Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
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An american citizen can be labeled an enemy combatant if they meet the definition. But they cannot be labeled an "alien enemy combatant", and thus, the MCA is not applicable to them.
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
OK, so they may not be tried but they may be detained indefinitely?
I guess it's just not clear why you would want to have the ability to define and label an american citizen an unlawful enemy...
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
The first two paragraphs do not exclude anyone from being deemed an unlawful enemy combatant. This is at the sole discretion of the executive branch.
‘‘(1) UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT.—(A) The term...
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
He wants to leave it up to the states because the federal government has no business regulating any of it. Is that hard to comprehend? I suppose if there's no federal law making it illegal then it...
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
He favors ending the War on Drugs. He favors neutering the DEA, if not abolishing it as well as other federal agencies like the ATF, IRS, etc. He is in favor of medical marijuana because he does...
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Forum: Politics
10-09-2007, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 2,163
Re: Watch Out For Ron Paul
Look up the military commissions act of 2006 that denies habeas corpus rights to anyone deemed an enemy combatant, enemy of the state, etc.
There is now a separate military justice system for...
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Forum: Politics
10-04-2007, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 263
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-02-2007, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 171
Views: 628
Re: WRONG
Yea I can see how the poor might need something higher to look to since their lives might be difficult. However there are plenty of poor people who are happy where they are. The quest for financial...
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Forum: Politics
10-01-2007, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 91
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-01-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 82
Re: Could the internet raise a child?
if you want a pissed-off, antisocial, half-geek/half-retard, know-it-all hybrid then yea the internet could raise a child.
I wouldn't want to be friends with him though, not even on myspace.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-01-2007, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 241
Re: A specific biblical contradiction
There are quite a lot of these in the bible. I think it's because it's a mixture of facts, stories stolen from much, much older religions, and Christian mythology. The part your discussing probably...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
10-01-2007, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 171
Views: 628
Re: WRONG
Being atheistic and knowing what is morally right are not mutually exclusive by any stretch of the imagination. There are plenty of people who seem to assume this automatically because they view...
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Forum: Politics
09-24-2007, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 124
Re: What is AC?
actually i did look at that but i didn't read that far down because it looked like a list of rules. thx though.
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Forum: Politics
09-24-2007, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 124
What is AC?
I keep seeing people use the term ACism but as far as I can tell it's a made up abbreviation for something and it isn't used anywhere else on the web that I can find.
Might be helpful to put that...
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Forum: MTT Community
09-16-2007, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 4,464
Views: 30,786
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Forum: Politics
09-14-2007, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 304
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Forum: Politics
09-11-2007, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 71
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Forum: Politics
09-11-2007, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 89
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-11-2007, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 151
Re: Having a belief
Are there really 3 pages of discussion on what a belief is? I never really got into that whole "what is truth" "what is knowledge" philosophical BS. Seems pretty straightforward to me. A belief is...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-11-2007, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 147
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-11-2007, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 100
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
09-11-2007, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 164
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Forum: EDF
09-10-2007, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 158
Views: 704
Re: Guns in America
I often see when reading about people who were murdered with a gun that they wouldn't have been killed if the person who owned the gun had just been more responsible. <-that's sarcasm for you slow...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
09-10-2007, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 182
Views: 891
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