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Started by: DoeFromTO on July 5, 2008

Deepak Chopra, in a recent post on HuffingtonPost.com, wrote about why political lies work. He went on to acknowledge that given our current political climate, there are some great painful truths that cannot be safely uttered in public. There must be more …. ( Edited by DoeFromTO )  

Great Painful Truths
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XxShOpPiNg_CaRtSxX's picks

1. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
2. The human being is a Savage Animal
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srlong's picks

1. Taking the train is more fun than flying.
2. The skills it takes to become President aren't the skills it takes to be a good President
3. The death penalty is barbaric and doesn't work
4. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
5. Lobbyism and undue influence will never go away
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jodie2point0's picks

1. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
2. The skills it takes to become President aren't the skills it takes to be a good President
3. Deepak Chopra is in it for the money
4. Religion really is the opium of the people
5. It's immoral to force a politician to prove he loves God in public.
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Pilantra's picks

1. The human being is a Savage Animal
2. Religion really is the opium of the people
3. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
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shinya's picks

1. Religion really is the opium of the people
2. It's immoral to force a politician to prove he loves God in public.
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MindSmack's picks

1. Religion really is the opium of the people
2. The skills it takes to become President aren't the skills it takes to be a good President
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DoeFromTO's picks

1. Lobbyism and undue influence will never go away
2. No problem is so big that Washington can't find a way to postpone facing it.
3. Western democracy panders to the masses once every few years but is run on a day-to-day basis by privileged elites.
4. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
5. It's immoral to force a politician to prove he loves God in public.
6. The death penalty is barbaric and doesn't work
7. Political scrutiny of female political candidates inevitably leads to charges of sexism
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Nelson's picks

1. Religion really is the opium of the people
2. The death penalty is barbaric and doesn't work
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mdudlik's picks

1. Religion really is the opium of the people
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mmullins's picks

1. Drugs aren't going away, no matter how many crusades are mounted against them
2. Political scrutiny of female political candidates inevitably leads to charges of sexism
3. The mass of men lead lives of quiet despair (Thoreau)
4. It's immoral to force a politician to prove he loves God in public.
5. Bread and circuses have worked to distract the masses since ancient Rome
why I chose these
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