Mr. Conservative. To tell you the truth I didn't know much about Barry Goldwater other than the typical way he is lauded for launching the modern conservative movement with his failed presidential run in 1964.
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Battlestar Galactica supporting the Iraq insurgency is simply too much to let pass. Part of the problem is that the Iraq war comparison is so frakking obvious a high school freshman could make the analog - this is supposed to be insightful? And because it's so obvious, I am sure the writers have thought about it. Once you dig a little deeper, it's pretty obvious that Spencer is off (other than the obvious. Yes there is a war in the show and yes it has an insurgency.)
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Thalasar web projects than I do talking about politics. However I was struck by a recent article in The Atlantic on withdrawl from Iraq.
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Michael J. Fox has done for Claire McCaskill in Missouri. Part of the problem is that most Americans have NO idea how basic science and scientific research is done. As a result we see people consistently parade around the idea, "that if embroynic stem cell have any value, private industry would be working with them."
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