By all means, let us remember the Crusades. Where shall we begin our rememberance? How about with the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, a city holy to the Christian and Jewish faiths? And now let us pause for a minute to contemplate the outcry that would rise up, if Christians or Jews were to conquer Mecca, a Muslim holy city. The world would n
Heh. I wouldn't go so far as to say you are a military supremacist, TW. But I do think you may have some military-supremacist tendencies, and that sometimes these tendencies interfere with your ability to understand other points of view.
Heh. I'll dare to post something. What, though? This anecdote is food for thought, sure enough. One of the things I'm thinking is, "why hasn't anybody jumped in with arguments about how Christians run around preaching--and perpetrating--violence and murder?" And I'm also thinking, "why hasn't anybody jumped in with arguments about how one Imam does not a consensus make?" And of course I'm thinking,
Have you ever spent a full year at the office without leaving or seeing your loved ones? No analogy or comparison is accurate in all its details. My point is that the author of the article is trying to imply that wanting a job to be over with so I can go home is the same as not wanting to do the job, or not believing that the job should
I would just like to point out that mothercide is not a classic neoconservative policy position.
What matters more to anyone who is even REMOTELY evangelical: the manner in which someone was saved, or the fact that they were? Isn't this like asking what matters more anyone who is even remotely scientific: the manner in which men first walked on the moon, or the fact that men walked on the moon? The answer, of course, is that they're two sides of the same coin, and you can't really appreciate the the one without understandi
Daiwa, your story fails to inspire, because it involves Gene promoting a classic neoconservative position on DDT.
I dunno, terp. In France, there are huge regulatory obstacles that prevent employers from firing at will (which is all "right-sizing" really amounts to). As a result of this policy, the French unemployment rate is about double ours, and their economy is in much worse shape. It sure seems to me that allowing employers to adjust their workforce size in response to changing conditions is a key component in a healthy economy. For one thing, it's well-understood
Interesting. I guess the military-industrial complex doesn't actually brainwash human beings and turn them into unthinking killbots. Meanwhile, I want to go home and be with my wife and kids, too, but that doesn't mean I'm going to leave the office with today's work undone. Sounds like soldiers are people, too, just like you and me. What this article doesn't tell us is what percentage of soldiers would like to go hom
One word: get a therapist.
The UAE is already actively involved in the Security Container Initiative, a worldwide activity involving all the major players in shipping, port administration, and port security. Hundreds of thousands of UAE-supervised containers pass through our ports every year already. The UAE has consistently been a cooperative partner in the SCI, so not only have they been a part of the problem for longer than COL Gene has been aware of the pro
The UAE has been an active and cooperative participant in the War on Terror. As a major shipping management entity, they're already involved in the international Secure Container Initiative, where they have also been very cooperative. They already supervise container security in ports throughout the world. The UAE plays host to our naval forces on a regular basis. We have never had cause to complain about their security or cooperatio
Is there any chance you could sum up your argument in one or two sentences, using simple words? You seem to be using a lot of technical jargon with no real attention to definitions, qualifications, or exceptions to the rules. The first paragraph is an excellent example of what I mean; and it obfuscates the rest of the piece as well.
I learned that joke from my sister, who is actually a Protestant with Eastern Orthodox tendencies--a bizarre combination. She decorates for Christmas every year by putting up Christmas cards she's received in previous years. The card that always gets the most prominent placement is one that has a picture of Jesus in all his glory on the front, with the caption "Happy Birthday to me!" Inside it says, "Merry Christmas to you!"<
Okay, go ahead. Change my perception.
Most parodies must have an element of "funny because it's true", in order to be recognized as parodies and also to succeed as parodies. Since the Catholic Church doesn't depict its existing saints in the manner described, it's kind of a stretch to make a joke about how they would suddenly do something totally different, saint-wise. The other implications are equally ungrounded in reality. The "Religious Right" is a term use
1. What is your name? [redacted] 2. What time is it? 10:10 AM PST 3. Any nickname? "stute", "otter" 4. Mother's name? Katy 5 Number of candles on your last birthday cake? I haven't had a birthday cake in years ... would be 33. 6. Date that you regularly blow them out? ... would be Feb. 19 8. What is your favorite drink? Morning: Coffee. Afternoon: Water. Evening: Any Lager, or shots. 9. Body piercing & tattoo's? One
I thought the issue with NASA wasn't trying to suppress science, but to prohibit government employees from using their government position to make policy speeches in contradiction of the government's stated policy. That is, the proper job of a NASA director is to direct NASA, not to use his title to get free airtime to criticize government environmental policy--a topic that NASA is not chartered to develop policy on.
Birthday Luck rules.
Also, it should be removed on account of it being poorly formatted, and just this side of complete gibberish.
I'm definitely in the stabby boat.
The day the governmetn shows up at your house to put RFID tags in your chickens, well, you check back in. And would that really be such a bad idea? Last time I checked, Bird Flu was flourishing mainly in densely populated areas where people share living space with their livestock. If Bird Flu ever becomes a global issue, I for one will damn sure want to know exactly who is keeping "even one" chicken, and whether or not
Also, a new threat doesn't necessarily require more money, if money has already been spent that adequately prepares for the new threat.
Did Bush cut funding, or reduce the rate in the increase of funding, after several years of rampant increases in the rate of funding increases. It seems that democrats like to say "funding slashed!" when what they really mean is "funding increase rate reduced from 9% to 8%, so the program will still get more money this next year than it did last year, but only 8% more money, rather than the 9% more money that has been traditional for several y
Two things have always struck me about the Judas contradiction. First, the best biblical scholars in the world, the interdenominational translation committees that produce the major versions of the Bible, have elected to keep both versions of the story: the one in Acts and the one in the gospels. I figure, this isn't the decision of people with something to hide, or misgivings about the meaning of their work. And second, that the core teachings of the Christian faith a
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