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Aug. 14th, 2009
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Sign in the middle says, "We have no idea what we're talking about."
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Aug. 14th, 2009 10:39 ammalasadas.livejournal.comThis may very well be a parody of the world's stupidest attempt at Evangelizing, in which case it is a brilliant cartoon:
On the other hand, it may just be two incredibly stupid girls from youtube whose mere existence on Earth fills me with dread for the future of humanity.
Either way, you kind of have to laugh.
On the other hand, it may just be two incredibly stupid girls from youtube whose mere existence on Earth fills me with dread for the future of humanity.
Either way, you kind of have to laugh.
blueduck37.livejournal.comJon Stewart 'pwns' (as the kids say) Glenn Beck-
Elsewhere, Newt Gingrich changes what’s left of his mind on end-of-life care.
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Elsewhere, Newt Gingrich changes what’s left of his mind on end-of-life care.
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Aug. 14th, 2009 03:01 pmlafinjack.livejournal.comThis is why we can't have nice things:
Now that the president and the Democrats in Congress have set a fall deadline for legislative action on universal police protection for all Americans, battle lines are being drawn on Capitol Hill. On the right are conservative defenders of America's system of for-profit, private mercenaries. The Democrats are divided among progressives who favor universal, publicly funded police who would protect all citizens against crime, and moderate and conservative Democrats who argue that any citizen security reform should leave America's existing system of soldiers for hire in place.
"Do we want long wait times when we call for the police, like people in countries with socialized police forces?" Sen. Russell Flack, R-Ga., asked during a floor debate yesterday. "Under our system, we can choose our own police officers, as long as we pay for protection out of our own pockets. Do we want some government bureaucrat choosing the police for us?"
Progressives, however, argue that the American system of privatized policing is no longer affordable. They point to data showing that the U.S. spends twice as much per capita on police protection as countries in Europe and East Asia, where police are public servants paid out of taxes. Although the U.S. pays twice as much for police as the average developed country, more than 40 million Americans remain without police protection because their employers do not pay for crime insurance and they cannot afford to purchase it on their own.
"We could save enormous amounts of money if we had a public police system," argues Caroline Zeal, director of the nonprofit Citizens for Public Police Protection. "Our present crime prevention and punishment system is divided among 50 states with different rules and thousands of private crime insurance companies. And when you look at the mercenaries hired by the crime insurance companies, they come in all shapes and sizes -- commandos, samurai, Vikings, centurions and ninjas."
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weswilsonOh, and just for chuckles, the guy giving all this riveting commentary on the terrorism support group, NHS, is Jerry Bowyer, a Pennsylvania conservative commentator.
