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yellowwood Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 12:47 PM
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Political Priority--Get out of These Wars!
Before the Presidential election, I said that my first priority for supporting a political candidate was how he stood on getting us involved in wars.
I even copied the list of politicians who voted for the Iraq "war" and vowed not ever to vote for them unless they were running against the devil himself.
But now the wars go on and expand.
The money we use on wars could provide better health care and education.
I still see this militaristic attitude as the worst problem that we have. Getting out of these wars is still my priority.
Is this anybody else's priority?
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 12:56 PM
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1. You have to be able to show why one side is bad or good.
Edited on Thu Nov-11-10 01:01 PM by RandomThoughts
Using a label does not show anything, except use of a loaded macro to smear.

It is best to discuss what ideas or ideals you disagree with and be able to explain why. Using such a label is invoking a loaded macro.

However I do agree there are spirits everywhere, and people need to discern what is good and what is bad, that is as important as anything. Many good people get led astray. The bad side uses distortions to make everything look like something else. Hence why its best to stay on topics of ideals and not attach them to groups, in my view.



Then again some people think drinking is evil LOL, because it causes some problems for some people, and was put in some religious writings to make social rules easier for a society, security over freedom. Taking away some right from some person without a problem because someone else has a problem with it. That is a social concept for social rule, not a spiritual concept.
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meow mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-10 12:57 PM
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2. maybe in 2020?
2 more terms of republicans in the whitehouse upcoming i dont see it happening at all now.
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