turtlespeed 226 #51 February 12, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Is all Euro trash this sensative? no, but we can spell sensitive Shame you can't spell color though. your telling me how to spell in English? Someone should.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atomr 0 #52 February 13, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote Is all Euro trash this sensative? no, but we can spell sensitive Shame you can't spell color though. your telling me how to spell in English? In all fairness, it's spelled "you're". touche Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #53 February 13, 2011 QuoteAgreed. At this point it is simply a military coup. So it will be up to the military to decide what happens next. Who didn't see this coming!?! ....but don't worry ...it's only for six months and then we'll get democracy! ...Promise! (suckers!) I predict this is a precursor to an anti-Israel, anti-west, militant, theocratic, patently non-democratic government. But that government will represent the will of the people! ...well, the will of the people who will take it upon themselves to enforce religious law through the sword and through terror ...at the expense of citizens who really do want democracy. Before the year is out. ...Bets? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #54 February 14, 2011 I could step up and tell you that Americans kept English as it was and British developed BBC English in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but then Brits would really get cross with the colonial cousins. witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #55 February 14, 2011 QuoteQuoteIf Islamic extremists take control, they also get the Suez Canal - what's the rest of the world going to do about that? By all accounts of what's going on right now, extremists (Muslim or otherwise) aren't going to be in control. I think the bigger question is what happens if this turns out to be a completely peaceful transfer of power and turns into a true democracy for Egypt? Not so much for Egypt, but for the rest of the middle-eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia. Hah. Thanks to the "Religion of Peace" (tm), thugs and strongmen are all they know. Democracy is as alien to them as Winter - they simply can't imagine governing themselves. They'll substitute one secular thug for a bunch of thugs with towels on their heads soon enough. The Muslim Brotherhood will take over shortly, and of course everything will be the Great Satan's fault. mh . ps - I recently read an anecdote that Assahollah Khomeni killed more people in his first year in power than the Shah did in the 30 years he ruled Iran. And don't you find it interesting that Obama said nothing about the street protests in Iran last year and in 2009, but found plenty to say about this particular revolution?"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #56 February 14, 2011 Quotedon't you find it interesting that Obama said nothing about the street protests in Iran last year and in 2009, but found plenty to say about this particular revolution? Do you even bother to fact-check the shit you say, or do you just presume we're all too stupid or lazy to do it ourselves? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31467080/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/ Obama to Iran’s leaders: Stop ‘unjust’ actions. Bluntest language yet on crisis comes amid reports of violence http://www.smh.com.au/world/barack-obama-condemns-iran-20090624-cvnl.html Barack Obama condemns Iran http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/-president-obama-on-protests-in-iran-it-would-be-wrong-for-me-to-be-silent.html President Obama on Protests in Iran: "It Would Be Wrong for Me to Be Silent" http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iran-Protests-Condemned-By-Barack-Obama-As-Election-Annulment-Rejected-By-Government/Article/200906415315035?f=rss Obama Condemns Iran Protest Crackdown Quotetowels on their heads Attaboy, Mark. Never say die. Thanks for being you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #57 February 14, 2011 QuoteBy all accounts of what's going on right now, extremists (Muslim or otherwise) aren't going to be in control. I think the bigger question is what happens if this turns out to be a completely peaceful transfer of power and turns into a true democracy for Egypt? Egypt is now under military rule, the Parliament has been dissolved, and the Constitution suspended. How are you feeling now about this new "freedom" in Egypt? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #58 February 14, 2011 Quote Quote don't you find it interesting that Obama said nothing about the street protests in Iran last year and in 2009, but found plenty to say about this particular revolution? Do you even bother to fact-check the shit you say, or do you just presume we're all too stupid or lazy to do it ourselves? