I would like to point out that we pushed russia into this position this time. I'm sorry, but the missile shield is asking for it. There's no way around that. If we wanted to do this right, we should have included Russia in the plan. If you look at the globe from a russia-centric point of view, you see that they are almost completely surrounded by BMD, to the north in the arctic and alaska, to the east in J-pan, and to the west in Poland. I'd be a little worried if I were them too. Not that I'm not all for making sure Russia stays suppressed, but it would have been nice to have done it in a more... elegant way.
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another good example. See, American medical science was able to successfully cross a human and dolphin at birth. He is now known as Michael Phelps. Unfortunately, the chinese are still trying to affect the same results with juice. (/sarcasm, in case it wasn't clear.)
No, its because they're retarded commies who believe that their bullshit backwards political decrees will stop it from raining, they should have prayed to zeus... or alternatively to NOAA. But hey, I guess you have to give them some credit, they've been taking our meteorological data as their own for years without us managing to care one way or another. I guess they'd win the gold medal in "lazy science" and "bending another nation over without them caring". So while we struggle to get the next generation of NOAA satellites in space (you know, pushing the boundaries of science through research and toil and economic expenditure, as opposed to stealing the knowledge from someone else), they sit back and make bold claims about how they can do this or that with the weather like it was groundbreaking research by chinese meteorologists that made it possible. I find that offensive.Mek-Stizzle wrote:
It's because they're godless commies who believe that science will stop it from raining, they should have prayed to jesusiamangry wrote:
lolKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Yeah, they promised no rain and it rained! What liars!
Get a clue people.
lolKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Yeah, they promised no rain and it rained! What liars!iamangry wrote:
On another note, does anyone remember the chinese promising no rain during the olympics?
Was that stuff falling during the first US men's beach volleyball game, or during the woman's cycling earlier this week something else?
All I have to say is lol to anyone who thinks the chinese regime is anything but dishonest, deceitful, and aggressive towards the West.
Anyone watched "Idiocracy"?
Sorry folks, but thats where were heading in America, and its everyone's fault. Well, everyone that's retarded. And everyone who's smart but doesn't have a bunch of progeny. Come on my fellow nerds, we have a nation to save! Make smart babies!
Sorry folks, but thats where were heading in America, and its everyone's fault. Well, everyone that's retarded. And everyone who's smart but doesn't have a bunch of progeny. Come on my fellow nerds, we have a nation to save! Make smart babies!
On another note, does anyone remember the chinese promising no rain during the olympics?
Was that stuff falling during the first US men's beach volleyball game, or during the woman's cycling earlier this week something else?
All I have to say is lol to anyone who thinks the chinese regime is anything but dishonest, deceitful, and aggressive towards the West.
Was that stuff falling during the first US men's beach volleyball game, or during the woman's cycling earlier this week something else?
All I have to say is lol to anyone who thinks the chinese regime is anything but dishonest, deceitful, and aggressive towards the West.
That's ok, we weren't planning on going in on foot. We were more thinking of various forms of jet/rocket propulsion. But it was a nice try at a threat.... keep working on it.blademaster wrote:
"Our last word is that if you want to move towards Iran make sure you bring walking sticks and artificial legs because if you came you will not have any legs to return on,"
Wow, if only he did this back when he first had kids so they weren't poisoned with that shit those dumb asses spout. This is just a political move, and its obvious.
Only if you like living in the dark. Statements like that are exactly what keep people thinking that anything nuclear is bad. "Oh no, ATOMS!! Watch out!!!11". Every technology has its purpose. "Nuclear" things have revolutionized many aspects of our daily lives. But, contrary to most people's beliefs, even nuclear weapons can serve to positively influence our civilization's development. I submit as the primary example the deflection of near earth objects. While kinetic impactors and the various "slow push" technologies can move an asteroid with decades or centuries of warning, only high yield nuclear weapons can effectively deflect an asteroid when the time of epoch is 1000 days or less. But thats for another discussion.Kmarion wrote:
A non-nuclear world sounds great though.
I think most people understand that it was a given that Israel had nuclear weapon stockpiles. The real fallout from this news being confirmed is that it will give Iran the grounds to argue on a higher position for their own nuclear weapons programs.
