Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-23 Thread Dana
::nod:: I saw Somalia and a couple of other countries like that On 11/23/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saudi Arabia I think and some other slimy dictatorships. > > larry > > On 11/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks. Has anyone NOT signed it besides the US? > > > >

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-23 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Saudi Arabia I think and some other slimy dictatorships. larry On 11/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks. Has anyone NOT signed it besides the US? > > On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > most of the NATO countries, possibly the then Warsaw Pact, I forget > > wha

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
I dunno, personally I am in favor of banning the playing of Christina Aguilera... yes I am kidding. I didn't know that I was arguing in favor of *banning* such strategies, am I? That's unlikely to be fruitful because given enough lawyers there will always be something deplorable that is arguably le

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > hehe. Clever answer but it evades my point. All students have been > sleep deprived at some point and yes it may get the information in but > when it is applied to prisoners does it get any useful information > out? > Yeah, I dunno, but my point is that it's not "torture" and there

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
hehe. Clever answer but it evades my point. All students have been sleep deprived at some point and yes it may get the information in but when it is applied to prisoners does it get any useful information out? On 11/22/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > welp. Does it wor

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > welp. Does it work? > Yes, especially in courts of law, engineering school, and advanced military training. ~| Purchase Flash MX Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF comm

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
looks like there are a few. Tuvalu and Somalia, Afghanistan... hmmm On 11/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks. Has anyone NOT signed it besides the US? > > On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > most of the NATO countries, possibly the then Warsaw Pact, I forget > >

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
thanks. Has anyone NOT signed it besides the US? On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > most of the NATO countries, possibly the then Warsaw Pact, I forget > what other countries, but from what I understand most nations have > signed it. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Co

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
maybe we will. But fair enough. On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That we'll never know > > On 11/22/05, Dana wrote: > > ok some. I question (very much) whether it is all. ~| This list and all House of Fusion resource

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
most of the NATO countries, possibly the then Warsaw Pact, I forget what other countries, but from what I understand most nations have signed it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions for general info, and http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/party_gc for the countries that have

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
That we'll never know On 11/22/05, Dana wrote: > ok some. I question (very much) whether it is all. > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/v

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
welp. Does it work? no torture expert, but my guess is that the goal of the soft stuff > is to mentally destabilize you - basically throw you off your game and > hope you slip up. ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your compan

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
ok some. I question (very much) whether it is all. Dana On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... some people are getting punished :) > > On 11/22/05, Dana wrote: > > hehe. The people responsible are not being punished :) > > > > ~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > But what about the contention that just because you use torture (hard > or soft) does not mean you are getting the truth. That people say just > anything to make it stop? > I'm no torture expert, but my guess is that the goal of the soft stuff is to mentally destabilize you - basic

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
I missed it. On 11/22/05, Dana wrote: > yeah, he backpedaled pretty quick. Check out the news the day before. ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
Well... some people are getting punished :) On 11/22/05, Dana wrote: > hehe. The people responsible are not being punished :) > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.h

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Jerry Johnson
It depends on what you mean by civilian targets. Do you mean non uniformed fighters? Do you mean non-combatants? Do you mean houses, hospitals, mosques, infrastructure? What if that infrastructure is currently held and being used for fighting/storing munitions? If you mean school girls at a weddi

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
yeah, he backpedaled pretty quick. Check out the news the day before. On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't hear that, I heard he called him a good friend and true hero. > ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase yo

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
But what about the contention that just because you use torture (hard or soft) does not mean you are getting the truth. That people say just anything to make it stop? On 11/22/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > The US and British admitted it so it's not bs.

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
oh yeah, legally sure. That's like Libby probably not getting convicted because of the definition of the crime, is what I am saying. Do you think incendiary weapons should be used against civilian targets? Dana On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The use of WP in Falluja is

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
hehe. The people responsible are not being punished :) On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By minor story I meant panties on the head, men in underwear stacked > in a pyramid, turning the heat way down ect. That's not physical > torture like chopping off toes or bamboo up the fingernails

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
thank you, those are the details I was struggling for. How may other countries *did* sign those protocols do you know? On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No the US has signed no treaties banning the use of WP on civilians. > Protocol III or IV of the Geneva Conventions specif

