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Full Commander as soon as they pin it on...sometime next year I think. They DID have Patron...closeby...but I'm waiting for a friend to open it. Headed to his place soon. Spence - been over in Bahrain for the post part...few days up in Iraq on several occasions...left there and just got back to the States a bit ago. Short power! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

because I just found out I'm getting promoted. Hell has frozen over. Off to the liquor store...hope they have Patron. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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And yet another dodge! As I stated perviously - there is NOTHING TO DISCUSS AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL. At lower levels...perhaps some engagement on trade...or anti-piracy efforts in the Arabian Gulf. Again...as I stated earlier... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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Face the extant facts, do some research, and get back to us. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Very cute. Now instead of dodging my question - answer it. "I think the President should discuss the following issues with the Mr. Ahmadinejad: - - - -" There. Now you just have to cut and paste. GWB's foreign policy has been pretty much screwed up for many reasons other than refusing to meet directly with Iran. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

You ignore the fact that Iran funds Hezbollah and tells it what to do. Hezbollah is an instrument of Iranian foreign policy - period. Not facing that fact is not facing reality. You've no credibility until you do. If you don't believe Hezbollah and the violence it creates impacts terrorism, then you are not facing reality. WHY did the Israelis invade southern Lebanon a short while ago? HEZBOLLAH (instrument of Iranian foreign policy) and their terrorist actions. Amazing that after the Israelis kicked the living hell out of them - and admittedly caused a ton of collateral damage in the process - that sonofabitch Nasrallah stated that if he'd known such a response would have been forthcoming, he wouldn't have kidnapped the soldiers. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Where Israel screwed up - and the Lebanese government as well - was they didn't send aid to the public afterwards. Hamas and Hezbollah did. Terrorists with a heart. Assholes. Iranian supplied $$, by the way. I just returned from the region. I have Lebanese friends. The lie that the Lebanese enjoy Hezbollah's presence and iranian/Syrian influence on their internal politics is wasted on me. You can watch the travel channel all you like. I haven't seen that fellow or that episode, be if he'd talked to a few more Lebanese he'd find their true feelings about Hezbollah and Hamas. iran funds terrorism. Period. If you can't face that fact, you've no credibility. Call me arrogant all you like - matters not to me, I assure you. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

And Chamberlain met with Hitler...that wasn't very effective either, was it? What do you think the President should discuss? Regional security issues? Hezbollah funding, perhaps? Seek a promise not to export nuclear material to Hezbollah for use in a dirty bomb, perhaps? We all know how well promises like that are kept, right? Perhaps they could discuss compensation for the 444 days of terror against our embassy workers a few years back? Re-discuss the Vincennes shot perhaps? How about having Iran to use its influence with the terrorists to return those Israeli soldiers they kidnapped? Or get them to agree to stop sending guided missile technology to the Hezbollah terrorists? They'll keep such a promise, right? There's nothing to discuss at the Presidential level. Period. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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Hmmm...in the last 20 years... How many innocents have Iran's surrogates in Hezbollah and Hamas killed? How many leaders have they assassinated? How many people have they kidnapped? How many different Lebanese governments has Hezbollah overthrown (or tried to) at Iran's behest? WHat has Iran's antics done to the Lebanese people? i'll answer: SCREW THEM OVER. They've an incredible ocean, educated multi-lingual populace, and superb wineries, ski slopes, the wonders of Baalbek, and other tourist draws. Lots of $$ should be coming in there but aren't - and who's the reason? IRAN - I'd say Hezbollah, but Iran is running them. Engaging Iran directly at the Presidential level is not really an option as long as they're a state sponsor of terrorism. Other issues, such as trade, are an option. Until they cease such antics, no President in his right mind would meet directly with them. Until they stop such garbage, all contact/cooperation - and there should be some - should be at lower levels. Perhaps Mr. Ahmadinejad could send the President a 444 rose bouquet and announce he's ceasing all support for Hezbollah if he's interested in speaking with the US at the presidential level. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I've mixed opinions about it. I think only a moron would meet Ahmadinejad sans preconditions - or even directly. What would they discuss? The weather? Given his public views on the Holocaust, Israel, and Jews, it would be somewhat difficult to have a serious conversation with him on regional foreign policy. I think that isolation has cost us dearly in the past, however, and don't like full blown isolation with regards to Iran either - or Cuba for that matter. Doha Round of trade talks might be something we could engage them on for a bit of US-Iranian cooperation. Anti-piracy efforts in the Arabian Gulf perhaps? Environmental issues might be something to discuss. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Congrats, Tony! Good stuff. Cheers, Vinny

I have many friends who oppose my political viewpoints. Only one facet fo the person...and a complex one at that.

Pehaps Apples to antelope might be a better analogy...

Hmmm...I'm not sure about that. He's got a lot of racists supporting him, and there are quite a few racists who will vote for him just because of his race, but I don't think he's any more of a racist than Sen. Kerry or Sen Clinton. From what I've seen - and I've been abroad for a bit - he hasn't used the race card very much, if at all. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

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Hello Mr. Apple, meet Mr. Orange.

It is a significant contributor to the DEMAND. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

? WHen the removal of the benefit equates to an additional required expenditure, it's a burden. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Perhaps...I don't like the idea of placing a multi-billion dollar tax burden immediately on a critical industry. If they were phased out over a five to ten year period, that sounds like a better plan. Again - I'd need more details to really state so definitively. Some tax breaks serve a purpose and these might be some of them. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

I read an interesting bit in the last few days about how the taxpayer subsidizes energy costs. Apparently electricity costs are subsidized - even nuclear. Didn't see geothermal on the list though. Didn't know that and it surprised me - I don't like it. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

Perhaps I was not clear enough. Do you think if the tax breaks were removed, thereby increasing the tax burden on the company, that there would be no subsequent increase in prices of the company's products to cover that additional tax burden? I don't think so...actually, I KNOW there would be a cost increase. Same for the case if some moron got a windfall profits tax passed. Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!!