I have a dream! That one day both men AND women will blow shit up! And I have a dream! That one day both men AND women can massacre innocent people...
did you all know that gas is not the chief source of profit from an oil company? It's actually lubricants derived from the oil, and the oil itself. ExxonMobil's fantasy is to not even have to sell gas anymore, cause it takes so much work. But most people only see the oil company at the pump, and not in a lot of its other more lucrative sectors of business. Gas prices are expensive because oil prices are expensive, but oil prices are expensive chiefly because of speculation into oil as a commodity, not because of a shortage or anything like that. And unfortunately, because we've started tying our energy and agriculture industries together with this ethanol joke, we find that speculation and inflation on the part of oil begins to drive the price of corn, which affects the price of everything else that's grown. The first thing we need to do is stop using ethanol, so I don't have to pay out the ass at both the pump AND the check out line. Then you need to regulate speculation. And that should bring oil back down to something closer to $80 a barrel. Oh, and we should KILL Al Gore, for trying to mix politics and science.
... and let the al gore corn smoking n00bies start their rants about sustainability and a green and prosperous renewable utopia that doesn't make sense without the help of pot start..... now.
... and let the al gore corn smoking n00bies start their rants about sustainability and a green and prosperous renewable utopia that doesn't make sense without the help of pot start..... now.
Yeah, we should definitely ban cluster bombs. And stealth planes. And TV missiles, satellite imagery, and anything else that America uses to generate a strategic and tactical advantage over it's adversaries. Because that's what the UN is all about... leveling the playing field so wars last extra long. Oh, and giving people food in exchange for oil, which is really a way of saying "bribing tyrants with access to valuable natural resources while making your own people think you're doing it for the starving children... and getting a little kick back for yourself."
....Which is a fault of theirs which they need to work on. So is their obsession with making clothing from plastic explosives.zeidmaan wrote:
It doesnt matter that people in the west dont get upset when someone burns a Bible or spits on a flag. What matter is that people in the middle east do get upset when Quran is desecrated.
Ok, really.
I'm 19 that whole legal age thing is so unfair. If I had sex with my girlfriend to celebrate my 18th birthday, and she didn't turn 18 for another week, I could have gone to jail for YEARS. Really?? IMHO there should be some sort of "age bounds" where its ok, like if theyre within 2 or 3 years of your age its ok. Cause right now, some women I meet at parties really are jailbait!!
And, while were on the subject, how is this fair when theres women teachers messin with 6th grader boys and pretty much getting away with it?? Double standard???
Oh, and here's some real CP for you!
I'm 19 that whole legal age thing is so unfair. If I had sex with my girlfriend to celebrate my 18th birthday, and she didn't turn 18 for another week, I could have gone to jail for YEARS. Really?? IMHO there should be some sort of "age bounds" where its ok, like if theyre within 2 or 3 years of your age its ok. Cause right now, some women I meet at parties really are jailbait!!
And, while were on the subject, how is this fair when theres women teachers messin with 6th grader boys and pretty much getting away with it?? Double standard???
Oh, and here's some real CP for you!
Good point, its obviously a serious drain on your intellectual resources to do so. Please now return to your brawndo. It's got electrolytes.ZombieVampire! wrote:
I fail to see why I should think hard about disliking someone who does a great many things I hate.
Or maybe it has to do with him being religious in the "normal" non crazy sense. And not some sort of zealot for protestantism. Don't get me wrong, hes neither intelligent nor a very good president IMO, but hes certainly no Osama with a suit. Maybe you need to think before you jump on the "I hate Bush" bandwagon.ZombieVampire! wrote:
Your right, he doesn't behead people. Perhaps that has something to do with have access to the most powerful conventional army in the world.
No, no, that makes too much sense.
EDIT: You want to see crazy violent christians, go to a KKK meeting, where you'll find your favorite southern senator, Harry Byrd!
Thats right everyone, Bush is a cross burning, infidel beheading, suicide bombing insurgent.ZombieVampire! wrote:
And that whole rant is wasted, because the Christian fundamentalists have control of the most powerful nation on Earth, and lack most of the socio-economic factors associated with crime and terrorism.
Maybe it was the suit that fooled me...
