In other new, the USA has sued Honda Motor Corp. for not discouraging it customers from using its Honda Civic line of cars for trafficking drugs in the USA.
U.S.A incarceration rate: 701 per 100,000
China incarceration rate: 117 per 100,000
Which one's the land of the free, again? This may have something to do with that number...
Six countries (China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and the United States) account for 91 percent of the reported world total number of executions. Of 1,591 confirmed executions in 25 countries worldwide, at least 1,010 people were executed in China during 2006.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China-Wikipedia
If the USA killed off as many criminals I would assume there would be less criminal activity.
Also, in US prisons you get 3 meals, TV, education, books, etc; so long as you stay out of "federal pound me in the ass" prison, you'll live better than those in poverty.
I am sure that the efforts of the terrorist that are taking place in Iraq don't come cheap. The amount of planning and supplies that go into their action obviously take away from the ability to pull off other activities world wide. I am not suggesting that they will be completely paralyzed.
You seem to have everything figured out so why don't you lay out your plan? What better action should we as a world take to combat terrorism?
It was only a matter of time before the US retaliated against all the attacks we have suffered over the years. A quick search on the net will reveal nearly 100 attacks that targeted the US in the last 60 years. That is a little over 1.5 attacks per year. The trend also shows the number of attacks per decade was significantly increasing in occurrence and in deadliness. Between 1990 and 2000 nearly 800 people were killed and as we know in 2001 alone 3000 died. That is an average of 345 people a year. When is enough, enough? When can the US finally go on the offensive to attempt to reduce the number of attacks? If the rest of the world would wise up and help support this effort we all would be a bit safer.
But to address your statements directly, you are stating only one event to support your claim that terrorism has increased markedly. I can only think of 2 or 3 including the London Tube attack and the Madrid attacks in the last 5 years. Now this is not including the attacks involving Israel and Palestinians or attacks in Iraq. Now that is 0.6 attacks per year over the last 5 years compared to the 5.4 attacks in the 5 years before. I am no expert but I would have to disagree that there are markedly more attacks since the Iraq war.
But the truth of the matter is this. The terrorist/insurgents whatever it is you would like to call them know that this is when they need to make a final push. They know if the back down now that Iraq will become a democracy and that is a blow to the Islamic fundamentalists. A democratic Iraq will have great influence over the Middle East disrupting the culture of Divine Command in which they have been fighting so hard to institute.
If you or anyone believe that if the US withdraws from Iraq that all the problems of terrorism would go away you are sadly mistaken.
I am starting to get the impression that as long as it is the US that is being targeted by terrorist than its ok. But now that the US has diminished their capabilities to launch attacks overseas the terrorist have started to attack area that are more accessible and so it is Americas fault.
Terrorism is not going away anytime soon so we need to come up with a plan to combat it. One choice is to go on the offensive and fight them on their own soil diminishing their effectiveness world wide. This would require the cooperation of many nations, not just a few. The other option is just accept it as a fact of life and let them terrorize the world. If we choose this route we should just hold a lottery and have 400 winners and ship them to an all expense paid trip to the Terrorist City where they will get to enjoy the lavish hostage life style and to top it off at the end of the trip they all get to be beheaded to appease the great and powerful terrorist that brought the world powers to their knees. But to keep with the trends we would have to increase the number of winners by some percentage yeah year to keep with the growing numbers of people who are killed by attacks.
As for your next statement, I think you are 100% correct on each or your points. We are spending much more on antiterrorism measures, and as long as we continue to fight them on their own soil, it will make it harder for them to raise the fund needed to launch an attack over seas, and we may have a little luck on our side.
I really wish there was an easy way to deal with this but there is not.
Are you really that self centered that you think the government is listening to your phone calls, reviewing the porn sites you visit and changing your votes?? Get over it.
How can you even begin to know what the Israeli government dose and doesn't do to it own civilians?? That is just as stupid as if I said that North Koreas government doesn't fuck with their ppl.
