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Re: Global Warming 101
I meant to write "facutally bereft PowerPoint," my bad.
By: torkel
Re: Global Warming 101
It is becoming increasingly hard to find online, but Channel 4 in Britain had a great documentary offering a counterpoint to this theory called "The Great Global Warming Swindle."
Anyone genuinely interested in this theory owes it to themselves to watch it. It is much more factually driven than Al Gore's factually PowerPoint presentation turned movie.
Anyone genuinely interested in this theory owes it to themselves to watch it. It is much more factually driven than Al Gore's factually PowerPoint presentation turned movie.
By: torkel
Re: Bush Won, Get Over It
Well, the United States Merchant Marines may beg to differ. At any rate, Japan attacked us and we declared war on them. Following this Hitler declared war on the USA. Only after Germany's declaration of war did the USA declare war on Germany.
By: torkel
Re: Bush Won, Get Over It
Correct, Iraq never did attack us directly or indirectly. (Discounting attacking us at the Kuwaiti Gas Pump). We went for the neocon B/S reasons (I am a true conservative); we are leaving for good reasons. I support Ron Paul; before you discount me understand that I am all about pulling out, but, it still makes me sad that a German/Japanese/Islamist could beat us up/out!
By: torkel
Re: Chinese Army Remix
Okay, so 1/2 of all Chinese citizens are in the military?!? Really, where do you get your information? It is the lack of transparency in the Chinese stock market (i.e. the permissiveness of the Chinese stock “owners” versus the actual market conditions) that hinders their ability to raise additional foreign capital (see the empty Trade-market on “Front-Line” vs. the show-room trade floor). This deficiency is obviously offset by the massive ownership of American debt by the Chinese. Long story short, we rely on each other. We are clearly symbiotic rather than parasitic . . . for now.
By: torkel
Re: Bush Won, Get Over It
I feel horrible that we have to fight. My grandfather fought in WWI, my best friend from high school is in Iraq right now. My current roomate has PTSD from a tour in Iraq. I dated a girl that served two years there.
The saddest thing: we couldn't beat Hitler if we fought today. Political correctness has trumped neccessity. Obviously, veterans need to be treated better, but to see so much publicity given to 4,000 deaths versus 407,000 or so military deaths in WWII is very disconcerting. Again, not to say those who have died in Iraq were not worth mentioning . . . ahh hell, 407,000 plus died in WWII and we cheered, 4,000 have died and we flee. If not us, who? If not now, when?
The saddest thing: we couldn't beat Hitler if we fought today. Political correctness has trumped neccessity. Obviously, veterans need to be treated better, but to see so much publicity given to 4,000 deaths versus 407,000 or so military deaths in WWII is very disconcerting. Again, not to say those who have died in Iraq were not worth mentioning . . . ahh hell, 407,000 plus died in WWII and we cheered, 4,000 have died and we flee. If not us, who? If not now, when?
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