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RickJWagner

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    It is amazing to me that this could happen. The claims made by the plagiarist were numerous and far beyond belief. Why didn’t common sense come into play here?

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    Comment #49195433

    I’d like to understand how they defined capitalism vs free enterprise for the poll participants. I’m encouraged by parts of the poll, especially independents responses. I think a g…

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    Comment #49176062

    I’m with you. Vandalism is not the right path.

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    Comment #49154746

    When I got my first corporate job, I was placed in a group of 20 trainees in a rigorous COBOL course. We were given assignments and a schedule to complete them. Most of us read the…

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    Comment #49130194

    Siphoning money out of…? Really? What about when you reach retirement age? Will you consider medical care, a new house, or a cruise to be siphoning off of money that presumably bel…

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    Comment #49122117

    Even before then it was widely discussed. There was even a Schoolhouse Rock song, “Tyrannosaurus Debt”.

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    Comment #49105321

    Thanks for sharing this, OP! I’m a bluegrass jam player and am at the stage where I want to improve my singing/playing and my ‘first time I heard that song’ breaks. Both of those r…

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    Comment #49096798

    “As though my body’s inability to keep pace with capitalism says something fundamental about who I am.” What would his body’s inability to keep pace say under socialism or somethin…

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    Comment #49067990

    Why is this flagged, and why are some of the seemingly innocent remarks downvoted?

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    Comment #49058652

    No, I don’t think so. Just because you think the government isn’t to your liking you shouldn’t declare yourself the implementir of justice and start vandalizing things. Study Ameri…

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    Comment #49056984

    No, it does not. Social contract allows cigarettes, alcohol, pornography, etc. These are not overall beneficial to society, yet we allow them, by law. When individuals decide they …

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    Comment #49056958

    Concentration camps were obviously against international law. Flock cameras are not. When people decide they get to decide what’s allowable and what’s not, they break the social co…

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    Comment #49052848

    Undecided on Flock. Totally decided against vandalism. Violations of the social contract suck. Edit to invite explanations. If you approve of vandalism to flock cameras, what are y…

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    Comment #49052818

    Good for Morris! 40 years ago I was exiting the US Air Force and selected the University of Minnesota at Morris as my college. It’s a tiny campus, they advertised themselves as a ‘…

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    Comment #49052733

    “ The man has some time and uses it in a non destructive manner to do what he thinks will help his community rather than just posting nonsense online “ Best comment this week, so f…

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