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    These are important overtures towards something that could be fantastic in the long run, but they're still nowhere near achieving…
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    • There is a middle ground because we're supposed to take the morality and ideology into account rather than just acknowledging…
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    • Really, this is all just a sliding scale from the initial mistake, which is our implicit condoning of the whole…
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    • No matter what the social benefits, we'll never get past conservatives' fervent belief that these are "undeserved" "gifts" with which…
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    • Because of "entitlement." If a church gives food and shelter to the indigent, that's charity -- it's a gift, which…
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    • You're too kind. Thank you for your gracious remarks. You may know this already (it wasn't clear from your comment)…
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    • I think the important part is the unthinking definition of "conventional" to mean conservative. Conservatives always do this and always…
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    • (The second holds out the opened leather case with the two pistols) SECOND: "Will you make your selection?" WOODY ALLEN…
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    • You're just refusing to accept my point (which is your prerogative of course). I'm arguing that I do not "take…
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    • No. No ordinary citizens/taxpayers' interests coincide with Wall Street. CEOs and majority stockholders are a different story. They may believe…
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    • But it does matter, since all of the Tea Party's policy positions must be viewed through the lens of whose…
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    • I haven't read the Markos piece (which I realize makes me an irresponsible commenter), but I have to wonder: does…
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    • If you a) want to invade and occupy every country in the Middle East and yet b) want to publicly…
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    • Correct. It's all wrong from the moment it starts, because Beirnart just assumes by fiat that the only way to…
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    • It used to be that people were ignorant because they were isolated; cut off. Now, they're ignorant because they're tuned…
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    • Those weren't voters. Those were minorities who wanted handouts.
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    • He's nothing like Clinton. Clinton is genuinely smart (Rhodes Scholar, etc.), genuinely self-made, and genuinely likeable and charismatic. Don't you…
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    • What I like about your comment is its breadth and scope. More people need to respond to Romney (and to…
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    • I don't know where this "smart guy" concept comes from. So many arbitrarily rich/successful people are viewed as "smart" when…
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    • There's something almost breathtakingly impressive about the right-wing's ironclad heuristic model that binds race, entitlement, and (necessary) gun violence together…
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