My guess is that most people don't really care what this article says given that BILLIONS of dollars each year are spent by US consumers (let alone other countries) shopping online AND that number continues to grow AND shows no sign of leveling off anytime soon.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=4&u=/ap/20041205/ap_on_bi_ge/disappointing_jobs
Can you provide any links to back up your diatribe or do you just enjoy hearing yourself talk?
11 states all came to the same conclusion, that "Gay Marriage" shouldn't be. Deal with it.
Your liberal elitist attitude is typical of the Democrats as a whole and is why you soundedly lost both the Presidential election but also in the House and Senate. Your views are OUT OF TOUCH with mainstream America. But is that really surprising when you have liars like Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at your DNC Convention?
The blue states are becoming fewer despite the population rise in minority groups which typically voted Dem in the past. Given the inroads that W and the GOP have made with the Hispanic and even the Black community the "race card" doesn't hold the power it once did.
As someone who has lived below the poverty line for much of his adult life and much of the time he spent growing up i am anything but a "bourgeois sycophant." Actually you don't know me or anything about me. That doesn't stop you from sterotyping and name calling obviously.
So preach on Mr Chicken Little. Enjoy your overwhelmingly NEGATIVE attitude when reality is quite a bit different. It is a free country after all.
The parent message was brought to you by your friends at the DNC.
What a load of crap. We WANT the dollar to decrease in value globally to make our goods more cost competitive with other nations. Amazing how just that is happening now as exports for our country are hitting record highs.
Our cost of living has barely moved and our wages continue to rise. I guess Greenspan and W have some kind of clue as to what they are up to.
Your post REEKS of Chicken Little Syndrome. Perhaps you should seek professional help?
And you base this on what exactly?
The death toll of US troops currently stands at about 1000. Vietnam was over 64,000.
The containment of Communism and the containment or destruction of terrorism/terrorists are two entirely different things.
Or did you just sleep through History class?
>>1. SSS activity for reserve draft boards>2. bill already went through Congress for draft>3. war going on>4. lots of official statements about needing more troops>5. more wars being planned>6. any interest whatsoever in tracking college students>If you call this "paranoia", then I can only wonder what you consider solid enough evidence for any social change?
While i think you paint a pretty good picture about a POTENTIAL scenario, i really don't think any of it will become tangible over the next four years.
Unless it is WW3 i don't see any chance of a draft being brought back. It was a disaster for Vietnam to say the least. Both parties know it would be political suicide as well UNLESS again we were invaded by some agressor. China doesn't have the infrastructure in place to move large amounts of troops and they are addicted to Western money and business. They wouldn't want to jeopardise that. Also if we went head to head with China i would fully expect us to use nutrino bombs and perhaps some nukes. We would have little interest in mainland China from an occupancy point of view. We could hurl missles from afar and leave it one big bonfire.
I disagree with you on a number of levels but would like to start by saying that i think you have the right to your own beliefs and opinions.
Last time i checked it was still the THEORY of Evolution even though the vast majority of the scientific community looks upon as a fact. Whether it is the Hopeful Monster theory or some other flavor of the day doesn't matter. What does matter in my opinion is that there are many in the scientific community that are anything but truly objective.
Whether they are seeking fame, fortune or another vice that is very common to the human condition; what remains is that many are dishonest on a cognitive level. If they come across something that doesn't fit in with their OWN pet project or theory they discard it. This has happened throughout the History of Science.
Many BLINDLY accept whatever Science happens to be serving up that day just as many also BLINDLY accept their religion as infallable or beyond reproach. That was the point i was trying to make. Instead it seems that you want to paint the picture with a very different brush.
As i said at the beginning of my little response here as far as i'm concerned your more than welcome to your beliefs and such. I think that is heathy and very good for all involved.
Regards,
john
Bush's numbers were pretty good prior to 9/11 actually.
I think that 3.5 million more votes than the other guy is a pretty good win. Bill Clinton never got a majority of votes in either of his wins, only a plurality. Guess that makes W more popular than ole Bill doesn't it?
>>Not sure I would link Al Qaida to the the U.S. government though you never know. You would think they would have managed to catch Bin Laden by now if they were trying.
Wow, you win the prize for the most absurd statement i have seen. I hope your not serious. If you do believe that then i think you take conspiracy theories to a whole new level.
Why don't you come to NYC and walk through the crater that remains of the World Trade Center Towers? Perhaps then it would sink into your think scull that there REALLY is a terrorist threat.
>>Speaking to "the haves and the have-mores." George W. smirks: "Some people call you the elite, I call you my base"
Why thank you for that informative tidbit there Michael Moore. It was a joke taken out of context that the radical Left LOVES to cite.
Your party LOST, get over it.
i just love how zealots on the other side of the aisle tend to see themselves as open minded and not easily swayed by the popular opinion of the day.
If you were intellectually honest with yourself you would admit that having FAITH in your religion of science is not much different from the faith required in other religions.
Instead you try to hide behind the cloak of "reason" and see yourself as somehow above it all.
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I'll check out the article. Thanks for the link.
