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another lesson in the extreme importance of a rule of law, due process, and a right of appeal.

you may have answered your own question -- if it were simply a case of political connection or lobbying, nobody would be talking about it. the arrogance and insult of a principal architect of the war awarding contracts behind closed doors, without bids, to organizations he led as CEO, is...

1. right. it should read "was" instead of "is." 2. that does not address the conflict of interest issue. is the term "whiners" applied to the French, people who dislike the administration, or anyone who points out that there is a conflict of interest?

sort of inconclusive - the argument seems to be: 1) the company contracted by the administration is run by one of the war's chief architects. 2) well, who else can do it? hippies?

presumably, the college sports are subsidized and financed by taxpayers and all the suckers that rack up tuition debt to attend. but you're right - they should be paid if someone is willing to pay them. they should just make the sports completely self-funded, sort of a subsidiary of the school...

oh, come on. politicians don't lie. you should know that. what are you, French? all that conspiracy stuff is just internet garbage. it's not their fault that the administration is filled with the same group of ex oil executives that ran the first Bush administration - there's only 280...

was this true in Iraq?

the overall effective tax burden has only increased. if tax revenue is reduced in one area, it is raised in another to compensate, or shifted to debt to be repaid later. tax bills cannot be passed without support from both sides of the aisle. all the republican vs. democrat crap is just talk...

seen him on cable news a few times - he made a few good points, generally, esp. regarding PC, but usually fell into exaggeration and sensationalism. insulting people, however, gets publicity. seems to be working. limbaugh is useless, as are most of the McNews regulars - hannity, carville...

:D of course the people didn't choose it... their politicians did. but when the pol's want it, who cares what the people think? however, if you start discussing unpopular, unrequested laws, we'll be here for weeks.... the Constitution sets out a procedure - thankfully it is (still) very...

I believe it has nothing to do with the US Constitution - you might find some provisions in your state constitution relating to taxation of property. the US Constitution does discuss Federal taxes: Section. 8. Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties...

I agree with Discipline -- you listed a bunch of things, but left out the most important: what do you LIKE to do? what would you do if money were not a concern? naturally there are myriad other factors, but that's a good place to start.

Kymar - you make some very good points. and certainly the recent anti-American protests are based on a lot more than the Iraq war. It would be hard to imagine that 10's of millions of people would turn out for peace marches if Jordan had declared war on Iraq instead. the original article...

White House seeks to expand DNA database By Richard Willing, USA TODAY Posted 4/15/2003 WASHINGTON — DNA profiles from juvenile offenders and from adults who have been arrested but not convicted would be added to the FBI's national DNA database under a Bush administration proposal...

a quandry - proper newspeak for "french toast" is "freedom toast" -- but, obviously one cannot use "freedom" to describe a self-hating coward frenchman... maybe "socialist toast" works here? :confused:

sure, to the extent they are being used as conduits for terrorist funding. closing them would be unconstitutional, but their finances shouldn't receive greater protection from scrutiny simply because they are religious institutions. they might have grounds for arguing equal protection if only...

haven't you been paying attention? the Europeans are wimps, cowards, and self-haters. sure, they like terrorists, but they hate America more, because America has factories. Europeans hate factories.

one wonders. [B] LOL. add a flag and a news ticker, and this becomes a fox news special.

again, that was the Iraqi position, not mine - Saddam could have avoided this whole thing by playing the compliance differently, and saved a lot of heartache and destruction and death. the *it* is war - by disarming/complying with an army that they believed would attack in any case. the...

do you mean it not being politically the best time to try it? could also say it's the best time - strike while hot, approval ratings still high, the American people not bored with 'patriotism' yet, and before the dust settles around Iraq. plus, the gear's already over there, and the troops...