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- Should insider trading be legal?
- Is Health Care a right, and why?
- How would a benevolent, all powerful deity evolve a race of happy, peaceful humans
- My heart is broken... (about Obama)
- Bill Gates & Obama favor teacher pay based on student performance - How in the world can this work?
- What's your solution to a million unwanted pregnacies occurring as a result of protected sex?
- The homeless, the impoverished and the Military
- In the big scheme of things, will personal "green" lifestyle changes do much to stem global warming?
- Ranked voting - Making third party viable or letting people vote more then once?
- Can a state pass an act that recognizes the personhood of a fertilized ovum?
- Drinking and Driving: Is Enforcement Hypocritical?
- Did Michael Moore and Hugo Chavez drink a bottle of tequila together?
- 'Desperate' Phillies fan arrested for offering sex in exchange for World Series tix
- Could Saturn Be Saved?
- Opinions on Unificationism? (Sun Myung Moon)
- Suicide bombers: why do people tolerate it?
- Does someone's character make their convictions more plausible?
- Did Schwarzenegger compose a "Fuck You" acrostic in a veto letter?
- How dire is California's financial situation? We keep hearing warnings, but nothing is ever done
- Proposed Constitutional Amendments: Effecting Change and Tax as Stick
- New hate crimes bill passed: good or bad?
- Diplomat resigns over war in Afghanistan. Is the analysis in his resignation letter correct?
- Attitudes about Gardassil for men
- Is the Immaculate Conception of Mary or Jesus?
- Was there really such thing as Satanism/Diabolism/Black Mass, ever, before LaVey?
- DUI Laws--Unconstitutional?
- Fired Home Depot cashier - how do Right-leaning people feel?
- I Should Be Able To Do Whatever I Want With My Body (and its bone marrow)
- Consumers are responsible for consumerism
- Oathkeepers.org for US military/police/etc
- Two treats in one! (Obese people and health care/workman's comp)
- This is blackface? Are they serious? Or am I splitting hairs?
- Homosexuality: Is It a Sin
- Here are my problems with reincarnation
- Maine and gay marriage - who cares?
- Resolved: Hunting is immoral.
- How Much does the "Underclass" (USA) Reduce the GNP? [Edited title]
- Is American/Western culture "better" than other world cultures?
- Dinosaurs, and non-Christian religions.
- Banning a hijab in a public institution. This time in the US.
- Would Jesus be Christian?
- Tings Were Better In the Fifties, Vol. I: Teen Pregnancy (the SA debate series)
- I don't understand the parable of the Ten Minas.
- Show me the (my) money!!
- "The Golden State Isn't Worth It"
- Centralization vs. decentralization: Not a "liberal-conservative" issue
- Edmunds publishes Cash-for-Clunkers analysis
- Karzai Officially President! What Will Obama Do?
- Ayn Rand for Dummies
- Explain the ontological argument to me
- Copenhagen to set up transnational climate government
- Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling
- Blended gold-fiat $ monetary system?
- 2009 Election Results
- Should Medicare be cancelled?
- What motivates people to vote other people's rights away
- Will the country unravel if Obama is assassinated?
- Hanna Reitsch was a Nazi test pilot, yet I admire her.
- Genome sequencing for everybody!
- Conservative activist plan to challenge MORE moderate Republicans in 2010. Why?
- What (exactly) is supposed to happen in 2012?
- It can't be! (chart I can't swallow)
- Father of 9/11 victim fights to have "Murdered by Muslim Terrorists" inscribed on son's memorial
- If the US disengages from involvement in middle east affairs what would happen?
- How can I tell if I am smart and/or educated?
- Suing a prosecutor that framed innocent men
- Do Palin's leaked speeches alter your opinion of her?
- What would happen if the gunpowder plot succeeded?
- Why did Jesus appear on the scene when he did?
- Will gay marriage ever be legalized in the United States?
- Which country suffers the most from US attentions?
- Do extreme or provocative stances in support of X cause really tend to hurt that cause?
- To those against UHC, what would you do in this hypothetical?
- Could Pickett's Charge have succeeded?
- "Our Kids!" (Ft. Hood Shootings - ed. title]
- Could a BNP style party gain a degree of support in the US?
