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Tee hee! Yes, Bush is a foriegn policy giant. I can hardly wait till we go to war with the nation of Chinania.
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What makes you think W. doesn't know anything about foreign policy? It'd better not be that darned interview. I think you're quite smarter than that, Sol.
Frank:
What makes you think we're not already a dictatorship? Clinton sure acts like it is.
Tell me something. You've all (at least, all US citizins here) heard countless times of the interview in which W couldn't answer some question about the names of four world leaders, which are, of course, useless trivia, for which he's been bashed repeatedly. How many of you have heard about the interview in which Clinton, when asked something about what the people would think about how he spends their money or something like that, said that "It's not their money" and "We don't think they'll spend it the right way". First, when did we start living in a socialist state? Second, why does no one in the mainstream media bring this, which gives extreme insight into Clinton's character (or lack of such) and prooves his socialist views, while they fry W for not knowing the names of four leaders who'll probably be out of office by the time he would be sworn in if he wins? ------------------ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons; for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Actually, I'm afraid I base my opinions of George II on his lifetime of suckling at his father's oil-rich teat. Stupidity is accumulative.
Say what you want about Clinton, (I like to start out with lecherous bloated gasbag and go from there.) but at least his accomplishments are his own.
At any rate, Omega, I suggest you quickly move to Washington State.
------------------ "It's just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came and the grasshopper died and the octopus ate all his acorns, and then he got a racecar. Is any of this getting through to you?." -- Futurama
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"What makes you think we're not already a dictatorship? Clinton sure acts like it is."
Thanks for that one Omega. Sadie the Wonderdog and I had the best laugh in years about that one!
LOL!!!
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Of course, given te traditional "hawkish" stance of many "conservatives," I blanch a bit at wondering what THEIR solution to the China Problem would be, especially considering that now it's too late.
Ya know the Fundies already want to nuke China for failing to allow them to stage a Christian takeover via missionaries. That's what all this talk of "Christian persecution" is all about, see.
Although a real good dictatorship might just be what the US needs, I wouldn't trust anybody but myself or Mark Twain with the job, so...
And as for Canada conquering ANYTHING... you've got French territory just off your coast in the Atlantic, and Danish territory across Baffin Bay, one province that wants to secede, and area that's still unincorporated (unless you call the Northwest Territories besides Nunavut something else now). Unfinished Country...
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First Of Two: Bite me. I don't give a shit of what you think about my country, because you probably don't care about what I think you yours. Just keep your half-assed comments about MY country inside your own goddamn head, please.
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Must I remind the good gentleman of Puerto Rico.
And unrelated, the Christian missionaries have nothing to do with the US since missionaries are world wide. If it did the ACLU would be screaming Sep. of Church and State.
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Puerto Rico is free to "join the club" any time it wants to. Right now their torn between three choices:
Become a state,
Become an independent (but very tiny) nation,
or
Remain a territory.
As a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico does have some advantages. They have almost all the benefits they'd have if they were a state, except representation in Congress and the right to vote for the president.
As an independent nation, they might not have the absolute protection of the U.S. On the other hand, they could set their own foreign policy.
As things stand, the populace of Puerto Rico is too evenly divided over what to do, so they stay the same. Mind you, there are militant groups who want each of the above options. I suppose right now, it's just easier to let things stay the way they've been for now.
--Baloo
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