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105. I know I would want the freedom to homeschool

Reply to demwing (Reply #102)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:38 PM

Nov 2012

if the Christians took over and put prayer and bible classes in our local public schools.

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Name the single greatest threat to our American Way of life. [View all] mick063 Nov 2012 OP

That gets my vote, too. loudsue Nov 2012 #1

income inequality liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #2

They can take away our freedoms without changing any laws XemaSab Nov 2012 #38

The Corporate Oligarchy's effort to usurp American democracy nt MrScorpio Nov 2012 #3

Thank you. And I would add... woo me with science Nov 2012 #124

Couldn't Say it better Myself ruffburr Nov 2012 #128

Can't top your answer libodem Nov 2012 #4

I would also add ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN... GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #104

Hell, yes! libodem Nov 2012 #108

I'll second that and add Koch/GOP/Teahadist/Libertarians. The road to feudalism. freshwest Nov 2012 #5

the police state/surveillance society quinnox Nov 2012 #6

Propaganda. ThatPoetGuy Nov 2012 #7

And yours is a tool of mine. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #13

The Military Industrial Complex SweetieD Nov 2012 #8

That's the elephant in the living room Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2012 #62

gerrymandering Chunk Nov 2012 #9

homeschooling Mothdust Nov 2012 #10

lol srichardson Nov 2012 #19

As a lib that home schooled three sons demwing Nov 2012 #46

I Didn't Write The Post, But How About This? ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #67

Absolutely fair demwing Nov 2012 #100

why homeschool? blueamy66 Nov 2012 #76

We were scandalous Pagans in the heart of Utah demwing Nov 2012 #102

I know I would want the freedom to homeschool liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #105

Time, place, and circumstances demwing Nov 2012 #123

yeah? Mothdust Nov 2012 #116

Well, your opinion is important to me demwing Nov 2012 #121

AMEN!!!! blueamy66 Nov 2012 #74

Come on - Home schooling is not evil. demwing Nov 2012 #103

Okay.....I understand blueamy66 Nov 2012 #115

Our profits over people economic system. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #11

Inequality Science Geek Nov 2012 #12

That's Easy K-Matt Nov 2012 #14

Multi billionaires Warpy Nov 2012 #15

+1 Tax them until they're only "fabulously wealthy". Scuba Nov 2012 #37

Stupidity. nt Walk away Nov 2012 #16

Greed dem4ward Nov 2012 #17

Invasive weeds. Chan790 Nov 2012 #18

LOL!! I got this thing called trumpet vine....... LeftInTX Nov 2012 #22

That jumping carp in the Illinois river-if gets to the great lakes will destroy them & fish industry barbiegeek Nov 2012 #83

The National Security Agency - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #20

Climate Change NoOneMan Nov 2012 #21

Thinking that there is a single greatest threat? renie408 Nov 2012 #23

Privatizing Freddie Nov 2012 #24

What is our American Way of Life... Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #25

Right Wing Nuts LeftInTX Nov 2012 #26

Extremism. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #27

Exceptionalism. corksean Nov 2012 #28

Complacency Aviation Pro Nov 2012 #29

Fox is a symptom not a cause. cali Nov 2012 #30

Yep yankeepants Nov 2012 #35

Don't fotget this one momsrule Nov 2012 #31

Ayn Rand AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #32

Dwindling fossil fuel supply. sagat Nov 2012 #33

the 2-party political system. KG Nov 2012 #34

Fluoridation trusty elf Nov 2012 #36

Undertaxation jmowreader Nov 2012 #39

The love of money nt Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #40

Fox News is only the symptom. SmileyRose Nov 2012 #41

Define "American way of life" Spider Jerusalem Nov 2012 #42

Fox News is America's Radio Rwanda careyfamily Nov 2012 #43

Great post! Wind Dancer Nov 2012 #92

Fascism disguised as "freedom". no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #44

Pancake batter in a can. JoeyT Nov 2012 #45

Destruction of good public education duhneece Nov 2012 #47

Corporatocracy demwing Nov 2012 #48

Russia...? theKed Nov 2012 #49

Climate change BillyJack Nov 2012 #50

Agree with this one; it's the classic problem that we won't address until it becomes too costly maui902 Nov 2012 #78

The very composition of these answers proves how unready mankind is NoOneMan Nov 2012 #85