I am sure that every government in the world is concerned with self-preservation and will take any means necessary to ensure their survival, with most actions transparent to their citizens.
As far as losing your right to privacy on the phone and net is such bullshit. You make it should like they are tapping everyone so and I am sure you have no idea the enormous amount of man power that would take.
Who do you think is going to listen to all of phone call that EVERY AMERICAN makes?? That's right no one!
I am sure that there is a small % of people who have been tapped and watched, and I would venture to say out of that small % only a few are "American Citizens". And if you are tapped and are not an American citizen you have nothing to complain about.
Now Rick, please list all the way the US Government has destroyed your way of life. I have been trying to list how my way of life has been destroyed but I can't even think of one.
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That would have to be the most retarded statement I have ever heard. Although it would be fun to see the rest of the world wither away and die w/o US support. How would China's economy ever survive not to mention Taiwan and South Korea, they would no longer exist and Iran would nuke Israel. Mexicans would have nowhere to work, India would lose all US outsourcing and a large portion of the internet would vanish. The rest of the world would NOT be delighted if the US pretended they did not exist...
As for Microsoft, just stop buying their products if you're unhappy with getting an OS that works out of the box.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lab full of UNIX & Linux systems, Linux clusters and Macs, but if my end users had to work off a Linux box my phone would never stop ringing. When it comes to work, people like to sit down in front of a system that works with out spending days and days looking for decent drivers.
I am happy to see that wonderful organizations like the NYT and the UCLA are working so hard to make it safer for terrorists to live and operate in the US. We must understand and weight what we have to lose here. Give up freedom and you abolish all privacy and freedoms we have here in the US.
We should never give up freedom at any cost.
Anyway,
"The suit is seeking the release of all relevant documents and a list of people targeted by the NSA domestic spying program.
Any mental midget can answer this with out a law suit...
How to know if you're targeted for spying...
1. Have you trained in a terrorist training camp?
2. Are you in the US illegally?
This is just something else the far left Democrats are using to fuel their political divide.
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In other new, the USA has sued Honda Motor Corp. for not discouraging it customers from using its Honda Civic line of cars for trafficking drugs in the USA.
You sir, are an idiot. How did this even sore 5, insightful? You all are idiots.
I would assume they would remain a UFO even after we know it is an alien craft until they radioed the control tower and identified themselves. :)
I am sure that the efforts of the terrorist that are taking place in Iraq don't come cheap. The amount of planning and supplies that go into their action obviously take away from the ability to pull off other activities world wide. I am not suggesting that they will be completely paralyzed.
You seem to have everything figured out so why don't you lay out your plan? What better action should we as a world take to combat terrorism?
It was only a matter of time before the US retaliated against all the attacks we have suffered over the years. A quick search on the net will reveal nearly 100 attacks that targeted the US in the last 60 years. That is a little over 1.5 attacks per year. The trend also shows the number of attacks per decade was significantly increasing in occurrence and in deadliness. Between 1990 and 2000 nearly 800 people were killed and as we know in 2001 alone 3000 died. That is an average of 345 people a year. When is enough, enough? When can the US finally go on the offensive to attempt to reduce the number of attacks? If the rest of the world would wise up and help support this effort we all would be a bit safer. But to address your statements directly, you are stating only one event to support your claim that terrorism has increased markedly. I can only think of 2 or 3 including the London Tube attack and the Madrid attacks in the last 5 years. Now this is not including the attacks involving Israel and Palestinians or attacks in Iraq. Now that is 0.6 attacks per year over the last 5 years compared to the 5.4 attacks in the 5 years before. I am no expert but I would have to disagree that there are markedly more attacks since the Iraq war. But the truth of the matter is this. The terrorist/insurgents whatever it is you would like to call them know that this is when they need to make a final push. They know if the back down now that Iraq will become a democracy and that is a blow to the Islamic fundamentalists. A democratic Iraq will have great influence over the Middle East disrupting the culture of Divine Command in which they