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Reply to The H1N1 Scare & Fear in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I think the reason young people have been disporportionately affected by H1N1 is fairly straightforward - they were not here for the H1N1 outbreak of 1976 & therefore have no specific immunity. Those of us who were around in '76 had sufficient exposure to acquire some degree of immunity; cases of H1N1 in folks over 40 have been typical for any garden variety flu as a result.[/quote] That would make a lot of sense, actually. do you think it also might be because of the overr

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote](you seem incapable of understanding what cannot be said to ask such a question). [/quote] Or you seem incapable of grasping subtlety. [quote]entire reason for commenting the statement you made below[/quote] And that is the only intelligent thing you have to say out of that thousands-word article? Talk about partisanship myopa!

Reply to Russia Responds on the Iran Issue in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Seems you libs worldwide preferred Clinton's "cruise missile" diplomacy (failure)[/quote] Please explain your meaning [quote]The question should be how many lives can he save today in order to kill more tomorrow[/quote] Indeed. But question is more than merely make a choice, it's to estimate your numbers. You seem to know how many people would die now, and how many will die in the future. Please give me your figures, and we'll be able to judge what's the proper

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I'm sure Cykomir can find an article on the WWW that will prove Rangel did not break any laws (I wonder if Biden thinks Rangel is unpatriotic) because as you said, if it's on the Internet it must be true.[/quote] If I had any interest about that topic, I guess I could. But I don't believe anything I see on the internet as face value. Stratfor, on the other hand, is a very highly-graded intelligence source, so I can trust their geopolitical analysis more than I can trust

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]All I'm saying is you are only reading what is meant for your eyes. Your head would spin if you knew what you don't read. You somehow think Stratfor is a fly on the wall at the Pentagon. I am saying, the info might be true, but it's not fresh or necessarily complete.[/quote] Yhea, but then again, what is the point you are trying to make? If I had access to need-to-know information, I wouldn't be arguing about them on a political blog, wouldn't I? So, I have to come to t

Reply to Russia Responds on the Iran Issue in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]After Afghanistan and Iraq I really can't see the US managing a "short and sharp" war against Iran combined with pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan - if anything their hands would be further tied down[/quote] As both Chuck and Nitro Cruiser mentionned, a military campaign of that sort against Iran wouldn't involve your land troops (except fighting defensively against relatiatory strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan). It would scramble your navy and your air force, which are both cu

Russia Responds on the Iran Issue in Politics JoeUser Forums

--> A FTER A WEEK OF SILENCE following the Oct. 1 talks with Iran in Geneva, Russian offici

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Do you honestly believe that as soon as the intel comes in Stratfor posts it on their website for you to read?[/quote] Since the event that is analysed is something that happened last week, I don't see your point. They analysed the implications of the event based on their already established intelligence and published it, with giving some of their premium customer one or many days ahead. The rest was something already published (as shown in the many links) and what the art

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

here is the article about U.S. and Israel manoeuvers: [quote] Summary American warships and transport aircraft have been arriving in Israel ahead of a major ballistic missile defense exercise slated for the week of Oct. 12. The exercise will not only be noteworthy for its size and complexity, but for the integration and interoperability it hopes to achieve. I

Reply to Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]You can't be that naive[/quote] Who? Me? This is Stratfor. A firm which specialise in intelligence gathering and analysis. [quote]Do you believe the Intelligence agencies "hired" new operatives since the Obama administration cam to power? No it's the same folks that have been working for years on this. If anything this administration is hurting their efforts with everyone looking over their shoulder for a witch hunt.[/quote] Witch hunt? The "witch hunt"

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God I love this website

Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis in Politics JoeUser Forums

An article by Stratfor (find link below) [quote] Two major leaks occurred this weekend over the Iran matter . In the first, The New York Times published an article reporting that staff at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear oversight group, had produced an unreleased report saying that Iran was much more advanced in

Reply to Would a Republican victory in 2010 save Obama's Presidency? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]President Bush II had higher approval ratings in his first year and didn't seem to have those major difficulties.[/quote] Pre- or post-9/11?

