It's not that straight forward though is it? It isn't a Canadian product since we are producing it, exporting it then we would be buying it back. Does that make any sense? Since when does government or anyone else have to deem an economic decision "rational" to make it legal? It is a very strange argument
Interesting map... Kerry takes Wisconsin and Bush takes New Mexico -- both kind of surprising calls. This also assumes that Kerry takes both Ohio and Iowa, which appear to be dead heats, plus litigation-prone Florida. Seems to me that each of these three is maybe a 55% shot for Kerry, so if I were Mr. Kerry, I wouldn't start the celebration quite yet. <TABLE cellp
Why should we. A lot of us see John Kerry as a traitor! Sorry, personally I'll take a liar over a traitor any day. Therein lies the reason I have so little sympathy for the contingent you speak for. * Step 1: Characterize in terms of exaggerated evil. *
You are defending "freedom of speech" for companies, the cost of which is then passed on to consumers. An awfully big industry (advertising and all the dominoes further down the chain) would be out of work quick if that "freedom of speech" were denied. Nothing's ever as simple as it seems. Cheers, Daiwa <
Isn't getting drugs from Canada actually outsourcing US pharmaceutical jobs? You are (playfully, I think) confusing two related but separate issues: 1) Freedom of consumers to buy either American or foreign products, and 2) Freedom of corporations to hire either American or foreign workers.
That's an over-simplification. Canada doesn't allow for advertising of prescription drugs. The United States does (we have that whole freedom of speech thing here). The millions spent in marketing is then passed on to American consumers in the form of higher prices. It's funny how the left and right can look
Funny, those same pics could be turned around and used for a Pro Kerry blog in the same manner. Just what I was thinking.
although i have no idea why the term proactive came to being (one acts or reacts but ive yet to see someone proact), i gotcher point. <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0
In his article, COL Gene asked: Is George W. a strong leader? That thread has gone off in a different direction -- more a question of General Tommy Franks and his viewpoints, than a discussion of leadership. Since I think that the issue of the President's leadership is central to the election, this is my attem
What becomes of their souls? Some one from this religion educate me. We can reasonably guess that the mainstream Muslim view of these victims is about the same as our view of McVeigh's victims.
Perhaps you are naive enough to believe Kerry was talking about Bush and Condi Rice guarding the facility. The major network sources quoted people who had been on the scene as making the point that the troops who went through the area simply did not have the manpower to secure such a facility. The imp
he has said that Osmas anger is understandable because of the USA's foreign policy in the Middle East for the past 6 decades. Understandable? Murdering innocent people is understandable? I have no knowledge of this other than your stateme
Interesting you bring up Jimmy Carter. I haven't heard what he has to say about Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, but I would be surpised if he did not want to eliminate them as summarily as possible. If he didn't, then I'd have to vote for Nader. Truth is, there are very few Americans I would not prefer to Bush. Heck, look at me, I'm voting for Kerry -- which pretty well proves my point.
Responding to the title, not to the message... I think that there is a good chance for a huge irony, that in the fiercest presidential election in memory, the winner in November may be the loser in the long term. The problems we currently face are not likely to diminish quickly: * Even if we capture Bin Laden, the hate wing of the Mulim extremists are likely to pos
Even as a Bush supporter I would vote for Sen McCain. Holy cow, I never thought you and I would agree on anything. If McCain's name showed up on the ballot unexpectedly on Tuesday
Want to make your predictions as to who will win which state? Race 2004 has an ongoing content, and you can see how other people have it called, too. http://www.race2004.net/contestcover.php
Are you telling me conservatives are as aware of Bush's?
Some knob-jockey planted a political sign in my yard - I think it should be well within my rights to pull it out and beat the candidate around the head with it. Uh, lets go after the guy who put it there, not the candidate. Many an idiot has done things like that just to be a pain in the rear. In fact, very fe
Your original question drips with equal (but opposite) bias of several of my family members. The trouble is that there are multiple ways to define "fair." * All voters who arrive, registered, to vote and do their job properly having their votes correctly tallied? * Maintaining the proper local and state control over elections procedures? * Following precedent in how to count votes? * Being sure that both parties get an equal nu
I don't disagree with that, but you do feel that dwelling on the gory details serves a positive purpose? As one who believes that our treatment of prisoners is a grave error, I see the "dwelling on the gory details" to be the only way to bring about a thorough correction of the problem at the highest level. As
In view of your thoughtful comments, is anyone of us mere mortals sufficiently Christian to be President? I assume you are just being sarcastic, but just in case you really want an answer... I have not disqualified George Bush on the basis of his Christianity. My only point was to disagree with your s
Should we continue to drag our otherwise strong, faithful American military who are accomplishing amazing good as we speak, through the mud, when there are others all over the world so eager to do it for us? Actually, it isn't the military I would wish to drag through the mud -- it is the administration that fo
The terror threat will not simply melt away if George Bush loses the election. ??? Anyone who would claim such a thing needs to change what they are smoking -- but I think you are just putting up a straw man argument. Al Qaeda is a serious enemy, which is why I think it was so irresponsible for our ad
"The sort of tactic used in this film may not really prove that Bush himself would make the worse president, but I would never be able to bring myself to vote for the side that uses this stuff -- and actually believes in it." So, are you voting for Kerry then, Don? Yes
Yes, I have watched... And all I can assume is that the people behind this feel justified by Farenheit 911 -- that heck, if Moore can do that, we ought to be able to do ANYTHING. A quote from the film, clearly meant to show Kerry's war guilt: "Nearly every book or motion picture produced about Vietnam since 1971 echoes the litany of atrocities John Kerry laid at the feet of those who served there." Did you read that carefully? The
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