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Rhonwyyn
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posted August 19, 2004 19:15
NO CARB DIET
Have you heard of the NO-CARB Diet for 2004?
NO C-heney
NO A-shcroft
NO R-umsfeld
NO B-ush
and "Absolutely NO RICE!"
This is a diet that will take you successfully through the next election. Pass it on to your intelligent friends. (Oh, and.... Nothing will happen to you if you don't pass this on..... BELIEVE ME, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN!)
<disclaimer>The thoughts and opinions expressed in this post may not reflect the views of the management.<\disclaimer>
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spungo
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posted August 20, 2004 02:25
<Dan Quayle>
But what about the potatoe?
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drunkennewfiemidget
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posted August 20, 2004 07:26
They left those in Phoenix. You know, being that he's practically lived in San Francisco his entire life!
(Or whatever two unrelated locations he actually used.)
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ooby
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posted August 20, 2004 13:23
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Originally posted by Rhonwyyn:
Pass it on to your intelligent friends.
What happens when you pass it on to your unintelligent friends?
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MacManKrisK
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posted August 20, 2004 14:10
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Originally posted by ooby:
What happens when you pass it on to your unintelligent friends?
They claim it's all a bunch of lies, then tell you how George W. Bush is the greatest president of our time and how everyone would know that if it wern't for the "liberal media."
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posted August 20, 2004 15:13
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Originally posted by drunkennewfiemidget:
They left those in Phoenix. You know, being that he's practically lived in San Francisco his entire life!
(Or whatever two unrelated locations he actually used.)
Phoenix and California
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punkpixie1984
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posted August 20, 2004 16:10
I am almost certainly setting myself up here to be ridiculed, but what is going on? ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Yes, it's a joke. Yes, it's about American politics. So no, I don't quite get it. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
So many people have tried to explain the political state over there, and as far as I can make out (though this is largely due to Michael Moore) Bush = Bad. Not a lot else has penetrated through this occasionally absorbant sponge I call my brain. So, I ask you to explain to me, in highly simplistic, layman's terms, the political affairs of the U.S.A. at present.
Much obliged.
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TMBWITW,PB
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posted August 20, 2004 16:38
I don't know if it translates well into simplistic layman's terms. A lot has happened in the last four years, but suffice to say that "Bush = Bad" is many people's opinion of the political state. Even people that don't like John Kerry are hoping that he becomes president, for example. As far as the joke goes, Cheney is the Vice President and I think Ashcroft, Rumsfeld, and Rice are all in the Cabinet. If not, then they are advisors somehow and I know that they are very influential.
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The Famous Druid
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posted August 20, 2004 17:12
The use of 'anti terrorist' laws to totally trample basic civil liberties is what troubles a lot of people.
For example, the Transport Safety Authority maintains a 'no fly' list of 'known terrorists'. Sounds fair enough, I wouldn't want to be on a plane with a 'known terrorist'. But then, if they're 'known terrorists' why aren't they being arrested, instead of just turned away at the airport?
It turns out that the list is being used to harass people who have committed no crime, but are engaged in political activity the Bush administration doesn't approve of, like Democrat Senators and civil liberties lawyers.
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CommanderShroom
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posted August 21, 2004 07:08
I think it is safe to say that the political ans social climate in the "States" is quite volatile. The questions of the legitimacy of the 2000 election to the recent increase of the deficit. Though the largest reason is the "quick" action against Iraq that has taken more time than planned and more lives after the actual battles ended than the whole time during the war.
What I have truly sad is the perpetuation of the idea that to become a highly policed state will keep us safe. Unfortunately it is the actions of the gov't elswhere in the world has created this situation.
The attacks of 9/11 created new laws and changes in the livelyhood of many Americans. This has taken the form of the Patriot Act, new regulations of decency, and the quieting of many detractors of the current administration.
To cite the one thing that I fear the most is the fact that now it is legal to watch anyone that is under suspicion of terrorism for an indefinite amount of time. Also hearsay is an acceptable form of suspicion. That basically means that if I can get a couple of people to say that the gentlemen down the street has had dealings with certain unsavory characters. The gov't has the right (w/o a supeona) to tap phones, follow, question everyone you know, and keep you for questioning indefinitely. All of this can be done without having to go through the current legal process.
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drunkennewfiemidget
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posted August 21, 2004 08:54
Lets not forget that most of the attackers in 9/11 were Saudis, and that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, never had any weapons of mass destruction, and Iraq holds no connections to Al Qaeda. Despite all that, George W Bush sent in his troops anyway, and has basically murdered hundreds (if not thousands) of Iraqi civilians, and his own people in unnecessary warfare.
The war in Iraq is about one thing: oil.
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MacManKrisK
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posted August 21, 2004 11:59
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Originally posted by drunkennewfiemidget:
The war in Iraq is about one thing: oil.
Very very close, DNM, but in actuality, the war in Iraq is about something much simplier then oil: money.
