Forum: One-table Tournaments
12-15-2005, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 128
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
12-06-2005, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 84
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Forum: Politics
11-23-2005, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 271
Re: Did the system fail this man?
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well a fundemental right to life would but into other fundemental rights
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IMO, all other rights stem from this one, therefore it trumps the others.
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Forum: Politics
11-21-2005, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 107
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Forum: Politics
11-21-2005, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 107
Re: Libertarianism and a social safety net
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Some of his statements go against typical libraterian thought.
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Outside of the thread subject, which ones?
I read his book, Road to Serfdom, this summer. Milton...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 270
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 270
Re: Taxes make me angry...
There was one famous guy that renounced his citizenship and declared himself a citizen of the world. Wish I could remember who. Einstien? Erdos?
I'm sure others have done this. I doubt it would be...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 107
Re: Libertarianism and a social safety net
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Sorry for not answering each question, but my eyes are getting tired.
It's my position that the only funding that should be allowed are
1) Pediatric health care
2) Primary Education...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 08:44 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 107
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 107
Libertarianism and a social safety net
I posed this question in the modern communism argument thread and recieved no replies. I believe it is interesting enough for it's own thread.
A quote from one of the top libertarian figures of...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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Some people may buy into communism, and thus overcome the incentive problem, but the entire world will not. (not at present)
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Would not owning the means of...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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"ethnographic data indicated that hunter-gatherers worked far fewer hours and enjoyed more leisure than typical members of industrial society, and they still ate...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 05:03 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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The main difference between Adam Smith and Karl Marx...
Smith's primary intellectual tool: Logic
Marx's primary intellectual tool: Rhetoric
I could make up a word,...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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Modern Liberalism is Communism light. All of the core philosophies are the same. The only difference is the power to implement the full plan.
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I never doubted this. It...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 02:49 PM
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Replies: 34
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Re: Tax Bill
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In short, everyone should be guarenteed enough substance for a minimally flourishing life.
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"Minimal flourishing life" seems to be an oxymoron. Where do...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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Although I'm almost positive that this (the inequality part) has been antropologically proven false.
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So you think everyone is exactly the same?...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Re: Modern arguments for communism?
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egalitarian
adj : favoring social equality; "a classless society" [syn: classless] n : a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn: equalitarian] [ant: elitist]
you do...
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Forum: Politics
11-18-2005, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 157
Views: 644
Modern arguments for communism?
Does anyone here support communism, and if so, why? (and how?)
I was recently dumbfounded by a post on another forum I visit when the poster openly support communism. I thought most people simply...
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Forum: Politics
11-15-2005, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 298
Re: article on canadian casinos
I honestly know nothing of the quality of these casinos. Comparing it to those in Vegas may not be fair. Vegas may have some sort of gambling economies of scale or some other advantage. I was just...
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Forum: Politics
11-15-2005, 01:38 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 298
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Forum: Psychology
11-14-2005, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 200
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Forum: Politics
11-14-2005, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 140
Re: Other
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libertarian, of course.
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Forum: Psychology
11-13-2005, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 200
Re: Does your diet affect your game?
I eat lots of red meat all the time, even when I don't really want to. I believe my northern European/ Alcoholic family background points to a need for lots of red meat and the advanced fatty acids...
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Forum: Politics
11-13-2005, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Washington State bans smoking... with a twist
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"good law, second hand smoke is a bitch. Ban it in public I say."
sounds good, as long as we can ban the smells of fast food and frying bacon in public, too- it's offensive...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
11-07-2005, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 83
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