You're absolutely right. It should be judged by it's members. So lets take the nations closest to the origin of the religion... they invented it, so they should know how best to practice it. That gives us Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We'll give Israel a pass (they're obviously not very muslim there) and Turkey's right across the border from Europe, so their tainted (too democratic or something).ZombieVampire! wrote:
Further, I don't see how a religious group should be judged by their founder.
Well, it seems to me that you have a bunch of nations whom oppress their women, their poor. You have a bunch of nations who make it a crime punishable by death to convert from Islam to another religion. You have a bunch of nations who still have public executions by various forms. You have a bunch of nations who would rather let a bunch of school girls burn to death than risk having them be tainted or spoiled by the men of their country (rampant pedophilia, or rampant irrational paranoia, your choice there). You have a bunch of violent, backward people who support the use of bombs on busses and in school yards to promote political platforms. You have a bunch of people who riot and kill over cartoons. FRIGGIN CARTOONS.
Everyone reminds me that there are fundamentalist and violent christians, jews and even bhuddists. The notable difference however, is that there are not entire nations of those crazies, like there are with Islam. I'll start respecting Islam when their nations stop this junk. And I don't have 700 years for them to catch up, reform, go through the necessary religious wars, and modernize like the west did. They need to get with the program, or gtfo this planet, cause they're holding us all back in the meantime.
</rant>.
More reason not to put it in children's butts?
Don't get me wrong, i think people have a right to their privacy. But that includes children. It's the modern day equivalent of the scarlet letter, arguably in a more noble application, but in the end still the same beast.
Don't get me wrong, i think people have a right to their privacy. But that includes children. It's the modern day equivalent of the scarlet letter, arguably in a more noble application, but in the end still the same beast.
Holy Crap! One quarter of americans ARE retarded!wingman_lajoda wrote:
The Earth is Flat... LOL
http://theflatearthsociety.org/
From the FAQ http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum/in … ic=11211.0Q: "Why do the all the world Governments say the Earth is round?"
A: It's a conspiracy
Q: "What about NASA? Don't they have photos to prove that the Earth is round?"
A: NASA is part of the conspiracy too. The photos are faked.
Q: "Why has no-one taken a photo of the Earth that proves it is flat?"
A: The government prevents people from getting close enough to the Ice Wall to take a picture.
Q: "How did NASA create these images with the computer technology available at the time?"
A: Since NASA did not send rockets into space, they instead spent the money on developing advanced computers and imaging software instead
The thing about beef, is that you emit solid carbon emissions from it
I don't want to be a muslim, and I like scantily clothed women.sergeriver wrote:
Why don't you go to the Muslims and ask THEM what you can do to stop these extremists in order to solve the terrorism problem and Islamophobia as well.
Here's another solution:
Let it rain down on them from the surface and extinguish their existence!
Let it rain down on them from the surface and extinguish their existence!
He wouldn't run under a party. He wouldn't run either.
Those little retarded uber right wing christian fundamentalist shits. That kind of crap really grinds my gears coming from senators. On that point, I would greatly appreciate it if someone would find out who those people were so we can make sure not to vote for them ever again. Maybe we'll even ...
...crucify them........
Embarrassment to a religion and to a country.
...crucify them........
Embarrassment to a religion and to a country.
1. Individuals do what they want. If they want to use gay as a pejorative, thats their choice. Just like I can legally call a black man a nigger to his face. I wouldn't, because I like living, but that's not the point. To say that violates a gay man's rights is ridiculous. Unless the government is killing them or assaulting their rights, or if the people in general were assaulting their rights, I don't see how you can call them oppressed. There are no sexuality discriminating rights in this country. You're a guy and you want to be married? Marry a woman. A straight man can't marry a straight man, so how is a gay man's rights assaulted if he can't marry a gay man. Love isn't part of the law buddy.HunterOfSkulls wrote:
1. Oh absolutely. Those queers just think they're oppressed. It's not like they ever get murdered or assaulted for being gay. It's not like anyone wants it to be legal to fire people for being gay, or prevent them from marrying or adopting children. It's not like anyone claims to be able to cure homosexuality with therapy that has no proven success rate, seems to go hand-in-hand with an increased likelihood of suicide and is condemned by every major psychiatric institution around the country. It's not like fag jokes are a staple of hundreds of movies and tv shows. It's not like our entire culture seems to be conditioned to use "gay" as a pejorative even though it makes them sound like fucking idiots. That's some impressive persecution complex if it can make things actually manifest in our reality out of nowhere.
