Recent content by Falkland G

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    Oil companies were sitting on leased public lands and not drilling, to keep prices high. Obama cancelled..?

    So then this must explain why prices are so low ----- oh wait ---- they are not, they are actually higher than when Obama took office.
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    Can you fully explain a position you disagree with and then argue against it?

    Making one-dimensional parodies of other people's position is easy, anyone can do that. But do you truly understand the thinking of others? Could you, if asked to, "ague for the opposition" and then also explain why that thinking is wrong? P. G. Wodehouse once wrote "It is good to know the tune...
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    Can anyone try to argue Janet Napolitano's side on this one? Should we punish...

    ...people for mere criticism? http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188
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    Do you agree with members of the UN Conference on Climate Change that the use of...

    ...Dihydrogen Monoxide must stop? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/un-climate-change-delegates-support-prank-petition-to-ban-water-derail-u-s-economy/
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    Is having the government "seize" websites a dangerous precedent?

    http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/130763-homeland-security-dept-seizes-domain-names-
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    Why should people who live nowhere near NYC have a say in the Cordoba Center

    / Ground Zero controversy? http://mises.org/daily/4685
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    If the 4th Amendment protects us from unreasonable search & seizure how can

    income-based tax laws be enforced? 4th Amendment Text The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation...
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    Is the controversy over the Cordoba Center a distraction from other less symbolic but...

    ...more important issues? http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-08-20/ron-paul-sunshine-patriots-stop-your-demagogy-about-the-nyc-mosque/
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    Is the controversy over the Cordoba Center a distraction from other less symbolic but...

    ...more important issues? http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-08-20/ron-paul-sunshine-patriots-stop-your-demagogy-about-the-nyc-mosque/
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    Fourth try - politics - Do fans of Ch? Gue?ara know he was racily prejudiced,...

    ...homophobic and antisemitic? Note: if you are wondering about my use of odd symbols in that persons name it is my attempt to get this question actually posted this time.
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    Why are [insert scapegoat political group] so [insert stereotypical negative behavior]?

    Is this what political discourse has become?
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    How about a compromise on the Birthright Citizenship idea? Before you gasp or

    assume anything please read? Some conservatives want to end birthright citizenship because they are concerned about the concept of so called "anchor babies". We can argue about whether or not this is a legitimate concern, maybe it is, maybe it is not. But this is their concern. Opponents of...
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