YOY
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:03 AM
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"... I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world." ~Socrates |
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So apparently the father of Philosophy isn't very wise according to Newt.
We are talking about a guy named Newt after all.
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:13 AM
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1. Yeah, but who is Socrates compared to Newt? |
UnrepentantUnitarian
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:18 AM
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2. Ben Franklin said basically the same thing. |
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I guess he's under the same bus.
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:20 AM
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3. If he made that statement today |
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He wouldn't find one country that would agree with him.
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:32 AM
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4. A couple more unwise people to add to Newt's list, Thomas Paine & Ronald Reagan |
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Edited on Wed Jun-10-09 09:35 AM by Lone_Star_Dem
Thomas Paine: My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Ronald Reagan: I couldn't help but say to , just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:33 AM
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5. If Socrates was so smart, why didn't he say that America was the Greatest Country On Earth®? |
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And why didn't he accept Jesus Christ as his Savior?
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:37 AM
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6. Newt Gingrich is an alien! |
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He has no green card, work visa, and openly renounces citizenship. Deportation I say!
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Wed Jun-10-09 09:49 AM
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“Nationalism is an infantile sickness. It is the measles of the human race.” -Albert Einstein
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Wed Jun-10-09 07:14 PM
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9. May this sentiment is the reason, |
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the Athenian Govt offered him a hemlock coctail?
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