2. And as far as wussies go? I'd like to see you live a few months in those shoes. My money says you'd slit your wrists or eat a gun inside of a week.
3. Sure, that's why nobody's ever seen a straight couple probing for each others' tonsils or furiously dry-humping in public. But even forgetting that, you or I could put a picture of our significant others on our desks at work, were we so inclined and said desks were available, without getting a single solitary negative comment from any coworker except under the most bizarre circumstances. Try putting a picture of a guy on your desk and telling coworkers that he's your boyfriend and you'll find out just how nasty people can be while still managing not to violate office rules on employee conduct.
4. What, fight to be the same? Fight for conformity? Fight to become part of the monolithic whole? This is America. A nation where the few stood up against the monolithic whole that was the British Empire and told them to fuck off. A nation where we created our own customs, our own way of doing things, our own way of government, our own way of fucking life. We aren't a nation of clones, we're a nation of individuals. Individuals whose different paths and different ways of looking at things make a society stronger where sameness and conformity would lead to weakness and stagnation. We're not meant to be a copy of some authoritarian conformist society like the former Soviet Union where everyone subsumes their individuality in the grey and featureless State. Who the fuck would want to live like that? I don't. I want six foot tall drag queens with bad makeup and five-o-clock shadow. I want leather-clad dominatrixes riding in chariots pulled by motorcycle-riding dykes. I want big fucking burly guys with ridiculous Freddie Mercury mustaches and those silly godsdamn biker caps marching down the godsdamn street. I want topless lesbians covered in body paint twirling cheerleader batons. And more than all of that, I want soul-sick little button-down conformist fucktards standing on the sidelines glaring and grinding their teeth in a mixture of rage at not being able to do anything to stop it and jealousy that they're not part of the fucking party because they can't let themselves be a part of it.
2. Fuck you sir. You don't know what I've been through, so don't you dare presume to think you do. Maybe I'll start a thread one day about how I'm persecuted, when I'm ready to be laughed out of this forum because almost EVERYONE persecutes for what I'm "guilty" of (Note: for those of you wondering, its nothing sexual in nature).
3. I can safely say I've never seen two people "dry humping" in public. Ever. If I saw two gay guys dry humping in public I wouldn't be offended. I would be offended if they clogged a major thoroughfare with a thousand of them dry humping. Then again, I'd be offended if a bunch of straight people did that too. Only thing is, straight people don't do that. Again, you can't force people to like you. If someone at work assaults you because you're gay, that's his choice. That's part of your battle with the common ignorant man. What I tried to say previously was that you don't win that sort of battle by flaunting your differences in their faces.
4. Learn some real American history. We didn't leave for differences. We left for taxes. Sure, individual colonies left in the beginning for religion, but they were still part of Britain and ultimately accepted as such by the time we broke away. We are a pretty tolerant people when not antagonized. I don't mean conformity by the numbers- clones and such. I mean conformity by letting your differences show themselves, and being who you are, just like anyone else. That's how you gain acceptance from other individuals. If they cannot communicate comfortably with you, they will not like you. That's just the way people are right now, hopefully one day we move past that. I think most in America have. I don't have a problem with drag queens, transsexuals, gays, lesbians... I'm friends with people from all these disciplines, because they have good personalities and are down to earth. I did meet a gay guy who was flamboyant about being gay, and tried to make me gay several times. I was not friends with him because he was off in ass-rail land. He was rude, crude, stupid, and impossible to be comfortable around (because he was a groper ... and he thought the sun was mostly iron because he read it on a website on the internet ). All I was trying to say was that you don't get accepted by showing how your different. You get accepted by making people comfortable with you. And gay parades aren't going to do that for you.
Seriously though everyone, our nation dodged a MASSIVE bullet with the final death of that bill recently. Bigger than terrorism or China.
