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  1. MediaBud

    JOE Biden

    There's always the personal space Biden-isms... I think someone needs to tell him that he's not perpetually standing in line at a KFC in India.
  2. MediaBud

    JOE Biden

    The saying suggests, vice presidents win the presidency only when the majority would favor a third term for their incumbent president. With all the criticism Obama has gotten in his two terms, it's hard to know if Biden could win. The Obama admistriation went head on with participatory media, so...
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    Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

    We dug up a base that was about an hour helo ride out of DaNang, toward Kham Duc. We drove up the Ho Chi Minh Trail everyday to a hilltop post that the locals hadn't touched in 30 years... they thought it haunted, or something... they had retrieved their dead right away. The trail was paved with...
  4. MediaBud

    Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

    It's crazy how many minerals are in those mountains -- according to CENTCOM, roughly $1 trillion -- and the half billion of our tax dollars that tried to get the market started, only to watch it flop amid the usual political corruption and skill deficits...
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    Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

    I spent s couple of months in that jungle, digging up KIAs. It was insanely hot and humid, but we worked everyday knowing the monsoon was coming and would ruin our excavation progress. Our rule with snakes: black worms aren't worms, and run when the locals run. Also... don't make fun of the guy...
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    Veterans...Get the hell in here now!

    I get in this situation it was an airman, soldier and civilian, but it emphasizes why we should be glad the Marines moved toward teaching a mastery of martial arts about 15 years ago, so they can use their training in public defense, too. Most of the fighting I learned in the Marines was of the...
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    Deez nuts- a candidate I think we can all relate to

    Expect a hairy ride for a fairly progressive Nuts/McCubbins...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    Slave labor cannot exist in free, voluntary markets. It can exist in government-controlled markets. If someone is willing to work for cheap, why should government stop them? If my neighbor wants to watch kids on our street for $5 per hour, that's her thing. If I want volunteer my time without...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    Government should protect open and free markets, and voluntary trade. It shouldn't dictate how private businesses are ran, or how much workers should get paid. And we should compete in an international market. I know it's questions that enable thinking, and invitational stems won't work with...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    And your false dichotomies aren't a valid exercise in logic. There exists something between zero and infinity.
  11. MediaBud

    What's your stance on protectionism?

    I did think that :wall: But it is nice to see left, right and centrist perspectives here. Personally, at this point in my life, I find myself on the left side of Libertarianism, where my biggest concerns are public education, foreign policy and domestic policy. The hardest thing about...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    I don't subscribe to political parties, nor do I even occasionally watch Fox News. I have degrees in journalism and philosophy, and I've benefitted from experiencing and reflecting on life in various countries. My ideas are my own, and I gladly open them to debate, as a capable skeptic and...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    I do not support that sort of government intrusion and socialist policy making. I've been around the world and seen how our government, overtly and covertly, messes things up. It's no better at shaping its own economic policy beyond corruption and mismanagement. If you're afraid of your job...
  14. MediaBud

    What's your stance on protectionism?

    According to their Constitution, our social contract, and many political philosophers at the time, no. Economic freedom requires limited government structures in the way of private negotiations and trade. Freedom of reason, association, critical scrutiny and conscious decision-making are...
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    What's your stance on protectionism?

    Regardless of what the U.S. Republicrats say, a nationalized market is not a free market. And closed-border policies represent a xenophobic and tribal socialist agenda that the founding fathers of the United States didn't support.
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    what is the internet

    It's really just a bunch of folders that hold files for folks to read, edit or execute.
  17. MediaBud

    Does weed make you tired & lower your testosterone?

    There's a lot to consider, as noted in various journals. For example, testosterone secretion from the gonads versus adrenal glands, or subject age and maturity, or concurrent use of cigarettes, alcohol, coffee or other possible inhibitors. What if you switched to a cannabis tea, rather than...
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    "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." Voltaire

    "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." Voltaire
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    Marijuana for Ptsd?

    I cannot believe, using evidence-based reasoning, that PTSD wasn't formally approved for medical use in Colorado -- a lot of veterans are using it anyway, under the authorized extreme pain prescription. Cannabis is great for panic attacks, especially nocturnal attacks. Tora Bora is a wonderful...
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