Tex -USMC-

Err... yay?

The media wouldn't cover the McCain Republican schism if the GOP leadership didn't do things like insult McCain because of his refusal to toe the party line 100%. You'll notice that the key ingredient in a good news story, conflict, is lacking in the Zell Miller case. Despite the fact that he has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican party (after years of legitimately having a bipartisan record, which also leads me to bring up the fact that you're comparing a generally solid party-voter with a guy who, until recently, crossed the aisle on a daily basis), minority leader Daschle has neither done or said anything about Miller's antics. Contrast that with Senate Republicans joking to reporters about McCain being a closet Democrat for having the temerity to break party ranks. Another thing to keep in mind that Miller's on the way out, and he was never as high profile a Senator as McCain anyway.

From the retarded file... http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=89271&region=4 Probably goes well with freedom fries.

Here's my take on Kerry voting for the authorization of force. He was in the wrong in that by voting for the authorization, he abdicated Congress' Constitutional control over the executive branch when it comes to wars. However, in light of what Congress knew at the time, and because the resolution entrusted the president with the responsibility of doing everything within his power to deal with the situation without resorting to war. It was a a serious lapse in judgement, but for more indirect reasons than what Denoir enumerated.

Relevance to the war on terrorism? Are you suggesting that the US government staged the 9/11 attacks to provoke a conflict? There isn't a big enough smiley on the internet to express how stupid that is.

Old news, and you already posted this in the other conspiracy thread. Give it a rest.

Whoa, chill out there bud. Taking the internet seriously can be hazardous to your health.

Not a surprise. Stupid, but not a surprise.

Yes, the orphanage/asylum was one of the most terrifying game levels I've ever played through. *shiver*

ignorance is global...so, only 25% of high schoolers really disliked Hitler and Stalin was a okay guy..... He has less redeeming features- for example, Stalin was a bit of a joker and Hitler used to paint

You went from "People who hold extreme views critical to the government are shut out by the media" to "Well sure, people who hold extreme views critical to the government have alot of success in the media".

Kerry's not boring. He's alot of things, but he isn't boring. At least when it comes to politics.

That's 180 degrees opposite of what you were arguing just one post ago.

Good game, beat it a while back. A worthy addition to the franchise.

Asside from the actual message that this person wants to bring forward ,are you saying that U.S media is actually good as an grading factor? It's extremely commercial ,but it's also held by a select few media mogul's that hence draw certain power from it. ,and the medium itself is interresting from a propaganda point of view. I wouldn't say that this particular message is boycotted or something by the "new world order" ,but to say that the U.S media is unbiased and out of goverment control or never used to distorte the truth? I doubt it... Two words: Michael Moore.

I'd like to add that this isn't even new conspiracy-mongering; anyone familiar with Alex Jones knows that not a shred of this has been published for less than six months. I'll allow you to draw your own conclusions as to why it never made a big splash outside of the lucrative militia compound market.

This in conjunction with flying pigs should make for one hell of a week, especially with Hell freezing over and all.

THE IMPORTANT NATURE OF THIS POST IS ENHANCED BY CAPITALIZATION Honestly, we have a war on terror thread- stack this bullshit in there with the rest.

What were you expecting, Albert? Moore is the political manifestation of an internet troll. If he doesn't have controversy, he doesn't have a career.

Oh, we would be a lot more friendly. We just wouldn't send any troops. Do you really think that we would suddenly want to risk our troops for a cause that we were against just because you got a nicer president? This is a far bigger issue than that personal dislike for the man currently in office. Replacing Bush will put you back on the Christmas card list, but it will harldy get you any military resources. But if the case can be made that Europe has a stake in a stable Iraq, and the pot is sweetened through reconstruction contracts and a stake in future oil revenues, would we perchance get a festive fruitcake to go along with said Christmas card?

Denoir, you have to frame the rhetoric within the political realities of the US. We're a country where a large minority (near-majority) think that Iraq was in on 9/11. We're a country who's still convinced that everyone in the Western world is our buddy despite what our president calls "some differences over policy". And, we're a country that's being subjected to a political campaign by an incumbent that in no small part is based on Bush being 'optimistic' and Kerry being 'pessimistic'. And do you think that maybe Kerry could reap an international windfall by pulling an executive mea culpa and bringing trans-Atlantic dialogue back to a more civil status-quo? It seems to me that a large portion of the current hostility towards our presence in Iraq stems solely from this administration and its follies; a new president singing a different tune would be a much more sympathetic figure towards garnering more international support.

This is a fairly good stump speech version of his plan Letting other countries in on the reconstruction pie may provide the carrot needed to bring the international community back in. Also note the foresight involved in anticipating problems cropping up in Iraq's future. You're not going to get that from Bush. And the tone, man, the tone. There isn't much 'smoke 'em out' and 'evildoer' type jingoism here. edit: I gave it a 'B' on another forum.

Definitely too easy...

I love this. Nothing like celebrating the 4th by watching the single greatest threat to my country get trounced by a Swede (you're still wrong about the constitution though )

Americans love to see Canadians celebrate Canada Day. It's cute, really just absolutely adorable. We like to encourage that kind of snuggly, non-threatening behavior in our <s>satellites</s> neighbors.