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poor politicians

March 24, 2009

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Our country’s politicians are all very very wealthy people.  The inherent problem with this is that the people who are supposed to be making laws for the average person have no idea what it is really like to be an average person. The everyday hardships and joys of the working person are alien to the [...]

a useless debate

March 21, 2009

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If there has ever been a debate that is more useless and pointless as the “Evolution versus Creationism” debate, I have never heard of it, yet many people feel very strongly about both sides and consider this to be a question of the highest priority. C.S Lewis, when writing about this topic, noted that “..You cannot [...]

the divisive issue of abortion

March 21, 2009

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There are two entirely opposing viewpoints on abortion that each have some validity to them when viewed from a certain standpoint: One side believes that life begins either at the moment of conception, or sometime shortly after that, (there are various opinions, but this particular side of the line all agree that life begins while a [...]

Why is Pot a Crime?

March 21, 2009

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First of all, I want to say that I do not smoke marijuana. I am not saying that because I am scared of being busted, I just don’t. I used to smoke it often, and later on only a little, and eventually I just stopped. I found that regular smoking affected me too much, so [...]