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by Pebkac
Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:36 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Islamic Republic of Iraq
Replies: 31
Views: 2395

"Islam is the official religion of the state and is a basic source of legislation," the constitution reads, according to the Associated Press. "No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed principles of Islam." A mistaken interpretation, or just plain shoddy journalism? ...
by Pebkac
Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:03 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How Long
Replies: 14
Views: 1283

WA: I wasn't endorsing a course of action, only providing a counter-point to Woodchip's post. Yes, the extreme left's proposed solutions are ridiculous, but so are those of my neighbors here in redneckland. The answer is, as always, somewhere in the middle. Pandora: I did my best to put London out, ...
by Pebkac
Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:09 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: How Long
Replies: 14
Views: 1283

About the same amount of time it takes some righty to suggest nuking Mecca or Medina.
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:59 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: U.S. invades kids' privacy
Replies: 50
Views: 2992

what are you guys talking about with this "it's a return investment" stuff? Simple. If the federal government is providing subsidies for the operation of your enterprise, you really have no room to complain when they ask you for something in return. are you implying that your government w...
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: U.S. invades kids' privacy
Replies: 50
Views: 2992

i don't know the details of how it works. maybe some types of schools are exempt. From your link's FAQ: Are private schools subject to the military recruiter requirements? Private secondary schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are subject to this requirement. ...
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: U.S. invades kids' privacy
Replies: 50
Views: 2992

The first paragraph was for another poster and is correct. And yes, there is no buffoonery in skimming. ;) I plead guilty to skimming the article and heading straight for the link, which suggests that NCLB is the bee in their bonnet. I just find it nutso that we demand federal funds to operate our s...
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:32 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: U.S. invades kids' privacy
Replies: 50
Views: 2992

In my experience, it's a pretty sure bet that anyone who includes "Wake up America!" or some other variation of it in their arguments is a buffoon. It's the last phrase you want to use unless a lot of eye rolling and dismissal as a kook is your objective. As to the topic, does anyone else ...
by Pebkac
Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:32 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

That's gotta be one big mortar to reach from there to here. I don't think you're considering every delivery scenario. You think a missile is the only way to deliver a nastygram? Until tonight, however, no one questioned the authenticity of the documents provided by the Times of London. That has now...
by Pebkac
Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

Wouldn't someone, if they wanted to hide a weapon the size of a scud, bury it in such a way that it wouldn't take hours to clean out, especially if needed in a hurry? Also, wouldn't it be buried with it's launcher accompanying it? Because a missile is basically a giant paper weight if there's no wa...
by Pebkac
Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:08 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

They did this because they were doing their political theatrics. It's my understanding that this memo was never intended to be viewed by the public, that's why it's discovery was such a coup, right? For who's benefit were they doing the political theatrics? If everyone in the room knows it's bull★■...
by Pebkac
Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

If Britain's intelligence agency believed that no WMDs existed in Iraq, why was Britain's military asking questions about Saddam's possible use of WMDs? Were they not informed? How does Britain's intelligence services account for areas that were never inspected because Saddam deemed them off limits?...
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

Truly, yours is a dizzying intellect. /wesley
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

OK Pebkac, lets all invade teh US - cuz they don't let in inspecters
Spoken like someone who spent the 90s in elementary and junior high school. The point totally got past you.
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Downing street memo.
Replies: 50
Views: 2946

maybe the fact that the iraq war was planned months in advance Planning a war in advance of actually going to war seems like a good idea to me. and sold under false pretenses? Still with this weak argument? There was no way to conclusively prove that Iraq had no WMD stockpiles without actually goin...
by Pebkac
Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:55 am
Forum: The DBB Marketplace
Topic: FS: 3Com Superstack II 24 port hub
Replies: 0
Views: 1802

FS: 3Com Superstack II 24 port hub

Asking $200. Free shipping.
by Pebkac
Fri May 27, 2005 7:09 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bought a donut and coffee - lost my temper
Replies: 15
Views: 1086

Some of you with the more volatile suggestions for dealing with this kid need to spend a couple of years living among the homeless. They are right to spray the garbage. Unless you have a very strong stomach and don't mind cleaning up other peoples' puddles of urine and piles of feces, you don't ever...
by Pebkac
Mon May 16, 2005 5:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Freedom of the press
Replies: 42
Views: 2530

Right, let's blame the press and not the dumbass military. This is the type of stuff I sadly expected us to mess up on! I find it curious that even after Newsweek accepts responsibility for their screwup and apologizes, you still want to defend them and lay blame at the feet of the military. What's...
by Pebkac
Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Escalation
Replies: 38
Views: 2762

The link. Minuteman volunteers planned to start regular patrols Monday, fanning out across 23 miles of the San Pedro Valley to watch the border and report any illegal activity to federal agents. It's an exercise some law enforcement authorities and others fear could lead to vigilante violence. It's...
by Pebkac
Sun Mar 20, 2005 3:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: They Finally Did It!!
Replies: 60
Views: 3811

But this page brings up an interesting point: apparently the proposed development areas only cover equipment that touches the ground, not the pipelines, which are suspended above. Their is already ample proof that the pipelines do not hurt the indigenous critters running around Alaska. A case could...
by Pebkac
Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:59 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: They Finally Did It!!
Replies: 60
Views: 3811

Meanwhile, check out the pic that was run in this MSNBC article. Deception at its finest.
by Pebkac
Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:01 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Condi versus Hillary
Replies: 26
Views: 1651

It would be interesting to see Hillary trying to convince black voters that she's "blacker" than Condi Rice, but I don't think it will happen. In the end, it will be McCain vs. <insert name here>. McCain's appeal to both sides of the aisle will take him to an easy win over his opponent.
by Pebkac
Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:27 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: muslim fatwa against bin Laden
Replies: 5
Views: 695

