Politics: Onward from New Hampshire

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone_Slothrop
“When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?”

- John Maynard Keynes

Is this some new Blogger of yours?

Consider that Ritter was paid $400K to make a [wink]movie[/wink] about his Iraq findings, I find this quote to be more apt:

"There is gold for you. Sell me your good report."

-W. Shakespeare

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
the reaction of the Spanish having mass demonstrations is both logical and courageous.

mass something yes, mass demonstrations not necessarily. everybody/culture will react differently, but what exactly are they protesting, evil? We can do that to, except we just sing god bless america.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Their options being . . . ?

I stayed home to be with my wife and kid.

Their options being to stay home as you did. I don't think many people did that. You may have, but I and many others didn't.

But even if we did, can you really compare 3000 people killed by multiple airplanes flying into multple targets to 200 people killed by bombs on trains?

What happend in the US on 9/11 was a much more frightening event than what happened in Madrid on 3/11. I think what happened in Madrid is closer to the Oklahoma City bombing in the level of fear it engendered. I worked the day of the Oklahoma City bombing, did you? I didn't even avoid federal buildings after that. Did you?

I wonder how the Spanairds feel about getting on a train now? I think that is reasonable if they avoid them for awhile until more stringent security measures can be put in place.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
mass something yes, mass demonstrations not necessarily. everybody/culture will react differently, but what exactly are they protesting, evil? We can do that to, except we just sing god bless america.

I'm not sure it was protesting.

I think they were demonstrating - demonstrating that they were not afraid to come out, even if they were targets by doing so.

It is interesting to me that so many people find everything about the Spanish reaction to this so foreign. Perhaps that is why Americans seem so unsympathetic to the tragedy and incensed by the politics.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I think they were demonstrating - demonstrating that they were not afraid to come out, even if they were targets by doing so.

The targets were train passengers, not people in the streets. Did they get on any trains after the bombings?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Consider that Ritter was paid $400K to make a [wink]movie[/wink] about his Iraq findings.

I think he did his best work in Three's Company, and I haven't really followed his stuff since then.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I think he did his best work in Three's Company, and I haven't really followed his stuff since then.

He's dead now, you insensitive commie pinko terrorist bastard.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Reporting in from DC: Pretty empty by 11:00am. Except for a few rat-bastard partners who insisted on toughing it out.

The Loop was evacuated in Chicago by noon. Bars were packed.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
He's dead now, you insensitive commie pinko terrorist bastard.

And we all went to bars when he died.

[bilmore]

The French get new terrorist threats.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ce_threat_dc_2

Sort of stupid - the terrorists can't really think they can extract changes on this basis, right?

Oh, wait . . . .

[Hank Chinaski]

Islamic UN delegation objects to UN adminstrative plan to provide employee benfits to same sex partners:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c_partnerships

Iran, speaking on behalf of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference, said the group was not only "concerned about extending the scope of the family" eligible for benefits but "opposes the presumption" that same sex partners should qualify.

Taking the thought that maybe I'm too tunnel visioned, I tried to think about this like GGG, then I had an epihany:

Maybe Bush's no gay marriage thing was to appease Al queda!

Far fetched? Well just keep in mind, Bush pretty much on his own got rid of the UN sanctions against Iraq.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Their options being . . . ?

I stayed home to be with my wife and kid.

if you kept your daughter home from school you were appeasing the Islamists

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The Loop was evacuated in Chicago by noon. Bars were packed.

Again reasonably cautious behavior. I wouldn't have stayed in a tall building on 9/11, either. I bet there weren't too many Spaniards who would hop on a train after hearing about the bombings, either.

[Not Me]

Originally posted by bilmore
The French get new terrorist threats.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ce_threat_dc_2

Sort of stupid - the terrorists can't really think they can extract changes on this basis, right?

Oh, wait . . . .

I wouldn't be surprised if the French cave, too. The French didn't earn the name "surrender monkies" for nothing.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Islamic UN delegation objects to UN adminstrative plan to provide employee benfits to same sex partners:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c_partnerships



Taking the thought that maybe I'm too tunnel visioned, I tried to think about this like GGG, then I had an epihany:

Maybe Bush's no gay marriage thing was to appease Al queda!

Far fetched? Well just keep in mind, Bush pretty much on his own got rid of the UN sanctions against Iraq.

Are they concerned it could lead to polygamy?