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I dont like bush, and i dont like gore, so we were screwed either way. As for going to war, i dont feel we should have been over there, and we sure as hell shouldnt be there now, people of our military are dying for no reason and its crap.
I want clinton back.
I hear you
I didn't really like Clinton... I don't really like Bush... Why can't we get a Libertarian in there?!
Why would we want a vegetarian for president? We need someone that likes meat...I thought that was fairly obvious, friggin hippie
Because they're idiots that'll legalize everything.Quote:
Originally posted by Zach L.
I didn't really like Clinton... I don't really like Bush... Why can't we get a Libertarian in there?!
Indeedy... Less government... Less inefficiency... Less useless, unenforced laws... More freedom... More self-responsibilty. Sounds terrible.
Yes until your roads don't get paved because they can't afford it. Crime rate will drop because illegal stuff will be made legal. And RoD freeing a country of a tyrant is always worthwhile. Imagine you being one of those people liberated from Saddam and your thoughts would take a 360 degree turn.Quote:
Originally posted by Zach L.
Indeedy... Less government... Less inefficiency... Less useless, unenforced laws... More freedom... More self-responsibilty. Sounds terrible.
ZakkWylde969, most of the time im with bush.
he doesnt make anything legal and he doesnt run the country like a coward. but i dont see him helping with all new crap computer laws. pretty soon it will be a crime not to use windows, because you know to much.
but clinton wouldnt of stood up to anyone one so im glad we have the lesser of 2 evils.
i do hate how hes slowly giving into the left. but still the best man so far.
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i want oreilly for president
I resent that, but I know deep down in your godless heart you really meant 2PI radiansQuote:
take a 360 degree turn.
Not always.Quote:
Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
freeing a country of a tyrant is always worthwhile.
Did you know that, just like bush, clinton did not win the popular vote?Quote:
Originally posted by RoD
I want clinton back.
I'm not sure your entirely clear on the concept. If you had no government, then there would be no revenue for the gov't, and no money for anything such as public works. As it is, the government wastes a lot of money, and maintains a lot of useless laws, or ones that restrict freedom. Violent crimes would still be crimes, and people would still be punished.Quote:
Yes until your roads don't get paved because they can't afford it. Crime rate will drop because illegal stuff will be made legal.
The method of removal isn't always worthwhile. Now why don't we get rid of Suharto - oh wait, he's still a friend, I forgot.Quote:
And RoD freeing a country of a tyrant is always worthwhile. Imagine you being one of those people liberated from Saddam and your thoughts would take a 360 degree turn.
That might not be a bad idea. :)Quote:
i want oreilly for president
hmm.. a 360 degree turn would be the same point from where you started...Quote:
Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
Yes until your roads don't get paved because they can't afford it. Crime rate will drop because illegal stuff will be made legal. And RoD freeing a country of a tyrant is always worthwhile. Imagine you being one of those people liberated from Saddam and your thoughts would take a 360 degree turn.
American politics and peoples idelogy some how amazes me.... First they said they are right.. now the same people say we had no business going there.....
No, there was a good bit of dissent before the war as well. Many people who said it was an idiotic idea then still say so, and many who supported it still do. You can't just lump everyone into having a collective opinion.Quote:
Originally posted by vasanth
American politics and peoples idelogy some how amazes me.... First they said they are right.. now the same people say we had no business going there.....
lol, yeah. we wouldnt be able to shut him up. but he wouldnt make everything legal, give into the left or blow all our money.Quote:
That might not be a bad idea.
how many billions do we just blow away every year? most of its isnt even for the us, what is for the us is often wasted.
schools are one, they throw in more and more money(or they beg for it) and they never fix it. the problem changes from school to school. more and more it seems to be the teachers and they say it because they dont have alot of money.
this is very messed up.
im not completly thrilled how we handled this war either. we have alot of napalm and old school bombs we never used. we should of just level his area and left, a weekend war. we could of and it would of been cheaper. why do we have to fix their problems? its their country and we already helped you. we always hold every countries hand.....
No offense but if you are serious, that is a blatantly stupid comment. The United States has always been divided over the Iraq war. The rest of the world (myself included) had the attitude "Just gather more evidence, then we'll support you", and we've been saying the same thing this whole damn time.Quote:
American politics and peoples idelogy some how amazes me.... First they said they are right.. now the same people say we had no business going there.....
