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Arguments
All party systems are bad
Americans trying to defeat radical and violent factions of Islam will only backfire
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government
Forward is an odd campaign theme for Obama
Arts & Humanities
Artists
Governments that in as much debt as ours should not fund the arts
Arts subsidies benefit mostly the wealthy and elite
People will pay for good art; government subsidies are unnecessary
History
An argument can be made that Rome fell because Romans all were more interested in their little kingdom's advancement than the advancement of Rome as a whole +3
By Region
French History
German History
Genealogy
Alta Lealette Anderson
Gwendolyn Higbee
Henry Gordon
Marvin
Mom
Vasco
Historical truth is important +5
If not for September 11th, American would not have gone to war in Afghanistan +1
Slavery held back technological progress +3
U.S. History
Federalist Papers, The
Violence begets violence
If not for September 11th, America would not have gone to war with Iraq +2
Humanities
Philosophy
A fair society allows parents to try to give their children advantages over the general public +2
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure -2
All people respond to rewards and punishments +1
All truth is important +33
Equality
Not all cultures are equal +6
People can overvalue equality +19
We should respect the law of the harvest
Ethics & Values
Fairness
Human life is precious
Transparency
Even minority groups should not solely promote their own advancement +3
Individuals should act in their own self interest and let the future take care of itself
It is wrong to lie +26
Little lies make bigger lies easier
Saying "Little lies make bigger lies easier" is a slippery slope argument
It takes a village
Justice
Nothing matters
It can feel like nothing matters
People who want to remove negative consequences from bad choices are wrong
People's good intentions don't matter
Slippery slope arguments are bad
Slippery slope arguments will cause the world to explode
The ends can justify the means, in rare situations
There is such thing as evil +24
Unity can be bad
Fascism
Variety is good
We can not be sure of anything
We should avoid the appearance of evil
We should follow principles in government policy
We should punish bad behavior
We can't punish bad behavior, because it is impossible to define bad behavior
Who gets to decide what is good behavior?
You can use extreme examples to make a point
You should never do anything because of it's appearance
Literature
Authors
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Thoreau, Henry David
Works
Congressmen should be required to give book reports
Hemingway, Ernest
Works
A Farewell to Arms
No Apology
Poetry
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Business & Economy
Economics
Economic Policies and Regulations
Countries shouldn't subsidize their private businesses
If trade laws are burdensome and antiquated, enterprise will stall
If trade laws are modern and dynamic, enterprise can thrive
Laws and rules are needed to guide free markets
Romney's 59 Economic Policies that will get America back to work
A Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution is necessary to ensure that our nation embarks on a path of long-term fiscal discipline
Bureaucrats are more unaccountable than elected officials
Bureaucrats hold too much power
Congress has found it easier to make broad pronouncements and allow bureaucrats to figure out the actual rules
Countries should cap federal spending at 20 percent of GDP
Unaccountable bureaucrats hold too much power
We should ensure that environmental laws properly account for cost in regulatory process
We should provide multi-year lead times before companies must come into compliance with onerous new environmental regulations
We should pursue a Balanced Budget Amendment
We should reform legal liability system to prevent spurious litigation +14
We should ensure that the loosing party has to pay for legal expenses
We should repeal Dodd-Frank and replace it with a streamlined, modern regulatory framework
We should require congressional approval of all new “major” regulations
We should use a no-fault insurance scheme for accident victims, similar to New Zealand
We should create free trade Zones only for those who follow the law
We should do a cost-benefit analysis for all expensive government programs (+2)
Global Economy
China favors and subsidizes domestic producers over foreign competitors
China misappropriates intellectual property
China seeks advantage through systematic exploitation of other economies
China should be labeled as a currency manipulator
Free trade leads to efficiency
Free trade strengthens the competition that leads to innovation, efficiency and, ultimately, economic growth and job creation
Romney: China must respect the free-trade system, Washington Post, October 13th 2011
The US should create a trading bloc open only for nations genuinely committed to fair trade
The US should take reciprocity towards China in government procurement
We need international trade laws
When one nation is allowed to game the system significant harm can outweigh the expected benefit of free trade
Marxian economics
Redistribution is what once impoverished China
Redistribution is what once impoverished the Soviet Union
The government should not redistribute wealth
Poverty
Free enterprise is the only permanent cure for poverty
Taxes and the Economy
Other countries have recognized the direct correlation between a lowered corporate tax rate and an increased competitive advantage
We should transition to a “territorial” system for corporate taxation
We should amend Sarbanes-Oxley to relieve mid-size companies from onerous requirements
We should maintain current tax rates on personal income
Employment and Work
Consulting engineering
Engineers often spend 2 days trying to do what they think will save a contractor 2 hours
Electrical Engineering
Career
Business Ideas
Companies should pay me a lot of money
I have changed jobs too much
Its not my fault that I got laid-off from my first 2 jobs out of college
It is good to have an EE PE
Mike is weird
Mike worked as a 3D draftsman
Myclob is not confident enough to be a good leader
An employee has to try to read his or her boss
Myclob asks too many questions at work
There is no such thing as a stupid question
Myclob is well rounded
Myclob spends too much time on the internet
It is better to spend time on the internet than watching TV
