The issue with your reply is that it's a link to a silly propaganda site. I have zero respect for any site that treats people the way kos does nor do I believe a thing printed on their website. Judging by the attitude in your text, I suspect you frequent the site. I'm shocked you didn't find a way to blame bush for the US still being dependent on oil though the comments about leardership and bribes are no doubt focused that way.
Wind turbines are no more an answer than solar power at this point. I'm not even going to get into it here, but as usual with the global warming crowd, you're quoting half-truths and bad math.
BTW, has the global warming crowd put any thought into what a world full of wind turbines would do to the climate? You can't take all that power out of the air and expect it to not have any side effect.....
It's the same basic reason that communism ultimately fails. It assumes that the basic nature of people are good. The problem is, power corrupts. Period. Even with checks and balances, it's a huge problem - much less when there are no checks and balances as with the wiki crap. I was never of a fan of it from the get-go - I find the basic idea of anyone can edit to be patently absurd when it comes to accuracy. It's certainly an interesting place to visit, but it has a false sense of being 'right' when there's really no reason to assume it IS correct. Just when you get your mom to understand that just becuase it's on a web page, it doesn't make it reality, along comes wiki-crap that likes to tout itself as being factual when it truth, it sorta depends on when you read it. You never know if some moron put up something stupid and no one has caught it yet.
Anyway, a bit off track. I can't remember who said it, but basically no one that WANTS to be president should be president. That statement says so much in so few words about human nature. Wiki will evenutally self destruct.
'These people honestly believe they are fighting for a cause and their freedom.'
Yah, whatever. It never ceases to amuse me how you people spout this crap. Their idea of 'freedom' is making everyone muslim. Don't even talk to me about how islam is a religion of peace - just turn on the tv and watch how they want to KILL that teacher. Kill. Kill. It's the muslim answer to everything that does't line up with their religion - which is pretty much anyone that's NOT muslim. Everything else is a smoke screen - you just under estimate what they are capable of. History shows how they operate. If they can't invade you openly, they'll do it slowly. It's the same result. It happened in the past and it's happening now.
Don't believe me? Good. Don't believe their side either. Do your own research - I have. Have you even read ANYTHING out of a koran? I'll bet money you haven't. What most people don't get is they don't THINK like other religions. Religion and law are one and the same for them - there is no middle ground and there is no compromise. In fact, talking about compromising is a good way to get killed. This has happened several times over the last 20 years as muslims that DO get it have tried to 'modernize' islam. Islam is one of the only mainstream religions that never went through any sort of modernization - i.e. accepting the fact that there are lots of people in the world and you can't force them to be your religion.
And don't start with the 'christanity' was just as violent dodge. Sure, it was pretty violent - EVERYTHING was pretty violent back then. But for the sake of argument, let's say christanity was more violent. Let's say it was the most violent religion in history.
The difference is today you won't find ONE - NOT ONE - accepted main stream christain leader spouting 'kill all the muslims'. Not one. Christanity grew with the times.
Try to find a muslim leader that DOESN'T want to either FORCE convert or kill christians. Islam is the same islam it was before the crusades. Kill kill kill kill.
Sure the koran is full of peaceful stuff - just like the bible. BUT and this is a big but, it only applies IF YOU ARE MUSLIM. Unlike the bible, which says do unto others, it says do unto muslims.
I can do this all day becuase I actually took the time to research. The koran is SOOOO full of violence towards anyone that isn't muslim. The issue is this is still in full force today - just as it was in history. Nothing has changed.
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The issue with your reply is that it's a link to a silly propaganda site. I have zero respect for any site that treats people the way kos does nor do I believe a thing printed on their website. Judging by the attitude in your text, I suspect you frequent the site. I'm shocked you didn't find a way to blame bush for the US still being dependent on oil though the comments about leardership and bribes are no doubt focused that way. Wind turbines are no more an answer than solar power at this point. I'm not even going to get into it here, but as usual with the global warming crowd, you're quoting half-truths and bad math. BTW, has the global warming crowd put any thought into what a world full of wind turbines would do to the climate? You can't take all that power out of the air and expect it to not have any side effect.....
It's the same basic reason that communism ultimately fails. It assumes that the basic nature of people are good. The problem is, power corrupts. Period. Even with checks and balances, it's a huge problem - much less when there are no checks and balances as with the wiki crap. I was never of a fan of it from the get-go - I find the basic idea of anyone can edit to be patently absurd when it comes to accuracy. It's certainly an interesting place to visit, but it has a false sense of being 'right' when there's really no reason to assume it IS correct. Just when you get your mom to understand that just becuase it's on a web page, it doesn't make it reality, along comes wiki-crap that likes to tout itself as being factual when it truth, it sorta depends on when you read it. You never know if some moron put up something stupid and no one has caught it yet. Anyway, a bit off track. I can't remember who said it, but basically no one that WANTS to be president should be president. That statement says so much in so few words about human nature. Wiki will evenutally self destruct.
So even if his comments made sense (and they don't) I'm not sure how much weight I'd give them.
'These people honestly believe they are fighting for a cause and their freedom.' Yah, whatever. It never ceases to amuse me how you people spout this crap. Their idea of 'freedom' is making everyone muslim. Don't even talk to me about how islam is a religion of peace - just turn on the tv and watch how they want to KILL that teacher. Kill. Kill. It's the muslim answer to everything that does't line up with their religion - which is pretty much anyone that's NOT muslim. Everything else is a smoke screen - you just under estimate what they are capable of. History shows how they operate. If they can't invade you openly, they'll do it slowly. It's the same result. It happened in the past and it's happening now. Don't believe me? Good. Don't believe their side either. Do your own research - I have. Have you even read ANYTHING out of a koran? I'll bet money you haven't. What most people don't get is they don't THINK like other religions. Religion and law are one and the same for them - there is no middle ground and there is no compromise. In fact, talking about compromising is a good way to get killed. This has happened several times over the last 20 years as muslims that DO get it have tried to 'modernize' islam. Islam is one of the only mainstream religions that never went through any sort of modernization - i.e. accepting the fact that there are lots of people in the world and you can't force them to be your religion. And don't start with the 'christanity' was just as violent dodge. Sure, it was pretty violent - EVERYTHING was pretty violent back then. But for the sake of argument, let's say christanity was more violent. Let's say it was the most violent religion in history. The difference is today you won't find ONE - NOT ONE - accepted main stream christain leader spouting 'kill all the muslims'. Not one. Christanity grew with the times. Try to find a muslim leader that DOESN'T want to either FORCE convert or kill christians. Islam is the same islam it was before the crusades. Kill kill kill kill. Sure the koran is full of peaceful stuff - just like the bible. BUT and this is a big but, it only applies IF YOU ARE MUSLIM. Unlike the bible, which says do unto others, it says do unto muslims. I can do this all day becuase I actually took the time to research. The koran is SOOOO full of violence towards anyone that isn't muslim. The issue is this is still in full force today - just as it was in history. Nothing has changed.
Excellent post! To sum it up in one sentence: The best doesn't always win.
#1 - Everything on the internet is not free. Actually, nothing is truly free - there's a cost SOMEWHERE. #2 - You do not have to use G So stop getting your panties in a wad. Just because YOU don't like the idea of it, doesn't mean some of us couldn't care less and like the idea of free storage. Everyone acts like GMail is the only mail system out there or that they are being forced to use it. Don't like the ads? Don't like that Google might read your mail? DON'T USE IT. You have plenty of choices out there - it's not Google's responsiblity to provide you with free anything. Get over yourselves.