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[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Or off-shore wind farms.

What I don't get is this: they say the wind farms can be bad for birds who get stuck in the rotors, but have they factored in the number of birds who will be saved because once you locate a wind-farm off Nantucket the rich folks will all go to the Berkshires and let the birds have the beach back?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You and I don't agree on much, but you have my proxy on this. I have never been able to understand how Dems would be worse on protecting us than Republicans. Other than that silly argument Hank makes about Clinton not taking out bin Laden when he had the chance. I think this is a case where perception clouds facts. That the GOP's leader took us into a pre-emptive war doesn't prove they're the better protector. It proves they've got a wild foreign policy agenda.

Al Gore would have bombed Afghanistan just as ruthlessly. He just wouldn't have gone into Iraq.

And we'd all have higher taxes.

First, know that if i post something it is rooted in fact. Your baseless slander might well be based upon the fact that you post any odd shit that pops into your brain for half a second. I don't roll that way- I never call you out for it, but don't you ever post anything like that again. Final. warning.

Second, if Al Gore had been President 9/11 we'd all better pray that a plane took out the White House because I promise you that gore wouldn't have taken the steps to keep us safe here.

Third, anyone here concerned sadaam is going to give some WMDs to terrorist now? exactly.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Third, anyone here concerned sadaam is going to give some WMDs to terrorist now? exactly.

We should invade Chile. There's your rationale, and also Henry Kissinger once called it a dagger pointed at the heart of Antartica.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

This reminds me of something, but I can't think of what:

• As the old saying goes, there is no wingnut angrier than a wingnut living in the Bay area.

linky

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Where I am, being a Republican isn't this at all. It's voting R strictly because of the perception (let's put aside whether it's correct) that the Dems will not be willing to do what it takes at home and abroad to protect our asses as much as an R.

I wouldn't count on this to elect a lot of Rs at this point. Where is it exactly you're from?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
What I don't get is this: they say the wind farms can be bad for birds who get stuck in the rotors, but have they factored in the number of birds who will be saved because once you locate a wind-farm off Nantucket the rich folks will all go to the Berkshires and let the birds have the beach back?

I'm sure Al Gore can explain it.

[SlaveNoMore]

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Or off-shore wind farms.

NIMBY!!!!!*


*If and when my back yard abuts a Kennedy home

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Please. Calling Dems soft in this way is just the flip side of showing that you're more ready than the next guy to use force on foreigners.

First of all, I was debunking your "tribal" stereotype about all Republicans being either A or B. I pointed out a class of voters who went Repub that didn't fit your mold and said I wasn't commenting whether their perception was right or wrong. But... now that you are calling those voters idiots for perceiving Rs to be stronger on national security issues....you can blame the Dems for that perception. You guys hailed John "Let Me Ask France First" Kerry as the top man for the job. I'd say that was idiotic, not the perceptions of those who passed on your candidate.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
First of all, I was debunking your "tribal" stereotype about all Republicans being either A or B.

And I was saying that your "debunking" was just another way of saying B.

As for the rest of the post, maybe you were thinking of someone else.

[sgtclub]

• Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
  Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".
  
  An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."
  
  "We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."
  
  The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources.
  
  In response to the report, a British defence ministry spokesman said: "There is evidence that explosive devices used against our troops in southern Iraq originated in Iran."
  
  "Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."
  
  Britain has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, most of whom are based in the southern city of Basra and surrounding areas, though the government has pledged to reduce that to between 5,000 and 5,500 this year.
  
  

[SlaveNoMore]

Originally posted by sgtclub

• Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
  Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".
  
  An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."
  
  "We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."
  
  The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources.
  
  In response to the report, a British defence ministry spokesman said: "There is evidence that explosive devices used against our troops in southern Iraq originated in Iran."
  
  "Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."
  
  Britain has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, most of whom are based in the southern city of Basra and surrounding areas, though the government has pledged to reduce that to between 5,000 and 5,500 this year.
  

Club, you may recall that the Dems readily dismiss with a wave of the hand any military intelligence that starts off "....the British Government has learned"

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Club, you may recall that the Dems readily dismiss with a wave of the hand any military intelligence that starts off "....the British Government has learned"

While conservatives are happy to go to war with a Middle Eastern country on the basis of what's been reported in a British tabloid, so long as they get to go to war?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
While conservatives are happy to go to war with a Middle Eastern country on the basis of what's been reported in a British tabloid, so long as they get to go to war?

we do better when we have an army to fight, you have to admit.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
we do better when we have an army to fight, you have to admit.

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

• You're not punk,
  and I'm tellin everyone.
  Save your breath,
  I never was one.

Jawbreaker- Boxcar