Recent content by JohnRM

I will say that I have read your comments; those who responded. With the news of the death of Nancy Reagan, I can no longer talk politics today. When I heard, I wept. I weep still. I will try to pick up the conversation again tomorrow.

It would largely depend on just how far this thing goes with Hillary Clinton and her emails. There are a substantial number of people who think she will be indicted. If that's the case and this economy slips between now and November, Mrs. Cruz may as well start picking the new curtains for the...

I don't see how you could possibly think that nominating someone at the convention who isn't even currently running is at all acceptable to voters. How is that at all democratic?And who would that person be who could unite the party? I can't think of anyone who could do that.

If Trump is not the nominee, then Ted Cruz has to be. He will be the only candidate close enough to Trump in delegates and votes, and he is the only candidate that could appease enough Trump voters to stay viable. If the Republican Party finds itself brokering for a Kasich or Rubio candidacy, it...

It isn't; it is just highly regulated.

So, because our people had the temerity to fight back, it doesn't count? Interesting.

That is another first step I can get behind. I don't know about Russia, though.

I can definitely get behind that, to start. But, I also think that as long as we have airports and shipping lanes, terrorists are going to find their way into Europe and North America, if they really want to. We have to occupy Syria and, despite the fact that there will be bloody days, we...

And I don't have any problem with this objective. But shoving subjects down the throats of children the way that they do is pointless. Let's start by teaching the basics well, first. If we can get that out of the way, we can expand from there and see what else makes sense, but not even these...

Orwell, Steinbeck, and Hemingway immediately come to mind.

This is a good start to finding your answer, civman. Somewhere around three-quarters of a million people died in the American Civil War. Tack on however many slaves died that otherwise would have lived longer and fuller lives. You can argue that slaves weren't citizens or whatever but that's a...

Try reading the Federalist Papers just once in your life.

This is the stupidest argument I have ever heard. The degree of collectivism expressed in the Preamble of the Constitution is clearly nowhere near that of Communism. And civman was clearly talking about degrees of collectivism.

This is pretty spot-on. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Oh you have no idea how little regard I have for humanity as a whole; it is alarming. I would much rather have people choose to learn about these things than to force them into it. People just don't bother really taking it in that way. They remember enough to pass a test and promptly forget it...