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Reply to Thailand - welcome to Bangkok in Travel JoeUser Forums

i dunno if youll find this cuz its sorta after the fact. why are you in thailand (if you dont mind disclosing that)? my brother and his gf spent nearly 4 years there (from sometime in late 94 til a while after the bhat went down the tubes). theyd been living in south carolina where their band of the moment won some studio time so they put together some decent demo tapes and then were contacted by a guy looking to book american r&b/blues performer

Reply to Vietnam and Iraq - a comparison in Current Events JoeUser Forums

regime change in iraq was certainly the issue as put forth by the project for a new american century. im glad it has finally been described here as a 'right wing' --rather than conservative--cause since that is much more accurate. the two terms are not interchangeable anymore than left wing and liberal. as to regime change, the question requiring a truly honest answer is...why? a frontpage column in t

Reply to The reasons to go into Iraq never changed in Politics JoeUser Forums

"The United States should have removed Saddam in 1998 under Clinton but he lacked the political will. " there would have been no need for political will on anyone's part in 1998 had the first president bush taken care of it when he had the opportunity. nor need for sanctions, a no-fly zone, etc., etc. for the record, in may, 1992, defense secretary cheney (now the man behind the curtain according to woodward) replied to a question ab

Reply to Evil in International JoeUser Forums

an op-ed piece ("Fundamentally, Bush Works on Faith" by Peter Schweizer and Rochelle Schweizer) published in the la times on april 11, 2004 may explain how 'evil' became such a buzzword. "His readings influence his language. One morning shortly after Sept. 11, Bush got up and read Proverbs 21:15 (New International Version): "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers." Soon after, he was calling the terrorists "evil

Reply to Marriage and the Government in Current Events JoeUser Forums

point e (proscription against divorce) is clearly evidenced by all four evangelists and would seem to take precedence over any other proposed constitutional amendment regarding marriage. Matt.19.9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery." " Mark.10.11 And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; Mark.10.12 a

Reply to The reasons to go into Iraq never changed in Politics JoeUser Forums

Before the war the left was predicting a "quagmire". if id been betting on the outcome of the invasion last year, i would have put money on anything over 10 days--in light of earlier gulf war. you write (after the fact) as if everyone knew it woudl be "Easy" to take out Iraq do you truly believe that the president or the war cabinet had any doubt operation iraqi freedom would be anything but the slamdunk tenet promised? <

Reply to The reasons to go into Iraq never changed in Politics JoeUser Forums

intellectual dishonesty manifests itself in a number of ways; formulating results to prove a failed thesis being chief among them saddam's iraq was such a threat it required two full weeks to unseat him. khaddafi and his nuclear program were potentially much more dangerous; libya had, after all, already downed an american-flagged passenger plane. the iranians were and are more dangerous. north korea is dangerous to much higher exp

Reply to Jumping to conclusions in Iraq in Current Events JoeUser Forums

if the iraqis in question are truly the same persons who burned their victims in fallujah (they could be...just like i could be the sultan of brunei or you could have been a bit more humane...but they arent and im not and you werent), it would be a case of very poetic justice since it is beginning to appear as if the persons who run that prison are, like the victims of that mob, also private security personne

Reply to Iraq - Don't Americans think? in International JoeUser Forums

i have no idea why bush granted such incredibly open access to bob woodward although my gut leads me to suspect the same sort of reckless hubris that prompted him to don a flight suit a year ago. the whitehouse is not contradicting anything of substance in either of woodwards two books. together they provide much more than a mere glimpse at what went on...is going on...in the administration in public and behind the scenes for the past 3 years. erosi

Reply to Urban Myths - How to have sex with complete strangers! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

way too funny

Reply to Ebonics - language or bastardization? in Misc JoeUser Forums

dammit i cant get the link thing to work. Translator

Reply to Ebonics - language or bastardization? in Misc JoeUser Forums

imajinit's insightful comment wasnt visible to me while i was entering mine. it did remind me of something as well. should anyone have a need for an "english" to (redneck, moron, hacker, etc.) online translator, you can find it here:

Reply to Ebonics - language or bastardization? in Misc JoeUser Forums

rather than a dialect, i believe the usage forms collectively referred to as ebonics are more accurately described (or have now evolved into) what's known as a sociolect. dialect generally describes a regional use whereas a sociolect is broader and associated with members of a particular socioeconomic group. ebonics is rooted in a confluence of elizabethan english that lingered on in what are now the southern states (some expressions & pronunciation

Reply to on the folly of labelism in Politics JoeUser Forums

ideology is, more accurately, shortcut for NOT thinking is it not? otherwise amen and amen

on the folly of labelism in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Balance, diversity, creativity - these are the elements of Republican equation. Republicans agree, Republicans agree heartily to disagree on many, many of their applications, but we have never disagreed on the basic fundamental issues of why you and I are Republicans. This is a party, this Republican Party, a Party for free men, not for blind followers, an

Reply to The Spyware Revolution! in Windows Software JoeUser Forums

hijackthis and cwshredder (coolwebpro search parasite/trojan) are both good tools to keep around as well. both are free and can be found by using their names as keywords in any search engine. hijackthis requires some knowledge but advice is available thru the forums.

Reply to Email Propaganda War in Politics JoeUser Forums

perhaps the policy (which was in place when clinton appeared at dover to receive the bodies of those killed in the attack on the Cole) is being more stringently enforced now because bush does not want to be seen in proximity to the bodies of those whove died fighting in iraq or afghanistan?

Reply to How to beat Bush in Democrat JoeUser Forums

i wonder if people felt the same way when jefferson or jackson were the candidates?

Reply to Not so thinly disguised anti-semites in Politics JoeUser Forums

having now perused that issue of 'the medium' in its entirety (i hadda download it as a pdf document because the website was temporarily unavailable), my take is as follows: the authors are far guiltier of having an appalling lack of taste than advocating racial hatred or any focused agenda. theyre shooting for sophmoric but barely hitting puerile (sorta like don rickles). theyre rude and crude but generally harmless especially by comparison to the da

Reply to How to beat Bush in Democrat JoeUser Forums

What appears to be a direct contradiction to the principals of classical fiscal conservatism is a very cynical end-run attempt to accomplish the same goal. Bleeding the treasury dry will ultimately cause federal programs they couldnt eliminate by legislation to wither and die for lack of funding.

Reply to Al-Fahryd-i-Nhumon Is Here! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Thanks! If only the judge had seen it your way.

Al-Fahryd-i-Nhumon Is Here! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Welcome! i had planned to kick this off with breath-taking revelations and incisive commentary, but the account creation process put a serious crimp in my immediate schedule. i apologize profusely. be assured: daily screed production commences tomorrow! <!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer-En