+1 stuntcat Nov 2012 #93

Expensive energy The2ndWheel Nov 2012 #51

Light beer. nt hack89 Nov 2012 #52

Boiled it down to right wing authoritarianism ck4829 Nov 2012 #53

The 1%. 99Forever Nov 2012 #54

Militarization of our police forces and the prison industry. 1-Old-Man Nov 2012 #55

An uneducated population. nt ladjf Nov 2012 #56

Global Warming Odin2005 Nov 2012 #57

+1 G_j Nov 2012 #84

Well, I have an answer Hydra Nov 2012 #58

Medical bills. 4_TN_TITANS Nov 2012 #59

Corporate Plutocracy. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #60

Corruption of the media. closeupready Nov 2012 #61

The designated hitter, and baseball's joke of a postseason format Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #63

hard ass conservative judges, all aver the country librechik Nov 2012 #64

1A is greed. hifiguy Nov 2012 #65

Any lack of Democratic leadership backbone in fighting "The Economic Royalists" We People Nov 2012 #66

Facist Repuke Teabaggers..nt and-justice-for-all Nov 2012 #68

fascist generational plutocrats. PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #69

Regular exercise and a nutritious diet. Aristus Nov 2012 #70

Bigotry nt PD Turk Nov 2012 #71

Repukes. Zoeisright Nov 2012 #72

Inherited Wealth. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #73

Free reign capitalism. Avalux Nov 2012 #75

Mom stops making apple pie. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #77

The Tea Party eom tledford Nov 2012 #79

Yes, because the Tea Party candidates did so well on Tuesday. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #86

This message was self-deleted by its author Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #87

The near total corporate control of politics. nt Romulox Nov 2012 #80

Religious Fundamentalism JCMach1 Nov 2012 #81

Agreed. Phentex Nov 2012 #94

Election fraud, Rupert Murdoch, Repeal of Fairness Doctrine barbiegeek Nov 2012 #82

Abandoning the inspiring and expansive optimism that you used to give out so generously. sibelian Nov 2012 #88

CaliforniaPeggy. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #89

Radical right wing & all extremists Doodler71 Nov 2012 #90

Bears 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #91

Religion! maveric56 Nov 2012 #95

Apathy. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #96

A broken national election system. nt Mme. Defarge Nov 2012 #97

all media conglomerates. Whisp Nov 2012 #98

The Military Industrial Complex and the Intelligence Community Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #99

All of the above. moondust Nov 2012 #101

Greed. nt rrneck Nov 2012 #106

***Ignorance*** lefthandedskyhook Nov 2012 #107

Yup. Dash87 Nov 2012 #117

Our lack of media. Festivito Nov 2012 #109

Wealth concentration. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #110

global climate change ThomThom Nov 2012 #111

1. a Catch 22 housing market in which a "healthy" economy requires that housing prices be driven to Douglas Carpenter Nov 2012 #112

Lack of education. ivanincali00 Nov 2012 #113

Yeah, but for all their talk ecstatic Nov 2012 #114

Fruitcakes. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #118

Willful, smug ignorance clyrc Nov 2012 #119

AArdvarks! whistler162 Nov 2012 #120

Zombies DainBramaged Nov 2012 #122

Economic isolationism RB TexLa Nov 2012 #125

All Media Glassunion Nov 2012 #126

People who watch and/or listen to Island Blue Nov 2012 #127

The interlocking international banks & corporations. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #129

Personal debt BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #130

Our Brand of Dog-Eat-Dog Capitalism (i.e. Bain Capital) Iggy Nov 2012 #131

I disagree with you. mick063 Nov 2012 #138

I'm Old Enough to Have Once Had Iggy Nov 2012 #144

OverConsumption Agony Nov 2012 #132

Ignorance as intergenerational cultural wisdom. ancianita Nov 2012 #133

Wal-Mart ThatsMyBarack Nov 2012 #134

Anybody who claims to speak for the American way of life! longship Nov 2012 #135

I'm making a list and renumbering it continuously Progressive dog Nov 2012 #136

Shitpublicans rock Nov 2012 #137

Toss Up: Citizen's United and/or Climate Change (both man-made catastrophes) Jeff In Milwaukee Nov 2012 #139

IGNORANCE BigBearJohn Nov 2012 #140

Conservative Supreme Court Justices. (nt) Paladin Nov 2012 #141

Christofascism/corporate fascism (two sides of the same coin). kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #142

the american way of life is its own undoer BOG PERSON Nov 2012 #143