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That's exactly what I mean.

QUOTE(minors @ Jun 13, 2006 -> 12:26 PM) Such a good move by our president. He bolsters our troops and caught the liberals off guard. With all eyes on camp david waiting for another vulnerable GOP spin to come out of it, Democrats were once again outsmarted by President Bush. Dems were stammering in disbelief when next they saw Bush strolling the marble halls of Saddam's old Palace greeting Iraq's new leader of a fresh government. With their tears of mourning barely dry from Zarqawi's untimely death at the hands of the murderous Bush, Democrats have the rest of the day to make the case as to how Bush made a big mistake by visiting Iraq and hosting a video conference from a totally surprising end of the screen. But they were outclass I'm glad that our President, who can't run for reelection, seems to be only interested in going to Iraq to catch liberals "off guard." Myself, I think its a sad state of affairs that our President has to make trips to a country we've occupied for three years in secret to best guarantee his safety.

The Valedictorian of my high school class had to get an injunction to be allowed to speak at our graduation ceremony because of what he wanted to say. This happens a lot more often than most realize I think.

Iowa Caucus has just as much to do with organization as it has to do with the candidate themselves. Because if the people polled don't go to the caucus meetings, it doesn't matter who they want to win.

That's why the real bigots are wearing suits and trying to make discrimination legal through unconstitutional laws and statewide referendum. After all, you don't have to wear a sheet to be a bigot at the polls.

K, thats enough.

Mutually Assured Destruction was not considered a viable policy option regarding the Soviet Union until the Cuban Missile Crisis had passed. Japan did directly attack the United States and provided the impetus to finally push the United States directly into World War II. Although mass scale invasion of the United States was never an option for either power, the Germans certainly had the technology to create serious issues for the US across its eastern coast.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi requested the investigation start on Jefferson and when the evidence began to mount against Jefferson, she also asked him to remove himself from the committee he is a member of because of possible conflicts of interest. Please don't lump the Congressional Black Caucus which has its own agenda with the leadership of the Democratic party.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 03:43 PM) I love how leftists claim to be all high and mighty yet they are an order of magnitude dirtier, both literally and figuratively, than even the worst Republican. I hope this lady gets held accountable for her actions - but according to a friend of mine who works in the New Jersey statehouse, apparently sending poo in the mail to elected officials is a growing trend. At least Musgrave's office only got dog poo.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) As long as you have Madrassa's throughout the middle east programming kids to despise America. As long as you have children throughout the middle east who are taught to believe that suicide bombing is a noble cause then you will always have war. Our biggest problem in this war is not finding and exterminating terrorist scum, however, it is people like you. People who lack the will to deal with the problem. People who say that it's too tough, people who don't like any methods that dont involve flowers and candy. The war against the Islamo-fascist movement is the first war in 2 centuries that the opposition can strike our homes directly and people like you wring your hands and say we can't do it. If people like you were in charge there would still be a Nazi Germany because it would have been "too tough" to defeat them. If people like you were in charge there would still be an Imperial Japan, a Soviet Russia and on and on throughout history. Weak stomachs cannot protect people. It takes strong will, decisive action and the guts to see the thing through. Those requirements are something that you and those who think like you completely lack. I love how you think that because I believe all people deserve a degree of human dignity, regardless of your behavior - you equate that to flowers and candy. All I'm saying is that there are different ways to look at terrorism and how to fight it. You can fight it with fire and brimstone, but that battle never ends. Or you can go at it with an olive branch in one hand and a tommy gun in the other. Its what we did in Afghanistan in late 2001 and why that worked so well. Until we decided to move the war on terror to a secular country that didn't export terror, although was ruled by a bad person. If we cared about fighting the war on terror, maybe we would have gone after the country who protected and still protects A.Q. Khan - the guy who gives nuclear technology out to the highest bidders (North Korea and Iran) but somehow, that country is our ally. If we cared about fighting the war on terror, maybe we would have gone after the country who supplied most of the terrorists or the country that aided the money laundering necessary to give Al Qaeda the structure that it has - but somehow, those countries are our allies as well. If we cared about fighting the war on terror, maybe we would have gone after the country who financially supported the Taliban and Al-Qaeda because of their Islamo-Fascist agenda that they could pursue without relative consequence. But instead, we fought the four letter country that ends in Q and let the terrorists move there. Those would be the hard things to do that would do better to crush the terror cells in their homes. But instead we did what's easy, and then complained when it turned out that after we made a mess, it turned out to be a mess. If we had real leadership, maybe this situation would be handled responsibly and we would do common sense, realistic and effective things to combat terrorism rather than break the law, violate American values and whine whenever they were called on it. If we found a sustained military effort was necessary to fight this battle militarily, real leadership would call on the American public to contribute to the effort and make sacrifices to make sure our country stayed strong at home, while our soldiers fought to make us safer rather than hand out tax cuts and tell people "just go shopping more." I can't say that I could have provided the kind of leadership that would have defeated Japan and Germany, but I'm reasonably certain that our current government wouldn't have been able to do it either.

Well, look at it this way. You're a DA. You have someone claiming rape. You have a corroborating witness. Election or not, how do you not justify indicting the accused? Granted I haven't paid attention to this story, but still...