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Originally posted by vasanth
hmm.. a 360 degree turn would be the same point from where you started...
American politics and peoples idelogy some how amazes me.... First they said they are right.. now the same people say we had no business going there.....
Hmm good point. I was going for you would completely turn around on your ideas. What new computer laws are there? I haven't heard about those.
Oh and Silvercord. The more time you try to find evidence of WMD the more time he has to hide them. Do you really thinkg a group of 15 to 20 people scouring and entire country for something that can be moved easily will have a chance at finding something? Anyone else notice that one time in a speech when Bush said something like the CIA was "darn good"? It was pretty funny.
the new computers laws are practicaly design to but nerds behind bars and help the big companies.
normally helping companies is a good think, they give people jobs. but now we need to declare war one them..
p2p to be a fellony, cant release security info in the us, cant play.
this why i hate bush, but then again i cant stand anyone one else. heck with a new president, i want a new revolution.
i do like the sounds of "if hes elected im moving", thats one of the reason why i want him to win :D to bad their the cowards that wont do anything. maybe he will be smart and say theres a draft, then they will all run with their mommies to canada so we can start up the canandian wall.
now im confused, maybe i do want bush and only bush......
Oh I just found something that helps me support Bushes desision to go to war with Iraq. I find tis to be interesting.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/mural.php
It's a painting. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
Oh I just found something that helps me support Bushes desision to go to war with Iraq. I find tis to be interesting.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/mural.php
You know, maybe we should go bomb Tom Clancy's house, too..
http://www.worldpaper.com/terrorism/clancy.html
Ah yes but that mural was found in an Iraq military base. Quite different than an author known for his books and the games based off his books (Rainbow 6). one is coincidece the other is a mural celebrating the death of thousands of innocents found in a goverment building of Iraq.
Just out of interest, where do you get this stuff?Quote:
how many billions do we just blow away every year? most of its isnt even for the us, what is for the us is often wasted.
schools are one, they throw in more and more money(or they beg for it) and they never fix it. the problem changes from school to school. more and more it seems to be the teachers and they say it because they dont have alot of money.
this is very messed up.
..... how does that support anything?Quote:
Oh I just found something that helps me support Bushes desision to go to war with Iraq. I find tis to be interesting.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/mural.php
Because, you know, when the inspectors can't find anything it's definitely a good idea for the president to declare war on the country they're inspecting instead of sending more inspectors over. Good thinking.Quote:
Do you really thinkg a group of 15 to 20 people scouring and entire country for something that can be moved easily will have a chance at finding something?
So to clarify:
No evidence = more reason to declare war, because you are giving them too much time to hide what you can't prove exists? I'll write that down in my Handy Dandy Notebook!
>> Ah yes but that mural was found in an Iraq military base. Quite different than an author known for his books and the games based off his books (Rainbow 6). one is coincidece the other is a mural celebrating the death of thousands of innocents found in a goverment building of Iraq.
A rather dispicable painting indeed. Truly aweful, and in extremely poor taste. It is, however, a piece of art, not a reason to go to war.
>> No evidence = more reason to declare war. I'll write that down in my notebook. And this is because you are giving them too much time to hide what you can't prove exists? I'll write that one down too.
Of course... double-speak (I think thats what they called it in 1984)... makes perfect non-sense.
you can hear about where we give our money away anywhere.Quote:
Just out of interest, where do you get this stuff?
schools are easier, im in one. plus the news.
why? problem?
You really believe there was NO evidence at all? Thats absurd to say that we had no reason and no evidence at all for taking down Saddam. While you take the tin foil off your head are you also going to tell me Osama wasn't a terrorist and wasn't involved in the World Trade Center bombings?Quote:
Originally posted by Silvercord
Because, you know, when the inspectors can't find anything it's definitely a good idea for the president to declare war on the country they're inspecting instead of sending more inspectors over. Good thinking.
