Forum: Politics
12-31-2005, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 47,691
Re: Yesterday!!!
Not enough information ....
That leads me to believe that the role of the government when it acts against an individual or group depends on the interpretation by the government and the police of...
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Forum: Politics
12-31-2005, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 47,691
Yesterday!!!
.. I was walking down the street here in Nha Trang Viet Nam, when I saw a police truck that was taking illegal roadside food stalls down, putting them in the back of the truck and carting them off.
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Forum: Politics
12-29-2005, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,450
We????
Who the heck are WE to decide what should happen in Iraq?
Get out NOW and let them sort it out.
Incidentally, Kurdistan is a potentially dangerous solution for the middle east as the one pro...
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Forum: Politics
12-29-2005, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Short-term-results-oriented thinking
When looking at the words of the politician it is always interesting to see whether the words are designed to create a gulf between people of differeing opinions. If they are designed to do so, IMO,...
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Forum: Politics
12-28-2005, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Short-term-results-oriented thinking
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Is this the future of American politics?
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This is just politics. I refer you to:
Willie Horton, Daisy child from the past for derision of the other side based on...
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Forum: Politics
12-28-2005, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Short-term-results-oriented thinking
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The fact we are having this discussion in a thread about a ficticious story is what really frightens me.
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That is just nuts. I had many a good discussion about many...
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Forum: Politics
12-27-2005, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Short-term-results-oriented thinking
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All this stuff about abuses of power is fear mongering
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Stuff about abuses of power, if it is fearmongering, is fearmongering of the best type. Dismissing criticism as...
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Forum: Politics
12-27-2005, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 9,409
Re: Did Arnie Really Deserve This?
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I think the reason we get such a hard time is because people have a high opinion of us, whereas they have given up on the other two.
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Perhaps. But to offer a strawman:...
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Forum: Politics
12-27-2005, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 9,409
Re: Did Arnie Really Deserve This?
It may or may not be racist but it is definitely stacked against the average blackperson.
THis is because the usual face off in court for the average black person accused of a heinous crime is: a...
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Forum: Politics
12-27-2005, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 9,409
Not the correct play
Commit the crime in America and hire a very good lawyer.
In Austria you will be punished.
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Forum: Politics
12-27-2005, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Short-term-results-oriented thinking
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But I really doubt there is a vast conspiracy as you might think.
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I am certain that in their minds the KGB only monitored those likely to commit atrocities against the...
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,171
Re: Why has there been no repeat of 9/11?
Well the onus has to be on the spender to show that the project was justified, that WE gained more than it cost.
The project was sold to protect us from the many known WMDs in Iraq, from the...
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
Re: Student who was visited by Homeland Security
I have eaten at the original Moosewood restaraunt -- no doubt they have some agents watching me here in Viet Nam. I did see a couple of guys in suits and dark glasses diving with me this morning!!!
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 04:41 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,769
Re: Happy holidays!
I dont believe politard is an actual word (at least at dictionary.com). I figure it is like political retards. Entering it at google you see retarded political forum type links (including 2+2!).
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 03:27 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,769
Happy holidays!
.. this is a political forum after all. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,320
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 7,465
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Forum: Politics
12-25-2005, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,266
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 8,380
Cyrus vanquished
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HOWEVER, most *very recent* attacks have been committed by foreign terrorists. This is the point I was trying to make to Cyrus.
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Yep. During the 3 day truce declared by...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 80
Views: 8,380
From the horses mouth
The fact is that the baathists and nationalists called a truce for the duration of the elections. They are using bullets and ballots (that is a quote from some report I read). However, I have linked...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,171
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 7,171
Re: Why has there been no repeat of 9/11?
Why bother?
We have tied ourselves in knots, wasted billions on Iraq, they have our full attention, we are gutting the American system of true freedoms without help from them.
So, if you were...
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Forum: Politics
12-23-2005, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 7,298
Re: Well Lookee Here! BLUFFThis! is wrong
The concept of advertising that we are monitoring foreign travellers is slightly worse (in the economic-social-political sense) then the horrible (in the ethical, true global libertarian sense) idea...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,041
Dover decision
Dover Intelligent Design Decision (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4545822.stm)
The Judiciary Works:
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A court in the US has ruled against the teaching of "intelligent design"...
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Forum: Politics
12-22-2005, 01:33 AM
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Replies: 86
Views: 7,298
Re: Well Lookee Here! BLUFFThis! is wrong
I said without due process. I am happy to have phone taps, searches, seizures as long as law enforcement has gone to a judge and received an OK. This is due process. This is how Americans operate...
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