EE Links
Mitt Romney has the experience and know-how to create jobs and help businesses grow
Obama's actions created more uncertainty and obstacles to investment that threaten the economic vitality of our nation
President Obama has neglected the fundamental tasks of creating jobs and growing our economy
Mitt Romney tried harder to bring Jobs to Massachusetts, when the economy wasn’t that bad, more than Obama tried to bring jobs to America, when the economy was terrible
The USA should cutting spending
We should train and prepare American workers for the jobs of today and tomorrow
Energy
Oil and Gas
Employment
Operating Companies
Pipelines
The Keystone XL pipeline is safe for human communities
Keystone XL crosses and jeopardizes sensitive environment
Keystone XL pipeline contains significant risk of spills
Keystone XL would be one of the safest pipelines ever
Oil spills are not so bad
Pipeline spills are uncommon
Pipelines are the safest mode of transportation
The Keystone XL pipeline is tolerable for the environment
Climate targets could still be met with oil sands
Investing in tars sands delays transition to clean energy
Keystone pipeline important as long as economy depends on oil
Keystone taps Alberta tar sands, the world's dirtiest fuel
Keystone XL taps water-wasting tar sands
Keystone XL will emit more than other oil production
Keystone XL will not appreciably add to global emissions
Keystone XL will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions
Refining tar sands oil is more polluting to air quality
The XL pipeline is economically vital
It is bad to create jobs with tar-sand-dependent Keystone XL
Keystone XL could create 100,000 jobs
Keystone XL helps US avoid buying oil from volatile regions
Keystone XL places profits before environment
Keystone XL replaces lost supplies from Venezuela, Mexico
Keystone XL will carry stranded crude from ND, MT
US pipeline strategically taps huge Canadian oil reserves
The XL pipeline would help enhance national security
Finance and Investment
Financial Planning
Retirement
Social Security
Reform
We should gradually increase the retirement age
Labor
Some public service jobs should be prevented from unionizing
Unions are bad
Unions are the average person's lobbying firm
We should prohibit unions from using dues automatically deducted from paychecks for political purposes
We should require all union elections to use the secret ballot
Labor unions often encourage inefficiency
Project Management
The more taxed a nation there is, the less economic freedom
Computers & Internet
Combination of a journal and a calendar
Combine prediction markets, collective intelligence, artificial intelligence and online debate
Education
Education makes people better
Education Reform
Authority
Classes
English
History
History
Science
Education Outside of Schools
Foreign language
Goals
Ivan Ilich tutor groups
John Taylor Gatto
Math
Organization
Parents
Poor Students
Real World
Rewards
Rules for my schools
Schools should become places that facilitates personally guided educational discussions groups
Teaching techniques
Testing
Variety
Free Market
Government should not pay for unmarketable college careers
If graduates from a departments at public schools have very high unemployment rates, government money should stop going to those departments
If students don't learn to teach themselves they will stop learning when they leave school
Prestigious schools should grade on a curve to stop grade inflation
School life should be more like normal life
School's resources should be available to rent or use 24 hours
Schools should become places that facilitate personally guided education
Schools should create barter exchange programs where you earn hours for time spent tutoring others, that you can redeem to have others tutor you
Suggestion box in every class
Teachers
Teachers
Testing
Textbooks
There are many good ways that kids can learn
We should embrace technology to make teaching more efficient
We should try to make education more like the real world
We shouldn't pay teachers more if they don't start doing better in school
Entertainment
Humor
The South
Movies
Avatar stereotypes US military personnel
Music
Living for today
One rock concert can change the world
Stairway to Heaven doesn't have a point.
Television Shows
Animation
Simpsons
Lisa was wrong when she said that the police are "the protective force that maintains the status quo for the wealthy elite"
environment
Explanation
"Better ways of saying the same thing"
Algorithm factors
Score
The Myclob Algorithm
We should try to make algorithms that promote good ideas
Conflict Resolution on the Web
Debate Reform
A Call For Reasons to agree and disagree
Conflict
Between economic groups
Possible Solutions
Problems
Lazy voters
Lying politicians
Stupid congressional debate
Too much Crime
Reasons
Decisiveness
Evaluate
Forms
"?" (No Content Yet)
Score
Submit Comment
Total
Total
Idea Cost
Buying "stock" in an idea is not tied into reality enough in order for people to want to participate
If we create discussion forums that automatically generate intelligent data we can create algorithms that use that data to promote better debate, formal logic, and conclusions that have been thoroughly investigated
Interest & Motivation
Financial gain
Financial gain is not a bad motivation
Groupism
Groupism is not a valid interest
Racism
Racism is not a valid interest
Interest Validity
Liberal guilt
Liberal guilt is not a valid interest
Moral clarity
The desire for moral clarity is not a valid interest
Party Affiliation Groupism
Political laziness and issue crossover
Self delusion
Strengthening America
The desire for reelection
The desire for reelection causes politicians to create confusing budgets
Bad politicians give immediate benefits with cost that don't kick in until they are out of office
The desire to be reelected
The desire to be seen as unique is not a valid interest
The desire to believe that people will are basically good
The desire to believe that people will are basically good is bad
The Rule of Law is a valid Interest
Valid Interest
You should only support things if they have reasons to support them
You shouldn't support something because of your own psychological need
It is geeky to analyze issues with this much detail
Going into too much detail, may cause you to focus on the important details
It is important that we find better ways to debate
What we believe is important
It would be easy to create a discussion forum that automatically generates useful data.
