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Only because you keep insisting on it and it annoys the French Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Sen. Kennedy Takes A Cue From Tookie Williams
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Sen.Blutarsky's topic in Speakers Corner
At least this will keep my esteemed colleague behind a word processor and not a steering wheel. But will he receive clemency from historians? Hopefully there will be no embarassing disclosures implicating yours truly along with the Tedmeister … Senator Kennedy And His Dog Massachusetts legislator signs with Scholastic; children's book to give dog's-eye view of Senate. January 9, 2006: 12:07 PM EST NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Edward Kennedy, the veteran Massachusetts senator, has agreed to create a children's book to bring the nation's youngest political students a peek at life behind the scenes in Washington, D.C. Senator Kennedy, the latest political star to ink a deal with the publishing industry has signed with Scholastic Corporation, the company announced Monday, to publish a 56-page volume titled My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. The book tells the story of Senator Kennedy and his dog making their way through a day in the Senate. The Senator says the story will help families understand the inner workings of the American government. "Reading is a lifelong adventure," said Senator Kennedy. "I hope that this book will spark an interest in young people to learn more about their government and to explore the joy of books." Scholastic says the Senator will donate proceeds from the book to charity. The book will be published in May 2006. http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/09/news/funny/kennedy_scholastic/index.htm?cnn=yes -
Of course it does. Israel’s nuclear weaponry is a necessary evil given the experiences of the Jews and their neighbors who would exterminate them. You can read all about the genesis of the Israeli nuclear program in Seymour Hersh’s book, The Samson Option. It's a fascinating read. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
Likewise. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
No one is disputing that the USA profited from the war and has emerged as its true "winner" for the time being. However, we rejected monarchies and dictatorships early in our history and arguably shouldn't have had to clean up your messes in the first place. Trace the roots of the Palestinian conflict for example and you can see how they lead back to the British Empire. We're still trying to clean up that one ... Most here can agree that victory in the last great war was the result of an allied effort. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
DeLay relinquishes House majority leader post
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Sen.Blutarsky's topic in Speakers Corner
About damn time … DeLay relinquishes House majority leader post Sat Jan 7, 2006 3:46 PM ET By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, now under indictment in Texas and tainted by a corruption scandal, told fellow House of Representatives Republicans on Saturday that he will not try to reclaim his job as majority leader. "Today I have asked Speaker (Dennis) Hastert to convene our conference for the purpose of electing a new majority leader," DeLay, a close ally of President George W. Bush and one of the most powerful conservatives in Congress, said in a letter to House Republican leaders. DeLay's decision to resign after three years of tumultuous reign as majority leader set off a scramble among at least a handful of Republicans who want to capture the second most powerful post in the House. Whoever wins will face the difficult job of steering the party past the influence-peddling scandal involving Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff that has rocked Washington just as all 435 members of the House gear up for November elections. Abramoff earlier this week pleaded guilty to fraud charges and admitted that he gave golf trips, sports tickets and other gifts to lawmakers in return for special treatment. His potential cooperation with federal investigators left lawmakers rattled and many returned campaign contributions from Abramoff clients. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said DeLay had "engineered" a "culture of corruption ... so pervasive in the Republican conference that a single person stepping down is not nearly enough to clean up the Republican Congress." The White House, which earlier in the week said it would be shedding some Abramoff campaign contributions, supported DeLay's action. "We respect Congressman DeLay's decision to put the interests of the American people, the House of Representatives and the Republican Party first," said spokeswoman Erin Healy. HOUSE JOB OPEN Acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt of Missouri is expected to seek DeLay's job on a more permanent basis. Blunt took over the job in September when DeLay was forced to temporarily resign after being indicted in Texas in a campaign finance case. Those charges were unrelated to the Abramoff scandal. At the time, DeLay insisted that he would be cleared in the Texas case and would retake the powerful majority leader job. Ohio