In the next election, I implore you all to vote for independents. We need to destroy our 2 party system. It's grip has become too tight on our nation, and both institutions have become too corrupt. They are a cancer on our nation, and it is up to the people to cut them out. They almost owned this country over corporate sponsorships and a new voting "market". That is unforgivable.
In the next election, I implore you all to vote for independents. We need to destroy our 2 party system. It's grip has become too tight on our nation, and both institutions have become too corrupt. They are a cancer on our nation, and it is up to the people to cut them out. They almost owned this country over corporate sponsorships and a new voting "market". That is unforgivable.
Theres a much more effective and legal way to appear celibate than having sex with children.
Its called hardcore pornography.... and masturbation.
Its called hardcore pornography.... and masturbation.
gay parades are retarded. Its a bunch of wussies who think they're being oppressed running around and totally destroying whatever support they had from mentally competent straight folk by turning their sexuality into a spectacle. You want to be gay, fine. Do it on your own time in your own personal life, just like the rest of us with our relationships are made to. But don't be "proud" of your sexuality. If it's really just the way you are, there's nothing to be proud about. Nobody's proud about having opposable thumbs, and its just as natural as sexuality.
People are only proud of things that make them different, which is exactly what you are trying to say you aren't. You claim to be normal and just like anyone else, and yet you choose to single yourselves out and flaunt your differences in people's faces. Grow up. Restart the logic centers of your brains. Fight to be accepted, not to be different. If what you claim is true, then all you have different from us is your sexual preference. So act it. No more parades for your differences. This is America. And in America, people aren't proud of who their born, but of who they become.
People are only proud of things that make them different, which is exactly what you are trying to say you aren't. You claim to be normal and just like anyone else, and yet you choose to single yourselves out and flaunt your differences in people's faces. Grow up. Restart the logic centers of your brains. Fight to be accepted, not to be different. If what you claim is true, then all you have different from us is your sexual preference. So act it. No more parades for your differences. This is America. And in America, people aren't proud of who their born, but of who they become.
Reagan????? The guy who ended the cold war??? I know there was the whole Iran Contra thing, but considering all the good he did, can you really say he sold us out???Turquoise wrote:
I hate Bush as much as the next guy, but he's far from being the first president to sell us out. Reagan, Clinton, and many others have as well. Bush is just far worse at hiding it.ATG wrote:
They are proud people. Rudderless like Americans, except maybe a little worse.
Even if we pulled this off I would still resent Bush.
I don't like being lied to. You nailed it earlier; he sold us out.
I'm a man. I like pussy. Am I proud of it? No. It's just the way I am. If gay people really are gay because that's just the way they are, what do they have to be proud about?
0. I wish I could get gas for 2.50/gallon, that's cheap!!!Cougar wrote:
Some good points
1. You're exactly right. It's horrible. But ask yourself this: If the government can't even manage to process 3 million passport applications in 6 months, how the hell are they gonna process 300 million ID cards in 1.5 years???
2. Here you're wrong. I've proven it on this forum several times ad nauseum. Oil's gonna be around after you and I are both dead. It will be more expensive, but it will still be plentiful.
I think you strike on some really good points here (the exception being the oil argument), and it scares the crap out of me how crazy this country is getting. I turn on the TV each day to simply say, WTF???? Every day it gets more and more OUTRAGEOUS. I would assert that it all goes back to, like you said, the proliferation of the 2 party system in this nation for so many years; the degrading quality of people around us do to a loss of our moral footing; and most importantly... our complacency. So, the solution is to obviously vote for the independent/libertarian candidates, some how convince our people to grow the fuck up and stop being retarded, and maybe have a revolution. The last point may sound a little rough, but hey, a little revolution every now and again is a healthy part of a democracy IMO.
LOL! It really wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese turned around and ASAT'ed Quickbird... its a good satellite... highest resolution commercial electro-optical imagery. On that note, here's something that may interest some of you: http://www.centerforspace.com/downloads … 030107.zip
That's a link to a simulation completed as of March '07 of all orbital materials detectable in orbit by USAF, with special attention paid to all the shit the Chinese put up there.
That's a link to a simulation completed as of March '07 of all orbital materials detectable in orbit by USAF, with special attention paid to all the shit the Chinese put up there.
Badnarik!!! Libertarianism FTW!!!
