Daiwa

Daiwa

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Reply to Looks Like Thereza Has HAD It in Politics JoeUser Forums

she always looks like she has personality You should have seen this, Myrrander - the message on her face was "You so better lose, John Kerry. This is my last lunch." I wasn't really looking for this, it just looked really odd as it unfolded. And I really don't mean to pound on her, she looked how she

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Reply to Voting in Arizona in Politics JoeUser Forums

I wonder if there's a county where you have to do one of those "If you can draw this turtle you may have what it takes to become an artist" drawings? That would be mean.... <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"

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Looks Like Thereza Has HAD It in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just caught some TV footage of Kerry & his wife having their "traditional" post-vote lunch at an oyster bar in Boston. Kerry was smiling, a bit animated & seemed at least somewhat upbeat. Thereza was absolutely stone-faced, wooden, seemingly distracted and just plain droopy, looking like she would have given anything to be anywhere but there. I supp

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Reply to Voting in Arizona in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think the ballot is actually shredded, just damaged in such a way that it can't be put back through the vote-reader again. I don't think the ballot cards themselves are individually identifiable, at least our mail-in ballots were not. The signature is on the outside of the envelope which contains the affidavit of identity so that election officials can verify eligibility and make certain only one envelope per voter show

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Reply to Benefits of a Kerry Victory in Politics JoeUser Forums

The euphoria of the Democrats will fade and give way to the biggest disillusionment ever to suffer the Democrat Party, parallel with the shame a girl would feel with sleeping with a creep to make her ex-boyfriend jealous. Gotta love that one. Cheers, Daiwa

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Reply to Bush's lack of cultural understanding is a nightmare in Democrat JoeUser Forums

T_Bone! What's Up? We agree! Yo, Bro! But why are we debating the opinion of an Aussie, with all due respect to Australia, a country with so much to recommend it? I don't believe we should be opining on PM Howard since we don't live there. I believe we should leave the Aussie's to make up their own minds about their internal politics without our meddling. And I would appreciate reciprocity. Just my opinion. Cheers,

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Reply to Oh How I WISH I could Vote *for* Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

Grim & Zoomba - The 3rd party thing is interesting to me. Here in Arizona, Bednarik's ads seem to be targeted primarily at Bush, with an actor reciting a short litany of reasons not to vote for Bush and saying, almost in passing, that he "can't vote for Kerry." Technically, that's campaigning against both, but it sounds much more anti-Bush in the playing. Maybe in other states where Kerry is leading his ads are targeted at Kerry. Perhaps s

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Reply to How to make a Kerry voter into a Bush voter in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

An amazing thing. I'm sitting here watching Bill O'Reilly's interview with Bush that took place prior to the first debate. Bush had no foreknowledge of the questions & handled them with aplomb & confidence, even tough ones about "Mission Accomplished" and the "divider vs. uniter" question. Had Bush been anywhere close to as effective in the first debate, there'd be very little doubt about who would win tomorrow. Cheers, Daiwa</f

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Reply to Fallout from Bush's Iraq Obsession: The Terrorist That Got Away in Politics JoeUser Forums

Let me get this straight: You cite an article which claims an anonymous source says that Powell's friends are saying that Powell is saying. And that equals "Even Powell says"? Your logic is more convoluted & irrational than even I imagined. The expected leftist final pre-election onslaught is in full swing, even here at JU. Cheers, Daiwa

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Reply to Brad's election prediction in Politics JoeUser Forums

Tough choice, here, Brad - Good for game, bad for Bush. Bad for game, good for Bush. Hmm... This having been a year of remarkable surprises in many spheres, perhaps TPM is missing the boat. If I remember correctly, Howard went to the polls either in a dead heat or with a very narrow poll lead in Australia & came out with a rather comfortable win. We can always hope. Cheers, Daiwa

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Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

Kerry is not very offensive in his campaign, it may be costing him a lot of votes, but really it shows that he is not as ruthless as other politicians and may be wanting an honest change. Considering what a dishonest, offensive and ruthless politician he is, that's gonna be a tough sell. Cheers

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Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

Maybe not diplomacy with the terrorists, but better relations with the UN and our allies, which Bush has alienated. Just who has alienated who, my friend? For my money, the French, Germans and few others have alienated me , thank you very much, not to mention the schemers at the UN who would love

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Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

The video ya'll talking about only shows seals, not what's behind them. Although I haven't seen confirmation of it, it appears likely that the presence of an IAEA seal meant that the bunker housed materials either capable of being utilized in the production of WMD or so highly explosive as to merit iden

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Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

T_Bone - That confirms that at least one of the bunkers (somewhere) had a seal with a series of numbers that "a former IAEA inspector" says he "remembers" being used at Al Qaqaa. Another unattributed source without definitive confirmation. Very thin substantiation, if you ask me. Can't the IAEA give us the specific numbers for comparison? That would be helpful. Let's go ahead and concede, for purposes of argument, that the video i

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Reply to Outsourcing, Just a Question to Pose in Politics JoeUser Forums

You are defending "freedom of speech" for companies, the cost of which is then passed on to consumers. An awfully big industry (advertising and all the dominoes further down the chain) would be out of work quick if that "freedom of speech" were denied. Nothing's ever as simple as it seems. Che

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Reply to Outsourcing, Just a Question to Pose in Politics JoeUser Forums

Congress is really the problem, along with the immutable law of unintended consequences. Over the past 16-18 years my industry has seen an incredible proliferation of unfunded regulatory mandates that have driven my overhead from about 50% to nearly 70% of gross revenue and had the effect of denying access to previously-available revenue streams. That's partly due, also, to the fact that my industry has price controls which have prohibited me

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Reply to Kerry Camp's Final Fumble in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's just a Pentagon tactic to try and "muddy the water" enough to create doubt. T_Bone - The Pentagon didn't try to "muddy the water," the truth of what the Army unit did inconveniently muddied the water. What they reported was absolutely factual and they didn't try to spin into someth

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