greywar

greywar

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Reply to Double Standard in Politics JoeUser Forums

Grey- A very refreshing perspective fromt he middle left. Nice to see on this site for a change I am sure you will receive flak from people who don't think you are left enough on this issue though. Ying illustrates a common failing of the extreme leftist critic. Their point seems to be that if we can not fix *all* of the problems in the world simultaneously and without *any* errors then we should try to fix *any*. This is fallacy of the worst sort. That

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Reply to Lynndie England: Misguided trailer-trash? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

An unrelated question: getting pregnant while in Iraq--that's got to be some sort of violation, no? As dharma quite succinctly explain Fraternization is a very narrowly defined issue and can only occur between officers and enlisted. There is however in the Army a regulation governing "improper relationships". These are relationships that under

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Reply to English, translated. in Misc JoeUser Forums

you learn something new everyday here... Some of these I was familiar with from long nights watching Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, and of course Benny Hill....

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Reply to Promotions (pt 2) in Work JoeUser Forums

There was a great deal more that went on behind the scenes but unfortunately as this is a current event and not one safely in the distant past I just can't tell about everything that went on. Just the nature of the beast.

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Reply to No good very bad day in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Speaking strictly as a consumer of your products, I am sure you will make the right choices. Your company has always impressed me with the directions you have chosen for your games/apps and the philosphy you use when dealing with us as customers.. It is the main reason I continue to cough up my hard-earned dollars for your software.

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Reply to Promotions (pt 2) in Work JoeUser Forums

While I didn't agree with Duckville on much, I think his decision to promote you was a good one.

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Reply to No lifeguarding for me... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Vegemite I know from the "men at work" song back in the 80's but what the blue hell is a trifle? Congrats on deciding to determine your own self worth. It is trick that is hard to manage some days.

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Promotions (pt 2) in Work JoeUser Forums

The Collapse of Reason Riding high on a building wave of confidence we left the room to await the opening of the Board proceedings. I knew I would not have to hang on the tenterhooks of anticipation for long as my soldier was number 2 on the list. The only soldier before us was one SPC Thicke . SPC Thicke is a pretty good soldier and I was fairly certain she would acquit herself well even though I had not had the opportunity to

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Another Reason to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Now I know that some of your find this guys blog a bit too extreme for consistent reading. I can certainly see where he crosses the line some times. I would ask that you read this particular article however . I think that Misha's more outrageous comments are most easily understood when you realize the scale of contect he has to frame them in. Compared to most of us here in the US his breadth of e

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Reply to A chance to Shine in Politics JoeUser Forums

On this particular issue I side with you completely Solitair. Frankly speaking, heads must roll and roll publicly. If you can not bring yourself to apologize for mistreatment of prisoners then what can you apologize for? I am sure my membership in the VRWC is under review even now for saying this but I think Don Rumsfeld needs to take the fall on this one and resign. If not him then at the very least the Army Chief of staff has got to go. These were folks who had knowledge of the problem and did

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Reply to Factors in becoming a super power in Politics JoeUser Forums

There have been many superpowers in history. Not one of them followed all, or even a majority, of your rules. Actually, most were pretty much the opposite on most points. Eric when you say things like this and then provide exactly nothing to back up your statements, the only thing you accomplish is an immediate lessening of your own posti

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Religion of Peace in Politics JoeUser Forums

This will be my now standard once a week non post. Sometimes I just can't hold back. Since the governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmed Sani, introduced a draconian version of sharia in 1999, 11 of Nigeria’s 36 states have followed suit. Five women have been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, though no punishment has yet been carried out. Thieves have had their hands amputated by court order. One man had his eye removed after accidentally bl

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Reply to Name dropping. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I regularly read Mr. Masuda's blog but I confess that my soul is largely unable to comprehend any poetry at all:(

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Promotions in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Today was a cascade failure of epic proportions. For those who pine for a bit of clarification, a cascade failure is when a seemingly unimportant task goes undone and results in a catastrophic failure farther down the timeline. This is the origin of the old "for want of a nail the kindom was lost" saw. It is very difficult to determine the exact beginning of any real life cascade failure due the inextricably linked causal chains t

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