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For Catholics: WASHINGTON - In an appearance on the NBC program Meet the Press on Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed Catholic, denied that the Catholic Church condemns abortion - Is it true the Catholic faith has 'no problem' with abo...
Is it in our own national security interests to stop Russia from continuing its aggressive actions against Georgia or threatening other countries in the region ?
School choice: Parents ask only for schools that are safe, teachers who are competent and diplomas that open doors of opportunity. When a public system fails, repeatedly, to meet these minimal objectives, parents ask only for a choice in the education...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A prominent black state senator says saggy pants are a civil rights setback. Sen. Robert Ford told The (Charleston) Post and Courier for Saturday's papers the style should be outlawed in South Carolina. The Charleston Democrat say...
Which one of these joke lines do you like the best ? David Letterman: Signs Barack Obama Is Overconfident. Proposed bill to change Oklahoma to 'Oklabama.' Offered Bush 20 bucks for the 'Mission Accomplished' banner. Asked guy at Staples, 'Whic...
Will Hillary overshadow or attempt to overshadow Obama at the convention ?
For parents: The nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association, attracted 9,000 delegates to its annual convention in Washington, D.C. over the Fourth of July weekend. Delegates sported buttons with provocative slogans such as "Ga...
An Islamic TV station using a Bugs Bunny lookalike to preach to children has been slammed by religious leaders in the UK who fear it could brainwash vulnerable British children. Assud the rabbit, who vows to 'kill and eat Jews' and glorifies the maimin...
Is John Edwards being considered for the VP slot ?
To the Christians here: Obama claims to be a Christian, yet he proclaims that Jesus Christ is not the only WAY to Heaven - Is he right or is he a false prophet ?
Do you think 'free-speech' in America is disappearing ?
About the recent Cartoon of Obama on the New Yorker cover - was it: A) good satire B) poor taste C) offensive to anyone D) meant to help E) meant to hurt ?
So, what do you say - Bret Favre coming back to play again ?
Should the Interstate speed be 55mph again ?
A Massachusetts trial lawyer, also serving as chairman of the State House Ethics Committee, is under fire for advocating "ripping apart" child sexual abuse victims on the witness stand. Massachusetts State Representative James Fagan was speaking agains...
NY TIMES atricle: Muslims in the U.S. feel “betrayed” by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who spent his childhood years in Muslim Indonesia and is still thought by some Americans to be a Muslim himself. Obama has visited churches and syn...
A Canadian judge ruled that a 12-year-old girl was "excessively" punished when her father told her she could not go on a school camping trip because she had broken family-rules for use of the Internet - Did the judge overstep her bounds ? The Globe ...
6/26/08: WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history - Agree or Disagree with the ruling ?
Justice Kennedy and four others on the Supreme Court overturn the death sentence for Louisiana child rapists. Kennedy wrote that it's "disproportionate" punishment, and cruel and unusual. What is crueler: the violent rape of a young girl, or death by l...
A German family is paying a high price for home schooling their children. Juergen and Rosemarie Dudek were hauled into court and ordered to pay $1,500 in fines for home schooling their children. But the prosecutor was not satisfied and brought them bac...
GLOUCESTER, Mass. - A pact was made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together - none older than 16 - The girls confessed to making the pact after the school began investigating a rise in pregnancies that has left 17 girls at t...
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts - Good idea or Bad idea ?
Many of today's Judges have become crafters of law instead of interpreters - Is this a good thing or bad thing ?
Dr. M. L. King taught us that a person should be judged by 'the content of their character', not 'the color of their skin' - Do you see this election as holding true to this message or is it being ignored ?
At the U.S. Open: Outdoor smoking banned: SAN DIEGO — Spectators at the U.S. Open had better keep their butts off Torrey Pines Golf Course: No smoking allowed.To both the delight and indignation of the gallery, the 108th Open starting Thursday will be...
In the U.S.: Are the current 'no drill' restrictions wise - knowing, as has been reported, we have an abundance of oil in the ground right here ?
With which rule would you agree or not agree with and why ? Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3...
Why are 'taxes' constantly pushed but not 'solutions' ?
Two Christian preachers were stopped from handing out Bible tracts by police officers because they were in a Muslim neighborhood in England - I wonder if it's just a matter of time before this comes to America, if so: - The next time someone knocks on ...
I read this: When Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 election by half a percentage point, but lost the Electoral College -- or, for short, "the constitutionally prescribed method for choosing presidents" -- anyone who denied the sacred importance of...
I heard a commentator on TV this morning give the opinion it seemed as if Hillary, in her speech, was essentially attempting to 'blackmail' Obama into giving her the VP - She only congratulated Obama on the race he had “run” not “won” - I don't think t...
Who here thinks Hillary will take it to "Denver, Denver, Denver' !!??
In Florida, 1.75 million Democrats voted on January 29 - given the core principle of our great democracy is the right to vote - How can the DNC say not all of them count ?
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed a bill that has shocked many of the state's residents - open bathrooms - This bill allows men to go into women's restrooms and locker rooms and vice versa because we are told that we cannot discriminate against ...
Bloggers - I just saw on MSNBC these comments in made reference to Bloggers: "You're nothing more than "nitwits at home with [your] computers" who've deluded yourselves into imagining you're "part of the news media." - Would you agree or disagree ?
What does the term 'Wahhabism' mean ?
Should voters be required to show voter identification in every state ?
If the votes of Florida and Michigan aren't counted, would you consider them 'disenfranchised' voters and why ?
This past week the California state Supreme Court made a ruling (4-3) that struck down the gay marriage ban. Eight years ago, 4,618,673 California voters — 61 percent of those casting ballots — approved an initiative that stated: "Only marriage between...
Do you believe that if we just negotiate/talk to terrorists and radicals, we can make a good enough argument to persuade them the have been wrong all along - change their ways (beheadings, bombings, murder, etc) and get them to actually honor a negotia...
May 23, 2008 -- Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama. "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary some...
China and Russia on Friday condemned the United States' plans to set up a missile defense system, which Washington says is crucial to protecting the security of it and its allies - even they admit it's a 'Defensive' system - Why would a country condemn...
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is lobbying again for major college football playoff, calling the reasons against it "bogus" less than three weeks after the Bowl Championship Series decided to maintain its current format for the foreseeable futur...
I read this today: If Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, I fear our enemies will smell the blood of weakness and rise in retaliation here and abroad. While Obama makes sweeping promises to end the war in Iraq, he never projects the...
What does Memorial Day mean to you ?
What are your favorite freeware applications? I really enjoy snippy/find my credit card/convert...and others
Catholics according Canon Law are to be 'pro-life' (not optional), yet I can't find any politician that is Catholic that is faithful to this - can you name any ?
2/1/08: Two women suicide bombers who have killed nearly 80 people in Baghdad were Down's Syndrome victims exploited by al Qaida.The explosives were detonated by remote control in a co-ordinated attack after the women walked into separate crowded m...
Pelosi is in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens, would you be for it or against it and why ?
Obama supports the ratification (make it U.S. Law) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This treaty states the UN has determined that the government will decide for all what is best for our children. The government has authority to intervene i...