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Can anyone tell me WHY Rethugs are so concerned with saving and rescuing zygotes, but once the child is born, he is a grasping, greedy, lazy, no-good socialist who wants to be taken care of by the nannystate?
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Can anyone tell me WHY Rethugs are so concerned with saving and rescuing zygotes, but once the child is born, he is a grasping, greedy, lazy, no-good socialist who wants to be taken care of by the nannystate?
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It would be inconvenient and irritating but nobody would talk about the nannystate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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It would be inconvenient and irritating but nobody would talk about the nannystate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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Too many nannystate types believe that almost anything outside their prescribed “norms” indicates abusive parenting such as using vulgar language.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Everybody Back Off. I Have A Child and I’m Not Afraid to Use It 2009
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It's getting to the point around here where people see nannystate/socialist/blah blah blah as much as kos kids see whatever the hell it is they blather on about.
Crashed into the Mercedes C-Class sedan, the Smart "went airborne and spun around one and a half times." Ann Althouse 2009
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Hillary via Hillary is what hurts, and in the west it's simply her "it takes a village" thing that they think of as nannystate.
Obama Backer Questions Hillary's Electability -- Because Of Bill 2009
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At this point the US is just going to be another country ruled by the aristrociracy while the people are limited to limited amount of freedoms granted by the socialist nannystate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Declaration of Independence and the Case for Non-Ethnic Secession: 2009
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In socialism the government IS almost the entire economy, and its ‘benevolent’ nannystate leaders decide how to distribute the wealth.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills 2009
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History shows that government rarely gets it right, even nannystate government.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Everybody Back Off. I Have A Child and I’m Not Afraid to Use It 2009
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