That was the case in the past, but with the way the primary calender is front loaded with multi-state contests, I could see the delegates getting split up. The primary calendar this cycle is not going to produce as much momentum for the candidates as it has in the past. We are looking at very...
The Iranians won't be shooting at US carriers - they have plenty of soft targets in the form of oil tankers that traverse the Straits of Hormuz. One Silkworm missile launched at a tanker and gas goes to $10 a gallon. The GOP will lose 15 seats in the Senate and another 50 in the House in 2008. I...
Really smart thing for the Democrats to do would be to push a bill right now providing the funds required for an emergency withdrawal, once the existing funding ran out. Then BushCo couldn't say the Dems were stranding them in the desert. And make no mistake about it - the overwhelming majority...
This is wishful thinking on Will's part. He looks at historical precedence and patterns and completely ignores what is going to be the defining issue that not only is going to shape the 2008 elections, but will also likely shape public opinion for several cycles after that.
Iraq trumps...
Who said anything about Israel? They are an important strategic ally of the United States.
Are you going to deny that the neocons pushed for war in Iraq? The neocons think they know what's better for Israel than she does for herself. The neocon fantasy was that a democratic Iraq wouldn't...
This is actually pretty funny. It was never in America's best interest to go into Iraq. They were not a threat. Iraq was a threat like Dafar was a threat. But Dafar doesn't have the world's 2nd largest oil reserves. So are our limited resources spent in the best interests of Americans in general...
Well you can just do what BushCo did. They are supporting a tinpot dictator in Pakistan who came to power through a military coup. Then they went and gave some nuclear technology to India (for some fruit I think). Pretty smart thing to do since India and Pakistan don't get along (never have and...
BushCo took out a natural counterweight to Iranian ambitions and they did so on purpose. Stupidest thing ever done in the history of American foreign policy.
And here's a little reality check for you - the neocons and warmongers never cared about the Iraqi people, all they/you cared about...
Fair enough. Kos / Act Blue certainly weren't the only reason Webb and Tester won, but they were a contributing factor. Those races were so close that a whole bunch of factors played into getting victories in those seats, not the least of which were the incredible bouts of foot in mouth that...
Jim Webb and John Tester probably hold their Senate seats right now because of Daily Kos and Act Blue. Act Blue/dKos/Moveon also was the source of cash and foot soldiers for a bunch of newly minted Democratic congress people this past November.
The old meme that Kos didn't back winners was...
In a just world, Powell would be facing the music for conducting that charade at the UN before the start of Operation Iraqi Liberation. He knew the presentation material was BS, yet he went in there and sold a pack of Cheney lies.
Powell destroyed a lifetime of good work in the span of...
Not only that, but Plame was working on...wait for it...the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. We in all likelihood will never see a clearer case of treason than this.
CIA hasn't yet, and will not ever, make public their damage assessment report of...
Hillary has so much money, that it is difficult seeing how she doesn't win the nomination. The only thing that would derail her is an Al Gore run. Gore would be able to raise a ton of cash overnight if he wanted to.
On the GOP side, there are a bunch of guys with baggage. Romney is a Mormon...
You have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about.
What possible reason would the Iranians have for arming a Sunni insurgency? You do know that the insurgency is comprised of Sunnis - don't you? Would the Iranians arm the Shi'ite militias - no doubt they would. But the last time I...
And I would add - the Chinese are not simply financing America by buying our goods for IOU's, they are also purchasing US government debt out right.
From your argument, you would think that we could just not sell the Chinese anymore of our debt and there wouldn't be any negative consequences...
First - the Chinese laborer who works for 20 cents an hour could care less whether the US defaulted on their debt to their mother China. It means nothing, absolutely nothing, to them.
The rest of your post can be summed up pretty much with -- "Yay, USA!!!! We're Number 1!!!!".
Please...
This is a really excellent suggestion. I would take it a step farther, and allow the jury to question witnesses without the lawyers or anyone else besides the judge present. Lawyers are certainly necessary, but sometimes they gum up the works (so to speak).
We give them IOU's they give us goods. They don't need IOU's to feed their people and they don't need IOU's to build weapon systems.
What does it matter to them if in an instant, all their US paper became worthless? It wouldn't hurt them nearly as much as us.
I nearly p1ssed myself when...
The Iranians are going to be nuclear capable. Nothing can be done about it, partly because of Iraq, but also for some other reasons (logistics, economics and geopolitical) as well.
Somewhere upthread you said you were in college. The most important thing you can learn to do there is to develop your critical thinking skills. Also, if you've had physics 101 yet, you know by now that there is always a reaction to an action. Apply this basic physical law with some critical...
How's this for a Democratic plan -- Everybody between the ages of 20 and 30 who still supports this inane tragedy (i.e. Operation Iraqi Liberation), and want to see more tragedy (i.e. more death), are required to enlist in the Army or Marines. Then we can put true believers who won't care that...
Where was that advice from the "highly qualified" people in the run up to the war. You know the advice that said - "HEY George we are going to remove a natural counterweight to Iranian ambitions...Why exactedly are we doing this?"
Probably the most tragic case of group think in American history.
First - Syria is not Shi'ite dominated. Quite the opposite. This may be a little difficult to believe since BushCo always lumps them in Iran - Bush makes it seem like they are cohorts with the Iranians.
To the extent that Syria is messing around, it is probably an attempt to gain negogiating...
First - we told you that Bush was going to F'up Iraq and the ME at the start of this whole fiasco. By invading Iraq, Bush empowered the Iranians (i.e the Shi'ites) and he did so by choice. It doesn't get any dumber than that.
Second - It is not our oil, they can do with it what they...
This is surreal. Make use of them how? For political gain or to protect the country. BushCo released the documents as a Hail Mary pass to try and prop up the flagging public support for Iraq War / Occupation fiasco. Do you see the irony in what you wrote?
Here's a thought - If you don't...
How ironic. While you start off saying the left parrots impeach Bush, Bush lied, etc. - you then parrot Republican talking points towards the close of your post. You seem like a smart guy so you know that the last time we had a balanced budget was when there was a Democrat in the Whitehouse and...
Never, ever should have went in in the first place. We empowered radical shi'ite clerics sitting on top of a quarter of the world's oil reserves. We did so by choice. We have American service people dying for a goal that has always been counterproductive to our long term national interests. It...
Bachmann is a lunatic. Bible clutching, venom spewing lunatic. She is a radical religous fundamentalist - and haven't we had good experiences with these kinds of people the world over.
Fortunately for sane people everywhere, she is going to lose to Wettering and it isn't going to be that...
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