So to clarify:
No evidence = more reason to declare war, because you are giving them too much time to hide what you can't prove exists? I'll write that down in my Handy Dandy Notebook!
its not proof of anything, but its not a goos sign either. its a reason to look into it more.
we dont need to find anything! we already have more than enough to go in. look at all he has broken, there was a loop hole for us to go in from their.
we didnt need much to look for anything, we had a reason to be in there. plus there enough showing he could of and wanted to.
he played the odds and a had a good excuse todo it.
And let me comment real fast on the whole not finding them issues. Look around the room you are in. Look at EVERYTHING. Do you see atoms? Do you see the air? Do you see definate proof that god exists? No. My point of this is this. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there.
Wow... congratulations on coming up with the weakest possible argument.
Philosophy aside, we can say that the weapons exist if we see them. We don't see them. Why don't we attack Fiji for weapons we don't see over there while we're at it.
(Note: I've got nothing against Fiji. ;) )
I think that is a rather strong argument. What is your religion? Have you seen your god? How do you know he exists? That is a strong argument if you open your mind to things. I just take it you are the type of people who have to see it to believe it. (Not a bad thing at all just a personality type) and I am more of someone who just uses what he knows and assumes. No one is going to win this argument.
ZakkWylde969, right idea but bad way of putting it.
My talking skills suck. Feel free to explain to them what I mean if you want.
This coming from the master himself :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by mart_man00
ZakkWylde969, right idea but bad way of putting it.
At least I'm on the right track. ;) (god that wink smily sucks..))
true, i often forget that im talking to (mostly) pinkos.Quote:
This coming from the master himself
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Jesus Christ if i see this INANE argument presented one more time I swear my head is going to explode.
LISTEN CRETINS, if there is absolutely no evidence for something THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO BELEIVE ITS TRUE.
I do not believe there is a floating invisible kangaroo hovering over my head because there is no evidence to suggest his existence.
No, i can't prove he doesn't exist, yes its true he "might" exist despite the fact that there is no evidence, none the less you still have to be clinically insane to believe in him.
This is why they need to teach people how to think from an early age because clearly if you leave people alone they fail to develop reasoning skills.
Arguing that the lack of evidence for WMDS in Iraq doesn't matter on the grounds that evidence doesn't really mean anything anyway is worse than just a weak argument, its bloody idiotic.
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A much better argument would be the one Blair used when he addressed congress, which was something along the lines of saying if the US/UK are wrong they've eliminated a monster and history will forgive them, if they're right (and you could argue there is a certain amount of cirumstantial evidence supporting the 'Iraq was developing/had WMDs hypothesis') then they've done the world a great favour.
If they wanted to do the world a favour, they should have killed him in the first war, when they were fully capable of doing so. They let him kill many more people by leaving him in power.
yeah, i hate that too. but thats what you get from out lawing assassinations. one bullet could of solved everything.
But if asassinations were legal, half of the people in the country would be dead right now...and sometimes, that's not so bad :PQuote:
yeah, i hate that too. but thats what you get from out lawing assassinations. one bullet could of solved everything.
Or nothing. If Saddam Hussein were assassinated, his son or some other like-minded person would assume power in Iraq. In retrospect, it might have been best to have removed Saddam from power in 1991, but the same problems as now are implicit. The best method would have been for the United States to back rebels in Iraq, preferably with UN sanction. In this way, the U.S. would only play a supporting role in the Iraqis' own quest for self-government. Unfortunately, the U.S. missed its chance to do this, and many Kurds were massacred because of it.Quote:
Originally posted by mart_man00
yeah, i hate that too. but thats what you get from out lawing assassinations. one bullet could of solved everything.
You can see the folly in our current situation. Running water, electricity, and other necessities are hard to come by in Baghdad after the bombings, and infrastructure repair has been slow to come. This has alienated many Iraqis from us and only fuels support for Saddam and anti-American groups in Iraq and the rest of the Islamic world. While this is happening, Americans are continuing to call the shots in Iraq, and our government has been selling off Iraq's resources to the sole profit of U.S. corporations and not the Iraqi people (An interesting article in a recent issue of The Nation http://www.thenation.com/ has more details in which contracts were awarded to whom).
