[quote] The difference between republicans and democrats is that the republicans will only choose people that are qualified for the job rather than trying to make a statement, or gain political points [/quote] Yeah, I mean just look at the choice of Palin! Oh wait... [quote] Senator Clinton was running for
[quote] If you really want a major news source, here you go: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/10/27/do2701.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/10/27/ixopinion.html [/quote] Relying on opinion pieces as news sources is not reliable at all - these are the parts of the paper designed to be more provocative, and will often arise from the editor/whoevers in charge of them going 'write an [argumentative/persuasive] piece in [favour of/against] X', or
Quick tip: Don't take Russell Brand too seriously! [quote] Respect is something you earn, and something that apparently Europe does not understand. [/quote] Yep, cause America has so much more respect around the world than Europe! [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
[quote] The BBC is one of the most biased. By any objective standard. [/quote] Must be a nice fantasy world you're living in there! Having listened to fox news broadcasts+ones by the BBC on the same issue a few times the chasm in reporting standards was so huge it was more funny than shocking. [quote] It reveals that executives would let the Bible be thrown into a dustbin on a TV comedy show, but not the Koran, and that they would broadcast an interview with Osama Bin La
[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="14" id="1865865"]"and the bbc " WOW Can you get any more biased?[/quote] I'm not sure whether to take that as sarcasm/a joke, or a statement from someone incredibly divorced from reality. Regardless the BBC's reputation for impartiality is generally seen as better than any of the main US broadcasters, especially Fox 'news' (which tbh is a bit of an oxymoron at times!). It's not just perception though, there are clear reasons why they should be - s
[quote] An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period. [/quote] To do a fairer comparison, you'd need to look either at how many civilians were killed in chicago relative to Iraq (and look at it in terms of proportion of total population), or how many military+police+general law enforcement personel were killed in chicago relative to iraq. Comparing civilians in one situation
[quote] You can verify the above at the following web sites [/quote] [quote] I think putting their stances in quantifiable measures makes the vote clear [/quote] Unfortunately many of your points are misleading or altered to be sensationalist: [quote] Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy [/quote] So are you
Forget about Biden and McCain, it seems like this race has become a Obama vs Palin contest! The funny thing is that Palin is coming off better to me than Obama! It was an inspired choice by McCain though, because every time the Democrats point out Palin's lack of experience, the same can be said of Obama, with the added weight that Palin is running for VP and not P, and hence experience isn't as critical. It's also funny to hear people say 'one of the worries of Palin is that if McCain dies s
Couldn't believe it when I heard that this was actually being discussed by some people and thought to possibly be true by others. Hopefully now that those same people hear the same daughter is 5 months pregnant it ought to put paid to their ideas (think about it - if you've just given birth you're likely to not get pregnant for months after, the exact delay depending on whether you breastfeed or not, making it highly unlikely that it could have happened at all, before you even consider all of
[quote] Your reliance on wiki is obvious. Your understanding is obvious as well, you do know that not all the information on wiki is valid or verified? [/quote] Lol, my reliance comes on my knowledge of events that happened at the time, and the bbc rather than wiki is usually my main first source on news information, because while they are not perfect, generally
Very interesting, thanks for the insight into your views+your country! As a 'UK conservative' quite a few things are similar, although I (personally) disagree to some extent on some of the points: The economy - I agree that welfare is necessary, and should exist to ensure that people can survive, yet at the same time be tied to work, such that you will only get welfare if you are trying to work but are unable to (e.g. if unemployed you get benefits for several months I think, but once
Nice to see the other side getting a bit of attention, even if I don't agree with it. The problem I have with the conflict is how so many people seem willing to jump onto a bandwagon of 'this side was right, this side was wrong'. Actually, both sides in this seem to be in the wrong - I mean what sort of idiot would look to antagonise Russia in such a way as the Georgian leader did? It was bound to cause a response, and in thise case that response was a Russian overreaction in the form of an i
