Is there a way to modify the way moderation points are assigned in the political forum? Can it not count towards our karma? I know I've been burned a couple of times because I said politically heated things and was modded inappropriately for it. It would just save a lot of hassle I think.
1. Zell Miller never said he was a liberal. He said he was a Democrat. There is a difference. Thank you for proving that you really don't understand politics.
2. Who is to say who is a liberal and who is a conservative? Are you going to use a litmus test? Do you believe in the right to an abortion? Do you believe in the death penalty? Do you believe that burning the flag should be a right? two people may have completely different answers to these, and still believe that they are "liberal". Who are you to label them? Oh that's right, you're the one who wants to label people "poor" and "disenfranchised" and "discriminated against".
3. If you want to say that Democrats = liberal and Republican = conservative; you are wrong about the fact that more people have liberal beliefs. As evidenced by the recent polls, people are pretty evenly split.
Bush had to deal with 9/11 and a recession. To have done, what he has done is a very worthy accomplishment. Also, his term is not over yet. Clearly you are not an economics scholar.
Furthermore, the current unemployment rate, 5.6%, is lower than the averages for the 70's, 80's and 90's. Since when is 5.6% unemployment bad? I know our allies would kill to have that number.
VERY interesting article ranking post-war presidents by GDP growth, per capita income growth, employment gains, unemployment rate reduction, inflation reduction and federal deficit reduction.
Interesting note about Carter BTW: "For Carter, however, job growth merely matched an increase in the size of the labor force."
NYTIMES: "Saddam Hussein's government systematically extracted billions of dollars in kickbacks from companies doing business with Iraq, funneling most of the illicit funds through a network of foreign bank accounts in violation of United Nations sanctions."
From Heritage Foundation:
"The Iraqi Oil Ministry recently released a partial list of names of individuals and companies from across the world that received oil from Saddam Hussein's regime, allegedly at below-market prices. Unsurprisingly, French and Russian names dominate the list, with former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and the "director of the Russian President's office" listed as beneficiaries. The list also implicates U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Benon V. Sevan, executive director of the oil-for-food program
Jobs AND GROWTH your sig says. Maybe we should do a survey about economic growth while we are at it. Or maybe change your signature? Your link only talks about job growth, which is not the greatest indicator of the economy as any reputable economist will tell you.
The Department of Labor says that their job numbers are inaccurate anyway.
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This might just be the most astounding post I've ever read, considering who it's from. ;-)
I completely agree with you, and this is the parallel I was trying to make. For it, I get marked as a troll and everyone freaks out.
What Dan Brown does is pick and choose facts and event to fit a certain plot. Like a draw the dots puzzle where you ignore 95% of the dots.
What Michael Moore does is pick and choose facts and event to fit a certain plot. Like a draw the dots puzzle where you ignore 95% of the dots.
Hell, the PATRIOT Act didn't get read by the legislators responsible for passing it -- do you expect the *people* to do so?
You cannot use Fahrenheit 9/11 or the Da Vinci Code for primary source material. I see this too much.
Is there a way to modify the way moderation points are assigned in the political forum? Can it not count towards our karma? I know I've been burned a couple of times because I said politically heated things and was modded inappropriately for it. It would just save a lot of hassle I think.
Noam Chomsky is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It's not a particularly left-leaning institution.
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http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/chomsky.home
This hasn't even come out yet, it hasn't been investigated yet.
In 5 years we'll see where we are, the same with the WMD's in Iraq (personally I think they've been shipped to Syria), before passing judgement.
Yeah, but that's the idea. A intellectually honest judge should make whatever decision he see's fit, without fear of losing his job.
I prefer it the way it is, then to open up that can of worms.
My father went to MIT.
I will go back reading the guardian online
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But Rupert Murdoch is your hometown boy isn't he? Adilaide represent!
And yes, the rest of the world is farther left politically than America.
America also has the lowest unemployment rate, higher personal income, lower income tax, stronger national defense and the neatest toys.
Australia, for it's credit, is our ally in the war on terror so I cannot be too mean. You guys have hot ladies and those neat koala's.
Go watch the BBC like a good socialist.
1. Zell Miller never said he was a liberal. He said he was a Democrat. There is a difference. Thank you for proving that you really don't understand politics.
2. Who is to say who is a liberal and who is a conservative? Are you going to use a litmus test? Do you believe in the right to an abortion? Do you believe in the death penalty? Do you believe that burning the flag should be a right? two people may have completely different answers to these, and still believe that they are "liberal". Who are you to label them? Oh that's right, you're the one who wants to label people "poor" and "disenfranchised" and "discriminated against".
3. If you want to say that Democrats = liberal and Republican = conservative; you are wrong about the fact that more people have liberal beliefs. As evidenced by the recent polls, people are pretty evenly split.
Bush had to deal with 9/11 and a recession. To have done, what he has done is a very worthy accomplishment.
Also, his term is not over yet. Clearly you are not an economics scholar.
Furthermore, the current unemployment rate, 5.6%, is lower than the averages for the 70's, 80's and 90's. Since when is 5.6% unemployment bad? I know our allies would kill to have that number.
I agree, it's hard with all the vitriolic hate spewing everywhere too.
I was agreeing with you, wish the other folks would figure it out.
http://www.forbes.com/home/commerce/2004/07/20/cx_ da_0720presidents.html
VERY interesting article ranking post-war presidents by GDP growth, per capita income growth, employment gains, unemployment rate reduction, inflation reduction and federal deficit reduction.
Interesting note about Carter BTW: "For Carter, however, job growth merely matched an increase in the size of the labor force."
NYTIMES: "Saddam Hussein's government systematically extracted billions of dollars in kickbacks from companies doing business with Iraq, funneling most of the illicit funds through a network of foreign bank accounts in violation of United Nations sanctions."
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From Heritage Foundation:
"The Iraqi Oil Ministry recently released a partial list of names of individuals and companies from across the world that received oil from Saddam Hussein's regime, allegedly at below-market prices. Unsurprisingly, French and Russian names dominate the list, with former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua and the "director of the Russian President's office" listed as beneficiaries. The list also implicates U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Benon V. Sevan, executive director of the oil-for-food program
Those are some pretty high up folks.
Source:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Inter
Heritage Foundation on Oil-For-Food scandal:a tionalOrga nizations/wm438.cfm?renderforprint=1
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/Intern
Bloomberg about Oil-For-Food:
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/ne
The really amusing part, it's now modded up to 4.
Bribe COUNTRIES? No. Bribe leaders of said countries? You bet your bottom dollar.
Old failing dictator? He was a hell of a lot richer than Jacque Chirac and Kofi Annan.
This is a hellstorm, and the UN is going to look REALLY bad when it's all said and done.
Beacuse I had an itchy paste finger.
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That is what it was supposed to look like. Whoops. Like I said, Preview button... preview...
Yes, I realize those last two are the same link.
Note to self: preview button is your friend.
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Jobs AND GROWTH your sig says. Maybe we should do a survey about economic growth while we are at it. Or maybe change your signature? Your link only talks about job growth, which is not the greatest indicator of the economy as any reputable economist will tell you.
The Department of Labor says that their job numbers are inaccurate anyway.
Chalabi is a lying conniving jackass.
It doesn't change the fact that Saddam was paying (bribing) France and Germany and Russia and the UN to help them out.
What does Chalabi have to do with the Oil for Food program?
Cite your source please?
I want SBV's who are ON RECORD.
Most businesses are owned by rich conservatives and corporations. At least the successful ones. Why is this modded insightful?
Re your sig:
Jimmy Carter is better at jobs and growth than Ronald Reagan? Who are you kidding?