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Nice. Already starting the excuses. If you don't vote for Obama, you're racist. Didn't see that one coming. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

You gotta be shittin me. First off, I was replying to a post from quade in which he said Russia could bomb us, etc. Second, nobody is saying Russia is an immediate threat. Besides brokering deals and PR stunts with countries who hate us, they're not a current threat. What are you so pissed off about? -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

While that may have been a valid point during the years immediately following WWII, where the only way to get to bomb the west coast of the continental US was to fly over Alaska, it's certainly not true today. Russia could easily bomb the crap out of the US and leave Alaska mostly untouched, which would be the smart way to go anyway since it doesn't muck up the oil infrastructure. Alaska would still be a first strike target and easily reached by Russia's aging Bears. ICBMs could reach the mainland, of course. But you overestimate Russia's Air Force if you think they could just stroll on into our airspace and bomb away. Immediately following WWII? This was last year. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070920/80150569.html http://www.air-attack.com/news/news_article/2719/Russian-Bear-bombers-fly-along-Alaskan-Canadian-coastline.html -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

I understand the point you're making. That said, the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, and Marine Corps Times are the military equivalent of the National Enquirer. None are sponsored by the military. I'm not saying what you posted isn't true, i didnt look it up. It's just funny to me that one would be sited as a reliable source. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

I just got my "I snorted coke with Obama" sticker. This thread is worthless. Funny. But worthless. My point as the fringe example of people she chose to identify with McCain supporters can be equally identified with Obama ... but it is funny. Gotcha. Agreed. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Good post. Good perspective. By political reconciliation, do you mean sunni and shiite violence or the government taking control of it's own security? Maybe both/ -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

I just got my "I snorted coke with Obama" sticker. This thread is worthless. Funny. But worthless. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

The incidence of rape increases as ice cream sales go up is an example of two things being completely unrelated. Rapes are higher in the summer months. So are ice cream sales. No relation between the two. You used it as an example for the surge not being connected to the decline in violence. When I sarcastically replied that our troops had nothing to do with it you said, "I didn't say that," which you clearly did with the ice cream rape comparison. You just argue for the sake of arguing. Then argue about your argument. Either the surge worked or it didn't. Violence has declined rapidly over the past months and of course there are other factors involved. You just refuse to admit that our troops are doing well. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

If you say so, but I didn't claim that. So the troops did have something to do with it? -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

It was an honest question. If he feels emasculated, that's not my fault. He didn't say anything about not loving every second. He said "nothing about military service is worthy of pride." You don't come to that kind of conclusion without something happening. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Right, so our troops had absolutely nothing to do with it. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Bullshit. All of it. You wish you were part of the greatest generation because they came together, faught, and died to protect the world from Nazis and Japan. They committed to the mission and sacrificed everything. Yet, you wont stand the fuck up for the flag they defended. Who cares if you don't agree with the current government? You shit on the greatest generation's memories for acting like that. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

What does one statment have to do with the other? A. The surge did work. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-07-28-Petraeus_N.htm B. What do you mean by war does not end violence? There will always be violence in every society for a variety of reasons. Nobody expects Iraq to be different than any other country. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

What led you to this conclusion? Nothing of military service is worthy of pride? I've had some shitty jobs and they've all had some level of pride. was there something specific that happened? Just curious -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

I feel bad for her and her family, but I think it's starting to help the Republican party. These douches on tv and in Hollywood run their mouths, obviously biased towards Obama. I don't care what they have to say in the first place. The rediculous favoritism just makes it worse. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

The pig is still a pig. (lipstick or not ) The domesticated pig even has different DNA as compared to a wild boar. It's still a pig. Evolution, and more specifically natural selection, happen. It's been observed. Taking that to the extreme and assuming the pig will evolve wings and fly right the fuck out of the slaughter house is different. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Alright, i don't mind when a thread momentarily derails but this is going the wrong direction. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

You seem to overlook the same REASON. There's no evidence humans evolved from one-celled organisms. No evidence of a missing link. You cannot indisputably conclude that humans evolved from algae and it cannot be recreated. You are absolutely correct that I cannot indisputably conclude that humans evolved from algae. However I can conclude that evolution most certainly does occur, and I can point to pieces of data that indicate which paths some such evolutions have taken. The theory that humans evolved from algae is compelling because there is evidence in the fossil record of many paths of evolution and there are plenty of pieces in the chain which we can point to as ancestral to homo sapiens. By contrast, the notion that a supernatural entity simply willed all that is into being is wholly without evidence. On one hand there are observable data to support a theory, a theory that is modified as additional data become available. On the other hand, there is conjecture without any substantial basis beyond more conjecture. Blues, Dave Of course evolution happens. That's why cave fish are clear and don't have eyes. No need for them. The fact species evolve doesn't mean humans came from algae. It is compelling to listen to someone talk about. There's still no link between humans and apes. There's definitely, not even close to a proven link between one-celled organisms and humans. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Ugh :shakes head: Yes, the congressional record says exactly that. Why do put so much effort into an argument and then discredit yourself with bullshit like that? -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

You seem to overlook the same REASON. There's no evidence humans evolved from one-celled organisms. No evidence of a missing link. You cannot indisputably conclude that humans evolved from algae and it cannot be recreated. Is this a broad statement covering all parties? Every person running is a proclaimed Christian. I assume by the tone of your posts that you support Obama, who is a believer in creationism. The argument over what crazy ass church he attended for 20 years is another thread by itself. So, why is Palin the only one whose religious beliefs discredit her judgment? -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

Even that's assuming you could pick the hijacked aircraft out of the thousands airborne. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

That's exactly why he's slipping in the poles now (no pun intended). There's nothing to his campaign other than talk, which is what republicans have been saying from the beginning. I agree with everything else that's been said. Political suicide to change now. Then again, "Change Change Change" has gotten him this far. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

I don't care what you think about 9-11 or my country, this is incredibly trashy on the anniversary of 2,000+ American deaths. You're post is ridiculous and I sincerely hope you're just spouting off cause you had a bad morning. Do you really think it would've been better for our jets to scramble and shoot down 3 civilian airliners? That's a rhetorical question. Feel free not to answer, at least until tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

What exactly do you mean by "you people?" Just kidding. Wow dude. Overreact much? The OP clearly states that these contingency plans are being put in place by tactical forces in large cities. Nobody here called up the local police station and requested we start "rounding them up." I'm not defending Birdlike's comments. Just saying that lashing out doesn't change the fact some cities obviously take it as a real concern. Am I concerned? No. Is it a real enough posibility that tactical forces need to be ready? Apparently. -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.

You stop it with that logic voodoo. Burn the witch! -------------------------------------------------- Stay positive and love your life.