NCclimber

"Unsupported"? Jesus H. Christ... Wait, let me rephrase that... Okay... how did life begin on Earth? What scientific advances have been made on this in the last 50 years?

Just because something cannot be explained does not mean the best explanation is God did it or any other supernatural explanation. It just means we don't understand it yet and it needs to be investigated. You mean like "how life on Earth began"? The scientific community has little to say about this, but all too frequently, anyone who questions current (unsupported) theories.... they get pegged a creationist who thinks the worls id less than 10,000 years old.

Well then without me takin bait to discuss matters which do not need be public information you might do this: Ask any police officer if he thinks his department is capable of taking ona few armed thugs. Then ask them if they are prepared to take on a determined enemy with whom they may even sympathize, bear in mind that these said individuals would be trying to restore our constitution and in fact be made up of regular citizens, former and current military members and even police officers. I say just look at the numbers alone. Look at how many police there are in this country and what weapons they possess, then look at how many veterans and other like minded individuals there are and their collective training makes a police force look impotent. I have many federal agents as friends as well as seasoned police officers and they would not want to face that. It would be suicide. So your point that I was supposedly wrong about was that a revolution would not work, you're saying it would. OK. If the local and fed gov's let people assemble and train, you're right, but they don't. Get 3 guys together talking gins and the gov calls this a potential militia. Get 10 guys who like to play war games and that's a militia. The local and fed gov is scared to death of any assmbly of guys with high power stuff, so they just conveniently set them up with the help of our lovely judges if they dare assemble. This same philosophy is used when busting unions; if they're able to individualize everyone, they can exploit labor all day long. If they can individualize would-be revolutionists, they can exploit his ocnst rights all day long. It's romantic to think the people can take back their gov, but it's suicidal utopia if ever applied. It would take at least 50 people to ever make a dent, really 1000 to exact any change, then they would send in the military to wipe em out. I've always said the US gov won't be changed from within, but from without, so maybe all this worldwide dissent isn't really bad. Maybe the gov will piss off the rest of teh world enough to overthrow the gov just as Japan, Italy and Germany's gov was forced to chage after we (allieds) overthrew them. I guess, "Love it or leave it" aplies here. In keeping with this thread, I call BS on this. Cops sympathize with cops, the system is setup that way. I call BS on this too. They screen and train cops for loyalty to the reich. As I wrote, people in large numbers aren't willing to die for the cause. And if there was a group like this, with the wiretaps, they would identify them, raid them, drop some kiddie porn in there and make their cause look despiciable. Of course they would use their so-called liberal media to aid in spreading the word. You're right, that's why they watch guys with M60's and other class 3 goodies and if they detect any language that makes them organized, they call them terrorists. The cops are part of this illicit chain of events and this is how they combat having to face them in street warfare. And now, thanks to the far-ranging abilities of our government (courtesy of the Patriot Act), there's no way any group could grow beyond a hand full before the heavy hand of the sitting regime puts the kibosh on them. Off to Gitmo, for you!!!

Cop to physics/engineering professor. You have had quite the diverse life experience. What made you go from police work to academia? Not trying to pry but that is quite an interesting career change. The cop thing was just filler. I always intended to be a teacher. Ofc Kallend: "Stop! Or....I'll say 'stop!' again!!" Yeah! Most exciting thing that happened was catching a guy that had escaped from jail (truth be told, he just gave up, it wan't all that exciting). A few domestic violence calls and anti (Vietnam) war rallies, other than that, just traffic stuff. I've seen more excitement at cricket matches, really. Was Kallend the role model for "Jim" on Adam-12?

I'm 65 years old and it still pisses me off that Christians like you never stop in their quest to convert the the opposition...or get us to keep quiet as you are attempting to do. A true story about why I will never keep quiet about being an atheist. So, you're pissed that some Christians prothelytize, but feel entitled (or even compelled) to spray about your own belief system. Freedom of speech is a two way street.

What a wide brush you use.

What really annoys me is the improper use (just my opinion) of the courts to circumvent legislatures.

That... or after collecting information on their behavior before and after boarding, local law enforcement and the FBI were contacted... who concluded the six men should be questioned. It never ceases to amaze me how some people can overlook the obvious.

More fill in the blanks? Just because a passenger was the first to address the six imam's behavior, doesn't mean the situation wouldn't have occurred without that initial prompt.

