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Putting aside whatever party/candidate you support, I think we can all agree this is outrageous for a teacher/adult.

 

Teacher Ridicules Student for Wearing Romney T-Shirt

 

The teacher's excuse that she was joking around is complete crap. "Yeah, I'll compare you to the Ku Klux Klan and encourage other students to mock you, but I'm just kidding! By the way, mind if I scribble all over your shirt too? C'mon, we'll go out in the hall!"

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"The maintenance of civil order in society rests on the foundation of family discipline. Therefore, a child who disrespects his parents must be permanently removed from society in a way that gives an example to all other children of the importance of respect for parents. The death penalty for rebellious children is not something to be taken lightly. The guidelines for administering the death penalty to rebellious children are given in Deut 21:18-21"

 

yikes. Running for Arkansas legislature and has previously held two terms so it's not just like he just a crackpot that everyone can ignore.

 

Here's one of the alternatives:

 

"If slavery were so God-awful, why didn’t Jesus or Paul condemn it, why was it in the Constitution and why wasn’t there a war before 1861? The South has always stood by the Constitution and limited government. When one attacks the Confederate Battle Flag, he is certainly denouncing these principles of government as well as Christianity." - GOP Arkansas state Rep. Roy Mauch, in a letter to a local newspaper. "

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Why wasn't there a war before 1861? The issue was swept under the rug by the Founding Fathers so the just created USA could exist and function. A good number of them knew how shaky slavery was when reviewed against the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. What they did was no different from a dysfunctional family ignoring why they have are dysfunctional. It absolutely couldn't be hidden any further in 1861.

 

As for the death penalty for rebellious children dude... gosh, he is sounding a lot like some of the extremist Muslims. Yes, rebellious children should be dealt with but killing them? I would just kick them out of the house. If the kid think s/he can provide for her/himself, s/he can go knock him/herself out. If s/he can't do it, s/he can always come back or off him/herself. I would prefer to have the missing seat at the table filled though.

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So, we had two VPs who didn't fact check and showed us a few things about themselves: Mainly, they showed us we don't want either of them to be president.

 

Here are some recent observations:

 

1. I know a person who voted for Rosannne Barr, doing so as a protest vote for such shitty candidates.

2. LiLo is supporting Romney, which is actually making me cringe for Romney.

3. Canada has now relocated to "overseas".

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/15/charity-president-unhappy-about-paul-ryan-soup-kitchen-photo-op/

Paul Ryan bursts into a homeless shelter with his crew, without permission, to get a photo op washing dishes that are already clean, long after everyone was served. The church relies on their apolitical stance to get donations, and this move has a very good chance of reducing donations.

 

I can't think of a better metaphor for the Republican platform than the vice presidential candidate feigning generosity while screwing less fortunate people out of nourishment.

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