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skepticfaith
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Message 13 of 109 (453164)
02-01-2008 3:36 PM


Mcain is next president
Mcain will win on tuesday.
Hillary will squeek out victory,.
Mcain will be next president.
There will be war with iran soon and troops will remain in iraq for at least 10 years.
If Obama wins on Tuesday (very very unlikely), the republican nominee will win the general in a landslide victory
There I just predicted the future.

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skepticfaith
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Message 14 of 109 (453166)
02-01-2008 3:39 PM
Reply to: Message 9 by FliesOnly
02-01-2008 8:13 AM


Re: An OT reply from Lem.
quote:
Giuliani, thank God, is gone
Do you realize that Mcain has exact position as him on the war?

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skepticfaith
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Message 22 of 109 (453267)
02-01-2008 6:46 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by molbiogirl
02-01-2008 6:29 PM


Re: An OT reply from Lem.
SO you're saying Clinton will be next president then?

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skepticfaith
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Message 24 of 109 (453281)
02-01-2008 7:03 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by molbiogirl
02-01-2008 6:51 PM


Re: An OT reply from Lem.
If Obama wins the democratic - very unlikely - I bet my life that he will NEVER win against whoever the republican nominee is!

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skepticfaith
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Message 27 of 109 (453310)
02-01-2008 7:52 PM
Reply to: Message 25 by molbiogirl
02-01-2008 7:05 PM


Re: An OT reply from Lem.
Its not ridiculous at all. You have to understand the demographics throughout the US - Obama might win in NY and some big states but he will lose in every red state - actually he will lose by a landslide i believe. Besides its just not his race that will be a factor - there is something else going to come up - even if it is not true.
Hillary has the best shot against mcain but even she would lose probably by a small amount similar to Bush - gore election.

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skepticfaith
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Message 62 of 109 (454401)
02-06-2008 8:23 PM
Reply to: Message 55 by Buzsaw
02-05-2008 8:48 PM


Re: Racism or sexism: the dilemma of Afro-American women
quote:
It was the immature impressionable yute who were significant in bringing Hitler to power in Germany.
It seems like the yute are voting Mcain too . And isn't he the guy talking about WAR all the time?
At least Obama claims he would withdraw the troops.
Not that I like Obama (I believe in conservative spending, 1 & 2nd amendment issues)
but if you want to bring this Hitler analogy I think Mcain seems to fit more.

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skepticfaith
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Message 65 of 109 (454533)
02-07-2008 2:40 PM
Reply to: Message 64 by Parasomnium
02-07-2008 3:40 AM


Re: Racism or sexism: the dilemma of Afro-American women
quote:
olely because his skin is roughly as dark as yours (which is about all there is to race), then, even though it could be seen as a positive action it still amounts to racism
Since this is an evolution forum - I believe there was a study conducted that showed EVEN white people tend to feel more comfortable around those of their own kind.. (I believe a series of slides of different people were shown) .
So this kind of 'racism' is actually a natural response. Black people just feel far more comfortable expressing this consciously.
This can be seen in other animals that choose mates within their own subspecies or group.
I would also debate that there is far more to race than skin color but I prefer not to - the notion of absolute equality is rooted in ideology and best left alone ..)

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skepticfaith
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Message 72 of 109 (454596)
02-07-2008 6:37 PM
Reply to: Message 67 by nator
02-07-2008 6:09 PM


Re: Racism or sexism: the dilemma of Afro-American women
quote:
Uh, why you you emphasixe that white people like to be with other whites?
That's racism.
Because white people tend to overcompensate for their natural racist tendency and tend to praise black achievements more or even more disturbingly praise those who lack talent as well. Because whites are not honest in discussion of race.
It is much rarer to find blacks call other blacks racist but whites tend to do it all the time even though many of them don't even know that much black people. Just because you are a zealot for equality does not mean you are not 'racist'. And believing or thinking that the races do differ genetically does not mean you are a racist.
By the way this whole argument leaves out other races including Indians, Chinese, Hispanics etc who I believe are more victims of racism now than those of African descent.
quote:
When the Democrat was there, we had a smaller governmen
Many say that it was Reagan who set the tone for the economy in the 90s.
The current Republican party influenced heavily by neocons does spend more so you are right if you talking about this Bush and the next president Mcain.

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skepticfaith
Member (Idle past 5722 days)
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From: NY, USA
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Message 74 of 109 (454598)
02-07-2008 6:40 PM
Reply to: Message 70 by molbiogirl
02-07-2008 6:28 PM


Re: Racism or sexism: the dilemma of Afro-American women
quote:
Homo sapiens is ONE species. There are NO subspecies.
LOL! We are truly special!
You're right - I just put on my cool aid shades. We are now all the same ...

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skepticfaith
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Message 75 of 109 (454599)
02-07-2008 6:43 PM
Reply to: Message 71 by molbiogirl
02-07-2008 6:32 PM


Re: Racism or sexism: the dilemma of Afro-American women
quote:
People mate within their own subspecies
Well most do, but now that I put my cool aid shades on _ maybe I will try something different!

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skepticfaith
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Message 79 of 109 (454722)
02-08-2008 12:22 PM
Reply to: Message 78 by nator
02-08-2008 8:25 AM


putting this to rest...
quote:
Can you show that there is a genetic basis to race?
I have no interest in this like perhaps David Duke has - he and the equal race people can debate for all they want.
For starters:
Forensics - they can tell what race a person is esp between the main 3 races (Caucas,Mongaloids,Neg) based on very little - not just hair sample. Note that many "nonwhite" people are Caucasian or Caucasian hybrids. I am being lazy here there are tons of documentation on this.
Skull - any qualified Biologist can easily determine race based on a complete skull alone.
Everything else is open to interpretation - How different we are etc. That just varies from person to person and based on opinion.
The actual differences are well documented and cannot be disputed.
Also, there are some controversial interpretation of statistical data like the Bell Curve, for instance.
I just think it is silly to make blanket statements like there is no such thing as race. Even a 1 year old can tell the difference between people of different races.

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