Hey, how do I get to go to Gitmo for summer vacation? It sounds pretty nice!
Hells yeah!! That's what I'm talking about! Who gives a crap if that American flag costs an extra 5 bucks, at least it won't make you a supporter of a repressive communist regime, poison you, your children and your animals, and make you lose control of your vehicle and swerve into oncoming traffic.
How is it that Sandy Berger is not in jail for any crime (even though the rat was caught STEALING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS from the national archives)? Why is it ok for the person who actually gave up her name to not get a jail sentence when all these other people do? Why is it ok for the two border patrol agents to still be behind bars? Are any people in the higher levels of our government of the justice department fucking serious?KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
How is it that the only people jailed for this are the journalists? Why is it ok for the Republican Party (and Bush Administration) to use Libby as a fall-guy, commute the sentence, and then complain about it? Are these people fucking serious?
GOOD BOOK.jonsimon wrote:
Read "The Game" http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/00 … &Go=Go
you know though, its not just neocons, its both the current "democrat" and "republican" parties as well; I don't know exactly what you'd call the ppl who are running the dems, but the whole lot of them are nuts IMHO.
Ken Jennings either doesn't have his facts right or he believes someone who gets something wrong on his testimony to a grand jury in an attempt to expedite the process should be politically pushed through the justice system by an opposing party and sent to prison for perjury rather than the person whom really put the federal desk worker in danger by breaking her coverKEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Do you think there will be a public outcry a-la Paris Hilton? Me thinks not. I'm sure Americans care more about how a dumb cunt is treated than a man who put a federal employee's life in danger
This pisses me off a great deal, but I can't honestly say it suprises me.
How many times do you think our crazy-biased lefty media will hold Bush accountable and ask him why?
However, Americans do care more about a dumb cunt, and there's definitely something wrong about that, but it doesn't surprise me either.
Here's my take on it.
It all comes down to the application of Revelations to today's geopolitical structure. In revelations, the bad stuff begins when a protector of Israel (or something like that) joins the rest of the world in opposing Israel. It doesn't take a genius to realize who the protector of Israel is in this day and age, so it goes without saying that the fundamentalists in the Christian faith believe that if we turn our backs on Israel, it will in turn end America as a country because rapture's a bitch to a secular people.
It all comes down to the application of Revelations to today's geopolitical structure. In revelations, the bad stuff begins when a protector of Israel (or something like that) joins the rest of the world in opposing Israel. It doesn't take a genius to realize who the protector of Israel is in this day and age, so it goes without saying that the fundamentalists in the Christian faith believe that if we turn our backs on Israel, it will in turn end America as a country because rapture's a bitch to a secular people.
n00bs. they obviously need to lower their settings or find a closer server.M.O.A.B wrote:
He lagged too much so he hit the wall and bailed but forgot to blow up, then he got busted.iamangry wrote:
Maybe he thought Jihad Jeeping was okay on this server?
Police[Nightstick]SomeTerroristDude
Maybe he thought Jihad Jeeping was okay on this server?
Osama visited the United States once. He was a big supporter of us then, because we were helping him crush the Soviet infidels (his words, not mine). But when he got here he was shocked. Shocked because of how our women dressed, how we didn't pray. Shocked at our decadence, shocked at our secular way of life. When he attacked on 9/11, it was because our way of life is wrong to them. Much as how we try to help people when we think they're being oppressed, Osama is trying to do what many religious fanatics have done in the past... bring us salvation or bring us death. It's funny, in fighting the enemy that is fundamentalist Islam, we've become like the enemy in this way. The only difference: we're right, they're wrong. It's not "different" for a people to oppress their women for the hell of it, its not "different" to teach kids to destroy instead of create. It's worse. It's wrong. I just wish we didn't have to go to their level to fight them. That's also wrong, and history will reflect that.sergeriver wrote:
I don't think the bombings in the US, UK, Spain or Argentina (Israel's embassy and a Jewish Organization) were a direct attack on the lifestyle of the West. I think much of this has to do with the West looking away when Israel violates international law. And if you think anyone has the right to force democracy upon Iraqis or any other people you are wrong. Nobody has that right. They should deal with their issues on their own. If you think that's not imposing a lifestyle you are wrong or deluded.