Nice article/summation! It certainly raises the issue of "everyone is equal, some are just more equal than others". For myself I'd probably be classed as a republican with democratic tendancies, since although I disagree with policies from both sides (and have been disappointed with various republican policies) I find I agree with much more of what is said by the republicans than the democrats. wrt people who should be helped for example I generally think the government should exist to ensure
[quote] What reason would the pro-life people distort the truth for cash? How is this done? They don't receive any funds that I'm aware of like PP is getting. Most of the pro-life groups I know about work only on donations giving out their services for free. [/quote] Well that's quite an easy one to determine - if they believe that abortion is killing children, then they may well feel that a small lie that will prevent just 1 abortion from taking place wou
[quote] When I was looking at the economic charts it was obvious that gas started increasing when the new congress was chosen in 2006 and continued until about 2 months ago. The new economic decline also begin at the time the new congress took office [/quote] Beware of spurious relationships. For example I have found that as the prison population in my country increases, so to has my age. Does that mean if th
[quote] Obama gets a point for his truthfulness about energy, but then loses one for his talking points about alternatives. he will do nothing for alternatives unless he does something for Oil - as in keeping the price high [/quote] Not necessarily. There are two ways of ending the oil dependance, and you focused primarily on one - a high oil price (which inevitably makes alternatives more attractive, and you end up with a point where the oil price is higher than the alternative
[quote] Once again you harp on getting permission to invade from the UN. This was not needed [/quote] Ah, does this mean you're finally accepting that you were completely wrong when you tried to argue that the US/UK never sought such approval from the UN, and/or never obtained it? I'll spell it out for you again in case you still haven't: Britain and the US went to the UN to ask for their approval to go and invade another cou
[quote] it is not the numbers of people killed it is the lies told to justify an invasion by Russia. They lied about the numbers thinking that it would give them reason to attack. All that was pointed out was that instead of 2000 people killed it was 133 so far. [/quote] No, more was said: [quote] Do you believe the Russian invasion was justified by the death of 133 civilians? [/quote] A rhetorical question basically saying 'the invasion wasn't justified because only 1
[quote] You're argument doesn't work, because there is no calculus for calculating degrees of morality. Americans are far more angry about the 4000 people killed in the World Trade Center than they are about the 6000 that have died fighting in Iraq [/quote] That is precisely my argument. Your argument was based around how the number was low hence there wasn't justification: "Do you believe the Russian invasion was justified by the death of 133 civilians?".
[quote] I nstead you rely on political talking points as if they are facts. Those talking points are designed to muddy the waters so the opposition can have a chance at election and have nothing to do with what actually happened [/quote] And still you blithely seem to refuse what is
No, as a general rule I don't tip - I've already had to pay the price of the service in the bill, and that will(or should) include staff costs - I shouldn't have to pay more to receive a satisfactory service, just as I wouldn't expect to have to tip any other company/person that I purchase a good or service from if they do their job.
[quote who="Paladin77" reply="25" id="1849055"] "The US launched an invasion of a sovereign nation, without UN approval (they tried to get it, but when they failed they just went ahead and invaded anyway)" Wow, this is new! oh wait not so much new as rehashed democrat talking points that have been disproved for the last 6 years. [/quote] Perhaps you need to look up approval. The US and
[quote who="little-whip" reply="11" id="1848913"]"Why insist on calling Obama by his middle name" For the sheer pleasure of annoying people like you.[/quote] Wow, what a fun and fulfilling life you must have... [e digicons]:rofl:[/e]
So am I right in thinking that you're saying if 2000 people died, the invasion was justified, but if 133 died it wasn't? By that reasoning, how many people would have needed to die in the attack on the World Trade Centres before the invasion of Afghanistan was/wasn't justified? If only 200 had been killed would the US have shrugged it's shoulders and decided not to invade? More interestingly, think about it in terms of the % of that countries civilians killed - if the rough estimates availabl
[quote] Since you have been asleep the last decade or so I can understand why you would make this statement. If you were not asleep then you need to do this radical thing called research. [/quote] Evidendly it is you that has been asleep. The US launched an invasion of a sovereign nation, without UN approval (they tried to get it, but when they failed they just went ahead and invaded anyway). The pretext for the invasion, or at least the reason they tried to sell to the public (and th
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