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- Can a Governor pick and choose from the stimulus package?
- Geithner "more time with his family" watch
- Your government balance sheet
- Obama's stance on marijuana and its role in the political spectrum
- Do Big 4 Accounting Firms Over Work Employees?
- What can PR students learn from the AIG debacle?
- Persuade me that the state should (or should not) be in the marriage business
- Global Climate Change: AGW disproven
- What if: Balanced Budget Amendment was ratified in 1995
- What if US Taxes Were More Progressive (More Brackets)?
- Alien/human gene splicing
- Rolling Stones article about what happened at AIG
- What level of oversight should be given to TARP recipent compensation?
- Is it time for polygamy to be legalized?
- CO2 emmissions: There's nothing to be done except trimming some of the earths populat
- Why is it "ok" for the US to print up all this money?
- Has there ever been a benevolent dictator/dictatorship?
- Obama, Iran, and Where We Go From Here (TM)
- Geithner's Toxic Asset Plan
- Race: What is it good for?
- Is marriage an antiquated institution that should be eliminated?
- Is Obama the Republicans' Bush? Deliberately?
- Did 9/11 cause our global financial crisis?
- Christians: what is the difference between Satan TEMPTING us and God TESTING us?
- Should financial innovation be stifled?
- Obama: "...by the end of my first term..."
- Will nationalized health care save the economy?
- How would major religions react to the aftermath of the film Armageddon? (spoilers)
- The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- Obama's Deficits have Consequences
- Educating children about recreational drugs
- NT Question: Where did Paul get his info from?
- The GOP Plan
- Anybody up for a TWA 800 discussion?
- The Atlantic Article Says Financial Oligarchs Buggering America: Discuss
- House Bill H.R. 875 does it hurt backyard gardens?
- What should I teach my nephew about cops/authority in general?
- Death and reproduction
- U.S tax policy and the "marriage penalty"
- How much of a problem is overpopulation for the planet?
- What if World War One hadn't been futile?
- What if Philip of Macedon had not been assassinated?
- Why Do People With High IQs Live Longer?
- Before harsh governments became dominant, what were the signs?
- The G20 protesters are misguided.
- Who Killed Jesus?
- Where are Jennifer and Adrianna?
- Should cityfolk raise livestock?
- Obama Governing Too Much From the Center.
- GM head Wagoner quits at Obama's request. And?
- What *should* the definition of a "depression" be? How close are we to yours?
- Rise of the Khmer Rouge
- Is scarless healing already here?
- What is the CATO Institute all about (and their position on global warming)
- TARP Funds: Capital Equipment an Allowable Expenditure?
- Should The European Union get any bigger? How big should it be?
- Proposal: What should newspapers be?
- So why Palin?
- Conservatives and Liberals and are there two Americas?
- Who was the most liberal President?
- Examples of financially successful Liberal businessmen and entrepreneurs
- Is alcoholism a disease?
- Here's One For You [ramifications to allow the large manufacturing companies to fail]
- ¡Viva España! Spain looking to indict Bushies ¡Olé!
- Death penalty for child rape in Connecticut?
- I own an SUV. Am I evil?
- Quick question for Christians
- Why the hatred for the suburbs?
- Is Europe making economic war on the US? (Or merely acting in self-defense?)
- Iraq to begin execution of LGBT citizens "in batches of 20" later this week
- Brazilian Dopers: Rate "Lula"
- So, Murphy wins by 65 votes on Election Night.
- Why would someone worship Satan?
- Male vs. Female Sex Drives
- Supporters of capital punishment: are beheadings an acceptable method?
- Six Sigma: Good or Bad
- Bill Gates says "send our best teachers to our worst schools"- Does this make sense?
- I would prefer to live in a homogeneous neighbourhood, am I evil?
- DHMO - will Obama's EPA finally regulate it?
- Whoops! Ted Stevens "Not Guilty"
- No one who makes under $250,000/yr uses tobacco products
- other gods in Christianity?
- Convince me that anthropogenic golobal warming is a load of horsehooey.
- Happiness in Paradise Possible?