It would be useful to see arguments outlined so that arguments are set to support or oppose different theses
It would be easy to set up a discussion forum that allows users to labels posts as either a thesis or a reason to agree or disagree with an existing thesis
Link Scores
List Explanation
Reasons
Books as reasons to agree and disagree
Atlas Shrugged
Fountainhead
Fountainhead makes valid arguments that big government is bad
Images
Many people believe things that have lots of good reasons to disagree with them, and very few good reasons to agree with them
People as reasons to agree or disagree
R2A: Reasons to Agree
R2AA: Reasons to agree with reasons to agree
R2AD: Reasons to agree with reasons that disagree
R2D: Reasons to disagree
R2DA: Reasons to disagree with reasons to agree
R2DD: Reasons to disagree with reasons to disagree
Songs as reasons to agree or disagree
Every song makes some kind of point
We should create discussion forums that separate reasons to agree and disagree into separate columns
We should put reasons to agree & disagree on the same page
It is important that citizens come to informed conclusions
Putting reasons to agree and disagree on the same page is more likely to result in informed conclusions
Truth is important enough that we should work very hard to try and find it
Webpages as reasons to agree or disagree
The search for truth involves a lot of information
Values of those who agre & disagree
Respect
There are potential problems with overvaluing respect
Rule of Law
Vote
We should build a debate forum for those who are interested in intelligent debate
We should build a debate forum that forces people to use good debate techniques
We should create forums with one belief per page
We should let people buy idea-stock and set the price to the percentage of people who agree
We should use the internet to brainstorm all the reasons to agree and disagree with important conclusions
Government
Forms of government
Communism is bad
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a good idea
Democracy
Every 12 people should get 1 vote (12 Angry Men)
Everyone's vote should count, just some people's vote should count less than others
We should use the advantages of a Technocracy
Government departments need pressure to keep their budgets small
Law
Corporations are people
Immigration and Naturalization
The USA should prioritize immigration from societies that value women's rights, free press, democracy, and rule of law
it is not the function of the law to enforce the whole of morality
Trade
Free trade connects new business ideas with willing consumers
Free trade forges stronger relationships between nations and their peoples
Free trade has the demonstrated ability to make the people of both trading nations more prosperous
Free trade is one of the most powerful forces for peace and prosperity the world has ever known
We should make government fines proportional to how much money you make
We should make things illegal that are immoral and harm others
Military
Congress should declare war
War in Iraq
Prisoners of War
Guantanamo
Guantanamo courts provide adequate judicial process
Enemy combatants are afforded a form of habeas corpus
Enemy combatants can be held without trial until hostilities cease
Enemy combatants receive sufficient judicial process under i-law
There is sufficient review process for detainees at Guantanamo
Guantanamo set back the moral authority of the USA
We should not be involved in foreign wars without an official Declaration of war by congress
No people can maintain freedom unless their political institutions are founded upon the existence of moral law
Politicians are not motivated to solve long term problems
Spending
We must ensure that government spending is more efficient
We should not commit our nation to building a self sustaining moon colony by 2020
An assignment to a moon colony built by 2020 would be a death sentence
The USA does not currently have enough money to set up a permanent moon base by 2020
There are many technological problems we need to figure out before we commit to building a self sustainable moon colony
We currently should have higher priorities than going to the moon
Taxes
We should eliminate taxes for taxpayers with AGI below $200,000 on interest, dividends, and capital gains
We should hold the line against increases in marginal tax rates
We should Pursue a conservative overhaul of the tax system over the long term that includes lower, flatter rates on a broader base
We should reduce corporate income tax rate to 25 percent
High corporate tax rates do not even accomplish what they are intended to accomplish
Our high corporate tax rate handicaps the overall U.S. economy in our competition with the rest of the world
U.S. Government
America should just be a good republic, and not try to be an empire
Budget
Entitlement growth is unsustainable
President Obama has put our nation on an unsustainable course
The federal government should publish a balance sheet
We must stop the growth of entitlements
We should stop the practice of setting next years budget, by what was spent last year
Congress
Congress is bad and predicting the cost of its programs
Departments & Agencies
Departments should never be told their budgets will be based on last years budget
DHS
Keeping Americans Safe
We should spend at lest 4% of GDB on defense
DOD
We should combine the 3 branches of the military
There are many things we can do to make government agencies feel patriotic for spending their money well
Telling our government employees the consequences of acting irresponsible will help them act for the greater good
Executive Branch
President Obama Administration
The Obama Administration acts like a machine
Judicial Branch
A judicial system that dismisses evidence that can be proven, is not just
Supreme Court
Court Decisions
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Being read your Miranda rights is good because an innocent person will be reminded to get their facts straight before they start talking
Miranda rights are stupid
Many guilty people have avoided application of their lawful punishment because of Miranda rights
Politicians and the leaders of special-interest groups have purposefully and consistently over many years hidden the truth from us
Healthcare
Cost should should be a factor when it comes to medicaid
Drugs
We should legalize drugs for 2 years, to put illegal drug dealers out of business
federal regulation of health care should be limited and focused
individuals should be allowed to purchase insurance across state lines, free from costly state benefit requirements
Insurance companies are not too powerful
It is dumb to tie our healthcare benefits to our employer
Pay doctors by health of their patients
Pharmacy
Drugs and Medications
Specific Drugs and Medications
Marijuana
Drug Policy
States should be allowed to legalize marijuana
We should end Marijuana Prohibition
Alcohol is worse than Marijuana
We should tax Marijuana consumption
Publican healthcare makes your lifestyle my business
The government should help track how well doctors did in school and on their medical exams
We have to ration healthcare
People who disagree have misplaced compassion
We need health care reform
We should cap non-economic damages in medical malpractice litigation
We should repeal Obamacare
Workplace
We should promote the individual ownership of health insurance
Issues and Causes
Misc Stuff
Terrorism
law
News & Media
The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one
The media is liberal
