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February 2008

Water bottles and BPA scares

by Justin February 28, 2008

This isn’t necessarily political, but I had to post something about this phenomenon of people being afraid of using (or re-using) plastic water bottles. I’ve always kind of rejected the idea that using a water bottle 4-5 times before you put it in the recycling bin is dangerous for me. Didn’t this chemical that was [...]

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The Fair Tax – Justin’s analysis

by Justin February 28, 2008

I just finished reading the Wikipedia page on the Fair Tax as suggested by a comment, so here goes: The Fair Tax Act (HR 25/S 1025) is a bill in the United States Congress for changing tax laws to replace the Internal Revenue Service(IRS) and all federal income taxes  The sales tax rate, as defined in the legislation, is 23% of the total price including tax [...]

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The Environment and the President

by Justin February 24, 2008

Justin here. One of my top issues for the 2008 Presidential election is the Environment. It’s getting swept up and away in most people’s top lists because of other important issues like Iraq and Health Care, but I put it #2, right behind Iraq. With this in mind, I use environmental voting records as a [...]

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Negative Campaigning, the first black president, agents of change, lobbyists, and…the fair tax?

by Joel February 23, 2008

Why is it that every presidential race inevitably has negative campaigning?  It really says something about human nature.  Justin and I debate this issue as it relates to today’s race and why this phenomenon just won’t go away.  Comments welcome.   Negative Campaigning from Justin Bradshaw & Joel Van Brunt on Vimeo.

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Mac World and Haircuts

by Joel February 19, 2008

Justin and I talk about Justin’s recent Mac World trip and our different haircuts.  It’s a more laid back discussion from our usual debates.  Mac World and Hair Cuts from Justin Bradshaw & Joel Van Brunt on Vimeo.

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Free Speech and Radical Islam

by Joel February 18, 2008

“Last year the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against “defamation of religion,” calling on governments around the world to clamp down on cartoonists, writers, journalists, artists and dissidents who dare to speak up.” In my view, this is the result of when political correctness and sensitivity goes too far.  Free speech is now threatened in [...]

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Phone conversation

by Joel February 7, 2008

Democrats getting civil in their debates?  What is the world coming to?  Justin and I talk about this and Justin’s upcoming sailing trip in the Caribbean.  This show was recorded on Justin’s phone and gave Justin the false impression that I was leaning toward voting for Obama.  It would be a cold day in hell… 

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Mission

by Joel February 5, 2008

Hey all, Welcome to the Single Malt Skull Sessions.   Our mission is to bring back civil discourse in today’s world by initiating, soliciting, and promoting respectful dialogue between people who disagree on issues of politics, religion, and philosophy.  All too often, these topics are taboo and are to be avoided at all costs in social conversations [...]

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World Views and Absolute Truth

by Joel February 1, 2008

Justin and I debate the differences between absolute and relative truth and how these differences feed our different world views.  This discussion was sparked by the Curious vs. Fundamentalist post from several days back.  Enjoy.  World Views and Absolute Truth from Justin Bradshaw & Joel Van Brunt on Vimeo.

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