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  1. Joe_Stocks

    Why should I ignore myself?

    Hi Draka, Because we do it all the time. If you were going to have heart surgery you wouldn't have to 'experience' what it's like to be a heart surgeon. You trust that the heart surgeon knows what he is doing and your trust would be correct about 99% of the time. That same logic applies to...
  2. Joe_Stocks

    OMG--a discussion about education that includes...

    Hi Skwim, One example was a school choice program that was going on in Washington DC which primarily serviced poor black families. Well, liberals didn't like it because a lot of these families were not choosing traditional public schools but either private schools or charter schools. This...
  3. Joe_Stocks

    OMG--a discussion about education that includes...

    Hi Skwim, Actually, when advocates for mandatory public school fight any efforts to reform areas where they fail (i.e. teacher's unions) then yes, the failure falls with those fighting to expand an already failed model. So, some places do educate well, but I guess you can rest on your laurals...
  4. Joe_Stocks

    Who was the greatest Christian leader of the 20th Century?

    John Paul II because of his role in bringing down the Soviet Union, which begs the question of what's worse; a godless empire that murdered millions of people or a decaying state of institutional racism? I'll go with the mass murder as being worse.
  5. Joe_Stocks

    Why should I ignore myself?

    I think someone said something along these lines, are you the smartest person in the world? If you think so, then sure, only your experiences carry any authortitative value. But if you have an ounce of humility you will realize there are a lot of people that may have experienced some things you...
  6. Joe_Stocks

    World population

    I love these doomsdays talks. Not sure if any of you have heard of Paul Ehlrich's book The Population Bomb which he wrote in 1968 making the same absurd claims we are hearing now of mass starvation and both economic and environmental devastation. He was, not only wrong, but spectacularly wrong...
  7. Joe_Stocks

    OMG--a discussion about education that includes...

    Hi Skwim, And half of Detroit is functionally illiterate, got to hand it to mandatory education, it works wonders! And its statements like this that make the teacher's side of the argument look insane to most people. First, most people don't even have pensions because they work for the...
  8. Joe_Stocks

    Howard Dean: "Palin Could Beat Hussein"

    Yeah, with the economy humming along and an end to the wars of choice (cough, Libya, cough) he's headed for an easy re-election.
  9. Joe_Stocks

    OMG--a discussion about education that includes...

    So, what is the point of all of this? We must listen to teachers no matter what? And judging from the protests in my beautiful state of Wisconsin, a lot of teachers are f*%$king nuts.
  10. Joe_Stocks

    Howard Dean: "Palin Could Beat Hussein"

    It's no secret that Dean and Obama do not like each other. Dean was forced out of the DNC by Obama's people and Dean returned the favor by trashing Obamacare just as it was about to get passed.
  11. Joe_Stocks

    Department of Education flexes it's new muscles

    Remember those squatters who refused to leave foreclosed homes out of 'social justice'? Try that with the government, proving once again the state is not an instrument of love but of blind brute force.
  12. Joe_Stocks

    Ron Paul,The man America needs for President.

    I think Paul loses a lot of credibility as a libertarian when he gets all wet over the War on Drugs and gay marriage but is a lot less bold when talking about the trillion dollar behemoths of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. If all you can talk about is drug legalization and gay marriage...
  13. Joe_Stocks

    Entertainment and Politics

    Hi Reptillian, I think in the case of media it is actually to point to important issues. Jon Stewart and Rush Limbaugh are masters at using parodies to demonstrate a political point.
  14. Joe_Stocks

    How Radical Republicans Plan to Destroy America?

    Hi AE, A former president calls them evil and that means Republicans are planning to go to war with Iran and North Korea. This doesn't logically follow.
  15. Joe_Stocks

    How Radical Republicans Plan to Destroy America?

    Hi AE, Because you can't. Simply provide evidence of a Republican (in kind of position of power or potential power) advocating we go to war with Iran or North Korea. Maybe your dumb claims get you nods from your friends, but this time you need to bring some substance behind your nutjob...
  16. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Davis, How was that quote taken out of context?
  17. Joe_Stocks

    How Radical Republicans Plan to Destroy America?

    Hi AE, This is a fact. Stimulus and bailout spending is in the multiple of trillions. It is much more than spent on the wars. Prove it, sir. You made the absurd claim.
  18. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi AE, :clap
  19. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi T-Dawg, Look at the economy right now, the trillions being spent is not helping. The liberal argument for more government spending has no credibility because people see the sorry state of the economy as liberals have spent trillions attempting to jumpstart it. You are right...
  20. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Smoke, Take a look at Obama's approval rating. A majority of the American People don't approve. Are they all stupid?
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