Recreation & Sports
Guns
Sporting events between players with different beliefs
Travel
Transportation
Boe-Track: Planes with Wings
Businesses should pay the closing costs of moving people to live closer to work if people promise to spend the time they used to commute at work
Hitchhiking is dangerous we need a way to evaluate drivers
Homes could be designed for train transportation and moved north in the summer and south in the winter
Reference
Quotations
If we dig deep in our history and our doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men
Loneliness
Pride
Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they usually do a good pruning job
Prosperity
Proverbs, Idioms, and Sayings
The devil is in the details
Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances
The empires of the future are empires of the mind
The principle behind this American philosophy can be reduced to a rather simple formula
THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
Regional
Countries
Afghanistan
China
It was a mistake to let China into the WTO
The Chinese government does not regulate it's industries very well
We should boycot chinese prodcuts
China does not have America's best interest in mind
Iran
A nuclear Iran is a threat to oil
A nuclear Iran would use oil as a weapon
Iran would respond to an attack by disrupting oil prices
Risks of a nuclear Iran will raise oil prices
A nuclear Iran is an existential threat to Israel
Iran will not try to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons
Israel can fully deter and defend against Iran
A nuclear Iran may supply weapon to terrorists
A nuclear Iran undermines democracy in the country and region
Attacking Iran would legitimize regime, undermine democracy
A nuclear Iran will be more aggressive toward Israel
A nuclear Iran would be more aggressive in the Middle East
Allies of Middle East will prevent a nuclear Iran from dominating
A nuclear Iran would be more inclined to support terrorism
Iran would be deterred from giving nucs to terrorists
Iran is more concerned about self-defense than aggression
We can not assume the leaders in Iran can be motivated by rational secular self interest
A war with Iran might not be too bad
A war with Iran would be very bad, but not as bad as letting them get nuclear weapons
Diplomacy will not work with a nuclear Iran
Iran can be deterred from using a nuclear weapon
Iran is an imminent threat
A nuclear Iran is intolerable to Middle East security
Iran is likely to have a nuclear weapon within a number of years
Iran's military cannot project force in Middle East
Iran is seeking nuclear weapons +6
Nuclear weapons in radical Iran are an intolerable risk
A nuclear Iran will spark an international arms race
The leaders in Iran now don't even have good religious credentials
We can stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power
Air strikes can destroy Iran's nuclear program
Air strikes on Iran would be limited to self-defense
Bombing Iran would perpetuate radicalism and Iranian regime
Iran can rebuild nuclear program, and make it invulnerable
Military strikes on Iran would invite painful retaliation
We need to communicate to the Iranian people the dangers of being nuclear capable
Israel
Pakistan
Russia
United States
America has never used its power to colonize, subjugate, or oppress
Chinese products are dangerous
Government
Law
Immigration
3.6% of the total USA population are illegal immigrants
Assimilation
We should ensure that immigrants are able to interact respectfully with those not from their culture
We should have immigrants take a pledge of allegiance to with a lie detector
Effects of immigration
Economic
Deporting illegal aliens would ground our nation's economy to a halt
Rich countries should relax their immigration laws
Employment
The US should reduce its immigration to low skilled workers during times of high unemployment
National Security
If we had only gave visas to those who were well adapted to pluralistic societies we would have prevented thousands of deaths that resulted from September 11th and then from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
If we had tried to ensure that only those who were well adapted to pluralistic societies were given travel visas, we would have prevented Mohamed Atta from perpetuating the September 11th attacks
It would be difficult for our immigration and naturalization department to identify those who are not willing to live in respectfully pluralistic societies
Mohamed Atta should not have been given a student visa
We could have prevented the thousands of deaths that resulted from September 11th and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq if only gave visas to those who were well adapted to pluralistic societies
We should profile those who fly by nation of origin
We should profile those who fly by nation of origin
We should profile young men from Muslim countries more often than old women from Wisconsin
Political correctness is killing this country
Having 3.6% of your population being illegal immigrants is too much
Immigration Reform
Possible Solutions
It would be impossible to identify and round up all 10 to 11 million of the current undocumented
Legalization is not a good solution to illegal immigration in America
Our immigration laws should be enforced
The federal government should deport as many illegal immigrants as possible
Deporting illegal aliens would ground our nation's economy to a halt
Problems
The US has more illegal immigrants than we can assimilate
The US immigration system is too unorganized
The fact that Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi received student visas 6 months after they flew planes into the World Trade Center proves that US immigration is too unorganized
States
Illinois
Nevada
The US military has done a lot of good
The US military has done some bad
The world is safer when America is strong
We should not stereotype members of the US military
Despite the differences among Western nations we all respect economic freedom and political freedom
Middle East
The world is safer when America is strong
(0) People should fear American power because during the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviet Union and USA came very close to destroying the planet
The world wouldn't have been safer during the Cuban Missile Crisis if America's military was weaker
Religion
Science
Aeronautics and Aerospace
We should send a container container lichens, moss, and other oxygen producing plants to mars
Animals
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to 50 words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese
Carl Sagan was an idiot
Biology
Bioethics
Convicted child molesters should be prevented from having children
Early adopters of Eugenics did not understand evolution
Racial purity is inbreeding
The natural inclination towards deviance may be genetic
Energy
Energy
Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Computers
Control
Electronics
Instrumentation
Microelectronics
Power
26 05 13 Medium-Voltage Cables
26 05 19 Low-Voltage Electrical Power Conductors and Cables
26 05 26 Grounding and Bonding for Electrical Systems
26 05 29 Hangers and Supports for Electrical Systems
26 09 23 Lighting Control Devices
26 10 00 Medium-Voltage Electrical Distribution
26 11 00 Substations
26 12 19 Pad-Mounted, Liquid-Filled, Medium-Voltage Transformers
26 18 16 Medium-Voltage Fuses
26 22 19 Control & Signal Transformers
26 24 00 Switchboards and Panelboards
26 24 19 Motor-Control Centers
