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  1. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Smoke, So, you have answered virtually none of my questions. Why was secession unlawful? You have given no reasons to support that it is unlawful or how this concept morphed into being after the states came together to create the federal government. You have also shown no evidence...
  2. Joe_Stocks

    The Military Fights to Defend our Freedom, or absurdist things the news tells me.

    Hi Badran, I am glad you made this point. The US didn't just go to war with Iraq to spread democracy and show what good people we are. The US is first and foremost looking out for the interests of the US. The war was waged to protect the US, now this is obviously a debatable proposition...
  3. Joe_Stocks

    Fox News/Tea Party Railroad??

    Hi Smoke, It's good to see we can come together on some issues (and I also feel the strangeness). My theory is that the Obama administration is relying on polling data too much and that is what influenced this decision. The polls show whites leaving Obama and then it this edited tape comes...
  4. Joe_Stocks

    The Military Fights to Defend our Freedom, or absurdist things the news tells me.

    Hi Sunstone, Why is this so outlandish? Radical Muslim terrorist groups can't share similar motivations? This is impossible? On a side note, wait until I tell you about this religious group called Christians that seek to convert non-Christians because they believe they are correct and want...
  5. Joe_Stocks

    Fox News/Tea Party Railroad??

    Hi Smoke, I know, doesn't this show the thin skin of the left? I mean, so Fox is going after you, so what? It's just one channel.
  6. Joe_Stocks

    Fox News/Tea Party Railroad??

    Hi Auto, If I am not mistaken, I thought she was asked to resign before any news outlet aired the edited footage. I know they told her she (the tape being played) was going to be on Glenn Beck's show (which it wasn't, it was the day after). And I don't recall Bietbart or Beck calling for...
  7. Joe_Stocks

    Fox News/Tea Party Railroad??

    Hi Auto, Who, specifically, lied about her on Fox? And if Fox lies all the time, why at first did the Obama administration and the NAACP believe Fox in the first place?
  8. Joe_Stocks

    How to improve your community: import some gay people.

    Interesting that such an oppressed group is doing so well. Well, keep it up.
  9. Joe_Stocks

    What are the top 10 things you want the government to do?

    Hi Mercy, Wouldn't this be more in line with your thinking since you want the government censoring 'hate' speech (whatever that means)?
  10. Joe_Stocks

    Fox News/Tea Party Railroad??

    Hi Sunstone, Except no one on Fox called for Ms. Sherrod to be fired.
  11. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Smoke, Not at all. Leaders of the Confederacy such as Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee thought that slavery would die out naturally. The issue was a delicate one for sure, it wouldn't be prudent to wave a magic wand and have slavery abolished. The slaves had to be prepared to function...
  12. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Revolt, I don't know about you, but over $4 trillion is too much for me. And we don't need the Estate tax in my opinion.
  13. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Smoke, Well, if its a family business (or money to be put toward a buisness), then that is a hell of a lot money he is losing. But hey, what's a little more unemployment. As long as the government gets more and more money. How is this not pure greed?
  14. Joe_Stocks

    The Military Fights to Defend our Freedom, or absurdist things the news tells me.

    Hi Revolt, Except I don't recall any of those reasons being claimed as to why they were trying to kill us (except for Israel, but we are not abandoning them). When this violent jihad starts in the 80's the Muslim terrorists have allies in Iraq and Iran.
  15. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Smoke, Yes, so new slaves could not come into the new country. And you know that manumission was quite common so the amount of slaves would eventually dry up. Are you suggesting that secession was unlawful? If the states knew this going into the Constitutional Convention there...
  16. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Smoke, And why does the government get another bite out of this money? Why has the heir lost a huge chunk of this money? Just because the government (the greediest institution on the planet) wants it, is that how it works? Oh and don't mention your sorry Somalia argument, that won't fly.
  17. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Smoke, The Confederate leaders were hoping for a natural abolition of slavery (which pretty much occurred in every other country that had slavery). And if I am not mistaken, the Confederate Constitution outlawed the slave trade. A curious move if they wanted slavery continued...
  18. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Engyo, My point is, the money goes from party A to party B. Why does the government (party C) believe it should take some of that money? I am not arguing that it is unconstitutional, only I was getting the feeling that Smoke was arguing that of course those participants in the...
  19. Joe_Stocks

    Causes of the US Civil War and Southern Secession

    Hi Smoke, Except where new states were formed that allowed slavery, there virtually was none. Odd if slavery was showing no end in sight. And the South wasn't clamoring for the North to allow slavery into their states. Slavery was going to whither on the vine. Actually, the South...
  20. Joe_Stocks

    Republican Tax Nonsense

    Hi Smoke, What claim does the government have on that money (with regards to the Estate tax)?
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