A Serious Question Regarding Social Programs for Small-Government Conservatives

Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:51 PM EST

Let me immediately identify myself as a sociopolitical Progressive, although do I try to be pragmatic about it.

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insurance, health, health-care, right, progressive, government, conservative, privilege, social-programs

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Religious Literalism : Fueled by Fear or Ignorance?

Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:22 PM EDT

Newsweek magazine has just published an excerpt from evolutionary biologist and ethologist Richard Dawkins' new book The Greatest Show on Earth : the Evidence for Evolution, The piece begins thus:

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evolution, religion, dawkins, fundamentalism, pardigm

Yoga at school causes stress among some

Seeded on Fri Oct 3, 2008 12:14 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

A group of parents and religious leaders in upstate New York want yoga classes out of public schools, saying the instruction violates boundaries between church and state.

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NASA studies changes in shuttle plan

Seeded on Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:39 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The space agency says it is studying the implications of delaying the retirement of the shuttle fleet, now set for 2010, so that the incoming president and Congress can consider their options.

space, technology-science, msnbci

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Hi, Uthaclena,

Since Therese Nelson inexplicably deleted the abortion discussion we were having, I've reseeded the article. If you know of others who'd like to continue what we had going before she pulled the plug, here's the link.

http://truthsleuth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/02/3845668-methinks-the-pro-lifers-doth-protest-too-much-are-they-really-secure-in-a-constitutional-basis-for-outlawing-abortion
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Regarding Katrina-- The National Weather Service notified the idiot Mayor of New Orleans and told him they needed to get out in plenty of time.
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I just read your post on the demo-drilling bill, and I want to say that you are of the best your country has to offer. Attitudes like yours are the saving grace of America! keep it up! SPREAD THE TRUTH!
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