26 25 00 Enclosed Bus Assemblies
26 32 13 Engine Generators
26 32 23 Wind Energy Equipment
26 33 53 Static Uninterruptible Power Supply
26 36 00 Transfer Switches
26 40 00 Electrical & Cathodic Protection
26 50 00 Lighting
26 51 00 Interior Lighting
26 51 13 Interior Lighting Fixtures, Lamps, & Ballasts
Fluorescent and HID instead of Incandescent
Instant Start is better than Rapid Start Fluorescent
Pulse Start is better than High Pressure Sodium
26 54 00 Classified Location Lighting
26 55 00 Special Purpose Lighting
33 70 00 Electrical Utilities
Boise
Calcs - Lighting
Refrence
Signal processing
Telecommunications
Mechanical Engineering
Environment & Nature
American bankruptcy would be bad for the environment
Biodiversity doesn't mean as much if mankind doesn't enjoy it
Biodiversity is good
Buildings less than 2 stories should be outlawed
Carbon from coal is creating a significant greenhouse gas
Everyone should mulch
People should be fined, who don't mulch
Everyone should try to live off the grid
If we don't care about how much our environmental programs cost, we will go bankrupt
If we don't start producing green energy, many species may become extent
Introducing pink flamingos to the Salt Lake would increase biodiversity
Pink Flamingos may harm native species if introduced to Salt Lake
It is OK to start a flock of pink flamingos on the great salt lake
It would not destroy the grand canyon to allow hotels, or houses to be built along the rim every 20 miles
Keeping some places untouched by man, just means that other places are over used
Man does not cause a significant portion of global warming
Mankind can improve the environment
Mankind can triumph over scarcity
Mankind is not causing mass extinctions in animals or plants
Mulching is a good use of time
Not everything that man has done to the environment has hurt biodiversity
Poverty is usually bad for the environment
Solar and wind power estate tax loophole
Some environmental regulations are not worth the cost that we pay for them
The anthropomorphic global climate change debate is stupid
There are many things that we can do to help the environment that don't cost very much +22
There is overwhelming evidence that the current warming is caused by the rise in greenhouse gases due to human activities
We can not be sure that mankind is causing global worming
We don't have to force businesses to spend a lot of money to help the environment
We don't have to spend a lot of money to help the environment
We have to balance environmental needs with business needs
We should allow development in state parks, as long as 50% of it is left for the public
We should bring elephants back to North America +4
We should bring ostriches back to North America
We should first focus our money on environmental solutions that don't cost very much
We should harvest dead wood in the west, instead of letting in burn
We should not stop solar projects in the desert because we are concerned about disrupting the habitat of rare species
We should treat the earth like a garden, not an untouched forest reserve
Math
Mathematicians
Physics
Space
We should not tell aliens where we are
We, as a society, either do not understand or accept evolution
Social Science
Communications
Forensics
Speech
Economics
Food and Drink
Drinking is stupid
Issues and causes
UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld deserves statue on Wall Street, not prison sentence
Political Science
Political Theory
Marxism
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea
Society & Culture
Crime
If prisoners don't work they shouldn't eat +2
Obama is wrong on guns +3
Prisoners should earn their stay in jail +5
Terrorism
Combating Nuclear Terrorism
America should take Ahmadinejad at his word +4
We must not allow a nuclear 9-11 +7
We should tighten economic sanctions against Iran
Sanctions do not harm the rulers of a bad country
The Iranian leadership is the greatest threat to the world since the fall of the Soviet Union
It is evil to deny the Holocaust
When Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust he is testing to determine who cares
Confronting Radical Jihad
The Governors from every state should allow one city in that State to "go-Singapore"
We need to ensure that prisons are more than crime schools
We should allow retirement home residents to monitor surveillance cameras +11
We should create a bad driving complaint service +3
Families
Almost half of American families experience poverty following a divorce
America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home
Two parent families are better for children than single parent families
America is so far ahead of other countries that it doesn't need to worry about its families falling apart
It is repetitive to say America can't lead the world if our families are falling apart
It is socially destabilizing when their are no available women for men to marry
Marriage is important
Parenting
We shouldn't just trust parents to make life and death decisions for their children
People should spend less time with their hobbies and more time with their families
The media tells kids it is cool to be a single mother
Unmarried fathers should not have rights to their illegitimate children
It was extreme for Obama to cancel the XL pipeline
People
"We must be ready to dare all for our country" Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ann Coulter
Ann Romney
Ayn Rand
Barack Obama
Comparisons
Romney would be a better president than Obama (+21)
America has tremendous dynamic potential
America has tremendous dynamic potential that is being held back by government
Building ever costlier government entitlements is not the way to grow our economy
Mitt Romney is more likely than Obama to spend the appropriate amount of money fighting global warming
Obama incorrectly wants to create an entitlement society
We can prevent America from becoming an entitlement society
Romney best prepaired to prevent us from becoming like Greece or Portugal +9
Romney correctly wants to scale back our vast federal government
Romney has a good business record
Obama's criticism of Romney's business record is stupid
Even democrats say Obama is stupid to criticize Romney's work at Bain
Romney is a better leader than Obama (+5)
Romney is more likely to achieve a good balance between jobs and our environment
Obama is too extreme on the environment
Romney is more likely to balance the budget than Obama
Romney supports the line item veto which would reduce federal spending
Romney supports the line item veto
The line item veto would reduce federal spending
We need to balance our budget before debt destroys our country
Romney knows more about the economy than Obama
Romney would be less likely than Obama to offend our allies
Romney would be more likely than Obama to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons
Romney would be more likely to improve efficiencies within the federal bureaucracy than Obama
We don't need a cool president
Debt
Obama has done a very bad job with balancing the budget
President Obama increase our debt too much
Economy
Obama has made the economy worse
Obama should have lowered taxes for small businesses
Obama should have lowered taxes that employers pay
Obama shouldn't have taxed companies that made money overseas if they wanted to bring it home, but not tax them if they keep their money abroad
We must not wait to suffer a crisis like Greece or Portugal's
foreign policy
Barack Obama puts off pro-American Colombia
Barack Obama supported Honduras’ Marxist President