- Technology Vs. Collective memory
- Let's talk about the Republic of China
- Second Amendment Heroes
- For believers with sacred texts: Anything you wish wasn't mentioned?
- Prohibition does not reduce supply. That is marketing bullshit.
- Heath care: explain 'the mandate' to me.
- Is Evolution universal?
- How long is the universe capable of supporting intelligent life
- Why do people attempt to discredit the discovery of the New World?
- Do counter-insurgencies ever work
- what does a sperm feel?
- Without Christianity's influence, what would the western calander system look like today?
- Is there really such thing as "decadence"?
- Why I believe the Second Amendment protects a personal right to firearms (long)
- Why is the Confederacy not worthy of contempt?
- Do British vs American collective nouns affect Thought?
- Well, I got "locked" in "General Questions"'''
- Pro-UHC Dopers: Make Me Feel Better About My Family Getting Screwed
- I admit it: gay marriage is having an effect on my straight marriage
- DC Sniper to be executed tonight
- Sci-Fi: Probability of Guilt
- On Corporal Punishment versus Imprisonment, or maybe new ideas?
- Police want to search my home in murder investigation
- Carbs don't matter, it's only the calories
- Car Train/Platooning update
- President Barack Obama
- pro-Palestinian thread, part 2
- What psychological factors go into terrorism's impact
- Fake Marine in full uniform at his High School reunion is found out by classmate & arrested With pic
- How I explain my religious experiences (long Opening Post)
- Fort Hood Shooter Hasan: Coward? [edited title]
- Lou Dobbs for President
- Ambassador Eikenberry's position on more troops for Afghanistan
- 100 Chihuahuas in a room
- Ethical to adopt dog under false pretenses then give it away?
- What's the next country likely to abolish its military?
- Winning the war in Afghanistan. How?
- Is the Ft. Hood shooter a terrorist?
- There's Water on the moon!
- Live from New York, it's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
- Does my dog love me?
- AGW Alarmists should not fly first class
- Paul Clarke: Gun Possessor
- Should we (US Military) stay in Afghanistan or GTFO?
- God did it
- It's 1925. Please give me a defense of segregation.
- Any conservatives want to defend Palin on these quotes?
- Who are the scariest prominent conservatives who are not household names?
- Do you think Christians look down on non-Christians?
- What are reasonable lifestyle adjustments re: global warming
- NIMBY in Phoenix: Church Forbidden to Feed the Homeless
- If Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Is Acquitted Will He Be Released?
- Lou Dobbs screed on immigration reform
- Re this overturned court case - Why did the initial Judge rule the way he did? - Warning graphic
- Who was the first Pacific President?
- should schools stop teaching the 3 4 5 triangle?
- Is one teacher's verbatim use of test questions found on another teacher's website plagiarism?
- America, Africa, oil and corruption
- What's the Straight Dope on Radical Islam?
- Is there anything inconsistent with the idea of "creative evolution"
- What is gambling supposed it be?
- Jobs saved or created in congressional districts that don't exist.
- Gold Price Bubble
- Help me understand the dislike for the ACLU
- Was 9/11 an act of war?
- How does one respond to someone who just doesn't care?
- Is it appropriate for news organizations to "fact check" books?
- Literacy Tests In, Poll Taxes Out
- Seventh Circuit sez: Second Amendment individual rights get intermediate scrutiny!
- Carbon Tax v. Cap and Trade
- Origin of God and Boulder Question.
- Are we heading for an education bubble?
- Did Hitler succeed (re: jews in europe)?
- Do you own a gun?
- The future of physical media: DRM, the poor, and more...
- "Reconciling" Science and Relgion
- Breast Panels
- I want less information (about calories on fast food menus)
- CIA prison in Lithuania: were laws broken and who should be held responsible?
- Is there a constitutional right to divorce?
- The long term effects of recession & middle class squeeze
- What is the biggest exposed conspiracy?
- Is China practising a Mercantilistic Policy
- What if KSM's defense team subpoenas Bush?
- Ft. Hood shootings a "terrorist attack"?
- Okay to ask guest to leave their guns at home?
- Did Vietnam halt the spread of Communism?
- Will Mary Landrieu Sell Her Vote for $100M?
- Life, or Death for Monfort?
