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Taxing the rich and only the rich is not going to make US a better place to live. Instead, it creates a dangerous disconnect between taxes paid and benefits received. For the past eight years we've had policymakers telling us ''deficits don't matter'' which is another way of saying ''there is such a thing as a free lunch.'' What we need right now ...
Posted to Politics by abshandra on November 14, 2009
Here we go again (POSTED BY : 442 cheshire farm ct)
As i said (look at subject) look some may find my information or my opinions a lie i don't care but you must read this. Do you know how the AL QAEDA are funded? it's drugs Opium/heroin to be exact, the money flow goes to them and funds their military operations and must we AMERICANS suffer because our government doesn't feel like taking the ...
Posted to Human Nature by dunsmack on October 27, 2009
Stop blaming defense attys - Sloppy Research (or Report) !
How unsurprising that this sloppy research - or sloppy story, I can't really say which - has generated a wave of badmouthing of criminal defense attorneys. Too bad the basis for it doesn't exist here. Here's why... Contrary to what the study found, as reported, the Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Worksheet is filled out and signed by the ...
Posted to The Dismal Science by uncalu on October 26, 2009
Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
Physical vs. Intellectual Property, huh?
I think a broader way of looking at this is the irony of Amazon's actions in the ongoing battle to model intellectual property after physical property. Pro IP groups always argue that intellectual property rights should be strong and far reaching enough to give owners the same security and control over their products as physical property owners, ...
Posted to Technology by ad869 on July 21, 2009
Article III is pretty clear
''The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority...'' ''In...the...Cases...mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact...'' There you have it. Someone ...
Posted to Books by rjhuntington on July 8, 2009
Lawyers
The public defender who gets acosted that his job is not just about getting people off the hook. For people that they know are guilty it's about making sure that they get a punishment that is fair and fits the crime. Two people can be arrested for littering, one person threw a cup out their car window, the other dumped their trash bags on their ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by xenzie on July 2, 2009
How about some new topics for a change.
We've had all these letters before, from another perspective at least. 1) We had a guy write a letter about his wife wanting him to have a vasectomy. This was just about 6 months ago. Could this be the husband of LW 1? 2) We had the guy whose girlfriend was caught snooping on his computer and from the girlfriend who found pr0n (possibly child) ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by SomebodyElse on May 1, 2009
Its not that it doesnt matter...
Surely no rational person is going to say that it doesn't ''matter'' to force a teenage girl to take her shirt off. However in some, rare cases it can be justified. Say instead of harmlessly cutting herself the author had been cutting herself in ways which would expose suicidal tendencies, had neglectful parents, and the school received an ...
Posted to XX Factor by sjlax77 on April 23, 2009
Condoning torturers
Licenses are granted by the state, but professional degrees and certifications are granted by professional peers. Although the President and the Dept. of Justice may choose not to hold torturers accountable to the standards established after World War II, the lawyers and doctors who condoned torture must nevertheless be held by their peers to the ...
Posted to XX Factor by Paradoxical on April 21, 2009

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