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Why deny?

grafvonzahl asked: If there are facts that are proven by virtually all scientists, why do people deny that such facts are true?
In the medieval, Galileo Galilei had a bad time because he found out that the sun and the earth don’t do what the church guys said.
In the 1970s scientits finally found out that asbestos [...]

has anyone seen this?

Ms. Sugar Walls asked: what has Obama done?
I love this question…. here’s a start:
Education:
* 1983 Foreign Policy Degree from Columbia,
* 1991 Law Degree from Harvard, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, and he served as the President of the Harvard Law Review, one of the most prestigious student positions in the world.
Community Organizer, 1985
He sought [...]

Do people seriously want an 18 year veteran lobbyist for president?

citizenjanecitizenjane2 asked: USA Today article: his résumé is that of a longtime Washington operative who has crossed ideological lines to represent corporate and foreign clients.
Before he was elected to the Senate, Thompson spent nearly two decades in Washington as a lawyer-lobbyist, representing such entities as Westinghouse, the deposed government of Haiti, the Teamsters Union pension [...]

How much did Larry Silverstein stand to gain by the total destruction of the twin towers by terrorist attack?

Open your eyes asked: Before the attack were the twin towers doing good business? Did they need any work? Extensive refurbishment maybe? Asbestos removal? How expensive is asbestos removal in two 110 storey buildings? If the towers hadn’t completely collapsed to the ground would the insurance payout Larry Silverstein received have been the same? Did [...]