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It sounds like a great deal economically, and at this point India is about 80% yet-untapped potential; no harm in getting in while the getting's good. My only concern would be how this would affect the US's relationship with Pakistan. With the Middle East still so unstable and high-up members...

You will never go wrong by asking the bride what she wants. Always remember that, in the end, this is her wedding, and the groom is only up there so she doesn't look silly standing at the altar by herself. The reason all the groomsmen dress the same is in case the groom doesn't show up. God...

Honestly, wink, the 45-day review was only offered Thursday and accepted Sunday. And DPW requested the review themselves, to allay security concerns; it's not like our government realized that they'd been remiss in following the procedures established by law for situations like this. Now, I...

In any case of foreign investment, the CFIUS does a basic 30-day review, during which they decide whether or not a further 45-day investigation is warranted. As of 1993, though, the 45-day full investigation is required in all situations involving (a) a foreign government, which this does, and...

Something I haven't heard mentioned yet: in cases of foreign direct investment, the CFIUS (the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) is supposed to do an automatic 45-day investigation in cases where "the acquirer is controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government; and...

Call me naive (behind my back, if you please), but I think that a lot of the violent-vs.-nonviolent-Muslims has to do with environment. In most of the less-democratic Middle Eastern countries, societal displeasure is expressed in rioting and bombings because... that's how it's always been done...

You're making the assumption that Fred Phelps is a Christian in anything but name.

Blah blah blah, "Women are dream-killers," blah blah blah, "Get a prenup," blah blah blah, "Don't get married until you've gotten some southeast Asian tail," blah blah, "Don't get married, 'cause women have cooties," blah. No sweat, Brett, I took care of it.

For multiple kegs, you just need a really big fridge. A friend of mine turned this into a multi-level keggerator with two taps. Added bonus? It also makes its own ice and has room to store the steaks.

T-Mobile can actually pull up a map of your neighborhood and see where the cell towers reach. It's kind of cool.

I don't know if this caught anyone else's eye, but... if you really believe this, promise me you'll never, ever, ever try to fly a plane.

From a female perspective - chest hair on a man is a result of him being a man, and different from me. I'm all for it. Back hair, however? Get it gone.

Nothing can defeat the ninja. Ninjas cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. Maybe a game of Ninja, Pirate, Chuck Norris...

I've never cheered for Georgia Tech in my life, but I found myself doing just that as they fumbled their way through an ugly victory over Miami. 'Course, that's just because I have tickets to the ACC championship and wanted to see VA Tech; when GA Tech plays Georgia this week, I'm going to be...

Oh, good snort, certainly. Rather a "keep the Dr. Pepper off the keyboard" snort.

AnnieQ, "SO" (when used to mean "significant other") is banned on the Spouses Corner because some people on this forum absolutely can't abide the fact that a group of people (i.e. spouses) might occasionally use an acronym in a way other than the way they use it. And because their poor little...

Snort.

And after I've been lobbying so hard for "Chewbacca?" Don't ruin this for me.

You might want to start with a search on fraternization. You should find lots of information, and then you'll know what questions to ask.

Um, I meant more like aging quickly such that your useful, enjoyable years fly by before you know it.

The new ads are really clever, but I've never really liked the idea of "accelerating your life." Wouldn't that put you that much closer to death? Still beats the hell out of an "Army of One," though.

The way I heard that one from a Venezuelan sailor, a girl can wear the hat if she gives him a kiss, but she can only keep the hat if she's willing to wake up next to it.

I think that it was perfect, considering Kanye West's original ignorant comments. If I must break it down (which really kills the humor in something, y'know?), his comment said, in effect, "A comment that George Bush doesn't care about black people is just as ridiculous as a comment that George...

Between Jason Campbell, Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown, Auburn got spoiled and lazy, but that's just the offense. I don't know what happened to their defense. It didn't help, I'm sure, that their rebuilding team was up against never-spectacular-but-usually-solid Tech. The question now is...

I don't know about zero-tolerance for looters; you really have two different kinds. One is the kind that looks around at the death, destruction, horrible loss and tragedy around them and thinks, "Hey, free TV! Grab that DVD player, too!" You don't have electricity, asshat. The other one...

Technically, according to Islamic law, any translation of the Koran is not actually THE Koran but considered to be an interpretation of the Koran (and if you know anything about the Arabic language, you can see why they feel that way). Only the actual Arabic Koran is THE Koran. And I have...

