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BaghdadBob;1352447 wrote: If it made economic sense then venture capital would be all over it.

Why would venture capital care if production is in the U.S. versus China?

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352438 wrote: Why do you support taking my hard earned $ and giving it to someone that couldn't make it in the marketplace? Here's a thought; how about creating a business environment that doesn't rely on re-distributing my wealth. Mebbe we'd keep the jobs here, too. <...

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352423 wrote: Do you get that communism is state / common ownership of everything and re-distributionist? So, the company is giving itself to a communist govt? Odd, I thought they were moving to a place that is now more free market oriented than the place they just left.<br...

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<r>BaghdadBob;1352386 wrote: (Basically, get the hell away from socialism.) The company is moving to a communist country. Do you get that? <E>:)</E> Here's what the article said: "The fact is, if the Chinese are going to continue to sell near marg...

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Here's a look at the tax rates in China:

Taxation in the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Shortly after condemning Limbaugh's remarks, Yee said he received racist death threats to his San Francisco and Sacramento offices. The lawmaker also received a profanity-filled telephone message Thursday.

Sounds like Yee has a valid point to me.

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<r>Ahso!;1352199 wrote: I wonder if she'll try to use that as a defense, religious ceremony. Why not? The Tea Party should find it justifiable enough to threaten the life of the judge and his family with, or at least stage a town hall meeting type ruckus. It might be a good defense....

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352178 wrote: How does my opinion have anything to do with your messiah lying thru his teeth and the you (the left) giving him a pass? I guess you commies have no shame gene in your genetic code. The unmitigated hypocrisy of the left just whooshes right by you, doesn't it?...

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BaghdadBob;1352165 wrote: So, you've got notta.

A commie that just makes stuff up as they go along. Go figure. :-2 :wah:

Are you proud of Gitmo or not? You almost seem embarrassed to take credit for it.

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352162 wrote: Please provide evidence of the GOP's ability to stop any legislation between 1/2009 and 1/2011 when the donks held the White House, the House majority, and a filibuster-proof Senate majority. And, don't forget the chucklehead-in-chief signing an executive orde...

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Sounds like a burnt offering. I wonder if the smell was pleasing to the lord.

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<t>BaghdadBob;1352129 wrote: {sarcasm}Yes, it's the GOP's fault that obummer has failed to close Gitmo and hold the civilian trials in NYC. The GOP had a magical power to stymie the donks the last two years while the donks held unparalleled govt power.{/sarcasm} It's not magic, the ...

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Seems to me the red states are the poorest. Alaska was the top of the chart in terms of using Federal money.

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BaghdadBob;1351804 wrote: All the principled libs will be along shortly to show their outrage.

:yh_rotfl Sometimes I crack myself up.

Looks like fascism is winning out, mostly thanks to the hard work of the GOP. Not sure what you think you've won here.

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<r>spot;1351834 wrote: He's not my President, and neither do I like his policies. I argued in favor of McCain/Palin in 2008 just to avoid the current situation and I was ignored despite being entirely correct as usual. A Democrat White House administration taking over the Bush 2 catastrophe was comp...

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A false prophet is one who makes false prophecies.

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<r>spot;1351723 wrote: I don't know of any modern operating system from any source at all which provides both Internet access and an absence of security breaches, do you? And my own opinion, for what it's worth, is that locating and fixing any one of them would be equally difficult regardless of who...

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If Einstein works at Microsoft, they need to have him fix the security problems. Still at "highly critical"

Microsoft Windows 7 - Advisories by Product - Advisories - Community

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<t>Clown Antics;1351670 wrote: Satanists are not Christians and never were. You don't just decide one morning your going to be a Satanists it does not work that way. Ever heard of Anton LaVey? Founder of the Church of Satan A theistic Satanist, known as a "traditional Satanist," or "spir...

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<t>I saw a documentary on Woody Guthrie the other day. He made the humorous point about laws: A policeman will just stand there and let a banker rob a farmer, or a finance man rob a workin man. But if a farmer robs a banker -- you would have a whole dern army of cops out a shooting at him...

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BaghdadBob;1351400 wrote: Capitalism is the respect for other's property and contracts and the antithesis of socialism.

How do you know the attackers aren't capitalists? The "new world" wouldn't even exist if we seriously respected other people's property.

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<t>Accountable;1351391 wrote: I don't agree with your last paragraph at all. It doesn't come down to only those two options, and those are not equal in scope, effectiveness, or collateral damage (unintended consequences). Legislation should be the option of last resort, because it is permanent and t...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1351346 wrote: By definition, if it is a monopoly it has no competition - in general they only come into existance with the government giving an exclusive licence to a single group or when a company holds a patent that cannot be bypassed. That's a good point. If the gov...

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<r>Accountable;1351331 wrote: Monopolies: Are they always bad? Can one survive in today's economy without government backing? If they become abusive, is legislation the only recourse? To all of these questions I say NO. What say you? I see...

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Tom Delay has already been to count over gerrymandering these county maps in order to manipulate votes and representation. I like how they reference his past disregard for law as a defense for his current violation.

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<t>It's physics I suppose. When a person stocks up on ammo and guns, and makes threatening remarks about taking down the government, or joins a militia, they are a freedom loving patriot. But when they actually put their money where their mouth is, and shoot someone, the quantum state collapses and ...

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<t>I think there's a few different issues here. One is: Did the shooter have coherent political ideas and was he acting on this? Based on his notion of mind control and the importance of English grammar, I don't think he is coherent. A second is: if he was mentally ill, could ...

