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Sticky: Rule Changes In Great Debates tomndebb	01-26-2010 10:25 AM by tomndebb	0	1,395
Sticky: Liars, lying, and lies in Great Debates tomndebb	01-08-2008 12:11 PM by MEBuckner	1	8,423
Sticky: NO DIRECT PERSONAL INSULTS OR "FLAMING" IN GREAT DEBATES MEBuckner	01-08-2008 12:09 PM by MEBuckner	5	12,363
Sticky: PLEASE USE DESCRIPTIVE TITLES WHEN STARTING THREADS MEBuckner	03-26-2002 10:16 PM by MEBuckner	0	8,464
Help me fight Ignorance - Xenophobia regarding Islam ( 1 2) CheapBastid	Today 10:05 PM by Zoe	75	1,176
What's happening on Feb 11, Mr. Ahmadinajad? Magiver	Today 10:05 PM by FinnAgain	22	745
Ronald Reagan's Birthday ( 1 2) PunkyPoo	Today 10:04 PM by Kimstu	81	1,426
Explain to me how American taxation is fair. Saint Cad	Today 10:03 PM by Saint Cad	0	1
Mileage Tax: Good idea or bad Jonathan Chance	Today 10:03 PM by RickJay	37	653
Make Peace With The Taliban? ( 1 2 3 4) ralph124c	Today 10:01 PM by Curtis LeMay	156	3,796
What is the point of the Tea Party? ( 1 2) Saint Cad	Today 09:53 PM by dropzone	50	1,262
Sarah Palin - Seriously? ( 1 2 3 4) Stink Fish Pot	Today 09:49 PM by dropzone	172	4,068
Japanese whale whores ( 1 2 3 4 5) Random Design	Today 09:44 PM by coremelt	228	12,579
Does God Love People Who Go To Hell? ( 1 2 3) Curtis LeMay	Today 09:41 PM by Curtis LeMay	102	2,648
How Effective A Weapon Was the V-2 Rocket? ralph124c	Today 09:33 PM by El_Kabong	11	229
Double negatives make a positive! No, they don't! Elendil's Heir	Today 08:58 PM by needscoffee	14	331
Why the idea that fiscal conservatives hate poor people? ( 1 2 3 4) Rand Rover	Today 08:54 PM by xtisme	187	3,858
Believers: How do we know that the Bible is God's word? ( 1 2) jtgain	Today 08:52 PM by Voyager	75	1,126
The Prime Directive Curtis LeMay	Today 08:47 PM by Todderbob	30	867
Is religion just wish-fulfillment? ( 1 2 3) pseudotriton ruber ruber	Today 08:44 PM by BrainGlutton	118	1,808
The missionaries charged with kidnapping Palo Verde	Today 08:40 PM by Kimstu	30	672
Racist all white Vanity Fair Cover? ( 1 2 3) Freudian Slit	Today 08:33 PM by Jimmy Chitwood	109	3,094
Supreme Court to Rule on Corporate Financing of Political Campaigns ( 1 2 3) sleeping	Today 08:31 PM by BrainGlutton	121	5,596
Are fiscal conservatives "deficit hawks" -- or deficit dodos? BrainGlutton	Today 08:18 PM by Voyager	24	552
What if senators represented people by income? jsgoddess	Today 08:17 PM by BrainGlutton	31	610
Sen Shelby from Alabama institutes a blanket hold on Obama nominees gonzomax	Today 07:38 PM by BrightNShiny	44	1,369
Is health care "free" if insurance pays for it? A response to Rand Rover Eonwe	Today 07:28 PM by Voyager	4	223
Allowing Gays to Openly Serve In the US Military, But Not In Combat Arms Positions: Fair? ( 1 2 3) Bear_Nenno	Today 06:25 PM by Diogenes the Cynic	116	3,542
religions that fear women ( 1 2) albi	Today 06:12 PM by begbert2	94	2,960
What's The Most Accurate Bible Translation? ( 1 2 3) Van Cleaf	Today 06:00 PM by ch4rl3s	114	7,770
Fiscal conservatives, what/how would you change the budget Wesley Clark	Today 05:59 PM by DanBlather	46	691
If Not For Medicare, How Would Seniors Get Health Care? ( 1 2 3 4) emacknight	Today 05:22 PM by sinjin	167	3,557
Is Obama being too reserved & cool in his Presidential attitude to effectively mobilize the nation? astro	Today 04:44 PM by Dick Dastardly	8	446
