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  I agree. Unfortunately there is a long standing double standard there when it comes to the rules of engagement. Hamas wants to hide behind anybody and the rockets can go where they may, but the Palestinians want Israel to only cherry pick Hamas and ooh, how bad if civilians are in the wrong place at the wrong time. They need to run Hamas out of there. But there, as here, money talks.

It isn't a double standard, Hamas doesn't have a standard and thus their being labelled a 'terrorist organization.'

They are by Dennis Hwang.  They are referred to as the "Google Holiday Doodles." Dennis is Google's international Webmaster but also designs the doodles.  I believe from looking at them, they represent a toymaker in the old fashion sense.  Using hand tools to create a "google" on his wood workbench.  Pretty Cool! 

My apologies, You other post quoted mine, so I took it to mean that you were questioning my post.   I wasn't implying that you or anybody else hasn't had an education in history, merely that the education that I had received led me to my premise that liberals were not the perpetrators of the inquisitions.  I think the whole point of my posts is to illustrate that 'people' in general need to stop twisting everything into a liberal taking a certain action, especially where there is little evidence to support that hypothesis.  To be quite honest, I agree with Pam's OP.  We all have, I would challenge people to truly think this through, I would guess both liberal and conservative ideas depending on the issue.  It would be nice if certain people would stop spending the whole day insinuating that liberals are idiots or cats or whatever the hell the latest rag is.  Rather, lets focus on the ideas.  I have no problem arguing the ideas, but I don't understand where a person posting that liberals are cats is a fruitful use of time or energy.  If that person wants to argue the point of an issue, fine....  But the insults are a waste of time and only continue the line of fruitless discussion.  I have no interested in discussing with someone who spends their whole time insulting my beliefs instead of arguing the issue.  However, that may just be me.  Perhaps everybody finds that useless drivel entertaining.

It would seem to support what I had stated and believe, that there were no liberal groups involved in the Inquisition.  That was the point of my original post.  I already had much of this information and other sources, both from being a Catholic and from my education in History.  I'm not sure why this post was directed at me, since I questioned Liberals as the perpetrators of the Inquisition.

I'm agreeing with you, but wasn't the Inquisition carried out by liberals?

Um.... what?  Seriously, you believe that the Roman Catholic Church (which carried out the inquisitions against Women & liberal Catholic groups(otherwise known as Heretics)) was the liberal group at the time?  Apparently, we misread our history book, or chose to contort it to meet the viewpoint we needed.

Are we beginning to call liberals "independent" instead of liberal?
Hope not. 

Your right, that makes perfect sense!      It would be impossible for a liberal to considered independent.  Somehow, only a moderate or a conservative can achieve that standing.

[Not Yours To Give]

The government is not supposed to be regulating the economy and deciding who survives and who does not. 

I see, having reviewed the constitution, which I already knew by memory, just to make sure, where does it say that Congress can't appropriate funds or regulate interstate trade and commerce?  Furthermore, doesn't it have the power to enact laws when necessary and proper to ensure proper execution of these authorities?

I'd rather read "Not Yours To Give" than to hear these guys talk themselves into going along with a bailout.

http://www.fee.org/publications/notes/notes/notYoursToGive.asp

I wouldn't.  This reading of the constitution by this individual is exceptionally narrow minded and would ensure a functionless-government.  However, should you agree with this interpretation, despite the fact that to list all of Congress' powers would partake of a prolixity of a legal code and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind, that is your choice.

Do you mean guillotine? 

I missed three.  Interesting to look at the scores by question to see what people know and do not know.

Underachievers? You do realize that many Vision card holders are gainfully employed? Wages aren't that great and the cost of living keeps rising. The income guidelines change every year to a lower and lower threshold so more people have access to the program so they can maintain a healthy lifestyle. Not to mention these "underachivers" give your wife and other grocers a lot of business.
Sarah