Rex Kickass

I do like the usage of the word "Sugar Tits" though.

Southsider has Joementum! Of course that could be a very bad thing.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 02:10 PM) There will have to be a regime change at some point. Hopefully it'll be an uprising funded by the West, rather than a direct conflict. On the other hand, I have faith that the Saudi royal family will slowly introduce enough reform into their nation that a regime change won't be necessary. What would ever give you that impression? They are only going to do the littlest amount possible to protect their power and as long as the terror is pointed outside the kingdom, the Sauds could frankly give a crap. So let me get this straight. You say that revolutions take time, but some people get the time and some people shouldn't. I don't pretend to know a lot about internal Lebanese politics and I'm pretty sure you are no expert either. What I can say, is that the little that I have heard, was that the issue of disarming Hezbollah was first and foremost on the domestic political agenda in the country. Revolutions do take time, and an elected Hezbollah may, in fact, mean the moderation of Radical Islamists. Organizations and viewpoints change over time, and giving Hezbollah a voice in a government may do just that. If that were the sole case of what's making things good or bad, why aren't we just working on controlling the banks and borders? We could probably do that effectively and then plummet the violence in Iraq within weeks. The problem is that the violence is sectarian in nature, and that there has been a democrtization of terror. Nobody knows who's going to shoot who. They just know someone's getting shot. That's a big part of the problem in Iraq and I don't know what the solution is there. The Iraqis themselves though are largely to blame. One other thing, you mentioned peace and prosperity for the Kurds... if thats the case, why is Turkey threatening to invade Northern Iraq because of Kurdish terrorist attacks being staged from Iraqi Kurdistan?

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I've heard good things about the Industrial Strip in Hammond.

QUOTE(G&T @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 12:35 PM) You bent my wookie. These rubber pants are hot.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 01:39 PM) Unfortunately, I can't hand around at the moment and discuss this. But, I will certainly come back to this thread and read the discussion with interest, and then offer my comments. However, I have this comment as of the moment. Rex, you are going off on a tangent with your remarks on Rice and Bolton. What should Isreal do? Yas, I don't really think that I am on a tangent here. I think that Israel has put themselves on a path that has few options for them. Continue to fight and play along with their objective to defeat Hezbollah. A long term ceasefire for Israel is no longer a unilaterally serious option for Israel. Not on their own anyway. I think the only way for "a way out" from this spiral involves third party intervention. Only a major power like the EU, UN, US, UK or Russia is going to get that cease fire to happen. France too has some pull in the region with special historical ties with Lebanon. The solution is going to involve Lebanese leaders, Israeli leaders, and a third party maybe Egypt. It probably won't involve Hezbollah. The solution will help acheive Israel's goal of disarming Hezbollah because that's a common regional goal - but try to keep as much peace in Lebanon as possible and keep what's left of its government from disintegrating further.

Swift boaters have their sights set on John Murtha.

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QUOTE(YASNY @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 01:08 PM) So ... what exactly should Isreal do? That's a great question. It has painted itself into a corner, and our lack of diplomatic leadership is certainly not giving Israel any outs. Although Bolton has recently handled himself well in the UN, the leadership of Condi Rice has been less than inspiring to say the least. What Israel should have done, when it announced a 48 hour cease fire in Southern Lebanon to allow civilians to get out was to honor the cease fire it unilaterally announced. If you're trying to be the good guy and trying to play by the rules - you have to at least play by the rules you set. I don't know enough about the players in Lebanon to give you an answer of how a solution gets found here - but I have a feeling it has something to do with US or French leadership and Lebanese secularists and Christians. And yes I said the French. They are the only "power" really actively engaging governments and working for peace at the moment.

I guess it would depend on why I supported Lieberman in the first place. If it's because I'm a "Democrat" and so is he, if he threatens to bolt the party if he loses the nomination - he really ought not to expect me to support him if he doesn't want to support me.

I know, just ask United Fruit!

QUOTE(WCSox @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 12:15 PM) You're right. I should've given the examples of the IDF sending suicide bombers into malls and restaurants in Ramallah during a time of peace. Or I could've used the exmaples of the IDF going across the border and kidnapping members of the Lebanese army. Oh, maybe the example of the IDF firing missiles from the backyards of Israeli homes and going screaming to Al Jazeera that the Lebanese are targeting Israeli citizens in their homes. How about cutting power and running water to 600,000 Gazans to search for one Israeli soldier?

If history is any guide, another despot will take his place in Cuba. It's their tradition.

Not so fast. Raul Castro takes hold when Fidel leaves. He's all about toeing the line and maybe ratcheting it down even tighter than Fidel did. Fidel was an opportunist. Raul was the Marxist.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 05:18 PM) Well, first, according to the story, if the Estate tax isn't repealed or changed, it reverts back to 55% for over $1 million. Second, I hope to have it grow in value more than it is now, so I can raise that $2 million number. So if I die before 2011, my wife is rich! After that, my family gets screwed. So let me get this straight. If someone inherits 1.75 million, only the last .75 million is actually taxed right? The first million is "free" so to speak. So someone with a 1.75 million dollar inheritance isn't really being taxed at 55% but really at like 23-25% right?

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 12:40 AM) My point is that pretty much every respected nation has condemned Hezbollah's original agression. There's no need to have say Canada condemn Hezbollah everytime they launch a missile. Within the Arab world there's a whole other slew of forces at work. Even Saudi Arabia and Jordan and Egypt condemned Hezbollah at first. But the civilian body count in Israel is 13. Although that's a lot of people - and in excusable, over 500 Lebanese have been killed as a result of Israeli attacks. We know at least 60 of them to be civilians. (50+ in a shelter this week, as well as several Canadian citizens trying to flee the country.) Also a handful of Lebanese soldiers who are also not fighting in this fight and trying to flee as well. So in sheer numbers, the condemnation is going to go to the greater attack.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 08:58 PM) It's easier to present the liberals as either crazy or america-haters if that's all it's about. Forget the bashing of the party constantly on Fox, forget the Schaivo stuff, forget his positions on women's rights, forget the contempt he's shown for his own state, forget his part in helping the Repubs pass Alito and Roberts, forget his part in passing dozens of bills benefiting whoever's giving him money, none of those would fit into the "Crazy liberals" narrative. When you couple that with the idea that Lieberman said he'll run with or without the nomination of his party, why would Democrats want to give it to him in the first place? If I was a Connecticut Democrat, that in and of itself would put me on Team Lamont.

My guess is that he's already dead. They sit on these sort of announcements for a long time.

Back from Brazil, straight to work from an overnight flight with no sleep. My legs are still all cramped up from 25 hours on Buses, cars, planes and trains....

What I don't get is that people outside of this race's immediate vicinity see this as two things "Iraq War Referendum" or "Left Wing (Streisand, Soros, bloggers) taking over the party there." This race is way more complicated than that. Just like the 2004 election was more than Swiftboating and Gay Marriage. Every tough fight has a lot of variables in it. And Lieberman has shown himself to be not adept at realizing and adapting to that. That's all I've been trying to say.

Take a look at Jon Corzine. Here's a guy that raised some money from people in his party and when they called in "favors," he basically told them it wasn't going to happen and shut down the state government in NJ to get a budget that he thought was adequate for the state.

I'm not going to nitpick here, but that was your entire post. Show me what I missed.

Actually Lamont is a millionaire who could self-finance his campaign. So yeah, Soros/Streisand matters very little. Especially Streisand.