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Where in the Constitution does it say that a valid SS# is required to be President?

I'm not sure there's a significant growing dissatisfaction with Obama. My perception is that if the election were held today, Obama would get pretty much the same votes he got in 2008. My best guess is that not much is going to change: Obama will be re-elected President, Republicans will...

Politics is mostly a personality contest. Romney has zero charm, charisma or personality. If he did, all his "sins" would be forgiven.

Did John F. Kennedy resemble most Americans?

What tax benefit does he get from this? He's reporting everything to the IRS. I have offshore accounts and I report them to the IRS, just as Romney does. I pay all federal and state taxes as required. "Parking" money offshore does not provide any tax benefits. All funds and income have to...

It has nothing to do with my stringent criteria. It has to do with making distinctions in the interest of fairness. It don't believe that adding one word ("some") is too much to ask.

Sagan is one of my favorite scientists. He could make a clear and convincing argument without attack or insult. Unfortunately, the day of gentleman scholars seems to have ended. In fact, the days of any type of civil discourse seem to be gone forever.

The title of this thread is: what kind of nonsense do they teach in christian schools? You painted all Christian schools with the same brush. You could have made a distinction between those that do and those that don't, but you chose not to. If the title of the thread had been: "what kind...

When we moved our children from public schools into a private school, we carefully researched Christian schools in addition to secular private schools. Not even one of the three Christian schools we looked at taught what you claim they teach. In fact, the Christian schools use the same text...

This starts in grammar school in some places (e.g., California). Our children were coming home reciting the party line, supported by homework assignments that completely excluded the possibility of any opposing points of view. Our kids are in a private school now where subjects are taught by...

Border Patrol Agents Taught to "Run Away" and "Hide" Brandon Judd, president of Local 2544, the Tucson branch of the National Border Patrol Council http://www.local2544.org/ In another nauseating series of "Virtual Learning Center" brainwashing courses that Border Patrol agents are...

--- I heard an interesting analysis this morning on the news. One of the Euro analysts said the capital they're committing won't be nearly enough and that they'll be be back at the table having this same conversation again six months from now. --Also, what do you mean when you say: "if the...

Prior to this ruling, the government taxed activity. You could be taxed when you earned income, made a purchase, made a profit, etc. The fundamental change resulting from this ruling is that now the government can now tax inactivity. You can now be taxed if you fail to get out of bed at a...

In the short run I expect everyone to hold hands, sing Kumbaya and put on a good show for the public. Beneath the surface it's much more interesting because every country has veto power. If any country (e.g., Italy) doesn't get what they want they can walk away and the group no longer has 9...

Yes... It's amazing that France, after loudly declaring that the FTT is a tax on banks, passed an FTT that banks don't pay. What a tragic joke on the French people. Does anyone know if the French media ever reported that the supposed tax on banks excludes most banks?

Highlights from the article: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/57ca5d2c-bc73-11e1-a836-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1yfYPtsFM Push for EU-wide ‘Robin Hood tax’ ends European finance ministers sounded the death knell on Friday on a proposed EU-wide financial transaction tax, paving the way for...

Being realistic is decidedly American. There's no reason to believe that profligate politicians of both parties will do anything other than what they've been doing.

Why would I do that? It's no different than me giving a million dollars to my eleven year old daughter and expecting her to behave responsibly with it. Same is true of government. If I were to tear up a million dollars worth of government bonds, our policiticans would see that as a reason...

About a year ago my wife and I went to a presentation at a local university given by a former NASA scientist who said much the same thing. He believed that the earth's climate was changing and at least part of change was caused by humans. But he also believed the forecasting models were...

Does anyone know if there have been other "enhanced cooperation" agreements in the past or would the FTT EC agreement be the first? If there were any previous enhanced cooperation agreements, do we know any details such as: How long did they take to put into place? Were they challenged by...