Beware Dichotomous Thinking

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All Persons Born In the U.S. (Illegally) Are Citizens. How come?
Sun Nov 20, 2011
- "...subject to the jusrisdiction of," means being in the United States or one of its territories. All persons who are in areas that are under Constitutional authority therefore have the same rights, privleges and responsibilities as any other person in the same jurisdiction.
Rick Perry to Bill O'Reilly: 'I Think Barack Obama Is a Socialist' (Video)
Sat Nov 19, 2011
- It might help if either of them knew what they were talking about.... People actually watch this shit?
Should Polygamy be Against the Law? Poll
Fri Nov 18, 2011
- Tink-said: If people would just try to find ways to live in harmony instead of trying to find ways to fight each other, the world would be a much happier and peaceful place for everyone.
College Student Credited With Uncovering Possible Election Fraud In Indiana's 2008 Primary
Tue Oct 18, 2011
- Not really. I see it as a repeat of the whole ACORN nonsense: A tempest in a teapot; Much ado about nothing. We need to restructure the way that we elect people in this country, replacing party affiliation with platform issues and statements about core values. B.S.
College Student Credited With Uncovering Possible Election Fraud In Indiana's 2008 Primary
Tue Oct 18, 2011
- Well, when one combines the sloppy reporting with the ever volatile arena of elections to the point where one is basically calling into question the validity of the last presidential election....
College Student Credited With Uncovering Possible Election Fraud In Indiana's 2008 Primary
Tue Oct 18, 2011
- 150 signatures out of How many that were required...?? Were these signatures of the people who signed the petions or was there supposed to be some authority who signed off on the the petitions??? Sloppy journalism. Almost seems like it was a made for tv drama... B.S.
Most Americans favor Obama's jobs plan, want Democrats to take back the House in 2012, like Occupy Wall Street, dislike the Tea Party
Thu Oct 13, 2011
- I think the occupy Wall St. people had ought to wait until they acheive sufficient numbers of people, and then all converge on the Mall in Washington, DC. After all, Washington is just another arm of the Wall Street croud.
Taxes and Regulations Are Not Killing Small Business
Wed Sep 7, 2011
- Nick said: When I was growing up there were mom and pos grocery stores in every community. And more than one. There were no large supermarket chains. There were mom and pop gas stations too. All gone. Maybe mom and pop don't like it but the consumer has benefited.
Who Is "The Left"?
Mon Aug 22, 2011
- TiG, If the process of reviewing all available data and coming to conclusions is a conservative trait, than the next obvious step is to discount the conclusions of those who don’t use that process. That group is what constitutes the Left.
Why I support the teaching of Creationism in Schools
Fri Aug 19, 2011
- Maybe you need a course in reading comprehension, because you have consistently misconstrued my posts to bolster your assertion that you are the only one here who has the capability of clear and independent thought. Make one positive assertion, that only a liberal believes, and prove it.

High key low key More, redux, again.....

Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:41 PM EST

Here are some pic's that I broke down and played with in my limited image editing software (Picasa)... The last picture is of the lamp and shade that gave the textures. Not processed, But people were asking about what the images are of.

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low-key, high-key

March Photo Challenge: Light - To Key High...or To Key Low?

Wed Mar 9, 2011 1:02 AM EST

Well, here goes nothin'...

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high-key-low-key, march-photo-challenge

Hiking with Mysty

Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:42 PM EDT

To be young and in love in the springtime is a great place to be. Dropped off at the Mulkilteo-Clinton ferry terminal early on Good Friday morning, our future seemed as clear as the sky.

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divorce, relationships, hiking, metaphor, changing-relationships

Actionable News

Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:03 AM EDT

My time is limited to get online and to see what is happening on the vine, so I try to find articles/seeds that are fairly concise and targeted towards a specific issue with out the hyperbole that is prevalent throughout the web. It is getting harder to find these discussions.

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politics, news, truth

The Blank Page: Think Before Typing

Sun May 9, 2010 8:32 PM EDT

I sit and stare at the blank sheet of paper in front of me, imagining all the possible things that I could do with it. I could write a poem, a short story, or draw a pencil sketch of my imaginations wandering.

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science, writing, spiritual, spirituality, creation, life-experience, woodwork

Lib-Con Bashing Wins Big Fish a Little Pond

Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:55 AM EDT

Oooooohhh! Let’s do some bashing! All my friends from the left and right can come and hurl their best anti whatever rants at each other. Just think of all the half-truths, misconceptions and outright lies that we chuck at each other….

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Foto Friday (Seruptitiously) Spring flowers with Cats and a Buddy

Fri Apr 9, 2010 9:05 PM EDT

Some times ya just gotta get out and look around. So there I was, trying to take some pictures and my batteries died. Then the dog starts tramping through the flowerbed in hot pursuit of something.

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cats, dogs, pictures, foto-friday

What is really impotant to You (poll)

Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:29 AM EST

Along the vast and convoluted spaces that make up the mind of man, who or what is really important?

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TMoney, Money, Money: Capitalism, Currency, Corruption, Greed… and One Good Thing.

Fri Jan 8, 2010 1:20 AM EST

Some things have value intrinsically. Some things don't.

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politics, currency, corruption, stock-market, monetary-policy, greed, money-capitalism

The Art of Compromise

Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:54 PM EDT

Now that we have entered into this bold new age of bipartisan cooperation, I think that it is time to reflect on just how we arrived at this point in history.

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history, constitution, republic, gop, republican, democrat, dem, constitutional-convention

Keys (or How Rambling I Still Couldn't Find Them) with poll

Wed May 27, 2009 3:15 AM EDT

Keys

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entertainment, poll, life, lost, keys, humor, poetry, losing-things, finding-things, fumbling

From Reality To FOX and Back

Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:51 AM EDT

All-right, I am a little jazzed up because it's 10 minutes before 11PM, I've just finished two mugs of coffee and watched "The Daily Show" on-line.

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politics, obama, fox-news, g20, obama-in-europe

Recent Votes

Explaining Socialism To A Republican
Source: Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info
I was talking recently with a new friend who I’m just getting to know. She tends to be somewhat conservative, while I lean more toward the progressive side. When our conversation drifted to politics, somehow the dreaded word “socialism” came up. My frien …
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Socialism, Banking, and Authoritarianism
In the past I have suggested that socialism, in any form, requires a massive bureaucracy and, as a result, requires massive government, which can only mean massive intervention on the part of that government. This, in my view, also suggests that the system must restrict lib …
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Comments & Feedback

Hey BS, just read this post from you on an old thread:

The first song/album I ever heard by Rush was 2112 and they instantly became and remain to this day, my favorite band.

Rush is my favorite band largely because Neil Peart is my favorite drummer (and I am a drummer who loves to play Rush). Although likely for very different reasons, I thought I would compliment your choice of music.
— TiG.