Did Carthage need to be destroyed? ( 1 2) Mr. Excellent	Today 04:04 PM by jayjay	81	3,113
Nagasaki and Hiroshima - Religious views? Walker in Eternity	Today 04:00 PM by Walker in Eternity	0	72
Why are Republicans so obtuse? ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) Great Dave	Today 03:29 PM by Kolga	258	6,736
Australian Free Speech Issues ( 1 2 3) Cesario	Today 02:42 PM by not_alice	129	6,109
What is Filipino culture? Is it being lost? (Are there any Filipinos here?) Argent Towers	Today 02:35 PM by Malthus	35	2,007
Adjuvants. In or out? Hadrian's Wall	Today 12:55 PM by SenorBeef	33	1,545
Mark Levin is Wrong (And This Is a Conservative Speaking) ( 1 2) Curtis LeMay	Today 12:18 PM by Slypork	55	2,012
India abandons IPCC ( 1 2) sleestak	Today 12:00 PM by The Other Waldo Pepper	62	1,343
What do you do with arsonists? kambuckta	Today 10:36 AM by mathews78	41	1,397
The Chinese are Upset with Us ( 1 2) Paul in Qatar	Yesterday 08:53 PM by Camus	98	5,379
To what extent should homeschoolers be regulated? ( 1 2 3 4) Palo Verde	Yesterday 07:07 PM by Revenant Threshold	180	3,347
Courage of Convictions vs. Hard-headed Practicality: Where Should Pols Draw The Line? Bricker	Yesterday 05:12 PM by Zephyurs	13	717
Suppose the universe is teaming with life: how advanced do you think the human race is, relatively? The Bith Shuffle	Yesterday 03:31 PM by ivan astikov	36	1,457
Use of the word "Retarded" ( 1 2) Whack-a-Mole	Yesterday 12:26 PM by Contrapuntal	59	1,635
Morality of raising your kid to be a...well...douchebag. ( 1 2) msmith537	Yesterday 11:58 AM by rhubarbarin	54	2,226
Does fairness break down above the Dunbar number? foolsguinea	Yesterday 11:09 AM by msmith537	12	967
New Report: Abstinence Only Education Works! ( 1 2) Drum God	Yesterday 08:25 AM by monavis	51	1,899
Bill O'Reilly vs Jon Stewart Darth_Hamsandwich	Yesterday 02:42 AM by Duckster	40	2,349
Moved: Prayers Thread Curtis LeMay	-	-	-
Why do conservatives post here? ( 1 2 3) Little Nemo	02-06-2010 05:20 PM by Plan B	106	3,430
Was Michelle Obama Wrong To Allude To Her Daughters' Flirtation With Chunksterdom? Huerta88	02-06-2010 03:52 PM by Magiver	10	858
NYC Terrorist Trials: Will They Become a Circus? ( 1 2) ralph124c	02-06-2010 11:17 AM by Curtis LeMay	56	1,902
Christians, Muslims, & observant Jews: What's your take on God telling Abraham to sacrifice his son? Skald the Rhymer	02-06-2010 11:05 AM by Little Nemo	44	1,275
Why is Latin America not part of "Western Civilization"? ( 1 2) BrainGlutton	02-06-2010 01:06 AM by BrightNShiny	51	1,786
A Reasonable Political, Economic and Social Response To Peak Oil? (and global warming, health care) adhay	02-05-2010 11:05 PM by adhay	17	606
Should Chicks with Dicks be Allowed to Serve The Flying Dutchman	02-05-2010 10:44 PM by Marley23	6	678
The European Population Crash ( 1 2) mswas	02-05-2010 10:42 PM by Curtis LeMay	52	2,183
Should Men with Hormonally Enhanced breasts be Allowed to Serve The Flying Dutchman	02-05-2010 10:37 PM by Marley23	5	520
Let's say that one ethnic group is proven stupider than the rest. What are our obligations? ( 1 2) bump	02-05-2010 08:59 PM by tomndebb	50	2,318
Do You Actually Use Your Paddle Shift Transmission? ralph124c	02-05-2010 08:09 PM by Marley23	2	485
