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On Thu, 30 May 2013 11:46:13 -0500, Free Lunch
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On Thu, 30 May 2013 12:39:22 -0400, wrote in alt.atheism:

On Thu, 30 May 2013 09:04:50 -0500, Dakota
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On 5/29/2013 9:20 PM, Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess
wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 20:18:56 -0500
Free Lunch wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 20:49:33 -0400, wrote in
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On Wed, 29 May 2013 00:27:19 +0100, "Alex W."
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On Tue, 28 May 2013 17:19:09 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 28 May 2013 15:58:02 -0500, Free Lunch
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On Tue, 28 May 2013 16:56:29 -0400, wrote in
alt.atheism:
On Tue, 28 May 2013 12:28:22 -0500, Tom McDonald
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On 5/28/2013 12:13 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 28 May 2013 09:57:09 -0500, Tom McDonald
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On 5/28/2013 9:53 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 25 May 2013 17:00:56 -0700, Fidem Turb?re, the
non-existent atheist goddess
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 00:01:11 -0400
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On Fri, 24 May 2013 07:07:19 -0700, linuxgal
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Doug wrote:

Now taking to the next level, what do we do with
transgenders wanting to be in the boy scouts? That's
where I have a problem deciding.

"We" don't do anything, it's for the Boy Scouts to
decide.

...and pay the consequences, either way.

Though watch, they will now be forced to allow queer
adult leadership.

Do you mean "forced" by their democratic membership who
voted 61% in favour of it? Yeah, in that case I suppose
you're correct.

I'm sure you're too stupid to have heard of "pressure
groups". Idiot.

Like me, a straight, male Eagle Scout? Like that?

I'm sure you think a lot of yourself but you're really dumber
than a stump, like all lefties. Idiot!

Interesting, then, that I can follow a discussion and
contribute to it while you can't.

Lies are *not* contributions, Dumb****, anymore that taxes are
investment.

Taxes may be used to make investments. Capital investments exist
in both the public and private sector.

Taxes *IMPEDE* investments. For *every* dime the government
spends on such things the private sector cannot spend two. You
really are a dumb****.

Best example to the contrary: the interstate system, built
by the state using tax funds.

Anyone with any knowledge of history knows the Eisenhower Interstate
Highway system was a defense project.

Nonsense. It was a civil works project to improve travel
infrastructure.

Although it's not implausible for military projects to build or enhance
public areas (such as highways) that also benefit civilians. This, of
course, by no means vilifies the projects since they are paid for with
tax revenues and are of benefit to taxpayers -- it's a win-win.

The *only* thing government can
do reasonably well are things the private sector simply can't. Most
it fails at miserably or costs *way* too much. It's a natural law.

Why do reactionaries keep telling each other that. It is not true.

They're pushing an anti-government agenda. The fact is that government
employs a lot of competent people who do excellent work. If this
wasn't the case, then the government would fail. Sure, it's slightly
heavier on the paperwork side than most commercial organizations, but
there's an accountability factor there that many commercial entities
don't have to adhere to because they're structured differently.

What's astonishing is that they seem to think that building the
Interstate system or any other infrastructure project doesn't involve
the private sector. The government writes the check but nearly all of
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the work is done by the private sector.
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You must be on drugs! "You didn't do that."

And the people with businesses that rely on those roads did not do that,
the entire community as expressed in government did.

Yep, you lefties *ARE* on drugs.