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Graham's alleged conservative credentials are as empty as his party's
Graham's alleged conservative credentials are as empty as his party's 2 comments Lindsey's Hot-Air Conservatism

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Graham censure shrinks party base even further
Graham censure shrinks party base even further 1 comment Republican Death Wish

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What the Tea Party can learn from <i>Fight Club</i>
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New law lets you think what you want
New law lets you think what you want 4 comments Hate on Me, Hater

"Thought crimes" is a clever, easy-to-swallow slogan, but trying to suggest that newly expanded hate crime laws will put your bias on trial is foolish and reveals an ignorance to…


  • Re: New law lets you think what you want
  • I am glad the hate law did not pass. We can charge people for crimes as we always have. People are always prejudice and racist throughout life. A crime is a crime. Assault is a crime. If somebody assaults somebody because they are gay, they are charged with assault. We…
  • Posted by -riptide
  • Re: New law lets you think what you want
  • First of all, I'm not a lawyer so my reasoning on this could be completely misinformed. But couldn't hate crime legislation potentially lead to an abuse of one's constitutional rights by allowing prosecutors to get around double-jeopardy? Scenario: A man is tried for murder. The victim is of a different…
  • Posted by -Jason Usry
  • Re: New law lets you think what you want
  • Reread the piece, samdu. Two crimes are ALWAYS treated differently.
  • Posted by -Greg Hambrick
  • Re: New law lets you think what you want
  • Hate crime legislation IS thought crime legislation by its very definition. And you are completely correct that it is not about the race or sexuality of the victim, it is about the thoughts (motivation) of the perpetrator. And that is why it's unfair. It's also why it's ineffective. Is the…
  • Posted by -samdu
  • Re: Conservative movement eyes public office
  • The REAL McLaughlin Lesson: Run on a platform of limited government and personal responsibility (when people don't even take the responsibility of voting seriously), lose election. When people wake up and are ready to be free (again), I hope people like McLaughlin will still be around for us.
  • Posted by -Simon Jester
  • Re: Mullins McLeod ready to take Confederate Flag down
  • I don't know if he took a video professor course on writing, but I keep finding myself agreeing with Chris Haire lately. The confederate monument is a memorial to hundreds of thousands of American war dead. They fought under that flag... regardless of their leaders intentions, they represented the general…
  • Posted by -factoryconnection
  • Re: The Accomplishiments of President Obama — It's More than You Would Think
  • How about... (this was just off top of my head, I'm not even a student of this) Obama tries to push through health bill before Aug recess before it can be read, that includes national registry for implanted tracking chips. see far bottom of www.kauaitruth.com Obama grandstands end of Guantanmo…
  • Posted by -wakeup
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