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[quote]If you want to wander through life believing what bureaucrats and agenda peddlers spoon feed you[/quote] Ha! This coming from the man who called me a "tax and spend liberal" a term straight out of the official list of accepted phrases from the "agenda peddlers" you state are spoon-feeding me. You should be glad to know that most of my opinions will never see the light of day in your farce of a media which is owned and controlled by the corporate state. Yes, that's ri

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[quote]We don't need nor do we ask for your "help". We have plenty of morons in office here with similar ideas, thank you very much.[/quote] No problem, it's freely given. At this point in time, you guys need all the help you can get! [quote]You obviously don't know jack about "causality " reporting. Anyone showing up for sick call is recorded. That includes hang nails, yeast infections, tooth aches...and a whole host of things that don't have a damn thing to do with war[/quote]

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[quote]They signed their contracts, I signed mine...only exception I wasn't in a Union. Might have had a little more stashed if they didn't pay their dues. Bet the union bosses still have a job. See how well that worked out![/quote] I love how "evil unions" keep getting blamed for so many of your economic problems and yet they make up only 10 % of your workforce. The truth is that unionized labor in the U.S had it's back broken by Reagan and never really recovered, getting stomped on b

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Hi Chuck, [quote]Hmm, sounds like you describe perfectly a "magic" piece of software that will pick winning stocks" to me. How exactly is your concept different?[/quote] Well, I thought I spelled it out pretty clearly earlier. Here goes: A "winning" stock is something that is backed up by a solid company, that's doing good business and has a decent future, in fact quite possibly a much, much brighter future than it's current state. The only way you can find a "w

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[quote] The US wounded since 2001 until October is 4434 (Link can also find the numbers for those doing the fighting for the talkers back home, by country). 35000 might be your hope, but fortunately not true [/quote] Um, Nitro..... U.S wounded in Iraq alone is 30,182 wounded and 4,280 killed. Put the two numbers together, and you get 34,462 casualties (that's wounded + killed) http://www.globalsecurity

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aeortar- [quote]Remember where the problems with the real economy started though - it was with the financial sector (that is, they suffered problems, and then those fed through to the rest of us).[/quote] Yes, exactly right. But, why exactly did the financial sector run into problems? Because years ago it decoupled from the real economy and built a nice little house of cards that recently tumbled down when the scam (things like CDO's and derivatives) were exposed as the utterl

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[quote]Where do you get your figures from? Not even close. Here's a LINK for you so you might sound half-way informed. You do realize 1 Trillion is a 1000 Billion (if such a term exists)[/quote] I get my 'figures' from multiple sources. As I already stated earlier, the official DOD budget is only 651 billion (only!), but when RELATED defense expenditures come into play, for 2009 you're spending an absolute minimum of 925 billion dollars on defence, with the possibility of creeping up t

Reply to Major Nidal Hasan and the Killing at Fort Hood, Texas in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Leauki, In regards to your explanation of Leviticus and it's practical applications I agree with you 100% I intentionally cherry-picked tidbits to "prove" that Christians and Jews are barbarians, in order to illustrate what happens when one looks at an ancient document with bias and without any understanding of historical context. While I lay no claim to understand the complexities and nuances of the various societies and history at the time, I think one

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aeortar- [quote]Bye bye REAL economy.[/quote] Actually, it's the other way around. The real economy is already in shambles while the masters of the universe are toasting each other over a job well done. Time to even the playing field! Nitro- [quote]Now let's delve into your un-researched "solution". Sounds wonderful, unless you're the little up-start company trying to raise a little capital to expand your business[/quote] And how, exactly will this hurt thes

A Tax Everyone Can Stomach in Politics JoeUser Forums

Hey did you hear? It turns out that the recession is over! Nevermind that the real unemployment rate is creeping up on 20% Never mind that companies and individuals the world over have had to cut their spending to the bone, close their doors, lose their homes, declare bankruptcy, or visit pawn shops to make an extra buck. Never mind that trillions of dollars of public money has gone into private hands "for the good of the economy" all the while causing governments to make toug

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Been awhile since we heard from you Zoo, glad to see you're still kicking around!

Reply to Major Nidal Hasan and the Killing at Fort Hood, Texas in Current Events Stardock Forums

Hi the_peoples_party; [quote]What can a person gain by reading the texts that islam calls to be holy. I'm sure that you've thoroughly have read them and have come to your conclusion.[/quote] As you didn't address in my earlier posting, please elaborate on which sects of Islam believe these hadiths? The reason I ask, is, as I'm sure you're familiar, different sects of Islam condone different hadiths. The Shia and Sunni certainly don't agree on the same ones. Furthermore, certain

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[quote]Maybe you should just pick up and read the hadith (which I'm sure you googled it when I first mentioned it). NOTICE HOW I DIDN'T SAY THE QUR'AN.[/quote] How quaint! I didn't realize that "the" hadith was a single document. Oh wait, it isn't! There are several hadiths, some of which are only considered by the Shia, some by the Sunni and so forth. So, please, clarify for me which hadith(s) you are talking about. In regards to personal connections, I was using that

