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    Apartment prices up...

    $8-9? That's pretty good. It was more like $6-$7 when I was in high school (96-00). You know a lot of people defend such a low minimum wage by saying that the vast majority of people that make min wage are teenagers. (My personal experience backs that up but I don't live in a poor area...
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    Bush's approval on the rise again

    Do you really believe this nonsense? You're coming across sounding like a quack. Its not helping your cause.
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    Xbox 360 available Friday at CC?

    Yeah, that sums it up about right. He's being a jerk. Its not a illegal, but its something you expect a jerk to do.
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    Xbox 360 available Friday at CC?

    So what's the word. Does anyone know if you can take back the games and remote if you don't want them? Or would you have to return the whole package?
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    Why do I have to put up with this crap? (And students in general)

    sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. You have to look at the teacher and then decide how open they are to alternative viewpoints.
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    Why do I have to put up with this crap? (And students in general)

    Well, the University of Maryland lets you do that... at least for graduate school. I'm not sure if undergrad can. And, it sounds like Frackal has a crappy teacher. I've had my fair share. Just tell the prof what he wants to hear. After the semester make sure you give him/her a horrible...
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    Bush uses Veterans Day to accuse his critics of harming the troops.

    ok, perhaps, you have never tried to censor anyone's remarks, but we're a little sensative about it due to people like pabster and many others on this board that have said that criticism of the War is anti-american and hurts the country. (God forbid we have a debate in a democracy.) So, if you...
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    Rock the non-vote

    lol, well then you should be thrilled! You live in your dream government. Seems odd, though, considering most of the actvitities you advocate should be private are in fact publicly run in the US (and always have been). So now its, the wild west, a 10 year community in PA, somalia, and the...
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    Rock the non-vote

    I asked you to give me any example of a prosperous anarchacist capitalist society.
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    Rock the non-vote

    It is natural for man to attempt to explain the unknown. Thus religions were formed. Yes, its quite natural. We're curious beings.
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    Rock the non-vote

    You summed it up nicely. You base your entire position on theory without any evidence derived from history or the natural environment. Dude even your paper is all thoery! I can't find any historical evidence in it to support that an anarchacist capitalist state could even exist. When it...
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    Rock the non-vote

    There have been plenty of anarchist states and many more that were very close to it. Yet, none of them have survived and prospoured. Furthermore, humans developed civilization concurrently in many different parts of the globe, yet somehow they all managed to form governments (and you claim...
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    Rock the non-vote

    Nice cop out.
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    FDA Warning issued on birth control patch

    There are both conservative and liberal interest groups pushing drugs through as fast as possible. To blame one or the other is pure punditry.
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    Rock the non-vote

    That's quite the statement. Do you have any evidence of an anrachist capitolist society ever succesfully defending itself? Or is this based purely on faith?
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    Rock the non-vote

    They usually come to power at the end of a gun barrel (or big club in caveman times :) ) I would agree that government is based on opinion and social instutions change but that doesn't disprove that there has NEVER been an anarchist state with the standard of living that modern democracies...
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    FDA Warning issued on birth control patch

    You sound like a nut. Is it the fault of the republican party that the big drug companies have been under fire for some of the side affect of their drugs lately? NO, its not. And neither is this the fault of the liberals. Don't be such a political hack. If its found to be dangerous then...
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    Rock the non-vote

    Well, there is one point that train has made that I would have to agree with. We are social creatures by design. A social heirarchy (aka government) is inevitable. Its been with us through out history from the tribe all the way to the modern democracy. Even in our families there is chain of...
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    Florida: Students may be required to take Spanish

    Sure, these are two seperate issues. Offering a foreign language at an early age is a great idea. Mandating spanish is probably not such a hot idea.
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    Poll: Most Americans Doubt Bush's Honesty

    not completely. polticians do pay attention to them to determine what policies they should support. It allows the public's voice to be heard, even between elections. But as to whether you can make any judgements on future elections from them... probably not. Especially when there isn't even...
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    Florida: Students may be required to take Spanish

    I really don't think its a function of resources. Some of our best funded schools are the crappiest and some of our more modestly funded schools perform the best. We throw obscene amounts of money at programs that get little results. This would require modest investments and have a very real...
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    Florida: Students may be required to take Spanish

    No we're not Europe. All I was saying is that they do it and have higher test scores. It was my second example showing that a second langauge has no negative correlation (and possibly has a positive correlation) with learning other subjects. English, Math and Science are certainly the most...
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    Florida: Students may be required to take Spanish

    I guess I'm suprised by just how vehemently SOG is against this. There are several elementary schools near where I live that teach in a different language. They're pretty neat. They start by teaching the second langauge right along side of english for the first couple of years. After about...
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    Florida: Students may be required to take Spanish

    This doesn't sound so bad to me. Young children learn language much faster than the rest of us. Plus, there technically isn't an official language in the US. Seems to me, it will just give their children a competitive edge. Its not like their teaching them pottery. Its an actuall useful skill.
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    Corzine Wins, Kaine Wins, Democrats Win.

    Tim Kaine is a moderate. What's your point? Virginia is a pretty moderate state. Why would he be vilified because he is religous? He appears able to seperate politics and religion. Also, with respect to law enforcment, his stance against the death penalty didn't make freinds with the...
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    Should we lengthen the school year to 240 days?

    Amen! this is exactly what schools should be teaching. Get rid of the junk and stick to the basics that will be expanded upon in college.
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    Medicare for all?

    Fatties? that's pretty mean.
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    Medicare for all?

    So, then it should automatically be disregarded? A discussion is of no value? Rememebr, there are some great works of literature here that you are casually tossing aside. To inject the word "must" was misleading on your part... I didn't say that. I said it can be beneficial to draw out...
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    Medicare for all?

    Can a fictional book give you any insight into social policy, economics, the poor, racism, etc.? The answer is yes. And yet, the fictional book industry is an entertainment industry too, just like hollywood. No one here "needs" exposure to new ideas from a media source (books included), but...
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    Medicare for all?

    Lol, all this and you haven't even seen the show we are discussing. Do you routinely post about topics when you're ignorant of the topic of discussion? The simple matter, is movies, tv, books, are all just mediums for communication. If you believe that tv can teach us nothing then neither...
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    On Social Security

    It is ironic. He was mocked so much for being right.
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    Medicare for all?

    I'm amazed insurers don't allready do this. It seems so obvious. And I fail to see how there can be legal issues. After all car insuarnce companies raise rates based on a persons sex and age, which peolpe have a lot less control over than their health.
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    Medicare for all?

    This is the point of contention, right here. No one is saying the cost of medicare, per person, would go down under this plan. They would stay largely the same. Just that, the cost per person is cheaper under medicare than it is under private insurance right now. Medicare is offered to a...
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    Medicare for all?

    I didn't say it was the only avenue for discussion. I said it was an avenue for discussion. Something you seem to take issue with. So, I take it then you believe that shakespeare has no relevant issues worthy of discussion that we can learn from. Poetry serves only as entertainment. The...
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    Medicare for all?

    Well, then you're misunbderstanding the idea. As I read it, your saying that we would be paying for all these people that don't have healthcare (we supplement their cost through our taxes). What was said last night (at least as I understand it), is slightly different. The only new people...
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    Medicare for all?

    That is actually what the op was about. At least as defined last night on the show. You and your employer would pay it just like you do your private insuarance now.
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    Is anybody watching the live debate on West Wing?

    yeah, that made no sense.
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    Is anybody watching the live debate on West Wing?

    There's a huge difference between the news which bills itself as real facts/ non fiction promoting an agenda VS a clearly fictional TV show promoting an agenda.