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I'm puzzling over Congressman Trent Franks saying that he is a "Graduate, National Center for Constitutional Studies". What sort of programs does or did the NCCS offer, and what does it mean to be a "graduate"? (And yes, I've also posted this question at Talk:National Center for Constitutional Studies.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Is he related to Barney Franks? Nitpyck ( talk) 07:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
He said that blacks were better off under slavery. [1]. 72.235.236.112 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC).
-Added a section for controversial remarks.
Does this section represent recent undue weight? John Asfukzenski ( talk) 02:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
We need to show what his ancestry is from. Of what country are his ancestors descended from? J390 ( talk) 17:44, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't like how the positions subsection is organized. We should separate his political positions from his controversial statements.-- Jerzeykydd ( talk) 19:30, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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"In 1984, while working as an engineer for an oil and gas royalty-purchasing firm," and yet he didn't graduate from University of Ottawa. Is there a missing degree, or was it some overblown job title like "sanitation engineer"? AndroidCat ( talk) 02:32, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
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No where in the sources, does it mention him saying he wanted to personally "impregnate her sexually" which has a different connotation. The New York Times source referred to says that the women "worried that" he was "suggesting" that he wanted to impregnate them, which is a very different thing than him admitting it or it proven to be fact. Both the AP article and the Washington Post article _do not_ state this. As a matter of fact the Washington Post seems to go out of it's way to explain:
"The surrogacy process typically involves removing an egg from the mother, fertilizing it with sperm from the father, then placing the fertilized egg in the uterus of the surrogate, who carries it to term."
Allegations cannot be determined as factual unless there is an admission of guilt or a trier of fact's conclusion in a court of law is proven beyond a standard of determination.
In addition, Franks himself made a very clear statement which is shown in this article that he has "absolutely never physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff,"
The article's original phrasing in its heading is displaying heresay as fact, is incorrect, and does not meet any standard of factual determination, much less being placed in the head of an article phrased that way.
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I'm puzzling over Congressman Trent Franks saying that he is a "Graduate, National Center for Constitutional Studies". What sort of programs does or did the NCCS offer, and what does it mean to be a "graduate"? (And yes, I've also posted this question at Talk:National Center for Constitutional Studies.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Is he related to Barney Franks? Nitpyck ( talk) 07:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
He said that blacks were better off under slavery. [1]. 72.235.236.112 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:23, 26 February 2010 (UTC).
-Added a section for controversial remarks.
Does this section represent recent undue weight? John Asfukzenski ( talk) 02:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
We need to show what his ancestry is from. Of what country are his ancestors descended from? J390 ( talk) 17:44, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
I don't like how the positions subsection is organized. We should separate his political positions from his controversial statements.-- Jerzeykydd ( talk) 19:30, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
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"In 1984, while working as an engineer for an oil and gas royalty-purchasing firm," and yet he didn't graduate from University of Ottawa. Is there a missing degree, or was it some overblown job title like "sanitation engineer"? AndroidCat ( talk) 02:32, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
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No where in the sources, does it mention him saying he wanted to personally "impregnate her sexually" which has a different connotation. The New York Times source referred to says that the women "worried that" he was "suggesting" that he wanted to impregnate them, which is a very different thing than him admitting it or it proven to be fact. Both the AP article and the Washington Post article _do not_ state this. As a matter of fact the Washington Post seems to go out of it's way to explain:
"The surrogacy process typically involves removing an egg from the mother, fertilizing it with sperm from the father, then placing the fertilized egg in the uterus of the surrogate, who carries it to term."
Allegations cannot be determined as factual unless there is an admission of guilt or a trier of fact's conclusion in a court of law is proven beyond a standard of determination.
In addition, Franks himself made a very clear statement which is shown in this article that he has "absolutely never physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff,"
The article's original phrasing in its heading is displaying heresay as fact, is incorrect, and does not meet any standard of factual determination, much less being placed in the head of an article phrased that way.
67.84.157.23 ( talk) 20:41, 9 January 2018 (UTC)