Abe Cubbage

Abe Cubbage

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Reply to Just the last two days... in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"The US Press is so lopsided against the Iraq War they are doing everything in thier power to shape the American publics view of the war." "You can now see my YouTube channel

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Reply to The War On Terror is Fought Under a White Flag! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Conservatives understand the former, but in years of online discussion I can never seem to make them understand the latter. I feel your pain. On another subject...has your view of the war on drugs changed over the years? I'm not being snide, I am genuinely curious.

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Reply to Woman Dies in ER Lobby in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I think that these days just about everyone has a personal horror story, or knows someone with a horror story about our health care system. To anyone who isn't completely blinded by political rhetoric it's obvious that our health care system is in serious need of some TLC.

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Reply to The Republican Party is broken in Republican JoeUser Forums

But since the nomination of Harriet Meyers for the Supreme Court, it's been clear that Bush really has no idea what he's doing on any isssue. He's just "some guy". Brad, wasn't this abundantly clear about him before he was ever elected president?

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Reply to Into a Dark Realm in Fiction JoeUser Forums

Wow, that brings back memories. Feist was one of my favorite fantasy authors in high school. I hardly ever read fantasy anymore because it's all so predictable, but I'm feeling all nostalgic now and we are going to the bookstore today. I am going to give this new series a try. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Reply to I Refuse to Pile on President Bush in Republican JoeUser Forums

"Unless the Democrats can come up with a candidate that is not a LIBERAL LOON, I will never vote for them, The worse Republican is better than the best of the democrats." --Moderateman Then I take it the moniker "Moderateman" is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, yes? "I never thought that you guys will ever wake up. and all it took is the Immigration bill? that is what woke you guys up?" --ThinkAloud Than

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Reply to Understanding ideologies of destruction in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Gideon, You completely misunderstood my post. I was not addressing the content of her argument, I was addressing the fallacious logic used (I am using the word "logic" in the academic sense, i.e. how it would be used in philosophy or law etc, not in the common vernacular sense). The absurd example I gave illustrated the fallacy.

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Reply to Understanding ideologies of destruction in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"If poverty is the cause of violence, how come the USA, one of the richest nations in the world, also has one of the highest crime rates?" --LW Easy. For example, one person in the US has all the money, everyone else is penniless. In other words, this is a fallacious argument. </fo

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Reply to Something that NEEDS to be seen by everyone. in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler, How many people who have looked at this post have agreed with you? The silence is deafening. Because of the subject, almost everyone who dislikes it isn't very likely to say so. it's my blog and I don't need a point to make a statement. OK...

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Reply to Something that NEEDS to be seen by everyone. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sounds like you're in the minority on this Tex. 1. Assuming for the moment that she is (doubtful)...so what? What is the point of your statement? 2. Considering the number of replies that agree with you drmiler, it's likely that Tex is in the majority (again, why this matters I have no idea).

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Reply to Has it come home to our soil again?? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"Are you willing now to make the sacrifices that may be needed to stop these kinds of things?" Do you understand what is required to prevent these things? Take a moment to think about just how much liberty we would have to give up to obtain the degree of security you are asking for. "The attitude of the pacifist have done this to us." Hardly. The liars, hate-mongers, fear-mongers, war-mongers brought

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Reply to There is nothing green about Ethanol in Politics JoeUser Forums

Brad, have you read about cellulosic ethanol? It negates some of your objections about sugar/starch based ethanol. 6) Ethanol has less energy in the final fuel. That means you get fewer miles per gallon on your car which means more trips to the gas station and more overall overhead. This is

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Reply to Signposts in Poetry JoeUser Forums

dynamaso, I don't understand/agree with the idea of sacrificing for love. To me, if it's love there is no sacrifice. If there is sacrifice then it is not love, but an expression of insecurity. I guess what I'm asking is: what is given up when we enter a loving relationship? BTW, I think you poem is a lot more powerful when the sentences are read from last to first.

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