The 2012 and beyond Political Thread - Part 2
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audi:
Shameful. California Republicans Create Fake Healthcare Website To Mislead Constituents http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/12/03/california-republicans-create-fake-healthcare-website-mislead-constituents/
And California taxpayers paid for it.
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A hysterical right winger online screamed Hillary Clinton and Obama were "responsible" for those officials being murdered in Benghazi--were they indirectly responsible, somehow? I'd read the GOP kept more funds from being used for security purposes in that hot spot Another Net hater sneered the "gray hairs" plan to mobilize "by the millions" for the next presidential election and get who they want ( a wealthy old ultra conservative white male) in office. He ought to remember the millions of "grey hairs" who don't want that to happen, right? I mean left (LOL). He charged that the "ignorant" youth of America got Obama in office twice. As if it were only they who voted for O.
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When President Kennedy was killed, it was a very depressing time to follow. This positive and uplifting and hopeful song, which made the top of The Billboard Charts in the U.S. in 1963, became a consoling anthem for many. DOMINIQUE by The Singing Nuns...
A few short months later, The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan and gave us another more enduring dose of optimism! The 50th Anniversary is only 2 months away! The Politics Of Love And Peace On Earth...To All. -
SusyLuvsPaul:
A hysterical right winger online screamed Hillary Clinton and Obama were "responsible" for those officials being murdered in Benghazi--were they indirectly responsible, somehow? I'd read the GOP kept more funds from being used for security purposes in that hot spot
The issue is not that Obama and Clinton murdered those people but that they lied about why it happened. Whether they actually lied about what happened is debatable, but if Clinton runs for president in 2016 it helps to begin attacking her now.
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I was wondering WHY on earth does a man or a woman who will NEVER have a child need to pay for maternity insurance? The Affordable Care Act is forcing me to pay for other people to populate the world? What a bunch of carrots! My independent insurance I had since I was 16 years old was a GREAT plan that is good enough to meet the demands of the ACA, but it is MUCH more expensive on their website. I do not want the government to tell me what to do with my personal body, and force me to pay more for the same coverage. Also if it is so equal, why are there Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum, plans? Sounds like a credit card company. Or a caste system! President Obama said, 'if we like our health care plans we can keep them, PERIOD.' He lied, period. If the US Gov't loves this insurance so much then ALL the citizens of the US should be forced to have it. Unions, Federal employees, State employees, etc... President Obama and his wife and children should sign up as well if it is so fabulous.
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The right winger gave more info and informed me that Hillary Clinton signed a bunch of documents withdrawing more security for Benghazi officials, even after Bush and the Congress had authorized more funds for this. Is that true? If so, why did Clinton do that????
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CIVIC LITERACY EXAM...U.S. http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 33 questions. I did a little better than college educators did on average, but hadn't really focused my full attention on it. How well do you think you can fare on it? It's pretty interesting!
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I'm surprised that the anti- gun crowd hasn't brought up Freudian Psychology in their arguments. Know what Freud said about guys who like guns? That they have little male organs. Yep. From the Father of Modern Psychology. The mean quips just write themselves.... What's even funnier is when the said gun nut is an Atheist who believes in Science as his basis. Want to know what is said psychologically about guys like you, dude? It just writes itself.
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SurSteven:
CIVIC LITERACY EXAM...U.S. http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 33 questions. I did a little better than college educators did on average, but hadn't really focused my full attention on it. How well do you think you can fare on it? It's pretty interesting!
According to the site: "...The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. ..." I got 60.61%. Nothing to brag about, but I did better than the groups listed above.
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audi:
SurSteven:
CIVIC LITERACY EXAM...U.S. http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 33 questions. I did a little better than college educators did on average, but hadn't really focused my full attention on it. How well do you think you can fare on it? It's pretty interesting!
According to the site: "...The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. ..." I got 60.61%. Nothing to brag about, but I did better than the groups listed above.
I got 19 of 33 for 58% I think it was. I was doing other things and not focusing my full attention on it. Did some of the questions seem a little politically loaded to you too?
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I got that impression with one of the questions toward the end -- as well as a few of the multiple-choice options.
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9th degree metaphysical ninja thoughts
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SurSteven:
CIVIC LITERACY EXAM...U.S. http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692
Some of the questions are more about what the government generally does rather than what it should do, as stated in the question.
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News from NJ --- (Star Ledger) http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/christie_bridgegates_getting_boring_how_about_cory_bookers_scandal.html#incart_m-rpt-1 http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/comptroller_newark_watershed_director_took_care_of_herself_and_her_friends_at_expense_of_taxpayers.html Write your complaints (if you have them) to the NJ newspaper ... Please note, I didn't write the articles & I have not made any comments ...
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Maybe they need to remember their 5th grade mathematics? ???
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What I will never understand about Americans is how much they abhor their elected leaders yet keep electing them.
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Hi everyone! Remember me? I was the one everyone said was on the wrong side of history ten years ago. Good times! So hey, did you hear about Russia wanting to invade another country for dubious reasons and everyone thinks that's a really bad thing? Wow, funny how times change. Of course, America is right to caution Russia against being so foolhardy btu wait, why is everyone laughing? Would any of those great chess players from the old days like to give me another lecture on how Bush played the long game? Just for old times' sake? Didn't think so.
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al Sabah:
What I will never understand about Americans is how much they abhor their elected leaders yet keep electing them.
The average person in your country has 2 times as much more money to spend than the average person in the u.s....thanks to your oil fields...if they dried up tomorrow...what would your government be like?...would the women be as free as they are in the west?