Republican John Boehner, chairman of an education and labor committee, is also expected to mount a strong challenge for majority leader. Hastert, an Illinois Republican, said the elections likely will held during the week of January 31 when the House reconvenes after a long winter break. Some House Republicans have talked about the need to elect all new leaders, but key lawmakers this week said they did not think Hastert would be challenged. DeLay spokesman Kevin Madden said that the 58-year-old Texan, known around Washington as "The Hammer" for his tight control of the House and ability to vanquish political opponents, will retain his seat in the House and is "running for re-election." DeLay's decision to leave the Republican leadership came after a group of moderate and conservative House Republicans abandoned their leader and called for elections to replace him. DeLay's support among rank-and-file Republicans evaporated after Abramoff's guilty pleas this week. At least two former aides of DeLay are entangled in the Abramoff scandal and DeLay has referred to the former lobbyist as a close friend. In his resignation letter, DeLay said he had "always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land. I am fully confident time will bear this out." DeLay, who has blamed his legal troubles on partisan Democrats, said he "cannot allow our adversaries to divide and distract our attention" from legislative work. Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-01-07T204558Z_01_KWA682113_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-DELAY.xml Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
I was solely addressing your false assertion that without US involvement the USSR would have conquered the Nazis by 1947. According to Marshall Zhukov: "Speaking about our readiness for war from the point of view of the economy and economics, one cannot be silent about such a factor as the subsequent help from the Allies. First of all, certainly, from the American side, because in that respect the English helped us minimally. In an analysis of all facets of the war, one must not leave this out of one's reckoning. We would have been in a serious condition without American gunpowder, and could not have turned out the quantity of ammunition which we needed. Without American Studebakers, we could have dragged our artillery nowhere. Yes, in general, to a considerable degree they provided our front transport. The output of special steel, necessary for the most diverse necessities of war, were also connected to a series of American deliveries." Zhukov: “[w]e entered war while still continuing to be a backward country in an industrial sense in comparison with Germany.” Zhukov: "It is now said that the Allies never helped us . . . However, one cannot deny that the Americans gave us so much material, without which we could not have formed our reserves and could not have continued the war . . . we had no explosives and powder. There was none to equip rifle bullets. The Americans actually came to our assistance with powder and explosives. And how much sheet steel did they give us. We really could not have quickly put right our production of tanks if the Americans had not helped with steel. And today it seems as though we had all this ourselves in abundance." Pimped from a website, The Role of Lend-Lease in Soviet Military Efforts, 1941-1945 by Boris V. Sokolov. You introduced the significance of numbers to the discussion with your apparent claim that victory over the Nazis was achieved by the powers who suffered the highest body count, and the Vietnam War among other conflicts has demonstrated the fallacy of assigning victory to bodycounts. The value of essential war materiel is indisputable, however. As for your skydiving analogy, Airspeed couldn’t have won the World Championship naked and devoid of airlift. That’s comparable to what the USSR would have been facing in the absence of American war materiel. Like PJ has intimated, most Americans at the time didn’t believe that another war in Europe made sense for America. Why should we shed blood to protect your empires in yet another ridiculous war instigated by European men with funny mustaches? Ever hear of American daylight bombing raids over Germany? * 55,000 of German anti-aircraft guns, including 75% of the deadly 88mm guns, were dedicated to shooting at American daylight bombers instead of at Soviet tanks * 2 million German soldiers defended Germany against American daylight bombing raids * 75% of Luftwaffe fighters were allocated to defending German industry against American daylight bombing raids * 20% of all artillery ammunition was allocated to anti-air defense of Germany As a result * the Germans produced 35% less armor than they projected * the Germans produced 31% fewer aircraft (82% of these being fighters) than they projected * the Germans produced over 40% fewer trucks than they projected Additional unapologetic pimpage. If these resources had been available to Hitler do you honestly believe that the USSR could have defeated the Germans by 1947? Then there was that other theatre of war in the Pacific where America shouldered an overwhelming burden, together with its Chinese ally … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
