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Forum: Political Threads 11-10-2013, 07:02 PM
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Posted By detbuch
I think your body of work would be high...

I think your body of work would be high qualification to be a politician. The "conservative politicians" would love to have you on their side. I think the "libs" would more so. And the libs are...
Forum: Political Threads 11-10-2013, 12:40 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
[/B] No remedy is possible if the people...

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No remedy is possible if the people don't want it. This brought to mind the quote "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty". Out of curiosity I searched the quote and its source, which...
Forum: Political Threads 11-09-2013, 11:21 PM
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Posted By detbuch
Truth is a principle by which the Founder's...

Truth is a principle by which the Founder's system must operate, and on which the system was devised. In hammering out that system, they did not lie or dissemble to one another. They argued and...
Forum: Political Threads 11-09-2013, 06:47 PM
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Posted By detbuch
I didn't say he was more/less honest. And I...

I didn't say he was more/less honest. And I certainly don't share your spin that the "big difference" is that he has a motivated hate machine dogging him, subtilely and falsely implying that Bush...
Forum: Political Threads 11-09-2013, 12:40 PM
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Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
And "what will happen" when the end comes may be...

And "what will happen" when the end comes may be "good" or "bad." Whether we return to a foundation built on experience and has individual liberty as its goal, or continue on to some new theory on...
Forum: Political Threads 11-08-2013, 08:38 PM
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Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
So true. But that is the natural spiral which...

So true. But that is the natural spiral which actually grows the power of the progressive administrative State. That we have, as John Hayward put it, had an attitude adjustment--what I see as a...
Forum: Political Threads 11-08-2013, 07:25 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Will Obama pay a political price for his lies? ...

Will Obama pay a political price for his lies?

No. Politicians are expected to lie. They lie to get elected. They paint negative portraits of their opponents in the primaries. They paint...
Forum: Political Threads 11-06-2013, 12:41 PM
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Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Yeah, that pesky whatever...

Yeah, that pesky whatever (progressive/neo-con/establishment Republican/independent/goofy or bribed?/whatever) Roberts appointed by quasi-progressive/compassionate conservative/mixed bag/whatever (oh...
Forum: Political Threads 11-05-2013, 07:16 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
So, being hard, overcoming obstacles, losses,...

So, being hard, overcoming obstacles, losses, tragedies must be beautiful. Are they less beautiful if government makes it easier? Is the beauty lost if the difficulty is lost?

We don't disagree...
Forum: Political Threads 11-05-2013, 11:49 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
See, your overlooking the pre-existing condition...

See, your overlooking the pre-existing condition that people have, as you say, "zero control" over. The most obvious one in the case of your hypothetical scenario is that there are no two...
Forum: Political Threads 11-04-2013, 12:21 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Did your friend's daughter survive and is she...

Did your friend's daughter survive and is she better? Are your friends recovering from the economic disaster? Are they gradually doing better. I hope all of that is the case. If it is, then they...
Forum: Political Threads 11-03-2013, 11:52 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
I don't know if "we" can do a little better. I'm...

I don't know if "we" can do a little better. I'm sure philanthropic donors could. Voluntary free hospitals could. Pro-bono services by other hospitals in rare cases. Various children's charities,...
Forum: Political Threads 11-03-2013, 10:29 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Now you're really losing me. We need a...

Now you're really losing me. We need a government program to pay for hundreds of thousands of dollars? If there were such a program, don't you think there would be a lot more cases of such need as...
Forum: Political Threads 11-03-2013, 10:17 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Many of those reasons Scott was talking about...

Many of those reasons Scott was talking about also involve situations where the individual has, as you put it, "zero control over". Two that I mentioned above, growing old and in need of 24/7 care...
Forum: Political Threads 11-03-2013, 09:57 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
It seems that government programs are most...

It seems that government programs are most effective in creating a greater need for their service than existed before the programs started. That appears to be the nature of providing "help". The...
Forum: Political Threads 11-03-2013, 09:36 AM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Would it have been possible for those people (how...

Would it have been possible for those people (how many?--I don't know any--is this a rampant problem?)--would it have been possible for them to refinance their home for a loan to pay off their...
Forum: Political Threads 11-01-2013, 09:24 PM
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Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Yeah, you are saying something. You are a very...

Yeah, you are saying something. You are a very fair and decent man. Your heart is very much in the right place and you have good things to say about most issues. I don't know what a libertarian...
Forum: Political Threads 11-01-2013, 01:29 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 56,637
Posted By detbuch
Jim, it sounds to me like you're just quibbling. ...

Jim, it sounds to me like you're just quibbling. You don't seem to have much against Obamacare, you just don't like the lies, and in the end it will cost the Dems politically. If Obmacare is a good...
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