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Hmm...so the British, their royalty view it as a duty to at least serve, whereas the French, they don't even send their own people necessarily, they use a legion of foreigners :D

Yes, I mean, from my understanding, it isn't like predicting global climate is the same as predicting the weather, just on a much more massive scale, but rather an entirely different thing altogether. But considering that they can't predict the weather more than week out with any real...

Good point, I stand corrected; Mexico is still connected to America, so for that it isn't as big a deal. Whoops, I missed that part; that is good that they are at least keeping the manufacturing in America.

Regarding predicing weather, remember predicting weather and global climate are two different things. However, a changed global climate will have different weather theoretically, so if they can't predict the weather for the current climate too far out, I don't know how they think they can try to...

The story was broke by a Austrlian woman's magazine and then a German magazine, read back some.

I disagree. If the whole world was one big free-market and we all were friends just engaging in free trade, then I can see that. But when it comes to the national defense, outsourcing is a no-no IMO. The cold economic reality is GMC and Ford and Chrysler should just move their manufacturing...

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=332289 - more news; according to this, that melted Arctic ice is back. IMO, I think the Sun has a heck of a lot more influence on the Earth's weather than we humans.

I disagree. If we get record cold temperatures, it is blamed on "global climate change" (if you notice that's the new lingo; no one says "global warming" anymore). If a place gets a record heat wave, it's blamed on "global climate change." Mmm....I might have them mixed up, but I believe that...

I'd have to disagree there. The ice in the Arctic seems to be melting, and a peninsula off of the Antarctic continent seems to be melting, but aside from that, all current evidence shows the whole of the Antarctic continent to be growing colder. This is significant, because Antarctica comprises...

The problem is that it's not that simple. I have no problem with taking steps to continuously clean the environment or to fight global warming if it might be a problem as long as we don't trash our economy in the process and/or make it where you're living with the government's tongue shoved up...

http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooling/article10866.htm Of course it isn't warming now, it's "climate change" :icon_roll

When you say "women," is that some Navy terminology for a weapon of some type or something...?

My mistake on the $250,000 thing. My point though is that people often refer to those tax cuts as "tax cuts for the rich" and $250,000 is not rich. It is a nice income, but not rich. Rich is if you're making $250,000 a month. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but those tax cuts I believe brought in...

Hillary, Obama, both seem the same to me. Both are for higher taxes, "re-distribution" of wealth, "free" healthcare, anti-2nd Amendment, bigger government, "helping" the poor (i.e. subsidizing them), etc...

I'd have to disagree there. Both Obama and Clinton claim to stand for the middle-class and poor. Hillary is not for the upper-middle class, I mean she has claimed she will repeal the Bush tax cuts which start at salaries of $250,000/yr and up; $250,000/yr is upper-middle class. Personally I...

Tomcat > Hornet :p

That's true.

In Arizona at least, they seem to be keeping the street racing punishments based according to personal responsibility. None of those feel-good, "They didn't mean it, they had bad parents, send them to counseling..." types of laws, but "You street race and kill someone and you get serious time in...

I think the reason for the harsh streetracing laws now is because the public has had it with street racing and has been demanding the legislators crack down on it. Just a few weeks ago in Scottsdale, Arizona, a street race occurred between a 42 year-old driving a Mercedes-Benz, and a 25...

The People have won, for now anyway: http://www.johnandkenshow.com/archives/2008/01/14/state-wants-to-control-your-thermostat/ http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/01/12/news/top_stories/9_02_1801_11_08.txt

Everyone says they have rights, no one wants responsibilities.

:D Yeah I hadn't meant it that way! Let's just agree to disagree on this, but IMO if you spot the book, at least give it a browsing;)

The book has very extensive documentation and research. Don't close off your mind just because you don't like how something sounds.

Like I said, I do not have the books with me. I can see why it would seem "conspiracy-like" regarding the book on POWs, that's why I suggest people read it first. But I completely disagree that my Enron argument is based on anything speculative. There is absolutely nothing speculative about...

:confused:People asked me to explain more, so I did.

