I say it's patently obvious our founders were Patriots, Humanists and Liberal Democrats, and therefore it's perfectly clear to me, and liberals/democrats in general, that we have the proper interpretation of these men because we feel we are closer in spirit and nature to them. I'll agree and then s...

Thanks for the quotes, it proves my point. Promoting the general welfare can be interpreted after the fact to mean all sorts of things. Bottom line is that it's not the government's job to make sure I'm prosperous, it's the government's job to remove any barriers to my becomming prosperous. But thi...

And it hasn't made some of us think of ways to make ourselves more marketable. I can't accept that every poor human on the planet is fulfilling their absolute highest potential, that this really is the best they can do. Maybe in a third world country, yes. But not in America. Sure, there are poor p...

Thankee-sai.

It was right down there with "It was a dark and stormy night."

I like your... curuschiaro, or whatever it was...

I could be wrong on the Boy Scout thing. Happens sometimes. :) You're cool, Syl. I like you guys. I would never see that on my most recent political forum. It's like... you just took the wind out of my sails! I'm going, "Oh yeah? But... Oh. Okay." :lol: As for the searches, I think you mi...

I did the Belief-O-Matic about a year ago. It says I'm a Sikh. :) I'm actually a little bit agnostic. I mean, I do believe in a Creator, that I call God. I think the Christians and Jews and Buddhists all have a different take on Who this Creator is, but they also all have pieces of the puzzle. I've ...

The KKK may be right-wing extremists, but their cause is still classified as "rightist." As for Bush, he is not really a traditional "conservative," but nonetheless, he's the highest ranking official in and champion of the largest conservative party in the US, the GOP. Okay, you...

Hey, Syl... I just realized that you asked me to Google something, and I haven't yet. I wll do that now... Okay, typed in "ACLU defends religion", and what I get is: ... Let’s not forget when the ACLU defends religion. 1. Aug. 8, 2005 PORTALES, NM — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ne...

That's great, Chassit, but I hope you don't think it refutes anything I said. I never claimed that the ACLU wasn't a left organization. I said it's defended "'rightist' causes." Okay. But you said it defended "many" rightist causes, and then when Esmer entered the conversation, ...

free-market capitalism, rugged individualism, traditional values, patriotism/nationalism what are these to you? Wow, now that could take up an afternoon! :lol: In a nutshell, I guess, these would all be things that would revolve around doing for oneself, one's family and one's country. To me person...

hhhmmm...what exactly IS a conservative cause? what do conservatives fight for or want? :? Conservative causes would be things like free-market capitalism, rugged individualism, traditional values, patriotism/nationalism; things like that. At least this would be current U.S. conservatism. In the pa...

Good morning! Well, since I'm not working today (it's just too nice today to work, even though I need the money, but never mind that now), I thought I'd post a little info I'm finding on the ACLU. [Disclaimer: The links I post as sources will undoubtedly be biased. That's the nature of this kind of ...

And thank god that George Orwell guy's political career never took off. Chassit, I don't think it's as mutual as you'd like to believe. The ACLU has supported many 'rightist' causes over the years. Well, Syl, I'd have to disagree with you on "many". It might depend on the age-old question...

True, the ACLU and those on the right have a mutual dislike for each other.

But if they did create this, all I can say is it's dismaying to consider. We have enough nanny state already.

[Edit: I thought I saw something about "40 condoms" when I was watching that. ]

100 degrees in England... whoa! It cooled down in Denver. Now we're in the 80s. Actually, our record temperature was something like 108 F., but I can't remember the year. The only time the heat truly bothers me is when, like four years ago, we drove to California in August with no AC. I think it was...

"The scale of his distress made her want to exhale a chiaroschuro of partially digested treasure-berries." eeeEEEEwww!! :sick: Okay... "The scale of his distress made her want to consider the possibility of revisiting what she had eaten for breakfast, even though she knew that in doi...

I was gonna' post this in General, but then I thought, nah, this group might create some lively political discussion over it first, which could be sort of fun. I think this is so close to true now that it isn't quite as funny as it would have been 10 years ago... www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.ph...

Oh, okay, I see what you mean now. Yeah... sad but true. It's like with "Pirates of the Carribean" (the first one); I saw it on TV the other night, even though we have the DVD, and there was an extra scene at the end that none of us remembered from the theater or the DVD: The monkey took o...

Esmer... I can't remember where you live. Do you get it in your area? If so, the next ones are on this Weds. night.

I think this is great so far! The little toy soldier one was just... funny, in a sad way. I found myself laughing every time they launched some new attack. :lol: Was glad to see "Crouch End". Somehow it was almost as scary as the actual short story. Nice touch with the creepy voice reading...