I truly believe evidence, or a lack thereof, for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is very important to the credibility of the Bush administration, which is already low for many. President Bush appealed his case to the American public mainly on this argument. If Americans were to see this war as a means for Bush to continue his popularity and to reward his business associates, they would be much more demanding. At home, we're seeing a continuing loss of civil liberties in the name of national security. If only there were an opposition majority in both houses of Congress to put an end to this madness.
My Opinions
- Bush is doing what he can.
- Gore would have done the same thing.
- I'm only thirteen so I'm not the most knowledgable about political issues
- Tree-huggers rule!
they should be shot.Quote:
Tree-huggers rule!
zakk your opinions suck, stop saying them
close this thread it's pointless i should be executed in the woods for starting it.
Before it is closed I just want to add my view.
Basically I'm not going to say anything about the war (I always disagreed with that). The real thing that I have a problem with is the lying that went on.
The US knew there were no WMDs. The thing that annoys me most is that no one can punish the US for lying, so they've won, and they'll do it again, too.
Sorry for my absense, went canoeing and drinking last nite.
Anyway, i dont think any president would have done the same thing, and here is why. The real reason we went into Iraq isnt weapons, its partly oil, but the big picture is bush placed a large amount of the September 11th blame on Saddam. Which is crap. A real, AMERICAN president, would have takn out Osama during midnight of September 11th/12th and taken care of it then, instead of a scapegoat a year and a half later.
He wasted his free war card and caused our people to die, impeach his ass.
Well Zakk, I'm an atheist, so your point still doesn't work. Instead of continuing this line, I'll just refer you to Clyde's post (well put ;) ).Quote:
Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
I think that is a rather strong argument. What is your religion? Have you seen your god? How do you know he exists? That is a strong argument if you open your mind to things. I just take it you are the type of people who have to see it to believe it. (Not a bad thing at all just a personality type) and I am more of someone who just uses what he knows and assumes. No one is going to win this argument.
Anyways, what bothers me the most about the whole situation is that the US managed to go about it in a way as to take the teeth out of the UN.
If humans didn't make stupid assumptions and conclusions to make up for lack of knowledge there'd be no religion at all, and the world would be a better place.
How would it be a better place? Religion fills in the large gaps that scientists leave in their theories.Quote:
If humans didn't make stupid assumptions and conclusions to make up for lack of knowledge there'd be no religion at all, and the world would be a better place.
The point is, no one knows what goes in those gaps, so people just guess. And since it isn't based on rationality, but instead on 'faith' (which few are willing to compromise), people will pointlessly argue/fight/kill/slander/etc to defend it.
:rolleyes:Quote:
How would it be a better place? Religion fills in the large gaps that scientists leave in their theories
The invisible kangaroos are watching you.
Religion isnt a way of life, its an excuse. Its the excuse for anything a simple mind cannot explain, its an excuse for every thing that science has yet to justify for the ignorance of those who make the excuses.
To base life on religion is to live an excuse, a lie, and to waste a life that may have been spent with a point.
religion was just supposed to keep people inline.
some parts of their books are just laws(no killing...). the punishments(basicly death for everything) was just how people thought.
religion is a good thing. for some people it keeps them out of jail. you only have to believe in the religion or know why it was made.
thats why most american(other countries anyone?) believe. also thats why most religious people arent the abortions people or kens $$$s.
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i still hate f a g being censored. liberal is a much more of a offensive word.
It should be filtered, thats statement you are trying to make isnt needed or even right dude, stfu.
As for the rest of your post, they dont believe because of whats written. Thats the excuse they make for believeing, but they believe because they are scared of what they dont understand, its called ignorance.
how does
" Travel the world, meet interesting people, impeach Bush!"
turn into a flippin' religious arguement?
Somebody close this thread.
everything always change in here.
i wish atleast some people will finish one thread. another thread is just going to start because this one was closed.
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how does
" Travel the world, meet interesting people, impeach Bush!"
turn into a flippin' religious arguement?
:rolleyes:Quote:
And let me comment real fast on the whole not finding them issues. Look around the room you are in. Look at EVERYTHING. Do you see atoms? Do you see the air? Do you see definate proof that god exists? No. My point of this is this. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there.
Seconded.Quote:
Somebody close this thread.
zakk brought it up like a moron thats how.
or a dufus :D
*If you're happy and you know it close this thread!* clap clap
*I should be executed for starting it, shoot me in the head!* clap clap
*If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it close this thread*
clap fart
Here's hoping I get this in on time before the thread closes.
