Teacher, Gypsy, Even an Insurance Agent Make Fraud Hall of Shame List
National News • January 22, 2008
A glass-eating gypsy, a teacher who faked terminal cancer, and an insurance agent who killed homeless clients are among the top insurance swindlers of 2007. These convicted thieves were inducted ...
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Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: What is wrong with this country??????
Posted On: January 22, 2008, 5:57 pm CST
Posted By: lastbat
Comment:
Patriot, I feel have to step in clarify a few things. The first is that liberals and conservatives both fly off the handle without facts to support what they say. Second, support of the ACLU does not infer any political leaning. The ACLU is dedicated to upholding the United States Constitution; a very noble calling and one that is not easy but often called upon.
I don't know why political extremists (I seem to notice more conservative extremists on this board, but that may just be the articles I'm reading) resort to name-calling and insult-slinging, but it is unnecessary. If you can't calmly make a rational argument with facts then you shouldn't make the argument at all. Passion is okay, but you can have passion in a calm argument. Let your convictions show through strength of argument, not strength of insult.
Lastly, Communism has nothing to do with religion. Communism is a system of economics that ostensibly places control of the sources of wealth into the hands of the producers of that wealth and equally distributes the gains therefrom. The fact that such a system has not worked within human memory shows more about humanity than it does about the system. It is coincidental that the most famous Communist leaders have been atheists; atheism is not a requirement of Communism. Okay, so not so coincidental since most Communists follow at least some of the teachings of Karl Marx and he was an atheist. But it's still not a requirement. You can't tell me that Cuba has no religion, and it's a Communist country. As a parting shot - it's not like America is totally free of socialism either. Any industry that is regulated by the government has a hint of socialism. Welfare is socialist. Social security is a socialist idea. Medicare and Medicaid are based on socialist principles.
Your fear of ideas other than your own, your fear of the ACLU, just shows that the terrorists have won.
(parting shot was a satire of the reasoning for so many encroachments on my liberties)
Please forgive any typos.
Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: What is wrong with this country??????
I don't know why political extremists (I seem to notice more conservative extremists on this board, but that may just be the articles I'm reading) resort to name-calling and insult-slinging, but it is unnecessary. If you can't calmly make a rational argument with facts then you shouldn't make the argument at all. Passion is okay, but you can have passion in a calm argument. Let your convictions show through strength of argument, not strength of insult.
Lastly, Communism has nothing to do with religion. Communism is a system of economics that ostensibly places control of the sources of wealth into the hands of the producers of that wealth and equally distributes the gains therefrom. The fact that such a system has not worked within human memory shows more about humanity than it does about the system. It is coincidental that the most famous Communist leaders have been atheists; atheism is not a requirement of Communism. Okay, so not so coincidental since most Communists follow at least some of the teachings of Karl Marx and he was an atheist. But it's still not a requirement. You can't tell me that Cuba has no religion, and it's a Communist country. As a parting shot - it's not like America is totally free of socialism either. Any industry that is regulated by the government has a hint of socialism. Welfare is socialist. Social security is a socialist idea. Medicare and Medicaid are based on socialist principles.
Your fear of ideas other than your own, your fear of the ACLU, just shows that the terrorists have won.
(parting shot was a satire of the reasoning for so many encroachments on my liberties)
Please forgive any typos.