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• Headlines aside, $4 gas isn't that big of a deal

  Wed Apr 4, 2012
  • And those seniors don't get the 2% payroll tax cut, either....

• Headlines aside, $4 gas isn't that big of a deal

  Wed Apr 4, 2012
  • So, the temporary payroll tax cut is helping us out with the gas, is it? And what of those of us who are not employed, who get to pay the $4 per gallon, but aren't on a payroll to take advantage of that tax cut?

• A new GOP foreign policy tone: pessimism

  Mon Mar 12, 2012
  • “in the 1990s, many Republicans were highly skeptical of Bill Clinton's intervention in the Balkans. The antiwar movement grew under George W. Bush and largely vanished under Barack Obama, despite our involvement in multiple wars."

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • DAY-3905329, an interesting theory. But applying this standard to human beings ("when he could prove that he was emotionally and financially able to rear a child with a partner equally equipped") could lead to the extinction of the species.

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • The issue is not preventing access to contraception. The issue is forcing one group of citizens to purchase services (whether they support those services or not) for another group of citizens. That is not freedom.

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • hoosierprof, just wondering how you can consider saying government does not have the power to tell me, my employer, or our private insurance company that we have to pay for someone else's birth control, to contradict the idea of "limited government," and saying that everyone must buy something, and …

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • The alternate reality here is the one where one person or group in a free society choosing not to pay for something someone else wants to do, is considered the same as denying that someone else access completely.

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • I, for one, was pretty disturbed that the medical profession had suddenly started considering food and water to be "extreme medical measures" to keep someone alive.

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • And I find it amazing that you think the ones saying government has no business telling people what they have to do are the ones saying "do it my way," and the ones saying what we must buy, and what we must provide to others at no cost, are the ones who are "staying out of (our) life."

• 'A Terri Schiavo moment'

  Fri Feb 17, 2012
  • It is fascinating that the discussion here considers those who want to have the government require every person purchase insurance, regardless of their capacity or need, and dictate to every employer and private insurance company what must be covered in their plans - even if it directly contradicts …