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Yeah your probably right

tmccarthy0 — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:17:30 +0000

In reply to Sorry to say this TMC, but

Yeah your probably right Beetle.

got a link, please?

Beetlejuice — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:49:39 +0000

In reply to I watched Bill Moyer &

got a link, please?

Sorry to say this TMC, but

Beetlejuice — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:48:22 +0000

In reply to Overreach

Sorry to say this TMC, but you just listed all the badges of courage GOPers are proud to wear when out in the public square. They take pride in them there badges and the more fun you poke at them, them more important they become to their cause. In other words, you can't shame them simply because shame is self is on such a high level above them, they can't reach out and grab it to save themselves when all else fails.

I watched Bill Moyer &

trkingmomoe — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:19:42 +0000

In reply to Overreach

I watched Bill Moyer & Company and there was a discussion about all the dog whistling going on from the Republicans. The point that was made talked about how the GOP was chasing an allusive far right base that the rest of us can't make any sense out of. The average Republican voter is just as confused about it as we are. That is why the low turn out and lack of enthusiasm in the primaries so far.

Thanks Dick. I am glad to see

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:32:18 +0000

In reply to The single funniest video I

Thanks Dick. I am glad to see women finally getting their voice about this issue.

I think Independent women are

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:31:14 +0000

In reply to Like the venomous insect in

I think Independent women are the ones mostly affected by this, I don't know so much about Republican women. And for sure it is Independent women Republicans need to attract if they want to win this election. And it seems they don't want to win at all.

Thanks Momoe!

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:29:26 +0000

In reply to Very Good Summary. On NBC

Thanks Momoe!

Weird thing is Oxy, I've met

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:28:56 +0000

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Weird thing is Oxy, I've met people like Mr. Friess too, no doubt about it, but I didn't realize that if you had tons of money you could basically get on TV to say whatever you want no thinking required! He didn't seem to realize his audience wasn't CPAC where they laughed at his dumb joke. That is the deal I think, he didn't realize there would be lots of folks in the country, okay women, who wouldn't laugh at that at all.

I don't care though, for me it was a laugh, b/c it does continue to make Republicans seems like Neanderthals, and for me that works just fine. I'd like to see the Republicans lose the house over this, and they would once and for all recognize that politicizing our health issues will hurt their efforts to Talibanize our government.

I can't dream right!

Oooh Mr. Smith good points! I

tmccarthy0 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:17:04 +0000

In reply to Can someone help me on this?

Oooh Mr. Smith good points!

I love your last paragraph, I don't get it either. I am a woman and I don't get it, it is as if Republicans are in total meltdown mode, but since Americans support the actions of the Administration you'd think they'd pull back from all of this, but no, they've doubled down, not sure why, but they did! Maybe they want to lose the house too.

Can someone help me on this?

MrSmith1 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:54:42 +0000

In reply to Very Good Summary. On NBC

Can someone help me on this? I'm having trouble understanding what religious freedom is being assaulted and / or trampled upon. Since when do Protestant religions cheer on anything that involves the Catholic church imposing their beliefs on non-Catholics? I am obviously missing something here. Either that or the spinning has gotten me so dizzy my mind can't focus on the obvious answer. The other day, a Facebook friend recommended I read an article in the National Review, which was so over-the-top insane, I could barely get through it. It was a rant about the Obama administration and their conspiracy to destroy the separation of church and state, blah, blah, blah.

When this whole thing started, I thought the issue seemed simple; if a religious organization chooses to work in the public sector, why should they be allowed to make adherence to their religious beliefs, a condition of receiving that service? If the Catholic church provides non-religious services, and receive grants and other support from the government, don't they have to perform services in a manner which is consistent with the laws of the land, as opposed to the laws of the Catholic church? And if they hire people in the open market, and not through their religious organization, how do they justify forcing their beliefs on their employees? And now here's where my mind continues to be boggled; how do the Right wingers make a case that it's Obama destroying the separation of church and state? Isn't giving the Catholic church special dispensation from compliance with the law doing that? I understand Catholics not wanting to go against their own teachings. But then, don't choose to work amongst non-believers with the expectation that you can tell them what THEY should believe. I keep thinking this harkens back to the 19th century missionaries in Africa, when Catholics brought medicine to the natives with the provision they first convert to believing in Jesus.

Maybe I'm tired, maybe I'm focused on other things right now, maybe I'm an idiot, but I just don't understand. To me, it's like a weird nightmare where logic doesn't exist and elephants sh*t baloney and sell it as gold.