February 27, 200818 yr Soma :laugh: Are you referring to Brave New World or that drink from India or wherever?
February 27, 200818 yr 1. Abortion 2. Lower taxes/ free trade 3. A lot of things, which mesh both parties (improving education, more power to states, end to capital punishment, NOT having a timetable for withdrawal, immigration)
February 27, 200818 yr :laugh: Are you referring to Brave New World or that drink from India or wherever? "And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things by making a great effort and after years of hard moral training. Now, you swallow two or three half-gramme tablets, and there you are. Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your mortality about in a bottle. Christianity without tears-that's what soma is."
February 27, 200818 yr "And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts. And there's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things by making a great effort and after years of hard moral training. Now, you swallow two or three half-gramme tablets, and there you are. Anybody can be virtuous now. You can carry at least half your mortality about in a bottle. Christianity without tears-that's what soma is." Were you that smart in high school?
February 27, 200818 yr Were you that smart in high school? That smart? Yes. A big slacker? Absolutely!
February 27, 200818 yr 1) National Security 2) Economy 3) Social Security-always on my list and we're running out of time to make it happen
February 28, 200818 yr Keeping liberals out of office. Period. If I had to narrow it down to one thing, I would have to say the act of killing an unborn baby. But gun control efforts, this abomination called universal health care, and keeping the Bush tax cuts mean a lot to me, as well. I forgot to add close our borders.
February 28, 200818 yr I forgot to add close our borders. I dont feel that closing our borders is going to solve the imigration problem. I believe that it is a problem, and feel that all people's should go through the legal channels to enter the country. Yet I also feel that the majority of illegals in this country are only hear to earn a honest wage for their family. Its a tough call.
February 28, 200818 yr I forgot to add close our borders. That is a very important issue as well. Not real happy with McCain's position on this . . . . but all others in the running are even farther off base.
February 28, 200818 yr That is a very important issue as well. Not real happy with McCain's position on this . . . . but all others in the running are even farther off base.John Sidney McCain III was for offering undocumented immigrants (Illegal Aliens) a way to get legal status, John Sidney McCain III now says his first priority is fortifying U.S. borders. Sounds a bit like a flip-flop to me. I agree about Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama, they are both way off base.
February 28, 200818 yr I dont feel that closing our borders is going to solve the imigration problem. I believe that it is a problem, and feel that all people's should go through the legal channels to enter the country. Yet I also feel that the majority of illegals in this country are only hear to earn a honest wage for their family. Its a tough call. You need to spend some time in the large cities in the southwest. Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Phoenix, El Paso. I spend a lot of time in all these cities, and I can say first hand that the majority of illegals are not here to earn an honest wage. They are here because family members have come over in the past and told them how they get food stamps, medical cards, vouchers for heat in the winter, free education for their children, and countless other perks they don't get in Mexico. They get these things, all paid for by tax dollars, without contributing to the economy at all. Go to any community of illegals in this country, (they tend to flock together) and ask local law enforcement or emergency services if they are familiar with them. 90% will say only too well. They burden these services, once again without contributing to the kitty that funds these services. Closing the border isn't the complete answer, but it is one of many steps in the right direction.
February 28, 200818 yr You need to spend some time in the large cities in the southwest. Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Phoenix, El Paso. I spend a lot of time in all these cities, and I can say first hand that the majority of illegals are not here to earn an honest wage. They are here because family members have come over in the past and told them how they get food stamps, medical cards, vouchers for heat in the winter, free education for their children, and countless other perks they don't get in Mexico. They get these things, all paid for by tax dollars, without contributing to the economy at all. Go to any community of illegals in this country, (they tend to flock together) and ask local law enforcement or emergency services if they are familiar with them. 90% will say only too well. They burden these services, once again without contributing to the kitty that funds these services. Closing the border isn't the complete answer, but it is one of many steps in the right direction. I would support 9 out of 10 leeches to the system, if I knew that one of the ten got what they needed.
February 28, 200818 yr I would support 9 out of 10 leeches to the system, if I knew that one of the ten got what they needed. How noble of you.
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