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Truth 
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,3:54 pm |
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I realize this will sound very foolish to many of you, however, at that risk I'll say it anyway.
For any of you that doubt the value of pushing into space, check out the PC game "Empire Earth." It very accurately and painfully teaches the player the value of researching new technology. If as a people we do not stretch out into new frontiers, where ever we find them, we will fall behind and be consumed by those who advance. To stand still is to fall behind.
Space will teach us to be better masters and keepers of our own planet. I think if we spent more on exploration and research we might not need to spend so much supporting those who don't support themselves.
All politics aside, space exploration is good for mankind.
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The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
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Truth
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,4:06 pm |
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I also agree on the tax cut issue.
Take some economics courses and you will see that the more free income people have the better our economy does. Tax cuts to the rich are not a bad thing. Tax cuts in the higher income brackets as well as tax breaks for corporate America leave more capitol in the hands of the people who make the damn jobs in the first place. That's how the economy grows adn that growth creates far more tax revenue than simple increases in taxation. DUH.
I saw a nice reduction in my taxes as a result I can buy more, I like that and so did the folks at Motor Inn and so might the folks at Northstar Power Sports.
The only thing we need to be careful about is the Democrat's tax and spend M.O. Cut the programs that are not working or at least trim them down and redirect that funding to useful projects.
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The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
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MrTarzan
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,5:29 pm |
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Truth, I agree with you on so much here, we could hug.  Seriously, the only issue I take is the party line about Democrat's tax and spend M.O. That is kind of a catch phrase that does not reflect the modern democrat. Democrats tend to believe that social programs are the key, and they make great programs, the problem in the past was blind loyalty to the party, probably exaggerated by the great depression conditions, that led Democrats to hang onto many programs long after they were no longer useful. As newer Democrats deal with some of the problem programs left behind by the "Dyed in Blue", new ideas that are more efficient are coming along. Most just don't want to see the baby thrown out with the bathwater. That is how I see it anyway.
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Be not simply good, be good for something-Henry David Thoreau
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Montyman
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,7:21 pm |
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And just who are these 'new' democrats, huh?
Certainly not Kerry...
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Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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MrTarzan
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,8:03 pm |
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Lots of people. I have no choice but to vote for Bush this election, exactly because of Kerry. Kerry is Scary should be the Republican mantra because it would resonate with people like me. If Edwards had been the nominee, after Bush's illegal alien debacle, I would have gone for Edwards. But Kerry? Never. He is too Fonda Hanoi Jane for one. But seriously, would you vote for Ted Kennedy for President, they are like clones.
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Be not simply good, be good for something-Henry David Thoreau
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cwolff
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,8:42 pm |
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The democrats say they are going to roll back the tax on the rich, but they will not define what it means to be "rich." The truth is they will bring back taxes for many of the middle class if given the chance.
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Liberal
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,9:11 pm |
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I'd vote for Kennedy before I'd vote for Bush/Cheney
How can you compare a decorated vietnam vet to Hanoi Jane? How many American lives do you think Kerry and protestors like him saved?
I don't understand why Geo. Bush is more qualified than John Kerry to run our country in time of war. Is it because he's a republican? Or is it because of his many hours experience in the Air Guard?
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Montyman
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,9:39 pm |
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I'll vote for Kerry when Congress gives us back all our social security payments and lets us run our own retirements instead of letting the democrats steal our money...
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Liberal
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,10:04 pm |
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Why do you fault the DFL? The republicans have controlled congress since Nov 6, 2002. If they wanted to give you your money back they could do it.
But, if they give us this money back who would take care of the elderly that depend on social security now?
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Montyman
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Posted on: Mar. 25 2004,10:49 pm |
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Who will take care of us?
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