Publicani

1. Say it’s not a big deal
2. Question motivation of everybody including interviewer
3. Don’t answer questions
4. Complain that you are interrupted because you disagree
and if all else fails ask:
5. What about the Bush administration?

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Russian strategic nuclear bombers are flying near U.S. airspace and we stopped intercepting them. “We just leave them alone,” said adm. Winnefeld: Why? What’s our new military strategery? “Obama administration has done a good job of trying to hit the reset button with these guys, and sooner or later they’ve got to respond.”
Another example [...]

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From Rand Paul’s interview:
MADDOW: Do you think that a private business has the right to say we don’t serve black people?
PAUL: I am not in favor of any discrimination of any form. …
…In the totality of it, I’m in favor of the federal government being involved in civil rights and that’s, you know, mostly [...]

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Paul Krugman wrote a piece blaming libertarians for the BP oil spill, saying “If libertarianism requires incorruptible politicians to work, it’s not serious.”

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Nowadays, it’s nearly impossible to come across even an indirect evidence of God’s existence. So I am happy to tell you about an experiment unrolling in front of our eyes that depending on its outcome will provide some support for or against it.
Warren Buffet, an ardent supporter of Barack Obama, has been leading the [...]

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Was the victory of Iraq’s war worth the war?
Let’s see: (> means greater than)
> 4,000  US Troops dead
> 30,000 wounded
> 30% develop serious mental health problems
> $ 1 trillion spent
> 600,000 Iraqi civilians killed
> 2 milliom Iraqi displaced inside Iraq
> 2 million Itaqi Refugees in Syria and Jordan
> 40% professiohnals left Iraq

Why did we do it? [...]

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Obama just said in the same conversation on the same topic that he will abandon two major options AND keep all the options intact.

According to NYT, Obama will “substantially narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons, even in self defense.” He also said that we will stop developing [...]

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How strongly will you work to:
1. end affirmative actions?
2. end federal income tax?
3. close our borders?
What do you want to do with illegal immigrants?
4. close our military bases in other countries?
5. bring our troops home?
6. phase out federal government entitlement program?
7. end minimum wage laws?
8. abolish election finance laws?
9. encourage homeschooling and private schools?
10. reduce [...]

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Today, I received this email from andri.manager@gmail.com:
What is incometax?
Would you consider giving me a hand or at least some advice based on your experience? Any help appreciated.
Thanks. Warmest Regards, Tim
It looked weird. One tip off that it is likely not a real person is that he signs a different name (Tim) than is [...]

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The facts
Obama released the Torture Memo and said that those who designed the rules for torture may face criminal charges.
It was reported most recently here, here, and here. Watch Obama talk about it here.
Counterarguments
His opponents (Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Really) argue that:

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