Professor Tournesol

Reply to Smarter Than The Average President in Politics JoeUser Forums

well he is the Anti-Christ after all so if the Fundamentalist Christian lobby is supporting him then he has them fooled at least. http://www.bushisantichrist.com/ I don't know my Republicans from my Democrats but wasn't it a Republican who said "The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficie

Reply to Pictures from the anti-American, I mean anti-war protests in Politics JoeUser Forums

you said: The problem is he has no argument. Kind of sad really. Being adrift in a sea of useless inanities and irrelevant data. Kind of the last man standing on a deserted world. Enjoy your kingdom Prof. Kingdom of the useless. I say: most droll Dr Guy. ironically you were accidentally accurate when you said that I had no argument - I made a comment, not an argument. What i didn't provide was the ad hominem attack. I guess I might lea

Reply to Pictures from the anti-American, I mean anti-war protests in Politics JoeUser Forums

Amazing really. The US government can't be trusted when it comes to any domestic policy that requires the raising of taxes or a law that may impinge in any way on your ability to do whatever you want, but as soon as a citizen uses their right to protest government policies that you agree with (always the ones that impinge on other people's liberties) then they are un-American! Isn't the right to free speech supposed to be something you support? It

It's Un-American! in The Environment JoeUser Forums

I don't believe it. Did I mis-hear or did Dubyah, the President of the Corporate States of America actually tell American customers to drive LESS? Is this for real? Doesn't this infringe on a constitutional right to do whatever you want without any consequences? Who does he think that he is? Next thing he'll be coming up with Pinko statements like you don't actually NEED 5 cars in the driveway, or even worse, that they should be cars and not the Urban

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You say: Here is what you should read to understand the problems in New Orleans: http://www.vdare.com/misc/rushton_iq_conundrum.htm The average IQ in Africa is 70--that is the equivalent of an 11 year old adult---11 year olds can do a lot of things including firing etc... I say: if you knew anything about IQ and you won't learn it reading that racist self-serving claptrap, you'd discover that not only would a normalis

Reply to Global Warming vs. Pirates in Politics JoeUser Forums

if you really believe that there are only 17 pirates put it to the test by sailing a slow boat through the Straits of Malacca or the Horn of Africa. Bodgy data I reckon:-)

Reply to New Orleans - America's Pompeii in Politics JoeUser Forums

hardly as if it were unexpected. Even Scientific American wrote about it in 2001 in a very prescient article as did national Geographic. What has happened to the civic structure of America? You seem to have a 1st world military but a third world civic infrastructure. American society used to sell itself as inclusive, New Orleans demonstrates what happens to cities/people that live on or beyond the margins. $3 an hour jobs gives people the dignity of la

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

you said: Again, the focus is on Trent Lott, a rich white guy whom the people in New Orleans could not relate to? Trent Lott has the money to rebuild his house all over again. Is this supposed to be comforting and reassuring? Am I supposed to feel sorry for him? Why couldn't Bush take the opportunity to focus on the lower section, the section that is mostly underwater. What about those people? I say: there are 2 United State

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You said: Yes, you made my point: Global warming is fashionable today just as Eugenics was fashionable at a time. That doesn't make it good science. I say: I'm sorry but continually equating the views of the majority of the scientific community on global warming to those of a few on eugenics is disengenuous. This is a debate for another thread but have you read the links I posted on this? you talk about 'the Government' as if

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Like most far-left liberals, you may think you're a centrist but you're not. Funny isn't it how everyone thinks that they are the beacon of common sense and hold neutral views whilst all those around them are then defined as right or left! I ask: Was it Bush (or maybe Karl Rove) using Jedi mind powers to force the mayor of New Orleans not to call the evacuation order until the very last second even though people were actively sc

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Reply By: Draginol Posted: Saturday, September 03, 2005 Eugenics theory used to be accepted by the "mainstream" scientific community... Eugenics was accepted by a small part of the scientific community. For instance see: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dh23eu.html Quoting...... The term eugenics comes from the Greek roots for "good" and "generation" or "origin" and was first used to refer to the "

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

you talk about 'the Government' as if it is separate from society. There seems to be a pervasive mistrust of government in the US but you keep voting untrustworthy governments into power. Brad I know we have had this debate on the stardock.politics newsgroup but it really seems like you have the government that you (plural) deserve (so do we unfortunately).

Reply to How Much of an Obligation should we have to the Stupid? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Then col will you send at least 80% of your income to the government? Do you really not see these people as a part of your community? if you do what obligation do you have to each other? What does community mean?

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

you said: "I'm sorry.. what does owning a gun have to do with a gas-guzzling SUV and global warming? Or are you getting your foarming at the mouth "I'm going to make the world a better place and you'll like it when I'm done" issues mixed up? This is a tragedy, but as people mentioned before.. they were given days to get out. " I say: You'll be pleased to know that I'm not foaming, just despondent. There is a link in my mind betwee

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

http://www.counterpunch.org/flaherty09032005.html for a personal blog of events around the evacuation. Of course for the determindly blind, this is from a 'left wing' site so you can dismiss it as a fabrication:-)

Reply to New Orleans Aftermath and analysis in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hurricanes are certainly not caused by global warming but super hurricanes are. the water temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is now approaching 30 degrees celcius, and the convection and icreased evaporation of water is amplifying hurricanes. Sure, hurricanes have always been there and always will, and there may have been stronger and more destructive hurricanes in the past but in the future there will be more hurricanes like this one or worse. Imagine

Reply to BUSH HAS ABANDONED MILITARY VICTORY IN IRAQ in Politics JoeUser Forums

brainless in what sense?

Reply to BUSH HAS ABANDONED MILITARY VICTORY IN IRAQ in Politics JoeUser Forums

sorry, but Richard Perle himself has said that he didn't believe it and neither did the Administration but that it was a 'bureaucratic necessity' to justify the invasion. You may not like the duplicity, and I'm with you, I don't like it either, but just denying it in the face of direct evidence really doesn't help, and it just repeats the errors of the US administration. The CIA said that there was insufficient evidence, so did MI6, so did the UN (the

Reply to BUSH HAS ABANDONED MILITARY VICTORY IN IRAQ in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush deserves bashing on this. he knowingly lied to you for other hidden agendas, he planned poorly, he had vert unsophisticated plans for rebuilding Iraq and still does. he has made the life of ordinary Iraqis much worse. those that can leave Iraq are leaving creating a brain drain of the talent that the country needs. The rebuilding process is as corrupt as the 'oil for food' programme ever was with companies like Halliburton securing multi-million d

Reply to BUSH HAS ABANDONED MILITARY VICTORY IN IRAQ in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush talked about invading Iraq during the 2000 election campaign. It predated September 11 by at least a year. Project for a New American Century published articles in 2000 and before justifying why the invasion of Iraq and Iran was 'necessary' in 2000. The strategy though always seemed badly argued, in fact there was no strategic goal beyond increasing American hegemony. The Administration never believed the WMD lie, in fact Richard Perle ad