The Daily Skunk

I had a great idea strike me just moments ago:
Let’s give America’s big three auto makers welfare!  Damn, Pelosi beat me to it. 
Wait, I have another:  Let the auto makers bust the unions and open the positions up to ANYONE who will do it (with the caveat that anyone be LEGALLY in our country).  Now we [...]

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I’ll come out and say it, “I voted for John McCain”.  I’m not afraid to say that as I am very proud of voting Republican and what that vote stands for.  I can stand for a change in government, in fact I am all for it once and a while, but this election was not [...]

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Well, I guess this uneducated fool gets to voice his thoughts now.  With the addition of roughly $1,000,000,000,000 debt to our balance sheet, we may indeed bankrupt our country by trying to “save” it. 
At what point will we all realize that the government has overstepped the Constitution, or rather left it atop a huge, steaming pile [...]

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Say what you want about Senator Barack Obama’s lack of experience, but remember that George Washington had literally NO experience whatsoever before he assumed the Presidency of the United States. Lincoln as well had little experience before his trip to the White House. And George Bush, sadly, had lots of experience in government and look [...]

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We are coming upon one of the most interesting and scary elections (based on outcome – either way) in the history of the United States, in my opinion.
 
I believe this is going to divide our country like few things have since the Civil War. I know this sounds extreme, and I’m not implying that any [...]

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A Humanist Position on Abortion
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Why Do We Need A Humanist Position on Abortion?

As I read theological perspectives on abortion from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim scholars, I was struck by the fact that I hadn’t encountered a Humanist position. This is particularly interesting to me in light of the fact that Humanism is now [...]

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This is an interesting opinion piece I came across in the NY Times from the past week or two.
It discusses the fact that Barack Obama has renounced Islam, embraced the Christian faith and how this will be seen through the eyes of the Muslim world if he is elected president.
President Apostate?

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The Libertarian Case for “Open Borders”

Before we begin our discussion of the Libertarian case in support of “open borders,” we ought to define exactly what we mean by “open borders.” What I have in mind is the abolition of current governmental restrictions on legal immigration – in particular the abolition of immigration quotas for [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QmJNZMBeg
This is billed as the most important video on the net.  See for yourself.  The text follows:
This is the most important video on the internet 
…but only… 
… if you choose to participate and if you forward this video and create your own. 
“Two thousand years ago, a Roman Senator suggested that all slaves wear white armbands to better [...]

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Found this site, not sure how but figured you skunkers would be interested.
The Center For Public Integrity

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