Blog Catalog Group Discussions: Skilled political debate

damn politicians!'

thebastard — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:22:16 -0500

If I wanted to see public figures talk shit and back it up with no action, talk about shit they never did, fight each other for each others wealth instead of just exchanging, prance around the world with AK47s for other people's causes and get stabbed in the back, promise to give the people what they want when they damn well know the people don’t even know what they need, ear fuck half the population and have them begging for more, I’ll just watch another Hip Hop video…

But wait…Hip Hop is dead.

good blog'

alaamohmad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:27:08 -0500

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Recently blogged about Corruption'

samee27 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:03:04 -0500

Hello I'm a newbie in blogspot. I blog about school and social issues because I'm a sociology major in college, and I include my photographs from my everyday life. Hope you come and visit my site. It's samanthacoronado.blogspot.com. Don't forget to comment if you see something you like. Thanks.

I'm not just a follower you see. I'm a reader. Please read mine, give intelligent comments and I shall do the same. :]

Conservative discussion'

ConservativeOne — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:58:27 -0500

I am a conservative, but the only liberals I seem to dislike are politicians. I love to engage my friends on political discussion. I have a blog called the conservative majority at http://conservativemajorityamerica.blogspot.com. Please stop buy, and I welcome comments on both sides as long as they are civil.

Debate on the Left'

Vaughann722 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:51:41 -0500

Dear friends; I'm writing to invite you all to check out my blog: 'Left Focus'. We provide progressive perspectives from the Left: including liberal, social democratic, democratic socialist and Green viewpoints.

While the blogmaster is based in Australia, we also welcome perspectives from around the world - including the US. Our blog has a mixture of Australian, American and international perspectives.

Pls feel welcome to visit us regularly. And if you're a capable left-wing writer - maybe even approach us with ideas for articles... Further - if you're sympathetic you're also welcome to give us a positive rating, and positive feedback. Again - the name of out blog is: Left Focus.

ALSO - you're all welcome to debate the issues we cover in the blog here... Browse through our archives, raise the issues we cover, let us know what you think.

most sincerely,

Tristan

Introducing The Political and Financial Markets Commentator'

halthouse1 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:00:13 -0600

Just wanted to introduce my self and my blog to the group. If you get a chance to take a look at it, I'd appreciate any thoughts and comments.

Happy New year.

Mike

WAR against TERROR/POLITICIANS?????INDIA IN ANGER AFTER TERRORIST ATTACK'

ankeetsshah — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:52:53 -0600

THE terorists r killed sitution under control.bt what now.now v r fighting with the politicians and dey r fighting for their votebank

wen will this all end????

Do you know Silvio Berlusconi???'

Ingenuo — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:15:22 -0600

The last words of Silvio Berlusconi:

http://ingenuo.netsons.org/2008/11/24/berlusconi-non-risparmia-niente-e-nessuno/

What do you think about???

The Bailout....'

KBB — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:48:48 -0600

What are your opinions on the Federal bailout of our financial and our auto industry? I think we should not touch these corporations without some serious concessions from them first and reenact the regulations that prevented this.

Conservatives may not agree with this but I don't care. If we continue down this road we will all be in the broke and homeless.

What do you think? Who is to blame?

Regards
KBB
www.bluestoneblog.com

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Statistically Impossible Results Unacceptable in the Ukraine but OK in America'

FascistMedia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:08:44 -0600

The McCain campaign is already telling people to ignore major discrepancies between exit polls and election results. bradblog.com has been documenting dozens of disturbing voting machine failures in this election, including vote-flipping incidences. Dems and GOP alike are applying a lower standard for elections in the United States of America than they did for the Ukraine.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/mccain_campaign_exit_polls_wil.php

Lost All Faith'

burtf51 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:17:33 -0500

Hello all, first let me say that I'm not a debater and until about a week ago I have never blogged. With all that has been going on here of lately, I just started writing down my gut feeling to keep from exploding.

I have just about lost faith that any politician is looking out for our best interest.

I am 57 years old and remember a time when children didn't have to be constantly protected from sicko's. When we didn't have to lock our doors in fear that someone would come in and murder us. A time when neighbor helped neighbor and their was no such thing as being politically correct. A time when parents didn't have to monitor what their children watched on television.

It seems to me that people with conservative moral values today are being looked upon as racist and freaks by a growing liberal movement.

