I disagree with war's premise: killing people isn't something we should be doing as a country, and I like your article and agree with you, but what about you personally? Do you think the war is being fought for all the right reasons (I don't) or do you oppose the war because it's war?
Solnac...I just posted an article based on this story. Sorry...I didn't see your post before I posted mine. Just wanted to let you know that I wasn't trying to "step on" your article's toes *long suffering sigh* ...Can I go to your thread and delete mine? I've only three replies and it's already becomin
No mocking, here, and I do appreciate you comments. I would only add that much of what you suggest was the responsibility of the CIA. *strained laughter* Was being the operative word in that sentence. Our troops have to deal with it now. Hence we might try to make them diplomats versus aggressors.
If you would take the time, I'd be interested in hearing your view, were you say National Security adviser to Pres. Bush, on how to handle the present situation in Fallujah, and in Iraq in general. Wow. I've never been asked how I'd handle it. My first, personal reaction would be this: "How are we goi
Kerry lost because more people voted for Bush. Well, I'll file this under 'duh'. No, not really making fun of you, little whip, you've just taken everything and melted it down to brass tacks. I agree with you, although, either way the margin was close, but people voted for Bush more than Kerry. And as p
Shhhhh You FOOL! Now they will know what we are up to! We are re-locating you to the Streisand reprogramming camp ASAP. Pack your bags! Dammit!!! I don't wanna go to Striesand. Have either of you noticed although I've mocked stereotypes of liberals, that not a single one of our conservative analogs hav
I love it. Can you imagine him saying that??????? I love the "please" part. Granted, we are different people, but *I* would say it. Maybe a bit more tactfully, but I, as a politican wouldn't want to be an idiot in front of the American people. <img src="../images/smiles/lol.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absm
Ann Coulter makes me ill. I read that....opinion, couldn't properly be called that, and I felt ill. And you forgot the part where an mostly Republican congress before the changeover can't get 9/11 reform passed, but you're right...we're going to get exactly what we deserve for our failure.
Wow. When I started this thread, I wouldn't of thunk it'd generate this. Some of the nominees still make me twitchy, hence why this article came into being. One at a time: Dr. Guy- If I was president and I had to assign blame to anyone, and I mean this earnestly, because my advisors and my cabinet seemed to be dealing with problems that went public as an embrassment to me, I'd fire just to save face. It wouldn't necessarly be anything personal
[Bush declared no such thing. It has already been proven that banner on board ship was *not* his idea. And while Bushs people had the banner made, they did so at the "ships" request. Leaves an interesting point. If Bush knew it was untrue and he didn't want it, why didn't he order it taken down? He is t
But seriously, I dont see any melt down or Bush surrounding himself with Yes men/women. Just the normal attrition that occurs in a second term in office. We could compare it to Clinton and Reagan, and get similar results. I will disagree with you on the 'asleep' at the switch, as the DOD was already investigating abu Ghrai
As to the first question, there are different opinions. However, if the net result is that the government that emerges in Iraq is anti US and supportive of our enemies, we were wrong. As to the second question, Bush was dead wrong. He did not have a workable plan to win the peace and did not have the resourses needed to do
Personally, I don't have a problem with polygamy or polyamory either, or the concept of having muitiple husbands. I expect the flame police to descend upon that statement anyday now. I can sum up the gay marriage/civil union argument like this: the government (not churches) give out heterosexual marriages and call them marriage. If, in fact, everyone's equal under the LAW of the United States, then the point
RE: "Immigrants Assimilate Or Get The Hell Out!" Why feature this self-evidently hateful article on the front page of JoeUser? There's not even a pretense of civility in the title. From where I'm standing, JoeUser has crossed th
The Big picture in Iraq is that we have converted an evil Dictatorship into a terrorist operation. It is a measured choice as to which is worse. The real test will be what happens after their election and after we are no longer in Iraq. </
.......You know, there are only a few explanations for this. I made the analogy of rats and a sinking ship, and I didn't think it was a bad one, necessarly, but let's go down the list of the most known: Powell: Wasn't particularly known for supporting the war in Iraq. Seen by many as the most moderate voice in the cabinet. Ashcroft: Right wing nut job who's only contribution was the Patriot Act (damaging enough, sure, but it's really serve
Wow...the convincing arguments are coming out of the woodwork here. *eye roll* Look, from a purely non-partisan point of view, the Democrats have a chance in '06 if the Republicans treat their new majority as if they got the mandate from Heaven and went overboard, crushing us into a quagmire and alienating the centerists that DON'T necessarly thing that Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity are the best thi