tkyrchncs

50's man. social liberal, fiscal conservative, gay, widowed. Love my family with all my heart. Catholic. Flower child. Well traveled and well read, degrees in art and biology. Work at VA Tech, Appalachian Virginian by birth, upbringing, and choice. Veteran. Firmly Democrat. for 35 yrs. Member NAACP, ACLU, ERC, NRA, National Academy of Sciences. Argumentative.

Submitted Comments (67)

The hypocrisy of tea party conservatives »

• Beavith, we left the nation in the black the last time in spite of every diversionary tactic the Republicans could come up with including even ...

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• The problem perhaps is with the label. But the fact is the last Republican administration cost us a bundle, and the bail-out began before Obama ...

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• We do not derive the standards for our behavior from a terrorist organizations. What they do will be on their heads, and does not in ...

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When Truth Trumps Protocol »

• Manners know no partisan politics. And apparently this particular politician knows no manners. It has NOTHING to do with pc, truth, or politics. Forgive my ...

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• All breaches of manners and common courtesy require apologies. Madam Pelosi SHOULD have had the Sergent-at-Arms escort him out. The Senate should STILL reprimand him. ...

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Bob McDonnell Faces Scrutiny for 2003 Views on Homosexuality -- Politics Daily »

• Nonsense! Virginia currently has a Democratic Governor, and TWO democratic Senators, and 6 of our 10 representatives are Democrats. We are an issues, rather than ...

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Same-sex unions begin in Vermont - Boston.com »

• lol, Endo, you're math challenged! If 3/4 never do something, then that only leaves 1/4 to do it, not 1/2.. And I know it isn't ...

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• Congratulations, Gents. May you have a long and happy life together. Your perseverance in your love is an example to our straight brothers and sisters, ...

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Stimulus funding for unemployment benefits declined by Republican lawmakers in 11 states »

• Where in the Constitution is it given to the Federal Government to decide what substances individual citizens may consume, or even sell, as long as ...

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• It's not forced on them, they could just not have roads!

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• It is done as an ENTICEMENT to get those states to DO THE RIGHT THING, if they haven't already! SHEESH!

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• Nope. They should have already had the required programs in place. Then they'd just view the money as extra cash, the tightwads.

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• Sheesh, it's VERY simple, and all the information is out there. Here's the offer; yes, or no. That's it: yes, or no.

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• For heaven's sake, I have a roof and food. It would be cool in some ways to be rich, but it is extremely unlikely I ...

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• Individual effort is laudable, cherev, but it isn't dependable. Jesus, a well-known rabbi, instructed that when we give charity that we not let the left ...

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• How in the world is it an infringement on anyone's or any state's rights to say, "We will give you money to do it our ...

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Setting the people up to die: A conspiracy of silence about swine flu natural remedies »

• Your body produces the enzymes you need, if you are in reasonable health. Otherwise these "enzymes" would themselves be "vitamins": essential nutrients we DON'T produce. ...

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• FTA
  "It is a well-known medical fact, of course, that influenza always gets worse during the winter months North of the equator and the summer ...

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10 Maya Foods That Changed The World's Eating Habits »

• lol People seem to forget that ALL humans in the New World came from somewhere else! In fact all humans outside Africa came from somewhere ...

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Justice Department's Ethics Office Wants Attorney General to Reopen Prisoner Abuse Cases »

• We are ratified signatories to treaties that outlaw torture. Ratified treaties are the second-highest law of the land, after the Constitution, and supercede all acts ...

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• That would be misbehavior, wouldn't it? You don't think it GOOD behavior, do you? And you don't think it justifies cruelty and illegal detention on ...

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• Their misbehavior is NOT an excuse for ours.

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Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies »

• Charming. Do you kiss your children with that mouth?

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Justice Dept advises pursuing CIA abuses »

• We could leave the ponies out of it, but the dogs should already be in jail, and it's not too late now to put them ...

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Australia considers mass killings of camels »

• It was my understanding that Australia sold camels to Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations. Guess they can't sell so many.

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Gonzales says US should be open to torturing again »

• Torture is not necessary. Ever.

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UN Resolution To Not Criticize Islam, I Mean, "Religion" »

• I will criticize or make fun of your religion if I wish. I support your right to criticize or make fun of any religion you ...

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Teen Dies After Police Use Taser on Him »

• Since when were there four police on a routine traffic stop? Since when does anything "on the street" have anything to do with tasering children ...

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• It is very sad. The police and others are lead to believe that tasers are safe, when they are not. If you nave any kind ...

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Minister clarifies stand on evolution »

• Reason and belief are none-the -less united in us, as individuals and as a species, whether or not they seem to rationalists to be "mutually ...

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