What most concerns me are the two parties and their loyalist. Party bickering and finger pointing have stymied all hope that our so called brilliant representatives could ever agree on anything unless it benefits their party which ends up as a Mexican Standoff!

Self Concept and Addiction'

Raziq — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:03 -0500

My blog contains articles on Pak-US relations.

The Virginia Tech Massacre Revisited: What has America learned?… '

chungler — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:04:07 -0500

How does everyone feel about this topic?
I just wrote this article on:
http://collegeandyonder.org/

Please post your thoughts...

Political Parties-the new delusion? '

SeraphAlford — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:17:34 -0500

Peter Kreeft is one of my favorite authors. I love his logical-not necessarily scientific, but logical and deductive-approach to theology. In his book, “Between Heaven and Hell,” he writes:

“I’ve always thought liberal and conservative were terms not to think, but to avoid thinking. You can classify anything as liberal and conservative, then simply declare yourself one or the other, and all your thoughts for the rest of your life can be a knee jerk”

I really agreed with this eloquent statement. The fact is that people have what psychologists call a “mob mentality.” Basically, we loose our sense of self in favor of a communal identity when we gather into large groups. I feel that modern political parties steal the minds of the masses by winning their hearts.

I feel that this is the key-note to Obama’s success, and I note that it’s the same sort of tactics used by cults throughout history.

The shear hypocrisy of Republicans and Democrats seems incredibly obvious to me. Does anybody else agree?

DEBATE: Gay Rights'

voodooKobra — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:19:25 -0500

In order to provide an example of an intellectually honest debate, I would like to challenge one well-established group member to a debate over gay rights. I will be playing the role of a person against gay rights, and will use only Intellectually Honest debate tactics (as laid out here: http://www.johntreed.com/debate.html).

Are gays born that way, and do they deserve the right to marry?'

DennisMarcellino — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:36:41 -0500

Recently gay marriage became legal in California, and gays are getting a buzz from this “victory”. But like with all addictions, this buzz will only be temporary and more ground will be fought for in the future.

When I say “buzz” and “addictions” I’m referring to what I describe in my book (The Plague Of Liberalism) as a psychological disease that liberal activists suffer from: “Freedom Addiction”. That is, they don’t feel free so, like with all addictions where a stronger dose is sought when ultimate satisfaction isn’t achieved, they keep pushing to break the legal barriers that restrict in any way.

Unfortunately they are using and severely hurting this culture and natural maturing of young people in the process. And the other unfortunate part is that, like with all addictions, this psychodramatic charade will never give them the freedom that they crave. Only submitting their inner and outer lives to being in harmony with the observable, inherent designs in nature will. (And my many years of research and experimentation in many different approaches to lifestyle, problem solving, personal growth and truth, have concluded with being able to prove that the Bible contains an inerrant explanation of those designs.)

A key underlying question to this whole issue is: are gays born that way? According to the stand of the APA (American Psychiatric Association) before 1973, the answer is “No”. To see how they changed their position because of heavy intimidation and not science, that story is in my book, which you can see at www.ThePlagueOfLiberalism.com.

Artikel-Portal'

ericola — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:38:51 -0500

greetings from germany.eric. http:www.blickwinkel-portal.de

would Obama bring a white flag to Iraq?'

atlasbear — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:02:19 -0500

www.stopbarack.blogspot.com

The money problem'

daniel23 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:09:18 -0500

http://englishsocialism.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/capitalisms-money-monopoly/

Check out this documentary by Paul Grignon called "Money as Debt" that I posted to my blog. Very, very interesting stuff -- and easy to understand.

Thoughts?

Are you a socialist?'

daniel23 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:01:46 -0500

And if so, what does it mean to you?

I'm a libertarian socialist myself and socialism to me means a break-down of economic and political monopolies and the right of workers to the full product of their labour and ownership of the means of production.

Social optimist or not?'

daniel23 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:18:40 -0500

Are you a social optimist or a social pessimist. Lberals are generally optimists and conservatives generally pessimists. I'm strongly in the pessimist camp -- society is difficult to change, life is violent, crime is a looming reality, holding onto civilisation is hard.

Should Clinton concede?'

MarkPogue — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:44:26 -0500

Should Hillary Clinton concede/quit the Democratic Presidential nomination race?

Bill Clinton on Obama'

MadameX — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:53:21 -0600

I'm interested in views on the position Clinton is taking on Obama. A group I was out with this week waved it aside as "he's running against his WIFE", but I think it's a bit more complex than that, and it's giving me cause for concern. I'm just not sure whether the concern is about Clinton or Obama.

