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QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 06:36 PM) Show me one time where Obama said that Gaddafi had WMD or posed a significant threat to the US. Show me where the UN authorized the US invasion of Iraq. If you can find me 1 instance where he used the term WMD or called Libya a threat to the US, and where the UN authorized the US action in Iraq, and I will agree its hypocritical. Furthermore, Im not sure where Obama lied, care to point me to the statement? Its not similar to Iraq at all, but who wants to talk about facts. Oh but when Iraq was/is based on humanitarian efforts (either before or after 2003), hell no, we can't touch that, right? Humanitarian reasons was yet another reason that was offered for Iraq, but let's conveniently forget that, because now it wouldn't fit the story of today. Which is it?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 06:24 PM) we really need to change the : B thing Yea, good point. It has always driven me crazy. I'll go fix it now. Edit: done.

Donald Trump = Sarah Palin with a penis and some money. What a f***ing blowhard.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 06:08 PM) You mean that I made assessments on the situation as they developed? Its not called coming around, its called looking at facts and not blindly ignoring them. At first this looked like it would go an entirely different route. It hasnt, when that happens you have to constantly reassess. It would be foolish to adamantly stand by a perspective as the facts change. I just think that at the time of the action, there were only 2 choices: A) Do something or B) Do nothing. I still think doing something was the right thing, and of course we have to follow through. LMAO. Hmmm. Thousands of people killed by a governmental regime. Doing something is the right thing. But this is SOOOO different, because Barackus the Great said it was. Obama lied, people died. Completely hypocritical stance.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) With a Juan Pierre in LF and a Carlos Quentin in RF this team seriously could use a GOOD defensive outfielder for the late innings of close games like this. OHHHHHH Brian Anderson says hi.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 07:26 PM) Try http://05.chat.mibbit.com/, then click "Server" with irc.wyldryde.org as the address. Make your nick your Soxtalk name, and put #Soxtalk.com as your channel. Is something messed up with the soxtalk link?

Well, that's an interesting end to the regular season. I hope the Hawks whip that Canuck ass.

No, not really. Think of the multiplier effect, over and over and over and over and over again. And it's not just the DoD. The government cooks the books so bad it's not even funny to show this so called growth we're "experiencing".

I've always had trouble with firefox for some reason. But, I haven't looked into it enough to see if there's anything that could be done.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 4, 2011 -> 08:29 AM) These graphs and charts probably don't include money the government pays out to 3rd parties, such as Haliburtin, or contractors making 30,000$ a month to work in Iraq, etc...which has been going on for the last decade. While these aren't government employees because they're all contracted out...it's still the government paying out the $. You have no idea what kind of money goes where... from the government. It's absoultely amazing what happens, and I know more about it now then I ever cared to.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Apr 4, 2011 -> 07:35 PM) Actually, it's not. It's a company specializing in supply chain software: Manhattan Associates. I'll basically be managing accounts for current customers and working on teams to implement software to new customers. As awesome as Boeing would be, this job is exactly what I wanted. There's something about the software industry that really intrigues the heck out of me. It just seems cool. The culture of Manhattan is awesome. Everybody was great on my visit last week. Plus, it's in Atlanta. And while I wouldn't have minded going out to Seattle, with all things about equal as far as compensation, etc., I'd rather stay in the Southeast. Congrats, that's great news.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 2, 2011 -> 07:51 PM) What do you propose the US do? Ivory Coast isnt going to be a NFZ, they already have thousands of UN troops there. Id be fine with more US support, but everyone who is gung ho about intervention in Ivory Coast must also realize that there is going to be significantly more risk to our troops there and that we will likely see numerous US casualties. Hmmm, no political interest (saving muslims from killing muslims) nor, any major oil reserves. Must be a waste of time. But'cha know... we have no business getting in civil wars, at least according to our current president. The hypocritcal stances here are pretty apparent.

I assume it's working ok? I haven't messed with a thing.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 31, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) Thanks Matt...called them and made the change...my cell service can get a bit iffy, so this was a great tip! Stand up, act like it's a presentation. Some people say "smile" when you're talking, but I think that's a load of s***. Try not to pause to long, yet let them talk when they want to talk.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) So, why isn't Obama getting reamed for the whole "Kill Team" fiasco? Wasn't Bush directly responsible for Abu Grhaib? Because he's made of teflon, of course. And, of course, if it wasn't for George Bush, we wouldn't be there anyway, right? So, of course, it's all his fault anyway.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:28 AM) Happy Birthday Fascist! Hippee. Dirty Hippee. Thank you.

