StrangeSox

The MSM was cheerleading the Iraq war through at least 2003.

HAMP hasn't been working as well as hoped, but it's not like they're proposing a better replacement.

Rick Santorum blames "abortion culture" for problems with Social Security

House Republicans voted to kill HAMP Of course, they haven't really proposed anything to replace it.

Sharia Law, the Real New Atheism!

I don't know where else to post this. It's not pro-lib/dem or anti-rep/cons, not even political really. It's just something that is helping to crush my faith in humanity a little more, and I'd thought I'd share. Parents picket girl with peanut allergy, ask her to withdraw from school (more detailed article specifying 504 plan accommodations) Now, maybe the child's parents should consider homeschooling their child for safety concerns unrelated to 'inconveniencing' these other parents or their children by having them do such horrible things as washing their hands or brushing their teeth. And the dog seems a little over-the-top but still, is is really that bad? Does that warrant other parents issuing what amount to death threats against a six year old child?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) The Guardian is now running with a statement saying that one of the reactor cores has completely melted down and flowed out of its containment vessel. Sloppy wording, should be reactor vessel. Everything is still inside the containment building.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2011 -> 06:11 PM) This is kinda a scary graph. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:56 AM) Along these lines: Unpaid Jobs: The New Normal? Of course, the problem remains that we tax the rich too much! If only we didn't tax them, they would be ever so happy to pay these people! The "best" part of the article: Yes, it's rather unfortunate that it's generally illegal to pay people nothing for their labor.

Because there was a UN resolution passed explicitly authorizing international action, which is a lot different from the unilateral action implied in your post. As for your similarities to Iraq, again, the scale isn't nearly the same here. The justification for relatively limited military action has always been and is still humanitarian intervention to stop Gaddafi from brutal retaliation against the rebellion. That hasn't changed and isn't at all similar to the numerous weak/fabricated justifications for a full-scale invasion and occupation of Iraq. Saying that our exact scope isn't clear is a meaningless comparison to Iraq because it applies to every single war ever fought by anyone. Saying we really have no way of knowing how long we'll be there fails on the same front mentioned above as well as the fact that the scale and scope is nowhere near Iraq and we're not invading pretty much unilaterally to overthrow Gaddafi and occupying the country until a stable government appears. I'm not ignoring the similarities that you've presented, I've pointed out why they're so flawed.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 11:04 AM) Oh bulls***. No one is claiming it's Iraq 2. But continue to ignore the obvious similarities. Please, explain. Anything you've tried so far has failed badly. What are you talking about?

from the comments section:

ld is Hifter!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) That's actually impressive. They wrote a whole article about how high-income earners are affecting state's revenue situation without ever acknowledging that having all of your income growth concentrated in the top 1%, while the remaining 99% stagnate or get worse, might be a bad thing. Yeah, job well done. The problem isn't the stagnant or shrinking middle class and lower wages for the poor, it's taxes on the rich!

It's not comparable to Iraq because the size, scope, reasons, costs, lives lost, or any other possible quantitative measure shows that it's a s*** comparison that people who were gullible enough to support the Iraq war are trying to use to bolster their failed positions.

I dunno, I would have struggled to make a caricature that said something that asinine. A secular-atheist country dominated by radical Islamists

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 07:13 PM) Todd Bertuzzi gonna be suspended for the rest of the regular season. That was dirty and he has a track record of being a dirty player. I still remember him ambushing a player from behind back in 2004

Gingrich fears the US could become "“a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists" wtf

They got UHC?

From a discussion elsewhere, thought it was worthwhile to repost:

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 02:20 PM) Unfortunately there are people who are actually using that line of argument. Those are just the people who still have a mountain of crow to eat after their rabid support of invading Iraq. It's a convenient way to defend supporting Iraq and attack Obama.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) Maybe "goal" wasn't the right word. Let's go with "purpose." The purpose was fighting terrorism and like you said, creating a stronghold in the region. We have no such clearly defined purpose in Libya. We have a bunch of different bulls*** justifications. And that's BS that we garnered international support first. My perception is that other nations threw up a fit that no one was doing anything about MG and then we decided we'd act on behalf of the world (yet again). And yeah, look at all that political capital we threw away. No one trusts us anymore! No one is ever going to ask for our help! Bulls***, bulls***, bulls***. Iraq didn't do anything to hurt us in terms of foreign policy. We might have pissed off some citizens of various countries, but in terms of our actual dealings with countries it didn't do anything. Do we view Russia much different because of their actions in Georgia? Do we view the French different because they didn't want to get involved in Iraq? Nope. It's business as usual and always has been. Your perception is noticeably divorced from reality.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 28, 2011 -> 09:22 AM) Who wants to bet that Caterpillar gets a HUGE financial deal out of this (subsidy, tax break in another area, etc.)? In other words, this f***ed up government of ours, where one party protects the rich, and the other party protects the poor, continues to f*** the majority of Americans. LOL, who's that? Both parties protect the rich.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 01:19 PM) Is it too early to apply for jobs now if I graduate in may? Will companies even read past that part on my resume or cover letter? I'm not getting as much interest as I thought i'd get... Not trying to sound cocky. absolutely not. this was before everything in the economy went to s***, but I already had a job lined up by this point in my last semester.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2011 -> 04:06 PM) I finally got a job offer!!! Well that only took 23 months. I'll be starting in about three weeks. Yeah!!! Thank God that the stress of the hunt is over! 'grats!