Not a bad idea, it would have saved thousands of innocent lives. They've done a bang up job in Sudan. How about Sierra Leon? I wonder how many people have died in the last 20 years as a result of ineffective UN efforts??? In Africa, alone? Ineffective UN efforts didn't kill anyone. That's like blaming the police for the murder of Nicole Simpson. No. It would be more like the police making an official statement that they've looked into the matter and have determined that no one was killed at the home of Nicole Brown Simpson on June 12, 1994. Move along, folks. nothing to see here.

Oh well, beats dealing with issues. This kind of response reminds me of a couple of old girlfriends. They'd ask pointed questions. I'd answer the questions honestly and truthfully. Then they'd criticise me for not reading their minds and addressing what they really wanted to talk about. I do not miss dealing with those neurotic women.

People think the war in Iraq is less significant than Clinton's blowjob? Who? Me for one. Let's hear your attempt to compare. You think the war in Iraq is less significant than Clinton's blowjob? Who knew?

Spin it all you want. You've still done nothing to prove "Prager is outraged because Ellison wants to do a PHOTO OP with a Koran".

Imagine. It seems more like Prager took Ellison's announcement at face value and let his own lack of knowledge get the better of him. Ignorant blathering? Probably. Outrage over a mere photo-op? Riiiiiight

It happens all the time.....the right is GOOD at doing that to ANYONE who disagrees with THEIR agenda. MORE WAR.. Less actual serving America and what the Constitution is supposed to be about.l All the time? Not nearly as often as I get labelled a neo-con.

Not a bad idea, it would have saved thousands of innocent lives. They've done a bang up job in Sudan. How about Sierra Leon? I wonder how many people have died in the last 20 years as a result of ineffective UN efforts??? In Africa, alone?

This is what Prager is bothered by? What specifically did he say that led you to this "truth"? I do love how so many jump to unsupported conclusions around here. It is amusing. Back in early '03 I wrote a little piece on why I opposed the invasion of Iran. It had nothing the to do with the talking points of the left. Nevertheless, a number of people had me pegged as an anti-American, bleeding-heart pacifist. Can you imagine?

It's what he did beforehand that was the grandstanding. Sorry that point was lost on some.

Is this one of those "fill in the blanks to suit your particular outrage" fabrications? I ask because I just read Prager's column and saw nothing that would back your statement.

Actually I don't think impeachment is proper. It's too expensive and a waste of the 110th's time. A war crimes tribunal in an international court will suffice. Yeah. Let's start handing over our national leaders to the international courts. In the interest of national security I think it's a great idea. It would go a long way to mending the damage that he and his buddies have caused and it would show the rest of the world that we subcribe to the values that we're trying to spread around the world. I mean, what's the harm in the long run? Besides, think of the money we'd save. No secret service for life, no pension, no "Fun with Dick and Jane" Dubya library And maybe we could have the UN handle our foreign policy, too.

Considering practically all of Darius's posts in this thread were directed at me I can't help but think you're talking about me. If that's the case, I'm calling bullshit. I'd like to see you back it up. Since you're the mod here, could you explain the difference between calling bull shit on someone and just telling them they are full of shit?

Actually I don't think impeachment is proper. It's too expensive and a waste of the 110th's time. A war crimes tribunal in an international court will suffice. Yeah. Let's start handing over our national leaders to the international courts.

It seems your trying to say that Clinton receiving a BJ and lying about it is worst then what GWB has done. I was just trying to clarify what was the fuel to that fire. So many "fact challenged" lefties consistently miss the other key aspects of the story. I never made a comparison between Bush's Iraq blunder and Clinton's BJ blunder. Are you calling me fact challenged? That sounds like a personal attack. tsk. tsk. Kallend brought Clinton into this. Is he one of " the fact challenged right" you spoke of? Again - I never made the comparison!!! Actually, we did impeach Clinton. Do you really think Bush is untouchable? Who controls both Houses of Congress? Not from what I've heard over the last 3 1/2 years. I think hanging has been illegal for quite some time. I hope this helps. It was rather tedious, but I was happy to do it.

It's about your sounding off with pointed questions that had nothing directly to do with my posts. To answer your questions: No - and I never said it did. Yes - sometimes too much so. what's your point? What was the question? Worst? Shouldn't it be "worse"? The first part is worse, IMO. No. Do you feel better? I sure do.

People think the war in Iraq is less significant than Clinton's blowjob? Who?