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I've always believed that Bush was wrong, and we SHOULD negotiate with terrorists: "What's Osama offering you, 100 virgins?,,, We'll give you 50 sluts!... Or, two women from Atlanta. Just a thought, Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

It's certainly been manipulated. Kim has been inserted in place of a soldier wearing a fur cap. Look at the shadow cast by "his" head on the row behind! The political consequences of a dead or incapacitated Kim could be disastrous in the region due to NKs adherence to the cult of personality in it's leadership. As such, Kim IS alive and well. Never mind that he's connected to a life support machine the size (and sophistication) of Wales, nor that his temperature is 912 degrees, nor his pulse is 65 beats per month. He's doing fine... At least until he's named a successor. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hmmm... Interesting question. May I ask what sparked it? You haven't been reading "Trouble With Lichen" by John Wyndham, have you? If you haven't, then you should. It produces some interesting commentary the desirability of a longer life for the individual versus the organisations than man has built. If you have read the book, then you'll know the basic answer, which is that physical immortality or significantly longer life may be desirable for an individual human, it is dangerous for humanity. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I think so Perhaps it's time to buy one of those QVC T-Shirts. Meanwhile... What dog will the Obamas get for The White House? I know that the odds-on favourite is a Pit-Bull Bitch called "Lipstick"... But my money is on a Border Collie 'cos they're Black AND White AND Intelligent. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Thank you.

An interesting piece in The Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/06/closing_the_door_on_victimhood/ "....Obama campaigned as an African-American candidate without a race-based agenda. Yet exactly what it means for the country to be led by a so-called "post-racial" president is still unclear. While Obama's victory is bound to alter the conversation about race between black and white Americans, it doesn't immediately solve the problems that long motivated civil rights leaders. How might Obama's remarkable achievement affect policy? During a debate in Philadelphia with Hillary Clinton, Obama said in response to a question that his own daughters do not deserve affirmative action because of their economic privilege. As president, will he lead the way from race-based to class-based policies? Some black leaders say Obama's political success means it's time to shift away from the dialogue of victimhood. "Racism is no longer the primary obstacle to black progress. With the election of a black man whose middle name is Hussein, the rhetoric of white racism is off the table," declared the Rev. Eugene Rivers, a Boston-based minister with a national agenda and a history of taking controversial stands. "Black people don't want to hear it. White people don't want to hear it. . . . The old school is over." By "old school," Rivers is referring to what he calls the "professional protest leadership" represented by civil rights activists like Jackson. That worldview, said Rivers, calls for "decrying inequality" and blaming white racism for all the problems of African-Americans..." Where will Obama's Presidency take Race-Relations and it's activists? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Honestly, I think that's why the smart people in Washington haven't brought any of them up on charges yet. I don't think he can "pre-excuse" anyone that hasn't been charged yet. That raises an interesting point. No "Winner" has ever faced an Internation War-Crimes Trial. Those are reserved for the losers of the actual conflict. I think there's the same chance of Bush & Co. being charged after leaving office as there was of Tony Blair being charged. None. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ah, so the true motivation comes out. People keep spewing this GWB hasn't been judged by history and can't be yet nonsense because they're afraid of how they'll be perceived because of their previous support of him... I don't think I ever supported him (check my profile?). I do think that at times he did what the majority of Americans wanted at that moment, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Bear in mind that the largest block of popular vote in either of the two elections Bush won was "Didn't Bother". Personally, I can forgive both those who voted for Bush, AND those who voted against him. They all did what they thought was best at the time. The ones I can't forgive are those who could have, but didn't. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Really? You have to wait until he's out of office before you can judge him? Yes. If you're going to apply some perspective on his term as president. Right now it's too close, too raw. It takes time to calm down from 8 years of idiocy. It appears that we did. As he left office, all anyone would look at was Watergate, and the opening to China and other stuff was completely ignored. Nixon was actually a good president on the international stuff. Just completely amoral. And caught. And once again, all the focus was on some scandal, rather than a balanced view of his achievements. It seems that while ANY president is in office, all the focus is on the mistakes he's made. It's only after he's left office for some time that his WHOLE record is judged in a fair and balanced way. Perhaps history will judge G W Bush as an utter idiot who did no right. How then will they judge the people who voted for him... Or didn't vote against him? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

It's from The Guardian. A British newspaper once known for it's factual coverage and typos, now famous for it's absolute left-wing, politically-correct slant. I'm surprised that it didn't run an article about the British Police being more feared than Osama Bin Laden! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

type that his failure has yet to be judged is almost beyond belief. His failure has been judged.... In fairness to BOTH sides of the argument about GW Bush's presidency, shouldn't we wait for it to be over for a few years in order to get some perspective on it? Remember the time of Reagan's Presidency?.. Where he'd been accused of being a Simpleton throughout his presidency?.. Now it's generally accepted that he was "Capable of seeing past the complexities to the underlying simplicities." (John Lewis Gaddis c.2002). Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Perhaps the current President could Educationalize her? At least that'd fulfil the definition of "doing no harm". Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I suspect most of the answers to this question will be Not-Work-Safe and will include the search terms "Larry Flynt" & "Nailin Paylin". Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I've no idea. I don't think The Internet is old enough to tell us! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

so..? That's nothing that a 4 year degree in Government & Geography can't fix!

The big question is whether lenders will pass the effects of the reduced BoE rate to their customers, or use it to increase their profitability. Right now, with a reluctance to chase credit, the latter is the more likely possibility. Perhaps the time has come for governments to impose caps on bank lending rates for some loans such as secued/mortgages?.. Otherwise, the cut in central bank rates will not have the desired effect. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I think he sees himself as The Forty-Fourth US President. When the American President, Thomas Jefferson, was asked if he was having an affair with one of his slaves, Sally Hemmings, he replied, "The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies." DNA recently, on Sally's descendants, has shown that this meant "Yes." Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

If ever there was a class that, throughout history, has been more cruelly and unfairly ABUSED than the Jews, it would be the APOSTROPHES, and that was only because the CAPITALISTS were able to buy their way out of trouble. There... Fixed it for you. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

You're still spelling it wrong You are using an adjective as an adverb. Barack Hussain Obama... Now that's an ironic regime change. Better? May we now move onto discussing the split infinitive? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

As would be the case here if we adopted poportional representation? The counter argument is that proportional representation (either on the list system or single transferable vote) tends to produce weak coalition goverment. One possibility for the US Presidential Election would be to adopt the French system of two elections where if no candidate gains more than 50% of the popular vote, then there is a run-off between two 2 most popular candidates... Or those most popular candidates who between them have over 67% of the popular vote. The problem with this system is that it can be protracted and expensive with no settable timetable due to the repeated votes. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

No. It's not black, it's not quite white either. Nor is it really brown... I think pantyhose makers call it American-Tan. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yes... But as new immigrants transplanting an unproven business, wouldn't they need on of those sub-prime mortgages you can't get anymore? And just when everyone is worrying about change. There's a comforting bit of normality... A President who can't spell. Bless. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Are you being serious or facetious? VR/Marg Serious! Just heard it on BBC News 24 mid-east analysis! The stuff about the inflammable flag-sellers having to re-locate to Texas was the facetious bit. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

That would be small-group-dependent based on peer-pressure and location-ethnicity. The simple fact that the Democrat-Liberals have finally learned that the best-case-method to maximise-mobilation of the Coloured-vote is to actually field an African-American candidate rather than an emphasising-white one doe not in itself signify any attitude-shift in race-perception. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Woooooossshhh! Are you actually suggesting that this fact will go over certain Americans' heads low enough for them to hear it? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.