

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That's ok. Police unions in my area keep resisting cruiser cameras. Apparently, cops don't like things like accountability and evidence.

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Camel wars anyone? TV needs a new show.

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Fees are taxes.

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You do have the right to revoke your privacy by telling someone you're not married to (or a legal guardian/your hired lawyer/or other protected relationship)..

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Heh. It seems Germany is quite cruel. It won't even grant foreigners German citizenship if they are born on German soil. Apparently, you MUST have a German parent.

Even us Americans will give you citizenship if you are born here.

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I do believe you are protected in a marriage situation, but he was not married.

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Here we go: Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S. diplomatic or consular facilities abroad are not part of the United States within the meaning of the 14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not born in the United States and does no...

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US bases, installations, etc. outside of the United States or hosted in foreign nations are not considered US soil for the purposes of the 14th amendment. Children born to American parent(s) while abroad are eligible for US citizenship with the proper paperwork.

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Many people can't? The vast majority of people can. Many just won't.

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The only thing worse than someone crying about their own circumstances is someone else doing the crying for them.

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Sarvis wrote:
Don't blame your parents for being in the situation you are in, blame yourself for accepting the situation your in and not trying to change it.

I bet your parents taught you that.

Are you trying to say he couldn't figure it out on his own?

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This is circumstance. How many adults wish they had done better in school? Shouldn't their parents have made them do so. If your parents sucked, good luck at achieving a decent life. That is not a personal choice, that is a circumstance. No, that's still a personal choice. Success may come at a dif...

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I'd say let a jury decide if the billboard is harassment. Then let a series of courts interpret that judgement (should parties appeal judgement) by comparing it to similar cases. I don't believe privacy has anything to do with it. If you tell someone something private but don't hold them to keep it ...

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As a practical issue, many welfare recipients have to watch the kids or live in dangerous areas. Simply put, we should just attempt to minimize monetary support to stave off poverty related starvation. And not even all of it, just most of it. After all, private charity exists.

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Florida will begin testing welfare recipients for illicit drug use under a new law signed by Governor Rick Scott on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-florida-welfare-drugs-idUSTRE74U6W320110531 Ugh. We're already getting junk touched at the airport. I can only assume that govern...

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amena wolfsnarl wrote:Hey the blacks should just be happy they rank above the LGTBs.

I'ma tell Al Sharpton on you.

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amena wolfsnarl wrote:So we give the jews January? No one likes that month anyways lol

And put the Jews before the blacks? What are you trying to say, sir?

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How wonderfully irrelevant and misplaced.

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fair enough. Is lobster really $2-$3 a pound in Maine? If you're on food stamps, you shouldn't be paying more than $3 a pound for your meat (adjusting for market factors). If only chicken is the only choice at that price level, then you eat chicken. That seems like a highly arbitrary limitation. Sh...

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Interestingly enough, the most frequent victims of hate crimes are black people and Jews.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/20 ... lines-case

Judgement stands that states may offer in-state tuition discounts to illegal immigrants.

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I was reading a letter to the editor the other day for my local paper (at least I think thats where this story comes from). Women comes in with a food stamp card and buys $300 worth of lobster. I hope she was selling it for cash... I really do. I hope she was not arrogantly thinking she was entitle...

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It is unusually cruel to tell people they can be American then take it away :)

Even more cruel when you tell them they have to keep on being European. Just kidding European readers of this forum!

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Furthermore, the general guidance to avoid relying upon social security or the Federal government by extension for anything is good advice, regardless of circumstances or situation. Self-reliance (coupled with sociality) is the best guidance for those who don't want to suffer at the hands of others.

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Personally, I plan on making social security the icing on the cake of retirement. People that are relying upon it seriously made some poor decisions earlier in life. Agree mightily. Because it's all about choice, and nothing at all to do with opportunity or circumstance. :roll: Yup. You're simply n...

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Personally, I plan on making social security the icing on the cake of retirement. People that are relying upon it seriously made some poor decisions earlier in life. Agree mightily. Because it's all about choice, and nothing at all to do with opportunity or circumstance. :roll: Yup. You're simply n...

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Because it's bullshit.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off ... -pride-mon

Only a few months are left for other people to have pride or history!

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Personally, I plan on making social security the icing on the cake of retirement. People that are relying upon it seriously made some poor decisions earlier in life.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ ... story.html

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I started this thread as a piece of healthy, humorous sarcasm to highlight the hypocrisy of the left: primarily at those who demonized Bush for pushing regime change in Iraq, but heavily supported Obama's actions in Libya. Personally, I am not against US policies of intervention and armed incursion ...

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It's a good reminder that not everything needs to follow all the rules to end well.

But there are plenty of stories in which people don't follow wisdom or guidance and things do indeed end in disaster.

It's nice that things have turned out well for this family.

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Well, I dont know about cash reserves... But there are certainly vast amounts of assets at the government's disposal. Real estate, gold at fort knox, strategic oil reserves, millitary equipment, etc. By cash reserves, I'm speaking to unspent budgeted dollars. The government has options in contracts...

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Could you imagine what kind of world ours would be like if popular media pushed a conservative agenda? I grew up in a place that didn't allow their children to watch the Cosby show because there were black people on the TV (not that unnecessarily negative racism is a conservative value). If mainstre...

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I'm not sure it can be scaled down, nor am I sure it is an accurate assessment of what's actually going on. The debt ceiling simply doesn't allow the nation to borrow any more money, but the nation is not broke. We have ample cash, cash reserves, assets, etc. should we chose to use them. We could si...

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Too stupid to read tonight I take it? Nope, just checking to see if you were going to jump straight to an opportunistic insult when I posted something non-insulting and neutral. You did, but it wasn't too bad. I'll keep reading your posts. FYI, Americans have always been too stupid to understand cr...

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You've proved it's been going on for years, both parties are guilty, and nothing changes in Washington. How does this have anything to do with not raising the debt ceiling? Will the 2nd Great Depression these morons are about to cause by defaulting suddenly fix the budget somehow? Going by polling ...

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The actual list of crimes is large, Corth. The list of the types of crimes is short. (Yes, you and I are in agreement, you've just misunderstood me.)

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It's really neither criminal nor civil. The illegal immigrant never reimburses the victim (the United States), nor do they suffer any punishment (unless you consider deportation to be a punishment, remember, they didn't have a right to be here in the first place). The only thing I don't like about t...

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The reason why intent isn't everything: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Seattle-bus-shooter-to-police-I-wasn-t-even-1402917.php Bad example. He fired a gun at bus full of people (without intent of actually hitting anyone). He was properly charged with reckless endangerment and unlawful gun p...

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