Obama has been following Europe too much
Obama shouldn't have been caught off guard when the middle east fell into chaos
Obama was wrong to say that America "dictated to other countries"
Obama would be less likely to embark in Cowboy diplomacy than Romney
Obama's engagement with Iran and North Korea did not help
It was wrong for Obama to apologize for our country
America has done enough for Europe that they shouldn't hate us
It was wrong for Obama to lift the ban on AIDS immigrants
Leadership
Obama seems like he would rather be golfing than be president
Obama would tax the economy to death
Romney is more likely than Obama to Protect the secret ballot
Cathy is cool
George Romney
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri was cool
John Derbyshire
Mike Huckabee
Huckabee does not learn from his mistakes
Huckabee is petty
Huckabee focuses on unimportant things
Huckabee was petty towards Romney
Huckabee often assumed he knew Romney's motivation
Huckabee took advantage of the fact that Romney is a Mormon
Huckabee is self righteous
Huckabee misapplies the principal of compassion
Huckabee's actions that he felt were compassionate resulted in human suffering
Huckabee questions the motives of anyone who disagrees with him
Huckabee said that he did not support in-state tuition for illegals
Mike Huckabee lied about his support of in-state tuition for illegal aliens
Republicans would not be wise to nominate Mike Huckabee
Huckabee lies
Huckabee mixes religion and government too much
Huckabee let people who said they were "born again" out of jail
Huckabee's website was a clearinghouse of anti-Mormon information
Identity politics is bad
Mike Huckabee said those that question the use of the confederate flag should be sodomized with a flag pole
Mitt Romney
A Mitt Romney candidacy would help the republican party maintain sanity
Economy
Romney will help the economy more than Obama
Romney is more likely than Obama to help our economy by decreasing debt, stabilizing our currency and preventing inflation
Romney is more likely than Obama to keep our trade laws from being burdensome
Unlike Obama, Romney understands that countries shouldn't subsidize their private businesses
Every decision Romney made as Governor in a very liberal state has been on the side of favoring life
Governor Romney Has A Record Of Siding With Life
Mormonism
Romney has demonstrated that he does not seek to force his beliefs in a government settings
Romney has repeatedly made strong arguments for the separation of church and state
Romney should be asked about weird things Mormon leaders have said
Romney has said that he will not be controled by Church policy
Romney should be asked the following question: The man who might become the next president of your church and your prophet has said that the greatest threat to the church and the gospel are feminists, intellectuals, and gays. How will this affect your interaction with these groups
Romney is less likely than Obama to make backroom deals with Russia
Romney will be more careful with our money than Obama
Romney will Prevent voter fraud. Obama will not.
Romney will properly balance environmental and business needs. Obama won't
Romney's great-grandparents moved to Mexico to escape religious persecution
Romney's grandparents were not persecuted, the government tried to protect their children
South Carolina
How would you make life and death decisions
Would you as president propose to Congress appropriate legislation pursuant to the 14th Amendment to protect human life in all stages and conditions
Would you even incrementally privatize Fannie and Freddie
Would you repeal Dodd-Frank
Would you repeal Sarbanes- Oxley
Would you repeal the community reinvestment act
Speeches
The pursuit of the difficult makes men strong
Unlike Obama, Romney won't appoint radicals
Eric Holder is a radical
We can trust Romney more than Obama
Obama has proven that he doesn't respect democracy, when he told Russia that he would be more flexible after the election
Obama is less trustworthey than Romney
Obama broke his promise to recognize the Armenian genocide
Obama broke his promise to reinstate a special envoy for the Americas
Obama didn't even try to keep his promise to Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN
Obama lied when he said he would allow five days of public comment before signing bills
Obama lied when he said he would allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009
Mohamed Atta
Mohamed Atta should not have been allowed on a plane
Mohamed Atta would not have passed a pledge of allegiance oath with a lie detector
Mohamed Atta, having led the September 11th attacks can be blamed for all the deaths that happened on September 11th, as well as the Deaths resulting from the wars in Iraq, and Afghanistan
Myclob
Equations for everything
James
Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy McPherson)
Women won't vote for Newt
Callista would be a significant liability +7
Rick Santorum
Legalizing gay marriage will not lead to legalizing incest
Rick Santorum is too extreme on Abortion
Santorum is too pro-union
In 1992, Santorum Sided With Labor Unions Against Congressional Republicans And Then-President Bush In Voting Against A Measure To End A Railroad Labor Dispute
In 1993, Santorum Sided With The Clinton Administration And Congressional Democrats In Voting To Prohibit Employers From Hiring Permanent Replacements For Striking Workers
Santorum Joined With Congressional Democrats In Voting To Promote And Defend The Davis-Bacon Act
Santorum lies
Santorum lied when he said his earmarking was transparent
Santorum wears his religion on his sleeves too much
We can't tell kids in the hood that life is fair with Paris Hilton parading her drug use, disregard for the law, wealth, and fame
Politics
Balancing the Budget
Line Item Veto
Education
Energy
Environment
Global Warming
A carbon tax is better than a cap and trade system
Obama is wrong on the cap and trade auction system +10
Europe's cap-and-trade system has encountered major problems
Foreign Policy
America shouldn't be the leader of the free world -2
Because the USA came so close to nuclear war during the Cuban missile crises we proved to the world that we can not be trusted to pick good leaders
Health Care Reform
Healthcare cost is a bigger problem than coverage
Obama should have tried to reduce healthcare cost before he tried to cover more people
Obama should have tried to reduce healthcare cost before he tried to cover more people
Issues
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action does more harm than good to minorities
Affirmative action is discrimination by another name
Affirmative action is fair because of past racism, discrimination, and slavery
Affirmative action is only way to level playing field
Economic affirmative action makes more sense than pure racial preference
Anomaly of "poor white Appalachian" less important than broad racism
Laws sheould be "race-blind" to counter discrimination
Illegal Immigration
Impact from Illegal Immigration
Allowing millions of people into our nation without any paperworks poses a very real security issue
America has nothing to fear from today’s immigrants
Illegal immigration takes jobs away from citizens who are better integrated into our country
Solutions to Illegal Immigration
A 700 mile fence will help channel illegal immigrants to areas patrolled by border agents
A 700-mile fence will help stop illegal immigration
A fence is justified as a sovereign regulation of cross-border flows
