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Reply to History Test in Politics JoeUser Forums

The answer to all these questions is of course, from your point of view D. How about another test; The persons primarily responsible for the Haolocaust were;1. Eskimos 2 Lapplandrs 3 Red Indians 4 White Christians between the ages 15to 58 2 The massacre at My Lai was carried out by 1 Russians 2 English 3 Frogs and 4 Anglo Saxons between the ages 15 to 65 3The extermination of First Nations of North and South America were carried out by 1 Afric

Reply to History Test in Politics JoeUser Forums

The answer to all these questions is of course, from your point of view D. How about another test; The persons primarily responsible for the Haolocaust were;1. Eskimos 2 Lapplandrs 3 Red Indians 4 White Christians between the ages 15to 58 2 The massacre at My Lai was carried out by 1 Russians 2 English 3 Frogs and 4 Anglo Saxons between the ages 15 to 65 3The extermination of First Nations of North and South America were carried out by 1 Afric

Reply to Stepping Away from God in Religion JoeUser Forums

Even now, as I write this, something in the back of my mind says, "Ooooh . . . you shouldn't be writing this. It's blasphemous. Something bad will happen." I'm a good person. I care about other people. I do what I can to help others. I take care of my responsibilities. I don't break the law. I don't do things in excess. I

Susan Sontag: A Moral Voice in an immoral World in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

The death of Susan Sontag in New York following a prolonged struggle with lukemia is an event the world mourned. Loke her other fellow New Yorker Edward Said Susan too was the voice of reason and intellect in an increasingly belligerent USA. She was instinctively against any form of political or ideological coercion and was deeply scrptical of the promise of freedom t

Reply to Iraq War Headed toward a point of no return in Politics JoeUser Forums

eply By: DraginolPosted: Friday, January 07, 2005I hate to tell you this but the US has already prevailed in Iraq. Moving the goal posts until one can re-define victory into an impossible context may make some people feel better, but the reality is, the US went in to overthrow the Saddam regime. If my

Iraq War Headed toward a point of no return in Politics JoeUser Forums

The U S marines have only one rule in Iraq:shoot first clear the mess later. Any vehicle approaching within 100 meters of a US military humvee is peppered with bullets before questions are asked. Similarly any ordinary Iraqi with a cell phone risks having his guts ripped out by a splatter of M-16 gunfire. Deadly force has become the norm as for as the Anglo American

Relief to the Tsunami Affected in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Since the tsunamis that struck parts of Asia on the 26th of December a slow and painful start has been made towards relief and rehabilitation. Most of the debris on the accessible parts of the coast have been removed though in Acheh itself is still reeling under the impact of the earthquake and the killer tsunamis. In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands there has been l

The Tsunamis in Asia and their Aftermath in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Earthquakes under the ocean floor, especially those neat the area where the continental plates join, generate huge waves which travel deep under the surface of the water and as they approach the continental shelf swell up to form tunamis. It is usually felt that Japan, Korea and the islands of Hawaii are tsunami prone. However this proved wrong on December 26, 2004

Tsunamis and After in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The day after Chrisnmas was a day of Daeth and Destruction to large number of people all over Asia. Tsunamis generated by a mega earthquake epicentered north of Sumatra hit the coasts of Malaysia, Thailand, Southern India and Sri Lanka. These waves travelled further afar to Somalia and the coast of Africa. Perhaps these were the most powerful tunamis of the last hund

Tsunami Devastation in Asia in Current Events JoeUser Forums

On the day after Christmas an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale struck Sumatra. The epicentre of the quake was 256 km north of Ache. This quake triggered off a wave of tsunami waves that killed tens of thousands in Malaysia,Southern India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. I have not seen anything like this before. A sheer wall of water 30 meters high came crashin

Reply to My problem with the American left in Republican JoeUser Forums

I agree with the basic thrust of what is written in this blog. I too find the arrogance of the liberals too much at times and in the name of post colonial theory this brand of intellectual arrogance is being exported to the whole world. Having said that we must face a fundamental problem. The American conservative has historically been an isolationist. How does the radical interventionist and militarily aggressive foreign policy square up with a cons

Reply to My problem with the American left in Republican JoeUser Forums

I agree with the basic thrust of what is written in this blog. I too find the arrogance of the liberals too much at times and in the name of post colonial theory this brand of intellectual arrogance is being exported to the whole world. Having said that we must face a fundamental problem. The American conservative has historically been an isolationist. How does the radical interventionist and militarily aggressive foreign policy square up with a cons

Reply to My problem with the American left in Republican JoeUser Forums

I agree with the basic thrust of what has been written. I too find American liberals much too ideological and in the guise of post colonial theory this brand of Arrogance is now crowding out civilised "discourse". Having said that we must be in a position to distinguish between a conservative domestic agenda and a conservative restructuring of the world. Under George Bush II the US has entered a fundamentaly radical phase in her attitude towards the

Reply to The On-line community survival guide in Blogging JoeUser Forums

One of the best pieces I have read. Thank you and I hope the JU community makes use of this excellent guide. Iht write up was interesting and it makes the point.

