Issue Importance

[Alcon]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

[adam]

Yes with a capital YES.

I get sick of congress messing around with these issues because it is too costly to their jobs for them to work on other issues.

[Jake]

All are viable issues, and as I've stated before, Congress these days really sucks at addressing any issue. Take a look at their attempt to do immigration reform. Personally, I'm glad their spending their pre-recess time getting some feel good stuff done. In January, when someone has a mandate to do something, then they can get down to work.

[A18]

Uh, if Congress has to do something, I much prefer it be something trivial. I don't exactly want Congress trying to 'eliminate "poverty" ' (it worked real well in the 1960s) through mass theft and blackmail.

[MaC]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

[© tweed]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

1. Is Alcon a democrat?
2. Is Alcon speaking in absolutist terms, or did he just type that post up in 34 seconds after my brilliant comment in Mitty's health care thread?

[CARLHAYDEN]

One area which constantly gets avoided is energy policy.

We need to increase domestic production of oil, increase refining capacity and embark on a program to increase nuclear energy production.

Also, I am suprised that the issue of local governments stealing private real estate from the poor to give to the rich has not received greater prominence.

If I was a candidate for Governor or state legislature I would push for a state constitutional amendment to prevent such abuse of eminent domain.

Finally, if a terrorist incident occurs in this country between now and election day, this will become a major issue.

[Nym90]

I agree, Alcon, that the issues you listed in the second group are far more important than those in the first group.

[MODU]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

All of these can be done at once.  

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Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

All of these can be done at once.  

Not with this Republican party.

[Alcon]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

I didn't say eliminating poverty entirely.  That's ridiculous.  I just said "eliminating poverty" in general.  I may be a "poorhater," but the United States government should not stand idly by while children starve because their parents are idiots or are disabled.

I have no problem with getting rid of a lot of government programs, but I strongly disagree with removing welfare wholesale.

1. Is Alcon a democrat?
2. Is Alcon speaking in absolutist terms, or did he just type that post up in 34 seconds after my brilliant comment in Mitty's health care thread?

That was brilliant, and, yes, it did inspire this topic.

[opebo]

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

The reason eliminating poverty will never happen, Milk, and the reason people like you see it as 'too idealistic', is that it goes against the interests of the powerful that it be eliminated.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

The reason eliminating poverty will never happen, Milk, and the reason people like you see it as 'too idealistic', is that it goes against the interests of the powerful that it be eliminated.

Why do you act like its a bad thing? We're an empire so we need an enslaved class to rule over.

[jokerman]

I agree, Alcon.  We have a Congress right now that is too fond of dealing with issues that exclusively make good campaign material rather than issues that are matters of any substance.

[MaC]

lol, at 'eliminating poverty'.  It'll never happen, too idealistic (yet the democrats bash my party for being out the mainstream    )

The reason eliminating poverty will never happen, Milk, and the reason people like you see it as 'too idealistic', is that it goes against the interests of the powerful that it be eliminated.

Communopebo, despite you belive that the bougouise are keeping the proletariats down:  Do you believe in it's entirety the poverty can be eliminated?

(Besides what it poverty anyways, but relative?  If everyone had basics to live and a little amount of money for entertainment and such, they'd still be poors compared to those who make millions)

[MODU]

Not with this Republican party.

Yup, especially when the other party doesn't bother to participate in trying to get them resolved.  You should speak with them and tell them to get off their butt. 

[Platypus]

Does the fact that these issues:

- Flag burning
- Preventing gay marriage
- The national anthem being sung in other languages

Get precedence over:

- Eliminating poverty
- The deficit
- Our entanglement in the Middle East

In the news cycle and, oftentimes, the legislative cycle, make you mad?

Personally, yes.

Well, gay marriage is quite an important issue for me, but yes. It irritates me when the government does things like giving a ´baby bonus´to mothers when thy have kids but don´t use the money on improving natal care in remote (especially aboriginal) communities. That said, the government has a responsibility to legislate on small issues too-garbage collection might be far, far less important then mental illness treatment, but it still needs to be legislated for.

EDIT-when I feel something particularly strongly my grammar goes on siesta.