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Reply to Do you REALLY want to do something about CO2 emissions? in Politics JoeUser Forums

guess he doesn't know where alaska and montana are. alaska has one third the land of the 48 states. only has about 200,000 people in it. all of the oil is in the north. there is only one place with a smaller pop. than northern alaska. Don't mean to be nitpicky but what the hell, eh? Actually, Alaska has closer to 700,000 people, not 200,000. Bingo you're right, a lot of the oil that's on U.S soil is coming from Alaska, and it's t

Reply to Do you REALLY want to do something about CO2 emissions? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol, Yes, our GDP is lower than that of the U.S, but still ranks pretty high in the overall picture in comparison to the rest of the globe. As an aside, the GDP numbers are debatable depending on your source, and how the numbers get crunched. The other day I was reading one report saying that Canada's GDP was closer to 38 K not 35 K. But anyway, if you say 35 that's fine. A few reasons why our overall GDP is lower... and yes, I am going to pull the population card! Our nat

Reply to Our kids are our future in Current Events JoeUser Forums

CharlesCS1, I agree with all 6 of your points. My concern isn't so much about the old freeloaders on society argument but about creating a two-tiered class based society, where you have two groups of kids- one group which has been given every advantage and opportunity to grow and learn (these kids will probably grow up to be the boss-man, and will hang out in their own social circle of fellow educated elites) and the other much larger group which end up with a dumbed-down education beca

Reply to Al Gore, We're listening now in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just as an aside, there's an interesting article on media perception of Gore at smirking chimp- WWW Link http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10504 Curious to know what the fine folks at JU think of the authors assertions! (dons flame retardant shield)

Reply to Al Gore, We're listening now in Current Events JoeUser Forums

your still not taking into account the natural dance between prey and predator. when prey goes up predators go up. when prey goes down predators go down. Yes, I know of the relationship between prey and predator. The prey that polar bears go after are seals, of which there is currently an over-abundance, so if anything the polar bear population should be exploding right now, not declining as precipitously as it is. <div class="Article_Quote

Reply to Al Gore, We're listening now in Current Events JoeUser Forums

in 1960 polar bears numbered 5000. today the number is around 30,000. what you might be seeing is just nature trying to bring the bear population down. so that its prey can recover. as for the ice melting. during the last ice age. the arctic ocean was mostly ice free. why, because the gulf stream was flowing into the arctic ocean. lots of hot water little ice. with the sea levels rising the gulf stream is creeping closer and closer to the arcti

Reply to Al Gore, We're listening now in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In regards to this whole global warming schtick, I can speak to what I've witnessed personally. I live up pretty close to the polar bears, and let me tell you they could definitely be extinct in another 30 years or so. This isn't idle conjecture but hard fact that they are indeed dying off, whether or not global warming is man made or not it is hapenning and if it continues it will seriously mess up our way of life. I've personally seen polar bears dead from starvation, because the sea ice

Reply to What is Torture? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Moderateman, I'm not ridiculing you. There have been many, many replies that I would have liked to post regarding this topic but to adequately sum up my opinions it will take a lengthy article. So sometime this week I will post said article outlining a crazy commie's opinions of torture and the current state of U.S interrogation methods, which I look forward to discussing with the good folks at JU. However tonight is hockey night in Canada. I'ma go get drunk and watch people sm

Reply to What Liberals Fear in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Andrew, It was such a nice saturday evening and then you have to go post a piece of bait like this. What are you fishing for, hmmm? In saying that all liberals fear the following six things you are painting many people around the globe with one brush-stroke, don't you think that's just a little ridiculous? Saying that all people of a particular political affiliation are afraid of Christianity and Judaism is just a little offensive thank you very much. I was unaw

Reply to Gen. Sanchez, Former Iraq Commander Blasts Bush on Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

COL Gene, For me the "oh shit" point when I realized that any military action in Iraq was going to be directed by incompetent ass-clowns who have read too much Tom Clancy came before the invasion had even begun. If you'll harken back to Feb 2003, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Eric Shinseki publicly stated that the post-invasion force Rumsfeld was planning for was way too small. He said that after the "war" was over, occup

Reply to What is Torture? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

[quote]I AM still waiting for you to define what is ok to use to interrogate terrorists to gather important information, I already know what you do not approve of, but how about telling us what you think is alright to do to break a hardened terrorists?[/ quote] Moderateman, My answer is that other than asking questions there is absolutely nothing that is alright to do to someone, even a hardened terrorist in order to make them talk. Now please, hear me out. If you

Reply to What is Torture? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

wow, chastised to the max, and for good reason, from your point of view anyways, I accept this and will not respond in kind. I do thank you for pointing out what you see as where I have gone wrong and you are right I did ask for one example, you gave it to me and then I trashed it. apologies for that. You responded in good faith and did not deserve it. Moderateman, I'm speechless! Well not quite. Congrats on keeping your cool though! In

Reply to What is Torture? in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

2 entries found for torture. To select an entry, click on it. torture[1,noun]torture[2,transitive verb] Main Entry: 1tor·ture Pronunciation: 'tor-ch&r Function: noun Etymology: French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquEre to twist; probably akin to Old High German drAhsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle 1 a : anguish of body or mind : AGONY b : something that causes agony or pain 2 : the inflicti

Reply to Life Without Welfare? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You just proved Draginol's point in his article 'Why don't liberals start more charities?' Since there are 'social programs' in place to help these people, you don't feel obligated, or even motivated (by human kindness) to personally reach out a hand. You keep on walking, assuming that it's someone else's responsibility, namely, the taxpayer-at-large. Me? I give.