have been fighting so hard to institute. If you or anyone believe that if the US withdraws from Iraq that all the problems of terrorism would go away you are sadly mistaken. I am starting to get the impression that as long as it is the US that is being targeted by terrorist than its ok. But now that the US has diminished their capabilities to launch attacks overseas the terrorist have started to attack area that are more accessible and so it is Americas fault. Terrorism is not going away anytime soon so we need to come up with a plan to combat it. One choice is to go on the offensive and fight them on their own soil diminishing their effectiveness world wide. This would require the cooperation of many nations, not just a few. The other option is just accept it as a fact of life and let them terrorize the world. If we choose this route we should just hold a lottery and have 400 winners and ship them to an all expense paid trip to the Terrorist City where they will get to enjoy the lavish hostage life style and to top it off at the end of the trip they all get to be beheaded to appease the great and powerful terrorist that brought the world powers to their knees. But to keep with the trends we would have to increase the number of winners by some percentage yeah year to keep with the growing numbers of people who are killed by attacks. As for your next statement, I think you are 100% correct on each or your points. We are spending much more on antiterrorism measures, and as long as we continue to fight them on their own soil, it will make it harder for them to raise the fund needed to launch an attack over seas, and we may have a little luck on our side. I really wish there was an easy way to deal with this but there is not.
IF and ONLY IF they have determined that you are a viable threat and there is evidence of a pending attack against the US.
Are you really that self centered that you think the government is listening to your phone calls, reviewing the porn sites you visit and changing your votes?? Get over it. How can you even begin to know what the Israeli government dose and doesn't do to it own civilians?? That is just as stupid as if I said that North Koreas government doesn't fuck with their ppl. I am sure that every government in the world is concerned with self-preservation and will take any means necessary to ensure their survival, with most actions transparent to their citizens. As far as losing your right to privacy on the phone and net is such bullshit. You make it should like they are tapping everyone so and I am sure you have no idea the enormous amount of man power that would take. Who do you think is going to listen to all of phone call that EVERY AMERICAN makes?? That's right no one! I am sure that there is a small % of people who have been tapped and watched, and I would venture to say out of that small % only a few are "American Citizens". And if you are tapped and are not an American citizen you have nothing to complain about.
You're an IDIOT; list all your rights that have been taken away... And Israel doesn't give a fuck??? Just ask Lebanon if Israel gives a fuck...
So you're admitting that your way of life has not been destroyed, as I suspected. I would assume the same goes for most US citizens.
Now Rick, please list all the way the US Government has destroyed your way of life. I have been trying to list how my way of life has been destroyed but I can't even think of one.
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That would have to be the most retarded statement I have ever heard. Although it would be fun to see the rest of the world wither away and die w/o US support. How would China's economy ever survive not to mention Taiwan and South Korea, they would no longer exist and Iran would nuke Israel. Mexicans would have nowhere to work, India would lose all US outsourcing and a large portion of the internet would vanish. The rest of the world would NOT be delighted if the US pretended they did not exist...
As for Microsoft, just stop buying their products if you're unhappy with getting an OS that works out of the box.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lab full of UNIX & Linux systems, Linux clusters and Macs, but if my end users had to work off a Linux box my phone would never stop ringing. When it comes to work, people like to sit down in front of a system that works with out spending days and days looking for decent drivers.
I am happy to see that wonderful organizations like the NYT and the UCLA are working so hard to make it safer for terrorists to live and operate in the US. We must understand and weight what we have to lose here. Give up freedom and you abolish all privacy and freedoms we have here in the US. We should never give up freedom at any cost. Anyway, "The suit is seeking the release of all relevant documents and a list of people targeted by the NSA domestic spying program. Any mental midget can answer this with out a law suit... How to know if you're targeted for spying... 1. Have you trained in a terrorist training camp? 2. Are you in the US illegally? This is just something else the far left Democrats are using to fuel their political divide.