Fairweather

Funny how congress just saw fit to vote themselves a big raise the other night despite their terrible management of the economy.

Sting sums this thread up well: There is no political solution To our troubled evolution Have no faith in constitution There is no bloody revolution We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Our so-called leaders speak With words they try to jail you They subjugate the meek But it's the rhetoric of failure We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world Where does the answer lie? Living from day to day If it's something we can't buy There must be another way We are spirits in the material world Are spirits in the material world

I just had my morning constitution, and now I'm going to work.

Very nice. Does he like MGD?

How does that go for you? You must obey, but must she? Her master is less persistent than mine.

In your lap? No. The quote is from the scene where Luke appeals to his father's inner conflict--and the reply is Vader's response. I use this quote to feed my wife's belief that I am likewise conflicted between my brain, and, um, er, my master.

Darth Vader.

I was raised by a single dad who's an artist and won't even kill spiders. How did we turn out the way we did?

He is my master. I must obey. ...so I tell my wife as I look down at my lap.

I intend to use the knowledge I am acquiring as a hammer. So far, their Jedi mind tricks have not worked.

Temporary cease fire? Prisoner exchange? U have me on ignore--or maybe it's mod-imposed separation. IAS/American Studies at UW Tacoma. Next up: Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment 363 History of Native American Cultures of the North Pacific Coast 464 American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century 321 P.S. This is all very confidential.

That's PM material and would require at least a limited truce.

Anyone use one of these? I'm in need of web access, portability, and word processing--tired of racing around with a thumb drive from work to home to school and back. I don't want to lug a full-on laptop around. Anyone loaded Word 07 onto one using a transfer method (no optical drive)? The 16/32GB (flash) C drive sounds weak, but I'll be using it for web and word only. Anyone?

I do. I agree. Careful there, cowboy. So, by your logic, the lien holder on your home should be allowed to allocate your unrelated personal finances? This is why I was against this shit to begin with. It's a step down the wrong path. The sad thing is that you, of all people, should know this.

Where was he picked up? Was he snatched out of his home? His office? I mean, I'm sure he's just as innocent as can be 'n all, but, by any chance, was he firing on American troops around the time he was captured? Your story is a little short on the details that would help a reader form a clearer picture. Do you have a link? Anyway, he's on U.S. soil now, so yes, the constitution applies.

That you would declare American responsibility for the Halabja attack--with only the flimsiest of connections to back your assertion--says more about your own sense of self-loathing and your own deep seated desire to bring down the house than it does about any declared 'concern' for said house. Very dark.

You're absolutely right re bonuses. But what GGK suggested is something much different.

Sums it up pretty well, IMO: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/15/cheney-dont-blame-bush-administration-economic-woes/

You've proved once again that you can take the boy outta the commie, but you can't take the commie out of the boy.

can't i accuse you of the same thing? from the link you posted: "The United States did not supply any arms to Iraq until 1982, when Iran's growing military success alarmed American policymakers. It then did so every year until 1988. Although most other countries never hesitated to sell military hardware directly to Saddam Hussein's regime, the United States, equally keen to protect its interests in the region, adopted a more subtle approach. Howard Teicher served on the United States National Security Council as director of Political-Military Affairs. According to his 1995 affidavit and other interviews with former Regan and Bush administration officials, the Central Intelligence Agency secretly directed armaments and high-tech components to Iraq through false fronts and friendly third parties such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait, and they quietly encouraged rogue arms dealers and other private military companies to do the same: "The CIA, including both CIA Director Casey and Deputy Director Gates, knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Iraq. My notes, memoranda and other documents in my NSC files show or tend to show that the CIA knew of, approved of, and assisted in the sale of non-U.S. origin military weapons, munitions and vehicles to Iraq." " Sounds like it was a reasonable approach for the time. But this in no way bolsters your claim that Iraq was a "puppet regime" of the United States.

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huh? we pumped plenty of cash and weapons to him as our puppet to counter-balance iran, another beast of our own making hey, it might be wikipedia, but it can't ALL by lies, eh? and just for fun...it's alwasy fun to see rummy hanging out w/ the big H! From your own link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_sales_to_Iraq_1973-1990 Iraq Arms Suppliers 1973-1990: Soviet Union 68.9%; France 12.7%; China 11.8%; Eqypt 1.3%; United States 0.5% C'mon, Ivan, at least read the links you post.

You know damn well that the rules in effect now have been in place since the beginning--and The Republic still stands. From the Trail of Tears, to Elmira Prison, to Wilson's Sedition Act, to the internment of American citizens under FDR--some really shitty stuff, and all far worse than a few religious fanatics rounded up fighting American soldiers in far away places and sent to Guantanamo Bay. You want to change the rules? Fine. But don't then try to wash your hands when the fruit hits the basket. I would point out that your tying of The United States to Saddam's atrocities during the 80's and 90's is ridiculous. He was never a 'puppet' of the US. FWIW - Lt Cali should have been shot.

My favorite Orwell: “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.” If some non-existent, Utopian version of our values leads to our demise then what replaces us will not likely be better.