People recreated the floating house from Pixar's up.

2011-03-06 Thread Vivec
Wow. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/upinspired-floating-house-14 Crazy stuff :-) They actually got the thing to fly! 10,000 feet! With freaking weather balloons!! ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Gruss Gott
Robert Munn wrote: > > How long do you think it would really take for the US military to wipe out > the Arab world's military infrastructure? Taking on Israel is one thing. > Taking on the US military in a stand-up fight is quite another. > > Here are the problems with touching Libya in any way:

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Vivec
Partisan justifimacation. *nods firmly* On 6 March 2011 18:56, Maureen wrote: >what justification do you have for that statement? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Maureen
Considering the Department of Defense is under the supervision of the same man who led it under the previous administration, what justification do you have for that statement? On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Sam wrote: > > Under our current regime we would lose.

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Sam
Under our current regime we would lose. . On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > How long do you think it would really take for the US military to wipe out > the Arab world's military infrastructure? Taking on Israel is one thing. > Taking on the US military in a stand-up fight

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Robert Munn
How long do you think it would really take for the US military to wipe out the Arab world's military infrastructure? Taking on Israel is one thing. Taking on the US military in a stand-up fight is quite another. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Vivec wrote: > > the arab world might unite against

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Vivec
the arab world might unite against the unrest within... Then the US decides to step in for the good of the people...or says they are putting sanctions... and ...and the arab world would be like "oooh noo no no Mr. US you can't do that" and Mr. US says "Oh YES WE CAN!" And then the Arab world s

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Judah McAuley
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Vivec wrote: > > You know..this could be the start of world war III. Why? Who is going to form alliances with whom and what would trigger a declaration of war that embroils said allies? Libya is in a state of pretty much open civil war, yes, but that happens arou

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Sam
He would have said say the same about WWII . On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Vivec wrote: > > You know..this could be the start of world war III. > > On 6 March 2011 12:46, Judah McAuley wrote: >> >> I'd like to see things like No Fly zones coordinated with the Arab >> League and African Unio

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Vivec
You know..this could be the start of world war III. On 6 March 2011 12:46, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I'd like to see things like No Fly zones coordinated with the Arab > League and African Union. I'm not sure how much of the Arab League is > in any shape to do anything right now, given the protes

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Judah McAuley
I'm not opposed, necessarily. I'm not sure how much good it will do in this case though. From what I've read thus far, the Libyan air force is not playing a huge role in the battles between insurgents and government forces but I could be wrong. I think it would be a mistake to unilaterally impose

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Sam
Attacking our planes changes the rules. . On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Uh, we still shouldn't invade Libya just like we shouldn't have invaded Iraq. > > Supporting groups looking to establish democracy in otherwise > totalitarian regimes is not the same thing as inv

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Robert Munn
We should establish a no-fly zone. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Uh, we still shouldn't invade Libya just like we shouldn't have invaded > Iraq. > > Supporting groups looking to establish democracy in otherwise > totalitarian regimes is not the same thing as invading

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Judah McAuley
Uh, we still shouldn't invade Libya just like we shouldn't have invaded Iraq. Supporting groups looking to establish democracy in otherwise totalitarian regimes is not the same thing as invading their countries and overthrowing a despot and taking over. Pretty pathetic attempt at historical revi

Re: This pretty much sums it up...

2011-03-06 Thread Jerry Barnes
"That's great, but I don't think FDR was talking about unions in private industry.and it would appear that Reagan agrees with FDR's contempt for a strike in the public sector, since he fired the controllers in 81." You are correct sir. J - My experience in getting money for Tuskegee has ta

Re: From Baghdad to Benghazi

2011-03-06 Thread Robert Munn
Bush Doctrine - 3 , Middle East Despotism - 0 couldn't resist :-) On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Sam wrote: > > By Charles Krauthammer > Friday, March 4, 2011 > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030304239.html > > A good read. > > ~~~