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Reply to Holy Smoke? The World is Watching in Religion JoeUser Forums

There's also the fact of his involvement, though apparently limited, in the Hitler Youth movement. He mandatorily enlisted I think. There's something inherently unsettling about a Pope who has had some experience with a German anti-aircraft battery, where he was firing ordnance at Allied aircraft during World War 2. On the other hand, I've never thought it's wrong for the German menfolk to answer the call of duty, even if it was Hitler who issued the c

Reply to Imagine What The US Could've Done With 250+ Billion Dollars in Current Events JoeUser Forums

very true. Now go and say that at a podium at the next political rally you attend.

Reply to You heard about the bombs going off in Bagdad.. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You said these suspects were arrested and detained for questioning after they were seen loading what they thought was munitions. I'm confused. Did they not check the contents to verify they contained munitions? If not, the only sequence of events that are plausible are the ones involving: 1. you see people moving what you think are munitions. 2. You go to them and round them up, detaining them for questioning. 3. After they're in custody, you check th

War With North Korea - An Analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I thought this was very interesting reading pertaning to North Korea's military capabilities. Of course it's fact that they have better trained and better disciplined soldiers than almost all countries combined. The biggest problem, I think, is the tunner warfare aspect. It's true they sent their experts to Vietnam to help the nationalists get an edge over the Americ

Reply to Creating Authoritarian States Within the US in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Ah Gidman my spider sense is tingling and it's telling me this thread is done in jest. But I want to play a game too. Political dodgeball. First I'll take a large hard-styrofoam sphere, or ball to the layman (hahaha), then I get a piece of paper, blank of course, and a black marker, black of course, and I write "sounds to me the nazi state resides deep within the land of the purple houses a.k.a. the land of the uric-acidic lilacs too". I tape it to th

Reply to IRAQ AND THE GAMES GOING ON in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's a good eye-opener (though hawks are blind) when you consider that the US is saying it's a victory for Democracy and all that rubbish. A democratic victory would imply an election with a victor announced once vote counts were completed. But in this unique democratic election, no one seems to know who won. And this is 3 months later. Immediately after the uncredited elections, the guy who came in last was the media-stated man who was maybe going to

Reply to 10th Year Anniversary of Oklahoma Bombing in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's funny. I have no clue what the heck I was doing when I heard about this mishap. I remember where I was when the Challenger blew up spectacularly. Grade 8, another teacher knocked on our classroom door and told us. It was about 11am cause I remember going home for lunch and watching it. I still recall the Nasa Genius' comment "Obviously a major malfunction". D-uh!

Reply to Final Word in Politics JoeUser Forums

damn fine piece of writing.

Reply to Why The Catholic Church Sometimes Blows in Religion JoeUser Forums

thanx carebear

Reply to Toothpaste Alert in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Interesting they wouldn't take the time to research the toothpaste ingredients' chemical reaction when it comes into contact with water. Or did they? *dramatic music burst DA DAAAAA DA*

Why The Catholic Church Sometimes Blows in Religion JoeUser Forums

I'm Catholic and attend church every sunday, but I have to say I don't really live as any truly good Catholic should. Attending is more of a peace treaty, or rather something I do to keep the familial peace. I enjoy going and listen to what's being said most of the time. But listening and living are two different things. The one thing I won't tolerate, and many here m

Reply to Japan Got What It Deserved in Current Events JoeUser Forums

There's nothing wrong with China's anger towards Japan, considering Japan has a history of leaving out some bad parts of their history. Trust me when I say Japan is an honor-driven society hence their superior military quality when it comes to the lone individual foot soldier. Japan has a society sometimes based on 'saving face', meaning they don't want to dishonor themselves. Again, thinking in the logical all-encompassing world-wide view, Japan's rel

Reply to The Peace Corp in Travel JoeUser Forums

I haven't been in the peace corps but in my younger days I recall having lots of blind faith when it came to the idea of the peace corps. That was before I came to realize the futility of trying to fight and/or oppose the powers that be. I'm not saying the peace corps is necessarily a bad thing, only that if you wish to help people, help the ones in your backyard first.

Reply to Don't kill the birds... in Pets & Nature JoeUser Forums

Hey good advice there. We have a few nice bird feeders throughout our yard, and my son and I got really into birding last summer. I never thought of salmonella but anytime it rains we always dump out the wet seeds and replace it with dry seeds. We only have I think 2 smaller feeders that need to be checked. The other feeders we have are sheltered from the rain. If it's windy when it rains we have to replace some it it, but whatever. We compare it to us

Reply to How To Earn 20 Points in Humor JoeUser Forums

Latour that's something some people claim I know something about. Of course they're wrong.

Reply to Iraq protestors tell U S to go home in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Most countries said Iraq had WMD" Could you please list them all for us right now? And make it a country that doesn't have a huge interest and benefits from going along with the US line. And the UN food-for-oil scandal. Why would any reasonable person use that as an excuse for breaking international laws when it comes to military force? Are you justifying insulting the UN for wanting to adhere to international laws regarding the use of force becau

Reply to A True Horror Story in Misc JoeUser Forums

For those who trust in society, it could be argued that the jury convicted him for a reason, maybe a good reason, maybe a weak reason. But there was a reason nonetheless. By the way, how do you know he's innocent? There are lots of cases where the guilty man leaves hardly any traces of evidence making it difficult to determine their guilt. In other words, there have been lots of cases where the guilty party, though guilty, really didn't look guilty at

Reply to What's Your Favorite Simpson's Moment? in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

When Homer said "he who is without sin can cast the first stone!" and then immediately Todd Flanders hits him in the head with a rock and says, in a high-pitched voice, "got him dad!".

Reply to "Make Poverty History": MY Response in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"They are poor because they don't know what money is for" When you go without a.k.a. being poor, you're very capable of understanding what money is for and how it could be put to use. You make it sound like there's self-blame involved. That somehow they had money enough to be considered 'not poor' but because they didn't know what it was for simply used it in the fireplace to keep warm. Poor people know what money is d-uh.

Reply to Iraq protestors tell U S to go home in Politics JoeUser Forums

"I don't blame the President. I blame the U.N. SOBs, the military lawyers, and judges, who bury many good men with their pencil-neck legalities of use of armed force, treatment of protected people and places. I say kill them all" Another politically ignorant citizenbot. The UN was saying, according to it's expert inspectors, that Iraq had no WMD and were no threat to the US since they had no WMD. The president was doing his circuit spewing his

Reply to How To Earn 20 Points in Humor JoeUser Forums

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Create an article.

Reply to "Make Poverty History": MY Response in Current Events JoeUser Forums

No one is going to 'make poverty history' and anyways it's only a notion-filled dream. It sounds good on the news and looks good in print, but no serious intellectual is going to think a no-poor society is ever going to be attainable. When politicians talk about it don't be fooled by their initiatives and talks of grandeur over their plans to get rid of poverty. No one, especially rich politicians, is going to think of it in the real-world-view reality

Reply to death penalty - for or against? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"That is a myth. You will find that most of the people on Death row are white" True. For the uneven total proof of white justice and black justice, one needs to look only at the general prison population. Not those in solitary confinement, not those on death row, only the general prison population. That's when it becomes obvious there's 2 sets of justice. Blacks are far more likely to do time for things a white man would get a suspended sentence f

Reply to What happened to manners around here? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

You hit the nail on the head Flooz. But you have to consider the fact that sometimes comments are unanswerable.