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Reply to Reconstruction in Iraq in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Even more I hate that we are calling it REconstruction. In reality most of this stuff wasn't there under Hussein. The implication is that we blew up all this stuff and we are now rebuilding it, when in reality they never had this stuff to begin with. It pisses me off when reporters say x amount of electricity is being "restored" to Iraq, when a lot of Iraq wasn't even wired to begin with. I hope that history will see things more clearly, but I'm afraid in the 'wikipedia' future we're

Reply to What happened to Parated2k? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Am I doing something wrong? I only see one article TOTAL. Did he delete all his articles? I seem to remember a conflict a long time ago but with this place they all blur together.

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I'm not even arguing against it as much as I am addressing a limited set of its propositions. Like the infallibility of the Church. To me Lula's perspective sets up a situation where everyone in the faith could go off and be totally evil, from the Pope down, but the "Church" would still be infallible. I'm just wondering what the "Church" in that sense is composed of. As she says, it isn't the buildings or the vestments, either. There seems to be another entity of some sort, or just

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"Only the Catholic religion which is Christianity, is 100% true doctrine from Christ Himself. This is where infallibility comes in. The gift of Infallibility has only to do with doctrine and morals..." But doctrinally and morally the people who are in charge of the church have not been infallible. Had you been alive during a time when they were

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Wasn't making a political point, just saying that Hillary Republican = Hot. Any conclusions you find therein are your own.

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Dem years... Bottom left side of linked page .

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

From her bio : "Hillary Rodham took her parents advice and pursued an academic career. Her undergraduate studies took place at Wellesley College for women in Wellesley, Massachusetts. This is the college where another famous female politician, Madeleine Albright, graduated in 1959. Hillary Rodham ha

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

She was a republican early in college. No joke. Later she started wearing the homely girl hair and the hornrimmed glasses was around the time she turned Dem, if I recall.

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

'I was going to come and make my political weigh-in, but I'm still floored at the fact that Hillary was that hot once upon a time.' She was also a Republican when she was hot...

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

If you write off everyone that says you are wrong for not believing what they believe, well, I'm not sure how you get by in day to day life. I've had about 5 Muslims say that to me, in the course of a couple of discussions in college. The other million times weren't in any way related to Islam, up to and including the last couple of days. Maybe you live in Utopia, but if I was 'done' with anyone that said I was wrong for not believing what they believe, I'd have to find a cave somewher

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"But the minute I heard you commenting on how others are wrong for not believing in what you believe...your on your own." As someone who has lived all my life in the Bible belt, I had to chuckle at that. What a reclusive life you must lead.

Reply to We all have heroes. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I've had a list of my own personal 'saints' I've been working on for a while. Some, in no particular order: Fred Rogers Jim Henson J.R.R. Tolkien Dr. Suess A.A. Milne... I believe we've forgotten most of our heroes by the time we start making lists.

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

M-O-O-N, that spells terrorist.

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

P.S. I just want to add, one more time, for Lula and Dr. Guy that I do not hate the Catholic Church, and in ways I respect it. When I point out things like the inquisition or indulgences I'm not making a "mine over yours" argument. I don't believe any religion that man puts his hands on is infallible. I grew up with Catholic friends. I even spent time watching reruns of Bishop Sheen, and still do when I flip past the otherwise wasteland of "christian" channel programming. I don't b

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

P.S. If you are so interested in Churchill you might read a bit and learn what the man did, and what he DIDN'T do. He took great pains to not become what he was fighting against. You could learn something about that. Your "90% of Islam" argument sounds a lot more like Ward than Winston.

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"And it's much easier for you to just accept them and their views, all without question. What's the difference? The difference is that I'll have a better chance of survival than you. I might be a bigot in your eyes, but better a live bigot than a dead useful idiot." Where have I heard that one before? There are militias all over the US that spou

Reply to Muslims upset over portrayals of their people in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"You know those women at the bus stop...those happy, smiling, Westernized women you so admire.....they're sluts. Sluts and whores, who deserve to be stoned to death for their Western dress and style. For daring to show their flesh; for not covering their faces; for wearing makeup and jewelry. Whores.....and their husbands? They deserve death, too, for allowing it. That

Reply to We all have heroes. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

AH, yes, George Galloway. The man who spent Christmas with Baghdad Bob and who said a suicide attack on Tony Blair would be justified. The only time I ever enjoyed the man speaking is when he got trounced by Hitchens on a debate they showed on CSpan. I think there's more to the 'Scottish Spirit' than rabid socialism and playing patsy for evil people.

Reply to Catholic Church Stands Up For Saddam Hussein in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"That's why so many turn to the Inquisition as a weapon against the Church. I admit now, as I did earlier, that real crimes against the dignity of the human person were sometimes committed by Catholics involved in the Inquisition. That does not, however, take away Christ's gift of infalliblility of the Church. Many people, including you I guess, assume that the infallibili

Reply to Term Limits and Libertarianism in Politics JoeUser Forums

Yes, but for that to happen the people have to have an opportunity to decide. If they aren't given the choice in the primaries, they don't have anything to decide about. Do you really think no one wants to be in the government? Of course not. Lots of people like you would like to serve their government. They don't because the system is skewed hard to prevent them. The parties have spent a lot of time making laws to make sure that they vet out who runs and doesn't run. They

Reply to Term Limits and Libertarianism in Politics JoeUser Forums

I guess what I am saying is that unless you think the system now as it is is as good as we can do, or we have to do something. Most everything we can do will be seen as the kind of subversion you are describing, but if we end up with a more representative government, that benefits everyone.

Reply to Term Limits and Libertarianism in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have to disagree with you on term limits. The problem is that the political process has become so stagnant that the vast majority of congressmen run unopposed. The reason for this isn't necessarily because the people like them all that much, rather because it costs too much money to run, and the districts are gerrymandered to death. Most of your arguments are already defeated by the process itself, unfortunately, positive though they may be. Redistricting subverts the process you d

Reply to Vote Billary 2008! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's a no-win situation, I'm afraid. What it takes to win the Dem primaries will make her a flip-flopper a la Kerry in the main election. Bill has been ceaselessly involved in international politics since he left office, as well. I just wonder how many times he's offered the idea that he'll be able to get things done once the little woman is in the big chair.

Reply to Will Hillary Kill to Win? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Huh? Lol, Fox News has taken severe hits for this. Steve Ducey and John Gibson. They ran with it before they even bothered looking into it. They stuck with it long after CNN started drilling them about it on their own shows. Take a look at a Google search of "Fox Obama"

Reply to Will Hillary Kill to Win? in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's just that I despise Hillary, i really do. I dunno if I'd despise Obama any less, but damn, the idea of people on our "side" sitting there with information that would show Hillary to have done something like that and not exposing it, well, makes me really mad. Would they? Given the damage that this has done to FoxNews and others, I can only believe they'd sit on it in order to HELP dems.