[quote]I do not believe you[/quote] I personally dont really care what you believe. There are plenty of books available regarding these issues so I can only suggest that you read some of them.
[quote]Nice try, we have less than 300k troops in Iraq we have 2 million active duty servicemen. Stretched thin you say? [/quote] Put it all into perspective. Your comparing apples and oranges. We have about 1.4 active military personnel but 1.4 active duty servicemen is not 1.4 million available deployable troops. Gates is currently awaiting troop requirement estimates to be made by commanders in Iraq to see what we will have available for increases in deployments ton Afghanistan. Th
[quote]I asked you to give examples for oil replacements. You mentioned natural gas. I was STILL talking about the areas where oil could be replaced by natural gas.[/quote] But im not advocating any "replacement" just a need to diversify more. Natural gas vehicles for example do exist and are currently cheaper per mile to operate. It is not a total solution because ng isnt piped to many rural areas but it is an extremely viable "alternative" for many who have ng piped into
[quote]Sometimes...often times, stereotypes are true[/quote] But for every left winger who snuck into an rnc convention to disrupt it...there are millions who dont and woulndn't And for every right winger that has blown up an abortion clinic there are millions who dont and wouldn't. Some people fit certain stereotypes and other don't. Personally I would say most dont particularly when it comes to political stereotyping. The most liberal people and
Where in the definition of slavery do you not think that denying someone their rights and freedoms and using them as a piece of property does not somehow make the slaveowner's actions an exercize of a feeling of superiority over the slave?
[quote]The reason we use oil instead of natural gas is because oil is cheaper.[/quote] What do u mean we use oil instead of natural gas? We use both for different purposes. If the US was still using as large a percentage of oil in power generation and home heating as it did 30 years ago, the demand for oil would be substantialy more than it currently is. Oil is actually currently more expensive than natural gas in most US markets atleast , but neither is intrinsically ch
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[quote]Show me I can't seem to find it[/quote] Use google to trace it....and when u get to websites that aren't known to be fairly reputable you can usually research the domain name to see if a corporate interest is the domain registrant.
[quote]Name two.[/quote] Its not a matter of replacing oil as a whole. You have to take into account its various uses and see which uses can be substituted with other sources of energy in order to bring the demand for oil resources down. Natural Gas for example is a decent replacement for many uses of oil derivatives and already has a decent distribution infrastructure throughout much of the country. Over the past couple of decades it has replaced oil and coal in a significant % of po
[quote]Please name one oil substitute that is ready to go right now. we as a nation have been moving towards alternatives since the 1970’s this is not new or hidden[/quote] Theres plenty of alternatives out there. Unfortunatly the politicians are all getting bankrolled by opposing energy interests.
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Davi Evans is a member of the Lavoisier Group which is a misinformation group founded by an executive of an Australian mining company. Google it!
[quote]All during President Clinton tenure, and not once did we go after him or AQ[/quote] Clinton certainly did carry out a cruise missile attack on the AQ camps in Afghanistan during his presidency. We were also covertly attempting to get at him as well as collecting evidence to prove his involvement with various terrorist activities. [quote]During his campaign for president he never stated that AQ was a threat he was more interested in global warming, touting
[quote]It is the duty of our leaders to ensure our security. Economic and military, oil provides both. [/quote] But oil is not the only solution and current geopolitical circumstance shows that we must start moving towards alternative solutions. How many deaths and how much conflict does it take to convince people that oil is quickly becoming more of a security problem than a solution. 9/11 didnt create the wake up call that it should have. If it takes more than that i'm afraid
[quote]Why is it that if blacks support Obama because he is black it's not considered racist? What is the difference?[/quote] racism- a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Choosing a person because of race is not inherently racist. Choosing someone because you believe their ra
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[quote]Smoothseas, Who are you talking to and what are you talking about?[/quote] The article mentioned in the initial post. Its written by a well known "misinformation vendor".
[quote]but one rockefeller was a democrat.[/quote] Your partisanship makes you miss the whole point. It has nothing to do with political party. Both parties have been involved in creating policy to facilitate economic security in regards to protecting the flow of global oil supplies. [quote]If it's the US, it's evil and because of oil.[/quote] Not necessarily evil or imperialistic. After all keeping mideast oil flowing benefits global economies, no
[quote]Being Brad's wife, I can assure you that he is very knowledgeable of both liberal and conservative political philosophies.[/quote] Then why does he make posts that imply the same stereotypes that are simply the same drivel used by political pundits? The crap that comes out of the mouths of radio and tv pundits is not politics its entertainment at best something akin to that performed by circus clowns.
[quote]Why is it when a lefty states something it a "hard cold fact, yet when a righty says the same thing it's called "spin"?[/quote] Totally untrue...Both sides spin every issue. And there are people in both camps that think their side contains the hard cold facts.
[quote]there are some customers that will never be happy and the other 1/2 of the transaction (the seller) need to cut thier losses and say[/quote] Sure there are but bemeaning customers or potential customers in a public forum is bad business.
[quote]At least he is honest.[/quote] McCain is far from being honest these days.....He's being led like a puppy dog by his campaign strategists which is quite disturbing. As I said before I used to like the guy as far as politicians go but he seems to get worse every day. He's using Bush's speechwriters which is a problem. He ought to be editing his speeches before using them because Straight Talk no longer applies to what he is throwing out at the public these days.</
McCain even stated before that he knows little about about economics. So your best to take a look at his economic team.....and which lobbying firms they all work for. As far as taxes go the fact that 2/3 of US corporations pay no profits tax should make people realize that the business rate is not the problem...the problem is that the tax code is not broad based enough. As far as personal income tax if you believe McCain will not end up raising taxes you are mistaken. Read his lips as closely
[quote]When President Carter allowed his people to engineer the fall of the Shah of Iran to please his humanitarian base of nuts[/quote] What? As opposed to Bush engineering the invasion of Iraq to please his "humanitarian base of nuts". After all when it became obvious that the WMD excuse was a sham democracy became the new reasoning. One of these days you partisan hacks will realize that both parties have dirtied their hands in oil based foreign policy and bot
But the customer is always right....... If someone complained about a product I made I would do my best to find out why and see if there was a way to improve it so i could sell even more. I certainly wouldnt criticize them. If I was the employer of the person who criticized the initial poster I would reprimand or fire them.
She definately could be the final coffin nail in McCain's campaign. The only chance McCain has ever had is to get the Independents who would vote his way for checks and balances so that the Dems dont control everything, but this choice for a VP is terrible. It shores up the socially conservative base because of her extreme right wing positions on these issues but does nothing else. The majority of independents are socially liberal and economically conservative. Troopergate wont b
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Perhaps you should check your sources and further delve into the origin and information about the article u mention..Try some fact checking next time particularly on the author of the article and some of the misinformation websites he is associated with.
"Amen. I have run into this in discussions with family and friends when politics come up. I try to avoid talking politics because, like many of you reading this, I keep up with it very closely, I'm pretty knowledgeable on the topic. Most people, left or right, aren't that up on the issues. Yet, despite their lack of relative knowledge on the issues, they will presume to be more enlightened or educated simply because they hold left wing views." Seems to me you are r
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