The Indian for taking the job he cannot perform, the Indian company for hiring him and not training him, and the American company for being duped into hiring that Indian company.
Afganistan: Outside Kandahar mostly ruled by loal warlords, whose loyality is really doubtfull. Law and order has not been restored in Afganistan after the fall of the Taliban rule
Your info is out of date, and natually ignores the amazing success of the first election there.
Iraq: Daily reports of wounded or killed American soldiers, especially since the official war ended.
You have a very shallow observation of the situation...
Some humanitarian organisations estimates this to be over 100.000 individuals.
...which is further marred when you reference a long-discredited study.
More people hates the USA than before Bush took office.
Certainly seems that the BBC changed their tune rather quickly. Why? Probably because it used to be anti-American to say that Saddam Hussein still had WMD, and then later it became anti-American to say that he didn't. Hey, anything for the cause, I guess.
I could very easily see some old-style Adventure games coming out of this. If I recall, they made a Beavis and Butthead adventure game for the PC, which met with good reviews.
Somebody should probably tell you: This isn't Star Trek, or some other sci-fi setup.
We're all one species down here on the planet Earth, and regardless of any "race" or "nationality", we're all essentially the same. There can be certain universal human truths, there can be human rights.
To say that Democracy is okay for Europeans, and that Dictatorship is okay for people in Africa, is a fundamentally flawed argument. Africans and Europeans aren't that different -- they're essentially identical.
Every single person defines him/her self by defining the other. When Bush declared there was an axis of evil, he was actually declaring his country as the "good" country. When you say I am a good programmer, you define the others as bad.
So there is no objective good and evil?
So murdering random people in your apartment building is just as "good" as helping an old lady cross the street?
Racism is just as good as tolerance?
Dictatorship is just as good as Democracy?
No wonder so many "progressive" people nowadays have no problem aligning themselves with the anti-women, anti-free-speech, anti-tolerance, islamic fascists.
How do you explain the history of our nation until the Fairness Doctrine was repealed?
80 years of Darkness? Orwellian repression?
The doctrine was somewhat Orwellian, yes. That it ever passed into law is disturbing. That it took so long to be repealed is frightening. The concept of "balance" is ambiguous, and ambiguous laws are bad laws.
Why would a thinking man want his opponents silenced, instead of debating their points in the public forum?
> I find it disturbing that anyone would support democracy at gunpoint.
Er, yeah. Go try to violently overthrow your local democratic government (United States, Canada, France, etc.) and you'll soon find several guns pointed in your direction.
Bush is a bad president because he of the incredible corruption. Just follow the realations and the ties (including family) between him, Saudi's, Halliburton, Fox News, Baseball, energy companies . . . It's just incredible.
And at the center of it all... Kevin Bacon!
Don't get carried away with that conspiracy theory bullshit, dude. So the Saudis bought and sold shares in a company that had previously been owned by a corporation that Bush Sr. was a big stockholder in? Big farking deal.
Bias in journalism is like drunk driving among teenagers. Some Conservatives say, let's take away the rules, since "you'll never stop those kids anyway," but I think the adults in the country know better - let alone remember better, from pretty recent times.
So, the "adults" in the country need to set rules for journalism? Yeah, I'm sure these self-appointed caretakers would have no agenda of their own. Also, I assume that you consider yourself a member of this elite class.
Journalism needs to be saved from people like you.
> Something else I have found is the degrees of rotation are limited. I don't like having to zig-zag back and forth roads because the turn increments are too high. I don't remember that problem during beta, and it's definately no where near this severe in Asheron's Call.
> Remember how reasonable, rational people said there was no proof Iraq had WMDs?
Oh, you mean these people?
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." --President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." --Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." --Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." Letter to President Clinton, signed by: -- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." -Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." -- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies." Letter to President Bush, Signed by: -- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them." -- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." -- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." -- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." -- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within th
Both the Kay and the Duelfer reports found hard evidence that Iraq was persuing illegal weapons programs. That alone, coupled with the terms of Iraq's cease-fire, was enough to justify a restart of the Gulf War.
When you get defeated in a war, you obey the terms of the cease-fire. When you dick around with inspectors, create a web of corruption at the United Nations, and generally try to weasel your way out of your obligations -- well, don't be surprised if it all comes crumbing down.
An alternate fix to the mining bug is to find another mining spot and mine it. The game will acknowledge that you've finally stopped mining, and get you out of loot mode.
Fun fact, when doing this, I've sometimes got the message that I've looted -1 Copper. (the money, I think)
Ah, but most hard research (drug research, etc.) is done by third parties, which journalists then "report" on. That very same research is just as available for bloggers to report on as well.
Frankly, I don't see modern journalism doing much (or any) more research than modern bloggers.
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The Indian for taking the job he cannot perform, the Indian company for hiring him and not training him, and the American company for being duped into hiring that Indian company.
How the hell are you determining how much these items are worth? You're just pulling numbers out of your ass.
