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Reply to Where's the Waffle? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have to correct myself regarding the SUVs, the timespan was a month, not a few days. US News

Reply to Change a Q to an N because Iran is Next in Politics JoeUser Forums

Middle East peace won't happen until Palestinian terrorism is brought under control. There is quite a bit of diplomacy to play out in Iran. If we're lucky, we will be able to peacefully verify that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons. The next regime to be violently changed could be Sudan.

Reply to "It's the end of the world as we know it" in Politics JoeUser Forums

The terror alert level has to do with how much money government agencies spend on security based on how likely we consider an attack to be. The fact that the media has made a big deal out of the pretty colors doesn't mean it's meaningless.

Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

Nuclear power is plagued by the NIMBY syndrome. (not in my backyard). I've never seen a hybrid car in person. I think California is the exception rather than the rule. While American's complain about high gas prices, it is worth noting that American gas prices are much cheaper than Canada, Japan, or Europe. ANWR will certainly not solve all of our energy problems, and indeed the problems are so great that there is no one solu

Reply to Phase Out Our Troops in Politics JoeUser Forums

It seems inconsistent to me to say we need to put Iraq "on notice" as they are approaching their election, but we need to increase our presence in Afghanistan during their election. If they would allow them to be gung ho Sadir would be history. It looks lilke we're going to launch a new operati

Reply to Orson Scott Card on liberal media bias in Current Events JoeUser Forums

If you think that property taxes is the equivalent of abolishing private property, you need to take better advantage of free education.

Reply to Where's the Waffle? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Actually you don't need to juxtapose Kerry's positions on Iraq and the $87 billion because Kerry has waffled on both of those issues separately. Kerry has gone from being in favor of the war to taking an unclear position, thanks the Howard Dean and the antiwar democrats. Here are some Kerry quotes; do they match his current position? KERRY: "I think we clearly have to keep the pressure on terrorism globally. This doesn’t end wi

Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

North Korea is not a "good thing", but it looks alot better compared to nuclear war.

Reply to Mainstream Media’s Titanic in Politics JoeUser Forums

Or stop wasting money on the military, because I think every dollar spent on the military is a dollar I may as well have burned, or eatten So you're voting for Nader or the Green party, right?

Reply to An Unbalanced Power in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you really think paper money is worthless, I'll be happy to take some of your worthless paper off your hands.

Reply to Orson Scott Card on liberal media bias in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's funny when O'Reilly reads his email, and he reads one that calls him a liberal and another that calls him a conservative.

Reply to Some Franks Talk on Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

In his convention speech, Kerry spoke more often about his service record than his Senate record. Kerry hasn't released all of his military records. I would say Kerry's record is closer to Bush's than McCain's.

Reply to Orson Scott Card on liberal media bias in Current Events JoeUser Forums

For example during the before and early stages of the War on Iraq not a single editoral was published in any Murdoch publication opposing the War on Iraq. Which isn't terribly surprising considering the overwhelming support it enjoyed.

Reply to Some Franks Talk on Kerry in Politics JoeUser Forums

Some may think that Kerry is basing his campaign in part on his service record and suggesting he has the ability to be Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces because of it. I think the reason people have been thinking that is because that is what Kerry is saying. How is GW Bush's record "scand

Reply to Mainstream Media’s Titanic in Politics JoeUser Forums

Our country of 300 million decided its president on a few hundred votes in Florida though. (Yes we all know there was a Supreme Court ruling involved.) For getting the budget under control, a good place to start would be reforming social security, the government's largest expense.

Reply to Republicans for Nader? in Politics JoeUser Forums

The 2 places I have heard speculated for bin Laden's whereabouts are the Afghan-Pakistan border and the Afghan-Iran border.

Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

So most Americans are conservatives?

Reply to Ronald Reagan's Article about Bush in Republican JoeUser Forums

Did Cheney and Perle lie to MI6 also?

Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

All I have to do is wave a flag here and there, mumble about supporting the troops, emphasize how much better America is than anywhere else in the world, throw some "tax cut" money at you, and I'm your greatest hero and savior Hahah, isn't that what John Kerry did in his convention speech?

Reply to Who is the next superpower of the world: in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Most of the US's debt is held internally. I doubt military spending would be significantly slashed. It is only about 15-20% of the federal budget.

Reply to Republicans for Nader? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Where was the righteous outcry from the left in 1992 and 96 when Perot split the Republican vote? It's silly to suggest that Nader voters somehow owe fealty to Kerry. There is a bigger gap between Nader and Kerry than between Kerry and Bush.

Reply to Why The Iraq War Weakens the War on Terrorism in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think it's ok to make policy comments without making a pre-emptive strike against being called unpatriotic. It's nearly impossible that Saddam would have been overthrown by his own people without significant outside help. Rocks don't do well against AK-47s. Al Qaeda is not a Shii'a organization. Bin Laden for example is Sunni. I stopped reading your article after the phrase "if we were to accept the premise in Michael Moore

Reply to Ronald Reagan's Article about Bush in Republican JoeUser Forums

This is basically left wing propaganda. If you find yourself agreeing with this it means you are probably on the far left. I think Ronald W Reagan would have invaded Iraq.

Reply to The Decline of a President in Politics JoeUser Forums

The money spent by retirees in Florida and Arizona didn't fall from the sky though. Why would a retiree spending money create more jobs than a working person or a business spending money? And routing the money through the SS bureaucracy causes some of it to be lost. So I suppose SS does create government jobs...

Reply to Mainstream Media’s Titanic in Politics JoeUser Forums

I would think that due mainly to the internet, there is more information available to the public than ever before. If more people watched C-SPAN, we would see more C-SPAN style programming. I think that on balance, most people are satisfied with the status quo, which explains the apathy common in our society.