Posted on 01/19/2005 1:44:33 PM PST by RWR8189
You're wrong. Chinese generally use cash to buy things. In the main, they abhor consumer debt.
You definately are a liberal troll on here. First you try to win the arguement by calling people names. Then you try to change the subject when you are called on a point. Finally, when no one is buying your argument, you pout off like a child, accusing everyone else of being children.
Once you are whereever it is you have gone, you will tell your friends, you can not believe how stupid they are. And you may fool them but really you are only fooling yourself.
And so I say again...
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No Bayourod, that's the truth. Even if this turns out to be nothing shouldn't it at least serve as a wake-up call that we need to take border security serious in this country? Instead of questioning my intelligence you'd be better served if you question the intelligence of this administration when it comes to border security and illegal immigration.
The only thing i can think of is that some reporter got wind of this somehow so the Feds had to tell them something
how accurate it is who knows but the fact that the officials around Boston are running around says that something is making them nervous
You need to learn the difference between a terrorist act (which is geared to influence society in general) and a hate crime, which was what this was before you continue down this line of reasoning.
China is a new member of the WTO and is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. The LAST thing they are going to do right now is rick getting caught sponsoring terrorist acts that would end up hurting them a whole lot more than they would hurt us.
You are thinking of the China of 10 years ago, the Chinese are modernizing fast in all things, including attitudes towards debt. They noe have credit cards for the first time. But that's beside the point. China's per capita income is $5000. Ours is $40000. Eight percent of China's imports come from the US.
It's called "going to bed." You should try it sometime. And inserting Mexican carjackers into a conversation on terrorism was idiotic. God, I just love it when people shilling for union special interests accuse ME of being liberal.
And so I say again...
Please don't. It was lame the first time you used it. As a commedian, you make an excellent paranoid conspiracy theorist. Don't give up your day job.
How would you set up or transport an effective "dirty bomb'?
Let's say you had enough radioactive goop to contaminate an acre so badly that you'd get a lethal dose standing in the middle of it for one year.
Now scrape it all up into a box you can carry around- let's say a 1x1x1 foot box.
You'd get a lethal dose in 13 minutes!
Now consider that you have to grind or chop or powder your stuff first, then pack it in the casing. At 13 minutes per lethal dose, you will need lots of volunteers, or a government lab.
Even then, shielding would be very heavy if you wanted to store or move it. A 1.5' box made of lead a couple inches thick would weigh in at about a half ton.
As current as these news items are, this was considered and rejected in 1939-1942 by both the Manhattan Project scientists and the German bomb researchers. They both independently thought about using reactor waste (pile waste they called it then), and decided that there was no practical way to make an effective weapon. Guys like Teller, Oppenheimer, Feinman.
Now, as a fantasy threat, one that requires the US media to aid and abet the terrorists by going absolutely nuts over ANY amount of radioactivity, now that's a possibility.
I envision Dan Rather with a micro-R meter on a sidewalk in NY demanding that Bush DO SOMETHING about the 30 micro-R reading on the meter (sidewalks, granite buildings, and cinder blocks all emit radiation a little. A gas mantle lantern uses thorium to get a bright white light and the thorium will make a geiger sing). But people seeing Dan's act would fear the outdoors.
There is the real threat, our news people here at home. They can help the terrorists by magnifying a miniscule threat into a huge problem.
Bingo.
Hhmmmm.... and Ted Kennedy wound up on the NO-FLY list...
coincidence ?... I think not !
Hmmm. Did even you read the other article? These people's throats were slit because they were outspoken against Islam. Islamic fanatics terrorised this family to prevent further dissent in the future.
A hate crime would be spray painting a swastika or something on their garage door. Slitting their throats, Islamic Execution style....is terrorism. An act designed to influence the Coptic Christian society in general.
You must like the taste of feet.
I tend to go with "hate crime" also on this - it would move into terrorism when the video tapes wind up on al-jazera.
Terrorists don't wait to make people guess what happened.
Truely a useful and well-thought out post. I use FACTS to show you you are wrong. You make baseless accusations. There can be no debat on this: We are FAR more valuable to the Chinese economically than they are to us. And the idea that China "threatens to nuke us on a yearly basis" is laughable. Perhaps you have them confused with the North Koreans? They DO look somewhat similiar. Most Chinese don't have the funds to immigrate, have better opportunities in their own country, and are probably not permitted to leave anyway. So Chinese immigration is -for the moment- a dead issue. But let's keep in mind that the issue here is not immigration, it is security against terrorism. In today's paper the person most vocal about calling this a credible threat is the Border Agents Union Rep. What does that tell you?
I don't have a problem spotting a security threat. You just have all your facts straight.
I don't need to guess on this one, come on RS, neither do you. They spoke out against Islam...were threatened, then slaughtered in Islamic Tradition.
What's to guess? Hate Crime? I can respect your opinion, but no. I doubt someone with the sole motivation of hating Egyptians/Christians did this. Think they would have the stones to hogtie an 8 year old and slit her throat while she's pleading for her life? While her family is pleading for her life? They were killed to make a point to not speak out against Islam...typical terrorism to control the population. Same as in their home countries.
Your typical "racist" didn't commit this crime. But, we're getting way off point....
LMAO!
You just have all your facts straight.
Yes, he does...I'm goin' back to bed...this conversation is making my migraine come back.
ALIPAC, tag. ;)
Feel free to back up and prove that statement.
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