When does a human mind become a person. Sapo	02-05-2010 05:24 PM by Magiver	38	1,143
Is John Edwards' Career Over? ( 1 2 3) ralph124c	02-05-2010 04:35 PM by MPB in Salt Lake	116	6,053
Who do Senators represent or Should we repeal the 17th Amendment? Saint Cad	02-05-2010 03:47 PM by Death of Rats	31	1,662
Geert Wilders is facing trial for Fitna ( 1 2) mswas	02-05-2010 02:45 PM by Magiver	84	2,359
US Budget Deficit ( 1 2 3) Chimera	02-05-2010 02:38 PM by Voyager	119	3,283
Can you prove a negative? Rigamarole	02-05-2010 11:40 AM by Sophistry and Illusion	44	1,217
Why Anti-Zionism Is NOT Anti-Semitism ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page) Mister Obvious	02-05-2010 11:11 AM by Marley23	314	7,127
DADT and same sex marriage Strassia	02-05-2010 01:25 AM by t-bonham@scc.net	35	894
Why the discrepancy between the Dominican Republican & Haiti Wesley Clark	02-04-2010 10:57 PM by Siam Sam	41	3,287
Moved: Those Cheap Chinese-Made Air Conditioners ralph124c	-	-	-
"Obvious Facts" Debate thread ( 1 2 3) pedescribe	02-04-2010 06:06 PM by Irishman	115	4,334
Granting asylum to people fleeing from Germany? ( 1 2) Palo Verde	02-04-2010 04:25 PM by Spectre of Pithecanthropus	72	2,305
Gay adoption ( 1 2) Estilicon	02-04-2010 03:24 PM by rivulus	97	3,147
Google to work with the NSA Rhythmdvl	02-04-2010 02:41 PM by Kobal2	5	593
Moved: Foreign-Born Monarchs Krokodil	-	-	-
How bad do you think peak oil will be ( 1 2) Wesley Clark	02-04-2010 01:21 PM by DanBlather	98	2,673
Is date rape less wrong than stranger rape? ( 1 2 3) Freudian Slit	02-04-2010 02:37 AM by jackdavinci	126	3,845
Moved: Sie oder du when addressing a prostitute? PSXer	-	-	-
Will there be any health care reform whatsoever? Effects? Leaper	02-03-2010 09:09 PM by gonzomax	8	670
Obama to call for repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in State of the Union Address tonight ( 1 2 3) Diogenes the Cynic	02-03-2010 08:30 PM by waterj2	143	5,642
Effect if France moves forward to banning burqas? xtisme	02-03-2010 05:45 PM by BrightNShiny	33	2,098
Sexuality: Choice or not, and does it matter? ( 1 2 3) Todderbob	02-03-2010 05:34 PM by Markxxx	130	5,859
Why didn't the Dem pass UHC? ( 1 2) Saint Cad	02-03-2010 05:30 PM by Xema	67	2,888
Dispelling US Health Care Myths: Part 2 Profit ( 1 2) emacknight	02-03-2010 04:42 PM by Magiver	56	2,450
The Euro is fucked Rune	02-03-2010 12:59 PM by smiling bandit	8	1,138
Republicans: Please Define Health Care Reform ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page) LavenderBlue	02-03-2010 07:36 AM by monavis	324	12,856
Obama at House Republican Retreat, Q&A ( 1 2 3) With Rye	02-03-2010 06:55 AM by Gyrate	132	5,741
Should state Attorneys-General be elected? Mr. Excellent	02-03-2010 12:36 AM by Polycarp	7	623
Is the Generational Theory of History True? Curtis LeMay	02-02-2010 10:01 PM by Curtis LeMay	16	1,170
Arguing against; "The definition of 'Marriage' is between a man and a woman". ( 1 2 3 4 5) MyFootsZZZ	02-02-2010 07:25 PM by iophobon	241	15,169
Canada Owns The Northwest Passage? ( 1 2) adhay	02-02-2010 05:28 PM by RickJay	61	2,589
Html5 jackdavinci	02-02-2010 05:04 PM by Anthony N	21	1,151
The European Population Crash mswas	02-02-2010 11:16 AM by Marley23	4	1,352
Why do we need politic? ( 1 2) kktime	02-02-2010 09:45 AM by Maeglin	60	1,828
