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You're right about that one YAS. They shot the last aid worker they captured instead of beheading her. This was not just any aid worker either. She spent 30 years, I say again 30 years, working to help the people of Iraq. Savages indeed. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138723,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138792,00.html

His plan hasn't even been unveiled yet and you're right all that has been discussed is Personal savings accounts. If you'll recall I gave Bush credit for moving SS reform to the forefront of his agenda and said I liked the idea of PSA's & thats it. Until it's unveiled there is as of yet no concrete plan for getting this done. Like I said. Wait and see exactly what he wants to do before judging. If this were the only issue in the election Id still have voted against Kerry because instead of looking to reform he said nothing more than wanting to perpetuate the status quo.

Jackie. If you can come up with a better way to convert SS to personal savings accounts ( which I think is the right thing to do ) then please say so. The system is fundamentally broken as it stands now if it doesn't get fixed then there won't be anything left for you, me or anyone else, unless you plan to retire at 90 with just enough money in your monthly check to pay for your geritol. I'd much rather have my SS money building up in my own account and let the power of compounding take control than hope and pray that the current system hasn't come apart by the time I retire. The thing is that you still have to provide for current and soon to be retirees so the trick is to do that without busting the budget. I'll wait and see how the Bush Adminstration proposes to do that before passing judgement instead of sitting there while the walls fall in saying it cant be done.

Who said the fix for SS was lowering taxes? Aside from you that is? The solution to SS is to reform the system which is what I have been talking about all along. We've been playing your cut benefits/raise retirement age game for years and the day of reckoning for SS just keeps getting closer. Tax reform and SS reform are two seperate issues.

See my above post about isolated incidents versus daily occurances.

Way to twist my words around. I have no faith in government programs to provide for me and neither does the GOP and thats the crux of the argument. That's why I'm excited about the prospect of changing over the current SS system to one that involves Personal Savings Accounts. The GOP is actually trying to implement real reform to a broken system. If you think the measure of American greatness is a failed government program then you're a socialist and a rather myopic one at that.

I totally agree with your reasoning. I too want to see exactly what Bush has in mind for reforming SS but at least its on the table which is more than I can say for any of his predecessors of either party. I too, however, have no confidence in SS still being around in 40 years when I'm supposed to retire so I'm salting away every spare dime in mutual funds. Relying on the government to take care of you is a sure ticket to the poorhouse.

I do seem to recall something about tax reform being looked at which would actually increase revenues since all those tax shelters that wealthy people and corporations now use to skate out of paying any tax at all would go away. SS is by its own nature a ponzi pyramid scam and its doomed to fail. I just wonder what you "throw money at a broken system" liberals are gonna say when SS does go belly up and there are no benefits left for anyone. But adjust your tin foil hats and go on and trash Bush for making reform a priority while we still can.

The things you mention are isolated incidents spanning a couple of decades. The stuff I talked about happens every day in the middle east. There is no comparison.

Gee whiz, I do seem to recall that we did the same thing with Russia when it comes to battlefield nukes. Never mind that the N. Korean army outnumbers the S. Korean army by 2-1 and the token U.S. prescence on the peninsula is regarded by everyone as a speed bump. Actually if you look at it the U.S. is pursuing option number one. U.S. troops on the peninsula are slated to be decreased by a third within 2 years and responsibility for guarding the DMZ is now completely in S. Korea's hands.

We're a lot better at killing and destroying than we are at taking care of the sick and elderly. Sad but true. Medicare is hemmoraging money and the Social Security ponzi pyramid scam is 10 years from insolvency. Major reform is needed in both but up till now politicians in both parties have been too cowardly to face it and the problem has gotten worse. I give Bush credit for having the stones to make an effort to stop the bleeding. Now lets see if he can get it right.

It blows my mind that some people are upset that we didnt get into a bidding war over a 37 year old SS when Uribe is young enough to be his son ( ok I'm exaggerating but you see my point ) and can get it done just as well.

Did they get fleeced? Thats debateable. Did they overpay, looks that way. Do they now have the best setup/closer combo in the AL central? Defenitely.

Christian conservatives are cut from the same cloth as Islamic fundies huh? Yeah, they send suicide bombers into night clubs , they blow up buses full of women and children, they behead people and play videos of it on the internet and the 700 club, they hang people off bridges and drag them through the streets of.....oh......Akron. I think your comparison falls flat. As for you Tex.......Been there, done that.

A bit of disarmament? I guess you missed it when our ballistic missile and warhead inventories dropped by 75%. :rolly

Is it too much to expect management to give the team the tools it needs to truly be competitive? To set a high standard? I think Reinsdorf would make a lot more money if he'd invest in a top notch player or 2 that would make us truly competitive. We're gonna always be stuck in that plus minus 10 games from 500 at the rate we're going.........and getting all the great tee times in October too.

Vizquel was a good non-deal. Why get into a bidding war over a 37 year old Vizquel when you have Uribe ready to take the job. KW needs to be concentrating on getting a starter in here and some bullpen help and forget about the nonsense about dealing Konerko. With Maggs gone and Thomas's health in serious doubt who's gonna put up offensive numbers for the Sox? Lee? Everett? Yeah, good luck with that.

Evewryone keeps waiting for Judy to win 15 games. Its been, what, 4 years now. /not holding breath Here's a guy that you package while you still can.

Meaning that the Sox would have to eat a whole s***load of cash to get the deal done. I totally agree. Nobody really thinks JR is gonna go for that. That deal is a pipe dream.

You keep on practicing the policies of appeasement with nations trying to develop nuclear weapons and there wont be any schools left to fund & nobody left for us to throw money away on failed social programs for.

The whole purpose of the missile shield is to stop a rouge state like Iran or N. Korea from launching on the continental U.S. with a small number of missiles. N. Korea is now thought to possess a class of ballistic missile that can reach the continental U.S. in case you didn't already know. Nobody is under any illusions that we could entirely stop a massive launch from Russia......yet........as the technology is not mature yet. Fortunately for us M.A.D. actually still works on a nation like that. Works on China too although they don't have anything close to Russia's arsenal or ours. I love how the left decries something that can protect our country from missile attack. I know the system is not perfect. IT'S IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE! But you'd choke off any and all development and continue to leave us defenseless. AAAA! Blows my mind.

Only in America. Sheesh!

The word terrorist works for me. I'm surprised though that the left hasn't taken to calling them martyrs yet, I mean that would be the politically correct thing to say would it not?

Export a liberal? I LOVE IT! Where do I send donations? If theres a liberal somewhere who wants a permenant one-way ticket to the peoples republic of Canada and cant afford it I will be most happy to use some of my ill gotten savings ( anyone who has more than 5 dollars is a rich evil pig remember? ) to help out. Dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Who cares, thats a big reason why stocks are up again today.