Reply to Life Without Welfare? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Draginol, Who, specifically, are these "developed" countries you speak of? Secondly, the quality of health care in the United States is extremely good -- if you have health insurance. If I need my gall bladder removed, I can get it done within a couple of days in the United States and it costs me virtually nothing out of pocket. The same is not true in C

Life Without Welfare? in Politics JoeUser Forums

During my time at JU I've seen repeated postings arguing against welfare, universal health care, and the role of the government in society proper. Obviously this is a real sticking point with many of the fine users here, and to be honest I've learned quite a bit from reading posts that come from the other side of the fence. To be fair, I do in fact agree with some of

Reply to Does a Welfare State Encourage Poor Customer Service? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Gideon, a coupla reasons why the customer service might be so bad. Forgive the length of this reply, but it takes some explanation to go beyond the "darn lazy poor people!!" rationale The entire fast food industry is designed to have the dumbest workforce possible. This is not a conspiracy, but just good business sense to maximize profit. People like the founders of Mcdonald's and A&W discovered that if most of the job was automated and the food as pre-prepared as possible, that they wo

The Bootstrap Mentality? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Many of my conservative friends love to carry on about how much of society's problems could be solved if only everyone had "the bootstrap mentality". How if everyone were a rugged, self-reliant individual who took the initiative rather than wait for a handout there would be little or no poverty and things would work much better. To be honest, I agree with them in a sense. The argument that people need to take personal responsibility for their actions and carry their own weight in order t

Reply to The Smirking Chimp Vrs Democratic Underground in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Moderateman, clearly this has touched a sore nerve with you as this is your second post about Smirking Chimp. As I said before, I can't speak on behalf of the site as I'm not an admin- I go there to read the articles and if something really peaks my interest I may add a coment or two from time to time. I can understand why you don't respect SC, considering your less than stellar welcome for which you do have my apology, in all sincerity. You are absol

Reply to $190 Billion For WAR; NO Help For Children's Health in Politics JoeUser Forums

but I do think he should be brought to justice for the things he has done. what laws has he broken Well that's the great debate see. One argument is that he's broken the constitution with his use of signing statements that change the entire nature of a bill rather than choose to go head to head with the senate and congress with a veto. Yes, signing statements were around long before Bush was in office and have be

Reply to $190 Billion For WAR; NO Help For Children's Health in Politics JoeUser Forums

praying for a man has nothing to do with him being responsible for his actions. Where in the world did you get that from my posts? YES, and a thousand times YES, Bush is responsible for his own actions and life. But, we are responsible for our actions and lives, and God has declared that we are to pray for those in authority. If we don't....then we are just as wrong as the people that we should be praying for. Just because Bush is doing something wr

Reply to $190 Billion For WAR; NO Help For Children's Health in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow. If this kind of squabbling between left and right is the status quo in the U.S then it really won't matter what kind of air defence system China has, as the Americans will be too busy fighting each other. Arty, We make these arguments because we have the luxury of doing so. In times of domestic peace, you have the luxury of debate. I'm not familiar with the politics of Canada, but I would be very surprised

Reply to $190 Billion For WAR; NO Help For Children's Health in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow. If this kind of squabbling between left and right is the status quo in the U.S then it really won't matter what kind of air defence system China has, as the Americans will be too busy fighting each other. The great thing about it is both sides are using a self-fulfilling prophecy, do you realize this? What that means is that when the world goes to hell in a handbasket and the U.S is turned into a third world nation, occupied country or fractured into warlord states, both sides will point th

Reply to Why does the far left FEAR opposing views? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the warm reception Moderateman and co. I'm sorry to hear the SC deleted your article- for what it's worth, I would have liked to read it, and look forward to interesting discussions here. Tell you what, to give you a good idea of the kind of politics I believe in, go to a site called www.joebageant.com, and read some of his articles- one that really espouses my beliefs is http://www.joebageant.com/joe/2006/07/adam_smith_meet.html Joe is a crotchety old bastard who has no love

Reply to $190 Billion For WAR; NO Help For Children's Health in Politics JoeUser Forums

In regards to the topic at hand, $ 190 billion for war and yet threatenging to veto a health bill for children, I have to agree with Col Gene. And no, it's not because of my 'emotional' lefty thinking that apparently has left me brain damaged. It's a valid question- why is it OK for the government to spend almost half a trillion dollars on a war of choice overseas (total amount since war began), yet when a basic service for children, who are the future of a nation regardless of whether they're y