http://reallypolitical.com/ Political Discussion http://reallypolitical.com/article955.htm pakratmak: [u]January 5, 2008[/u] Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:08:27 -0700 General Political Discussion http://reallypolitical.com/article1123.htm pakratmak: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:05:48 -0700 General Political Discussion http://reallypolitical.com/article984.htm pakratmak: According to the crystal ball watchers, oil is definitely going back up and so is the price at the pump, regardless of anything he does or whatever else is happening in the economy(except for the value of the dollar which seems to have serious impct). Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:00 -0700 President http://reallypolitical.com/article1120.htm Tim: O boy. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:39:00 -0700 President http://reallypolitical.com/article1122.htm Tim: Say what gives? Does Obama want to get re-elected more than he wants to please his party? [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_congress[/url] Obama supports $300M tax cut plan President-elect Barack Obama, commencing face to face consultations with congressional leaders Monday, is embracing an unexpectedly large tax cut of up to $300 billion. Obama said the country faces an "extraordinary economic challenge." Besides $500 tax cuts for most workers and $1,000 for couples, the Obama proposal includes more than $100 billion for businesses, an Obama transition official said. The total value of the tax cuts would be significantly higher than had been signaled earlier. _____________________________ Question where do the Bush tax cuts fall into this? Will those Bush tax cuts just be extended? Or will they fade away for Obama's tax cuts essentially putting us at square one? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:54:18 -0700 President http://reallypolitical.com/article1121.htm pakratmak: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:03:30 -0700 General Political Discussion http://reallypolitical.com/article977.htm Tim: I think a clone would have a soul. If they didn't you probably could tell in a hurry. They probably wouldn't show remorse for wrong doing. I'm thinking an emotionless drone of some sort. But in my opinion if we could create a thinking human clone using scientific methods it would still be a human being soul and all. Just done in a test tube instead of a woman's womb. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:20:45 -0700 President http://reallypolitical.com/article1119.htm pakratmak: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:12:18 -0700 General Political Discussion http://reallypolitical.com/article1118.htm Tim: source of facts used [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_go_pr_wh/rel_inauguration_prayer[/url] There already talking about it. Rick Warren was surprisingly chosen by Obama to lead the inauguration prayer in an attempt to reach out to people of all political persuasions he said. Warren is a evangelical Christian and is expected to end his prayer in Jesus name which for some reason makes some people mad. The last time there was a law suit by atheist, Michael Newdow, who separately sued to remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance. Then it was Franklin Graham leading the prayer. Personally I would be very disappointed if he didn't end the prayer in Jesus name. If a pastor is asked to pray then it's silly to ask him to pray to any other God but his own. From the link [quote]Billy Graham, now 90, didn't say Jesus' name during presidential inaugurations, but made obvious references to Christ. At Richard Nixon's 1969 swearing-in, Graham prayed "in the Name of the Prince of Peace who shed His blood on the Cross that men might have eternal life." In 1997, for Bill Clinton's inaugural, Graham prayed "in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." Leaders of other traditions with experience in interfaith work said they respected Christians who felt strongly that they should pray in Christ's name. But they argued that a request for some modification is reasonable for a presidential inauguration, considering it's an event representing all Americans. Imam Yahya Hendi, a Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University who travels to Muslim countries on behalf of the State Department, said that at interfaith events, he refers to Allah, or God, as "almighty creator of us all." Rabbi Burt Visotzky, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism, said he invokes "God" for interfaith prayer. "I know that for Christians, Jesus is part of their Trinity," said Visotzky, who has taught at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and at Protestant seminaries in the U.S. "For me as a Jew, hearing the name of a first-century rabbi isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's not my God."[/quote] In the end in my opinion hypersensitivity only limits freedom. It's time that we all realize we may have different opinions, but the way to handle it is not to ask others to hide their faith. If someone doesn't believe in God that doesn't make them my enemy. So why should they get all worked up over someone else believing even in public? Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:52:30 -0700 History http://reallypolitical.com/article1117.htm pakratmak: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:28:19 -0700 Money Matters