Give the UN time, and they'll become as irrelevant to the world as did the League of Nations. It's happening already. Thanks for posting this.
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lol Star Trek I've been teaching English too long, I said "Moby Dick..." but yeah, Ricardo Montalban was better than any captain ahab... Well, the original Trek used a lot of classic lit for its subjects and titles, especially Shakespeare. Gene Coon (one of the writers..inventor of the Klingons, The Prime Directive and other import
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Listening to Country Western are we? Yep...love that song. I figured, as long as we're doing quotes, I'd go there.....
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"....for hates sake, I SPIT my last BREATH ....at thee...." Ah yes, arguably the best of the Trek films. It sounds to me, singrdave, that you may have simply rebelled against your father's system of beliefs, and, since your mother kind of went along with him, hers, too. I did the same, in a way....my dad was an alcoholic who sometimes would slap my mom around (in later years, to his great credit, he mellowed, though, and
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"Mmmm....unexplained bacon...."----Homer Simpson
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If 60 minutes in the US is anything like the one in Australia, they probably spent several days tracking down people who would say those kinds of things. Or of course it could well be that all North Koreans are like that. But surely extermination is not the answer? Because if all NK people are like that, you will have to kill all of them in order to be safe from their ire.
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Well said, EasternD. I've seen this picture before. You'll notice, though, that Pyongyang is pretty well-lit. KMI has to use his hair dryer somehow. The sad fact, for me, is that those fences on the beach are really to keep the people in, rather than invaders out. That, and that the people there have no idea just how isolated they are. What will happen when someday, if/when their borders are finally opened, they're exposed to the world as
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One of the things I hate about PETA is the way they often target children for their campaigns. They came here last year at this time, and stood outside elementary schools so they could hand out fliers and "trading cards" featuring pictures taken in a poultry slaughterhouse. This was an attempt to dissuade kids from eating Chicken McNuggets and KFC products. What it was, was a despicable attempt to frighten children into seeing things their way, because adults are able to make decisions
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Not at all...I'm certain that they feel justified in their actions. I just disagree with this. It's just that no amount of money is going to bring back whatever they lost during their incarceration. And really....how long were these people held? The war itself only lasted 100 hours. Try telling John Mccain, who proudly wears his POW status (5 years) as a badge of honor instead of using it as a crutch, that someone who was held for a few days i
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Cacto: I hope you're right, I really do.....but I've seen interviews with North Korean citizens on "60 Minutes" (a TV news show, if you're not familiar). The people interviewed expressed a deep hatred for and fear of Americans, sure that we were just waiting for the chance to come in a take over their country. They said that they would fight us with anything they had; one girl said that, if she had an American within her reach at that moment, she
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I was randomized once, with a broomstick....in a...a prison shower....it was terrible, and.....oh wait; RANDOMized! Nevermind.
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A warning: He claims he was tortured for information while held in Saudi. Can we please move beyond the positives and negatives of torture debate this time? Thanks. Man Charged in Alleged Plot to Kill Bush By MATTHEW BARAKAT ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Virginia high school valedictorian who had been detained in Saudi Arabia as a suspected terrorist was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush
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"If it is wrong to eat animals then why are they made of meat". This was meant to be a joke. Lighten up, f'cryin' out loud. You animal rights people are all so serious all the time. Look, you want to be a vegan and deny yourself the pleasure of a good medium rare steak or slab of delicious ribs
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Maybe in Australia, but as I said, in America, we have the right to arm ourselves in case of an oppressive government, so that must mean we have the right to nuclear weaponry. I'm sorry, but this line of discussion is completely ridiculous....do you want to have a nuke, messybuu? Would you keep it in yo
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North Korea's government has been referred to as cult-like. Kim Dong-DIldo is the cult leader of millions of people who revere him utterly and completely despite the severe oppression he maintains. Perhaps you've heard of a similar scenario in Germany, say, 60 or 70 years ago? Those people were willing, all too willing, in fact, to play follow the leader "unto the grave". They only started to see the light when Allied planes were continually pounding their cities and lives into dust and th
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Duck----vast generalization coming: This is just another example of the wrong-headed (mainly Leftist) thinking that any problems (and all suffering) can be solved simply by throwing money at them. I've been involved in the POW/MIA issue for some 20 years, ever since I became aware of the issue when I was in High School. I have nothing but compassion and respect for the men and women who served our country in uniform and were captured
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Cacto: I didn't even bother to read your entire article. Just going by the title, I'm going to say this: it's easy for you not to care; you're in Australia. Who gives a shit about Australia? If it wasn't for "Crocodile Dundee", "Mad Max", AC/DC and Men at Work nobody would even know it still existed 9yes, I'm well aware that those things are 20 years out-of-date; that's exactly my point). Try feeling that way when you're sitting on one of the bullseyes. Do you really want unstable, pis
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You know, I thought I could be rude at times...but David St. Hubba-Bubba could give a seminar. Where does all that sarcasm and ire come from, Hubby?
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only absolute, asinine fools, ignorant of historical human actions would ever believe this.... MythicalMino You just described rombios down to the last pimple on his ass.
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See! Proof positive that academia kills brain cells! We righties have been saying it for years! "This is your brain (egg)...this is your brain after college (empty container)...any questions?"
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My wife and recently moved into a nice little 2-bedroom house, and as I was going through some boxes, I found some old pictures of my family and me. One was a family portrait of my mom, dad, me and our dog, Debbie. I was about 7 or 8 when the picture was taken, in 1975 or 76. My mom died in 1980, at 42, after a long illness; my dad passed away 3 years ago this April, of cancer. He was 61. As their only child, I'm the only one left who rem
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"Trying is the first step towards failure."--Homer Simpson "It's too bad they don't pay you for drinking scotch...Kenny's dad'd be rich!"---Eric Cartman "Fuhhbllaahrblufif!"----Kenny "Yeah, it's like he disappeared into fat air! Huh-ahuha-ahauh(laughing)"---Selma, on the disappearance of Homer in "Homer 3D" "No! You go to Hell! You go to Hell and you die!"---Mr. Hat "Smithers--who is that slovenly lout, muching donuts and prancing merrily about the co
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I've been a fan of the Trek universe for many, many years. I watched the reruns of TOS as a kid in the 1970s, cautiously tuned in, in 1987, to the first episode of TNG and was quickly hooked, and watched the universe grow and spread with the addition of three more series and ten motion pictures, each of varying quality. I write stories based in and around the Trek universe, collect various items of memorabilia and such, and have had the odd pleasure of attending two conventions. In short, I'
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So I'm sitting there Saturday evening, watching the news, when I'm just about knocked out of my chair by the image of Jimmy Carter smiling his usual creepy smile as dozens of sailors run up the gangplank to board their new vessel, the USS Jimmy Carter . It seems that the navy, for some odd reason, has decided to christen the last of the Seawolf class attack subs after one of our worst presidents. Can someone please tell me who was
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In 1980, the Dems had a weak, waffling president in office, and he was soundly crushed by an opponent with a clear vision for the future. By 1996, when you had another waffler in office, we Republicans produced an old man that no one was sure would live to see Inaguration Day, so the waffler won again. It's all in the choices. By 2000, Gore was an eco-freako that put many people off, so we got it back. 2004 rolls in, and you had an out-of-touch rich guy(can anyone say Perot?) who really did
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