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It's just three short weeks until the next Harry Potter book comes to your town! What are you doing to protect you children from this scourge????

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Regardless of who you believe, Terri Schiavo's parents or her husband, WHY do we treat convicted murderers better than we are treating Terri? Dear concerned citizen, Imagine if you will, that convicted cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal had a bad lawyer during his murder trial. Assume further that when the new lawyer took over the case, she found credible evidence not originally presented on Jamal's behalf, evidence which could cast reasonable doubt upon the guilty verdict. And then imagine that despite this newly uncovered evidence, one court after another obstinately refused to permit a new trial so that the new...

why do people keep banning me everytime I put up interesting articles? I work for a website I think some of you are familiar with called phantirath weekly world news and each time we put somthing up on FR no matter how conservative it is it keeps getting banned. Whats the matter with it?! Damn man what are you marxist socialists communists? I just got a call this mroning from a Juwish friend of mine who said that you banned an important article about Zionism and Noam Federman and about how we were to support israel. I thought you guys...

This is a repost of a comment that a new one is out http://www.jibjab.com/ click or copy and paste - You may especially like the jester (sp) from VP Cheney on "How we talk in DC"

<p>A Georgia man's experience only goes to prove what most people take as common sense: Don't try to mix dangerous chemicals in your pants.</p> <p>According to newspaper reports, three Walker County social workers were visiting Daniel Gabriel Doyle, 39, of LaFayette, last Tuesday. As he sat in their car filling out paperwork, his pants exploded.</p>

The following letter appeared in my local newspaper today, and I suspect that similar letters have appeared in newspapers across the nation. I will try to answer these points. First the letter: Dear Editor: 1. I would like to know why ''liberal'' is a negative word. I am a registered Democrat, vote, and try to lead a good life. 2. I believe that I should help my fellow citizens whenever I can. 3. I believe that I don’t have the right to tell you how to believe. I support other people's rights to free speech, choice, and beliefs. 4. I...

What do we offer the world? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: May 19, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern "So, how do we advance the cause of female emancipation in the Muslim world?" asks Richard Perle in "An End to Evil." He replies, "We need to remind the women of Islam ceaselessly: Our enemies are the same as theirs; our victory will be theirs as well." Well, the neoconservative cause "of female emancipation in the Muslim world" was probably set back a bit by the photo shoot of Pfc. Lynndie England and the "Girls Gone Wild" of Abu Ghraib prison. Indeed, the filmed orgies among...

<p>TOKYO -- When the first Japanese troops arrive in Iraq later this month, they will mark Japan's largest and most controversial military deployment since World War II.</p> <p>The deployment also highlights Japan's cautious move away from half a century of a defense-only military policy. Japan renounced military action after its 1945 defeat. A new constitution, largely written by U.S. occupation forces, forbade the country from going to war and from deploying military forces for other than defensive purposes. The country doesn't even officially have a military -- the "Self-Defense Forces" aren't referred to using words such as "army" or "navy."</p>

Up yours. Would it be OK for me to use language like that? Or does it all depend? Should I check with you first? I ask only for information. posted on 05/02/2003 9:21 PM PDT by Romulus To: Romulus Well, we'll see if a moderator bans me or deletes the post. But either way, I'm not particulaly [sic] proud of the post. Just one of my infamous trademark partings with an antifreeper. posted on 05/02/2003 9:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson