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

Well, Germany was a super power once, sort of, I mean they did rule almost all of Europe at one point. Though I do take your points. Enrique, France was a "superpower" (in the then since of the word) up until the beginning of the Second World War. The reason France fell was because they failed to comprehend a weakness. They'd devoted most of their defense on the Maginot line, with the idea, which was perfectly valid, that Germany would come

Reply to Poltical Machine beta 2A available (0.85) in Political Machine News JoeUser Forums

Now I can get past the ready screen, but 30 seconds into the actual game, it crashes. It doesn't matter if I don't touch anything, or whether I play normally, approximately 30 seconds into the game it shuts down. Very irritating, not sure what I can tell you that I didn't last time, Win XP home, directX updated, etc. Cheers

Reply to We need more feedback in Political Machine News JoeUser Forums

Still Crashes after I hit the ready button on the canidate selection screen. I have XP, up to date drivers and the latest directX. Cheers

Reply to We need more feedback in Political Machine News JoeUser Forums

I played the game through once, then it crashed every other time I get to the canidate selection screen. Cheers

Reply to The Politics of Cowardice in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just as a comment, my father was a Presbyterian minister, and I was in training to be one, neither of us say the pledge, at all, with or without "under God". Why? Because we consider it swearing allegiance to a false idol, the flag. While I respect that my father and myself are not in the majority, it brings up an amusing point, at least from my perspective. Y'all are saying this congressman is a bad christian and a bad american for not saying under God, bu

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Caymans? I'll look them up the next time I'm there. However, since your name appears in none of the official records it should have appeared in, I think that's pretty safe to say I'm correct. I mean, even the title of your upcoming music album is "owned" by a band that already released it, and owns the copyrights. Back to topic however, if the idea that two loving people somehow hurt your relationship with another per

Reply to Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? in Politics JoeUser Forums

If I were licensed, yes, I could. Could you be the person who sat in a tree outside my clinic and shot me for it? Cheers

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You said i used the Internet (WWW) everyday thanks to Americans because they "invented everything i use", I didn't, someone else did. The internet was developed by Americans, the World Wide Web was developed by an Englishman. So the Americans are the inno

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

The internet, originally "ARPANET" began as a US defense contract: Link The site talks more about how Gore didn't invent the internet than the development of the internet, but way back in 1967 the US military was interested in a "networking system". Cheers

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

And apparently you live in India Sir Peter, since Maxwell Industries produces Women's undergarments there. Cheers

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

First off, the World Wide Web and the internet, though often used synonimously, are not the same thing. Jebidia, the book of Leviticus also tells me not to wear cloth of two different materials, which pretty much rules out nearly all modern clothing, since, and this really cracks me up, the tag is nearly always a different material than the rest of the shirt. Now my Rabbi friends assure me that this counts as "two different materials", so you're brea

Reply to Circumscision Law in 2006 in Politics JoeUser Forums

You've got proof of that do you Super? I mean, c'mon, the odds that Jebidia's "law" or Super's "law" were ever anything more than the product of a bizarre rumor, or joke, are microscopic. And Jebidia, the Bible itself says that Christians do not need to be circumscized. It's in one of Paul's letters, I'll try and dig it out later. Cheers

Reply to Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Before a certain point, which as my post above explains, a fetus is not viable outside of the womb, at that point it has an underdeveloped neurological structure and could not survive ex utero. Up until the point where the "Child" becomes viable ex utero, I support abortions, after that point, I do not support them. That's the perfect Solomon solution, isn't sgsmitty, since a fetus is capable of surving out of the womb after about five months, it nea

Reply to Why we fight in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Ahh, in the same vein, is violence in the past justification for the Israelis using terror? Cheers

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Alas Lone Maiden you are right, only some Christians wish they were "Holier than thou". Much as Petie wishes it. They give Christians like me a bad name because when I tell people I'm a Christian, especially here in Oregon, they automatically assume I'm one of Jebidia's ilk. Fortunately for them, and me, I'm not. Oh, and Sir Peter is a fraud, and I doubt he's got a dozen fans, much less millions

Reply to Why we fight in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

Island, it's obvious from current events that Iraq is not exactly a state friendly to America in the Middle East. Cheers

Reply to Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? in Politics JoeUser Forums

If the husband could carry around the baby for nine months, then he could have a choice, if not, then no, he couldn't. Marriage vows do not give a person control over the person's body. Your basic premise is that Abortion is Murder. You believe this because you think a fetus is a person. I do not, moreover, medical evidence backs me up, until late in the pregnancy, and I believe there should be a time cutoff for when abortions can be prefor

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Do what? I never claimed something you use every day was invented by an American, but as it happens the internet was invented by Americans. Oh, and I am claiming that you are a fraud. Just so you feel better. Cheers

Reply to Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Short answer sgsmitty, yes. Cheers

Reply to Pro-Choice or Pro-Abortion? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Your son's birth was planned, right? Or barring that, the two of you were in a loving relationship. Now, a woman who is raped, or even one who engages in premarital sex is not planning on having a child, they are simply doing it for the pleasure. A man, in our imperfect society, is quite capable of running away, never to be heard from again while the woman is left with the child, something she was not ready for. The emotional, financial, etc. burde

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

In fact, "Sir" Peter, when I look up your "famous" relations, I return with no one, or else you are seriously jumbling dates, locations, and political affiliations. And Maxwell Industries is an Indian company which manufactures women's undergarments. Cheers

Reply to Campaign finance reform isn't reform in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'd rather go the other way and try to come up with some way to make all campaigning free. Just like the incumbents in Congress can use the Congressional Post Office to send out all their mailings for free, any political flyer should cost the campaigner 0 cents to mail. Actually, the Franking privelige

Reply to Why we fight in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's when he's taking a break from working on the Politicalmachine. I don't always agree with Brad, in fact, often I vocally disagree, but I too am amazed by the volume of his posts, and the amount of research he does on them. I usually stick to historical precedent, which is easy to do in my field of work, but Brad's a techie, so where he gets the time to do the research is truely beyond my ken. Cheers

Reply to Why we fight in Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think the greatest concern for Nuclear weapons being smuggled into New York in 2010 is from N. Korea, since they are, a. not friendly to the US, and b. covertly building Nukes anyway. Cheers

Reply to So What If He's Gay? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Oh, looked up your "headlines" on the online archives, couldn't find them, tomorrow I've got to be in my library anyway, and we've got the text archives, perhaps by then, "Sir" Peter, you could give me some date guidelines? Cheers