Yet another Congressman who doesn't accept the theory of evolution

I didn't say accepting a 1 million year old earth was a breakthrough. What I said was that Taq's specific accusation was inaccurate.

I'm not sure you do know what fascism is.You claim that disagreeing with you and giving out negative reps is fascism. But isn't dealing out negative jeers exactly the behavior you resort to the instant you get upset?You post stuff in order to get positive points from others. In other words, you are a sheep. You accuse others of posting the party line, and then post yet another party line. In other words, you are a sheep. You recommend accepting the world as described on Fox News. You are a sheep.

What did the etch a sketch metaphor originally mean? Wasn't it used to describe Romney backing out of hard right positions taken during the primaries? Was the comment ever something that was not mock material?

One early adopter of the 'mock Mitt with an Etch a Sketch' trend was GOP former presidential-hopeful Rick Santorum.

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If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."

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I note that you only disagreed with one of my three reasons for calling you a sheep.I'll attempt to make my point in a less confrontational way. You are doubtless aware of the polarization of opinion evident this election cycle. The country is nearly evenly divided over who ought to be president, and a host of other issues. It might even turn out that a majority of the voting public favors Romney.It does happen that you are posting in a situation where most of the vocal and active posters disagree with you. But how does that make them sheep and you not a sheep? You could easily go post your views on another blog and get total agreement with those views. Would that make you more or less of a sheep?Hypocrisy implies some inconsistency between behaviors at different times. What hypocrisy are you referring to here?I actually thought you made some good points regarding judging people based on their religious beliefs, and I did reconsider my initial stance expressed in my OP. I don't think any better of Broun and his politics though.

Just looking at the coal part of the equation, blaming the administration is ridiculous. Coal is on the decline because fracking produces fuel much more cheaply and is available everywhere. And if politics elsewhere is anything like it is in North Carolina, it is the Republicans that are shoving fracking fracking down our throats over the objections of Democrats who seem concerned about poisoning the ground water, earthquake risks, and global climate change.Bottom line though is that coal is dying off because it can't compete with the riders in the other heats (my apologies to Mr. Jagger). On top of that, burning coa

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Yes. But didn't you follow up that mistake by accusing others of misquoting you? Are you saying now that your posts accusing others of misquoting you were not erroneous? Why didn't you check your own post?Nothing wrong with admitting you were wrong. It's actually a sign of maturity.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

You don't have to double the tax rates to double the amount of your tax bill. The tax rate is applied to your income after deductions.

Exactly. Such a result could be directly a result of a change in the tax codes.Further dwise1's own situation might have been more typical of the middle class for whom the different brackets were closer together than for the rich who could have larger income changes without changing brackets.

Hands down, my favorite write-in was "David Foster Wallace".I was forced to look this one up, and now I have to admit that having to do so means I'm an unread, ignorant boob. I'm not going to spoil this any further for anyone who does not know David Wallace. Look him up.ABE:Cthulhu was also on the list. After reading some of Son Goku's posts, that one gave me a laugh too.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

I suggested looking him up because I thought writing him in on the Georgia ballot was an apt tribute to a writer who had died way too young. I was also admitting to some embarassment about how little I have read lately beyond that which I have to read.I was also kinda hoping everyone else was as ignant as I. Thanks for failing to do your part on that.