"The U.S. system of presidential primaries are contrary to democratic values"
system of presidential primaries is contrary to democratic values. Presidential Primaries-Of or relating to a president or presidency, A preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office. Contrary-Opposed, as in character or purpose: Democratic Values-Are composed of ideals of democracy, which are part of the U.S. Constitution. Overview 1: What is a presidential primary is a question to be answered? Both major political parties (Democrat...
WAR ON TERRORISM!!!!
when you look back in history for the answers you often find the answer to questions. when i looked at this topic i did so. Bush said all that time ago that we would go to Iraq to fight back the attack on 9/11. this was called the war on terrorism. this continues today in Afghanistan and Iran. i am not against the principle "the war on terrorism, i am against the way that we are fighting it....
We should a limited number of voters or limeted time on www.debate.org
I know most people here including myself are here to learn and dont really mind losing or winning a debate. Instead I wanna learn from others. I just think that during the voting period, we should have a limited numbers of voters or days to decide the winner and the loser. This will make the whole debating thing exciting... because right now it is not limited and you must keep checking all the time to know if there is any change. Thanks...
war in Iraq
here is my thing First. i think the whole reason why we went to war was because of 9/11 which is totally wrong. #1 steel which was in the towers can not be melted by fire. #2 there is no proof that it is exactly terrorists that did it Second. we attacked them Third. a republican is in the white house. Fourth. it is none of our business just because A as in 1 guy was not being so nice in Iraq does not mean that we should go to war against people who #1 did not say, "come and k...
Women are being oppressed by society
BOOBS!!! BODY!!! SEXY!!! That is all that our younger generations are being taught today. When women gained suffrage in the early 1900s, they gained freedoms. But it seems that instead of being politically and governmentally oppressed, women are now being oppressed by society. Young girls and women of all ages are told that they MUST look a certain way or else there will be horrible ramifications. 1) Your man will leave you. (he wasn't worth it in the first place if that's the case.) 2) I...
Mahmoud Ahmedinijad is not wrong to not listen to the U.S.'s request that they stop making nukes
I am in no way endorsing Mahmoud Ahmedinijad. He is a horrible extremist, and he is a very hateful person. However, I have no problem with his nuclear weapons program. Let me clarify. I am against every nuclear weapons program in the world. I hate nukes, however, I don't hate Ahmedinijad's program any more or less than the rest, which brings me to my first point. If you and your friend were both smokers, and neither of you were trying to quit, what would you think if your friend told you to q...
Gay Marriage
I challenge rockylightning to a debate on "gay marriage" (cancelled earlier). Please keep it 5000 characters maximum. Thanks!...
Fox news
Fox news is the most biased, manipulative and corrupted news channel out there. Matter in fact, FNC has such a bad reputation that even FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) and Media Matters has deemed them to be the most biased name in news. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067 The president of the FNC is none other than Roger Ailes who severed as a political consultant for man republican candidates during the 1960's, 70's, and 80's including Richard M. Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. Roger...
Terrorism is a serious threat to the US
Following the tragic demise of 3000 New Yorkers on September 11th, the United States was scared. In attempts to repel futrue attacks they issued a declaration of war on "Terror" and started invading a country that was harbouring The Foundation's masterminds. Who could blame them for that country had just spat in America's face by refusing to cooperate in cathcing the men repsonsible? But for some reason they did not stop it at that. That presidential election one of the major media campaigns...
The US Patriot Act is necessary for the safety of America.
The Protect America Act modernized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to provide our intelligence community essential tools to acquire important information about terrorists who want to harm America. The Act, which passed with bipartisan support in the House and Senate and was signed into law by President Bush on August 5, 2007, restores FISA to its original focus of protecting the rights of persons in the United States, while not acting as an obstacle to gathering foreign intellig...