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2008-11-25
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Like Archie Bunker said "would it make you fell better if they were thrown out a window"
If someone is going to kill, lack of a weapon will not stop them.
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2008-11-26
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I think part of it boils down to separation of responsibility.. parents don't take responsibility for their kids anymore. It's TV's Fault, it's the Cereal Boxes fault, it's McDonald's fault we're all fat,
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I've actually heard of schools that have the rule that if a child gets spank, they are supposed to tell their teacher - and their teacher sends in CDS to the house.
How are we supposed to enact a change in society or the culture when we are bound, gagged, and strapped to a log by all the rules and regulations we've put in place that are merely meant to hopefully "prevent" some random atrocity that hit the news today?
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2008-11-26
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2008-11-26
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the right also believes in the working american that starts their business, works hard at getting their foot up, and being able to keep the money they make.
While the left would allow freedom in the more personal choices listed.. but they want the .gov to micromanage our finances, our businesses, our economies.
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2008-11-26
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2008-11-26
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Most of what you said is accurate..
And you wouldn't consider Abraham Lincoln great? He brought war here on our home-front.. american's killed american's.. but without which MLK would have been hung for ever daring to think he had a right to "Dream".
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2008-11-26
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2008-11-27
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While the left would allow freedom in the more personal choices listed.. but they want the .gov to micromanage our finances, our businesses, our economies. A man/woman works for years to start a company, feeding their spouse and kids on barely enough to survive.. until such time that he/she starts making enough he hires an employee to help - and then has to send the bulk of his earnings BACK into his business to upgrade equipment/get larger.. still feeding his/her family off of scraps. Then, after several years, they MIGHT get lucky enough to have their business become well-oiled enough that they can take a break and get some things for themselves or their family... but the left comes in and strips all their new money away to help feed those more "needy".
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2008-11-28
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I understand there is a difference between a hand up and a hand out. But I also think we do better to realize that some really do need a hand up and that we are all better off if those folks are given such. I've been there and it did help.
If someone is going to kill, lack of a weapon will not stop them.
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