John Greene
John Greene
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This group is preaching to the choir and not to the whole church yet. That's a real challenge that they face, how to broaden their message to other groups.
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Restaurants come to an area after all the homes are already there. It's the new office space that is leading the construction industry right now. That is what is attracting the investment money.
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Their very success has brought extra criticism that feeds this sense of being persecuted, ... Before, they felt a lack of respect. Now, they feel some hostility.
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The basic idea that God is in charge and he expects people to behave and he isn't happy when they don't - that's a very common idea.
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This is a classic confrontation between purists and pragmatists. It has been going on in both parties since the 1960s. This example is especially stark because DeWine and his critics are both conservative and committed to the same basic values.
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There is some fear that they might perhaps, on some issues like abortion, carry out a kind of Catholic jurisprudence rather than reflecting a broader point of view.
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We're talking about turning thousands of static Web pages into one or two template-based pages run by a database, ... And it's logical because databases are the best way to store information, and the Internet is the best way to distribute it.
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What Petro is competing for are the more moderate Republicans and conservatives who are not as committed on the tax issue.
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We'll see Bush charging up his base, but in ways that won't alienate other folks. It's hard to do both things. But there are not enough base voters in either camp to win, so they need to reach out to the middle and poach the other guy's turf.
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We didn't want the second line because that is as bad as being off a 10m handicap.
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We kind of just fell into this cycle of boozing on the weekends. Nothing really got done.
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This situation does cast a bit of a cloud over that legacy, but I think it's important not to overstate it. Certainly, he gets high marks for how he's handled the situation. He could have fought it every step of the way.
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Traditionally religious people in the United States tend to have a traditional view of marriage and that comes very directly from the Old and New Testament. You simply can't have a debate about these topics without religion becoming part of the debate.
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Unbeknownst to me, he had turned around, and it hit him right here. He threw me out.