Let's assume your suppositions are true - that all black people will vote for 0bama and that because of this, republicans do not want black people to vote. So by requiring photo i.d., the Republicans are going to stop blacks from voting? Because why? Because blacks don't have photo i.d.'s? Is that true? They don't? Why not? They don't drive? They don't cash checks? The don't do any of the millions of other things that require a photo i.d? I didn't know that! So let's say they REALLY want to vote. What's stopping them from getting a photo i.d.? Are you saying they are too STUPID to get a photo i.d? Who is the racist now?

Charles - you make an EXCELLENT point.... "He (she) knew the truth, but it didn't matter until he (she) knew other people knew."

I'm almost embarrassed to admit that diagramming sentences was the highlight of my grammar schools years - I LOVED it!!

Amen, amen, amen!!!

Apokalupsis - you are 100% correct. My children attended a government school and the parents were extremely involved (sometimes to the disdain of the teachers!). They received an excellent education, BUT......when my daughter was involved in the Glee Club, the English words to "Feliz Navidad" were changed to "I want to wish you a happy holiday". Couldn't say "Merry Christmas". Of course, the words "Feliz Navidad" were ok. Maybe they didn't understand what that meant, or maybe Spanish was ok, but English wasn't? My point is that, even if the parents are engaged and the education is excellent, there is still the underlying liberal ideology in government schools. We were able to fix that at home, but a lot of parents don't.

Robert, you're right. Parents should NOT be allowed to raise their children to be just as "ignorant, narrow-minded, intolerant and self-righteous as they are". Thank God (oops) we have the government to see to it that they are raised "properly".

AMEN, c5c5! That sentence jumped out at me right away and I thought the same thing! It is NOT the responsibility of the government to forcibly take money from citizens to provide a safety net. No one should ever be forced to help another person; however, I am sure that there would be plenty of people who would be willing to help his fellow man when there is a need.

Actually, r729's response seems pretty fact-based to me.

And this is ALL happening because YOU are using incandescent light bulbs.

And BOTH are cause by Global Climate Change. As are any floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, clouds, droughts, .........