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<t>BaghdadBob;1350389 wrote: You mean his love of the leftist treatises, The Communist Manifesto, and Mein Kampf? If you actually knew anything, Hitler viewed the Jews and commies both as enemies. Then again, you are one of the guys who thinks it's a smart id...

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<r>Accountable;1350338 wrote: I just posted a response to that blog as "George Steponallofus" & it is submitted for approval. Let's see if it flies. "George Steponallofus commented on 1/11/2011 It's amazing that some people actually believe that this is an official re...

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<r>Accountable;1350340 wrote: So does President Obama bear equal blame? “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” That's a fairly well-known joke from a movie (just like a wop to bring a knife to a gunfight). The right wing has been way over-the-t...

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<r>xfrodobagginsx;1350240 wrote: MORE LEFTIST MEDIA ACTIVISM: Shooter Jared Loughner Is A Leftist Democrat Who Shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords , Yet The Media Is Attempting To Blame The Tea Party, Sarah Palin (R) And Those On The Right Dems, Media Blame Tea Party, Palin for Shooting; Sh...

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<t>BaghdadBob;1350224 wrote: his classmate Caitie Parker wrote of Lougher, "As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal and oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy." I guess I'll take the word of the ppl that were close to him over yours. Sorry. So? I'm talking about his...

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<t>spot;1350206 wrote: That's worth following up - may we have some references and quotes please? This is from one interview: GIFFORDS: Community leaders, figures in our community need to say “look, we can’t stand for this.” This is a situation where — people don’t — they...

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<t>BaghdadBob;1350182 wrote: Wrong on all accounts. Kid is a nihilist and leftist whacko (oxymoron - I know) as is she. Keeping it all in the family, guys? His views were anti-government (as they were conducting "mind control"), pro-gold standard, very religious, and par...

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I think what is worth considering is that the lady who was shot previously voiced her concerns about Palin's rhetoric and fears for her personal safety. Now she ends up shot in the head.

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<t>eword;1350003 wrote: Att: Yaaarrrgg God doesn't need our money for himself, but he needs to use it, to spread his word on earth and bless us, as we finance his project. He uses our money to help us and not to pay his bills in heaven. And he cannot introduce money from heave...

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eword, you've stated both:

"God needs our earthly currency to spread the gospel."

"God doesn't need and cannot use our money."

So then, the 10% tithe doesn't make sense to you either does it?

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<r>Why is the f-word bad? Is there a committe, process or vote where we make more bad words? I'll vote to make the whole English language profane and then we can move past the silliness. <E>:)</E> Certain words, mannerisms, looks, opinions, etc are marked as taboo by a cult or religion, a...

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Heh, you should stick this one with your Hawking quote:

"your conclusions are true." -- Pahu

I'm curious Pahu why you need to spam a forum with b.s. rather than just publish the work in a peer reviewed science journal.

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<t>eword;1349777 wrote: According to the bible tithes or 10% are mandatory, both under the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, but offerings are optional. And the offering amount is entirely up to the individual. Where is this 10% number in the Bible (specifically in the New Testame...

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<t>What I'm puzzled about is why anyone that seriously believes in God would not fully invest all their money in him. If all Earthly treasure is going to be destroyed or lost within one's lifetime, hoarding Earthly money is about as foolish as leaving money in one stock when you know the...

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<t>eword;1349370 wrote: God never asks anyone to give 100% of their income to the church. But God has commanded, that a specific amount be given to the church. That wasn't the point. You said that investing in God would allow one to earn treasures in heaven. Now you are...

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<r>LarsMac;1349287 wrote: Well, might as well throw in Starbucks, if you plan to follow THAT logic. I can see it now. Rounding up all the baristas and sending them to the gallows. I drink a lot of coffee, but it's never given me the urge to fly planes into buildings. <E>:...

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<t>eword;1348468 wrote: God commands, believers to bring their treasure, in the form of tithes and offerings, to his house, so that in return he can bless them more and also protect their treasure from moth, rust and thieves. So, by tithing and giving offerings believers, symolically lay up their tr...

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<t>freethinkingthuthseeker;1349076 wrote: Where is the evidence that man evolved? The evidence is the fact that it's the leading theory in science. There's a million good examples though. Consider a few things: Why don't we have the corr...

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<t>freethinkingthuthseeker;1348988 wrote: *** Indeed, the science which remains is the bst hypotheses for the similarities but who wrote the DNA code? an eqally vaid explanation os that we share similarities in genes and structures with otherlife forms because theywere produced by the sa...

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<t>freethinkingthuthseeker;1348917 wrote: To date it is also impossible to PROVE that we have evolved. This is a misunderstanding of science. The way science works is very much like a process of evolution. You take several theories, subject them to stress, and pick the ...

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<t>freethinkingthuthseeker;1348828 wrote: I As I have stated earlier in this thread, one thing I am sure about is that we were created as humans and did not evolve. On your view, how do you determine the time it took for God to create humans? Did it take God less than a s...

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<t>eword;1348147 wrote: Att: yaaarrrgg Genesis 13:2(AMP) - Now Abraham was extremely rich in livestork, silver and gold. Abraham was rich and served God faithfully. He never let the riches become his God. Genesis 39:2(AMP) - Joseph Genesis 26:12-13(AMP ...

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<t>Pahu;1348403 wrote: The fact remains that his first sentence is valid: If the universe did have a beginning it would have to have a creator. That's not what he said. He said we could assume this, and you missed the point. You are only convincing yourself w...

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