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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:04 PM
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On "Going Rogue" and other GOP tomes - how can you fact check books based on belief systems?
Of course books from she who shall not be named, O'Leilly, F(b)eckless, InSannity, are going to be full of lies and evidence of an entirely bizarro world belief system. This is the danger in which real change is trying to operate. In a world that has dinos walking with man, general dissing of science, facts and data, and a general fingers-in-ears "I can't hear you" attitude, one wonders how we can pull ourselves out of this mess. All aided and abetted by the story-salivating media and voracious 24 hour news cycle...
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:05 PM
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1. To her it not lying - she gets to change reality at will
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:06 PM
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2. Indeed. She and all of the Teabagging, nutcase (is that a pun?) right wing!
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Wounded Bear Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:06 PM
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3. You haven't heard?....Belief trumps reality. nt
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:07 PM
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4. I don't believe you!
:sarcasm: (pun intended!)
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piratefish08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-16-09 02:07 PM
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5. Chapter 1 - My BFF Jesus
Chapter 2 - Jesus and the Dinosaurs

Chapter 3 - Jesus in Government

Chapter 4 - Jesus Christ on a Krispy Kreme - How Many Chapters Do I Have to Write? Five?

Chapter 5 - Why Levi Is a Dick

The End
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