Daiwa

Reply to Osama Bin Laden returns in Politics JoeUser Forums

A few thoughts on this, for what they're worth. The Kerry organs are (surprise) already spinning this as another reason to vote against Bush. Their spin: Osama really wants Bush to be re-elected to keep him as the poster boy for terrorist recruitment efforts and he calculated that his appearance on tape 4 days before the election would boost Bush's campaign. Therefore, in order to decrease the terrorist threat, we should elect Kerry

Reply to Osama Bin Laden returns in Politics JoeUser Forums

dolman - I am not Jewish. Your comments are those of an uninformed bigot. That's the extent of the response you merit. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Shredding the Geneva Conventions: US 'Disappears' Prisoners in Politics JoeUser Forums

blogic - Go figure. Thanks for not taking this stuff personally. I strongly disagree with much of the substance and tactics of your blogs, but respect your right to express your views freely. One of the great things about America. Just imagine trying to have this kind of open dialogue in a Soviet bloc country in say 1980, or in Iran today. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to NEWS: 'Imbedded' Video Appears to Show Explosives Looted AFTER American Invasion in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks, T B, for such a thorough compilation. I appreciate the leg work that went into it. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Bush Administration Tries to Block Public Ability to Sue for Voting Rights in Politics JoeUser Forums

Another comment. It's amazing to me how the only entity which actually proposes & passes legislation gets such a free ride on all this stuff. It's always the "Bush Administration" did this or didn't do that. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Bush Administration Tries to Block Public Ability to Sue for Voting Rights in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well, sounds like Congress screwed up. There's a shock. You should revise the headline - "Congress Blocks Public Ability to Sue for Voting Rights" which is closer to the truth it appears. Rather than blame the Justice Department for attempting to follow the law as passed by Congress, gratuitously including the name of bogeyman John Ashcroft, of course, you should speak to your Congressman and Senators about how they blew it.

Reply to This Disgusting Flyer is Being Distributed to Keep Blacks from Voting in Politics JoeUser Forums

I agree this is disgusting. For once, you didn't try to claim the Republicans or conservatives or Bush supporters did it. Maybe we're finally getting through to you, blogic. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to 10,000 Lawyers Mass to Attack 2004 Election in Politics JoeUser Forums

On this we can agree. Any chance that the blood about to run in our streets could be theirs (the lawyers)? Sorry, sick joke. Then again... Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Does the missing explosives demonstrate the left's insanity? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The main issue is not the missing explosives, although it is illustrative of a much broader problem we now face Typical misdirection play once the initial smear fails to stick. Classic. You should apply for a job with CBS, T_Bone. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394

Reply to KERRY: Well... Well... It's STILL a METAPHOR. So THERE. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks for trying again, kingbee, but that link won't let me view the video without a RealNetworks/ABC subscription, so.... Of note, ABC's description of the video says only that it "appears to suggest..." and I applaud them for being professional & rational. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to NEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished from Site in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Minor point, but it turns out only 219 tons were inventoried as present at Al Qaqaa in January of 2003. The other 158 of the 377 tons alleged to be missing are claimed by IAEA to have disappeared from a number of other munitions depots. But 377 tons sounds a lot scarier than 219, don't you think? An ABC report this evening (although I haven't seen the video) appears to others to indicate that at least some HMX was still present at Al Qaqaa on April

Reply to KERRY: Well... Well... It's STILL a METAPHOR. So THERE. in Politics JoeUser Forums

kingbee - I commented on this in another thread. This confirms that at least one bunker still had a seal on it on April 18, 2003, and that some barrels that "look just like what [Albright] remembers seeing inside those bunkers," were there. That still does not constitute proof that all 219 tons were present on April 18 or who removed what when. The full truth will ultimately be known, if we're lucky, and I'm all for letting

Reply to Welcome to the Waffle House in Politics JoeUser Forums

There is a .wmv version available and it is hysterical. Go get it. I loved the little bit with Kerry leaning over to Jim Brady & saying "About that walking thing...". It's great. Cheers, Daiwa

KERRY: Well... Well... It's STILL a METAPHOR. So THERE. in Politics JoeUser Forums

