She was indeed a great lady. It saddens me to see that we honor people like Rosa Parks, yet in today's society it appears that those who stand up for what they believe in are quickly made a mockery of by the general populace.
In charges for impeachment, wouldn't the Downing Street Memos be enough? Add that with our own CIA reports of no WMD in Iraq when Bush claimed there were and that would add credence for treason towards the American public. Those documents could prove that he lied to the American public. Is...
There is no doubt about it. Of course they would, especially if the president told them that our “freedom and national security” depended on it, which he would.
As I suggested in my article, “The Troops Don’t Support the Constitution,” in the United States the loyalty of the troops is to the...
There is no doubt about it. Of course they would, especially if the president told them that our “freedom and national security” depended on it, which he would.
As I suggested in my article, “The Troops Don’t Support the Constitution,” in the United States the loyalty of the troops is to the...
I read this article and pretty much agree 100% with its synopsis. What do you guys think about this?
The Troops Don’t Defend Our Freedoms
by Jacob G. Hornberger
How often do we hear the claim that American troops “defend our freedoms”? The claim is made often by U.S. officials and is echoed...
Wow, I'm different here. Back in 2000, before I actually did my own research on the government and what actually goes on, I couldn't even fathom having Gore as president. I supported Bush 100%. Well, times have changed. Now, i can't stand Bush. I can't stand his administration and every...
Damn straight!
I just read the article from Dec 10, 2003 from the San Francisco Chronicle...Seems we sell/sold gas (err...taxpayers) to Iraqi civilians for 5 to 15 cents a gallon. Halliburton, who has the contract, charges us $2.64 a gallon. Do I hear Cheney laughing all the way from D.C...
Well Townsend did a damn good job on the whole assumed risk ordeal. So for your sake let's take overall risk. Overall risk is still 80 times more likely die from an accidental gun incident than accidental malpractice. The statement I am making is that people, like yourself, jump on the "ban...
That also reminded me of a couple quotes:
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to greater danger. It...
Nothing to argue, I agree with you 100%.
I think I was more so speaking in generalities. Like you, there are plenty of Americans I can't stand because they can't think for themselves, believe everything they see on tv or are told blindly, and are unwilling to do their own research. From...
I don't understand the whole Liberal-Conservative argument. Blindly following a political party gets you in trouble either way. I am a Republican who hates the Bush Administration. Basically, in my eyes, America has turned fascist as fascism is the merger of corporate interests and govt. Also...
My calculations were as follows...To match the number of gun owners to physicians, you have 114.29 times as many gun owners. So 114.29 x 120,000 accidental physician deaths = 13,714,000. 13,714,000 / 1,500 accidental gun deaths = 9,142.667. With actual numbers, 80 is most accurate...while my...
America would be far worse off if Americans didn't have the right to bear arms. This right is essential for all civilizations claiming freedom and liberty. That's why our founding fathers spoke so vehemently for gun ownership. If a claim is made that guns kill people, then don't automobiles...
Well, how many of those homicide's involved guns bought legally and registered? I don't have the stats on me but I do know that the vast majority are guns that were bought on the black market. BTW, I think per capita is a much better way to run statistics than overall numbers. And overall...
Well other than the girls, my college pretty much sucks. But it must be special since I've spent 3 years now this semester at a JC...Oh yeah that's right, I took classes that I later learned were not needed.
Also I remember reading a good piece by Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas...
The Police State Act: A Report
by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
by Rep. Ron Paul, MD
Congress passed legislation last week that reauthorizes the Patriot Act for another 10 years, although the bill...
If you find a way to do this, please let me know.
I also think that with all the information of how America is turning into a police state, this is not the best way to show how civil liberties are going down the crapper. Wouldn't a better argument be made by using post 9-11 passed...
Greg Palast or BBC has written a few reports on Robertson and Chavez. In my opinion they are excellent. His website also has links to BBC coverage of his reports.
Report on Robertson
http://gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=49&row=0 [Broken]
Report on why the Bush Admin is going after...
Nice piece and thanks for the read
I saw this piece on the election and thought it was pretty informative and possessed some suspicious scenarios. Also, it has an interview with Howard Dean before the election on it. It could have been Dean, Cheney or whoever for that matter as the...
