attn Wolfbite:

issue 1) unions are people and companies are not. companies should NOT have the same Constitutional rights as people

issue 2) the amount of corporate money given to politicians dwarfs that of unions

one of the nails in American's coffin occurred when the Supreme Court gave corporations the same (if not greater) rights as persons

Santa Clara County versus Southern Pacific Railroad Company ~ 1886

isn't it true that around 50% of all pregnancy's are not planned

isn't it true that the USA has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates

isn't is true that higher abortion rates are directly linked to the non-availability of contraception

so why do we have abstinence-only policy's that are proven not to work

this is a tiresome argument.

as long as people (women) are getting pregnant and people (women and men) don't wanna have that pregnancy, then we will have abortions regardless of laws, so-called morals, etc.

the answer is adequate 1) health/sex information and 2) improved availability to contraception since historically (stupid) efforts to control sex have failed

attn Jessald:

thank you for your post.

Glenn Beck has a long and well documented history of lies and distortions

he is kinda like our modern day Joe McCarthy

i agree that lobbyist rule but i just wish that when people make allegations at the minimun they should also site some supporting evidence

i make the counter argument that computers/Internet connect, thus improving family ties

example - troops in Iraq and Afghanistan stay better connect with their families

example - those homebound due to illness, disability are able to stay connected with far-away family members

amen !!!

you said it and i 100% agree with yah

too many people (not you) don't truly understand the concept of free speech.

they think that any speech or expression of speech that they deem in unacceptable and unpatriotic must be banned

attn ThePyg:

have you read the Supreme Court's ruling on why flag burning is acceptable?

"... Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ..." ~ Declaration of Independence, 1776

attn JoeCavalry:

your comment implies that there was a time when there was/were morals

could yah tell me when this time actually existed ???

i honestly doubt if the past was any more moral than the present

obviously not !!!

but you should have defined "modern society" and also the "soul of humanity" because i doubt if we are all working from the same interpretation

are yah saying "so" or "no"?

anyway, i wish you would've sited some evidence to support your claim

seems to me that a common thread of people who viscerally hate Obama are primarily but not exclusively white, fundamentalist Christian, middle to lower middle class mid-age to older adults

attn JoeCavalry:

interesting (some what childish) responses

isn't there a US soldier being held by opposition forces in Afghanistan

would you post the same kinda replies if he were water boarded ???

attn JoeCavalry:

you unwittingly answered your own question.

when military personnel are undergoing the SEARS training, they know that they will undergo limited water boarding exercises that is limited and non life threatening

this is totally different from those held by the US military who know that they will be subjected to many forms of torture (including water boarding) and can even be killed

yes - KILLED !!!

the US government has document the deaths of many held in US prisons and indicated that many could be labeled as homicides !!!

a history lesson for JoeCavalary ---

in 1947, the US government prosecuted Yukio Asano, a Japanese military officer, because he water-boarded a US prisoner

fromfferingCavalry:

here is the US legal definition of torture:

(1) “torture” means an act committed by a person acting under the color of law specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering (other than pain or suffering incidental to lawful sanctions) upon another person within his custody or physical control;

(2) “severe mental pain or suffering” means the prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from—

(A) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering;

(B) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality;

(C) the threat of imminent death; or

(D) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind-altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality; and ...

also, according to US law, torture is illegal

water-boarding is under the category of torture

thus, water-boarding is illegal

side note --- at the end Worldf World War II, the US government prosecuted the Japanes for water-boarding US prisoners

dearest JoeCavalry:

in comparison to other methods of interrogating suspects and gathering actionable information, we know for a historical fact that it, water-boarding, does NOT work

more importantly the evidence shows that water-boarding produces inaccurate information

attn Atypican:

good question

i direct you to Article I, Section II and you'll see that the taxing powers are vested to the Congress (Legislative branch of our government)

but i wish to add that the Congress has totally abdicated it's Constitutional responsibility

the solution to this and other problems is found within Declaration of Independence

attn Kukla...:

unfortunately, the initial reports indicate that the investigation will be limited

but, to date, we are unsure as to how aggressive the special prosecutor, Ed Durham, is gonna be (as opposed to Fitzgerald's limited investigation of the Plame leak)

but we can assume that Durham will uncover the paper trail that will lead to the Bush White House and that the low level scape-goats will rat-out the higher-ups

attn Frenchchieak:

good tip, good idea

i, too, will start looking at this kinda stuff

while this may be a good idea, it is contrary to what is spelled out in the US Constitution - the supreme law of the land

these are terror "SUSPECTS" !!! --- note the emphasis on the word "suspect"

until one is a "proven" terrorist and one is only "suspected" of being a terrorist, then "yes", one does have rights

attn Altarion

do you have any functional understanding of the US Constitution?

just because someone or some organization put forwards ideas that may be incorrect or even false, there is no just cause for censorship