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Gun Control and Drunk driving:

a: Gun control ~
b: trying to solve drunk driving

What: "Gun control is like trying to solve drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars." A very good point.

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Writer: Jerrybob
LCC: JK
Where:
Date: May 27 2011 11:25 PM


Us Tax Deductions And Fiscal Indulgences

a: Us tax deduction ~
b: a Fiscal indulgences

What: "Luther would not think much of our current tax system, I expect. We argue about rates, the financial equivalent of purgatory. The Republicans in Congress are prepared to sacrifice our immortal debt rating to the proposition that not one penny increase is possible, even though almost no one actually pays those rates." This analogy needs a concise link.

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Writer: MICHAEL MUNGER
LCC: JK
Where:
Date: Jul 27 2011 11:08 PM



a: Constitution/statists ~
b: holy water/ vampires

What: "The Constitution to liberals, Democrats, Statists and the TSA is like holy water, the cross or garlic to vampires, like silver bullets to werewolves, like water to the wicked witch, like sobriety to W. C. Fields, it terrifies and angers them!" Nice stream of analogy. Also see his comments that politicians are like bananas.

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Writer: sjmjax
LCC: JK
Where:
Date: Jan 23 2012 11:27 AM


All Over The Place

a: Washington hearing ~
b: a fern in the rainforest

What: "On April 24, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar scheduled a hearing. Fun story, right? A hearing in Washington is like a fern in the rainforest. But this hearing was notable for both its subject and its attendance. It was a meeting about the most important economic crisis facing America today: long-term unemployment. "

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Writer: DEREK THOMPSON
LCC: JK
Where:
Date: May 14 2013 11:44 AM


Spread It And It Go Boom....

a: Political awareness ~
b: gasoline

What: "Awareness is the gasoline. Spread it broadly, and a tiny spark can ignite change. (Hey, not so bad for on the fly...) And look at states where a similar change was made: Activists in Connecticut spent years pushing that issue, spreading awareness. And when the governor was convicted for corruption, change happened."

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Writer: Lawrence Lessig Esq.
LCC: JK
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Jul 2 2013 2:04 PM



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