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Good point - the U.S. is the perfect symbol of wealth and power to be villified and blamed by the poor of the world. The UN is a great example. however one could argue that hatred by the world's poor is vast enough to be shared by other countries nearly as wealthy, other people living as...

That's exactly what I'm afraid of.

Isn't this precisely what Bush is proposing we do? As I understand it, projections for his war are running in the neighborhood of $100 million a day. It makes one wonder at the good that could be done with that kind of money - could we cure cancer if we threw $100 million a DAY into...

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just unacceptable... no excuse for that.

Voter turnout will not increase - the politicians and those in power have no incentive to increase it. More voters means more campaigning, more convincing, more money, and less certainty. Same reason those in place try so hard to block and discredit third-party cantidates - they complicate...

Enforceability of these type of agreements will depend on a lot of factors, such as state law, the jurisdiction, the geographical scope and the activity limitations in the agreement, willingness of the parties to litigate, and perhaps as was suggested above, relative bargaining power of the...

Sturgeon's Law "Ninety percent of everything is crud". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Sturgeon himself called this "Sturgeon's Revelation," and it first...

Spree. Think it won't happen? Just look at discretionary spending this year. It's up by almost 14 percent, the biggest government spending spree in a generation. In fact, for the first time in over 30 years, annually appropriated programs controlled by Congress and the president have grown...

Surprise, surprise, it's a California case... well, we have the Trial Lawyer's lobby to thank for yet another one. Hope the lady's lawyer makes a generous donation - his fee should be around $10 billion. LOL. (but as AAA said, it will certainly be reduced) on the positive side, this will...

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There's a very good reason the military drafts 17-year olds to fight wars, and it's got nothing to do with their physical fitness...

It's a shame this thread has degenerated into personal attacks and "neocon vs. liberal" foolishness. If you give it some thought you might realize that while those in power have us calling each other names and arguing over labels, they're in the back room counting your money, smoking cigars...

After suffering through a five-year roller coaster ride, the German stock exchange on Thursday bid farewell to its Neuer Markt segment, thereby bringing about an end to the high-growth dreams of the dot.com era. The Deutsche Börse AG, the company which operates the German stock exchange...

I did not say that - I said there is significant doubt. The lack of enthusiasm from other countries is proof of that doubt. That the Bush adminstration itself cannot agree on it is another. (to preempt the accepted response, I'll offer it: "screw the UN, screw the generals, screw the rest...

Isn't that the point of much of what is posted above -- that there is significant doubt that THERE IS a problem? or, if one exists, that the solution being pitched is WORSE than the problem?

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You are not implying that those "protesting" a military invasion in Iraq are all "fools and liars," are you?

Babak - with all due respect, and no insult intended, but do you really believe that politicians anywhere do anything because of a desire to alleviate the suffering of innocent people?