# Great Debates **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/great-debates/13.md?page=584 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 585 --- ## [Christianity vs Mormonism: How can they be reconciled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-vs-mormonism-how-can-they-be-reconciled/470691)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-vs-mormonism-how-can-they-be-reconciled/470691 "2008-11-04T04:07:03Z")
Yeah, I belong to a faith that does not recognize Mormon baptism, but I was sick of the political threads. I personally believe that no reconciliation is possible because of the assumption that Jesus stayed on Earth aft… --- ## [Investigative Journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investigative-journalism/470949)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investigative-journalism/470949 "2008-11-04T03:57:16Z")
Almost any major undertaking requires free-flowing money. And the more of it you have, the more you can do. Now even for newspapers that transition to the internet, I suspect that they will still be taking quite a paycu… --- ## [myruralamerica.org](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myruralamerica-org/470909)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myruralamerica-org/470909 "2008-11-04T02:40:16Z")
Just heard a very obviously left-leaning radio ad voiced by two good-ol-boy sounding men. They were discussing how Bush and McCain sold out America by not adequately funding the troops. Then they pointed you to http://… --- ## [What are McCain's chances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-mccains-chances/470564)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-mccains-chances/470564 "2008-11-04T02:22:28Z")
bear with me. I’m in a hotel. All of my belongings and my car are being shipped to NC…I won’t see any of them for weeks if not a month. My wife, three cats and I have to fly out monday morning. we’re all going to be stre… --- ## [Please explain to me the Freedom of Choice Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-freedom-of-choice-act/470420)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-freedom-of-choice-act/470420 "2008-11-04T02:16:03Z")
This is not really a debate, just a general question, but since it’s about abortion and politics (and even religion) it would probably end up here. On a church-related blog I frequent, there is quite a bit of discussion… --- ## [Are some right-wing supporters losing touch with reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-right-wing-supporters-losing-touch-with-reality/467236)
**Author:** [@CJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJJ)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-right-wing-supporters-losing-touch-with-reality/467236 "2008-11-04T01:44:56Z")
Please, please don’t take the thread title as insulting; I genuinely cannot think of a different way to phrase my topic. Up front I’ll admit to being a biased observer when in comes to American politics (favor Obama/Dem… --- ## [Pro-lifers, why are you voting for McCain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-why-are-you-voting-for-mccain/468576)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-lifers-why-are-you-voting-for-mccain/468576 "2008-11-04T01:38:28Z")
The gut reaction is: if you’re pro-life, you vote Republican. In most instances that would help your cause, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in this election. Why? Because Obama actually has a plan to reduce abortio… --- ## [Troopergate update: Board "clears" her](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troopergate-update-board-clears-her/470962)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troopergate-update-board-clears-her/470962 "2008-11-04T01:31:42Z")
Link Honestly I think just putting this in the news cycle on election eve, even as a putatively clearing her of wrongdoing, hurts McCain’s turnout some. --- ## [Predict the wingnuttery to come](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-wingnuttery-to-come/470903 "2008-11-04T01:01:23Z")
(Too weak for a Pit rant…but no real Debate. I throw myself on the mercy of the mods.) Presuming (knock wood, turn around 3 times and spit) that we’re heading into 4 years of Democratic hegemony, the right wing will ha… --- ## [Resolve this! \[Organ harvesting condemned prisoners\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolve-this-organ-harvesting-condemned-prisoners/470645)
**Author:** [@Riddle\_doodle\_do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riddle_doodle_do)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolve-this-organ-harvesting-condemned-prisoners/470645 "2008-11-04T00:38:07Z")
Riddle me this: Any one of us would kill another innocent man to save our lives. But none of us will go to China for a Falun Gong to be murdered for his organs, when this would save our lives indeed. Contradiction, no? --- ## [Place your Electoral vote results bets here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-electoral-vote-results-bets-here/470950)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-your-electoral-vote-results-bets-here/470950 "2008-11-04T00:13:32Z")
So we’ve had our chances to predict the timing of McCain conceding (or to express our fear that he will win) and our chance to predict the possible turnout. Anyone care to predict the final EV tally? Sure, feel free to … --- ## [How does One Ignore a Federal Court Order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-ignore-a-federal-court-order/470859)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-ignore-a-federal-court-order/470859 "2008-11-03T19:49:16Z")
I am curious about the case of Obama’s aunt, who lives in a city housing project in Boston. If the media is to be believed, she is a Kenyan citizen, and has no legal right (Green card) to live in the USA. Four years ag… --- ## [How Do You Tell Kids Bible Stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-kids-bible-stories/470780)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-kids-bible-stories/470780 "2008-11-03T15:57:43Z")
I was thumbing through a “toddlers bible” this morning. There was a page dedicated to the story of Noah’s Ark. One half of the page contained a picture of several smiling, happy animals and a few smiling happy humans, i… --- ## [The supply of the "best and the brightest" on Wall Street salaries.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supply-of-the-best-and-the-brightest-on-wall-street-salaries/470847)
**Author:** [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supply-of-the-best-and-the-brightest-on-wall-street-salaries/470847 "2008-11-03T14:01:31Z")
As you may know, some companies that accepted money from the bailout package now intend to give out billions of dollars in bonuses to their top employees. The normal grounds for bonuses seem to fall under the obvious im… --- ## [Fox News, Empirically the place to go for fair and balanced election coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-empirically-the-place-to-go-for-fair-and-balanced-election-coverage/470660)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-empirically-the-place-to-go-for-fair-and-balanced-election-coverage/470660 "2008-11-03T13:23:17Z")