I'll be impressed when I hear the same fatwa issued from the imams in Mecca or Medina.
by Pebkac
Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cleaning out Gitmo
Replies: 13
Views: 899

The bottom line I think is that if we want the world to believe that were an enlightened nation outr representitives abroad and at home need to start acting in a superior manner. You mean like charging the perpetrators in the Abu Ghraib "torture" situation and putting them in front of a C...
by Pebkac
Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:02 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ethics and the U.N.
Replies: 23
Views: 1277

The Whitehouse' position runs counter to every modern thought and flies in the face of all facts. Idiots. Abstinence. Yeah Right. "Just Say No." LOL. Now, get your heads out of the sand and see what's actually going on. JEBUS! Can you not manage to read three lines of text before flipping...
by Pebkac
Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Ethics and the U.N.
Replies: 23
Views: 1277

Well, that's why abstinence isn't the only choice on the list. I'd say it's retarded to be throwing millions of dollars at a problem that could easily be solved for free by excercising a small measure of self control and following that advice: A. Don't ★■◆● at all. B. If you're gonna ★■◆●, be faithf...
by Pebkac
Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: wassup ★■◆●
Replies: 59
Views: 3469

I never realized that Monty Python was a person.
by Pebkac
Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Why would you bother?
Replies: 10
Views: 830

Assasinating Dubya is a TERRIBLE idea! Look who would be stepping into his shoes A level-headed, well-educated, hard working individual, imminently qualified to assume the duties of President based on almost a half-century of public service? Yeah, that would be a bad thing. We need someone who pass...
by Pebkac
Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: wassup ★■◆●
Replies: 59
Views: 3469

in that quote (in original context), what i was taking offense to is the notion that i have anything to do with stigmatisation of blacks in america, just coz i'm white. ... itchy trigger fingers are labeling me a racist before considering labeling me an impartial outsider. The context as I read it ...
by Pebkac
Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:06 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: wassup ★■◆●
Replies: 59
Views: 3469

Why not flip the coin and make an attempt to be sensitive to all cultures of the world, Heh, because he already stated quite clearly that respecting other cultures would be " putting me somehow into your cultural picture, which I TAKE OFFENSE TO ." you know nothing of philosophy. LOL! You...
by Pebkac
Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: State of the Union
Replies: 33
Views: 3163

Well, if Vander is correct, it would seem that no elaboration will be necessary. Vander adequately explained why the quoted portion of Mobius' post was incorrect.
by Pebkac
Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:41 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: State of the Union
Replies: 33
Views: 3163

I can't believe he's thrown his weight behind a constitutional amemdment regarding gay marriage. If that passes, I'll know Americans really have gone insane. That's one opinion. Some would say it's insane to allow the minority to dictate to the majority. However, given that I couldn't care less if ...
by Pebkac
Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: what other political forums do you troll?
Replies: 62
Views: 3647

The Texas Longhorns fan site has an excellent, if not always amiable, political forum . Most of the folks who make up that small speck of blue you saw near the center of Texas' electoral map spend their days posting up every democrat talking point under the sun. There are intelligent posters from bo...
by Pebkac
Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:06 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The New Guard
Replies: 24
Views: 2134

Link As neo-con godfather, Irving Kristol once remarked, a neo-conservative is a "liberal who was mugged by reality". True to that description, neo-conservatives generally originated on the left side of the political spectrum and some times from the far left. Many neo-cons, such as Kristo...
by Pebkac
Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The New Guard
Replies: 24
Views: 2134

I don't know if you noticed Woodchip, but most of the world doesn't care too much about what our president has to say. As if that were a damning indictment. :roll: I'll bet their governments care very much what he has to say, and that's what really matters. One day, someone will have to explain to ...
by Pebkac
Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:47 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US Ends Search for WMD in Iraq
Replies: 54
Views: 3146

Well you can't exactly start a war over someone denying your inspection team unrestricted access, right? Perhaps not, but you *can* resume hostilities if those inspections were a condition of a ceace-fire agreement (which they were). ANY obstruction constitutes a breach of the agreement. Ceace-fire...
by Pebkac
Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US Ends Search for WMD in Iraq
Replies: 54
Views: 3146

so you're saying america went over to Iraq because of non compliance with the sanctions? Yes, and for numerous other reasons. Bush laid all of his reasons out on the table back at the start. Do a Google search. What I am saying is so bloody simple. 1. It was the position of intelligence agencies th...
by Pebkac
Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:12 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US Ends Search for WMD in Iraq
Replies: 54
Views: 3146

well for what it's worth, i got some of my info from www.informationclearinghouse.info. most of the stories there are links from other papers, such as moscow times, the scotsman press, BBC, etc. I understand that you aren't talking out of your ass when you say what you say, but with all due respect...
by Pebkac
Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:34 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US Ends Search for WMD in Iraq
Replies: 54
Views: 3146

You're right, and I apologize. It's weird how different things get on different people's nerves in different ways. There's been a great deal of gloating in the anti-Bush circles about this, but one of phrases that I'm completely fed up with hearing from anti-Iraq people is that they "knew"...
by Pebkac
Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: US Ends Search for WMD in Iraq
Replies: 54
Views: 3146

Of course I knew they weren't there over six months ago, but no one listened. *shrug* :roll: You knew exactly nothing, so let's get over ourselves, shall we? The Link 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date United Nations Actions/ Security Council ...
by Pebkac
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Salt and Pepper
Replies: 64
Views: 4161

Next stop, rocket science.