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[quote]Do you even understand what any Islamic extremist groups main goal is? [/quote] Well, in the case of AQ, yes I do. Bin Laden gave a rare live interview in the 90's in which he laid out his position quite nicely. He stated that he was going to carry out terror attacks on the U.S, and that he was hoping this would provoke a reaction from the Americans who would respond by invading at least one (or, in his mind, hopefully more) Muslim countries. This would give his and other f

Reply to Wise Words Coming From Michigan in Politics Stardock Forums

For the record, I too am against the current health bill that is being pushed in the U.S. My position is best summed up by one of the few sane congressmen in the United States. He voted against the Iraq war, is one of the few politicians that actually knows how to spell "labor" in an era of neutered unions, and he voted against the health bill. Here's his reasoning (which I agree wholeheartedly with) why: "We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choi

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Daiwa [quote]What 'logic' are you saying is being applied to Hasan here? McVeigh was a domestic terrorist, no question, but what logic is being applied that, if applied to McVeigh, would dictate that all veterans be treated in the way you suggest?[/quote] I was responding to the OP's statement: [quote]The horrific incident at Fort Hood, Texas, should come as a wake up call to all those in the American academia who promote identity based politics:Gays, lesbians, minority,

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[quote]Now the Muslim identity is becoming increasingly problematic in the USA and I believe that years and years of promoting identity politics has left the country without the means of even admitting to itself that the islamic identity clashes head long with that of a secular nation state. [/quote] Okay, I'm going to be the bad man in the room but someone's gotta say it. Connecting a specific incident to a broad-based generalization about an entire group of people is always

Reply to Sugar will shorten your lives…but I’m okay with it in Blogging Stardock Forums

Hi Draginol, [quote]So it increasingly looks like sugar is really really bad for you – at least in the quanitites that the typical American now consumes. I consume more than my share of sugar and I hate to sound unconcerned about my own health but you know, I might lose some years of life becaue of my love of sugar but I’d rather have sugar than a life lacking in sweetness. [/quote] So, here's my question.... how much sugar do you let your -kids- have? While you are

Reply to Crime and Punishment in Current Events Stardock Forums

Hi everyone, thanks for your responses! It's always good to get another perspective. In case 1 as most people correctly suspected, it was an illegal search so the case was thrown out. The two drug dealers were released however -minus- the couple million dollars worth of cocaine they were transporting so I'm sure they're not too terribly popular with their cohorts. Case 2 is one that I'm conflicted with as the fellow who committed the crime is an absolute scumbag. He's a drug dea

Crime and Punishment in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hello fellow JoeUsers, I'd like to invite you to be a member of a jury today. I'm going to blab for a bit about boring stuff you probably don't want to read (feel free to skip ahead if you so choose) and then I'm going to present three criminal cases that are 100% real and take place in Canada. If you could be so kind, please respond with your verdict and if guilty, sentence, for each one. The first case is already closed but I won't reveal just yet what the final

Reply to Net Neutrality - I'm confused. in Internet JoeUser Forums

Well well, hasn't this gone off topic! To be fair I find myself doing the very same thing all the time too, c'est la vie. Getting back to the issue of Net Neutrality....which actually has nothing to do with dems/repubs/health insurance/big evil gov/tinfoil hat conspiracies... this is how I see it. Think of it more as a battle between application developers and network providers. Also, think of it as a battle between small and large ISP's. Lastly, think of

We've Got Nine Years in Politics JoeUser Forums

Do you remember that timeless saying, it aint over till the fat lady sings? Well folks, I'm sorry to say that she's backstage right now and is just finishing her warm-up. The United States as we know it has about nine years of life left, so you might as well enjoy it while it lasts. It is my opinion that by 2018 the United States could very well be in a state of collapse or worse. Why do I say this? The answer might surprise you, so please read on. My proposed reason for such a calami

Reply to (New) Now I wanna be Like Finland Part 2 (Correction Edition) in Current Events Stardock Forums

Interesting article, which brings up a time honored-question.... to what ends should the government invest public money (your tax dollars) in national projects and infrastructure? Eisenhower used tax dollars to build much of the U.S highway system. In South Korea, the government embarked on a multi-year plan that cost billions of dollars to essentially run fiber to most of the country. Today, they benefit from some of the best internet speeds and access in the world. With that s

Reply to Pittsburgh’s Folly in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]First of all, I wasn't aware Canada's constitution made provision for what we Americans call "First Amendment Rights". Freedom of speech is (ostensibly, at least,) guaranteed here, but not there...as I understand, anyay.[/quote] Actually, we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which has the same guarantee of free speech that you do. With that said, the mockery that's been made in your country of freedom of speech can be summed up with this: <a

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[quote]Then again most of their "concerns" are fringe with no grassroots support. Some I'm sure just use it as a reason to smash things. Pelosi can go stand in the middle of them and see what real "anarchy" is all about.[/quote] This is quite possibly one of the biggest misconceptions and, in many cases, outright lies about protests of this kind. The publicly spouted narrative goes that the folks who show up to protests are all batshit crazy anarchists just there to throw rocks and mak