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by justin maloney
Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:46 pm
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: I think I am the only Conservative on the Board
Replies: 80
Views: 57843

Saying that "i cant afford college" is not an excuse, if you join the military you make a sh*at load of money to pay your way through college and have extra. I have a friend who is doing that. Poor people can enlist and go to college. Exactly what you are saying is an issue that many people have ri...
by justin maloney
Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:57 pm
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: National healthcare
Replies: 29
Views: 32165

Fix the tort law, and start encouraging or requiring doctors, hospitals and pharmacies to donate time, care, and medicine, and we can have universal health care without the monster socialist program. Bassjones quote When CBO applied the methods used in the study of Medicare patients hospitalized for...
by justin maloney
Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:59 am
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: I think I am the only Conservative on the Board
Replies: 80
Views: 57843

If we are going to talk Welfare lets get some of the numbers. Administration for Children and Families (section of department of health and human services that operates Welfare. Actual 2003 budget: 12,999 amount given in millions As a comparison: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Defense ...
by justin maloney
Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:28 pm
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: I think I am the only Conservative on the Board
Replies: 80
Views: 57843

I can agree with you that it would be great for people to do those sort of things on their own. The problem is that these actons had to be taken by the government because people weren't doing them on their own. As far as your list of things that you don't know a conservative that wants to do...Poiso...
by justin maloney
Tue Oct 12, 2004 1:38 pm
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: I think I am the only Conservative on the Board
Replies: 80
Views: 57843

BassJones, In much of your postings I don't get the sense of you being a "conservative". It seems as if many of your view points and ideals fall into line with "liberals". I don't mean to make a judgement without knowing you personally, it just seems as if you label yourself "conservative" due to op...
by justin maloney
Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:50 am
Forum: Political Opinions
Topic: I think I am the only Conservative on the Board
Replies: 80
Views: 57843

A good book to read on modern politics is "Whatever happened to Kansas" by Thomas Frank (former editor for the baffler) In it he talks about how Kansas is considered to be the heart of the heatland where normalcy prevails. Think about how many times you have heard such rhetoric from politicians. Kan...