Stay Until Iraq is Stable? w/poll

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Thursday July 03, 2008 · 2:01 PM PDT

2008/07/03 · 14:01

Barack Obama today said...

My 16-month timeline, if you examine everything that I’ve said, was always premised on making sure that our troops were safe,” he said. “I said that based on the information that we had received from our commanders that one to two brigades a month could be pulled out safely, from a logistical perspective. My guiding approach continues to be that we’ve got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable.

Now, we all know that Obama has always said that "we need to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in." One could probably make a twenty minute montage of him saying that in twenty different debates. We know this. That's cool, whatever, but "stable..." Really? This is new, at least, this is new phrasing.

So, this is my question:

Has Barack Obama changed his position?

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What do you think?

84 votes Vote Now!

What do you think?

HE IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS!

42 votes

That depends on what the definition of "is" is.

24 votes

THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER

18 votes

McCain vs. McCain vs. Obama on Energy w/Poll

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Monday June 30, 2008 · 12:57 PM PDT

2008/06/30 · 12:57

Let’s keep this simple.

McCain: Drill in the continental shelf of the coast of the United States, suspend the federal gas tax for the summer, and greatly expand nuclear power usage through construction of new plants.

Obama: Pass a second stimulus package, tax windfall profits of oil companies to help fund renewable/alternative energy program over ten years akin in scale to the mission to the moon, and consider nuclear power if issues of security and waste storage can be settled in advance.

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35 votes Show Results

Who's energy policy is better?

35 votes Vote Now!

Who's energy policy is better?

May McCain

1 vote

June McCain

2 votes

Obama

28 votes

None of the above

4 votes

In Defense of Russert's Democracy

shaysrebellion

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Wednesday June 18, 2008 · 8:15 AM PDT

2008/06/18 · 08:15

We need more of our interviewers to embrace the Russert Approach: Ask tough questions, demand real answers, reveal inconsistencies with specific evidence, and require logical explanations of these reversals.

Now, I personally agree with most of what one particular popular cable news commentator says. He challenges guests with whom I disagree and encourages those whom I would support. This is comforting, fun even. This guy has money and access, likes those I like, dislikes those I dislike, and even gets to tell them so, often in person, before millions of viewers. It’s great. It vindicates my own prejudices.

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Is it ethical to use one's influence to change other's opinions?

21 votes Vote Now!

Is it ethical to use one's influence to change other's opinions?

Yes, if you know what's right you should convince everyone else to agree with you.

4 votes

Persuasion is ethical as long as you do so by giving all sides of an issue.

12 votes

You should only explain your beliefs and hope your explanation is persuasive.

0 votes

No, everyone should develop his or her own opinion.

5 votes

My Country, Right or Wrong?

shaysrebellion

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Saturday June 07, 2008 · 6:27 PM PDT

2008/06/07 · 18:27

In either late 2001 or early 2002, I wrote the following poem:

the flag in the road

Red and White and Blue and Black
Nylon on asphalt
Vulcanized rubber passing
Sun struck and wind torn
Tumbling from traffic
Through exhaust.
I passed it.
I turned.
In these patriotic times
We must look to our flag
And retrieve it.

If you remember, almost everyone at that time flew those nylon American flags from their cars. Many banks and businesses either gave them away for free or sold them donating the profits to 9/11 families. I remember seeing the flags on every car but my own.

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Does patriotism require one to support questionable policies of one's nation during war?

63 votes Vote Now!

Does patriotism require one to support questionable policies of one's nation during war?

Absolutely not, all dissent is patriotic.

30 votes

Mostly no, dissent is patriotic as long as it is done in an attempt to improve the nation.

27 votes

Sometimes, dissent can improve policy but it can also weaken national morale.

4 votes

Mostly yes, one can only question policies that would lead to a failure in such a war.

0 votes

Absolutely so, during war citizens must pull together to support the government.

2 votes

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