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How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. (Lincoln)

If it is true that there is always more than one way of construing a text, it is not true that all interpretations are equal. (Ricoeur)

Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow. (Dacey)

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. (Emerson)

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. (Einstein)

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Health Care Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle »

  • They tried to stop it, though. The GOP's plan is that things either go their way, or no way. It was their attitude when they ...

    18 hours, 9 minutes ago 0 replies View »
  • 47 comments from 22 members total

Bowing ever lower to the hate mongers »

  • speak of hate mongers and they show up right on cue.

    1 day, 1 hour ago 0 replies View »
  • 5 comments from 5 members total

Lawmaker asks people to stop complaining, and gets an earful »

  • FTA: Rep. Sam Graves, his Republican House colleague from the Kansas City area and a co-sponsor, offered the same legislation last year, but with none ...

    1 day, 3 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • 1 comment from 1 member total

Sarah Palin and the conservative descent »

  • Some other points: Bulk sales to companies and organizations. And selling at discount, well below the wholesale price (Ex: Newsmax advertised the book for less ...

    1 day, 3 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • 4 comments from 4 members total

Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Say Obama Bowing To Japanese Emperor Was Appropriate »

  • It's the Hate Wing of the GOP that opposed the bow as they oppose everything Obama says, does, and whatever their fevered imaginations think he ...

    2 days ago 0 replies View »
  • 17 comments from 13 members total

Huckabee: Republican attacks on Obama 'deplorable' »

  • FTA: "Said Huckabee: When he was at Dover the other day, and went there to pay respect for soldiers, I heard a lot of people ...

    2 days, 1 hour ago 0 replies View »
  • 5 comments from 5 members total

Holder's decision on Mohammed trial defended - washingtonpost.com »

  • Good article. Opinions from the left? Hardly. The authors of this article were once part of Bush's justice department: Jim Comey, a deputy attorney general ...

    2 days, 1 hour ago 0 replies View »
  • 3 comments from 3 members total

Republicans block Dodd's bill to immediately halt credit card rate increases »

  • Nice generalization but no sale. People had their credit card rates suddenly jacked up to 30 percent, even people who paid on time and had ...

    2 days, 2 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • "It would not surprise me at all that the only reason Republicans blocked it is simply that it's Dodd."

    It wouldn't surprise me either. ...

    2 days, 14 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • Consumer relief during the holiday season? The party of No unsurprisingly says "NO!"

    3 days ago 0 replies View »
  • 14 comments from 5 members total

Daughtry - No Surprise »

  • Four comments to say you don't like a song? LOL. Whatever.

    2 days, 11 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • 5 comments from 2 members total

Sarah Palin: Katie Couric "Hadn't Done Her Homework" for Interview– »

  • So...three months ago the picture wasn't sexist and today it is. It's a calendar thing. Okee dokee.

    No comment from Palin the Quitter over ...

    2 days, 15 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • Her Couric claim is so laughable. A dim bulb that reads Newsmax. Lie about everything and take responsibility for nothing. That's Palin's character in a ...

    3 days, 1 hour ago 2 replies View »
  • 18 comments from 14 members total

Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think Obama Didn't Actually Win 2008 Election -- ACORN Stole It! »

  • They're getting dumber every minute. The Supreme Court can't hand all the elections to them. Sore losers.

    2 days, 16 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • 13 comments from 11 members total

Not So Funny After All »

  • FTA: "there are far too many examples in history of groups once considered comical becoming powerful over time, and the results have never been pretty. ...

    2 days, 18 hours ago 1 reply View »
  • 4 comments from 4 members total

Dem Calls For Firing Of Geithner, Summers - RealClearPolitics - Video »

  • DeFazio makes a good point.

    2 days, 19 hours ago 0 replies View »
  • 4 comments from 4 members total

There's No There There: IAEA Inspects Iran Nuclear Site; Finds"Nothing To Be Worried About"| Crooks and Liars »

  • Why should we listen to the IAEA? They're the same ones who downplayed Iraq's WMD's before Bush's Shock and Awe(TM). Sure they were correct, but ...

    2 days, 19 hours ago 1 reply View »
  • 8 comments from 7 members total

Norah O'Donnell Stumps Palin Supporter by Asking About Palin's Support of Bailouts »

  • Amazing that when presented with Palin's actual quote, denied it anyway. Powerful belief, to override facts. That's the type of supporter Palin needs to keep ...

    3 days, 1 hour ago 1 reply View »
  • 34 comments from 17 members total

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