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Achilles

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Posted in: Anchorage Daily News endorsement
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 2:00 AM
#3
I think it's important to note that this is the first report we've heard of someone claiming that McCain is dragging Palin down....  [Read More]
Posted in: Anchorage Daily News endorsement
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 1:50 AM
#1
Guess where this is going. Wait for it... Clicky (http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/567867.html)...  [Read More]
Posted in: At what point are things taken too far
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:47 PM
#6
1) That's speculation on your part. 2) Even if it were true, it's more of a commentary on the ridiculousness of the concept of "hate crime" than anything else. For the record, I agree that the stunt was in poor taste....  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 10:54 PM
#31
It is going to be a pretty close race though.I refer you back to post #15. If things maintain for the next week, "close" is the last thing it will be....  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 10:33 PM
#29
Very true. I would be very surprised if McCain won this election. I don't think that America is going to vote in another Republican with what we have been through the last 8 years. I just don't see it happening.With the stats hovering at about 3% and...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 10:08 PM
#27
Edited my post. Good question though. Sorry for not being clear. "Obama's agenda doesn't quite fit what I would want it to be. Neither is McCain's"Fair enough. For what it's worth, it doesn't fit mine either, but we still have to make a ch...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 9:53 PM
#25
Do you mind sharing what the correct word choice would have been then?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 9:50 PM
#23
Great point, Web Rider. I hope that it goes without saying that bigots only speak for other bigots....  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 9:10 PM
#21
Obama has an agenda.This is like pointing out that he has a nose. Every politician has an agenda. They run on their agendas and promote their agenda as frequently as possible in the hopes of getting elected (or don't promote their agenda at all, pref...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 7:01 PM
#16
Hmmm. Intersting. I have no doubt that Obama will win the election. I still do not believe that he is the right thing for America. My opinion.Perhaps not. However that doesn't mean that McCain is the "right thing" either and based on what h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:15 PM
#14
Counting your chickens before they hatch?No, not really (http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/). You a betting man?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Obama Assassination Plot
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:43 AM
#11
That's the reality we're up against. Makes that whole VP selection thing extra special this time around, no?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 6:10 PM
#111
@garfield: mimartin appears to be discussing business income tax whereas you appear to be discussing personal income tax....  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 2:20 PM
#85
I edited the post above- you responded quicker than I edited. The Federal budget is paid for by taxes, is it not? Indeed it is. Your argument seems to be that there is a line item on the federal budget for wild parties. I'm not saying that it doesn'...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 2:06 PM
#83
That doesn't tell me anything....  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 1:52 PM
#81
By flat tax, I mean, for example, 10% all across the board- completely fair. "completely fair" is a value judgment. A person making 100,000 pays 10,000 a person making 10000 pays 1000, etc, etc. At least that's how my father explained it...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 2:11 AM
#76
I think three things we need to do are: Declare a flat tax for all citizens.I disagree. Whatever tax burden we decide is necessary will be paid off more quickly by the wealthy than the poor, not to mention that it will be a larger percentage of inco...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 9:52 PM
#72
Some perspective (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/081103taco_talk_hertzberg) for those that crave it. Of course, all taxes are redistributive, in that they redistribute private resources for public purposes. But the federal income ta...  [Read More]
Posted in: Is Obama A Socialist?
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 3:01 PM
#43
Except that the "Ayer's living room" thing has been debunked. Unless you have evidence (not right-wing hearsay) that shows otherwise, of course....  [Read More]
Posted in: Joe Biden Warns About Obama Becoming President
  Achilles
10-29-2008, 3:09 PM
#56
"I'm told" Told by who and why should be we believe either source? It's not as though McCain has a reputation of just making things up or anything....  [Read More]
Posted in: Joe Biden Warns About Obama Becoming President
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 9:26 PM
#53
You taking this point here and that point there and making up everything in between. Just because you've found some blatantly biased sources to support your argument does not make it true. He agreed to negotiate. The negotiations didn't pan out. He...  [Read More]
Posted in: Joe Biden Warns About Obama Becoming President
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:43 PM
#39
Well to me it is, because if the media isn't going to ask our leaders tough questions, or are going to be blacklisted for it, then you can kiss the 1st Amendment and all our freedoms goodbye.Ooo, like when McCain blacklisted CNN after Campbell Brown...  [Read More]
Posted in: Joe Biden Warns About Obama Becoming President
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:33 PM
#37
Thanks, it puts the comments in a completely different context for anyone that is not completely bias.You're welcome. I found this (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Obama_Steel_in_His_Spine.html?showall) this morning....  [Read More]
Posted in: Joe Biden Warns About Obama Becoming President
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:33 AM
#28
Anyone interested in seeing the full transcript (not just the spun parts) of Biden's comments can find them here (http://moralscienceclub.blogspot.com/2008/10/joe-bidens-speech-in-seattle.html). I think the first response is worth taking the time to...  [Read More]
Posted in: McCain's last ditch effort
  Achilles
10-28-2008, 2:38 AM
#56
Hey, he is voting for McCain.... :xp: _EW_Point taken....  [Read More]
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