Clinton isn't just endorsing his wife; he's placing himself in a position in which it would be difficult for him to credibly endorse Obama if he ends up the candidate in the general election. That surprises me, and opens up a number of possibilities, none of which I like: a willingness to sacrifice the ultimate outcome of the election on the chance of the Clintons getting what they want, a level of dishonesty I wouldn't have attributed to Clinton, or the possibility that Clinton legitimately doesn't view Obama as the candidate he looks like.

Great Presidents'

MadameX — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:38:19 -0600

Last night at dinner, a friend of mine--one who has always been politically conservative--asked this question: "Has there ever been a great Republican President?"

I did my best to consider the question objectively and wasn't able to come up with any. Obviously, meaningful discussion of the issue requires a common understanding of the word "great", but if anyone has an affirmative answer, I'd be very interested to hear which one and why.

Ron Paul as a Race Baiter'

clioandme — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:48:17 -0600

I placed a thread under this title on the main discussion boards.

http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/ron-paul-as-a-race-baiter

Conservapedia'

clioandme — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:36:11 -0600

Just found a conservative wiki, Conservapedia, which calls itself "the trustworthy encyclopedia," at http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page

I've posted it on the Wikipedia group because of its relevance to the medium, but the thing might warrant some fact-checking and commenting by members of this group.

Who won last nights GOP debate?'

compassioninpoliti — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:38:14 -0600

What was the best/worst question? Who won/lost the debate? Who had the best zinger?

What do you think?

http://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/and-the-winners-of-the-republican-cnnyoutube-debates-weresurvey-says/

The Lighter Side of Politics...'

techfun — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:33:10 -0600

While politics is a very serious matter sometimes it helps to take a break and laugh. Lets use this thread for sharing political humor and that sort of stuff so when you need a break from the serious stuff, you can find something here.

The K Street & Capitol Hill Connection'

techfun — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:48:55 -0600

I just posted about a change to the law that, effective January 1st of 2008, will force Senators to wait two years and House Members to wait one year after leaving office before lobbying Congress.

http://blog.techfun.org/lott-to-slip-through-revolving-door

Senate Minority Whip and former Majority Leader Trent Lott will be announcing his resignation from the Senate today. Lott won re-election just last year and was slated to serve until 2012. Instead he is stepping down after serving less than a year of his current term. He was elected with 376,074 votes, or 63.6% of the electorate in the general election.

If he is indeed stepping down to take a lobbying position before the new law takes effect, what does this say about Congress members commitment to to the people who elected them?

I wonder how the people who contributed time and money to his campaign last year feel about all this. What would you do if your elected official acted like this?

I need your feedback'

libdrone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:59:01 -0600

I can't help noticing that there are over forty of us in this group now but only the same handful of people usually post.

Is there a reason that most of you don't often speak up here? Because everyone's opinions and observations are very much welcome and I hope you won't hesitate to post if you have something to say.

I also want to know what you think about our carnival on the question of obstacles to electing the right Presidential candidate. Are you interested in reading more about this subject if we go through with doing a big press release soliciting entries and then discuss the entries here? This is something that is on the table now but is not going to happen unless I make it happen. And I am not going to do that unless it is something the group members are interested in.

So please, if you've taken the time to join this group and read this message, reply to this thread and introduce yourself. Be sure to include a link to your blog so we can all take a look, then tell me what you think about the carnival or any other thoughts or ideas you have about political stuff on Blog Catalog.

Please. Talk to me folks I need to hear from you.

Speaking of Debate... Who Won Tonight's Democratic Debate (11/15)'

sublumen — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:47:07 -0600

Let me just say first that I've been annoyed by the use of the term "debate" being applied to the candidate showcases in which both major parties have been participating these months. They have not much in common with the sort of debating I learned in high school. (Of course that was about 100 years ago!)

That aside, I would be interested in hearing from anyone who was able to last through most or all of the ordeal. Who made the best showing? Who seemed to do the best job of actually answering the questions? Conversely, who was the worst evader, fence-straddler, flip-flopper? Whose performance may have hurt them most? Who lost, who gained?

