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In regards to SS: anybody who lives to the age of 70 and collects 3 years of benefits will have already collected far more than they paid. SS also provides disability insurance for a family when a parent dies: many families have been saved from destitution thru SS. Finally, SS is NOT a mess or...

We'll let the Supreme Court rule on its constitutionality. I'll bet my money that the court will not even review the case at all. The powers of Congress 'force' you to participate in Social Security. The powers of Congress 'force' you to pay income taxes. The powers of Congress 'force' you...

Why do you say 'force feed' ? The American Medical Association supports the bill, the American Nurse's Association supports the bill, large number of Americans support reform. The only people that oppose the bill is Insurance companies and people who have insurance. A large number of...

I think it is excellent move. With the world's population already too large and growing exponentially, the more land that we can set aside for wildlife the better. I don't understand how anybody could/would complain about our gov't preserving land for ALL of us.

It's the right-wing that's crying. Moderates are happy and liberals are simply try to keep pushing the envelope. I have no sense of entitlement and receive very limited benefits from the gov't: roads, safety, and that's about it. It is progressives that are trying to save the 'drowning...

I hate to inform you of this but the NJ Supreme Court does not now, never has and never will decide what violates the US Constitution. The US Supreme Court decides these issues. The US Supreme Court takes a very wide view of federal powers and a very narrow scope of the 10th amendment. You...

If you think that the US Federal Gov't is going to get 'smaller' then you are totally delusional !!! No major power has a federal gov't that shrinks and ours never will either. And that's a good thing.

LOL, read the history of states & people trying to use the 10th amendment to get the federal gov't to reduce their power: the Feds do fairly well winning those battles. Good thing too or we'd simply be a nation of petty states instead of a world leader. I don't 'love' Obama; I 'love' no...

Exactly what 'Constitutional Right' is being violated ? You wouldn't know what a 'constitutional right' is if it bit you on the ass. The healthcare bill is not changing the Constitution in any way, shape, or form. It is a Law and, if passed by Congress and signed by the President, is very...

Not as close to extinction as you think. Less that 40% of Americans believe in evolution. 80% believe in angels and that god intervenes in their life. Lots of these people are 'educated'.

You can 'think' dinosaurs and humans existed together but that is the difference between religion and science: science requires EVIDENCE. In addition to the comment by Vehn, why do we see representations of lions, snakes, rhinos, etc but NEVER a Brontasaurus. The reason, ancient people never...

Great find !!! Were 'Dinosaurs' represented on any of the carvings on those stones?

Maybe Pat is finally waking up !!!! Liberals and Progressives have been clamoring for a reduction in offensive spending more than 25 years. One correction to the stats: we accounted for 53% of total world-wide defense spending in 2008. That isn't more than the next top 10; that's more than...

Hey, I suspect I'm fairly bit older than you and really doesn't make much difference to me whether my advice is taken or not. It's your wolrd now. I'm just thinking about our species as a whole and all other species on the planet. Of course, evolution never stops so who knows what creatures...

Exactly, there are numerous examples of false confessions and forced confessions. In regards to the environment I wasn't even thinking about global warming. I believe that man-made carbon emissions are causing temperatures to rise but that is not the main reason why I want zero tolerance in...

Pggybank, If you think that reproductive rights including abortion are already protected by a 'rational law' then why would you object to a constitutional admendment that protects these rights? We need a constitutional admendment to prevent states from passing laws that threaten this right...

I voted for Obama because I was HOPING he could move our country to the 'left'. I want nationalized health care, I want us to withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, Chile, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, S. Korea, Panama, Germany, G. Britan, on & on, etc., etc. I want the federal gov't to...

You are such a PIKER !!! The U.S., since 1950, have killed over 6,000,000 people on this planet: far, far more people than all Muslims and all other terrorist combined. The American Christian fundementalist is just as dangerous to our species as any Muslim fundementalist. Even more so at this...

Hmmmm...let's see. According to the stats that I can find the United States spent 55 TIMES more on miltary expenditures than Iran PLUS the other six "rogue" nations (Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). Now I don't know where/why "Cuba" has been declared a 'rogue' nation and N...

Ahhh EVOLUTION. Universally accepted by those who understand it and universally rejected by those who don't. Endless circles.