- Time to eliminate Senate filibusters?
- Children, Population Growth and Society
- G20 Protesters - They're Clueless, Right
- reverse Peter Principle?
- 2009 State of the Republican Party
- Is the Bible pretty much fatally flawed?
- Had Hitler not killed himself would he have survived to stand trial?
- Cap Executive Pay
- Have we hit bottom yet?
- Russia's Depopulation Bomb.
- Iowa Supreme Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban
- Iowa court strikes down anti-gay marriage law. Are the tides turning?
- In the US, has a socially conservative view ever "won" in the long run?
- Check out this video about UK politics, is US politics similar?
- Do you only know that you exist?
- "Word" up, Christians
- What if China decides it wants American Land?
- Why aren't conservatives conservationists?
- I'm ready for class war. Bring on the socialism!
- Obama launches effort to reduce nuclear arms
- what would society be like if man was incapable of lying?
- Is Russia more powerful than the United States?
- What is the most useful language to learn besides English?
- If health insurance becomes manditory, how can they regulate it?
- Why is "Fratboy" such an insult?
- Will gun owners make the "Obama gun grab" a self-fulfilling prophecy
- Conceivable circumstances where U.S. military oath would sanction a coup?
- Is this racism? (Texas Relays)
- Food Safety Modernization Act: Safer food or conspiracy to kill small organic farms?
- Gun culture in US - Why?
- Vermont Legislature Overrides Gov's Veto On Same-Sex Marriage!
- Did the Chicken of Tomorrow Cause the Obesity of Today?
- "Obama Administration Defends Warrantless Wiretapping"
- Ticking-Financial-Nukes-OTC-Derivatives
- Wherefore Dubai?
- Bible question (NT): Why did Jesus make one of his protagonists a thief?
- What is the rationale for opposition to same-sex marriage?
- Somalian Pirates Seize US Crew -- Is It On?
- Why is polygamy bad?
- Free Speech & School Shootings.
- Do you believe Glenn Beck has any liability in the Poplawski murders?
- would carbon-neutral biofuel be better than electric cars?
- Is there a moral justification for automobile radar detectors?
- Being searched going to jury duty..
- Why shouldn't "dietary supplements" have to support their claims, & will they ever?
- How does the state recognizing gay marriage infringe on religious freedom?
- Marriage: What about this resolution?
- Financial Responsibility and Reproduction
- When was the bleakest period of American history?
- Is it murder if your God tells you to kill?
- "If I only had a gun": 20/20 on ABC Fri
- What conversational topics are most impressive to Executives and Upper-Management?
- Would you have shot the gun confiscators when they came to your door?
- Is underage sexual activity ever NOT traumatic, or even enjoyable, for the kids?
- How much longer will we have newspapers?
- Who were the most incompetent generals of all time?
- "Obama Deception"--point-by-point debunking please
- Godwin's Exception: When is it okay to name-drop Hitler?
- The case for/against attacking pirate bases in Somalia
- The Sleeping Beauty paradox
- The Pirate's story.
- There is only one effective approach to piracy: kill the pirates
- Why didn't then-Pres. Carter do more to rescue the Iranian Embassy Hostages?
- Church-goers: is it appropriate for one man to pastor three congregations?
- Are humans still evolving? Should we subject ourselves to the laws of nature?
- What are the cheapest ways to die?
- If not Bush, then who?
- How can we say that TV ads are powerful but the moral content of shows is irrelevant?
- Newt Gingrich for POTUS in 2012
- Can Obama at least be honest?
- Why did Tony Blair go along with the invasion of Iraq?
- Why capture an american?
- Sikhs sue to join U.S. military without cutting hair
- Rep. Paul's Pirate Solution: Letters of Marque
- NYT Twists Itself Into Knots -- Or, How Do Liberals Deal With Messy Democracy?
- Why does China tolerate loudmouthed North Korean leadership?
- Talent and Respect
- First Step To Delegitimizing Any Opposition -- DHS Fabricates "Radical Right" Threat
- So, when will we write Science papers in Chinese?
- Afghan womens protests
- Vaccination and Autism. How wide spread is this belief?