As a consumer of news, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and such, I am often taken aback by the hatred and the accusations made against Fox. As it turns out, their election coverage is the fairest: On MSNBC over 70% of the McCain sto… --- ## [What's Ann Coulter up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ann-coulter-up-to/470604)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-ann-coulter-up-to/470604 "2008-11-03T12:47:10Z")
Ann Coulter has a new book coming out on December 30. This book has apparently been in the planning stages for at least several months, because I’ve seen it advertised in publisher pre-release catalogs since at least t… --- ## [Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-questions-9-11-and-the-global-war-on-terror/470620)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-questions-9-11-and-the-global-war-on-terror/470620 "2008-11-03T04:05:10Z")
From this link: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/24-japan-questions-9-11-and-the-global-war-on-terror Have some in Japan subscribed to the “conspiracy” theories of 911 or is this an indication of so… --- ## [What will turnout be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-turnout-be/470739)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-turnout-be/470739 "2008-11-03T03:41:57Z")
Inspired by this article which predicts record turnouts. So if you have already placed your bet on timing of McCain’s concession, place one here too! I’m calling it at 65%, diminished some by some Republicans just stay… --- ## [Will there be riots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-riots/470652)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-riots/470652 "2008-11-03T02:40:33Z")
At this point, barring some kind of eleventh-hour surprise (“Bin Laden Found in Obama Guest House; Video Evidence of Long-Term Menage A Trois with Obamas” . . . “Palin Voluntarily Withdraws her Nomination; McCain Selects… --- ## [Sarah Palin: Dominionist or No](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-dominionist-or-no/467325)
**Author:** [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-dominionist-or-no/467325 "2008-11-03T01:37:06Z")
Palin has been accused of being a dominionist. To me, it’s a case of “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…” But solid evidence seems to be a bit lacking. Is there some real evidence to back it up? --- ## [Billion dollar bail-out for end of year bonuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billion-dollar-bail-out-for-end-of-year-bonuses/470718)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billion-dollar-bail-out-for-end-of-year-bonuses/470718 "2008-11-02T23:30:41Z")
Goldman Sachs ready to hand out £7bn salary and bonus package… after its £6bn bail-out you folks must really love your useless fat bankers over there in USA, for you to spend your hard earned money to reward them so l… --- ## [Should Studs Turkels vote count\>](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-studs-turkels-vote-count/470617)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-studs-turkels-vote-count/470617 "2008-11-02T20:43:20Z")
Studs Turkel died yesterday. If he voted absentee ,should it count? Should we count votes of the dead? --- ## [Obama's Aunt an Illegal Immigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-aunt-an-illegal-immigrant/470561)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-aunt-an-illegal-immigrant/470561 "2008-11-02T20:41:46Z")
No seriously, for real. I think this will definitely have an effect election numbers. The story says they couldn’t tell whether this was a McCain move but… c’mon. This was a McCain move, and (in purely pragmatic terms c… --- ## [What do newspaper endorsements signify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-newspaper-endorsements-signify/468785)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-newspaper-endorsements-signify/468785 "2008-11-02T18:56:21Z")
In the Chicago Tribune thread I posted about some more surprising endorsements that Obama has gained. The endorsement balance is heavily tipping to Obama. Add to that list the College Station paper in Texas too. Three … --- ## [Infragard: corporate informant network?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infragard-corporate-informant-network/437258)
**Author:** [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infragard-corporate-informant-network/437258 "2008-11-02T15:53:00Z")
On Feb. 7, The Progressive released an article on a seemingly little-remarked FBI-private sector program called Infragard. Apprently starting way back in 1996 as a cooperative venture between the Feds and unnamed privat… --- ## [Was Eliot Spitzer targeted by the Feds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eliot-spitzer-targeted-by-the-feds/470625)
**Author:** [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-eliot-spitzer-targeted-by-the-feds/470625 "2008-11-02T15:35:33Z")
From this link… http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/25-bushs-real-problem-with-eliot-spitzer Do you think that Eliot Spitzer was targeted for attempting to shine a light on the Bush Administrations i… --- ## [EMDR Therapy - is this just scientology, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emdr-therapy-is-this-just-scientology-or-what/470281)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emdr-therapy-is-this-just-scientology-or-what/470281 "2008-11-02T13:42:08Z")
My friend, who has dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety, has gotten himself involved in EMDR Therapy. After he told me about it, I decided to look it up and it basically makes all of my woo-woo klaxons fire at full… --- ## [Will Obama come out of the closet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-obama-come-out-of-the-closet/470542)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-obama-come-out-of-the-closet/470542 "2008-11-02T13:40:58Z")
The only reason it doesn’t particularly bother me that Obama is not vocally supportive of gay marriage is that I don’t believe him. We all know that if he said he supported it, he’d never be elected. I’d hope he’s smart … --- ## [What Did Richardson Say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-richardson-say/470586)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-richardson-say/470586 "2008-11-02T12:19:22Z")
It’s all over FOX that Richadson said middle-class tax cut is $150K and below. Didn’t see this on the real news anywhere. What’s the deal? --- ## [Obama congratulates McCain on Cheney endorsement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-congratulates-mccain-on-cheney-endorsement/470630)
**Author:** [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-congratulates-mccain-on-cheney-endorsement/470630 "2008-11-02T10:33:32Z")
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