Reply to In defense of the United Nations in Politics JoeUser Forums

A litany of scandals does litle credit to the United Nations. Yes, it completely failed the people of Iraq by abetting the imposition of the most brutal regime of sanctions after the I st Gulf War. It little to destabalise Saddam and his gang, but nearly 1.5 children died during the course of i decade because paracetamol for children was put on the proscribed list. Kofi Annan is a black man willing to be used by the Anglo Saxons for killing Iraqis an

Reply to Origin of Jesus Land in Republican JoeUser Forums

I thought that this was an interesting piece of writing. However, the constitution of the uSA does not recognise any state relogion and this make the uS a secular state with a Christian majority. No one can really claim that the USA is a Christian country in the same sense that countries in the Middle East calim to be Islamic.

Where is Iraq Headed in Politics JoeUser Forums

The spate of bombing in Bagdad and Karbala has once more underscored the fact that even 25 months of American occupation there is as yet little hope for peace. The large scale violence that afflicts the political culture of Iraq today was not anticipated by the Anglo American occupying forces and are therefore entirely unprepared to deal with the situation. In the la

America in War and Decline in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It has become an academic fashion among some American historians to call the USA an "empire" without the slightest trace of embassarment. In a recent issue of Foreign Affairs Ralph Cohen even drew paralells with the known empires of the past:Alexandrian, Roman and of course,the British Empire. In making such comparisons, it is often forgotten that the Roman Empire lai

Reply to The Pity of War Distilled in Politics JoeUser Forums

We do NOT stand alone foolish one. And US soldiers do NOT target civilians. No matter what you say. Bonus Rating: Trolling Insightful USA is fast losing the few allies it hustled up in the runup to the war. Spain has left the so called colalition of the willing Poland has pulled out. U

Reply to The Pity of War Distilled in Politics JoeUser Forums

So, Bau, were the war 'legal' (U.N. sanctioned), all the killing, maiming & destruction that war admittedly & horribly is, would be then mitigated under a Bahu/U.N. good seal of approval, and yet those children would be no less dead, or maimed. No? C'mon Bahu, educate us, don't patronize us. My point i

Reply to After Iraq: The Saudi Arabia Syndrome in Politics JoeUser Forums

Welcome to reality. Your idealism doesn't figure in. In the end if you ask for it, you get it. Who you get it from doesn't have to be paragons of morality, they just have to In fact idealism does not figure in my analysis at all. I was just drawing attention to the close ties between USA and the brand

Reply to Features of JoeUser.com in Tutorials JoeUser Forums

yES, joeUser is a great site. I enjoy this site a great deal and I agree with you that it has features that make it unique. I also feel that the JoeUser blogging community is essentially interested in the World around and are willing to discuss without mincing words.

Reply to After Iraq: The Saudi Arabia Syndrome in Politics JoeUser Forums

The particular brand of Wahabi Islam which is now branded as Islamic Terroism was exported to Afghanistan by Bin Laden who at that time was fighting the Soviets and therefore the Reagan Administration rewarded him and the mujahuddin groupswith nearlt 6 billion dollars worth of weapons, including the now infamous rocket launchers and M-16 machine guns. Having allowed thwe genie of Islamic Terrorism escape from its bottle, the USA is now trying to destr

After Iraq: The Saudi Arabia Syndrome in Politics JoeUser Forums

It is now quite clear that the war against Iraq cannot be sustained much longer. At best the war can go on for another 6 months, after which questions, now muted, will begin to surface. Unlike the Vietnam era there is as yet no overwhelming golobal opinion against the war, for the simple reason the news from Iraq is tightly controlled and the military censors routine

Reply to What You Need to Know in Blogging JoeUser Forums

There is no need to apologise at all. I guess from the name Texas Wahine that she is in Hawaii. Just go to Molokai and spend a few days there. If you cant get away from Oahu, then there is that beautiful Waimea Fall of the North Shore where you can go on lovely mountain trails. I used to trek there when I was finishing my Ph. D at UH Manoa. Lovely to have you back. Happy Blogging