Just cause the Vikings did some exploration of their own isn't as great as Columbus, because his discovery changed the world. Lief's didn't... although he deserves credit for what he did, it still isn't as important as Columbus'. Oh and I see the whole "You are wrong" thing again... typical...
Yeah, I'd like to see what the engineers who have knowledge of explosives have to say about it. Could make for some interesting posts. I also don't know much about this, just that there are a lot of lies and suspicious things that happened with the official story.
Are you trying to belittle Columbus for what he did? He was the first one to attempt to sail across the world and ended up finding America. Just because others say that their belief that the world is round doesn't really mean much with this guy since he took action upon it. He and his crew had...
How does a county in Ohio with 600 residents record 6,000 votes for Bush? Greg Palast has a great BBC documentary on this on his website along with the 2000 election and the documents showing the felonies list of innocent people...mostly African Americans who were turned away at the polls. I...
Faust...are you saying that what i have said is false?
No doubt the CIA and FBI lie about their intelligence as well...My examples are from specific agents hired by the Bush administration for the sole purpose of going to these regions and coming back with information about WMD's. Then these...
Wow, some very good points being made here. I also hate the conservatives bashing liberals and using that as an excuse and vice-versa. I think the problem with absolute liberal outlets and absolute conservative outlets is that they always point the finger at each other. Actually, even more so...
My perspective from looking at history that there is no good war at all but there are necessary wars. Throughout history it almost always seams that the country waging war on another country is in the wrong and doing it for their own selfish reasons. And the war is necessary for the country...
Classic Propaganda. I don't think so much as that he or the Bush administration was lied to as much as they know the exact facts and lie to the American public in hopes of raising patriotic fervor to support their wars and scare the public with terrorism. The Bush admin hired Jack...might be...
Ok, this is something that I find strange about this attack and other people that have been killed because police thought they were terrorists...Why did they shoot him in the torso? If this guy or whoever really was a suicide bomber, then why shoot him in the torso where the bomb would most...
I do have to disagree with Pattylou that science is not a good way to support the existence of a God. From my personal experience, which still is probably not as expansive as most of the people here, I have come to the conclusion that science actually does better proving the existence of a God...
I see this as a debate that pretty much won't really go anywhere as each person is going to refute claims and try to prove otherwise but as alluded to, there isn't enough scientific methods to get down to the nuts and bolts and probably will never be. I believe that a lot of the questions asked...
Who's to define what person or people are ignorant or not. I mean today we know its round but back then it wasn't proven fact. Today we know that those that said it was flat were wrong but back in that time period they didn't have concrete evidence. Maybe 100 years from now its proven that...
Yeah that makes complete sense...Anyway, my buddy showed me this that he found concerning them...
There are many stories why bananas have been thought of as bad luck on boats. This is only one of the nautical superstitions that I know of and is particularly prevalent amongst watermen. Many...
Isn't that kinda similar to clouds. Sometimes people say they see the devil's face or something in a cloud formation. But can't you find anything you want in a cloud with a little imagination and if you stare up at the sky long enough. and I dunno, but when I listen to Vivaldi's Four Seasons...
Yeah superstitions are kinda weird. AS Ivan said about the comet thing, maybe it has to do with fear. False Expectations Appearing Real. And like the penny example, it becomes associated with an event that happened. I'm not superstitious except for one thing. I love to fish and it is...
I think it does have some credence and could have been an influence in there deaths. Of course, how it could be proven is another story and highly unlikely. In today's terms, it's kinda like Benzene which is in some prescription drugs which the WHO states has no safe levels of consumption...
Ok, I would like to know Ivan why you deleted my last post. I'm not positive but I do not recall much chatter about 9-11. What I do recall was pointing out Northwoods, PNAC, and the Downing Street Memos. Since all three of these are official public documents with the Downing Street Memos...
Woah...I don't remember saying that Columbus was the ONLY person to say that the world was round or that any of the examples were only theorized by a single person. Before Columbus' voyage, was the mass appeal...i.e majority, stating that the world was round? No. That's the point. No ideas...
Hey all, this is my first post and I really like the way the forums are set up. It appears to me that this site can be really educational and helpful to everyone. I just went through the last 9-11 thread and being someone who's done quite a bit of research on the subject, I was disappointed...