I wasn't commenting on its relevance to this speech, and of course it's not relevant to this speech. But islamofascism is hardly a bogeyman; it kills a very real and significant number of people, and it's not as unlikely to kill you or people you know as you make out. Also, I'd hardly say that people have an irrational and unnecessary fear of terrorism -- do you know anyone who takes those terror warning levels seriously? I don't.
There are things that are far more likely to kill you than terrorists, but most of those things tend to be non-conscious killers (which require a different approach and different people leading the response), and it's not like you only worry about the single most harmful thing -- rather, you take into account the varying degrees of harm caused by a variety of dangers. Car accidents or heart attacks will move up and down a little bit, and gradually get better, but with terrorists what happens if North Korea starts giving them nukes? What happens if in ten years Muslims and environmental cases vote in some wacko terror group in France, which has a nuclear arsenal? Already we've seen that when some terrorist group like Saddam's Baath party controls a country and uses its resources to build nuclear and other weapons, you get an uproar from the "progressives" when Israel takes out the reactor, or when the Anglosphere takes out the dictator (oh, sorry, he had a right to sovereignty...). What if next time it's somebody less bold (er, cowboy imperialist) than Bush in office? What if it's some loony pacifist?
Terrorism is already quite deadly, as I said, but the way it works makes it far more insidious than the way you paint it, as something that just happens "somewhere far off" and has no impact whatsoever on us. Surely you learned that lesson on September 11?
Ahh...there we go...I bet the Islamic fundamentalists were feeling left out by this point. Nice to see Romney managed to squirrel in a jab at the boogyman of international terrorism
Yes, it's just a bogeyman drawn up by Karl Rove and friends. A little imaginary thing that happens to shoot fleeing school children in the back, blow up churches and synagogues and mosques, fly planes into buildings, saw off school girls' heads, chop people up with machetes, drive and plant and strap on explosives, shoot and stab people, kill Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, whites, blacks, asians, hispanics, in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Israel, Arab countries, South America, etc., etc., etc.
You like projecting your own insecurities, don't you..
As I said not long ago, not everyone who disagrees with you is conservative. Basically anybody sane will think you're an asshat, and yet many of us aren't religious, have no problem with homosexuals, etc.
Erm, "zionist neocon" is basically a made-up column for exaggerated fantasies of delusional America-haters (and Israel-haters, too).
Do you think the US, Britain, Australia, etc., are getting less democratic because they keep electing people you don't like? At any rate, in real reality it's pretty hard to argue with the democratic nature of these countries, with some of the richest and longest-living democratic natures anywhere, let alone all the millions of other people around the world to whom they've brought democracy...It's a safe bet that wherever you live, it's either democratic thanks to one or more of those countries, or it's not democratic at all.
But, then, you probably consider the "People's Republic of..." places democratic, since you seem to find the US, Britain and Australia getting less democratic lately.
Hey genius, millions upon millions more people are suffering and dying from not enough money than from global warming. Improving the economy will do far more good for the foreseeable future than any of the hippy crap you're spewing.
I just don't get why these asshats deny that humans evolved from monkeys when it's perfectly obvious that the same evolutionary process of survival and specialization takes place among atoms, molecules, societies, bacteria, ideas, etc., etc. It takes a special kind of stupidness to think that only humans are immune to logic.
Abiogenesis researchers do not pretend that they can answer the question of how life on this planet developed from prebiotic organic chemicals, because even when they find a potential pathway, that might not be THE pathway. For all we know, there may be dozens of different means by which organic molecules began to function as self-replicating systems.
Hey, man, are you saying that a bunch of organic chemicals somehow evolved into different and higher-order chemicals? I'm totally guessing you can't prove it, which is why I believe that something intelligent must have designed them. Granted, He may have designed the world in such a way that molecules could evolve, or He may have created a world in which there are still remnant atoms in their original form before they evolved into organic chemicals, and various free-floating proto-molecules before they evolved into living cells, but......
Didn't you learn anything from human history? Have you at least played civ? Other humans will always be a greater danger than anything an environment can offer.
What the hell are you talking about? The letter-writer goes on for several paragraphs saying over and over "well, it's basically true," and then for some reason concludes that "it is demonstrably wrong." That's hardly an overpowering rebuttal.
You forgot Zionist Occupational Government... moron.
(Seriously, though, where the fuck do all these critters come from? Is there some anti-American idiocy indoctrination camp I missed out on? Public school?)
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Maybe the source of your troubles is that you get your news from Rolling Stone and.... the New York Times.
I wasn't commenting on its relevance to this speech, and of course it's not relevant to this speech. But islamofascism is hardly a bogeyman; it kills a very real and significant number of people, and it's not as unlikely to kill you or people you know as you make out. Also, I'd hardly say that people have an irrational and unnecessary fear of terrorism -- do you know anyone who takes those terror warning levels seriously? I don't.