Reply to Roman Polanski in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Didn't happen on their soil; no extradition treaty with the US. I.E. - nothing to ignore... until he gets arrested elsewhere[/quote] I know. And this is what bothers me. No treaty.

Reply to Roman Polanski in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote] I don't believe, however, that even they would ignore the drug-induced rape of a 13-year old, assuming anyone noticed besides the perp.[/quote] That's the thing. I really am wondering why France's legal apparatus hasn't cooperated with the U.S.'s about this. This isn't about France's population, but about their proceedings.

Reply to Obama’s magic show makes the 2016 Olympics for Chicago disappear in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]No, just don't really give a damn what you think, you know your place in the world, deal with it. 99% of Americans don't even know the name of your leaders, why? Because it makes no difference in their lives. [/quote] I won't even try to deny that :P Canada isn't relevant geopolitically-wise. We are simply too integrated into the defence structure of the U.S., and too economically dependant on you to steer away from whatever the U.S. might want. To be honest, I'd think Canada s

Reply to Roman Polanski in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Thank gawd most Americans identify themselves as conservatives...not liberals, what a hell hole this place would be.[/quote] France isn't a hell hole, as far as I can see.

Reply to Roman Polanski in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Could it be because the French (at least those in power) find nothing wrong with raping and sodomizing a 13 year old girl?[/quote] I doubt raping a 13 year old is accepted in France, but I do think the girl herself can ask to have the charges dropped if she wants to. This isn't a prude anglo-saxon culture we are talking about. Latin culture is (much) more liberal minded when it comes to sexual relations. And please tell me why "sodomizing" is considered worse than

Reply to Obama’s magic show makes the 2016 Olympics for Chicago disappear in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Wait a few, Obama isn't finished smashing our image as a world leader and reducing us in to the Albania of the Western Hemisphere in the eyes of the world.[/quote] What, you think we saw you as "world leader" in the past 6 years?

Reply to Obama’s magic show makes the 2016 Olympics for Chicago disappear in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Communist, socialist, maxist, dictators. It's all the same to me. [/quote] Members of The few, the proud, the Ignorants!? Ahmadinejad isn't a dictator, ya should know (and while Chavez is definetly unheathily leaning toward it, its not totally the case). Only total ignorance of realities (or convenient political agenda) would make you think otherwise. And since why would you qualify Obama as "pals" with these people? Your whole post reeks of irrational part

Reply to Discussions about the Existence of G-d in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Some people get the part about thinking for oneself and some people don't. I have always found that it is quite obvious that no race is superior to another and that hence if my father had told me that, I would eventually have seen that he was wrong. The thing with G-d is, you cannot see Him or see that He doesn't exist.[/quote] But you just contradicted yourself. You told us, not 10 posts ago, that you'd believe anything if your father was adamant about it

Reply to Discussions about the Existence of G-d in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]With that statement I guess we should just rid ourselves history. Other dead people giving accounts of events that happened to other dead people[/quote] You got my point perfectly, but you cranked it to the maximum, sadly. Yes. Based on my logic, you still should be wary of what history tells you, as it might very well be twisted to fit the teller's history. The american's view of history is twisted to fit the Americans, as some other country teach history d

Reply to Obama’s magic show makes the 2016 Olympics for Chicago disappear in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Communist friends, Ahmadinejad, Chavez and Qaddafi[/quote] You actually had the balls of calling Ahmadinejad and Qaddafi communists?

Reply to Discussions about the Existence of G-d in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]When he was sufficiently adamant about it, yes.[/quote] Based on that, you are saying that if your father had been a white (or black, or latino, or asian) supremacist, you would have automatically believed in the same ideology?

Reply to Discussions about the Existence of G-d in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Why? Did you have a policy of not believing what your parents told you? How did that work out for you?[/quote] Your tentative of bringing up a strawman argument won't succeed. Having no policy of believing what your parents told you doesn't mean that you have a policy of not believing what your parents told you. I listened to what my parents told me, but I never took it for granted of what they told me was the Truth. I always have the option of going back on wha