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    How should Yemeni arms embargo be enforced

    How should the United Nations armaments embargo of Yemen be enforced? And by whom? And if it should be enforced by the use of military assets, What should be the rules of engagement?
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    Illegal Immigration promotes bad government

    My assertion: 1. Encouraging illegal immigration from our Southern neighbors by providing protection from deportation under the DREAM Act or President Obama's new executive order and failing to secure the border or sufficiently fund the border patrol provides material benefits to corrupt...
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    Moral justification for rioting

    What is the moral justification, if any, of rioting?
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    Open Season on Black Men explained

    This morning's coverage included an interview with a young black man for his reaction to the events in Ferguson, to which he replied. "Now, it really is open season on young black men." Call me ignorant, bigoted or what have you, but I cannot figure out how he could come to that...
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    13th Lambeth overturned when?

    Could someone please tell me when the Episcopal Church of America overturned the 13th Lambeth conference?
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    Michael Sam vrs. Sara Mack

    Recently the St. Louis Rams drafted the NFL's first openly gay player, Michael Sam which got me to thinking. Suppose instead the St. Louis Rams also drafted the NFL's first female player, let's call her Sara Mack. Suppose you are the owner and General Manger of the St. Louis Ram's which of...
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    Alternative to No Child Left Behind

    Instead of all of this testing, teaching to the test, etc. what if we remade No Child Left Behind to be based upon opportunity for education rather than performance. No teacher can make a student learn if that student refuses. Nor should a high performing school be punished, by diversion of...
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    Lifetime Ban of Donald Sterling by the NBA

    Today, the Commissioner of the NBA has banned for life, Donald Sterling, the owner of the L.A. Clippers, from any involvement or association with the L.A. Clippers or the NBA, including banning Mr. Sterling from attending any Clippers games. In addition, the Commissioner has fined Mr. Sterling...
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    Help

    I am ashamed, but I am at wit's end. I have struggled with my disease for decades and now with "healthcare reform" I am resort to federal cases to get treatment. I am a flawed human, and I may never forgive God for making it so damn hard. Help me. Please. I am failing against the dark...
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    Turkey, the PKK, and the US response

    Seems Turkish military forces are bombing, shelling, and in some cases assaulting suspected PKK facilities in northern Iraq. Turkey has somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 personnel along the border with Iraq. What should the US and Iraq do in response to these acts? For my part, I am...
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    Does the prospective AG owe us a YES/No on torture?

    Some folks have said that the prospective Attorney General has been evasive, some claimed intentionally ignorant so that he could be evasive with respect to "coercive interrogation techniques." I put it to you. 1. Does the prospective Attorney General owe the American People a clear and...
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    Objecting to Stereotypically Gay Role Models

    Here's a question: "If my church accepts and affirms the "dignity and civil rights of all persons including homosexual persons" is it moral for me to object to the presence of persons who exhibit stereotypically "gay" mannerisms, in tone, diction, body language, dress, appearance, etc. as...
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    A Conservatives Iraq Funding bill

    Hey folks I was just wondering what kind of bench marks, timelines or what not would be in the ideal Republican war funding bill? I am particularly interested in the kind of language you would use and what sort of stick/carrot approach. For example, how about this "Congress shall...
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    the Conservative dictionary

    Could a conservative please define the following terms: 1. "working" as in "our strategy is working in Iraq" Gen. Patraeus 2. "12-16 months" as in "we'll be seeing major progress on the political front in 12-16 months" Gen. Abizaid 3. "no doubt" as in "there is absolutely no doubt that...
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    Blame over funding

    Suppose that both the Congress and the President "stick to their guns" and the President vetos all funding bills with "withdraw dates" and the Congress presents no bills without such dates, who do you blame for "not supporting the troops?" And if such a thing were to occur, what do you think...
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    Hope for Iraq?

    Somebody help me out here. I am convinced that "failure in Iraq" would be really, really bad. A failed or terror sponsoring state sitting atop of the second largest concentration of readily accessible oil reserves is bad news. But is there a way forward? And if there is can we trust that the...
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    Just war theory?

    Anybody got a decent argument justifying war? My mind has drawn a blank and I can't think of any.
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    Nonbinding resolution against the Surge

    What do y'all think? Is the proposed non binding resolution against the Iraq war troop surge: 1. Aid and comfort to the enemies of the Republic (otherwise known as treason in the Constitution) 2. A lot of sound and fury about essentially nothing 3. An attempt, more or less...
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    Critique please, "I, Suspect" Ch.2, Scene 1

    Attached is the second beat of Ch. 2 of a work in progress (there's a lot more, but I'm not sure of the posting limit). To set the stage, the narrative character was previously introduced by a head long flight through a wooded mountainous area, followed by an equipment free climb up a...
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    A Wiccan primer?

    Hey folks, I'm looking for a literary work or collection of works that would provide a decent overview of Wicca. I hope that no one takes offense, but I really am just curious what it's like and so far my search for resources have been disappointing. Any help would be appreciated.
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