Hmmm.  It must have been the model for Obamacare.

In New York, they used to say "A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged."  In Oregon in appears that even a liberal woman who has been raped does not become conservative enough to get a gun.  I wonder if she will get one now, or just blame Bush.

I am not a theologian, but is it not doctrine that there is a difference between the sinful and the profane?  One may condemn the opinion that the sinful is morally right, while tolerating a diversity of opinions about the profane, not to mention the secular.  

Put differently, under God's law not everything that is not prohibited is required.  That is how God's law is different from leftist's laws.

Facts don't convince lefties.  The scales must fall from a lefty's eyes by themselves; they cannot be pried off.  

Independents, however, often vote on feelings rather than ideology or policies.  They can be motivated by disgust, just as they can be motivated by "hope and change" optimism.  You don't have to change very many minds to make an electoral difference - especially when it comes to Red State Democratic Senators.

We are fortunate that Obama is stonewalling, which gives the impression of guilt and keeps the scandal alive.  If Obama ordered  every member of his administration to cooperate fully with Congress, and publicly stated that anyone taking the Fifth would be fired, he might get past this.  But if Obama is going to continue to make  speeches that say:

"I'm angry about this.  Look at me - see? - this is my angry face!"

then Mr. Davis may well be right.

A full life contains accomplishments and experiences, and also relationships (which don't seem to fall into either category).  I can't imagine foregoing  any of them, and I don't think these goals relate to political ideology in any way.

Sure.  Glad to.  Out of every 100 Americans, 5 never had premarital sex (so they claim).  37 out of 100 say they believe premarital sex is morally wrong.  (You have to ignore the ones who had premarital sex without believing it is wrong.  They are not hypocrites.  They are consistent.)

But 32 out of the 37 are hypocrites.  They think premarital sex is wrong, but they did it anyway.  That's why it is 5 out of 37 who are honest, and 32 out of 37 who are hypocrites.  5 out of 37 is not 33%.

Perhaps, but still morally unacceptable.  And what the hell is "Doctor's Good"?  And is a couple bottles enough?

That is fascinating math.  Wrong, but fascinating.

So your big problem is that low corporate tax rates in Canada are causing U.S. corporations to move there?  Awww, boo hoo for Canada.

Or maybe you're being sarcastic.  When reading lefty-speak, it is so hard to tell what is serious (I use the word loosely) and what is sarcasm.

Dividends and capital gains are totally different, for tax purposes.  The reason to have lower tax rates on dividends is to prevent double taxation, and eliminating corporate taxes would change that.  The reason to have lower tax rates on capital gains is that high rates on capital gains incentivize people to hold on to their capital investments rather than sell them, which causes economic inefficiency.  Corporate tax rates don't affect that rationale.

I'm not entirely sure that the 5% to 37% ratio is equal to 1/3.  

Cher had "greatest hits"?  Ewwwww.  Morally unacceptable!

Vega Spur

The best options are (a) not to get pregnant to begin with, there are ways to avoid that you know, and (b) adoption.

Yeah, but I don't think those are alternatives to "giving birth."  Giving birth kind of assumes that you are, you know, pregnant.  And adoption happens after you give birth - at least in my experience.

I beg your pardon?  You thought WHAT???

Obviously, if we were all Democrats who believed in catastrophic, man-made global warming, we would live in NY or California like civilized people, and nobody would have been hurt yesterday.  You guys just don't understand how science works...

"Giving birth outside marriage: 60% morally acceptable (+15%)

Heterosexual sex between unmarried persons: 63% morally acceptable (+10%)"

I find those two numbers just fascinating.  My questions:

Where did they find 37% who believe premarital sex is morally unacceptable?

Only 3% believe sex out of marriage is acceptable but having a child out of marriage is not?  Seriously?  3%???

For the 40% who believe that giving birth outside of marriage is morally unacceptable, is the morally acceptable alternative to giving birth (a) shotgun weddings or (b) abortions?