My guess is that most people don't really care what this article says given that BILLIONS of dollars each year are spent by US consumers (let alone other countries) shopping online AND that number continues to grow AND shows no sign of leveling off anytime soon.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=4&u= /ap/20041205/ap_on_bi_ge/disappointing_jobs
Can you provide any links to back up your diatribe or do you just enjoy hearing yourself talk?
11 states all came to the same conclusion, that "Gay Marriage" shouldn't be. Deal with it.
Your liberal elitist attitude is typical of the Democrats as a whole and is why you soundedly lost both the Presidential election but also in the House and Senate. Your views are OUT OF TOUCH with mainstream America. But is that really surprising when you have liars like Michael Moore sitting next to Jimmy Carter at your DNC Convention?
The blue states are becoming fewer despite the population rise in minority groups which typically voted Dem in the past. Given the inroads that W and the GOP have made with the Hispanic and even the Black community the "race card" doesn't hold the power it once did.
As someone who has lived below the poverty line for much of his adult life and much of the time he spent growing up i am anything but a "bourgeois sycophant." Actually you don't know me or anything about me. That doesn't stop you from sterotyping and name calling obviously.
So preach on Mr Chicken Little. Enjoy your overwhelmingly NEGATIVE attitude when reality is quite a bit different. It is a free country after all.
The parent message was brought to you by your friends at the DNC. What a load of crap. We WANT the dollar to decrease in value globally to make our goods more cost competitive with other nations. Amazing how just that is happening now as exports for our country are hitting record highs. Our cost of living has barely moved and our wages continue to rise. I guess Greenspan and W have some kind of clue as to what they are up to. Your post REEKS of Chicken Little Syndrome. Perhaps you should seek professional help?
And you base this on what exactly? The death toll of US troops currently stands at about 1000. Vietnam was over 64,000. The containment of Communism and the containment or destruction of terrorism/terrorists are two entirely different things. Or did you just sleep through History class?
>>1. SSS activity for reserve draft boards>2. bill already went through Congress for draft>3. war going on>4. lots of official statements about needing more troops>5. more wars being planned>6. any interest whatsoever in tracking college students>If you call this "paranoia", then I can only wonder what you consider solid enough evidence for any social change? While i think you paint a pretty good picture about a POTENTIAL scenario, i really don't think any of it will become tangible over the next four years. Unless it is WW3 i don't see any chance of a draft being brought back. It was a disaster for Vietnam to say the least. Both parties know it would be political suicide as well UNLESS again we were invaded by some agressor. China doesn't have the infrastructure in place to move large amounts of troops and they are addicted to Western money and business. They wouldn't want to jeopardise that. Also if we went head to head with China i would fully expect us to use nutrino bombs and perhaps some nukes. We would have little interest in mainland China from an occupancy point of view. We could hurl missles from afar and leave it one big bonfire.
Well said and i agree with you. Regards, john
I disagree with you on a number of levels but would like to start by saying that i think you have the right to your own beliefs and opinions. Last time i checked it was still the THEORY of Evolution even though the vast majority of the scientific community looks upon as a fact. Whether it is the Hopeful Monster theory or some other flavor of the day doesn't matter. What does matter in my opinion is that there are many in the scientific community that are anything but truly objective. Whether they are seeking fame, fortune or another vice that is very common to the human condition; what remains is that many are dishonest on a cognitive level. If they come across something that doesn't fit in with their OWN pet project or theory they discard it. This has happened throughout the History of Science. Many BLINDLY accept whatever Science happens to be serving up that day just as many also BLINDLY accept their religion as infallable or beyond reproach. That was the point i was trying to make. Instead it seems that you want to paint the picture with a very different brush. As i said at the beginning of my little response here as far as i'm concerned your more than welcome to your beliefs and such. I think that is heathy and very good for all involved. Regards, john
Why those evil American assholes. Afterall we did NOTHING to help the British, French and the rest of Europe in World War 2. Get a clue.
Bush's numbers were pretty good prior to 9/11 actually. I think that 3.5 million more votes than the other guy is a pretty good win. Bill Clinton never got a majority of votes in either of his wins, only a plurality. Guess that makes W more popular than ole Bill doesn't it? >>Not sure I would link Al Qaida to the the U.S. government though you never know. You would think they would have managed to catch Bin Laden by now if they were trying. Wow, you win the prize for the most absurd statement i have seen. I hope your not serious. If you do believe that then i think you take conspiracy theories to a whole new level. Why don't you come to NYC and walk through the crater that remains of the World Trade Center Towers? Perhaps then it would sink into your think scull that there REALLY is a terrorist threat.
>>Speaking to "the haves and the have-mores." George W. smirks: "Some people call you the elite, I call you my base" Why thank you for that informative tidbit there Michael Moore. It was a joke taken out of context that the radical Left LOVES to cite. Your party LOST, get over it.
Cough, PARANOID, cough...
i just love how zealots on the other side of the aisle tend to see themselves as open minded and not easily swayed by the popular opinion of the day.
If you were intellectually honest with yourself you would admit that having FAITH in your religion of science is not much different from the faith required in other religions.
Instead you try to hide behind the cloak of "reason" and see yourself as somehow above it all.