Posted on 02/20/2008 3:48:31 PM PST by Racehorse
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The problem is that I think I know what you meant, but didn’t say.
Judaeo Christian principles get trashed (only ones getting trashed) in the hellish rush to international godless corporatism to the detriment of borders, tradition, beliefs.
That is what I meant. And this president (and McCain) is part of that vicious circle too. I did not believe it at first...but now I do..a gradual and painful realization.
Okay, that’s what I thought. Bush started the war to benefit Halliburton.
Let’s just sell this site to MoveOn.org and get it over with.
Bush started the war to benefit Halliburton.
Did I say that? I didn’t see that anywhere in my posting. I did not even mention Iraq. I could have. Oil is a staple to the world’s economy after all. Too bad we couldn’t just say that..that we need to remove the butcher of Baghdad because oil needs to flow. That is not PC enough and one consequence is the Christian community there has all but disappeared.
You need to get past the defensiveness and stop defending the cabal running the show in the belt no matter which party is in power. It’s a complex situation I agree..but beating up our allies and defending tyrants for tha sake of economic corporate interests operating under the guise of privatization does not fool every conservative and does not make things better.
To leave the border open while going on an Iraq adventure in the name of the security of our homeland demonstrates that the latter was a bogus reason.Perhaps you were referring only to the Kosovo part of the comment, although I'd then ask you to explain how our actions in Kosovo are being done in pursuit of corporate interests.
Yes Yes and maybe later.
IN the meantime see if you can figure out the answer first. To help you, answer Harris’s questions as posed by Lechter:
“Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this connection (man) you seek?”
Sorry, but I don’t want to engage in riddle games with you.
If you do not wish to explain your statements on this forum, then that is your privilege, but I shall weigh them accordingly.
Trade in general is the life blood of civilization. If you underestimate that, try studying the aftermath of the Roman Empire's fall.
In 2008, free and fair exchange of oil is essential. Pirates, bandits, terrorists, barbarians, tinpot despots, whoever, throughout history past and future represent an existential threat to a basically prosperous way of life.
So we come to the justifications for military action against hopelessly corrupt dictators with almost unlimited resources. To justify invasion as a defensive action against Butchers that will pass WMDs to terrorist networks, is to draw attention to the essential power (over many nations!) that a Saddams holds. If unchecked, at some point the evildoer will kill thousands and millions. Calling attention instead to the inevitable economic ruin would be justification enough.
To wring your hands over the hypocrisy of failing to stress the economic aspect of this necessary type of policing, or to imagine that the Christian community in Iraq would be in fine shape if Saddam were still in power, is to miss the forest for the trees.
The kind of trade the neocons are infatuated with is corporate monopolistic trade that respects neither nation nor people.
Any political entity that formulates policy and takes action in order to expand and defend monopolistic corporate goals to the detriment of its own well being and traditions is not worthy of respect.
Jim Robinson, my hero! Well said, Jim!
God’s Blessing be upon all who “FReep!” ;)
The Beloved Levinite^$^
“Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.” ~Ronald Reagan
“Try joining one of these sites, read and post a message or two. I’d be surprised if you didn’t enjoy it more and find it takes less time than FR.”
I like the FR format better.
And how can you stand the “Liberty Lounge?” That place is overrun with scumbag morons.
Many have tried, but there was only one Quidam.
The turtle is in the tree
:>)
Why would anyone that prefers those forums post at FR?
I don’t blame you for leaving this tired old out-dated site for those shiny new ones
After all, the content isn’t that important.
I included Liberty Lounge as an example of what vBulletin has to offer in the way of a user interface. I have never even read the site’s content.
And I answered you. I am posting it again, and am bolding it. (pretty slick, we can bold words here!)
I don’t blame you for leaving this tired old out-dated site for those shiny new onesLet me know if you missed it again.
That was my way of saying that the interface on this site works quite well, thank you.
Perhaps you missed it due to the clumsiness of FR and said interface?
You'll get used to it after you've been here a while.
Some people get it quite quickly, some take a while. Be patient.
You have't figured out the edit feature yet? It's really quite simple. Old fashioned (only clumsy to those with that propensity) but honestly quite effective.
“What does this site have that the newer ones don’t? “
Seems like the new ones make you click click click click click click click click click click click click to read a thread.
This one, you can just scroll down.
Always worth a re-read. Thanks!
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