Activities that stop illegal immigration improve national security
Citizens being killed and maimed by foreigners with terrible habits who should not be in our country
Fences have a history of preventing immigration
We should build a US Mexico border fence
We should require an immediate arrest and deportation for any illegal immigrant convicted of drinking and driving
Illegal immigrants are killing Americans
Ramiro Gallegos killed Scott Gardner, put his wife in a coma, and orphaned his children
Reform
There should be a year long waiting period between when bills are proposed and passed
Jobs and Economic Growth
Creative destruction is a necessary part of capitalism
We should limit the size of financial institutions
We should prevent banks from becoming too big to allow to fail
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Miscellaneous
All is fair in politics -1
Former Governor Willard Mitt Romney
Early life and early education
It would be nice to have a republican presidential candidate, like Romney, who graduated at the top of his Harvard Law and Business classes +7
Education, marriage and family
I would make a good politician
National Security
Parties
Republican Party
Politicians should not use commercials
Politicians should wear lie detectors
Reform
Government should have term limits
Religion and Politics
Under God complies with separation of Church and State
Smaller Smarter Simpler Government
Big government is bad
Big government invites corporate special interests
Big government is bad for the individual
History has many bad examples of bad big governments
Power is better given to individuals than governments
Social Policy
Abortion
Abortion is a black or white issue
When a fetus is not viable we must consider the mother's wishes more than a baby that is completely viable
Abortion Morality
Abortion is immoral
Bodily rights
A mother that does not have access to legal abortion, that does not want her child may not care for the child
Abortion is a woman’s choice and does not concern the state
Abortion may be immoral, but it is still a woman's right
Women have a right to her body that includes a right to abortion
Women must control their bodies or risk becoming servants of the fetus
Father's Rights
Abortion is the woman's choice, not the father's
Mother's Rights
A woman has the sole right to decide to seek an abortion
If women can't be trusted with "choice", how can they be trusted with children?
It is illogical to say that women have a right to their body that includes the right to end life
No-one else carries the child for her; it will be her responsibility alone, and thus she should have the sole right to decide
Sexual emancipation and equality
States Rights
State funded abortion is terrible
States should be able to make most abortions illegal
We should return the issue of abortion to the states
Unborn Baby Rights
Fetal pain debate
Fetal personhood debate
Animal Welfare
Animals do not have rights
If animals eat each other, we can eat them
It is OK to conduct animal experiments
There are many things we can do to ensure that animal experiments are done in an ethical way
We can care about animals without thinking they are equal to humans
We don't have to treat animals better than they treat each other
Crime and Justice
society should regulate activities that it feels are harmful
Taxes
Effect of taxes on the economy
Tax cuts for rich can be safely expired as they offer little stimulus
Tax cuts for the poor are quicker at helping the economy
When employment goes down, you should give money to wealthy people because they own businesses and will hire more workers
Estate and Gift Taxes
Good republicans have supported the estate tax
It is better to tax wealth than income
Paris Hilton is a good reason to have an estate tax
The Estate Tax is double taxation
The estate tax is good (+9)
The estate tax is unfair to the wealthy
The Estate Tax will unfairly harm farmers and small business owners
The government should tax a percentage of estates over 2 million dollars when parents give money to their children
Flat Tax
Republicans should not support the flat tax
Republicans should be concerned about income inequality
Social mobility has been sliding in the United States
Forms of taxation
It is not fair to tax a bread when it goes from a grocery store to a poor person, but not tax an estate being transfered from the mega-wealthy to their offspring
Newt Gingrich
Progressive taxes are fair
Progressive taxes punish hard work
Progressive taxes punish those who are willing to work harder and are able to develop more marketable skills
Tax History
Bush didn't tax the rich enough
Clinton taxed the rich too much
We should let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire in 2010
Tax rates
Rich people who live in the USA pay too much in taxes
The rich don't pay enough in taxes
Tax uses
Taxation Ethics
Everyone should pay the same income tax rate
Everyone should pay the same same income tax amount
It is wrong to use taxes for things that people have major moral problems with
Tax money should not go to provocative art
You can't tax the rich at a higher rate and say that you are fair
We should create an algorithm to set tax policy
We should have a progressive tax rate
The fact that I made this website, means I'm pretty cool
The government is encouraging activities that they subsidize
The government should ensure that life on welfare is not enjoyable
The government should use a device that charges taxies $.10 per honk
The ideal international community is one based on co-operation among equals, not a hierarchical system of leaders and followers
Values
We need to fight voter fraud
We should require book reports from congressmen
Young people should support Mitt Romney over Barack Obama
Relationships
Friends
You should try to find the best friends you can
Polygamy
Anti-polygamy laws do more harm than good
Raids on polygamists are traumatizing to these communities
Bare branches are more likely than other males to turn to vice and violence
Because polygamy causes some men to have no one to marry, and this is socially destabilizing we should outlaw polygamy
Compound polygamy is bad
Conclusion: Polygamy should be illegal
Hatred of the show Big Love is justified
If we legalize polygamy we should ensure that it does not happen on a compound
Instead of outlawing all polygamy we could so tightly regulate it that we insure children and women are not abused
It is acceptable to criticize polygamist by calling them inbreed hillbillies
Comparison between inbreed hillbillies and compound polygamist are accurate
It is acceptable to criticize polygamist in general by calling them inbreed hillbillies
It is not impossible to determine if Polygamy as a whole is more bad than good for society
Legalized polygamy opens a slippery slope to legalizing polyamory
Legally recognizing polygamy would result in a lot of legal problems
Polygamous divorce is a legal nightmare in dividing children and property
Polygamy allows men to avoid controlling their sexual impulses
Polygamy as a whole is more bad than good for society
Polygamy harms men
Polygamy harms society
Polygamy is bad
Polygamy is so repugnant that it doesn't deserve respect
Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry
Polygamy leaves some men with no women to marry
Polygamy, if legalized, would likely happen in numbers that would significantly increase the ratio of available men to women
Scarcity of women leads to a situation in which men with advantages will marry, but others will not.
