Alan C.

These are loaded questions in that they implicitly assume that a "who" was responsible. Humans were not made; they evolved from less complex organisms. My encapsulated explanation of evolution is that as populations of organisms expand over time, they fill niches as variances in offspring produce adaptations to thresholds in the environment. All dinosaurs didn't go extinct. When most people think of dinosaurs, they think of animals such as sauropods and some megafauna which no longer exist. However, many species survived, some of which remained nearly unchanged for millions of years. There is compelling evidence to suggest that a mass extinction event occurred as a result of, or in concert with, a meteor impact. Nobody knows for certain how the universe formed; only what has happened since.

Yeah, why don't billions of superstitious, functionally illiterate people embrace libertarianism? It's a mystery, alright.

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Surprise man charged with DUI, documents show drug recognition experts said no impairment present

Mom: Son's skull fractured during fight at school; school didn't call 911

This is why so many adults (especially narcissists) are conspicuously puerile and petulant. Their maturity and intellectual development was stultified as a result of the abuse they suffered.

Wealth of most Americans down 55% since recession Peter Schiff made a very keen observation on his show recently when he pointed out that inflated asset prices caused by artificial demand is not the same thing as wealth. The "wealth" which people believed that they had was illusory.

While I, myself, prefer communicating via written word because I prefer cogitation to extemporaneous speaking, I recognize that real-time interaction helps mitigate evasiveness and pettifog which some people use when their arguments consist of sophistry, etc.

You did the right thing by getting away from him. He sounds like a loose cannon. It's unfortunate that he is involving your kids in church. Church is a place for him to hide.

California pit bull owner charged with murder in fatal mauling I posted this because Stef often talks about how pet owners are held liable for the harm done by their pets while parents are rarely (if ever) held responsible for the aggression perpetrated by their children.

Catholic Church's Top Exorcist Claims He Rid World of 160,000 Demons

Labor big a real heavy sleeper

Police Shoot & Kill Grandfather While Responding To Burglary Call Not only has the family been victimized, but now those police will have to live the rest of their lives knowing that they blew away a completely innocent person.

Police beat man to death in Sacramento, CA I bet it was heart disease.

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People use metaphors to avoid dealing with discomforting truths. The way to deal with the claims you mentioned is to focus on the fundamental nature of taxation (eg. threats, coercion, expropriation, violence). There are people in prison who didn't pay taxes in a manner which appeased some bureaucrats. There are people whose homes, bank accounts, and other property was confiscated for the same reason. An act cannot be both voluntary and coerced simultaneously; it's one or the other. If taxation is voluntary then it's not taxation; it's donation or reciprocation.

Head of the IMF Christine Lagarde in court charged with embezzlement and fraud

911 Dispatcher Tells Woman About To Be Sexually Assaulted There Are No Cops To Help Her Due To Budget Cuts

Coroner says that he died of heart disease

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxfHh9fH5j4 Code Pink: "Women for Peace" (unless you refuse to pay for universal health-care)

Shocking NYC Parking Ticket Blitz: $115 Fines For What Was Legal Minutes Before

McCain: 'Why the hell' do iPhone apps need updating? Tim Cook shold've ignored these fools. He doesn't owe them an explanation for anything.

Goods from kiosks at two malls seized

Deputies Watch Woman Die in Court

Drinking is the least of their problems.