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I would like to pick a nit that has been bugging me for a while.

I have recently changed my lean from Libertarian to Independent. My reasoning for this is pretty simple. I just am not sure I fit the label Libertarian accurately enough to be comfortable with the tag.

I tend to be a right leaning moderate who favors small government with freedom-leaning social views and in favor of conservative fiscal policy. Pretty libertarian, right? Well I am also a conservationist ...

Wild Bill who was a rigman that wanted to become a captain so bad that he stole a trawler from the Lyco fleet. He made it all the way to Lake Ocachobe in Florida where he ran aground on the inland waterway there.
Mother Lee who was once a priest but quit the priesthood when his whole family was killed in a car wreck. He was gay hence the reference Moyher. He was super intelligent and highly educated. He was a good friend of mine. Sadly, he died young of a heart attack at age 52.
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Anyone else think that the reason why Florida is getting hit with a hurricane today at the same time that the Republican National Convention is being held in Tampa is because it's God's way of punishing the United States for persecuting homosexuals and not legalizing gay marriage?

No one even comes close to Paine for political writings yet he is probably the least known of oor founding fathers. There is a reason for that.

A lot of his writings were considered radical and even considered treason in England at the time. A person could be convivtrd of treason in England, at the time, for even having a copy og his writings in their possesion. Teddy Rooselvelt once called him "that filthy athesist". George Washington let him rot in a Paris prison during ...

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The (Manufactured?) Outrage Over Todd Akin
by GJ Flash

(Note: This turned out to be a lot longer that I anticipated, so you can scroll to the bottom and read the summary, then come back and read my diatripe (trademark pending) if you so desire. I make a case, I think)

So, anyone caught the news lately? Anyone NOT caught the news lately? This Akin fellow stepped in it, big time, and due to his apparent status as "Spokesman For The Republican ...