That is more then twice the total funds The apalling grammar in itself should make it very obvious that this is rubbish. The NY-Times has many people employed to check grammar and spelling. The lack of commas and spelling mistakes throughout this arti
There may have been foul dealings, but I don't think people should underestimate the incompetence, neglagence, and irresponsibility of these people. Last I heard, irresponsibility and incompetence isn't often a crime.
I think this just further highlights that there is a difference between speech-reading and charisma, I think Palin has both, while Obama sorely lacks the latter. I think everybody who thinks Obama is charismatic should watch a couple of Gordon Brown interviews, then watch an Obama interview. In the UK Brown is thought of as a wooden, dour, uncharismatic Scottish sourpuss. Obama is, in my opinion, just as poor in his responses and body-language (especially at Saddleback), yet everybody
Using the stats of where people stood on the issues before the election campaigning for the primaries even began, I can tell you McCain + Palin should win relatively easily over Obama + Biden, but then this discounts smears, youth, peer popularity, and (dare I say it) race/gender. Should be interesting to see what your class think with a week to go, do a post for us with their findings :)[quote who="Tova7" reply="16" id="1872184"]O-bi-none[/quote] [e digicons]:r
[quote who="Nitro Cruiser" reply="12" id="1872145"]It will take a grass-roots effort to get a 2nd tier party on par with the Democrats and Republicans.[/quote] I don't think it's even a possibility with an American system, the only places I think a third party will be in contention or even make a meaningful difference include Italy (until the last election) where there was a different coalition in charge frequently, Weimar Germany which frustrated the Germans so much they allowed a di
CEO's are entitled to their pay, whether they destroy a company or not. The idea is that if they are that bad, they won't have their contract renewed etc. But the idea that they should have exit-packages when they've virtually bankrupted their company is ridiculous. This isn't anything political, it shows there's something wrong in the financial sectors. All it takes is one or two companies writing in small-print in contracts that if X or Y happens, you don't get an exit-package, and
I think most would agree with you, T_P_P, but that's the way it's always going to be. Even in places where specific third parties have the groundwork and over a hundred years of history, they are never taken seriously. When it comes to sports, you always have only a small percentage of teams/people who are frontrunners at any one time, and that's because success attracts better workers, and failure makes them jump ship.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="15" id="1870372"]Wish they had a digicon for 'tongue in cheek'. [/quote] ditto, sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek moments don't come out too well on the internet ;)
[quote who="Mooseplow" reply="4" id="1869291"] I'm not American, same story with many on these boards Sounds like a nice gesture, but i'm not sure you could really enforce it. there is no way to enforce it, I just thought maybe we could all take a day off of fighting. Even if your not american, were all human, so lets tell some good positive stories about things that have worked in politics even if it was your opponents that enacted or suggested them:)[/quote]
I don't know, Bush's 8 years have shown he has a pretty good sense of humour, unlike Kerry, might be fun to go for a pint with! [e digicons]:beer:[/e] I agree with you on that, I don't know who i'd have voted for in 2004, but I would probably lean very slightly toward Kerry. But when you have a Democrat Party of essentially Bill Richardson, the Clintons, Al Gore, and Wes Clark (as far as people I can listen to a speech of without hating), compared with a loose
[quote who="Zoologist03" reply="6" id="1869241"]Teach creationism alongside evolution in schools. (Aug 2008) [/quote] Actually, she said she supported the discussion of creationism if it came up in class (from students, as is inevitable from my experiences as a student), but stressed she wasn't going so far as to suggest it should be added to the curiculum. [quote who="Zoologist03" reply="6" id="1869241"]Supports teaching intelligent design in public schools. (A
[quote who="Mooseplow" reply="4" id="1869124"]No they just keep saying that obama is not black enough and stuff like that.[/quote] More the equivilant of Trig being her grandson? I think this is way past the line. Here's the line, Here's the grandson thing Here's ebay. If this happened to an everyday person or someone ru
I'm not American, same story with many on these boards ;) Sounds like a nice gesture, but i'm not sure you could really enforce it.