And for the record, fundamentalists don't care about international law, if they did, they wouldn't behead people and leave them in the streets, or use children as human shields. Or destroy a civilian populace to attack a military force.
You're absolutely right, except for one thing. Iran is not an island, it has connections over land to Russia and more importantly, China. If we blockade Iran's coast, the only people hurt will be the Americas and Europe. France and Germany tried to keep us from going to war with Iraq because of their HUGE abuse of oil for food, how do you think a people with gas at 6 dollars/gallon will react if it suddenly jumps to 7 or 8?
As the data starts to accumulate, its getting more and more like that, however, I would point out that just a few years ago there was not enough data to justify some in the community from calling it a sure thing. However, this is the way science works, its just that people here in the US are coming down with something I call "socially induced mental retardation". It is prevalent in people with dogma based religious beliefs, low socioeconomic status, and those with a condition I call "corporate dementia". Unfortunately, those with these conditions rarely realize they have it. Worse yet, there is no cure.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
We do, some people just refuse to believe it. And others use psuedoscientific rationalization to try to refute it. Read any scientific study that has been peer reviewed at large by the scientific community (and not 'researchers' with political agendas) and you will understand this.Harmor wrote:
They why haven't we had a concensus on Global Warming?KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Yes, but agendas are easily discarded through the process of peer review in scientific journals.
It would help if a stop was put to this "In your face!" approach to scientific issues by politicians as well. Science is quickly getting tainted by the politicians, and as more and more science is politicized, you will see more people lose trust in science just as they have lost trust in politicians.
Yah you can, its just harder to doS3v3N wrote:
You can't grill it if you don't kill it.
Why would you even want to grill it? Real men eat their meat raw!
No seriously, PETA pisses me off because they've even started a campaign against eating animal products. Now I'm sorry, but I like EGGS!! More importantly, I LIKE MILK. It goes good with cookies! Cookies made with eggs! Yeah!
You know, in a different context, say if it went something more like this:buLLet_t00th wrote:
You're the fucking stinky, unhealthy minority my friend! I can't fucking wait!=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
On Sunday July 1st the ban on smoking in enclosed places comes into effect in England & Wales and makes tomorrow night the last in which you can enjoy a fag with your pint at the local. I for one plan to go out with a camera so I can take a picture of myself with a ciggie to show the grand kids. Are there any other UK smokers here or anyone other smokers who live under a ban like this already?
I live in Oxford and for most of the pubs, popping outside won't be a problem; being a University city most of the pubs in town have gardens (although you do have to put up with a lot of American students, lol). Our nightclubs, in comparison, won't currently let you out once you're in so how is that going to work?
Muscian Joe Jackson is an outspoken opponent of the smoking ban and had this to say: -
"Smokers are now the only minority whose minority status is quoted as justification for abuse. Britain is becoming a society in which the extreme agendas of health officials and lobby groups are allowed to determine public policy. Freedom of choice, tradition, tolerance, pleasure, property rights, market forces and public opinion are being swept aside by a fanatical fringe."
---- you wouldn't have your head on right now, or maybe you'd just get a car packed with Ampho in your living room. I know you're being sarcastic, but I want to use your statement to make a suggestion to everyone on this forum. If you're unsure about whether you'll offend someone with your words, think about it in a context similar to the one above and consider what would happen to you. If you would still be alive, its probably a politically correct thing to say. Otherwise, you put Islam above other minorities by censoring pictures of their God in your TV shows and by apologizing when you tell them they're violent and they go burn churches.buLLet_t00th wrote:
You're the fucking stinky, unhealthy minority my friend! I can't fucking wait!=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:
On July 1st the ban on Islam comes into effect in England and Wales. I'm a muslim.
Muscian Joe Jackson is an outspoken proponent of the Islam ban and had this to say: -
"Muslims are now the only minority whose minority status is quoted as justification for abuse. Britain is becoming a society in which the extreme agendas of health officials and lobby groups are allowed to determine public policy. Freedom of choice, tradition, tolerance, pleasure, property rights, market forces and public opinion are being swept aside by a fanatical fringe."
Just something to think about. Britain and minorities brought it up for me, maybe it does for others.