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freshwest

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26. It has everything to do with this ban. Another writer said:
Fri Jun 1, 2012, 01:05 PM
Jun 2012
The single largest defect of modern conservatism is that it has ruined the nation. Conservatives do not have ideas; they have interests.

Conservatives are not “thinkers”; they are rationalizers who give an intellectual gloss to their belief that an alliance of predatory businesspeople and religious extremists should rule the rest of us.

The wreckage caused by modern conservatism lies all around us, and speaks for itself: If conservatism isn’t dead, it should be.

- DANIEL ROSEN - Washington Post 10/9/2009


http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/the-best-letter-to-the-editor-ever/question-883863/?page=2

I submit that every bill they author and pass into law is intended to profit them or their friends financially and inflict poverty on the rest of us, no matter what rhetoric they use to disguise it. Our poverty is also their gain, which some Democrats refuse to admit is a policy of the GOP. I admit that my assessment of their actions is harsh and may not be seen as fair, but would be going the false equivalency route if I was more generous. I don't know any Democrat who would do the things they do unless hoodwinked into the idea that it might save someone's life.
In a completely unrelated story, legislators found to be buying land in higher elevations of N.C. freshwest Jun 2012 #1
I wonder how much developed real-estate will have to be bailed-out literally & how much of that patrice Jun 2012 #2
... and whether any of that has anything to do with this ban. nt patrice Jun 2012 #3
It has everything to do with this ban. Another writer said: freshwest Jun 2012 #26
Perhaps the North Carolians should start a avebury Jun 2012 #15
Watch for flood insurance to increase again like a few years ago FailureToCommunicate Jun 2012 #18
Denial is not just a river in Egypt! edcantor Jun 2012 #4
they have just "legalized" denial.....unreal. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #25
The crown has made it clear: the climate must be perfect all the year ashling Jun 2012 #5
I think the citizens should move the Legislature about a 1/2 mile inland from the coast. jtuck004 Jun 2012 #6
Out on the Barrier Islands... WCGreen Jun 2012 #7
Leadership <G>. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #8
AWESOME idea, you know . . . since nothing's happenin' to those Barrier Islands anyway. patrice Jun 2012 #28
+1 Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #39
How can there be such idiocy in control of so much of our country? Kablooie Jun 2012 #9
No coemdian can make this up cosmicone Jun 2012 #10
King Canute... Godot51 Jun 2012 #11
Marking to look that one up later. patrice Jun 2012 #29
The truth is getting... inconvenient. sofa king Jun 2012 #12
Well it sounds like how BLS measures unemployment and inflation. n/t fasttense Jun 2012 #13
The only comment at the link asks a good question... marions ghost Jun 2012 #14
Where's the Malleable Middle in all of this? WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2012 #21
The middle class rolls over, beaten down by the Bush economy marions ghost Jun 2012 #37
People are afraid of losing their jobs - and justly so. True story. nt patrice Jun 2012 #30
I can't believe this isn't the Onion! nt raccoon Jun 2012 #16
Yeah, really. BlueIris Jun 2012 #23
lol. GOP makes truth illegal. harun Jun 2012 #36
Leave it to my CRK7376 Jun 2012 #17
I'd love to quiz the NC legislators on the science behind this Enrique Jun 2012 #19
Well, ya know, SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #20
we have as much of the stupid here dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #27
Have you seen the forests of NEW skyscrapers in/around Miami?? & Cranes everywhere, building more. patrice Jun 2012 #31
No, I have not, don't travel much anymore. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #33
Can only guess. There's a brand new strip-mall a couple of blocks from my house that has NEVER been patrice Jun 2012 #34
Orrin Pilkey mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2012 #22
Stupid and corrupt; the abyss must literally be bottomless. Uncle Joe Jun 2012 #24
a law that could have serious and disastrous consequences down the road. barbtries Jun 2012 #32
How many of those weasels own vacation property on the Cape Hatteras Evasporque Jun 2012 #35
Fine by me, let em ignore science and facts dinopipie Jun 2012 #38
Over a week later the assclowns are still trolling the SA site: Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #40
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