Evolution vs. Intelligent Design?'

compassioninpoliti — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:19:40 -0600

Whats your opinion in the evolution vs. intelligent design debate? Two nights ago PBS had a documentary and I critiqued it on more than six levels. If you have an opinion, feel free to chime in.

http://compassioninpolitics.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/6-flaws-in-evolution-the-pbs-special-on-the-evolution-contraversy-a-metaphor-for-the-radical-misteps-of-mass-media/

Obstacle Meme-- List of blog posts'

libdrone — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:57:48 -0600

I am absolutely thrilled to see a lively discussion has started on the meme post. To make it easier for everyone to follow the meme around the blogs this thread is a list of the blog posts so that you don't have to wade through the discussion to find them. Note this thread is only for the list of blog posts and is not open for discussions.

Please continue to discuss posts and add new posts here:

http://www.blogcatalog.com/group/skilled-political-debate/discuss/entry/the-biggest-obstace-to-electing-the-right-presidential-candidate

Tiffany and I will unlock and add posts to this thread as we see them added in the thread above. Links to your blog posts on this meme can also be mailed to either libdrone at gmail dot com or tlsanders at gmail dot com. We will be continuing this meme for the entire month of November and Blog Catalog will do a MAJOR publicity blitz about this thread mid month, so if the topic interests you at all try to get a blog post up and submitted by mid month so as to benefit from the buzz.

Political Blogging Resources'

techfun — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:43:26 -0500

I came across a few links people might find useful when blogging about or discussing politics and figured this would be a good place to stick them so people can find them when needed:

Washington Post's The Fact Checker ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/factchecker )
Annenberg Political Fact Check at UPenn ( http://www.factcheck.org )
St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly's Politifact.com ( http://www.politifact.com )
Real Clear Politics ( http://www.realclearpolitics.com )

The Biggest Obstace To Electing The Right Presidential Candidate'

libdrone — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:53:23 -0500

By way of introduction this is a new experiment we're trying on Blog Catalog in the Political Debate group. After rockstories and I came up with such different interpretations of the title 'Will Ron Paul Get Zapped by the WOD Third Rail?', we thought it might be interesting to try posting a title and inviting anyone interested to blog on it. So for this week your title is

The Biggest Obstacle To Electing The Right Presidential Candidate

You can write anything you want, approach the topic however you see fit. The hope is that we will see many different ideas that will promote broad discussion. Post your response on your own blog and leave a link in the comments so we will all be able to go and read them and hopefully discuss them here.

I am thrilled to see that we now have 25 members in Skilled Political Debate. For those who are new, please don't be put off by the "skilled" thing. What this really means is that you have three monitors who are skilled in debate and can help move discussions along or point out problems with logic. All we really ask is that you talk about issues instead of of personalities and that you show courtesy to other participants. Which is how I'm sure you want to be treated too.

So go post a blog piece on The Biggest Obstacle To Eecting The Right Presidential Candidate and add your link to the thread.

Will Ron Paul Get Zapped by the WOD Third Rail'

libdrone — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:31:14 -0500

And then I read Ron Paul's position on the War On Drugs. And again I agreed, but this issue is, imho, meatier for a real discussion on the theoretical Hillary vs Paul in November question.

Read the rest of the post at

http://capitalels.blogspot.com/2007/10/ron-paul-will-he-get-zapped-by-wod.html

and let's discuss it here. Could be our most interesting political thread yet.

How Real Is The Hype?'

libdrone — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:49:03 -0500

http://trucex.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/ron-paul-the-real-2008-presidential-candidate/

According to one blogger Ron Paul is reaching way more people online than any of the other major candidates.

Here on Blog Catalog we seem to have a very small but very vocal contingent or RP supporters. But since this is my primary online home, I really don't have any grasp on how Hot or Not RP is out there.

So this one is particularly directed to people who can speak RP's buzz out there in the non-BC universe.

Ron Paul, Internet Frontrunner-- Is the Hype for Real?

Race and Sex in the Presidential Election '

MadameX — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:02:22 -0500

(No, I'm not talking about those alleged infidelities!)

With what seems in these early days like a solid possibility that either Barrack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton will capture the Democratic nomination, we may be looking at the first election in history that is clearly impacted by the race or sex of the candidate.

When either party chooses its candidate, electability is a key issue, and each of these candidates has an inherent characteristic that will undoubtedly be both a draw and a negative. How much will the issues of race and sex and the impact of those characteristics on voter attitudes impact the selection of the Democratic candidate? And will those issues work in favor of or against these candidates?