Posted on 03/10/2006 8:16:05 PM PST by crushelits
I like your jokes!
That video disturbs me.
You're not going to change minds, the 'hate bush crowd no matter what' swarms during events like this. Where are they on other issues? Like defending the wot? ... *crickets*
>>That video disturbs me.<<
It is pretty creepy, isn't it?
You're awareness and ears are up. Good. Something smelled bad to me for a week. We have normal relations with UAE. We had contracts with them since they were targeted by AlQueda. A disinformation campaign was successful in the U.S. leading to a popular revolt.
Someone is trying to seperate us from our friends there. The question is- who?
No, YOU never learn. Why don't you try to; for a change? :-)
Well thank you, I got a couple more. I'll save those for other takeover threads. Ping me, we'll muck it up again. This has been fun. Gotta hit the hay.
Me too. G'night.
Worse than foolish...venal, cowardly, and stupid.
If I were the UAE, I would take my business to Europe. I hope they don't, but to pretend that what our congress just did was right, is wrongheaded in the extreme.
We only pay lip service to those arab governemnts that help in the WOT. We're back to playing checkers instead of chess.
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a1fed9e6421.htm#139 <- May 7, 2001
bttt
Not on trade threads, unfortunately. Some time ago a thread was posted about Intel building a $300M chip plant in Vietnam. Much wailing, rending of garments, and gnashing of teeth followed, mostly about "our" jobs being sent "there." After someone insisted to me that we no longer manufacture chips in the U.S., I discovered that Intel (!) was building a $3B plant in Arizona, and Samsung was expanding its $2B plant in Texas. Took me maybe five minutes on Google, tops.
bttt
It's not a "shake down" to involve other countries, specifically arab countires, in the fight against terrorists. And the carrot used to be that those who stand with us are rewarded for it.
Now, we have told the world that it doesn't matter if you try to be a partner for peace, or capitalism. If your'e an Arab, your'e out and everything we've told you until now has been a damned lie.
Why the hell are we still in Iraq?
Didn't the UAE just sing a very large deal with Boeing to purchase planes? It was between Boeing and Air Bus and Boeing won out.
Wouldn't that give us a trade surplus with them?
That explains the volume of well-researched and reasoned discourse here.
Subject: An Unbiased Erudite History Lesson
Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They
lived on deer in the mountains during the summer & would go to the coast
and live on fish and lobster in winter.
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the
invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were
the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting
of humanity into two distinct subgroups: Liberals and Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered it required grain and that was the beginning of
agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so
while our early human ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be
invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while
they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as "the
Conservative movement.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the
conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the
sewing, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the
Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into
women. The rest became known as 'girliemen.'
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of
cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs and the concept
of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that
conservatives provided.
Over the years, conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most
powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white
wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well
done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.
Another interesting revolutionary side note: most of their women have higher
testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys,
journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals
invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women.
Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers,
firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, Marines, athletes and
generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire
other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to "govern" the producers and decide what to
do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans.
That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming
to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tame and created a business
of trying to get MORE for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history:
It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to respond to the above before
simply laughing and forwarding it. A Conservative will be so convinced of the absolute
truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately.
Saved it right to my hard drive. Can't wait to creep-out my nieces and nephews.
My view is that some entity manipulated both the U.S. media and the UAE to see if they could do it. The "hate Bush" crowd were pimped for this. This is not a conspiracy theory, just a logical progression. Open for alterations. I want more info.
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