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Huh? So these two guys alone are responsible for creating the divide? What happened to "they're just individuals behaving badly"? Heck, as TXGolfer pointed out, he was referring to an actual dog that Occupy Denver elected as their leader. As for pigs, well, it might be an apt description...

Wow. Occupy Oakland in particular is bad news. My opinion is that it's going to be nasty breaking it up, but the longer they let it go, the nastier it's going to get. Better to do it now and suffer the fallout sooner than let the thing fester. Actually, better to do it several weeks ago and...

There have already been various political philosophies that have come along and called themselves the "third way" to set them apart from either socialism or capitalism. They range from FDR's ideas to fascism. It's just different degrees and flavors of statism. Fascism is about as statist as...

Let me make several points. Some of your post covers things I've already addressed, so forgive me if some of this sounds familiar. 1. It seems absurd now, but most people couldn't see the crash coming. There were a handful that predicted it, but bubbles continue as long as it's not commonly...

If mankind did face a problem where the only possible way to prevent extinction was to dismantle everything they had built up over centuries, then yeah, I'd have to agree with you that we probably wouldn't do that. Fortunately, we're not faced with such a choice and we probably never will be.

The emphasis on more government power over the economy. And all the leftists. Am I wrong? You're a Ron Paul guy. Would you appreciate being lumped in with typical conservatives? The Ron Paul crowd likes to call themselves "true conservatives" to distance themselves from traditional...

To protest such an indefensible unjust law by breaking said unjust law and meekly accepting the consequences is a noble thing. That's not what's happening here. They're not protesting laws about sanitation, excess noise, or permits to have a large gathering. They're not actually protesting...

There are the Ron Paul types. I doubt they'd call themselves conservative, or if they did, they would distance themselves from what we normally refer to as conservative. But for the most part, it's a leftist movement.

No they're not. A conservative would protest lawlessness by not breaking the law. They're doing it all wrong. It's not legal to squat on private and public property, refuse to get the proper permits and insurance, camp out for weeks on end, and refuse to leave when the property owners and/or...

Great. Now they're setting up women-only tents to protect women from sexual assault: Women at Occupy Wall Street protest put up female-only tents to avoid rape - NYPOST.com It's time for this to end. Is anyone with me on this? I mean, put politics aside. If I were being politically...

Sorry to be slow to reply. I've been a bit busy. Note I specifically picked examples that don't involve influence from church or state. Even back then, the self-correcting mechanisms of science were in place since these scientists' quirky views eventually gained acceptance. It just took...

A few people who would probably disagree- Michael Faraday, Alfred Wegener, Ignaz Semmelweis, to name a few. Sometimes, the most important science comes from those who are compelled to buck the status quo, go against their peers, and push "fringe" ideas. I'm not making an argument either way...

Not your fault. Blame the Associated Press for that one.

He wasn't a skeptic. The article got it wrong. See post #10: http://www.alldeaf.com/war-political-news/96029-skeptic-now-says-global-warming-real.html#post1952856

All the time. It drives me nuts sometimes. It's like having this annoying teacher sitting on my shoulder playing devil's advocate saying "Are you sure? Have you considered this possibility? What if you're wrong?". But we gotta do that.

Viva la capitalism!

None of those quotes are actually cheering a man getting raped, so I can't condemn them on those grounds. To say that would be gross hyperbole. I can say those quotes are tastelessly capitalizing on one incident. There are better ways to discuss this without resorting to what amounts to...

I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand. I don't believe in selfishness. How many rich people had cell phones and air conditioning 100 years ago? How many poor people have that today? The anti-slave north was wealthier than the south. And why is it that child labor is not even controversial in the...

The Citizen's United case only says that the government cannot restrict corporations or unions from making political broadcasts. Despite what the left and the President has claimed, the decision does nothing to change the laws regarding corporations donating to candidates.

Come on. You know in this very thread I said things like: and... Let's focus on what I actually say. Are conservatives actually cheering the rape of a deaf man? If you can provide me a quote to that effect, I will condemn it. Same with the racially loaded jargon. That's just factually...