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And while I think Israel is a lovely country, it's not a place I'd want to live.
Nor is it a place I'd want my own country to become.
And actually I have to correct this: Turkey is a secular country. While the overwhelming majority of their population identifies as Muslim, they are...
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I haven't gotten an answer for this yet, so I asked a few people smarter than myself. I wanted to see if anyone could come up with first world countries running on ideals similar to the Tea Party. I was having trouble, so I asked a couple of my Smart Friends. Here's what we've come up...
"the ability to carry my firearm were I want to"
Can you point to the exact law that's been passed since Obama took office? I don't keep up on gun control laws like I should.
"the ability to speak my opinion without the fear of being charged with with a hate crime or labeled a certain way"...
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Um, no. The "Tea Party" is not the majority. They are a very vocal minority.
And regardless, this country is set up to avoid the 'majority rule'. We have the government we do to try and balance the rule of the majority with the rights, needs, and desires of the minority wherever...
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So basically we have a Progressive Party, a Conservative Party, and a Regressive Party. Awesome. If the "tea party" takes over (they won't), I look forward to the slow slide to a third-world country.