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No, I did not imply such a thing. Such a conclusion would be absolutely absurd considering none of the nations have a zero survival rate. Your own source, however, implies that the survival rate in the US is biased due to including more cases that are treated that don't necessarily require treatment. Like I said, it's funny how you thought the source was credible until it was pointed out that it does not imply what you think it implies, after which, you suddenly require more supporting sources. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Interesting how it's Obama, and not McCain who wants to eliminate the corporate tax incentives that encourage that very behavior. Pardon? From what I'm reading, they're both talking about reductions - so far, McCain is the only one putting numbers on it (reducing corporate tax from 35% to 25%). Obama talks about reducing business tax, but then talks about 'a trillion dollars in loopholes'. So, which is it? Reduce the business taxes, or close the loopholes? Let's see some hard numbers. From Obama's website • Eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses, cut corporate taxes for firms that invest and create jobs in the United States, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare and to reward investments in innovation. … • Eliminating Capital Gains Taxes for Entrepreneurs and Investors in Small Business. Barack Obama understands that small businesses are the engines of our economy, and he will eliminate all capital gains taxes on investments in small and start up firms. • Cutting Corporate Tax Rates for Firms that Create Jobs in America. Barack Obama will repeal tax breaks and loopholes that reward corporations that retain their earnings overseas, and will use those savings to lower corporate tax rates for companies that expand or start operations in the United States. • Offering a Small Business Healthcare Tax Credit: To help small businesses compete in the global economy while still providing quality health insurance, Barack Obama will offer a new refundable 50 percent health tax credit on employee premiums paid by employers. His comprehensive healthcare plan will relieve health costs for all firms by bringing down national healthcare costs by $2,500 per family, annually. McCain would tax employer contributions to employee health insurance plans for the first time in history. • Making the R&D Tax Credit Permanent. Barack Obama will make the Research and Development tax credit permanent so that firms can rely on it when making decisions to invest in domestic R&D over multi-year timeframes. • Obama Would Lower Taxes For the Vast Majority of Small Businesses. The Suggestion that Obama Would Raise Taxes on 23 Million Small Businesses is Patently False. Because the Obama plan preserves existing tax rates for families making less than $250,000 a year, nearly 99 % of small business owners won’t see any tax increase under the Obama plan. Instead, these small firms and business owners are likely to get a tax cut under the Obama plan, which eliminates capital gains taxes for small businesses, provides a new 50% tax credit for healthcare, and helps lower health care costs to make small businesses competitive. … The McCain campaign’s tired attack on small business taxes has been thoroughly repudiated: Factcheck.org called it “preposterous”; Politico called it “off-base”; the Atlantic called it a “lie”. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yes, I did. And, when I wrote it, I also quoted the relevant passage from your own source. Try reading that. Perhaps while you're at it, you might take the time to learn what the term strawman means. Here's an example: Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Seems to work pretty well in the US Army. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

No dude, she didn't. She made a comment about shooting criminals, since her local sheriff's department is useless. She worded it somewhat ambiguously, although everyone but you knew what she meant. I used that ambiguity as an opportunity to point out that Ice-T, who's group Body Count recorded the song Cop Killer, went on to play a cop on television. Give us a fucking break. Do you really believe that a cop dying on the job is as tragic as office workers dying in a terrorist attack that most of them never anticipated? If your job is too scary for you, you should find a new line of work. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

A pretty good description of the US, consistent with my own observations in my thirty-five years experience. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