- Alternatives of Liability Insurance?
- Death Penalty and the Eighth Amendment
- Could the Republicans' "Obama is a Socialist" Strategy Backfire?
- Why don't apologists--you know--apologize?
- Could Texas secede any time they want
- The Extreme Right Obama Hate is Flat Out Nuts
- Are we too overprotective of the younglings today or have things changed?
- High speed rail ... how well will it fly?//Obama unveils high-speed rail plan
- Why are some right wing leaders and spokespeople toying with the idea of civil war?
- Pirate Bay Found Guilty
- Pirates: Are "Q" Ships the Anwer?
- Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran
- Folks betting on an assault weapons ban are buying up guns to re-sell for big profits
- Critique this alternative system: Involuntary political service
- Is the Peter Principle a real phenomenon
- What really caused the Global Recession?
- Poll about taking the lord's name in vain
- Media responsible for polarization and fear?
- Do transgender people have an ethical duty to reveal their history before having sex?
- Are there any good arguments for property qualifications for voting?
- How many animal lives is one human life worth?
- Girls mature faster? Two words: Bull. Shit.
- "Pre-autism"
- Metric time
- Single Chinese male/female ratios now @ 120/100. How will this effect their society?
- Alternative Proposal to High-Speed Rail
- Aurora spyplane: Does it exist? Did it ever?
- Contestant loses Miss USA for not being liberal enough.
- Why did Irish Independence fracture along sectarian lines?
- Killing the last two is worse than killing two.
- To torture or not to torture
- The glorification of ignorance
- Is Dick Cheney right?
- On Fixing the Medical Helicopter Industry
- Believers: Why doesn't God save martyrs from torture and death?
- Was Hamilton right about the Bill of Rights?
- Dawkins makes another innocent mistake: The Gospels
- California Dopers: After Arnold . . . Jerry Brown?!
- Did Obama just reverse himself on prosecution of ex-Administration officials?
- In Cali: Mug people all you want, just don't carry a gun.
- Yahweh, The Beginnings
- A former regulator and his take on the financial crisis
- Why is the Godwin's Law corollary considered valid in the first place?
- 9th Circuit Holds 2nd Amendment Incorporated...
- Could/Should Jay Bybee be disbarred?
- Does Earth's natural environment have value in and of itself?
- Where is the GOP going?
- How Did Janet Napolitano Get her Job?
- What's With All The Jew Hate?
- Is this argument against killing lesser beings valid?
- Virulance, equilibrium and extinction
- Are lawyers' Ethical Obligations the reason they are so hated?
- South African Elections
- Torture is Most Likely Very Effective
- Who are the liberal Republicans/conservative Democrats?
- Will Pakistan be the terrorists' gateway to nukes?
- Public Support for Obama: A Challenge to Critics (especially Shagnasty)
- Do liberal policies encourage the spread of social conservatism?
- Why This Anger?
- I'm a moron
- What if the US Had Purchased the Gadsden Purchase as Originally Envisioned?
- Did any good come of Lincoln's assassination?
- Illusions: free speech or free press?
- The tasing of the naked wizard
- Would Peru and Chile Actually Go To War?
- How worried should we be about Swine Flu?
- Traffic cameras too effective, the law never mattered.
- Rome stays Pagan in 300 AD
- How has Zionism become the new world "evil"?
- Low carbon fuels
- "Outside Space and Time"-where and when, again?
- Unions for White Collar Professionals
- Reptilian DNA
- So Bush lied to get into Iraq, ok but why?
- Does GM management (or the Feds) WANT a prolonged bankruptcy?
- Alternate History: Enrico Rey de España y Anglia,
- Why did Bush commute Henry Lee Lucas' sentence?
- When Private Beliefs Intrude on Work Life
- Sen. Arlen Specter (PA) to become a Democrat
- "Sunlight Before Signing"
- Libertarians Freak Out
- Comparative performance/effects of univeral health care in countries that have it?
- Liberal US dopers.
- Defend Picketing
- What exactly are holocaust-deniers trying to accomplish?
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