With real evidence , as opposed to wild-ass wishful thinking, beginning to mount that the 219 tons of explosives in question more likely were removed from the Al Qaqaa munitions depot before the invasion of Iraq, Kerry is subtly backtracking today. That's right, I said 219 tons. Turns out 158 tons of the high explosives the IAEA says went

Reply to NEWS: 'Imbedded' Video Appears to Show Explosives Looted AFTER American Invasion in Politics JoeUser Forums

This is getting more absurd by the minute. No one has ever suggested that ALL the high explosives disappeared. That some were there when the 101st arrived tells us NOTHING . Reuters is now reporting that this video shows the presence of the dangerous explosive HMX, with IAEA

Reply to Endorsement Shocker: 'The Economist' Endorses Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

There's a simple explanation, blogic. I don't give a rip what the Economist thinks or who they endorse, nor do I care who the Guardian, the Brisbane Courier, Paris Match, the Berlin Daily, the Delhi Times or any other foreign birdcage liner chooses to endorse. I don;t much give a rip who the Arizona Republic endorses, though they surprised a lot of people when they endorsed Bush. I can make up my mind for myself, without the guidance

Reply to NEWS: FBI Now Investigating Halliburton Iraq Contract for Criminal Misconduct in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well, you can't say the administration is keeping all its minions under thumb. I welcome the investigation. Let the chips fall where they may, not where you want them to. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Shredding the Geneva Conventions: US 'Disappears' Prisoners in Politics JoeUser Forums

blogic - What I suppose I'm saying is that maybe the Conventions need to be revisited and perhaps revised to address the kinds of conflicts and the nature of the combatants we are contending with today. I could be wrong, but I don't believe the Convention addressed this type of stateless terrorist activity in any affirmative way. It may be that it can and should not, but it is not unreasonable to "reconvene" as it were. Cheers,

Reply to APPALLING: Giuliani Suggests Troops Would Be To Blame for Missing Explosives in Politics JoeUser Forums

What's appalling is Kerry continuing, even today, to bash the President with this absurd fabrication. While all of Kerry's apologists, here and elsewhere, keep changing the subject to diversionary ancillary stuff like this blog. BTW, blogic, you are a partisan blindly regurgitating whatever you misread, with no interest in the truth or falsity of the crap you publish here. Bush did not "inaccurately claim" that Kerry had bla

Reply to John McCain for President in 2008! in Politics JoeUser Forums

McCain vs. Lieberman would be a contest between two truly decent men and would be a tough decision for conservatives. I respect them both tremendously. McCain vs. Hillary would be very interesting, but Hillary would bring along so many negatives that I doubt she'd stand a fighting chance against him. Against other Republican candidates, that's a different story. There are very few likely to have the political strength of McCain by 2008. Al

Reply to Missing Explosives: Criticizing Bush is Attack on Troops in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm saying the scientists were part of Saddam's regime, making their knowledge & motives suspect (Saddam deceived his own scientists and other government functionaries routinely), and the news source doesn't rank high on my list of reliables. And it would be foolish to believe the IAEA is immune to ulterior motives & shenanigans, especially el Baradei. This will all get sorted out, and it may or may not turn out that some or all of the explos

Reply to Endorsement Shocker: 'The Economist' Endorses Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

Whatever. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to Why I couldn't support Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

One final reason. The Pats, the Sox and Pres would be a power concentration that surely would be unconstitutional. We could live with 2 out of 3, but the hat trick would have to be disputed in the Supreme Court. I guess that leaves Kerry out. Cheers, Daiwa

Reply to NEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished from Site in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

There's absolutely no doubt it was intended as the too-late-to-be-verified-as-bogus-before-the-election 48-hour surprise that the NYT & CBS hoped would chop Bush off at the knees. They are such scumbags. I can't tell you how furious this has made me. If this doesn't confirm about CBS what the Killian memo fiasco made so plain and about the NYT what everyone's been saying forever, I'm Santa Claus. I can just see the furious little bastards in

Reply to Missing Explosives: Criticizing Bush is Attack on Troops in Politics JoeUser Forums

Meanwhile, the government of Iraq has repeatedly stated that the explosives disappeared after the invasion. Agence France Presse. Need I say more? But I will. Those quoted in your source were in Saddam's government, not the IPG. Yeah, I'm gonna believe them, alright. The whol