You have a very shallow observation of the situation...
...which is further marred when you reference a long-discredited study.
And you have a short memory too.
Ah, but they did. At least, until Bush gave them the impression that he wanted to do something about it.
Tell me, do you consider the BBC to have an anti-Iraq-war slant? Certainly they're no Fox News. But what if I told you that the BBC, and lead reporter Jeremy Paxman, stated that Iraq still had WMD after the first Gulf War, and even published a book saying so?
Certainly seems that the BBC changed their tune rather quickly. Why? Probably because it used to be anti-American to say that Saddam Hussein still had WMD, and then later it became anti-American to say that he didn't. Hey, anything for the cause, I guess.
> the WMDs were a phony story concocted to drum up support for the war
A phony story concocted by all the major intelligence agencies in the world, over the course of a decade.
Take the tin foil hat off now.
But the ICC, UN, and Kyoto actually are bad.
The Geneva Conventions are merely outdated (mainly used as a shield by terrorists nowadays), and the Steel Tariff was meant to be a temporary measure.
No idea what "Chemical and biological non-proliferation treaty" you're talking about, though.
I could very easily see some old-style Adventure games coming out of this. If I recall, they made a Beavis and Butthead adventure game for the PC, which met with good reviews.
The UK has had insane gasoline prices for decades now, and have they developed alternative energy systems? No. They still use gasoline.
You can't rush long-term scientific progress, no matter how much you cripple yourself in the short-term.
Somebody should probably tell you: This isn't Star Trek, or some other sci-fi setup.
We're all one species down here on the planet Earth, and regardless of any "race" or "nationality", we're all essentially the same. There can be certain universal human truths, there can be human rights.
To say that Democracy is okay for Europeans, and that Dictatorship is okay for people in Africa, is a fundamentally flawed argument. Africans and Europeans aren't that different -- they're essentially identical.
So there is no objective good and evil?
So murdering random people in your apartment building is just as "good" as helping an old lady cross the street?
Racism is just as good as tolerance?
Dictatorship is just as good as Democracy?
No wonder so many "progressive" people nowadays have no problem aligning themselves with the anti-women, anti-free-speech, anti-tolerance, islamic fascists.
Well last night I was getting dialup-like lag on my preferred server (250ms+ ping). It certainly was noticable, but the game was still playable.
But the states already do have such laws on the books. For example:
Seems to me that there are plenty of restrictions on marriage as it is.
The doctrine was somewhat Orwellian, yes. That it ever passed into law is disturbing. That it took so long to be repealed is frightening. The concept of "balance" is ambiguous, and ambiguous laws are bad laws.
Why would a thinking man want his opponents silenced, instead of debating their points in the public forum?
> I find it disturbing that anyone would support democracy at gunpoint.
Er, yeah. Go try to violently overthrow your local democratic government (United States, Canada, France, etc.) and you'll soon find several guns pointed in your direction.
And at the center of it all... Kevin Bacon!
Don't get carried away with that conspiracy theory bullshit, dude. So the Saudis bought and sold shares in a company that had previously been owned by a corporation that Bush Sr. was a big stockholder in? Big farking deal.
So, the "adults" in the country need to set rules for journalism? Yeah, I'm sure these self-appointed caretakers would have no agenda of their own. Also, I assume that you consider yourself a member of this elite class.
Journalism needs to be saved from people like you.
> the big bad man ... had the WMDs,
FALSE.
> was attempting to get them.
TRUE.
I invite you to read the Duefler report, or at least the nifty "Key Findings" section.
> Something else I have found is the degrees of rotation are limited. I don't like having to zig-zag back and forth roads because the turn increments are too high. I don't remember that problem during beta, and it's definately no where near this severe in Asheron's Call.
Huh? Try adjusting your mouse sensitivity.
Oh, you mean these people?
> (Kay, 9/11, Duelfer)
Both the Kay and the Duelfer reports found hard evidence that Iraq was persuing illegal weapons programs. That alone, coupled with the terms of Iraq's cease-fire, was enough to justify a restart of the Gulf War.
When you get defeated in a war, you obey the terms of the cease-fire. When you dick around with inspectors, create a web of corruption at the United Nations, and generally try to weasel your way out of your obligations -- well, don't be surprised if it all comes crumbing down.
An alternate fix to the mining bug is to find another mining spot and mine it. The game will acknowledge that you've finally stopped mining, and get you out of loot mode.
Fun fact, when doing this, I've sometimes got the message that I've looted -1 Copper. (the money, I think)
You have a pretty distorted view of the United States, I have to say. Sadly, that isn't unusual.
Ah, but most hard research (drug research, etc.) is done by third parties, which journalists then "report" on. That very same research is just as available for bloggers to report on as well.
Frankly, I don't see modern journalism doing much (or any) more research than modern bloggers.
This just in, possible fraud in Washington's King County.