And your point is? How many of those knew the job was dangerous when they signed on? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Right. Initially someone made up the initial fable. Heck, initially, it may have even been a non-fiction account told for the sake of posterity. Like memories, each retelling was a little bit different, with details changing here and there, sometimes being added for the benefit of the audience. Eventually, it had morphed into something that had little to no basis in reality. Spans the universe in the sense that it is fully contained within the universe, but requires the entire universe to be contained (i.e. God == universe)? That's easy. In that case, god exists and is readily observable. One could even credibly argue that such a god is consistent with the teachings of Christ and Christianity prior to the Council of Nicea. The modern Christian church, however, teaches the existence of a supernatural god, which would not fit within the confines of that definition. Please define spirituality. It could be due to one or more of several explanations. The cultures could have had nearly no communication with one another, but still have had a limited number of persons who traveled between their locales. That would allow religious teachings to be passed between cultures, in much the same way mathematics have passed between cultures. While the nature of mathematics would allow for consistency of concepts through such transfers, the nature of historical/religious teachings would not have the same built in safeguards. Another possibility is that as cultures developed, the each found many of the same moral practices useful for the survival/success of the people. Similar fables could have been created within different cultures to help teach these moral values. Many atheists are open minded to the possibility of the existence of god. As soon as there is some evidence to suggest that such an entity should be considered, they will consider it. Just like with water on Mars, we didn't start with hard evidence of its existence. Before we had such evidence, we had evidence to suggest the reasonable possibility, evidence that warranted further investigation. Thus far, there is no credible evidence to suggest that possible existence of a supernatural being, nothing to warrant investigation. The same could be said of the existence of zombies or Godzilla. No, the most scientific approach is to wait to consider the possibility until we make observations suggesting the existence of a supernatural god is a reasonable possibility. To be fair, we can logically prove that an omniscient creator cannot create beings with freewill. We can also find paradox in the concept of omnipotence (i.e. Can an omnipotent being create a rod that even that omnipotent being cannot bend?). While we can't wholly disprove the possibility of a supernatural god, we can logically deduce limitations of the characteristics of such an entity and any of its creations. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

If you consider being there for over 50 years not staying there, then yes, you're right. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

If I laugh any harder at the ridiculousness of this statement, I'll probably lose bowel control. If you feel it's an attack, it's not. It's simply ridicule. Raw footage != work product at any DZ I've ever frequented. It definitely wasn't when I was a working videographer. Raw footage is part of work in progress. I've never jumped at any DZ's in Utah, but I suspect videographers there are also expected to mix/edit the raw footage with music to give the customer a polished finished product. Physical recording media certainly doesn't equal work product. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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Agian he is not runing for office. This is getting old. Neither is Bush Perhaps you haven't been keeping up with current events. Bush is, unfortunately, the current POTUS. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Remind us again how cutting the funding for education will improve that? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Brilliant idea, Mike, as we've come to expect from you. After all, why should we be concerned about whether or not kids actually learn anything at school? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Interesting how it's Obama, and not McCain who wants to eliminate the corporate tax incentives that encourage that very behavior. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You should link to the posts instead of quoting a single line out of context. Thus far, none of the quotes appear to support your assertion. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Damn few of them were Christian. If the US is a Christian nation, it's because it has been hijacked by Christians, not because it was founded by them. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yes, I did. Did you? If so, then you understand that she doubted the existence of god, according to her own words. She continued to do work that benefited the poor, because she had faith that it was the right thing to do. That doesn't imply that she retained faith in god. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

There is something inherently wrong with a system in which only many, rather than all people incarcerated belong behind bars. You are aware that we're near, if not at, the top of that list, too, right? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

No, you didn't. You used an example of someone who tried very hard and wanted very much to believe, yet couldn't. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

No, she did not have blind faith; she doubted the existence of god. Lord, my God, who am I that You should forsake me? The Child of your Love — and now become as the most hated one — the one — You have thrown away as unwanted — unloved. I call, I cling, I want — and there is no One to answer — no One on Whom I can cling — no, No One. — Alone ... Where is my Faith — even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness — My God — how painful is this unknown pain — I have no Faith — I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart — & make me suffer untold agony. So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them — because of the blasphemy — If there be God — please forgive me — When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven — there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul. — I am told God loves me — and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. Did I make a mistake in surrendering blindly to the Call of the Sacred Heart?. Mother Teresa Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear, the tongue moves but does not speak ... I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have free hand. Mother Teresa I utter words of Community prayers — and try my utmost to get out of every word the sweetness it has to give — But my prayer of union is not there any longer — I no longer pray. Mother Teresa Those are not words of someone with blind faith. Those are words of someone who doubts the very existence of god. That doesn't lessen her life's accomplishments any. If anything, it makes those accomplishments more impressive. It offers an example demonstrating that one needn't believe in god to do good things in the world. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Mother Teresa is probably not the best example you could use. She had serious doubts about her faith for over fifty years, according to her correspondence with confessors. She is an excellent example of how one need not believe in god to do good in the world. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Did you read your own source? That's where the information came from. It's funny how you think a source is infallible until someone points out that it doesn't imply what you think it implies, and after that it is of questionable credibility. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the US imprisons more of its population, both in absolute numbers and per capita, than any other nation on the planet. It's rather difficult to reconcile that fact with the assertion that the US is far from a police state. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Someone else once said something to that effect (before he started playing a cop on TV). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!