'father unknown' Really, it's disgusting. You don't see right-wing nutcases dressing as the KKK, do you? She has a disabled child which highlights your stance on pro-life. You're hardly going to go "here's my son, serving in Iraq soon, my three beautiful daughters.... *mumble**mumble*disabled boy called Trig*mumble*"
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="17" id="1869044"]'Proper' use is an entirely subjective notion, but I've never quite understood the concept that there are certain parts of factual history to which we should not be subjected.[/quote] Well the twin towers' collapse saw the deaths of many people, it's not thought proper to broadcast a beheading, so why broadcast the death of so many?
He has a point, in a way. I am always amazed by the amount of 9/11 footage shown around the world in an off-hand manor. I don't think people should show 9/11 time and time again when talking about what happened then, but something of this kind which commemorates what happened is one of the few times I think it is proper to use it. When sensational documentaries about how Bush is the gay lover of bin Laden use the footage, nobody says a word. When the news says 'it's 9/11, the
Russell Brand, for those who don't know, is an English celebrity who is a celebrity for no apparant reason. Nobody knows why he exists, or how he managed to steal the limelight, but it happened, we're sorry. He turned up to the MTV Awards yesterday, here's what he said: Early in his opening monologue, Brand pleaded: "Please, America, elect Barack Obama. On behalf of the world." Partisanship, of course, can hurt sales. But Bran
I think the problem with FOX is that it generally leans to right and when it does, it's often quite blatent about it. From what i've seen, every news station in the world has its left-leaners and right-leaners and it very much depends on what you're watching as to what slant you'll receive. But I think it has to be admitted that usually FOX is on the whole biased to the right, while others such as MSNBC/CNN lean a bit to the left. I find it odd
*minus the ? after 'take charge'
[quote who="Littleboy" reply="13" id="1701264"]I don't blame them, after all this is only to fight bad people that want to hurt the US citizens, why would they give a damn, right?[/quote] Sadly, this is a very naive belief that people hold. The UK is scaremongering about walking into a 'surveillance society' because of the amount of CCTV cameras everywhere. While I think that's a stupid statement to make in a nation like the UK, America needs to remember the amount of w
You know who else was a "rock star" (wannabe)? Tony Blair. He trumpeted change, wanted to be popular above all, and promised to transform politics. He went to war in Iraq, pledging 'change' against the dictatorship there. Change is a dangerous thing.
[quote who="Boudica" reply="4" id="1867174"]Yes and all Democrats hate their family, country and God. You're just a little bit biased. I won't even get into your many factual inaccuracies. You are so sure you are right that there's no point.[/quote] It's called a tongue in cheek comment, dear ;) Many of the people I highlighted do join the Democrats, though.
[quote who="Paladin77" reply="10" id="1861188"]How about reparations from all of Europe to the USA for all the times we saved their butts but when we asked for help they drag their feet. Lets see, WWI, WWII, Korea, the cold war, all the crap they dragged us into with Kosovo and Africa, with interest that comes out to about 25 trillion dollars.[/quote] And reperations to the UK from America for dragging us into Afghanistan, and Iraq, then!
[quote who="Paladin77" reply="1" id="1866826"]They lie and lie and we are tired of it. The truth is that republicans are people that love family, country and God. What is the problem with that?[/quote] Some people don't want a family, some people have an agenda against religion for whatever reason, and some (surprisingly many) young people dislike their country and as opposed to helping it, want to attack it. These people generally find a haven in the Democrat p
That is brilliant. All of the Democrat women saying picking Palin was insulting, how about they take a look at their beloved (or not so) leader. Many say they will vote Obama because he's more in touch, this clearly shows just how cynical he is - just as much so as McCain. I would love to have seen those women's faces when they heard they had to help him campaign :D