Farsailer: You haven't commented on my links to the Discovery Institute, The Wedge Strategy and The Santorum Amendment. Do you not believe it, or do you agree with Santorums affiliations or is there a third option that I'm not seeing? Have not looked at them. You apparently have me confused with Sa...

Strictly anecdotal, I know, but one of my best friends from high school who lives in a major east coast bastion of liberalism is himself so liberal he makes Jerry Brown look like a conservative Republican. We've butted heads many times and his arguments usually have that tone of moral indignation wi...

I think this has been a problem for a fair number of lottery winners. They get this huge pot of money and blow it, and then they're right back where they started. Washington Post Magazine had an article a few years back about a guy in West Virginia who won a huge lottery payout, and it basically ru...

... because no one here would stoop to such despicable tactics? They may work insults into their comments (noticed!), misrepresent facts, belittle people's opinions, and rathole a topic rather than concede a point -- but changing the topic is crossing the line?!?! Well you did yourself engage in th...

So you're against the death penalty and against wars, but are willing to kill your young and your unfit. Hmmm, situational, as you put it. ok ...

More evidence that direct accountability to consumers leads to lower prices can be found in the two areas of medicine that are almost never insured: laser surgery for eyes and plastic surgery. One of the huge problems with health care and health insurance expense is the serious lack of visibility an...

Choice is fine. But why force me pay for that? No one is forcing you to pay for anythng. I ask again, where are you being told these things? But very soon if not already, I will not be able to, that choice will be taken away from me. Forcibly, I may add. That's what I object to. I am at a loss here...

Farsailor, I guess you're not a woman, so I can explain this since maybe you don't know considering you just talk about sex (as if that's a bad thing!). Birthcontrol is not just good for preventing pregnancy from sex. It has a lot of benefits for women who are not even having sex. You probably don'...

Also it matters if she has luxuries like iPhones ... because they are testaments to her unwillingness to properly prioritize her own spending and expects others to subsidize her choices when she won't pay for them herself! Subsidy?!?! Where do you get stuff like this from? People pay for their heal...

Having sex is an elective choice like smoking or doing drugs. I shouldn't make other people pay for my elective choices. Like overeating or drinking too much... In a way that's proof of what I already said, which is being ignored, but I'll try one last time: Do you have any idea how many other far ...

I wonder how many of these students "struggling" to pay for birth control have iPhones in their purses, how many have mortgage-size student loan debt, how many bought their cars new, how many clip coupons for their grocery shopping... etc., are you getting the picture here? Dude ... how i...

Ananda, in the US, all employers are forbidden to ask certain questions like age, marital status, religion, ethnicity. Does not keep a company from looking at the information they can gather through the application and the background check. A prospective employee can find out about the benefits and ...

I wonder how many of these students "struggling" to pay for birth control have iPhones in their purses, how many have mortgage-size student loan debt, how many bought their cars new, how many clip coupons for their grocery shopping... etc., are you getting the picture here? Are you telling...

Good decision...

how do liberals explain why their president and their party wants to abolish the first amendment? It's not just liberals, all but three Republicans voted for this too. This passed overwhelmingly in the House which happens to be majority Republican, in case that escaped anyone's notice. In other wor...

Why doesn't your logic for killing newborns apply to killing severely retarded humans? Who says it doesn't? I'd say it depends on the degree of retardation. You're on a very slippery slope here, Prebe. What's to keep the state from moving the goalposts when it comes to defining something as subject...

Come now, doesn't anyone recall the movie "Trading Places"? Billy Ray Valentine summed up commodities traders accurately--"you guys are like bookies". Oil prices are where they are only because of speculation, not supply and demand like they will tell you on the radio. As far as...

Cail wrote:I'm not aware of any poster in the Tank who's blatantly supported any GOP candidate.

Not even Ron Paul?

As I am pretty sure I wouldn't have become a professional software engineer without going to college, I am really fine, thanks. The 3 best professional software engineers I ever worked with never finished college. Only one of them even did two years in college. The best Oracle database administrato...

Those illegal aliens picking strawberries or other produce on the farms. That can be roboticized. That's one that is beyond technology at this time. There are crops that can be picked using machines and others are too fragile when ripe to pick with machines. I'm not saying it will always be beyond ...