Defense Debater Gifts

"Defense budget... Do you have any idea how much catnip $700 billion would buy?"

The US's weapon aids to Taiwan

Dept. of Defense: Sorry closed due to sequester.

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"Now that's a win."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Changing Minds

'It's a senior management position. We need someone who can listen politely, and then say no.'

"That's six 'noes' and one 'aye', the ayes have it"

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

'I know it's controversial, but my calculations prove beyond doubt that a nod is BETTER than a wink.'

The Jose Padilla Experience

"I don't think Dawson understands the concept behind the 'Talking Stick.'"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"In this one, references to everything have been deleted."

My therapist cured me of using humour as a defense...these days I pack a .45.

You're on "Ask Sadie." What's your problem?! Super delegates. A candidate could win the most votes in the primaries but lose anyway of the superdelegates want someone else! Can you believe that? Oh stop yer sniveling. In my day, the parties chose candidates in smoke-filled backrooms without even pretending the people get a vote. At least this charade gets you out of the house. Gets the blood pumping. I guess.

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

Like Minded

And now, for a rebuttal.

Sermon - why our religion is really better than yours.

"Negotiations are at a crucial phase. We're desperately seeking more ways to say 'no'.''

'My opponent hates cats.'

"When I was a teenager 'Saturday Night Live' had Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman..."

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

Global warming debate.

Approved Debate Questions

John Newman

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions