::laughs:: As an adjunct professor of history, I have read things other than those two books, or books of similar titles. No taxation without representation were good rallying cries, but were not, ultimately, the cause of the Revolutionary war.
I think Brad, you're picking a fight with me where no disagreement exists. Cheers
Exactly, the allies intervened in a civil war. That was my point. Glad you finally caught on to that.
Brad, I'm not declaring myself loyal to the British, I'm merely stating that the Revolutionary war was not about taxes.
I would hope so given that one of the primary reasons for the revolution in the first place was taxes Yes, those terribly inconvenient taxes that the American Colonists had to pay, which were, by the by, principly on things that the wealthy bought, also they were significantly less than our British cous
Oh I agree, we should look at that, but I think the critical difference is, unlike the Nazis, whom you should have used to support your arguement and not the general "Europeans", by the by, I think a good number of people in this forum should be offended by that statement, Americans and perhaps more importantly their leaders, didn't exterminate the Japanese. If you want to look back at the only acts of genocide committed by Americans I'm afraid you'll
Ah Hah! I knew I could count on you Brad to make a post here. The obvious rebutall to your arguement is that those 5% of the people make far more than 54% of the income in the US. And, of course unless you are one of those people who makes several million dollars a year, it's not a situation you yourself are in. If you are, I only point to My Favorite Republican, Arnold Schwartzenager, who, and I'm paraphrasing here, but not by much, enjoys paying
Please. How many divisions of Bosnian troops were in Kosovo? ZERO. My point wasn't that there were bosnian troops in Kosovo, my point was that Bosnia was funding rebels in Kosovo. And the war raged all throughout the former Yugoslavia, I seriously doubt you can say with absolute certainty that there w
I've noted with growing concern the unfortunate tendency by some to gloss over or misunderstand the tax system and it's imposition, so in my own humble way I offer this: There's this whole complex economic theory which essentially states that the "minimum wage" and by this I mean the lowest possible wage allowed will always be insufficient to support a family. So, in a total free market economy no one cares about that and allows people to sta
What war was going on in Kosovo before the US "entered" it? That was the war between Serbia and Bosnia-Hertzegovnia, a war taking place all over the former Yugoslavia, including in Kosovo. The Kosovars sought independence from Serbia to join with other ethnic albanians, the bosnians, also being muslim,
I'm not sure that's what he meant Karen, I think he meant that teachers often realize that a kid playing cops and robbers and making shooting noises is just childish fun and not meant as a threat. But then again, I could be wrong. Cheers
Now wait a second, How many deaths constitute genocide? 100? 1000? 1000000? There was evidence of a concentrated attempt to wipe out the ethnic minority in Kosovo, something that, as far as most major international treaties are concerned, means attempted genocide. Further, the bombing part of the kosovar conflict came out of the war between Bosnia-hertzegovnia and Serbia (Two independent countries, though once a part of Yugoslavia) The Conflict h
The acts of genocide, the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians only began AFTER the bombing had started I disagree with that in principle, I am not arguing that we shouldn't have invaded Iraq, I think any regime commiting acts of genocide, whether before or after bombings, should be removed from p
We bombed Serbia into submission becomes Slobadon Milosavich was commiting acts of genocide.
While I accept the point, I hope and pray the democrats realize that Dean is of almost no appeal to the moderates which actually control the election. Any Democrat is guaranteed the party faithful, which Dean is remarkably could at rallying, but only a perceived moderate like Kerry, Clark, Edwards, or even Lieberman could gain the influential swing moderate vote that's necessary to see a democrat in the White House
Was it not obvious to you that Bush was lying about WMDs Now wait a second, I think we can all agree that Sadam Hussein would eventually, if he was not already, attempt to develop WMDs. Does it matter if he had them? So a war, designed to prevent a clearly insane individuals from building WMDs was jus
Perhaps he was using the old-style liberal, which is to say different than the majority accepted viewpoint?
Well, obviously the US doesn't always attack civilians, I think the point attempting to be made Messy Buu, was that in the past, the United States has attacked and killed civilians, something you claimed had never happened.
::laughs:: That would be a stretch even for Dems Frogboy
True, but to quote a gallop poll, http://www.gallup.com/ Kerry is ahead of Dean in New Hamapshire by 12% and Clark is only 5% behind Dean, with a margin of +/-4%. Making Dean and Clark essentially even. I suspect that Dean leads primarily in 18-25 year olds, the group least likely to vote, but haven't found poll data based on age. If anyone knows where to find it I would be interested. Further, a poll b
Mei Lai springs to mind too, of the US killing innocents. That was in Vietnam
Well, it's slightly un-PC to suggest that Israelis (mostly Jewish) could be racist. But I think we all know that racism is one of those things that, ironically, knows no difference in race
While it's true that many members of congress voted against the resolution, the record does show that a vast majority did vote for it. I understand it's semantics, but neither one of you is wrong. It's also possible that Kerry believed that Sadam was a threat, believed in the possibility of WMDs and voted for it. It's not naive, it's not foolish, it's just the way it is. Kerry doesn't have indpendent intelligence sources, even the Senate Committee
As the parent of a child who was involved in one of these overreactions I agree completely. Some other kid started a rumor about my son. After which he was interogated, threatened with suspension and failing, and sent home. Fortunately everyone who knew him stood up for him and after threatening to sue the school the Superintendent stepped in and issued an official letter of apology. The principal was later sacked for misconduct. This kind of beha
I don't care if it's a true story or not, but it's downright funny, so I'm adding this comment so others will have the opportunity to laugh. Way to go Aegix. Cheers
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