26-07-2005 01:44									#1
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A lot of people out there really can't stand Bush. I admit I don't like the guy much myself. Often though many people will say, with conviction, that Bush intends to or will turn the United States into a theocracy or a dictatorship.

I'm just putting out this poll to see how many people believe that.

	26-07-2005 01:50									#2
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I really don't dislike Bush, but I wouldn't trust him on this one.

	26-07-2005 01:57									#3
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The results have the potential to be really funny. Good one, Ozzy!

8.5/10

	26-07-2005 01:58									#4
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Why the future tense in the question?

	26-07-2005 02:00									#5
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there is a little thing called free elections every 4 years. So the answer is no.

In 3 1/2 years we'll have a different nutcase.

	26-07-2005 02:10									#6
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT The results have the potential to be really funny. Good one, Ozzy! 8.5/10

Thanks

	26-07-2005 02:34									#7
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You mean it isn't already?

	26-07-2005 02:42									#9
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Well, look at abortion. Drinking. Look at what happened with that Euthanaisia scandal (Schiavo?).

	26-07-2005 02:43									#10
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abortion is still legal. drinking is still legal. euthanasia (certain rules apply) is still legal.

	26-07-2005 02:52									#11
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there are limits however, on those. For abortion in particular, that is neither fair nor just.

Main problem I suppose though is that this is not a simple yes/no question. It is more of a sliding scale. In that sense, USA will propably become more of a theocratic nation.

	26-07-2005 02:52									#12
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you think partial term abortion is okay

	26-07-2005 02:56									#13
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I was refering to limits such as the monetary cost of abortion.

	26-07-2005 03:02									#14
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT The results have the potential to be really funny. Good one, Ozzy! 8.5/10

What's really sad is that despite the fact that this was the second post of the thread, your prediction came true

	26-07-2005 03:33									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Krill I was refering to limits such as the monetary cost of abortion.

On a sliding scale of priorities wrt medical costs, with "monetary cost of antibiotics" on one end and "monetary cost of elective cosmetic surgery" on the other end, I'd have to put "monetary cost of abortion" just slightly above "monetary cost of a sex change operation."

	26-07-2005 06:39									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker What's really sad is that despite the fact that this was the second post of the thread, your prediction came true

Indeed.

	26-07-2005 09:08									#17
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Bush seems to think that he was ordained by God. Unfortunately, he's not the only person who thinks that. There are millions of people who think the Bush is God's agent on Earth. That scares me. It scares me a lot.

But despite the growth and power of the Christian right, they aren't ready to do away with democracy . . . yet. Hopefully it will never come to that, but I expect the Republic of Gilead to appear in my lifetime, maybe in the next few decades.

	26-07-2005 09:10									#18
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Christian Reconstructionism

	26-07-2005 11:15									#19
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you forgot to mention fascist...

but religious pressure groups seem to have more leverage in the US than in most european countries.

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Dis :

quote: you think partial term abortion is okay

So you think it's okay to ban it, even if it puts the mother's life at risk (the lack of that provision is what has shot down every such law that came to SCOTUS). Oh, and what exactly are you banning - there is NO such medical procedure.

quote: Main problem I suppose though is that this is not a simple yes/no question. It is more of a sliding scale. In that sense, USA will propably become more of a theocratic nation.

	26-07-2005 12:06									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Dis euthanasia (certain rules apply) is still legal.

depends on the state

Oregon made it legal in the last decade (and I gather is one of the few states where it is..)

JM

	26-07-2005 12:52									#22
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Long live our God Emperor Bush. May he smite the unbelievers and sacrifice their first-born children to Jeebus.

	26-07-2005 14:20									#23
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I'm debating whether or not to go into my leftist rant before everyone tells my sorry a** to stfu...

....and I voted 'yes'. The military should squash his sorry a** before he gets too big for his britches and screws them, and us, over.

	26-07-2005 14:33									#24
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	26-07-2005 14:53									#25
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That would be "Unser Führer" in German

	26-07-2005 15:00									#26
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cool, ain't it ?

	26-07-2005 17:40									#27
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara Bush seems to think that he was ordained by God. Unfortunately, he's not the only person who thinks that. There are millions of people who think the Bush is God's agent on Earth. That scares me. It scares me a lot.

You got a problem with the concept of fate? Like the inevitable communist revolution perhaps?

One man's delusion is another man's gospel.

	26-07-2005 19:12									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Ogie Oglethorpe Like the inevitable communist revolution perhaps?

The inevitiablity of socialism is propaganda, kinda like a football team saying "We will win!" before the game.

	27-07-2005 00:35									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan I'm debating whether or not to go into my leftist rant before everyone tells my sorry a** to stfu... ....and I voted 'yes'. The military should squash his sorry a** before he gets too big for his britches and screws them, and us, over.

My god, you really are an idiot loon, aren't you. I thought some of your other posts were just exceptions to the norm...

	27-07-2005 00:52									#30
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Yay for military dictatorship!