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Preemptive strike ... ;)

Just seemed like a natural progression of the discussion to me ... Fair enough. I would agree ... I don't want to argue anything ... I simply made a statement of my opinion about how I saw the issue of making a statement and then be unwilling to address it. That's all. I think LOS and LRE...

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While LOS' answer was direct, it was not really specifically responsive to the particular situation LRE raised (ie Allende) ... only generally responsive at the very best (which itself is arguable) IOW: it was a glib response. Looks to me more like an effort to avoid engaging in a detailed...

Tell us how you would cut the military in the "right" way ...

Well, yeah ... back that up with a few choice quotes/cites from fine journalistic entities of high repute ... and I'm sure we're right on the verge of ... The Enlightenment 2.0 ...

In terms of those participating in this thread, or the EO membership generally ?

No more officiating by Elvis ?

Oh yeah ... I can just see the religious fundies manning the ramparts on that ... Well, actually I think the argument about a state-sanctioned institution will stand ... and no amount of cute rhetoric like the above will serve as an effective weapon against it. Scope out the following two...

I'm afraid even that is a bridge too far for me, although I will certainly acknowledge that the United States was, and is predominately Christian (or at least claims to be) ... and there can be no denying of the influence that Christians played in defining some of the characteristics of who we...

So ... what should one figure that we ought to do ? Round them up and "concentrate" them in "camps" until we can figure out exactly what to do with them ? A little ethnic/religious cleansing for any existing "offenders" currently stateside ? A religious test for anyone wishing to immigrate...

Let's hope they would not ...

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion ...." Treaty of Tripoli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a...

Interesting piece on US foreign meddling, wherein Vladimir Putin offers the unwashed masses some schooling on free-market economics, and an 8 minute video clip of a presser where State Department Spokes-liar Jen Psaki, addressing ASOS Nuland's salty intercepted phone conversation, attempts to...

Yup ... Yup ... you bet he knows who's behind it ... We've managed to compel the pols and The Lobby to avoid outright war on both Syria and Iran thus far ... They will surely not stop trying tho' ... Eternal vigilance ...

Mother, go get my gun from off the mantle and you best hide in the basement. They're a-comin' to kill me, rape you, and steal our daughter ...

... who decide that because we have a strong military there will be no significant repercussions of an international/external nature should they decide to do a little meddling of a foreign nature ...

If push comes to shove, the American people will likely speak on this issue as they spoke on Syria: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose US Intervention in Ukraine

As much as your posts in this matter of the present POTUS are filled with venomous contempt, I suppose I should consider you a bit of an expert and authority ... however, I'm not entirely sure that it's a matter of true, accurate discernment on your part ... or just simply "projection" ...

Does that roughly translate to "He ain't one of us honkies ... that's fer sure !" ? Well, I wouldn't be getting my hopes up for some right-wing, socially conservative, Talibanistic religious fundie, foreign-interventionist meddler any time real soon ... That ship has pretty much sailed ... and...