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Reply to Only Liberals can be Bigots in Politics JoeUser Forums

And shouldn't all those white Justices who rule against conservative Republican ideals also get an asterisk, for being race traitors as well?

Reply to Barefoot and Pregnant? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Heh. Maybe all this BS about six-party talks (which were probably doomed from the start) is just a way to kill time while we wait for Kim Jong Il to pass away, and be replaced by a cabal of generals and whatnot who are actually interested in negotiating sensibly.

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MONKEY: Wait a minute. If Truth is unknowable, then why do you hate President Bush? PANTS: Because of all the evil things he's done! Duh! MONKEY: Yes, but how do you know he's done all these evil things? Have you witnessed them yourself? Even if you had, can you really trust your own senses? PANTS: Stop trying to hide behind the o

Reply to To be Perfectly Clear... in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

For all their money, corporations cannot walk into a polling booth and cast a vote. For all their poverty, poor people have more voting opportunities in the U.S. than in any other country on earth today, and probably throughout history.

Reply to Exxon Mobil Posts Highest US Corporate Profit Ever at $9.9B in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Perhaps cheap and easy gasoline is an illusion, and that these higher prices (along with all the hardships this brings to consumers) is a more accurate picture of reality? It seems to me that Exxon is simply saying, "how badly do you want oil?" And we keep replying "really really badly!" And so Exxon keeps making a profit off of that. And I'm perfectly happy to let them keep doing that until we decide that we either don't need oil

Reply to The Plame Investigation Results In A Nutshell in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Exactly, HC . You're a big hypocrite. Do you have a point?

Reply to The Plame Investigation Results In A Nutshell in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

singrdave , it was just musing. Me, in my own words, giving a summary of Fitzgerald's investigation results, as if from his perspective. Guy , the only reason I can think of is that Libby had a lot on his mind, didn't clearly recall exactly what had happened, and chose to give evasive answers rather than run the risk of giving wrong answers. That is, he made a mistake. Smartitude he's undoubtedly got, but that doesn't mean he can'

Reply to The Plame Investigation Results In A Nutshell in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Don't get me wrong. Perjury is a crime for a reason. It's especially heinous when committed by high government officials. If it turns out Libby was covering his own ass on purpose, to the detriment of the investigation, then he's right where he should be right now. And can I take a moment to point out that, just as Bush promised, the first person to be formally accused of anything was immediately removed from the administration? On

The Plame Investigation Results In A Nutshell in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

"As far as we can tell, nobody did anything wrong, except for one guy, who made it harder than it needed to be for us to figure out that nobody did anything wrong. So we're charging him with being a pain in the ass. It's not much, but it's all we've really got, so we're gonna run with it."

Reply to Xbox Live Hates Young Koreans? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm betting that Korean law prescribes stiff penalties for serving some types of videogames to minors, and that MS is simply trying to avoid that whole sticky mess by stating in advance that they're not accepting service contracts from Korean minors. Just like twelve year-olds haven't done anything recently to annoy the Internet, but U.S. law prohibits anybody under 13 from doing certain things, and now all the ecommerce websites and whatnot h

Reply to Don't give Louisiana a dime! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Actually, I'm okay with that. If less homes are built, then more land can be returned to the swamps as buffer against future floods. Also, less people will be at risk in future floods. Also, less people will be made into refugees in future floods, which will limit the burden on society, the amount of complaining that goes on about government failures, etc.

Reply to What Should a President's Base Be? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Gene, say what you like about Bush and his base, it's not like your presidential candidates have done anything at all for their base in the last eight years or so. Instead of yelling at us about how our guy isn't Saint George of Assisi, shouldn't you be yelling at your own faction about why your guy always ends up being St. Loser of No Base At All? I mean, all you're really saying here is that I should swap out a big government conservative f

Reply to Woman helps ship off military husband, then gets fired in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yeah, I stand corrected. Sucky thing to do.

Reply to B-Word vs. N-Word in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Nutation? Nugatory? Neanderthal?

Reply to Woman helps ship off military husband, then gets fired in Current Events JoeUser Forums

That is really sucky, TW. I can understand feeling that way. I've taken time off from work for similar reasons more than once, myself. I just can't shake the feeling that in this particular story, "other factors" is given too little weight and "distraught the next day" too much. Terpfan figures that since firing her is such bad PR, the employer must be stupid. I'd like to give equal consideration to the possibility that the emplo

Reply to Exxon Mobil Posts Highest US Corporate Profit Ever at $9.9B in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In reality, I think the issue is a lot more complicated than "they made huge profts, they must be evil!". I'm not an ostrich. I just don't have a problem with Exxon charging as much as the market will bear. Its our world, not theirs. They're actually playing by our rules. They just happen to be playing very well.

Reply to Woman helps ship off military husband, then gets fired in Current Events JoeUser Forums

How do you know it's despicable? The article is clear that you're not getting the full story. Specifically, it leaves out the employer's side of the story. Also, she didn't show up to work the day after her husband left? How far did she go to ship him off, that she couldn't be back at work the next day? It kinda seems like she got approved for some time off, and then took an extra day she wasn't approved for. If the "other fa

Reply to Exxon Mobil Posts Highest US Corporate Profit Ever at $9.9B in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I have no problem with this. The country runs on oil. The whole world runs on oil. The demand for oil has been increasing every year since it first became a commodity. It's not at all surprising that the profits of the people who have gone into the business of meeting this increasing demand should increase as well. And even though Exxon's profits keep going up, my own "<img src="../images/smiles/grim.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddle"

Reply to Place your bets - Miers does or does not get confirmed? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm betting she doesn't get confirmed.

Reply to What if Bill Gates gave you money? in Misc JoeUser Forums

An unlimited amount of money? I'd cause inflation the likes of which the world has never seen, and then exploit the resulting chaos to establish a totalitarian dictatorship whose only currency was the blood of my enemies, drunk directly from their skulls. I'm sorry, but it seems like a stupid question to me. Wouldn't it be more productive and enlightening to ask students to write about their plans to accomplish something good

Reply to It Had to be the French in Politics JoeUser Forums

No thoughts, latour, on the alleged reasons behind the French policy? No attempt to defend the French policy? No explanation of how the French policy is a righteous policy, and how this document-forging thing, ugly as it is, is a necessary part of that policy? No counter-examples? Nothing at all to convince the rest of us that the French government isn't really as stupid and evil as this story makes them seem? I don't want you to run in

Reply to It Had to be the French in Politics JoeUser Forums

I think they are afraid of being lumped together with the French. That doesn't make any sense. Why would you be ashamed to associate with other people who share your views and oppose your enemy?

Reply to It Had to be the French in Politics JoeUser Forums

You know what's funny? Whenever one of our JU liberals posts an article in support of their position, everybody flocks to the article, studies it, and attempts to rebut some or all of its points. Some rebuttals are stronger than others. Some rebuttals resort to namecalling instead of reasonable debate. But there's lots of activity. Lots of thinking. Lots of discussion. Lots of conservatives considering the issue and trying to explain it i

Reply to The art of Sin in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

So if I break your nose and take your wallet, it's no sin against God, because God doesn't exist. Is it a sin against you? Should I feel guilty for what I've done to you? Or is that guilt a lie you'd be telling me? What is the nature of "immorality", that it exists but "sin" does not?

Reply to JoeUser almost died last night in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thank you very much, Draginol.