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  1. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Smoke, Then why didn't the unemployment rate increase?
  2. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Smoke, So, now we are completely ignoring Kennedy's tax cuts? LBJ is credited for creating a government-dependent system of welfare that needed to be reformed by Republicans in 1996. And Medicare and Medicaid are on pace to bankrupt us. Other than that though...
  3. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Quagmire, Oh, no, evil 'self-interest.' Yeah, it would be nice to have less of my money flushed down the toilet and more money for me to donate to charities of my choice (that pesky freedom you guys don't like) and maybe to pay some of my bills. After all, I think I'm the one working...
  4. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Smoke, I am not the one that color-coded a graph in a completely partisan fashion. And then takes pains to say that they are not partisan. A number of interesting things to glean from this: If NAFTA didn't directly create jobs and lowered unemployment (which seems dubious), how...
  5. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Quagmire, What I am arguing is that there are millions like Michael that are failed by our welfare system. Could and should Christians do more? Of course. But this is another issue, completely distinct issue from the performance of our current welfare system. I say our welfare system...
  6. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi mball, It's better if you want to have a family and children. If you want to be promiscuous, then go right ahead if that's what you call 'better.' I wouldn't call that having a better life.
  7. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi Contentius, I am aware that sex education is not the same everyplace. I could by wrong (and somebody hopefully can correct me if I am wrong) but I don't think public schools in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles are teaching abstinence education. And STDs among teens...
  8. Joe_Stocks

    Hitchens surprisingly misunderstands Palin's conservative appeal

    Hi mball, We cannot continue. You are the ignorant of basic facts. TARP (the bank bailout) was signed by Bush and was partially implemented by Bush's Treasury Dept. and continues to be implemented during Obama's first term. Obama's 787 billion dollar stimulus is another completely...
  9. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Quagmire, Are you implying that the billions spent on our welfare bureaucracy is well spent? That would be news to millions of poor people in our failed inner-cities. Come with me to the homeless shelter Repairers of the Breach and tell all the poor that the government is doing a great...
  10. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Mestemia, Like I said to mball, let's take a walk around 1st and Center in Milwaukee. Let's go to any inner-city and see the millions of poor people well-served by their welfare bureaucracy. That you can look at inner-city poverty and not think that our welfare system should be scrapped...
  11. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Alceste, Smoke and I are starting to discuss the actual policies of various Democratic administrations instead of believing a color-coded graph says it all. Is it your assessment that Michael was well-served by his extensive connections with various government agencies as he walked to...
  12. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Dunemeister, Then why did you in a rather knee-jerk reaction claim that Smoke made a sound argument? So, you know very little about the policies of the Democratic administrations that allegedly reduced poverty but come here and defend Smoke's simpleton argument that only Democratic...
  13. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi mball, In pretty much every conversation about reducing poverty that I have had with a liberal if you mention how wasteful and inefficient government is you get the retort that poor people will either starve to death or resort to eating dog food. You either have two possibilities; keep...
  14. Joe_Stocks

    Government fails Oher, Rich Christian family saves him

    Hi Smoke, At least you are considering it’s a possibility. This is progress from your simplistic analysis that only Democratic administrations reduced poverty while Republican administrations did nothing. I would rather look at the substance of the policies. Well, the unemployment...
  15. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi Contentius, I'm arguing that those that were infected with an STD were most likely taught how to have 'safe' sex. While years back fewer people were taught how to have 'safe' sex and less young people were infected with an STD.
  16. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi Contentius, Are public schools in inner cities not 'educating' the students about 'safe' sex?
  17. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi Dirty, I would argue that the vast majority of those teens the were infected with an STD were 'educated' about 'safe' sex.
  18. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi Contentius, They are taught about 'safe' sex and they take that knowledge and 1 in 4 get infected with an STD.
  19. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi mball, I think it is more than that. You want me to show you why monogamy is better for individuals and society than promiscuous behavior?
  20. Joe_Stocks

    What has Sarah Palin actually done?

    Hi linwood, I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb here when I say that the vast majority of those teens that got STDs were 'educated' about 'safe' sex. It didn't work. Teaching them irresponsible behavior lead to them engaging in irresponsible behavior.
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