THIS is what's wrong with today's Democratic party:

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Originally Posted by elfneedsfood

Ummm...this country was founded on religion, so I don't think that should be very surprising. It's been that way since the beginning. I don't think it's going to change anytime soon.

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I don't know where you've been living.

The United States of America Online was founded by commerce. It grew on commerce, subsists on commerce, and will continue to function on commerce.

Religion's place in this country is the same as any other place in the world.

meh.

Picking on extremist Christians, is like picking on the retarded. What's the point? It is so overdone, that its not even funny anymore.

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meh.

Picking on extremist Christians, is like picking on the retarded. What's the point? It is so overdone, that its not even funny anymore.

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Actually, that site has to be a joke because they're calling 777 the Lord's number when true translations of religious texts have said it's the Devil's, not 666.

It's like he scribbled his idiocy all over pages from the bible, ripped them out, called them God, stuffed them in his ears and went "NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"

I'm pretty sure I just owned myself - the site's so deadpan (I've seen southern churches that are exactly like this) it didn't click until I went to their Kidz Page that the whole thing was a joke. Forget I mentioned it.

"It would be much darker without him."

The average body fat % would plummet, though.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

"It would be much darker without him."

The average body fat % would plummet, though.

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Moore's not obese; he's just got alot of fat-shaped muscle, like E. Honda.

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Originally Posted by toxic

The IMF has supported tax increases during economic turmoil (most recently in 1998 Pakistan). This has never been a policy of the Republican party since Barry Goldwater's success in the 60's.

The one time this occurred, was when Bush Sr. was strong armed into doing it by a Democratic legislation ... and he quickly found himself with a large body of disenchanted Republicans (see Patrick Buchanan 1992; Ross Perot 1992) and was ousted.

So again, the IMF is not right wing by American standards. Just because they may be in bed with some business interests, thier policies do not match today's Republican party.

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Why am I supposed to give a shit by "American Standards"? I didn't know that being economically "right" was completely based on whether you increase taxes and have the same ideologies as the Rebublicans, I thought it was mearly down to whether you supported privatisation and a free market economy, my bad.

But if the IMF are pinkos, why do all the left wing student protestors give them so much shit?

If you don't think IMF are "right" economically, then you must not think Tony Blair is "right" economically, remembering that the New Labour party is the English equivalent of the Democrats. Or you must not think that John Howard, the Liberal Party (conservative) Prime Minister of Australia is "right" because he raised taxes a bunch of times.

There's more to the "right" than just the Republicans and their stupid "starve-the-beast" policies.

I always liked the idea of "starving the beast" (Grover Norquist?). It reminds me of that Jim Carrey SNL weight-loss through drug abuse advertisement skit: "ride the snake".

"why do all the left wing student protestors give them so much shit"

Because they are left wing student protestors, which by definition means they whine about everything.

Left and right is relative. Hitler would call me left, whereas all the whiny left wing student protestors would call me ultra-right (because everyone is ultra-right but them, apparently)