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31467080/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/ Obama to Iran’s leaders: Stop ‘unjust’ actions. Bluntest language yet on crisis comes amid reports of violence http://www.smh.com.au/world/barack-obama-condemns-iran-20090624-cvnl.html Barack Obama condemns Iran http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/-president-obama-on-protests-in-iran-it-would-be-wrong-for-me-to-be-silent.html President Obama on Protests in Iran: "It Would Be Wrong for Me to Be Silent" http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Iran-Protests-Condemned-By-Barack-Obama-As-Election-Annulment-Rejected-By-Government/Article/200906415315035?f=rss Obama Condemns Iran Protest Crackdown Quote towels on their heads Attaboy, Mark. Never say die. Thanks for being you. Aw c'mon! At least I didn't say "doilies" Actually, Egypt's looking more like a junta every day. It wouldn't be the first time. Wackistan has gone back and forth between juntas and kleptocrats for decades now. Thanks for digging those up - I appreciate it (honest). You caught me in a poor choice of words, in that I was claiming quite wrongly that Obama "said nothing" regarding protests in Iran. "Said little" would have covered it better, and would have been both truthful and accurate. By being absolute on the topic, I left myself open for refutation. Well put. I cannot understand, however... "Obama said in a written statement." "He responded to critics that he hadn't been forceful enough in support of protesters, telling CBS News: "The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. That's what they do." ...is why there is so little support for the Iranians. This thread isn't about Iran, but if the Iranians somehow manage to overthrow the mullahs and establish a democracy despite all the obstacles, what should their attitude towards the USA be? Would they resent the USA for not providing enough support? It sounds like that was what Obama ultimately wanted to avoid, not so much the fact that the islamofascist mullahs would use him as a strawman for the usual "The Americans Are Coming to Eat Your Children" tirades that they regularly spew forth as classic distraction ala Goebbels / Goering. I mean, hell, that's going to happen anyway. Might as well speak up, right? And if the USA has "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" to help the Iranian resistance overthrow the mullahs (which may be true - who knows?) - doesn't that constitute the same interference that is objected to in so many threads? mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atomr 0 #59 February 15, 2011 Quote I could step up and tell you that Americans kept English as it was and British developed BBC English in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but then Brits would really get cross with the colonial cousins. BBC in the 1700's?? ermmm.....dont think so! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #60 February 15, 2011 Quote Quote I could step up and tell you that Americans kept English as it was and British developed BBC English in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but then Brits would really get cross with the colonial cousins. BBC in the 1700's?? ermmm.....dont think so! LMGTFY Eighth Link down. Was that so hard? Quote BBC English n. A pronunciation of British English based on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England, formerly used as a broadcast standard in British media. It's just another was to differentiate between "British English" and "American English."witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atomr 0 #61 February 15, 2011 Quote Quote Quote I could step up and tell you that Americans kept English as it was and British developed BBC English in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but then Brits would really get cross with the colonial cousins. BBC in the 1700's?? ermmm.....dont think so! LMGTFY Eighth Link down. Was that so hard? Quote BBC English n. A pronunciation of British English based on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England, formerly used as a broadcast standard in British media. It's just another was to differentiate between "British English" and "American English." you really think thats how 95% of ENGLISH speak these days? when i was in Florida, most folk thought i was Austrailian! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #62 February 16, 2011 Quote most folk thought i was Austrailian! yeah, but when you ask them to point to it on a world map, they are likely to point to your little island Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atomr 0 #63 February 16, 2011 Quote Quote most folk thought i was Austrailian! yeah, but when you ask them to point to it on a world map, they are likely to point to your little island oh gee, you Yanks are so funny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #64 February 16, 2011 Quoteyou really think thats how 95% of ENGLISH speak these days? when i was in Florida, most folk thought i was Austrailian! Then they were ignorant screws. I know damn well 95% of folks in teh UK don't sound like that. 95% don't sound like anything because of dialects, regional variations, and outside influence. Same in teh USA. There isn't anything you can describe that would fit 95% of people. And FYI, I spent plenty of time in London, along the Brit/Scot border, and in Glasgow and Edinboro. I know what folks sound like. You were here in the US. Did you hear a difference between Wisconsin, Texas, New Jersey, and the South? But with all those variations, the US ones all fall under American English and the UK ones all fit under British English.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #65 February 17, 2011 "Mubarak ordered Tiananmen-style massacre of demonstrators, Army refused": http://www.americablog.com/2011/02/mubarak-ordered-tiananmen-style.html"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
