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Any Chance of an iPad App for Ricochet?
Posted August 7, 2012 at 3:16pmAs a new iPad owner (and after reading an earlier Intel posting), I'm figuring out that posting/commenting from the iPad is a limited experience. Is there any talk of developing an iPad app that wo...
Comeback to: "In America no one should go bankrupt because they get sick"
Posted September 19, 2012 at 10:39pm
Comeback to: "If Mitt was Santa Claus, he'd fire the reindeer and outsource the elves."
Posted September 15, 2012 at 5:25am
Has voter fraud been a demonstrated problem in recent U.S. history?
Posted January 19, 2012 at 2:00am · ImportantA liberal acquaintance of mine who was arguing against the requirement of identification at the polling place told me that "voter fraud" was a Republican red herring, and that there...
Frankfurt school
Posted April 13, 2012 at 9:21pmCan anyone recommend a book on the Frankfurt school, especially after the members came to America? I'm interested in knowing how their philosophies impacted American culture and attitudes. I'...
Gun Ownership vs. Gun Violence
Posted July 26, 2012 at 7:25pmFight! Er, I mean ...Recently I've seen a post going around arguing in a rather condescending and quite definitive tone that concealed carriers would not be able to stop mass shoot...
Catholics to the Rescue!
Posted May 18, 2012 at 4:55amIf you're like me, you're a non-Catholic who sometimes wants answers to a burning question about Catholicism from a knowledgeable Catholic, but doesn't know where to look. So I thought I'd start th...
How exactly has Obama changed the work requirement for welfare
Posted August 31, 2012 at 4:49pm · Important
This posting is popping up a lot from my liberal friends.
Posted August 12, 2012 at 2:42pm · ImportantBefore I attempt to rebut this I could use some help. Numbers 1 and 4 I do not have a problem with, but would appreciate help with the others. I don't know what exactly they a...
Can I reach a member's profile
Posted July 8, 2012 at 12:01amby some means other than clicking on the link in a post or comment.
How do the democrats defend their failure to have a budget?
Posted April 18, 2012 at 7:06pm · ImportantThe failure of the congress to engage in a serious debate about a budget is, as Hinderocker says, a scandal. I undersatnd the Republican/House position: Here's a budget, let's have a de...
Wisconsin Political Donations....?
Posted June 7, 2012 at 2:05pm · ImportantI'm having a FB battle with my older brother, he is a dyed in the wool unionist, he is a teacher, a very talented one too, has won all kinds of awards, but boy is he a lefty and a unionist. On...
evidence that the social security "fund" has been spent
Posted August 17, 2012 at 10:03pm
American flag painting
Posted August 13, 2012 at 7:50pmThere's a painting of American flags, either hanging from wires or on flagpoles, that looks like it might be a celebration, that is shown in the White House (although I might have gotten that from...
A Question About Property Rights
Posted July 7, 2012 at 4:22pmA couple decades ago my bother and four of our friends took a cross country road trip. They stopped at a restaurant and were seated. They proceeded to receive extremely bad service. &nb...
What did it cost the taxpayer for the 111th Congress to write the ACA?
Posted July 6, 2012 at 6:11pmHow the budget deficit got so big?...
Posted August 13, 2012 at 7:29pm · ImportantI'm new to Ricochet and just love reading all of the informative, intelligent conversations! I recently received a link to this lovely little editorial from the NY Times boasting that in fact,...
Rebuttal to nonsense about Paul Ryan
Posted August 13, 2012 at 10:05am · ImportantA fellow I know posted this video on Facebook. He is very pro-Obama in a Warren Buffet sort of way, so he doesn't really luisten to reason, but I'd like to give a rebuittal without getting into a...
iPhone and iPad posting tips/ What is doable?
Posted June 18, 2012 at 8:44pmWhat is doable? What issues have been reported so far?
Jefferson and Madison: Who are their closest current soul brothers?
Posted August 10, 2012 at 4:33amI'm sure there are historians who can help me understand current pols who are the closest analogs to how these founders thought. I'm not under any illusions that there are modern equivalents,...
kindle fire
Posted August 7, 2012 at 5:05pm · ImportantRecently I have not been able to download podcast on my Kindle Fire...it has worked since February but now....any ideas???
Precedents for the Supreme Ct rewriting legislation
Posted July 17, 2012 at 6:40pmThe ACA was saved only by rewriting it. How common is this? Why does not the legislature have to vote on the "judicial" version. I attended a Federalist Society talk on...
