Does anyone seriously think that this is anything but a partisan political stunt? Given how long the i-word has been going around, and the reasons it has been, yes, I suspect it's more than a partisan political stunt.
The only thing that surprises me is that it has taken so long.
I have to stop and read when i get to article 4, stating that cheney has openly threatened Iran even though they pose "no threat". I dont think anything `could be further from the truth. Of any country out there who "may" (ill use that term) cause future harm or war to the united states, I can't think of any country who poses a larger threat, and that includes north korea. "President Tom" as i've heard him call, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a very dangerous and radical leader, who has openly (very openly) threated non muslim countries, including the USA, and frankly poses a bigger threat overall then saddam ever did. Sounds like you've been listening to Cheney too much.
Any person who says such things publicly as "Israel should be wiped off the map" frankly worries me. But is it reason for us to bomb or invade them?
Do you think we could actually win an invasion?
Do you think bombing without invading would do anything but make them angrier at us and Israel, and more determined to actually do something about it?
Based on this "noise" factor you'd think that 85% of the United States are liberals. Funny, based on what I see, I think about 5% of the US population is progressive, maybe.05% liberal.
Kucinich is a hard core leftist with little relevancy. See above.
Basically he's a political attention whore. Wait, I'm confused. Is he doing it because of his political leanings, or because he's a whore?
but this one really crosses the line. It isn't about technology, or YRO, or anything else 'slashlike'. Yeah, you can tell because nobody is posting any comments to it.
I wonder what happened to the statements Pelosi made just before the 2006 elections about how if the Dems got control they would not be going after impeachment. Maybe she doesn't pwn Kucinich.
Also I agree that Kucinich needs some BIG media pop to catch up to the Hillary/Barak league of play. This could be a desperation ploy, his personal love letter to the far left and whatnot. A love letter to the far left isn't going to get him elected. Presumably he knows his progressive views are what kept him from being competitive last time.
Why look for ulterior motives? Is this out of character for him? Now if this was done by some hawkish right-leaning Democrat like Hilary Clinton, who actually stands a chance of getting nominated but has been sliping in the polls, I'd be cynical about motives. But Kucinich?
What blew me away was the total lack of coverage it was getting in any press. Dude! You've gotta turn in Fox news if you want fair and balanced coverage of American politics!
UN says Bagdad surge not working Of course it does. Count the decrease in the number of US deaths Sadly, the facts beg to differ with your fantasy. (Scroll down to the nice bar chart at the bottom.)
Iran is building up nuclear infrastructure. It's been doing it for years, usually in defiance of UN attempts to regulate said development. Iran has not violated the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty. The USA has, both in its recent deal with India, and in its behavior that "induces" states like Iran and North Korea to feel like they have to have a bomb. (Yes, the treaty forbids that.)
Practically everything that was said regarding Iraq's WMD prowess was also said by So how come you mix in a list of comments by people who believed the Bush-Cheney lies with the people who created them?
It's easy to demonstrate mathematically I can't remember the details, but IIRC somone within the past few years has enumerated seven or so desired properties of elections, and proved formally that none of the proposed election schemes satisfies all seven of them.
Until someone comes up with a new idea, our basic choice is which of the desired properties do we want to violate.
I think the problem is this: Christ (the only Son of God) died (on this Earth) to redeem mankind because of man's sins (on this Earth). Now, if there is intelligent life on other planets and if that life sinned also, then Christ would have to be incarnated there, and die there as well. Jesus reportedly made some cryptic comment about having sheep in other folds that he had to go tend. Can't remember whether it was in the canonical gospels or one of the Gnostic "sayings" gospels.
Anyway, stuff like that could be interpreted to mean he had spiritual concerns on other planets. You can bet that someone would haul it out as proof that sacred writings predicted it two thousand years before scientists discovered it, blah blah.
Still, couldn't they have made a push for another superman-inspired name. Some suggestions are: Jorelite, Kalelite, Metropolite, or Lutherite. How about a simple 'Antisupermanite'?
Nowadays degrees are almost more like signals of work ethic and general ability than an indicator that you're adept in a particular field. Also, signals that you're willing to put up with an unbounded amount of bureaucratic b.s. in order to obtain a goal.
that what should be the a simple implementation in modern technology is an unmitigated train wreck? Is there a single current voting machine that is considered reliable? Makes you wonder how reliable the old-fashioned mechanical machines actually were, back before there was a film crew looking over every vote-counter's shoulder.
But NOT MY FUCKING CHOCOLATE! Yes, the arrogance in thinking they can legislate changes to the time of day was over the top, but messing with the definition of chocolate is utterly beyond the pale.
Theists have a ready answer to these problems. God's always watching, therefore there's always somebody observing, and thus maintaining reality. Yes, God keeps the universe in existence by going around from place to place saying, "Can you see me now?".
In fact, I have a degree in it. If I were you, I wouldn't have grabbed my 15 minutes of fame at 11:50 PM on a Monday night.
Hey kids. Get a degree in something you love, like Latin, or poetry, or whatever. I couldn't agree with you more. Admittedly it will make it harder to get your foot in the door at the job you want, but in my experience, once you're in your major doesn't matter in the least. The glass ceiling is between those with a 4-year degree and those without it.
I can't believe the gov't doesn't just immediately fund the full-scale reactor, given the fossil fuel crisis we're currently stuck in. 200 million dollars is a handful of days in Iraq, and we could immediately drive the price of oil down to 10 dollars a barrel with fusion as a reliable commercial power source. Why would our government want to do that?
What's going to happen to Cheney's cronies' lucrative oil distribution contracts when the price goes down to $10/barrel? And when everyone is using less of it as well?
Yeah spreading peanut butter on your naked body while cutting yourself makes you really anti-establishment. You'll find the Establishment all to happy to sell you as much peanut butter as you want to buy.
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The only thing that surprises me is that it has taken so long.
Do you think we could actually win an invasion?
Do you think bombing without invading would do anything but make them angrier at us and Israel, and more determined to actually do something about it?
Why look for ulterior motives? Is this out of character for him? Now if this was done by some hawkish right-leaning Democrat like Hilary Clinton, who actually stands a chance of getting nominated but has been sliping in the polls, I'd be cynical about motives. But Kucinich?
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Until someone comes up with a new idea, our basic choice is which of the desired properties do we want to violate.
Anyway, stuff like that could be interpreted to mean he had spiritual concerns on other planets. You can bet that someone would haul it out as proof that sacred writings predicted it two thousand years before scientists discovered it, blah blah.
...like a thousand record company executives suddenly sending each other whiney e-mails.
In Russinovich, malware attacks Vista.
What's going to happen to Cheney's cronies' lucrative oil distribution contracts when the price goes down to $10/barrel? And when everyone is using less of it as well?
Got to make sure everyone is scared of the Iranians, so there won't be an outcry when the bombing starts.