I agree it's always better to be able to quote directly from the book (s) but I don't have the books on me, I read them both from the library and they both had to be ordered in from other libraries. From what I remember about Enron though, their primary business was energy trading. They were...

Yeah the book is controversial of course, IMO read it first though, then draw conclusions. Read The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming and Environmentalism.

No offense taken, maybe I am wrong, I recommend reading that book though. But here in the "Veteran's Issues" section, he seems rather anti-military in his voting; maybe he had other reasons to vote "No" though...? http://votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270 10/01/2007 National...

I don't like McCain because he has done everything he can to ignore the soldiers left behind in Vietnam. Read "An Enormous Crime." John Kerry and John McCain were the key members of a Senate committee that investigated the POW/MIA issue, and they found it was likely that POWs were left behind...

Just thought this was interesting: http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/190668.php

Point taken, I should have titled it better.

How come?

http://www.nssf.org/news/fromBP.cfm?BPseq=704 At another forum, I also saw this: There are two former Clinton appointees on the board of directors for Citigroup. Robert Rubin the former Secretary of the Treasury and John Deutch the former DCI. I don't know if that has anything to do with it...

The people who are at the head of the Fairtax have been studying thei ssue for twenty years. I think they've already had all the criticisms and questions posed to them. I am reading the book right now though and then will read the website. HOWEVER, I do not believe the Fairtax is a good idea...

I'm not comparing Obama to Hitler in terms of how Hitler was a rabid nationalist, wanted to kill all non-Aryans, and conquer the world. However, the two are similar IMO in that Hitler was a reknowned speaker who could carry an audience brilliantly. He appeared as a very trustworthy, strong...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/who_will_control_your_thermost.html

Alright, I might be wrong on these, so correct me if so, but I won't vote for Obama because he is a socialist with virtually no experience for the times we are in, and also questionable loyalties considering he doesn't wear his American flag/lapel (whatever it was, I forget) or hold his hand up...

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-mead30dec30,0,1035099.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary

I used to be religious, but then became atheist, then some shit happened and I started praying, realizing I deep down DID still believe in a god, but I am not a faithful person by any means, so now I am sort of in-between. I believe there MAY be a creator or ultimate intelligence out there...

I don't think closing those bases would be in America's best interests, or the world's. I mean when the next tsunami or earthquake occurs, and every country expects the U.S. military to come save them, well that would be difficult without any bases anywhere. Even the UN is a good deal the...

Okay I didn't read the whole thread, but IMO "Universal Health Care" is a terrible idea. Canada outlawed private healthcare years ago, and they have since had people come to America for care and also bureaucrats being caught skirting around the healthcare system there. Now they are either...

Thanks for the info. Yes NY is one of the American Soviet states. If they can regulate it or tax it, they'll do it!

I read on some other forums that Ron Paul has accepted money from white supremacist groups and hasn't given the money back to them or made an effort to distance himself rom them despite repeated attempts to do so....anyone know if this is true? I love the idea of getting rid of the IRS and a...

This is a question from a complete neophyte, but when times comes that I want to purchase my own gun, are there any specific licenses I need to get? Do all guns need to be registered? Can you just walk into a store and buy a gun or is there a waiting period? (you can see how ignorant I am on...

Speaking of which, they're apparently now banning samurai swords in England...http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=13054

There's a town in Kommiefornia that just made it law that any pet dogs you have that are male must be castrated. I forget the logic to that one! What's incredibly odd is Lefties assume that humans are by nature peaceful and loving and so forth, yet they assume that if you give guns to...

AHH...I had forgotten about that, you mean the three-fifths clause. From my understanding, the notion that the three-fifths clause was written to say that blacks are three-fifths human, isn't quite true in the way people make it out to be. From what I understand, the origins of the clause...

Whoa, was unaware of that, which part says this? When you seize power...:eek: :D

Cool your heels, I meant the latter;) Point taken. Good point. Okay people, sorry for the threadjack, thank you for the information.

Okay. No; by "Christian principles," I meant more the emphasis on the individual for development, "love thy neightbor," work hard, etc...how was the country founded upon the principles of race, slavery, and genocide? I always thought it was rather hypocritical of course how certain of the...