There are things that are far more likely to kill you than terrorists, but most of those things tend to be non-conscious killers (which require a different approach and different people leading the response), and it's not like you only worry about the single most harmful thing -- rather, you take into account the varying degrees of harm caused by a variety of dangers. Car accidents or heart attacks will move up and down a little bit, and gradually get better, but with terrorists what happens if North Korea starts giving them nukes? What happens if in ten years Muslims and environmental cases vote in some wacko terror group in France, which has a nuclear arsenal? Already we've seen that when some terrorist group like Saddam's Baath party controls a country and uses its resources to build nuclear and other weapons, you get an uproar from the "progressives" when Israel takes out the reactor, or when the Anglosphere takes out the dictator (oh, sorry, he had a right to sovereignty...). What if next time it's somebody less bold (er, cowboy imperialist) than Bush in office? What if it's some loony pacifist?
Terrorism is already quite deadly, as I said, but the way it works makes it far more insidious than the way you paint it, as something that just happens "somewhere far off" and has no impact whatsoever on us. Surely you learned that lesson on September 11?
Ahh...there we go...I bet the Islamic fundamentalists were feeling left out by this point. Nice to see Romney managed to squirrel in a jab at the boogyman of international terrorism
Yes, it's just a bogeyman drawn up by Karl Rove and friends. A little imaginary thing that happens to shoot fleeing school children in the back, blow up churches and synagogues and mosques, fly planes into buildings, saw off school girls' heads, chop people up with machetes, drive and plant and strap on explosives, shoot and stab people, kill Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, whites, blacks, asians, hispanics, in America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Israel, Arab countries, South America, etc., etc., etc.
Grow a goddamned brain already.
Christ, now all those enviro-hippies will be really pissed off about unnecessary transportation, global warming, etc.!
There is an overwhelming risk that Europe will get the same kind of privacy invading legislation through the Data Retention Directive [epic.org].
Yeah, but if you're a European, who cares anyway? Your society won't be around for much longer.
Well, I still predict there will be several thousand extra new car purchases in the coming weeks in Europe...
Does insurance cover molotov cocktails?
You like projecting your own insecurities, don't you..
As I said not long ago, not everyone who disagrees with you is conservative. Basically anybody sane will think you're an asshat, and yet many of us aren't religious, have no problem with homosexuals, etc.
Erm, "zionist neocon" is basically a made-up column for exaggerated fantasies of delusional America-haters (and Israel-haters, too).
..It's a safe bet that wherever you live, it's either democratic thanks to one or more of those countries, or it's not democratic at all.
Do you think the US, Britain, Australia, etc., are getting less democratic because they keep electing people you don't like? At any rate, in real reality it's pretty hard to argue with the democratic nature of these countries, with some of the richest and longest-living democratic natures anywhere, let alone all the millions of other people around the world to whom they've brought democracy.
But, then, you probably consider the "People's Republic of..." places democratic, since you seem to find the US, Britain and Australia getting less democratic lately.
Are you....Greek? That would explain a lot.
Seriously, though, what've you been smoking lately?
Are you sure you don't want to lay the blame on Zionist neocons?
Hey genius, millions upon millions more people are suffering and dying from not enough money than from global warming. Improving the economy will do far more good for the foreseeable future than any of the hippy crap you're spewing.
Yes, if someone is like you and says things you agree with, they're "more likely to tell you the truth." Moron.
It was a joke ;)
I just don't get why these asshats deny that humans evolved from monkeys when it's perfectly obvious that the same evolutionary process of survival and specialization takes place among atoms, molecules, societies, bacteria, ideas, etc., etc. It takes a special kind of stupidness to think that only humans are immune to logic.
The IPU isn't fond of your ideas.... I think She wants me to do something about it..
Abiogenesis researchers do not pretend that they can answer the question of how life on this planet developed from prebiotic organic chemicals, because even when they find a potential pathway, that might not be THE pathway. For all we know, there may be dozens of different means by which organic molecules began to function as self-replicating systems.
Hey, man, are you saying that a bunch of organic chemicals somehow evolved into different and higher-order chemicals? I'm totally guessing you can't prove it, which is why I believe that something intelligent must have designed them. Granted, He may have designed the world in such a way that molecules could evolve, or He may have created a world in which there are still remnant atoms in their original form before they evolved into organic chemicals, and various free-floating proto-molecules before they evolved into living cells, but......
There's one born every minute.
(Well, OK, almost two per minute..)
Didn't you learn anything from human history? Have you at least played civ? Other humans will always be a greater danger than anything an environment can offer.
Holy fuck, man. Are you seriously worried about energy resources? Get real!
Bravo!
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You've obviously never been on a discount airline.
What the hell are you talking about? The letter-writer goes on for several paragraphs saying over and over "well, it's basically true," and then for some reason concludes that "it is demonstrably wrong." That's hardly an overpowering rebuttal.
Jesus Christ you're fuckin' dumb. Didn't I explain to you how stupid your comment is just a few days ago?
You're either irreparably stupid, or European. But I repeat myself.
You forgot Zionist Occupational Government... moron.
(Seriously, though, where the fuck do all these critters come from? Is there some anti-American idiocy indoctrination camp I missed out on? Public school?)
Funny how quickly Judith Miller fell from angel to Rove plant in the eyes of a few morons.
Uh, did you steal that post from 1995?