Except that the USSR would have collapsed before then had the US not supplied that empire with massive quantities of war materiel. For example, during the entire war the USSR was able to produce only 20 new locomotives due in part to Stalin’s mismanaged central planning. In comparison America shipped the USSR nearly 2,000 locomotives up through 1945. A vast empire like the USSR would have needed a lot of trains to move its troops and tanks around, especially during a war when its paranoid leader focused on transporting his domestic enemies for liquidation with nearly the same vehemence as shuttling war materiel to crush foreign invaders. Another example is aviation fuel. The USSR relied almost exclusively on the US to supply avgas else its planes could never have gotten off the ground. Essential war materiel the US supplied to the USSR during the war: Aircraft.............................14,795 Tanks.................................7,056 Jeeps................................51,503 Trucks..............................375,883 Motorcycles..........................35,170 Tractors..............................8,071 Guns..................................8,218 Machine guns........................131,633 Explosives..........................345,735 tons Building equipment valued.......$10,910,000 Railroad freight cars................11,155 Locomotives...........................1,981 Cargo ships..............................90 Submarine hunters.......................105 Torpedo boats...........................197 Ship engines..........................7,784 Food supplies.....................4,478,000 tons Machines and equipment.......$1,078,965,000 Noniron metals......................802,000 tons Petroleum products................2,670,000 tons Chemicals...........................842,000 tons Cotton..........................106,893,000 tons Leather..............................49,860 tons Tires.............................3,786,000 Army boots.......................15,417,000 pairs Without these supplies from the US, not only would the USSR have failed to conquer Germany by 1947, its entire front would have collapsed. So 'hooey' to you, sir, and yes I like sea stories. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
For nationalistic reasons I love this photo. It says much about the good qualities of America if you study its details and background. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
That's certainly been my impression from driving around down there. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Florida has a constitution, little 'c'? And all this while I thought that Jeb had taken care of that little hinderance. We Senators use the big 'C' Constitution thingie mostly. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Witness the power of a presence ... Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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FWIW it's the most important part of the Constitution aside from Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
I dunno. Hitler’s annexation and intimidation political ploys leading up to the hostilities seem pretty darn shrewd to me. His military and strategic calls are another matter altogether in my book. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Why is mine rescue equipment so crappy
Sen.Blutarsky replied to sundevil777's topic in Speakers Corner
When you were talking with people like Remy, who unlike you has actually worked a commercial mine, and BillVon, who unlike you engineers sophisticated radio equipment for a living. Them “those.” Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Some might argue that the “leftovers” without special needs will receive greater individual attention in the smaller classes that are created by their former classmates departing for the voucher magnet schools. More focused individual attention on the part of teachers towards students at non-voucher schools with smaller enrollments could very well benefit such leftovers. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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True that. USPS is a quasi-governmental independent establishment of the U.S. executive branch. I used to represent them and did all of their licensing and trademark work until they figured out that it would cost them less to handle things in-house. Although the public probably won't believe it, USPS management structure has really put their house in order during the past few years. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
Uncle “Ed,” torpedoman’s mate and submariner in the Pacific Theatre. Uncle “Gary,” medical corpsman, survived Bataan Death March, after the war shot self in temple with grandpa’s pistol since disabilities wouldn’t allow him to hold a job as a tradesman in their paper mill town and life in a wheelchair looked bleak. Grandpa “Jim,” engineer, volunteered for army service but was rejected because the war board needed him to run a key paper mill that supplied the allied war effort. Yadda yadda yadda … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
It’s not uncommon for Mrs. Blutarsky to claim that The Senator is a moron, and she’s one astute lady. So your post would appear to rest on solid ground either way. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Did the US win the Second World War for the Europeans?