Do Conservatives Believe The Ends Justify The Means ( 1 2) DanBlather	02-02-2010 07:13 AM by Beware of Doug	68	2,541
You're a liberal. No, you're a liberal. Stoneburg	02-02-2010 05:26 AM by Stoneburg	17	1,535
Does the trickle down theory actually work? ( 1 2) randy054	02-02-2010 02:14 AM by gaffa	82	3,812
Are Fundamentalists the Atheist's best friend? ( 1 2 3 4 5 6) Skammer	02-02-2010 12:22 AM by MrDibble	270	7,822
Why haven't the Democrats threatened a "Nuclear Option"? Nobody	02-01-2010 11:05 PM by The Second Stone	35	2,012
Godwin's rule: Ayn rand vs. Adolf hitler - exception? ( 1 2) The Piranha Brothers	02-01-2010 06:00 PM by sqweels	72	3,198
If a crime is "pervasive" then get a lesser sentence? Whack-a-Mole	02-01-2010 05:41 PM by Angry Lurker	18	1,582
About the significance of birth as a landmark moment in attaining personhood. ( 1 2 3 4) Sapo	02-01-2010 05:34 PM by begbert2	161	5,562
Is it fair to hold the citizens of a poor country accountable for their condition? ( 1 2) astro	02-01-2010 03:31 PM by YogSosoth	51	2,499
Will epigenetics change standards of morality? Little Nemo	02-01-2010 03:30 PM by Perciful	16	2,090
Stock Bubbles ( 1 2) Sage Rat	02-01-2010 01:12 PM by D_Odds	78	4,068
Would humanity ever be satisfied with a static society? iophobon	02-01-2010 12:16 PM by BrainGlutton	14	931
Obama's SoTU Speech Analysis ( 1 2 3 4) John Mace	02-01-2010 10:30 AM by Kevbo	155	7,807
If a child is conceived as a result of rape, should the rapist have paternal rights? ( 1 2) Annie-Xmas	01-31-2010 10:13 PM by Freudian Slit	68	3,125
Is there any legitimate reason for not forgiving third world loan debts? sleeping	01-31-2010 05:40 PM by RickJay	47	1,522
Is Fusion Power Going to Happen? Or Should We Just Hang It Up? ralph124c	01-31-2010 04:09 PM by Measure for Measure	32	4,336
Was there ever a war because of religion? ( 1 2) Stoneburg	01-31-2010 02:43 PM by Skald the Rhymer	76	3,549
Do Conservatives Have Morals? DanBlather	01-31-2010 01:16 PM by DanBlather	13	1,166
If you think it's OK to walk out on a mortgage that you can afford ( 1 2 3) Nobody	01-31-2010 01:07 AM by Nobody	123	7,728
Can an Economic Recovery Occur Without a Robust Manufacturing Sector? sleeping	01-30-2010 09:09 PM by sleeping	48	2,125
Socialist(Community) entitlements vs Private Sector Kearsen	01-30-2010 08:34 PM by foolsguinea	23	1,364
Citing difference requires similarity? petew83	01-30-2010 08:08 PM by Mangetout	24	1,195
Is the word "panties" offensive? ( 1 2 3) horhay_achoa	01-30-2010 07:04 PM by SecondJudith	137	9,227
Going Green / The Real Problem greg1701	01-30-2010 03:59 PM by GIGObuster	14	1,203
Fluoride in Drinking Water: Good? Bad? ( 1 2) Leaffan	01-30-2010 02:29 PM by Cat Whisperer	94	4,337
Black Slave Owners in America TheHonorableEric	01-30-2010 01:01 PM by Sampiro	44	2,701
No Dungeons and Dragons in prison ( 1 2) Bricker	01-30-2010 05:57 AM by Auntbeast	78	3,910
What would be a likely reason for interstellar/interspecies war? ( 1 2) An Gadaí	01-30-2010 03:50 AM by InterestedObserver	53	2,874
Well, the Democrats just threw me under a bus with healthcare. ( 1 2) VoluntaryPlan	01-30-2010 12:44 AM by Measure for Measure	87	4,642
A child should have the true name of his parents on his birth record ( 1 2 3) Clu-Me-In	01-29-2010 10:12 PM by suranyi	140	6,100

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