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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 7, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) The REAL answer is neither of these two dimwits have a clue. They have clues, but their conclusions may not be right. Same with Bush, the various military leaders, and advisers. With all the suggestions, someone has proposed the best path, but it will be ignored if it came from the wrong side of the aisle or if it comes with a political price tag.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 7, 2005 -> 07:42 AM) Oh, b**** b**** b****... was that a personal attack?

This depends on what we call victory. We haven't been able to stop crime in our country. Gangs terrorize neighborhoods, drive by shooting, innocent person tied to fence post and killed because he was gay, dragged behind a pick up because he was black, beaten because he dared teach an anti-religious view of our origins. So if we are trying to wipe all crime from Iraq, we can't. And much of this is criminal, we aren't fighting an army. We removed Hussein, that was a victory. But removing all the terrorist gangs? We can't. YASNY, you are right, if someone doesn't know about Viet Nam, how could they know about Iraq? Misquoting the death numbers is just plane stupid and sloppy. That's why I thought Kerry had a better handle on what to do in Iraq. He fought in Viet Nam, He had people shooting at him. Bush stayed stateside, occasionally flying a plane. Who had the better clue?

Reuters Link One of the things that makes this country so great is our willingness, even our eagerness, to take mistakes, open them up for the world to see, and fix the problems. No sweeping under the rug, no eraser to the history books. We learn from our mistakes, take pride in our successes.

That's what you get for living way up north . . . 60s and rainy here.

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You might want to consider the JW Church as well, I hear there are some really hot chicks there and you never have to buy them gifts

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:31 PM) That's my MO as well. oooh Steff speaking Latin . . .

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:20 PM) I dont give political parties any money anymore. All that accomplishes is getting them to call you constantly nagging you for more. I was friends with the GOP County head here and gave to a couple of the candidates that I knew and respected. That list was given up the line to the State and National levels so I still get some calls, emails, and letters. I enjoy staying in the loop on the latest spin and talking points. It's almost as good as listening to Rush, only less commercials. The problem the GOP has in this area is they have almost 0 chance of winning. So you have sacrificial lambs running. Hard to get a serious candidate, with good qualifications, to tilt windmills. Nuke, you can launder that Hillary check through me, so your buddies don't know you're backing a Dem

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:25 PM) As a seller I always leave feedback first... I bought something and didn't get it yet (just ended Sunday night and I paid immediately) and the seller is hounding me to leave feedback.. I would never leave feedback until their end of the transaction was completed.

I always leave feedback when the other party has completed their end of the transaction. I find that large sellers rarely leave feedback and when they do, it is canned. I do not place much faith in the feedback system. Too much threat of retaliation in the feedback. I have two negatives, both from the same seller, at the same time because I posted negative on him.

Here's one for the lucky GOPer in your family. http://www.rightwingconspiracy.org/cgi-bin...cgi?refer=repub Another favorite of mine is http://beltmaster.com/

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Dec 6, 2005 -> 12:14 PM) Perhaps, if the Democratic Party would stop with the sound bytes and stupid emails of how bad the Republicans suck, and actually come up with practical solutions, they wouldn't have to b**** about the Republicans being in power. What a concept, eh? I hate our government. Did you get the canned phone call from the Chaney people? They (DeLay) needs money to fight the desperate Dems. LOL. The fact that we have two opposing forces that do battle is a whole lot better than a one party system. I can't think of too many Monarchy and single power source countries that do very well for very long. Usually the world community (US) has to come in a kick some ass and fix that situation.

Another possible approach is to ask her, based on all her knowledge, what she is looking for in an organized religion? What would it look like, then see if it matches with JW. The trick will be to get her to remember the pre-JW days. It is a great learning process to read the Bible, discover your truths and find a Church that supports that, then to find a Church and blindly accept their teachings. But then again, I am a born again Catholic, another mainstream denomination that has been likened to a cult by Fundamentalists.

I'm enjoying this so much I sent money to both sides to keep up the fight. SpinnipSSpinnipSSpinnipSSpinnipS

Let the voters in Sugarland decide. Then Hammer Time '08. I'm thinking Rice and Hammer the Texas Treat

This is the same guy who was hiding in a celler? Yeah, he's not afraid.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Dec 5, 2005 -> 07:59 AM) Interesting indeed, but Not Threadworthy. So Sayeth SoxTalk. Mod Tex, if you could move Scofflaw Tex's post into the Politics Clusterf*** thread, it would be much appreciated. By somebody. When did the Dems and GOP start fighting a different war? This isn't about politics, this is about our efforts to win in Iraq and get the hell out.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/02/ira...s.ap/index.html One way to beat the press.

Linked to CNN

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QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Dec 1, 2005 -> 11:44 AM) I'm just saying silvy and carmen are just throwing things out there, they don't know what's going on anymore then we do. Are you saying that people who have a budget, resources, and time to research contacts and develop relationships within the organization know the same as you do? Where do you get your information?

What I was thinking as I wrote this was how we do share this angst everyday, but in a different way. If she were a poet, a song writer, a painter, or worked in another media, we see this pain laid out for us in song and story, poems and paintings. So maybe this should be published. Maybe it ads to the range of human emotions that touch us each day. It pains me to think of a 9-year old who has such evil shooting into her live. I hurts to thing of her with such hate. I pray it is temporary and doesn't eat away the innocence of youth. Reporters and editors have a tough job in this. Let's take the situation that the editor agrees with y'all that the letter should not be published, and doesn't. They look like they were "protecting" the murdering SOB. Publish and they look like they are exploiting a 9-year olds pain and suffering.

QUOTE(EvilMonkey @ Nov 30, 2005 -> 11:56 PM) ANYTHING (almost) for the almighty green! I know a couple shops here that stopped offering them. The shops right across in Mexico are full color, 1000 @ $32 US. The local guys are giving up listening to customers complain.

What is a testimony to our society is being a police officer isn't on the list of top 10 most dangerous professions. For the most past we do have a respect for law enforcement. It's tragic in that it is so uncommon.