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11 Aug 2023, 9:46 pm

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At least they've stopped talking about prayer in schools.


They'll be back at it soon, wanting to make it mandatory. It's a holy war to them.



“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”

― Barry Goldwater


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12 Aug 2023, 2:50 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
old_comedywriter wrote:
Honey69 wrote:
At least they've stopped talking about prayer in schools.


They'll be back at it soon, wanting to make it mandatory. It's a holy war to them.



“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”

― Barry Goldwater


Goldwater was a class act. He may have been a war hawk, but he once said someone oughta kick Jerry Falwell (Sr.) in the nuts.


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14 Aug 2023, 12:29 pm

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When Hitler rose to power, it was easy to blame the hardship of the Great Depression. Now, there is no great hardship. We have things softer than ever.

I do not agree. The "softer than ever" era (in terms of living standards, at least for white Americans) was way back in the 1960's.

Ever since the 1970's, in which the oil crisis gave the Chicago school of economics an excuse to claim that Keynesian economics wasn't working and should be ditched, so that taxes on the rich were greatly reduced, the middle class has been shrinking.

Also, ever since around 1980, residential zoning laws have created a creeping housing shortage in those cities where it is possible for most people to find decent jobs. Over the past several decades, that housing shortage has inched its way to crisis levels.

Other cities, on the other hand, have whole large sections that have become ghost towns, thanks to de-industrialization. At least some of Trump's appeal is/was to people displaced by de-industrialization.


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14 Aug 2023, 12:41 pm

old_comedywriter wrote:
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At least they've stopped talking about prayer in schools.


They'll be back at it soon, wanting to make it mandatory. It's a holy war to them.

I am sure they are quietly at it with the the long term goal of having SCOTUS reverse the Engle vs Vitale decision.


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17 Aug 2023, 12:49 pm

It's funny you say this while the democrat party is actually f**king us.



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17 Aug 2023, 12:53 pm

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It's funny you say this while the democrat party is actually f**king us.


Go on...


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20 Aug 2023, 3:32 am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGaXnM6 ... PakmanShow

At least they've stopped talking about prayer in schools.


Are they still up in arms about banning the teaching of evolution, or teaching creationism alongside evolution?


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22 Aug 2023, 11:56 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
Honey69 wrote:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGaXnM6 ... PakmanShow

At least they've stopped talking about prayer in schools.


Are they still up in arms about banning the teaching of evolution, or teaching creationism alongside evolution?


Apparently they have bigger fish to fry (CRT, "Don't say gay", et al)


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