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Jul 8, 2016 15:29:54   #
A better question would be "is there scientific evidence to refute the existence of a creator?".
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Jul 8, 2016 11:20:02   #
ole sarg wrote:
You don't know very much. The campaign pays for the flight!

The President regardless of party has to fly in Air Force One.


No, ole sarg, it's you who doesn't know very much. The government's accounting says that it costs more than $200,000 per hour to fly Air Force 1. That no doubt includes all the luxury, security, support etc. that the president requires. So let's assume that the real cost to fly Air Force 1 is $25,000-$30,000 per hour which are the normally understood rates for flying a Boeing 747.

Candidates and their campaigns pay what it would cost to charter a plane for only the campaign staff. Assuming that to be the equivalent of chartering a Boeing 757, that would be about $8,000 per hour. So the taxpayers are stuck with the remaining $20,000 plus per hour to fly a commercial 747, or the remaining $200,000 per hour to fly AF1.

http://www.npr.org/2016/07/07/485097272/fact-check-air-force-one-who-pays
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Jul 8, 2016 07:28:46   #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
Hmmm... lol

I am reminded about the various Republican "family values" politicians that claim a pregnancy from a rape is still a 'gift from god' and should be allowed to go to full-term. That woman did not have a choice about getting pregnant and then finds these politicians trying to take away her choice to have an a******n.


Pregnancies resulting from rape are a moral dilemma indeed, and our policies should have an exemption available in those cases. If you add up all the pregnancies caused by rape as well as a******ns done due to health of the mother and health of the infant, that is still less than 10% of the total a******ns. An a******n is the taking of a human life, and the ability to do so should be severely limited.
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Jul 7, 2016 23:00:22   #
silver wrote:
Silly comment. The republicans are grasping at straws and spending ridiculous amounts of money desperately trying to find any ridiculous thing to "get" Hillary. They will not succeed. Trump is the asshole of assholes.


Whether or not Trump is an asshole, Hillary appears to have gotten favorable treatment from the law that most citizens would not have received.
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Jul 7, 2016 13:54:13   #
dirtpusher wrote:
These modern day repukes are a far cry of years gone by.


They are. Just as are the modern day Dems.

If you imagine the politicians as teams on a football field, in the 1940s to 1960s it would have been like the Democrats were on the left side 40 yard line and the Republicans on the right side 40 yard line. Now the Republicans have backed up to about the 20 yard line while the Democrats have backed up halfway through the parking lot.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:15:16   #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
The answer is in your question. Unborn = rights do not exceed the host.


Unfortunate, indeed. By the time a woman is making the decision to have an a******n, at least one tragedy has already taken place. Probably more. Now it will be compounded by the taking of a human life.
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Jul 7, 2016 12:07:52   #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
That all sounds very good in theory.

Tell me how conservatives support personal freedoms, pursuit of happiness for women seeking a******ns? Do women not get to decide about their uterus as opposed to letting politicians trying to force their "family values" on them?


I'll tell you about conservatives supporting pursuit of happiness for women seeking a******ns as soon as you tell me about liberals supporting life for the unborn.
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Jul 7, 2016 08:45:40   #
Modnar wrote:
D********g xenophobia.


You don't like it because it's in sterling rather than bucks?
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Jul 6, 2016 17:09:08   #
Keenan wrote:
I thought the media, even the "liberal" NY Times, was pretty rough on Hillary with this issue. Condi Rice and Colin Powell had similarly used private email servers, and were discovered to have t***smitted classified emails, but they never received the same level of third degree as Clinton did by the media.

If the Obama admin is very one-sided (and I assume you include the Justice department in how they concluded the investigation of the email scandal), I wonder if you would agree that the GOP controlled congress was very one-sided with the whole B******i and email scandal thing, with 7 or 8 investigations, and an admission by Gowdy that the main purpose was to harm Hillary's political chances, and timed perfectly for the e******n year?
I thought the media, even the "liberal" ... (show quote)


You are correct that the GOP congress was very one-sided in these things. The difference is that the GOP congress is toothless when it comes to politics and political maneuvering. They need a few more Rahm Emanuels and Nancy Pelosis and a few fewer Darrell Issas and Paul Ryans in the GOP if they want to accomplish anything.
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Jul 6, 2016 16:45:16   #
Keenan wrote:
So, are there specific instances with contradictory evidence that contradict what Comey stated? Or is it a general feeling that it was probably r****d from the beginning?


I didn't say anything to contradict what Comey stated. I said that the media would certainly treat another person quite differently than they are treating Hillary. I said maybe the FBI/prosecutors would do so as well.

Whether or not this investigation was r****d, it's more than obvious that Obama's administration is very one-sided in it's administration of the law. Eric Holder and the New Black Panthers in Philadelphia. Lois Lerner and tax exemption applications. John Koskinen and destruction of evidence regarding the same topic. Janet Napolitano and her labeling of armed forces veterans as "right wing extremists"
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Jul 6, 2016 16:05:35   #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
How does one support the other with LOW taxes?


Which conservatives do you observe who want SMALL government and a BIG military? The ones in office want BIG government and a BIG military.
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Jul 6, 2016 15:57:16   #
Keenan wrote:
It boils down to case law - how previous cases were dealt with:

"In looking back at our investigations into mishandling or removal of classified information, we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. All the cases prosecuted involved some combination of: clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information; or vast quantities of materials exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct; or indications of disloyalty to the United States; or efforts to obstruct justice. We do not see those things here."

Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-fbi-didnt-charge-hillary-clinton-2016-7
It boils down to case law - how previous cases wer... (show quote)


I'm sure that Comey didn't "see those things here". At the same time, I have a hard time believing that both the media wouldn't "see those things here" if there were some other person under investigation. Maybe the FBI or prosecutors as well. I have no belief that either the media or the government are even-handed in cases like this.
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Jul 6, 2016 11:22:43   #
kd7eir wrote:
So, you have ADMITTED that you don't care if you live in the USA or some other country. That makes you a t*****r. I knew there was something distinctly anti-American about you.


Are you describing all expatriates as t*****rs? That seems unlikely.
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Jul 6, 2016 11:19:55   #
kd7eir wrote:
When you can't say anything of substance you resort to profanity laced personal attacks - AKA the republican modus operandi


Fortunately our resident Democrats don't resort to the same language and similar attacks.
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Jul 6, 2016 08:39:30   #
Frank T wrote:
And so another GOP wet dream comes to an end.


Just out of curiosity - was that wet dream that the law applies equally to all?
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