Re: Obama XVI: Muslin curtains in the White House!!!
Robert Frank disagrees with Captain Obvious. Or does he?
Robert Frank disagrees with Captain Obvious. Or does he?
So we shouldn't cut spending?Nobody's very happy in Europe today.
"Just because everybody believes something doesn't mean it's wrong." -- Isaac AsimovSo we shouldn't cut spending?![]()
Just because people are rioting over losing their benefits doesn't mean its wrong"Just because everybody believes something doesn't mean it's wrong." -- Isaac Asimov
Just because people are rioting over losing their benefits doesn't mean its wrong![]()
way to stereotype.
Atheists and agnostics topped a survey of religious knowledge among Americans released on Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
"On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey. Atheists and agnostics average 20.9 ... Jews and Mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers," Pew said.
It found Protestants answered 16 correctly and Catholics on average 14.7.
On questions about the Bible and Christianity, Mormons and white evangelical Protestants scored the highest, while Jews, atheists and agnostics trumped the other faiths on their knowledge of Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism.
"While previous surveys by the Pew Research Center have shown that America is among the most religious of the world's developed nations, this survey shows that large numbers of Americans are not well informed about the tenets, practices, history and leading figures of major faith traditions -- including their own,
....and?
Robert Frank disagrees with Captain Obvious. Or does he?
This guy is actually much more like the soldiers I've worked with over the years, although they were Navy so of course they wouldn't want to be classed with Army.![]()
He's also exactly the kind of guy I want doing the job. I don't want some nutbar ideologue who believes in the political window dressing and I certainly don't want somebody who will stop and weigh the ethics of every maneuver. Let the guys do their job, take seriously that we're putting their lives on the line and as soon as practical bring them home, whatever the political cost from the Dolchstoßlegende poseurs.
It's funny, too. Right now I'm reading Charterhouse of Parma, and the description of soldiers in the Napoleanic Wars is exactly the same as this guy, 200 years later. I'm sure it was the same in the Roman Legions, too.
....and?
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Medal-of-Honor-recipients-family-turned-away-at-White-House-104032604.html
Let's see, the repulsive Salahis get into the WH, but the widow and grand son of a Medal of Honor winner are turned away because the boy's wearing a t-shirt? Nice.
You're reading. . .a book?! Watch out, the forum moderator's gonna get you.
"If, um, you you you like your c-c-current, um coverage, aaahh, YOU CAN KEEP IT IDIOTS!" Unless the meaningless, expensive, overbearing regulation encourages your employer to drop it. Then feel free to vote for repeal, known to progressives as "the same failed policies" of liberty, growth and success.
As opposed to making them the basis for a secular religion?The words "greed" and "profits" will be used with scorn.
As opposed to making them the basis for a secular religion?
There are plenty of ways to have the Capitalist cake and not have it eat you. Just because you don't want Merck boning your 87 year old grandmother doesn't put you in the Paris Commune.