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Larry Nelson
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Gary wrote:
bookworm, if Hitler was such a socialist, why did he send the socialists and the communists to the concentration camps first? If the nazis were such ardent socialists, why did they murder Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemborg?
Maybe Hitler himself could answer some of that.
"I have learned a great deal from Marxism, as I do not hesitate to admit. The difference between them and myself is that I have really put into practice what these peddlers and penpushers have timidly begun...I had only to develop logically what Social Democracy repeatedly failed in because of its attempt to realize its evolution within the framework of democracy. National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with the democratic order." -- Hitler to Rauschning, The Voice of Destruction, pg. 186
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crankster
Trad climber
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One of these guys will be the Republican nominee in '16. I'd like to hear a rightie make their case...
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2014 - 08:22pm PT
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One of these guys will be the Republican nominee in '16. I'd like to hear a rightie make their case...
1) They're white.
2) They're male.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Particularly since Paul is the current poll leader, and best organized for a campaign.
I'm hoping for Ted Cruz.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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But, back to our main topic:
In 1986, the disease afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people a year in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Today, thanks to the work of The Carter Center and its partners — including the countries themselves — the incidence of Guinea worm has been reduced by more than 99.9 percent to 148 cases in 2013.
Of course, that pales in comparison to the impact of the Reagan Center, the Nixon Center, the Ford Center, the two Bush Centers.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Do people think that Cruz can overcome the issue of eligibility?
I think it will kill him in the primaries.
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crankster
Trad climber
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republican $$ boys aren't going to nominate a tea party candidate. Look for a vp pick to throw the crazies a bone.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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It will be funny and sad to watch the birthers try to explain why the actual foreign-born candidate is eligible, but the brown-skinned guy with the funny name born in the US was not.
But they will make that argument with a straight face, and they will believe their own words.
I think it will suck a lot of oxygen out of the room, because I think it will become nasty.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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He just has to be a natural born citizen (not born in the U.S.) which is probably the case cause his mom is a U.S citizen (as is Obama's mom- a fact ignored by the birther lunatics). However, it's never been ruled on by the supreme court.
I am sure it would be a huge primary fodder. I bet he was born in a socialist hospital!!!! 111
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John M
climber
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that michigan bill that Bob posted is the reason I'm not for expanded states rights. Some states are full on whack.
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crankster
Trad climber
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You are right, Moose, as the report proves.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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up from 31 percent in 2012.
like the employment rate and jobs numbers.
you're such a Pollyanna...
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Not saying it is, but the torture report could be construed as politicians covering their butts after buying into interrogation techniques when it was politically expedient. It could also be construed as a partisan report.
Here is a link to a CIA website that presents the other side of the coin, FWIW:
http://www.ciasavedlives.com/
Astonishingly, the SSCI Majority staff interviewed no CIA officers responsible for establishing, implementing, or evaluating the program’s effectiveness. Let us repeat, no one at the CIA was interviewed.
Having posted all that, I don't know what really happened, I wasn't there.
I will say that in a hypothetical situation where my family's life was in the balance, I would do whatever it takes...after all, moral relativity, existential nihilism and all that, eh?
Maybe we should just execute suspects without trial, by drone...oh wait.
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dirtbag
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 9, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
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The CIA really f*#ked up. Some heads need to roll for this.
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Jorroh
climber
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"Having posted all that, I don't know what really happened, I wasn't there."
Thats strange...ignorance hasn't ever stopped your blabbing in the past.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Jorroh wrote:
Thats strange...ignorance hasn't ever stopped your blabbing in the past.
Well, I am ignorant of much, but I thought the whole point of this thread was to blab.
I try to keep my blabbing on the philosophical, rather than the ad hominem side. Thanks for the gutcheck blab.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Dec 10, 2014 - 05:56am PT
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The CIA is out of control, and not just on torture. It is also often wrong and apparently missed most if not all the major geopolitical events in recent history. Time for major housecleaning if nor dismantling.
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