Posted on 03/10/2006 8:16:05 PM PST by crushelits
But it's gotten VERY old and I, for one, have just about had it. Thank GOD for vacations...which I'm going on soon. Hold down the fort, in my absence. :-)
It appears to me, that it was after some vote counting in the Senate on Shumers late addition to a bill that was not even ready for debate, that the White House and the UAE saw something that caused them to pull out of the deal.
Frist lost control of the Senate apparently, and they were ready to make fools of themselves as they have done before on the Shiavo vote.
This is just nuts and very dangerous to have a Senate responding to public or political pressures that are emotionally laden. It has never happened in my memory except for these recent gaffs.
I don't know why exactly, but it must stop and stop now or there will be hell to pay in the voting booth for every incumbent and I'll be participating gladly.
Spot on!
You're welcome and pleasant dreams.
This wasn't some foreign policy initiative Dubya thought he had to explain and campaign for. It's a business deal that made sense until the drive-by media went on a tirade and persuaded the easily gullible. In the end it doesn't make a whole lot of difference either way...it just gives Dubya haters, like you and the rats, something to complain about.
Why don't you just stick to bashing Dubya's faith in divine creationism. You're not nearly as persuasive on issues that don't require your intense hatred of the Lord.
I'm sure I could not withstand the pressure of a full-on flame from you. My aim is only to elevate your ire, on occasion, not persistently, and only over matters trivial.
In my heart of hearts, I mean absolutely no harm. But a little devil inhabits part of my entertainment center, and he seeks devilish entertainment from time to time.
Agility in rhetorical battle requires PRACTICE, among other things. Patience, I think, is another.
Perhaps someday we could engage in a mock flame war, or at least after it was over, pretend it was all in fun. Naturally, such an event could not be scheduled - for reasons so obvious I choose to not expand on the thought. But in general I note, not all flaming is really flaming, sometimes flaming is just for fun.
Generously, Frist leaves a lot to be desired, but who do you suppose could control the Senate?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060311/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/hostage_killed
U.S. Hostage Tom Fox Killed in Iraq
By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer
An American who was among four Christian activists kidnapped last year in Iraq has been killed, a State Department spokesman said Friday.
The FBI verified that a body found in Iraq Friday morning was that of Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va., spokesman Noel Clay said. He said he had no information on the other three hostages.
Now is the perfect time for our Islamic dictator "friend" in the UAE to condemn the vicious murder of an innocent Christian in Iraq.
I'm sure our "committed ally" will denounce in the strongest terms all those who murder Christians and others in the name of their so-called god.
/MASSIVE SARCASM!!!
You could fix your little dilemma if you would just state an opinion on the dangers of cruise travel, like some of us have.
Instead of demanding a full inquiry into every aspect and every detail, Bush chose to pick a fight with the American people and the GOP Congress. By a 62-2 margin the House committee voted to oppose the DPW/UAE deal. Hastert and Frist TOLD Bush they would oppose him. Even after being proven wrong in the court of public opinion, Bush has continued to show a level of arrogance that undermines his support and shows poor leadership on his part. Bottom line. Bush lost this fight BIGTIME!
The Muslim Sheiks who control and operate the UAE, and other Islamic nationstates of the ME, won't be divesting in the US. Their investments will be going up. They won't be kicking the worlds only superpower out of their ports and bases either. We protect these dictatorial Sheiks and their Islamic sheikdoms from acts of terrorism. Nothings changed.
Except a bunch of whining Bush apologizers/sycophants on FreeRepublic have to eat crow on this one for acting like spoiled brats.
Cruise travel as in hitch-hiking? Not dangerous at all. ;-)
I can tell you in all honesty, I have no worthwhile opinion relating to the dangers of cruise travel. I figure if 1/6,666 pax is taken for satanic sacrifice, it's within historic boundaries.
And you're absolutely correct, you WILL lose and lose horrifically, in any kind of a flame war with me; even IF it got me banned. Do you REALLY want THAT on your conscience?
Stop pushing me...........
I am NOT here you give you "practice" of any sort. I am NOT here for your "entertainment! My patience DOES have its limits. And you may lie to yourself that this is all "just in fun" and that you "mean me no harm", but that IS a LIE!
I bet you get your jollies by pulling the wings off insects and torturing small animals, as well. Go menace someone else!
The group who has them, was until they grabbed them, unknown and are NOT affiliated with any known group.
Don't demand an apology from anyone, who has less than nothing whatsoever to do with this situation.
Baloney. Dubya pushed DPW to offer a 45 day review. Congress said "we don't need no stinking review," and pushed for a vote without a review of the facts.
Except a bunch of whining Bush apologizers/sycophants on FreeRepublic have to eat crow on this one for acting like spoiled brats.
Eat crow? What for? Because the GOP Congress and some imbecilic Bush haters unthinkingly joined with the rats and drive-by media? Don't make me laugh.
What utter drivel!
"The Muslim culture is not easily assimilated into a western society, so this will be a supremely difficult challenge. If we can't figure out how to do it, we're doomed to death, dhimmitude (as we're seeing indications of in Europe), or a lot of innocent blood on our hands."
Ummm... define innocent blood. If you mean killing people whose religion requires our death or slavery, I think I can handle it. Attempting to assimilate Muslim culture into our own has proved a miserable failure in the US, and all across Europe. That's the reason we're deployed in the ME right now. Welcoming their culture to our shores is either inviting or hastening defeat.
Heh. Nope, there is a travel agent FReeper who jumps down the throats of anyone who posts *anything* related to the cruise lines, no matter what they say--and you get an ad spam to go along with it.
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