In this little test, did at this point over 2500 people read this post, Is it because of the subject matter or because Albert Einsteins name was in the title and his picture was inserted? and what search word was used most to find this post?

I know because I have the data!

Thank you everyone who helped in this little experiment!

There would be nothing wrong with this story if you left Einstein out of it. The professor’s argument would still be pretty lame, which is the point of the story: Godless liberal professors are so stupid they can be outsmarted by righteous Christian college students. Why not leave it at that?

It is aan anecdote for us all to talk about… which is what you did..

Have a wonderful day!!

The fact is I see a green apple, a granny smith- see how ambiguous your statement is!

At any rate, to expect the worst from congress and to lean toward the most socialistic interpretation is more realistic.

If you say an apple is blue and I say it’s red, both statements are not equally valid because they are both just “opinions”. The apple is a specific color, and red is not blue.

Reading the text of the Bill is not forming an “opinion”. The Bill is written in English, and uses very specific language. This “letter” claims that the Bill provides health care to illegal (undocumented) aliens. However, the Bill explicitly states that the funds provided by this Bill CANNOT be used for undocumented aliens. The “letter” attempts to point to a very specific line allowing coverage for any one regardless of personal characteristics. He isn’t stating an opinion, he is making a claim of a fact. However, he deliberately does not mention that what he cites says that does not apply when coverage is explicitly excluded in any other sections of the bill. Undocumented aliens are explicitly excluded from coverage at least 3 times in the Bill.

He is not stating his “opinion”, he is making claims of fact that are demonstrably untrue. Most of us refer to that as lying.

I see Big Corporations in a bad light as well. I don’t think accumulating wealth is bad, but I do think accumulating wealth through community and environmental destruction is bad. To be a patriot means, in the most basic sense, to love your land. Many people think patriotism is about flag-waving and cheering for “their side” like we’re in some kind of glorified Super Bowl.

I think that Bush II’s administration governed very poorly. But how can you govern well when one of your central beliefs is that government per se is “the problem” ? I am angry at the destruction of American values–and I mean American constitutional values, not Christian values or “family values”–that ran rampant after 9/11. We were no longer a country ruled by law. Suddenly, in my country torture was practiced and approved of by many of my fellow citizens, individual civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights were violated, and Americans who protested were mocked by their fellow citizens and called “extremists” or “terrorist lovers.”

And I am angry that Obama, a constitutional lawyer no less, has continued down this same road. I wrote letters of protest while Bush was in office, and I’ve written those same letters of protest to Obama. Because a crime doesn’t cease to be a crime simply because “your guy” is now in office.

But you’re right on one thing Rod. I do think the stimulus money was necessary to pull the economy out of a nosedive. I’ve read quite a bit about it, listened to various arguments, and come to my own conclusions.

I too, enjoy our debates, it is fun to have a discussion with someone who can agree to disagree without malice.
Hope you have a nice weekend.
Rod

OK, now I think you’re confused! I just read through my comments and couldn’t find a single instance of me “defending liberal left policies.” In my first comment I pointed out the hypocrisy of Republicans howling about reconciliation now that Democrats might use it, and in my second post I challenged you on trying to have it both ways by being against deficit spending but for the Bush tax cuts, which increased the deficit. What is “liberal left” about either of those comments?