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Final Olympic Medal Count (Coalition of Willing 527, Commies/Despots 103, Appeasers 271)
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Posted on 08/15/2004 2:19:29 PM PDT by rocklobster11
Judging from the Olympics, it looks like Bush put together a pretty strong coalition.
I couldn't decide wether Russia should be in the Commies or Appeasers bracket, so I left them in Commie group with China and Cuba.
The Appeasers are France, Germany, and Belgium.
Unknown are Thailand, South Africa, Indonesia, Serbia, and Argentina.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coalition; iraq; olympics; willingcoalition
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To: rocklobster11
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:20:10 PM PDT
by
NavySEAL F-16
(Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
To: rocklobster11
Might add another group: enemies. Include Indonesia there, also with the Axis of Evil.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:22:43 PM PDT
by
alancarp
(Boycott France and anything that even LOOKS French.)
To: rocklobster11
Yeah great idea. Keep a running total and how about starting a ping list?
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:23:00 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: rocklobster11
You should move thailand to the calition of the willing and Russia to appeasers since they arent commies anymore
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:24:19 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
To: aft_lizard
Russia technically isn't communist, but Putin is moving back towards authoritarianism (for instance, increased state control of the media) and has even brought back some communist symbolism. I don't think Russia will return to communism, it will just slide further into tyrannical crony capitalism.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:26:38 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: xm177e2
This is great...keep it updated!
To: rocklobster11
I like the way you broke it down. :)
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:33:14 PM PDT
by
dandi
(Breaking News: Greek Vaseline Tanker Disrupts Sailing Regatta)
To: rocklobster11
Serbia would have been in the Allies list until the Schlickmeister bombed them.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:40:01 PM PDT
by
MadelineZapeezda
(CPR for hampsters, nothing for the Unborn!)
To: rocklobster11
To: rocklobster11
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:43:21 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat)
To: rocklobster11
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:46:10 PM PDT
by
PianoMan
(And now back to practicing)
To: xm177e2
"Russia technically isn't communist..."
Communism is a way of life, not red banners. As any way of life, it is characterized by how people relate to one another and to their society in socially important situations (so, saying "Gesundheit!" or its equivalent in any language does not count as similarity. But brown-nosing and backstabbing, or their relative prevalence, does).
Given this understanding, Russia is communist, has always been communist since its beginnings in 9 th century, and will continue being communist as long as it is going to exist, if only because there is neither experience nor even conceptual framework for its being or becoming anything else but a communist society.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:46:15 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: rocklobster11
![](http://www.scifi.com/tripping/characters/chode/images/chode.gif)
bump...
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:48:53 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: rocklobster11
Great concept, but you need an Axis of Evil Medal count
To: rocklobster11
Great idea. This is exactly how I've been deciding who to root for in those events that don't feature serious American opposition.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:51:44 PM PDT
by
DameAutour
(It's not Bush, it's the Congress.)
To: rocklobster11
Spain was coalition, but now they're appeasers.
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posted on
08/15/2004 2:58:52 PM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Finally an answer for the prisoner problem at Abu Ghraib: Don't take any.)
To: chemicalman
Spain hasn't won anything yet, but since they did send troops, I'll leave them in the Coalition of the Willing.
To: rocklobster11
I love the official FR tally, keep it running through the games!
To: GSlob
Interesting. I would say Communist is a type of governance, while what you are describing would be considered a communal ideology, like Mennonites live and teach.
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posted on
08/15/2004 3:03:28 PM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(I actually voted for John Kerry before I voted against him)
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