Clinton was a moderately good president. The country generally prospered under him. Sure, he was impeached, but it was for purely political reasons. (Lying about sex is not a high crime, just like lying about selling arms to terrorists, or lying about iraqi business deals is not a high crime.)
And Clinton did win the popular vote. He didn't win the 'majority', but he won the 'plurality'. (He got less than 50% of the vote, but it was more than either Bush or Perot got.)
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Originally posted by Zach L.
Well Zakk, I'm an atheist, so your point still doesn't work. Instead of continuing this line, I'll just refer you to Clyde's post (well put ;) ).
Anyways, what bothers me the most about the whole situation is that the US managed to go about it in a way as to take the teeth out of the UN.
Ah a fellow athiest. My point works fine with me and I am a non believer. And silvercord I think your opinions are very closed minded and ignorant so why don't you stop saying them?
And RoD I brought it up as an example because allot of you can relate. You guys made it a big deal and expanded on it
dang you people are stupid. An opinion is what a person believes or their perspective on a situation. You can't say another person's opinion is stupid, but you can say that you disagree. dufusses
You very well can say someones opinion is stupid because that is your opinion. So your opinions on opinions are stupid.
That's usually true
but you see
Zakk is just plain wrong about everything he says. I can't help that. But otherwise the opinion thing that zelda stated is true, at least in his opinion
EDIT: I could kill all of you anyways, so you might as well just start giving me presents and being nice to me and pretend to like me and agree with everything I say. You're going to have to do it to your employer, so might as well start with me.
very good point. In my opinion...I should shut up :P. But it's inconsiderate to tell people to stop saying their opinions unless they're against your standards.
Plain wrong? I am wrong that it is a good thing Saddam isn't in power anymore? Give me 3 min and I will pull up a picture that very closely pictates (word?) you.Quote:
Originally posted by Silvercord
That's usually true
but you see
Zakk is just plain wrong about everything he says. I can't help that. But otherwise the opinion thing that zelda stated is true, at least in his opinion
Oh I considerered it all right. I considerered it long and hard (heh, I said long and hard in the same sentence).Quote:
But it's inconsiderate to tell people to stop saying their opinions
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zakk, this whole thing about you and your desire to express your opinions just isnt' working out. Maybe I need to re iterate?
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I hope you understand me, I know not having english as a first language can be difficult.Quote:
zakk your opinions suck, stop saying them
whoever started this thread, just delete it. You can, right?
no i can't
how 'bout I put in a bunch of whitespace to lure everyone away :P
>>I hope you understand me, I know not having english as a first language can be difficult.
Well thats borderline racism. I was actually taught english during the VERY short time I was born in Canada. So tell me. Why was taking down Saddam bad? Iraqs conditions have upped. So we pretty much saved a country. And we took down a potential threat. (If you can't agree Saddam WAS a threat you need to take a large course in Common sence). I see allot of good in the invasion and downfall of a tyrant. I feel my opinions are as good as yours if not better since at least I am not closed minded with mine. So, with that said how can you say I am wrong?
Hahaha! So many hilarious things said in such a short space! :D
I'll refrain from elaborating for my own good. :cool:
ha ha ha...no...
Zakk, please, shut up.Quote:
Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
Ah a fellow athiest. My point works fine with me and I am a non believer. And silvercord I think your opinions are very closed minded and ignorant so why don't you stop saying them?
And RoD I brought it up as an example because allot of you can relate. You guys made it a big deal and expanded on it
:D My point exactly
No please humor me and tell me how Bush is a evil person, as much as Hitler is! Wait Hitler wasn't bad! He wasn't evil. He didn't invade those countries! He didn't kill all of those Jews in concentration camps! We have no proof of those so odviously they didn't happen! You people are so ignorant. You assume that Bush is evil and he is wanting to wreak havok upon the world. I'm going to get in trouble for this last 2 words but they are very very true.Quote:
Originally posted by Zach L.
Hahaha! So many hilarious things said in such a short space! :D
I'll refrain from elaborating for my own good. :cool:
Stupid liberals.