- The Rationale for Quitting Smoking
- What ethics apply to defending your interests (war, politics, self, family)
- Great historical blunders that were actually good decisions.
- President Chavez Praises Carlos "the Jackal"
- Tire Tread Design: Science or Hi-Tech Hokum?
- HS expels student for shotguns being in his truck *off* school property. Can they really do this?
- Bill Moyers / PBS / LBJ's Dilemma / Vietnam / Afghanistan
- Is the stimulus package working?
- Cigarette Tax Revenue
- "Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8." Is this over the line?
- Has the term "misogynistic" lost all of its meaning?
- This is it. Allan Watts
- Did Obama actually accomplish anything in the recent Asia trip?
- How have America's allies reacted to the New York terrorist trials?
- Is there any other way to get to Heaven?
- Should male/male sexual battery be treated the same as male/female?
- The "Pit Bull" Myth
- On Mandatory School Busing here in Boston:
- Gun Control: Why it's Important:
- Ray Kurzweil's 'Law of Accelerating Returns'
- Atomic Bombings of Japan
- universal healthcare will bankrupt this country, I call BS.
- Speaking as one liberal to another, I urge you to vote against health care reform.
- AGW Revealed as a Hoax?
- Is Global Warming science?
- the 'Ten Conservative Principles': worth debating?
- Sarah Palin on This hour has 22 minutes
- Why Don't Fundies Like John MacArthur?
- Why Won't The USA Join The Landmine Ban?
- Could Clinton Avoided Impeachment By Being Honest?
- Polanski released on $4.5 million bail
- Gods sabbath day SAVED!
- "Climate change is accelerating beyond expectations"; while Americans' belief in AGW declines
- Obama wants expanded computer search rules
- Nixon Could Have Avoided Inevitable Impeachment ...
- Ultra-far Right: wankers or serious?
- What motivates political anti-intellectualism, what counteracts it
- The team-building paradox
- Does Universal Thrift Cause Recessions?
- Judge sanctions bank on foreclosure proceeding, cancels mortgage.
- Is Rom Houben really conscious? (23 years conscious in "coma")
- Could Acorn Be Prosecuted Under the RICO Act?
- The Future Of Shopping?
- Why not use embedded computer chips to lower corruption and crime?
- How does a President ever get bills passed in Congress?
- America's School System has Brought Back De-facto Segregation
- Can anyone game out how health care gets 60 votes?
- Alternatives to miracles performed by Jesus
- Switzerland bans minarets
- Beavers are perfectly harmless creatures.
- Is it wrong to pray for your football team to win?
- Is every Chicago police officer corrupt?
- Dead spelunker to be left in cave
- Honduras elects a new president. What now?
- What DOES happen with the pollution?
- Obama to announce Afghanistan policy in speech Tuesday 12/01/09
- Why don't people consider the Catholic Church a hate group?
- The looming crisis in human genetics
- Huckabee Pardoned Suspected Seattle Shooter.
- Right-Wing Blogosphere Schism (Little Green Footballs "Parts Ways" With Right)
- Are the boomers going to keep the stock market low?
- Why Are Fundamentalists Opposed To Psychology?
- "The Great Global Warming Swindle" on Sundance Channel
- The Commerce Clause Wars--continued from GQ
- Huckabee's defense?
- Northrop-Grumman may drop tanker bid
- Every Immigrant Suddenly Vanishes from the USA...
- Comcast acquiring NBC Universal from GE
- What's all this talk about "Global Warming?"
- E-mail: "Libs like yourself are the lowest life on the planet!" Criminal act?
- Please explain Climategate.
- 25th anniversary of Bhopal incident
- Are Obama's Financial Policies Prolonging This Recession?
- Origin of everything?
- Cap And Trade Bill - Effect on Global Temperature
- Whodunnit, a murder mystery (who killed EV1?)
- Global Warming data: Hack or Leak?
- Will DNA evidence be worth anything in the near future/soon?
- Absurd parallel? Living a lie in homosexuality vs urge to cheat one's spouse
- Evolution: why are there still monkeys, apes, chimps, etc.?
- How do Protestant literalists reconcile divorce?
- Telling children Santa exists...right or wrong?
- Why is an estate tax constitutional?
- EPA Poised to Declare CO2 a Public Danger
- Can North Korea enter the 21st century successfully
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