politics

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    Politics Does this represent reality?

    In Australia, we have a group of comedians who publish (or used to - now it's mainly web-based) a satirical newspaper called 'The Chaser' - it's pretty much the equivalent of 'The Onion' in the US. Anyway, these same guys also occassionally do TV specials which are similar to the paper they...
  2. Jamison

    Politics Anti-war Sermon sparks IRS Warning

    Now I find this to be rather silly. I fully understand why the church in NC got in trouble...a particular political party was endorsed by the church and they kicked people out who didn't vote for Bush. That's not the case here. The church didn't endorse any political party and even said that...
  3. C

    Politics Left, right, or somewhere in the middle?

    I'm interested to know where Alias fans sit politically. I'm actually from Australia and as such didn't vote in the recent US election, but I figure that most people on the forum would be from the US. I consider myself to be extremely left wing, and support the Australian Labour Party (if you...
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    Politics 'Party trumps race' for Steele foes

    ‘Party trumps race’ for Steele foes I don't give a cracker about parties, but that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. Apparently racism is okay if black Democrats do it? Hypocrites.
  5. M

    Politics Low Latent Inhibition + High IQ = Genius

    Ok, so after watching Prison Break and hearing Scofield had this condition, I started researching it, because for some odd reason, it had interested me. What I had found was research that had put something into words I had only theorized. I cannot really describe how I felt about it, but it...
  6. T

    Politics Samuel Alito, Jr.

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    Politics Read this article

    read this article , it makes my heart sink reading this.
  8. Jamison

    Politics Rosa Parks dies

    Rosa Parks passed away today.
  9. S

    Politics The Justice System

    Im from australia where people under 18 are classed as minors when it comes to the criminal system, where they dont recieve the same punishements or treatments. however, a lot of crimes lately have been committed by 15 and 16 year olds, some quite violent. Yet they manage to walk away with no...
  10. Jamison

    Politics Hurricane Wilma

    It seems like we've had topic and topic about hurricanes, and I don't think this one should be left out. In less than 24 hours it jumped from a Category 2 to a Category 5, and it has set records...for the most hurricanes in a season (12) and the most named storms in a season (21). It has also...
  11. R

    Politics Spiritual Confusion

    I miss believing in something. It's just--really hard these days, with everything I see everyday... to believe that there's some mystical force behind it. And the people at my church make me uncomfortable and say I'll go to Hell for thinking this way. Ugh.
  12. M

    Politics National Clandestine Service

    cited from here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...1300919_pf.html
  13. Jamison

    Politics Poverty in the US

    First I just want to say that while I think it's wonderful that people give money to countries that are in dire need, it seems as though they forget about poverty that is occurring in our own backyard. My communication skills class has spent a great deal of time discussing poverty in Appalachia...
  14. S

    Politics The continued polarising of the US

    I read this essay online about if the the us continues to be polarised between left and right wing politics, this may lead to civil war. What do you think?
  15. X

    Politics Censorship

    So, I wanted to start a topic to talk about censorship. This is kind of consolidating a lot of different topics that have been floating around the Serious Discussion board. In a country like America that so values free speech, to what extent is censorship acceptable? in the media? in...
  16. Jamison

    Politics Avian Flu

    Avian flu is scary. I understand we need to protect against terrorism, but this needs to be our top priority, and we aren't even close to being prepared. My mom is a nurse who has a co-worker whose brother works for FEMA. The information he's been getting is scary. This is a real...
  17. Jamison

    Politics Pakistan Earthquake

    I cannot believe that nobody put something in here about this, especially as the death toll has risen past 18,000 in this horrible, horrible tragedy.
  18. S

    Politics The Fight Against Piracy

    Recently I've been hearing about extra efforts to stamp out piracy and illegal selling/downloading/whatever of movies and so on. Personally, I think the industry is fighting a lost battle. Any thoughts?
  19. Jamison

    Politics Overhaul of Endangered Species Act Approved

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    Politics More Terrorist Bombings

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