[quote who="SanChonino"] Personally, she scares the hell out of me - and most of the genuinely moderate people I've discussed it with. I'm no Obama fan and haven't been for months now, but I find Palin's political viewpoints much more virulent, contradictory, and anti-American than anything I've heard out of BO's mouth. Scares the hell out of me, I say. [/quote] Can you be specific?
[quote]1) Declining oil production 2) Massively inflated military budgets 3) Unsustainable deficits and massive foreign debt 4) Balky, unresponsive, corrupt political system incapable of reform 5) Delusions of grandeur prevent honest discussion of problems[/quote] 1. What does this have to do with collapsing? Japan has no oil production, did it collapse? 2. How are our miliary budgets, inflated? Last year, military <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/
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I would totally agree with you if wanted to argue that Powell made WMD stockpiles a major thrust in trying to get the UN to pass a second resolution. Unfortunately for your argument, that is not what this discussion is about. The US had already voted (months previously) authorizing the President to invade Iraq and that case was *not* based on WMD stockpiles. I have to ask, are you an American? Because you seem very very concerned about what was presented to the UN.
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