EPTSenate majority leader, Harry Reid is actually Romney's biggest defense vs. any attacks on being Mormon.
If anything comes up religion-wise... all you have to do is send camera's over to Harry's office... and he will have to defend Romney.
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RCMDVA
United States708 Posts
Senate majority leader, Harry Reid is actually Romney's biggest defense vs. any attacks on being Mormon. If anything comes up religion-wise... all you have to do is send camera's over to Harry's office... and he will have to defend Romney. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:56 JonnyBNoHo wrote: For an investment to be made the expected after tax cash flows need to be high enough to justify the investment and the level of risk involved. So as you raise taxes there will be projects on the margin that never get started. That's not to say that investors won't still invest - the difference will be how the money gets invested - into existing "safe" projects that don't help the economy much rather than into new ventures that create new jobs. We have that problem in the economy now, but it is because of risk rather than taxes. Raising taxes would just make the situation worse, unless it was engineered to remove a lot of the uncertainty along with the tax hike. Yea risk is a serious factor now. Actually taxes could help that problem by putting more faith into our budgets and currency. Balancing budgets is a good way to mitigate the risk. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:02 Defacer wrote: This does accurately reflect what Mormons actually believe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCEJISKWHc If we take out the aliens from outer space part, it's no more crazy than normal Christianity. | ||
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stevarius
United States1394 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:05 paralleluniverse wrote: If we take out the aliens from outer space part, it's no more crazy than normal Christianity. Are you implying aliens from outer space is crazier than an entity you can't physically interact with in any way, shape, or form? | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:05 paralleluniverse wrote: If we take out the aliens from outer space part, it's no more crazy than normal Christianity. I think most Christians would be rightfully offended by the blatant 'remixing' of the Bible in which it's founder casts himself as bigger than Jesus. | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:07 stevarius wrote: Are you implying aliens from outer space is crazier than an entity you can't physically interact with in any way, shape, or form? People don't find God as crazy as aliens. But why should I care? I'm an atheist. | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:11 Defacer wrote: I think most Christians would be rightfully offended by the blatant 'remixing' of the Bible in which it's founder casts himself as bigger than Jesus. Kind of like how Jews are rightfully offended by Christians adding random crap and remixing the Talmud, while claiming that Jesus is their Messiah? | ||
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paralleluniverse
4065 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:02 DoubleReed wrote: Personally I find rather dumb to attack him on Mormonism. Unless there are specific things you would like to question (like the racism which Mitt has already responded to quite admirably), I don't see why it should affect your vote. Let religion be personal. Yea risk is a serious factor now. Actually taxes could help that problem by putting more faith into our budgets and currency. Balancing budgets is a good way to mitigate the risk. From my previous post: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=330491¤tpage=170#3400 This is what balance budget rules do: ![[image loading]](http://data.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/state-employment-2009-2012.png) ![[image loading]](http://data.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Local-government-2009-2012.png) | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:20 paralleluniverse wrote: People don't find God as crazy as aliens. But why should I care? I'm an atheist. Hey, no argument here. I'm an atheist, too. I'm just trying to imagine the political climate in America. You can't be a viable candidate without being Christian. Sad but true. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
“He told us that he had gotten the uniform from his father,” George Romney, then the Governor of Michigan, whose security detail was staffed by uniformed troopers. “He told us that he was using it to pull over drivers on the road. He also had a red flashing light that he would attach to the top of his white Rambler. We thought it was all pretty weird. We all thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty creepy.’ And after that, we didn’t have much interaction with him.” Source | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21339 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
Wow ... that's something that Ted Bundy would do. I mean, at minimum, it shows a complete lack of respect for the law, or the necessary trust in law enforcement that is a backbone of a civil society. Normal people don't go around, masquerading as a authority figure so they can abuse the power associated with it. I can't help but think if a similar story came out about Obama, the Right would be deeply offended. | ||
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JonnyBNoHo
United States6277 Posts
On July 12 2012 02:02 DoubleReed wrote: Personally I find rather dumb to attack him on Mormonism. Unless there are specific things you would like to question (like the racism which Mitt has already responded to quite admirably), I don't see why it should affect your vote. Let religion be personal. Yea risk is a serious factor now. Actually taxes could help that problem by putting more faith into our budgets and currency. Balancing budgets is a good way to mitigate the risk. I agree, additional taxes could certainly help with that so long as they are structured well. Poorly structured tax increases would just make it worse though. The devil is really in the details here. | ||
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
On July 12 2012 00:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Ouch. Romney put himself in an impossible situation (they will probably never vote for him) and said all of the wrong things. It's like Obama talking about how the rich need to pay their fair share to a crowd of multi-millionaires. | ||
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Leporello
United States2845 Posts
That's incredible. And yes, if it came out Obama was dressing up as a cop and pulling people over --- it'd make Whitewater look trite. We'd never hear the end of it, ever. Is it too late for the GOP to find someone else? I can not believe America would elect somebody... wait, nevermind. I just remembered W. landing on an aircraft carrier and realized this is the sort of thing the GOP loves. Privileged people pretending to be civil servants, basically their idea of what government is. | ||
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Epocalypse
Canada319 Posts
On July 11 2012 05:38 JonnyBNoHo wrote: For the numbers I posted as well as the BLS monthly jobs report as well as most jobs numbers you hear on the news: http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesfaq.htm Thanks, That's important when comparing. | ||
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Epocalypse
Canada319 Posts
Also the same for China. China's middle class is booming, and it's no surprise as anytime you introduce freedom to a country the middle class grows. many Austrian school economists have been saying so for decades, Capitalism grows the middle class. But I'd like to see the stats myself. I'm curious because Obama is claiming to want to protect the middle class. Reducing middle class taxes will definitely help, but at the same time he is looking to raise taxes for anyone making over $250,000 and also increase capital gains taxes hugely. ---- On another note, let's not forget that Obama is pretty religious himself only the media doesn't report on it. I don't know the reason but it seems convenient to separate Repubs from Demos. Here's the first few quote from Obama about his religion. The dates vary from 2008-present. There are many more out there. Although he doesn't campaign on it, it's entrenched in his public speeches and impossible to ignore. my faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won't be fulfilling God's will unless I go out and do the Lord's work And let me tell you, these past two years, they have deepened my faith. The presidency has a funny way of making a person feel the need to pray. It was on those streets, in those neighborhoods, that I first heard God's spirit beckon me. It was there that I felt called to a higher purpose -- His purpose For me as a Christian, it also coincides with Jesus's teaching that for unto whom much is given, much shall be required, | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21339 Posts
Its one thing to tell a journalist you believe in god, its quite another to actualy believe in one. | ||
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