It's all about the money. Let's not forget that GWB (and Daddy Bush too) have direct ties to the Saudi government and the Saudi's oil money. Let's also not forget that war is good for the economy of the state, that is, when the contracts are divvied up fairly. And if they're divvied up unfairly? Well, then that's good for Haliburton, and what's good for Haliburton is good for Dick Cheney and the Carlyle Group and GWB and Daddy Bush and the Saudis. And what's good for Haliburton, Dick, the Carlyle Group, GWB, Daddy Bush, and the Saudis is good for America, right?? Oh, wait, who cares what's good for America? The Administration is getting rich off of it and money is all that matters anyway! I love capitalism.
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drunkennewfiemidget
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posted August 21, 2004 13:24
Oh, absolutely. The largest way to get money in the long run out of Iraq is oil though. The war part of it is only short term.
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Callipygous
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posted August 21, 2004 14:38
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Originally posted by punkpixie1984:
I am almost certainly setting myself up here to be ridiculed, <snip> as I can make out (though this is largely due to Michael Moore) Bush = Bad. Not a lot else has penetrated through this occasionally absorbant sponge I call my brain. So, I ask you to explain to me, in highly simplistic, layman's terms, the political affairs of the U.S.A. at present.
The political affairs of the USA cannot be explained in highly simplistic layman's terms, though as you see here, we all have opinions that can be expressed like Michael Moore's as a simple polemic. If you wish to try and understand politics, (and you should - politics is about what controls your life), read newspapers, listen to current affairs programmes on Radio 4 and television and use what is obviously a capable brain.
We in the UK obviously have no say in who becomes the next US president, but our government's unconditional support for the US should influence the way you vote in our next General Election. If you believe that the Iraq adventure was a stupid idea, badly executed, that has made the world a much more dangerous place for no tangible long term benefit to anyone inside or outside Iraq your vote may be influenced one way. If however you believe that the US by invading Iraq is pursuing a historic mission to spread Freedom and Democracy around the globe, and is protecting world trade and all our standard of living by bringing stability into this dangerous volatile but economically vital part of the world, your vote should be influenced the other way.
You can also say "this is too complicated - it hurts my brain", but before you do that remember that if you don't take some responsibility for the political and economic events that shape your life, others will, and they are unlikely to have your welfare as top priority. Two other maxims are worth bearing in mind, "the price of liberty is eternal vigilance", and "under a democracy you get the government you deserve".
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drunkennewfiemidget
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posted August 21, 2004 15:33
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Originally posted by Callipygous:
[QUOTE]The political affairs of the USA cannot be explained in highly simplistic layman's terms, though as you see here, we all have opinions that can be expressed like Michael Moore's as a simple polemic. If you wish to try and understand politics, (and you should - politics is about what controls your life), read newspapers, listen to current affairs programmes on Radio 4 and television and use what is obviously a capable brain.
You also have to pay attention to WHAT news source you watch. Many news sources are very biased I've found the CBC in Canada to be the LEAST biased of all of the sources.
CNN in the states is a complete and utter republican propaganda machine, and should be avoided like the plague.
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SpikeSpiegel
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posted August 21, 2004 18:32
sorry drunkennewfie, but you couldnt be more wrong imho, CNN does lean to the Right occasionally, but Fox News should be avoided like the plague, as that is the real republican spin machine. for more or less unbiased political information within America listen to NPR, watch C-SPAN and read the New York Times.
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posted August 21, 2004 23:15
I'm voting for bush mainly because Kerry has change his stand on issue so much, that I have no idea where he stands now.
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The Famous Druid
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posted August 22, 2004 01:51
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Originally posted by Noldoaran:
I'm voting for bush mainly because Kerry has change his stand on issue so much, that I have no idea where he stands now.
Remind me, what has Bush done that bears even the faintest resemblance to his rhetoric before the last election?
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Originally posted by Callipygous:
We in the UK obviously have no say in who becomes the next US president, but our government's unconditional support for the US should influence the way you vote in our next General Election. If you believe that the Iraq adventure was a stupid idea, badly executed, that has made the world a much more dangerous place for no tangible long term benefit to anyone inside or outside Iraq your vote may be influenced one way. If however you believe that the US by invading Iraq is pursuing a historic mission to spread Freedom and Democracy around the globe, and is protecting world trade and all our standard of living by bringing stability into this dangerous volatile but economically vital part of the world, your vote should be influenced the other way.
If only it was that easy.
Given that labour and the tories were falling over each other in their haste to agree with everything GWB said, who would one vote for to register opposition to the Iraq war?
In a proper democracy, you could vote for one of the minor parties, but the UKs first past the post voting system makes a vote for them about as effective as a vote for Nader in the US.
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Rhonwyyn
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posted August 22, 2004 10:52
Wow. No comment on the political stuff, but I never expected this much of a response! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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