Here's my question: how is us talking about it all the time, thousands of miles away, going to bring their lives back to normal?

And that's enough. Thread closed.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 01:43 PM) How many times does it need to be said? These people only understand force and violence. There is nothing we can do to change the minds of people who are programmed from birth to despise America and whose life aspiration is to do a homicide bombing and take as many of us with them as they can. To defeat them there must be no restriction on the level of violence we inflict on these people. Winning the hearts and minds of a group of fanatics is a lost cause and only hamstrings the efforts being made to eradicate them. Terrorism isn't a battle that's just right now, it's a battle for the future. And if you want to ascribe every poor muslim that Al-Qaeda tries to reach out to (and that's where the bulk of its recruiting is coming from) as a fanatic, get ready for a war that will never end.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 02:23 PM) They could have recognized Israel's right to exist and had all that go away. Maybe. I'm not defending Hamas by any stretch of the imagination - but I am saying that Israel doesn't exactly have a record of being an honest broker here. And the chronology of events here seems pretty simple. Fatah runs a corrupt administration and doesn't supply many basic needs and services. In some areas of the Palestinian authority, this vaccuum is filled by Hamas which actually provides some basic services to people in need. They run in elections as a reform party and in a free and fair election, the Palestinian people vote in Hamas for reform, despite their terrorist history. Israel demands recognition from Hamas, knowing that a insurrectionary party who can't have a generally open leader because he will be targeted for assasination by Israel won't be able to do this without giving up a large portion of their power base. Although Hamas doesn't go that far, it is able to convince its militant arm to call a cease fire in hostilities - a somewhat large step. Talks about eventual recognition even leak out from Hamas over time. Israel sensing weakness instead of opportunity axes all aid and suspends returning tax payments it collects from Palestinians, effectively destroying what little remains of the Palestinian economy. Hamas is left with two choices - crumble, or fight back. Nobody should be surprised that a wounded cornered hungry animal is choosing to lash out and fight. It happens all the time. I'm not saying its right, I'm just not saying it's a surprise.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 7, 2006 -> 06:05 PM) I love that lesbian show on ShowTime.

What bothers me about this case is the same thing that bothers me about the Aruba chick. It's one case that affects nobody outside of the town that it took place in and as the narrative of the story goes - "she's full of s***" so does a lot of attitudes regarding other women who are most likely legitimately reporting a rape. In the mean time people get so focused on something like this that they loose track of stories and news that has the power to affect them personally.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jun 10, 2006 -> 09:31 AM) Haven't heard the whole album, but I love "Hands Open". Is the rest of the disc similar? I didn't like any of their previous stuff, for what that's worth. Luh Ame, Lame. I liked Hands Open enough to buy the album, but the song really bothers me now as does the rest of the album. The lyrics give the opportunity to convey a s*** ton of emotion, but everything is so controlled. The music is pretty tight, but this would be a better album if it wasn't so polished and the singer let loose. I need to hear his voice crack when he sings that his hands are open... He oughta be giving it everything. On the album it sounds like he can't be bothered to.

Thanks for the setup

Take them to court, and I'd be happy to Yas.

The point is that the vast majority of people held in Guantanamo Bay wouldn't kill me - that's the problem. If they are terrorists, they should be brought to justice. If they are not, they sure as s*** shouldn't be held in confinement for four years for no good reason. Everyone uses the word terrorist like its an excuse to treat someone inhumanely. It's not. They are still human. And if the same people here who claim that our country is based on "Christian" values, aren't arguing this than maybe they oughta bone up on the texts they claim is the basis for our society. Taking away the fact that what makes us better than the terrorists is our value of treating all men humanely and equally, is the idea that if this is a war of values and image, us treating these people humanely and equally (while bringing them to justice) helps win the people to our side who might just become the next generation of terrorists.

What option did you expect them to take? Let's literally end all aid to Palestine except for food aid - except all the aid workers are out of Palestine because there's no money to fund their aid efforts anymore. I'm not saying its right either, but its a logical step in a game that Israel's playing. They don't want a peaceful Hamas - because a peaceful Hamas means a final "settlement" of the Palestinian issue has to be on something other than unilateral terms. This is a chess game where you can see the moves played in advance.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jun 9, 2006 -> 10:16 PM) This case has so much 'reasonable doubt' you can drive a mack truck through it. And then some. But it doesn't matter, the 'rich kids got what they deserved'. Screw every one of you that think that way. I think I'm not on the jury, and I think I'm not a lawyer. And I think I'm several states away from the case. I think its a decision best left up to the judge and jury and not me.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 9, 2006 -> 08:31 PM) The fact that these scumbags belong to an terrorist organization. They aren't just jow and Jane Haji. Stop trying to defend these people! Save your f***ing tears for people who deserve them..........you know.....like the innocent people who die every day in car bombings, suicide bombings, shootings and other assorted terrorist activities that they perpetrate. I could maybe even be swayed if a large percentage of the people that we got in captivity in Guantanamo Bay were actually terrorists. But if that's the case, we oughta prosecute them and bring them to justice.

Actually, its totally constitutional because the conferenced bill goes back up for approval to both houses.