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Have you not heard of a 'Mixed Market" Economy? Plus, where in the Constitution or Declaration does it talk about Capitalism? We the PEOPLE in order to form a more perfect UNION establish JUSTICE ensure domestic tranquility (PEACE) provide for the COMMON defense promote the general welfare secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves AND our posterity. Really think about those words and think about the East India Tea Company and how it was in bed with the british government and how that government was passing laws to benefit a company as opposed to taking care of the people and the rebellion that ensued. You want pure capitalism, but you want government protection for certain companies as well. We don't want pure capitalism because we end up with monopolies like Ma Bell and imagine if one Airline controlled the skies. Pure capitalism allows wealth to be concentrated, what our founding fathers envisioned was for WEALTH to be shared by all.

If it is literal, it means that we literally have to "pass through" Jesus to get to heaven. What does that even mean? Not directed at you TB, just using your quote. An interpretation could be that because of what Jesus did, all can get to heaven.

Unless you do and in depth study you can't reach this conclusion. Did the economy tank after the ban and does crime usually go up when the economy goes down? Too many factors

I don't really understand your point. Being intolerant would be saying he doesn't have the right to feel that way and I would try to deny him his right to sell chicken. He has the right to sell it, and others have the right to buy it, and he has the right to his opinion. Disagreeing with someone is not being intolerant. Intolerant is saying "I don't believe in Gay marriage, therefore you can't have marriage equality."

The assault weapons ban that expired in 2007 (2004?) banned the AR 15 and multi -clip. He would not have been able to get those legally 10 years ago.

He was a college student, not an unemployed POOR liberal.

You mean like with abstinence only education?

Holy Cow, we talked about everything about his past. Birth Certificate, his preacher, Bill Ayers. They were all explored extensively, the problem is there was nothing to any of them. He is an American Citizen, he sat in a Church where on occasion the preacher spoke out about the ills of America, and Bill Ayers - a free American citizen - had some kind of political acquaintance with the President many years ago.

It depends on what the state says they are accepting. Many elderly do not drive and they are not taking wedding licensces and how many elderly people have their birth certificate lying around . . . I would be hard pressed to find mine. Many states are accepting NRA/Hunting licenses but not student ids. Why not? Many students do not drive so their ID is their student ID. Accept them and go on, unless your purpose is to suppress the vote. I thought our soldiers fought so that people could vote, not so that some come be denied.

How many cases of voter ID fraud has there been, for this to be such a large problem.

Know they are not. Read the Forbes article and see if any of those folks have been called to testify.

They walked out b/c the members that are voting for this are stupid and haven't given Obama any legitimacy since he was elected. EVERYBODY knows this is a ruse, even you know its a ruse.

Except the whole debate is a red herring.

That is kind of what it means to be baptist. Initially it was the autonomy of the local church, among other things of course, but autonomy was the big thing.

Key to your quote is in bold. How can you even know who is going to heaven or not?

imagine if we weren't practicing austerity and not laying off all of those teachers that we did in May and were actually hiring them.

So if YOU believe in the Bible, YOU can know if I am going to heaven? That is pretty remarkable.

To suggest that anyone, christian or not, knows who is going to heaven is silly.

No they don't.

Please don't act like you were just being curious. . . AAAAND you question EVERYTHING about the President, not just anything.

I think there is some twisted logic there. On the other hand, if you are accused of committing a crime, you will have an attorney appointed if you can't afford one, however, if you are sick (but have done nothing wrong) you will not have a doctor appointed. Logic seems fairly poor there as well.

Philosophically . . . If there were no guns would there be a right to own one?

Jesus is often referred to as the Great Healer. "We are endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights among these are LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I would suggest that reasonable access to healthcare, given our society, is more than implied in this.

The government is not a business.

Shockingly I too am a Centre Grad and I finished law school. It is just that I finished it by Thanksgiving of my first year.