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Newbie's topic in Speakers Corner
Oh yeah?! Without our Colonel Hogan seducing Klink’s sexcretary your Newkirk and LeBeau would still be in zee cooler. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
One perspective ... Israel's leader took a hard line, but had the political clout to make difficult decisions regarding the Palestinians. Among Arabs, Sober Views Of Relations After Sharon By Dan Murphy and Josh Mitnick TEL AVIV, ISRAEL; AND CAIRO – As Arabs absorbed the news of Israel's ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, there was little public optimism that any change in Israel's government would boost prospects for a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Mr. Sharon is a reviled figure in the Arab world. As defense minister in 1982, he was found by the Israeli government to be indirectly responsible for the massacre of up to 2,000 Palestinians at refugee camps in Lebanon by Israel's Christian Lebanese allies. This history, and his personal style, have led to shrugs at best and occasional expressions of glee in Arab capitals. But many experts on Israel-Palestinian relations say that with Sharon out of the political picture, Palestinians and their Arab allies may find he was their best possible friend. "People say, 'the situation will only change when Israelis say, 'We were wrong, we're withdrawing from all occupied territories.' But this is far from correct,'' says Abdel Moneim Sayid, head of the Al Ahram Center in Cairo, a think tank. "You're losing a national figure ... he was capable of leading and taking difficult decisions. Right now, there's no one to replace him." Just as President Nixon's conservative credentials let him to make a breakthrough visit to China in 1971, Sharon's hard-line credentials enabled him to make concessions that perhaps no other Israeli leader could. Arabs see him as the man who killed the Oslo peace process, but followed that with compromises he could make politically palatable. He oversaw the emotional pullout from Gaza last August, and many Israeli analysts expected that if he formed the next government, he would make further concessions in the West Bank. Gershon Baskin, the Israeli cochairman of the Israel-Palestinian Center for Research & Information and a Sharon critic, says Sharon wouldn't have achieved a final peace settlement, but would have improved prospects for those who followed him. "He was intent on continuing this process of withdrawal, and hopefully coordinating with the Palestinians," Mr. Baskin says. "Even if it is a unilateral action, if he can remove 70 or 80 settlements, and take Israel out of 60 percent of the West Bank, ... that's enough for the next three years, and no one else in Israel is capable of doing that." Baskin also says that Sharon's address at the UN in September, recognizing statehood as a Palestinian right, was a "leap forward." To be sure, while Israelis see Sharon as a hawk who moved to the center, in the region he's often seen as having pulled Israel right. Shortly after becoming premier in 2001, he cut off peace talks and forged a course predicated on long-term security, rather than an eventual settlement. Even as he planned a Gaza pullout, for example, Sharon started building the controversial separation barrier. "The Palestinians look at him as the master of unilateralism," says Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian legislator. Still, Ms. Ashrawi says, Sharon's moves could be seen in a broader context. "He hasn't negotiated, but he has dismantled the settlements, which was a precedent and we can't ignore that,'' Ashrawi says. If Hamas, which supports Israel's destruction, does well in Palestinian elections later this month, analysts expect some Israelis to move right. Many who trusted Sharon even when they disagreed with him could throw their support to Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposed the Gaza pullout and seems unlikely to further peace efforts. "Kadima ... changed the nature of the Israeli center," says Mr. Sayid. "[It] is based on trust of Sharon. In his absence, it won't do well. It will create a fractured society incapable of making decisions and a strengthened extremist right-wing - at a time when Palestinians will be moving right as well." Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0106/p04s01-wome.html Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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It’s my understanding that Pat Buchanan can rightfully claim descendancy from the celtic clan Buchanan whose motto is Clarior hinc Honos. Pat always springs to my mind when I think about prominent living clansmen for some reason or another. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!
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Why is mine rescue equipment so crappy
Sen.Blutarsky replied to sundevil777's topic in Speakers Corner
Er, wouldn't they require breathable atmosphere more so than water Bill? In this most recent rockfall nobody died from dehydration from what I recall. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
Prove Christ exists, Italian judge orders priest
Sen.Blutarsky replied to Andy9o8's topic in Speakers Corner
You are so gonna burn for that last barb, n23x Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners! -
You may have a valid point there. Reagan’s belief system and relationship with his wife helped make him into an effective president. Whereas Carter’s beliefs apparently helped shape him into being an ineffective president. I do give President Carter credit for stepping up to the high office at a time when almost nobody else wanted the job because of the problems we were facing as a nation. Musing aloud, I wonder why it is that some people feel that April Glaspie erred by not laying down the law of the jungle for Saddam Hussein immediately before Iraq invaded Kuwait, yet these people don’t criticize the Carter Administration for its failure to do the same thing with the Soviets on the eve of their invasion of Afghanistan? Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!