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Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Lunch break win. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
Winning! Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15399 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1 |
Laters win. Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
Good evening everyone! :-) ...and what in their plans is going to help you? Since you are not a member of the club, I don't think you will be included. Paint It Black... |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29832 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
[quote]Good evening everyone! :-) ...and what in their plans is going to help you? Since you are not a member of the club, I don't think you will be included. If they stick to the principals that less government is better then we all win. But... well anything more belongs somewhere else. So I will stay with we all win. But I am winning for the moment. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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TimeLord04 Send message Joined: 9 Mar 06 Posts: 21140 Credit: 33,933,039 RAC: 23 |
Outta here win... Wish me good luck guys! Good luck Julie. :-) TimeLord04 Have TARDIS, will travel... Come along K-9! Join Calm Chaos |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Good evening everyone! :-) It's even worse for me. We just (apparently) elected a Republican governor who is likely (despite what he claimed in the campaign) to decimate education, public employee unions, and public employee pensions, all of which affect me directly. And also state-supported Amtrak service, which interests me greatly. But this is not the politics forum, so I will leave it here. Ping! David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Evening post.... The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Beep! |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Late lunch coming up Ping! David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Beep! |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
Aren't they the one that want to govern/control what a woman can do with her own body? How is that less government? Paint It Black... |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Beep! |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Dee Beep! |
BladeD Send message Joined: 9 Aug 11 Posts: 13320 Credit: 1,603,919 RAC: 2 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
El-Beep-O! |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
If they stick to the principals that less government is better then we all win. Carlos I agree that it is unfair to lump all conservatives in with the socially conservative groups that have co-oped that political party, but I throw my lot in on the blue side precisely BECAUSE I think that the principle of less government is a very bad one. Go ahead and call me a "tax and spend liberal", as I would wear that mantle proudly. In my view, the purpose of government is to redistribute wealth and in a democracy that tends to require government intervention. ...and what in their plans is going to help you? Since you are not a member of the club, I don't think you will be included. People do not always have to vote in their own self interest. For example, I happen to have come from a resourced family. I would benefit from having inheritance tax rates set very low or even eliminated, yet I consistently vote for the side that does not want that because I think that inheritances should be taxed through the roof. It is a relatively painless way to redistribute wealth. On the flip side, I genuinely struggle with the concept of abortion, but not for religious reasons. In the course of my career as a speech and language pathologist I have worked with children who were born so prematurely that, had they been born a mere twenty five years ago, they probably would not have lived. In addition I have worked with children, born full term, who are not quite as smart as the cats in my home. The philosophical questions of "what constitutes human life" and "when does human life begin" are exactly that - philosophical. Given my struggles with these two questions, you might think that I would throw my lot in with the side that wishes to eliminate abortion rights. I do not, because I am not a single issue voter. |
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