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Fri Feb-15-08 12:58 PM
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Where does your first loyalty lie? |
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After family and whatnot . . .
The United States of America
Israel
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Planet Earth
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:00 PM
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:01 PM
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:03 PM
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Hmmm, that looks like a catchy name for a conservation organization. Oh, wait....
Seriously, until people begin to think globally we will be unable to solve many of today's global problems.
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:04 PM
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4. The Constitution and its Amendments of the United States |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:05 PM
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5. Why isn't Sweden a choice? |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:09 PM
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10. It would be if we had invaded, say, Finland. |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:06 PM
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6. Famous Zogby questions |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:12 PM
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13. you know, other essential things that are central to your life |
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Edited on Fri Feb-15-08 01:13 PM by leftofthedial
like American Idol or football or cheese grits
oh, or gawdjeezis or baal or whatever
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:22 PM
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My serious answer is that (after the whatnot) I'm loyal to the individual over governments or corporations.
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:10 PM
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:13 PM
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14. my conscience, first and foremost.... |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:15 PM
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15. Why is Israel on the list? |
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There are only two Israelis who post here, to my knowledge, and a three with citizenships to both countries (and one poster, I seem tor emember, who was a citizen of Israel and France (?)). Of course, there are lots of Jews here...well, not lots...is that why it was added?
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:25 PM
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18. because of US foreign policy |
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:27 PM
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19. Many countries affect US Foreign Policy. |
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So, where is Saudi Arabia on the list? Turkey? Great Britian?
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:31 PM
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20. this isn't the only list there ever will be |
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given that this is the list in this thread, do you have an answer?
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:34 PM
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Then, everything else is situational, but the guiding concept, hopefully, is logic, though not always possible.
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:38 PM
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without it, nations cease to exist.
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:49 PM
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24. humanity as a whole... |
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After God, my priority then goes to humanity as a whole-- regarldess of which sides of the imaginary red and blue lines an individual is born on. Then it's Planet Earth, over which we have a tenuous stewardship (of which, I think we're failing miserably).
I've given thought to placing a priority on nationalism, but in the end I concluded that since during my own personal judgment day I'll be given neither credit nor debit for being from a particular nation, it becomes an irrelevant point-- otherwise, I'm left to conclude that helping a person born on "this" side of national border is somehow better (or worse) than helping a person on the other side of that same border, and I simply don't see how that could be possible.
A lot of people have told me with an implied absolute knowledge that religion (or, Religion) has killed more people than any other concept in the history of our planet. I disagree-- I think it's our obsession with those very same imaginary red and blue lines on a map which has resulted in the most death, the most distress, the most hunger, and the most poverty.
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Fri Feb-15-08 01:50 PM
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25. my prison gang, they had my back and gave me mad tatts. |
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Fri Feb-15-08 02:09 PM
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26. The world. Not the planet, but all of the living creatures that are upon it as well. |
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Edited on Fri Feb-15-08 02:10 PM by sinkingfeeling
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Two cats, a desert tortoise, and an aquatic turtle.
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Fri Feb-15-08 02:23 PM
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30. "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." - Thomas Paine |
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A sentiment that I embrace.
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