Sister wives Glamorizes Polygamy
Society suffers when there are more men than women
Unmarried men are a menace to society
The show Big Love glamorizes Polygamy
Bill Paxton, from Big Love, is much more glamorous than most polygamist husbands
The Women on Big Love are much more attractive than the average polygamist
The show Big Love misrepresent polygamy
The typical polygamist looks like an inbreed hillbilly because both groups have had problems with inbreeding
The world has too many single men
There are more men than women on our planet
When men do not have enough available women for marriage, bad things happen
Religion
Christianity
Church-State Issues
Churches with no paid ministry have to constantly hassle their members +0
Creation vs. Evolution
Our ancestors descended from apelike creatures
Faiths and Practices
Christianity
Christ really lived
Ancient Christian creeds exist from the time of Christ
Denominations and Sects
Mormons
Culture and practices
It is difficult to be a Mormon
Mormons are annoying
The fact that their is no paid ministry helps make Mormons more annoying
The Mormon church asks its members to be perfect
History
Joseph Smith lied about the Book of Abraham
If the history of the Church is not true, it is a waste of time to use the teachings of the Church
You shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water
Its cool how the Mormon church has the Aaronic and Melchisedech priesthood
JS believed he had a vision of God and Jesus
Mainstream Mormon theology
Gender
Gay rights are a choice
If someone in a high religious calling commits a serious sin, it indicates that the calling was not from God
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon teaches good things
The LDS church emphasizes genealogy too much
The Mormon church presents a view of God that is more fair than other churches
The things that Gordon B Hinckley taught indicate that he is inspired
Theological foundations
Official changes in religious ceremonies indicate that the ceremony was not inspired
Relation to Christianity
If Joseph Smith told big lies than the Mormon church must not be inspired
If you say that Joseph Smith was evil, then you have to say that many of the Popes were evil
If your church made real big mistakes in the past, or its leaders weren't much better than you, why should you totally alter your life, doing what it says, when what it is telling you might be a mistake also
It is important to analyze unbiased history around Joseph Smith
It is worse for the Mormon church if Joseph Smith was evil, than it is for the Catholic church if some of the Popes were evil
Joseph Smith constructed the Book of Mormon from his own imagination but it was nonetheless a God-inspired work
Joseph Smith had relationships with women so much younger than him, that it shows that he did not value them as intellectual or spiritual beings
Joseph Smith was a prophet of God
Joseph Smith was just a great con man
Joseph smith's motivations were pure
Joseph Smith's sex life is evidence that he was not a prophet
No church should have a paid ministry
The fact that cool doctrines didn't come from the Church until educated people joined the Mormon church leads you to believe that Joseph Smith might not have been the author of these doctrines
The quest for perfection can be counterproductive
You can believe that Joseph was once inspired but had fallen
You can logically believe that Joseph was once inspired but had fallen
Relation to Judaism
The Mormon church combines the old and new testament in a more coherent story
The Book of Mormon
The LDS church claims they are better because they have direct communication, and a prophet to lead them in this day, however they seem to be learning from trial and error just like other churches
The Mormon church was founded after other religions, and so you would expect it's doctrines to have fewer problems
The witnesses to the book of Mormon never denied seeing it
There are many reasons to believe that the Mormon church is not true
There are many reasons to believe the Mormon church is true
Individual Clergy
God could use a deeply flawed person as a prophet
Pat Robertson gives religion a bad name
The reformation was able to fix many of Christianity's problems
Discrimination
Islam
Martyrs are killed by the enemy, not self-murdered in order to kill innocents
Some Muslims have shown themselves incapable of this basic rule of democratic life
We should help threatened Islamic states with micro-credit and banking +12
We should help threatened Islamic states with the rule of law +6
It goes too far to say that there is no God
It is better to be agnostic than to be a secular humanist
Secular Humanist
Secular humanism is good
Secular humanist don't offer anything unique
God
God - Existence of
The absence of proof is not the proof of absence
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
People
Punishment
People should not get excommunicated from a church for telling the truth
Religious bigotry
Religious Discrimination
Religious History
religious life
People tend to find religious practices that help them, and then they try to make everyone else do it
Religious studies
Secularism and criticism of religion
Children can not be so guilty of sin that they deserve to be killed
Ethically God is allowed to follow the Bill Cosby principle: You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out
It was petty of God to send bears to kill youths that made fun of Elijah: Score -3
Richard Dawkins is an idiot
Dawkins is stupid when he says that God's jealousy contributes to him being one of the most unpleasant character in all fiction
It is stupid to say that god is one of the most unpleasant characters in all fiction
Even if you think the God of the Old Testament is bad, it is over-the-top to say he is one of the most unpleasant characters in all fiction
The fact that God allowed Men, Women, and Childen be killed so Israel could have a homeland is problematic: Score: -3
The God of the Old Testament is bloodthirsty
The God of the Old Testament is petty
The God of the Old Testament is unjust
The God of the Old Testament jealous and proud of it
The people that God killed in the Old Testament deserved it
Talks
Prayer
The God of the Old Testament is unjust
If God were completely fair, we would all spend eternity in hell paying for our sin, which is exactly what we deserve
The Scattering and Gathering of Israel
The search for perfection, even if you know you will never obtain it, brings meaning to our struggles
We should be careful remaking our society
Women
Polygamy is insulting to women
Pregnant women should not fast for Ramadan
Fasting during Ramadan results in many birth defects
Sexuality
If we allow gays to marry, what is to stop polygamy +0
Politics of Sexuality
Allowing gays to marry will create a more stable society +1
Being gay is a choice -1
Same-sex unions promote the values conservatives prize +0
The Republican core has been hijacked by an aggressive campaign for a reversal of social momentum toward equality -2
Women should try to marry a suitable man +2
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