Crown Prince Abdullah has pretty much been in charge since King Fahd's stroke in 1995. From what I hear, the only real difference in governance will probably be that policy will be enacted more quickly, since Abdullah won't have to run it past Fahd before taking it public.

Maybe that's 'cause "arc" is the appropriate word to use in such a context. That would be like me saying, "Wow, Fly Navy loves the word 'the'." ;)

Who has the grid for how long it'll be before someone advises this guy not to get married, because women are "career killers" who slaughter dreams? My money is on four hours. Back on topic, though, my personal opinion is that any combination of military uniforms and/or tuxes is perfectly...

Hey, I'm not naming names, I'm just gently nudging things back towards the topic of lousy movies. Here, I'll start: Kill Bill. What. A. Dog. For serious.

Oh, Christamighty. Not that I'm not usually the person on the sidelines shouting, "Hit 'em again! Here, use this bottle," but in the interest of general tranquility, could we maybe back away from the upcoming man vs. woman throwdown and go back to trashing lousy movies? There are so many...

People who don't know as much about the military probably have fewer problems with movies like Behind Enemy Lines or Stealth because the mistakes that would interfere with their reasonable suspension of disbelief just don't register to them. My dad is a doctor, and while he loved ER he could...

shoo24, I think in this case it could be argued that the Ensign was the one making the military look bad. Unless this was front-page-above-the-fold, it's just another crime article.

Because God hates you, squeeze.

Y'all are actually pretty close to the answer. My best friend is a gay guy, and I could never figure out why my ex had such a problem with him. When I wanted to do some shopping, when I needed to gripe, in the wake of some seriously bad highlights, I'd call J. When there was a football game...

Weren't you paying attention? We've been instructed to call them husbands, not SOs. ;)

Bwaahahahahahaha! Oh, lordy. Seriously, though, Road, you (y'all) seem to have straightened a couple of things out, and I for one am glad to hear it. Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of communication and the occasional, "No, baby, I totally care about what happened on Days of Our...

Nehru?! You pretentious bastard! ;)

Bennett, I think it's safe to assume that the guy who chooses "saltpeter" as a screen name has some serious woman issues.

snow85 - Hey, no hard feelings anywhere; a lively and well-informed debate is way more fun than anything I'm supposed to be doing today (O the degredation of today's mainstream media...). And I kind of got the idea that you oppose the amendment in question by your, y'know, vehement opposition...

And if people end up getting hurt, then the guy who set the flag on fire is criminally liable. But we don't tell people that they can't set bonfires because someone might get hurt, we don't tell people that they can't protest because someone might get hurt, we don't people that they can't drive...

Oh, come on, nothin'. There's intent and then there's thought crime. Intent is the difference between intending to murder someone and them ending up dead in the process of you defending yourself. In the case of flag burning, what's the intent? To turn a valued national symbol into cinders...

Leaping Jesus, I'm agreeing with snow85 here. Stay tuned for lions lying with lambs and a little child leading them. I think that what it comes down to, Road Program, is what you're willing to put into the relationship. Yes, you're really busy, but if you actually want to have a...

It's a bit narrow to define the freedom of speech as only words said aloud using lips, tongue, teeth and vocal cords. To get completely simplistic about it, that would limit the freedoms of anyone unable to express themselves through those means. "Freedom of expression" as an interpretation of...

Outside of the Navy, you might want to check out Al-Anon (www.alanon.alateen.org) and/or Narc-Anon. They've got really good resources to help deal with a family member with an addiction. Not to just completely air my family's dirty laundry here, but Al-Anon and Narc-Anon really helped us when...

What nittany said. Everything that nittany said. All the parts of it.

91! 91 after, like, fourteen tries. I need hobbies.

Living in Atlanta, I've been inundated with news of the "Runaway Bride." She wasn't gone for seven years, of course, but people were looking, and her fiancee was under investigation for murder. And now they've released the tapes of her FBI interview, and what does she say? "I just cracked...

I donated blood last week with the Red Cross, and list of questions was almost amusing. "Have you had sex with a man who's had sex with a man who's had sex with a woman who's had sex with a farm animal in exchange for drugs or money in Cameroon since 1977..." But they seem to be relaxing their...

Oh. My. Gourd. Pojeb staru mat, ti kurva. Jesus wept.