Let's be clear, this is about EU oil, not US oil. Just sayin'.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 03:19 PM) F***, I don't like this. Either I have to disagree with everything I've said in this thread or I have to agree with Kap. Is that something akin to drinking a cup full of shards of glass?

By the way, I will actually answer the Iraq question and not duck it. At first no, it wasn't a debacle, but it certainly is now because the reasons for what we are doing there completely changed. As the great (*cough*) Colin Powell once said, "you break it, you have to stay and fix it". And as far as waiting until the UN asked us to get involved, wow. As usual, the UN was a little late to the game and we had to wait for THEM to decide OUR policy? That's reaching for the stars, baby. Just like in Syria, Yemen, Ivory Coast, Sudan, Congo, North Korea (yea, there's a nice one to think about) etc. etc. etc.

I have asthma now too. That's what happens when you get pneumonia more then once in your life. I hate it. But, I'm not blaming oil and coal companies for it... (I'm ribbing you on that... I've never really thought about it before). I'm just not sure you'll get the efficiency gains that you think you will (you being pluralistic here).

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 03:08 PM) Im on the other side completely. I believe that history will not be a kind judge to those who opposed the UN intervention. Thankfully we will have a record of people's positions, but my instincts tell me that the success of Libya is going to be extremely important to the Democratic movements of the Middle East and beyond. I assume that you consider Iraq a debacle as well, wouldnt want to accuse you of being hypocritical just because of your political ideology. Im sure youre consistent. You eliminate all "moral equivalancies" (which you cannot do, by the way - you're only doing that to shield yourself from any real idealogy invloved in this action)... to support "democratic movements" in the Middle East? Geesh. I still have not heard from our jackass president, who ordered our troops into another theatre, a real reason why we're doing this. Humanitarian? Right? Oil? Right? Kill MQ? Right? Leave him in power but bomb the piss out of him just because? Right? So what ARE we really doing? Just as long as we can remove moral equivalancies from past actions, this is all good. Right?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 03:00 PM) I think that renewables can cover the global energy needs within 50 years if governments commit to them, and I think it can happen at energy prices comparable with the levels we're paying now. I think we could be well on our way in 10 years if we ever got government policy out of the toilet. The technology exists right now, the only thing that isn't there is the manufacturing capacity. I think if you're going for nuclear, with the amount of money it costs, you're much, much better off focusing on renewable development, and you avoid the likelihood of something like what's happening in Japan right now. I think electric cars working with those systems can cover a huge fraction of transportation needs, especially with increased rail development (the hard part is freight hauling by trucks...because I struggle to see how you can cover long-distance trucking with batteries. Hence the need for improving rail). I think if you do those you see significant drops in health care costs. I also think that you can, without any loss in livelihood, cut ~30% from the per capita electricity consumption in this country (not counting electric car battery charging) just by eliminating wasted electricity. I really don't care if you need a little bit of oil or a little bit of gas development as a backup/freight fuel or to provide better baseload capacity. That's why I'm such a fan of the Volt. But, the Volt takes CO2... electricity generation. So you post that not counting electric car battery generation... that means you have a fallacy of logic there, IMO. You can't look at it that way. So what do you do? And the point of tying this to health care costs? Because of what? That's a HUGE leap. You know, I've always wondered why ... (oh snap... I think I just came up with a new freaking invention... I'm almost serious... ) okay, so I'll hold that thought a moment. But it's an idea of energy consumption in a standard house. And the materials made for car batteries are AWFUL for the environment, and I'm not sure they last as long as people claim. We simply don't know yet despite all of the "tests" that say otherwise. To me, it's a dream world of no CO2 and no nuclear. What's renewable? Solar? That is pretty much going by the wayside. And don't tell me wind energy, I've seen how that works (it doesn't, which is why it's starting to get abandoned).

Damn. That was quick, wasn't she just out doing stuff in public? It didn't seem like she was in bad health. RIP.

This whole thing is a humongeous debacle. I'll just leave it at that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2011 -> 02:53 PM) You haven't heard that one? That's been around since the Greece bailout, when everyone realized the next potential countries on the list were Ireland, Portugal, and then the big guy being spain. And potentially Italy subbing in as a different I. "Going under" is a little different than "requiring a bailout" though...the issue is that the funds the EU has been using to fund these bailouts probably isnt' enough to cover Spain. True. I think there would be some humongeous fissures develop in the structure of the whole EU if/when the domino of Spain falls. They can't really print money like we can.