I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
BARNEY FRANKRidicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
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Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
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The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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We don’t get ourselves dry cleaned.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.
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For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people were the objects of efforts to assist them.
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There was a degree of interventionism in American foreign policy, the notion that we must be the superpower and we have to intervene everywhere, that I think makes no sense.
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They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who’s getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a million dollars, I wouldn’t know how to promote homosexuality.
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There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
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But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you’re going to jail, don’t listen to your lawyer.
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The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it’s that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.
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Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.
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Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.
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Disruption never helps your cause. … It just looks like you’re afraid to have rational discussion.
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