So does seattle have any republican influence? (rain, DSL)

[kendsley]

Originally Posted by seattlerain

Now, for the other side of the discussion:

Humanreligions.info

“Several research studies have been published on the statistical relationship between religiosity and educational level, or religiosity and IQ. Michael Shermer, in How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science, describes a large survey of randomly chosen Americans that he and his colleague Frank Sulloway carried out. [...] Religiosity is indeed negatively correlated with education (more highly educated people are less likely to be religious). Religiosity is also negatively correlated with interest in science. [...]

[Paul Bell in Mensa Magazine, 2002, reviewed all studies taken of religion and IQ. He concluded:]

"Of 43 studies carried out since 1927 on the relationship between religious belief and one's intelligence and/or educational level, all but four found an inverse connection. That is, the higher one's intelligence or education level, the less one is likely to be religious or hold "beliefs" of any kind."” "The God Delusion" by Prof. Richard Dawkins"

Richard Dawkins? Really? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by kendsley

conservatives don't that happen either. homless children become wards of the state. this only happens in 3rd world countries.

Don't kid yourself...conservatives would like to think that this does not happen. The rest of us realize that it does happen...

[godhead]

Originally Posted by kendsley

conservatives don't that happen either. homless children become wards of the state. this only happens in 3rd world countries.

Not just 3rd world countries, here as well.
Just 4 days ago South Carolina's Andre Bauer (republican) (christian?)
equated feeding the poor to feeding strays, "they'll just breed" and keep asking for handouts. Swell guy, this Bauer.
That's recent though - I can remember back when "ketchup is a vegetable".
Thanks Reagan, I'm sure you had a big bowlfull of heinz that very evening.

[Ira500]

That's recent though - I can remember back when "ketchup is a vegetable".

It's not? Maybe that explains it. Every year I plant seven or eight ketchup bottles, and nothing ever sprouts.

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by ira500

that's recent though - i can remember back when "ketchup is a vegetable".

it's not? Maybe that explains it. Every year i plant seven or eight ketchup bottles, and nothing ever sprouts.

lmao!

[VeronikaW]

Originally Posted by kendsley

conservatives don't that happen either. homless children become wards of the state. this only happens in 3rd world countries.

Oh, because becoming a ward of the state is such a fantastic life for a child!?!

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by kendsley

conservatives don't that happen either. homless children become wards of the state. this only happens in 3rd world countries.

Just asking:
If conservatives controlled things, would there even be wards of the state?
Don't conservatives want to trim down the size and involvement of government and see things privatized? Wouldn't there be a chain of "Orphan Marts"?

[W & C]

Originally Posted by Ira500

Don't conservatives want to trim down the size and involvement of government and see things privatized?

Well, that's what they usually preach when they're out of power; however when they are in power, you usually see the opposite - namely, expansions of government such as Homeland Security, Medicare Part D, EPA and skyrocketing deficit spending.

[JustCallMeTC]

Originally Posted by Ira500

Just asking:
If conservatives controlled things, would there even be wards of the state?

You can thank Ronald Reagan for countless thousands of mental patients being released into society. The mentally ill comprise a significant percentage of our homeless population. (some say as high as 45%)

A National Shame: The Mentally Ill Homeless — Anxiety, Panic & Health

[godhead]

Originally Posted by JustCallMeTC

You can thank Ronald Reagan for countless thousands of mental patients being released into society. The mentally ill comprise a significant percentage of our homeless population. (some say as high as 45%)

A National Shame: The Mentally Ill Homeless — Anxiety, Panic & Health

True.
... easy for (should have been institutionalized) John Hinkley Jr to come shoot his azz.
funny that karma thing

"You can't help those who simply will not be helped. One problem that we've had, even in the best of times, is people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice." -- President Reagan, 1/31/84, on Good Morning America, defending his administration against charges of callousness.