Not having the death penalty isn't a deterrent either. Sociopathic people don't really seem to consider the threat of death to be an issue when they cold bloodedly murder someone. The idea that a sociopath may be housed and funded by the state via tax payer dollars seems less kind to me than the death penalty both for society and the murderer. Your enemy will not determine that you are kind when you fail to kill him on the battlefield. He will see it as another opportunity to kill you when you are unprepared. The death of one murderer is ultimately a deterrent because one murderer ceases to be.

Come on Hal. You have to admit this a fair point.

It is also an extremely frequent part of the vernacular in the black community.

While Ron Paul is correct about some things (the economy) he is dead wrong about other things (isolationism). If you truly beleive that removing all of America's troops from the rest of the world will make the world safer then you are a fool.

I would agree with your assertion that Republicans should unify behind a candidate if people like you would unify behind a conservative whenever they are chosen in a primary. It seems to me that people like you who classify certain Republicans as being unelectable are part of the problem. You are essentially allowing the Democrats and their flacks in the media to set the agenda. Reagan was unelectable if I remember right. I can't beleive that anyone opposing Obama is unelectable. If you truly believe that any Republican can't beat Obama with one hand tied behind his back given the current economic and social conditions of the country then your vision of what it is to be a Republican is totally useless. You might be more comfortable as a...

I think a more interesting question to you would be: if a conservative Republican wins the primary will you hold your nose and vote for him or her as you instruct conservatives to do with every 'moderate' on the ticket? If the Delaware race was any indication the answer is no. Moderates tend to vote Democrat even when the candidate is a big government tax and spend liberal when there is a conservative on the ticket. This suggests to me that you think government is a solution to problems rather than part of the problem. I think you should just go and be a Democrat and stop pretending. If Republicans are only to vote the way of the Democrat then what is the point of having two parties?

Herman, you are a fool. You are supporting an argument that was generated by people who have no interest in your well being. You will be one of the first to be lined up and shot once the country embraces the totalitarian model your puppet masters dream of.

One question for the despicable Herman: What would you have to look like for you to admit that the premise for your assertion is a lie?

Another lie by a lefty. What is this agenda you speak of? Is there some document that instructs managers to hire woman at specific salaries or are you just imagining things? The result of this lawsuit, if it goes forward, will be more job losses. Your comment seems to indicate that you are the one being played.

You're kidding, right? After 8 years of whining and obstruction from the Democrats you think that the Republicans were fighting these insane policies that the Democrats cooked up? You probably think government isn't big enough. You probably think government isn't involved enough in your day to day existence. I don't think the Republicans did much of anything to stop the Democrat agenda in the last two years, I wish they had done more. I wish they had sincerely tried to stop all of this government expansion that most sane people don't want. I think it is unethical for the Republican party to not try and stop this. From my point of view I see Democrats trying to create a totalitarian state; Why wouldn't I want the Republicans or anyone...