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
ya and there's a fairly technical definition of torture from what I hear. On 11/22/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We never use toture but the threat of it being left on the table might > help with the difficult cases. > > > On 11/21/05, Dana wrote: > > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Dana
Let's assume that I am asking. It is standard practive to use the stuff as flares, right? But to shoot it at people? And yes, I realize that there are quite a few people here who know more about military practice than I do. On 11/22/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have any exp

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
We never use toture but the threat of it being left on the table might help with the difficult cases. On 11/21/05, Dana wrote: > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a minor story that Cheney > wants to exempt the CIA from restrictions on torture? ~~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
I didn't hear that, I heard he called him a good friend and true hero. On 11/21/05, Dana wrote: > However the administration is not making it. Cheney of the five > deferments is calling veterans with combat experience and decorations > for bravery vile names because they dare question his strategy

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Sam
By minor story I meant panties on the head, men in underwear stacked in a pyramid, turning the heat way down ect. That's not physical torture like chopping off toes or bamboo up the fingernails. It was humiliating and inappropriate and the people responsible are being punished. Yet it's used as pro

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
MAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > > > > > a minor story?? > > > > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a min

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
s and flares. No more no less. We have no treaties banning > > it's use. > > > > Tim > > > > > -----Original Message- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > > > To: CF-Community >

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > The US and British admitted it so it's not bs. > On the white phosphorus thing - not WMD, not a chemical weapon, perfectly fine to use in combat. We've got lots of weapons that'll do lots of bad things to the human body, but that's what combat is all about. If it's water, fire, o

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread Kevin Graeme
Do you have any experience with or knowledge of standard military equipment and procedures outside of what you read in the press? I recommend asking military personnel how common incendiary grenades are before deciding whether using them is unusual and improper. We have a few vets on the list you c

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-22 Thread G
> I am aware that sometimes bad things need to be done and I might > actually be in favor of doing them to save lives *if* and here is the > key phrase, if they were effective. > > So far not one story has surfaced abuot how we slapped some bad > terrorist around and he gave us the info to prevent

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Dana
t; > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > > > > > a minor story?? > > > > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a minor story that Chene

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Dana
hosphorous. > > It's crap. > > That's fire bombs and flares. No more no less. We have no treaties banning > it's use. > > Tim > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10

RE: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Loathe
by a guy in a uniform. Not once. Tim > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > > a minor story?? > >

RE: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Loathe
; Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > > a minor story?? > > My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a minor story that Cheney > wants to exempt the CIA from rest

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Dana
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. I could actually respect an honest debate. It seems possible that if sufficient forces were committed, the country could be secured. Of course you have to wonder if enough forces are physically and politically available, but there M

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Dana
a minor story?? My friend, I don't know what to say. Is it a minor story that Cheney wants to exempt the CIA from restrictions on torture? What about the use of chemical weapons in Fallujah, is that a minor story? When Saddam used chemical weapons, was that a minor story?

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > movement. Seems like the press is helping us lose. I'm not saying > ignore what happened but it was a minor story spun into a major abuse > story. > Policy is not about right and wrong, it's about speculation and debate. The Bush policy has been to stay the course, do nothing diffe

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Sam
I didn't hear Cheney call him a coward. The one congresswoman that did was speaking for a marine, which was a terrible thing to do. Speak for your self or have the Marine stand there and make his comment but to call a hero a coward and say "well they're not my words" is shameful. As for the other R

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread G
Saw that, that was absolutely horrible. > > Speaking of spin/anti-spin I had to, again, be appalled by Republicans > this weekend, but it could've been Democrats too. > > You had Cheney, Hastert, and that new Ohio congresswoman call John > Murtha a "coward". This is a Vietnam combat veteran wit

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Gruss Gott
> Maureen wrote: > I don't spin. I am the anti-spin. > Speaking of spin/anti-spin I had to, again, be appalled by Republicans this weekend, but it could've been Democrats too. You had Cheney, Hastert, and that new Ohio congresswoman call John Murtha a "coward". This is a Vietnam combat veteran

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread Maureen
I don't spin. I am the anti-spin. On 11/21/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which school of spin did you graduate from? > > > Yep. That's my Sam. Can't count, can't handle homonyms. Can't attack the > > message, has to attack the messenger. Happy graduate of the Karl Rove > > School > > of Spin

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-21 Thread G
Which school of spin did you graduate from? > Yep. That's my Sam. Can't count, can't handle homonyms. Can't attack the > message, has to attack the messenger. Happy graduate of the Karl Rove > School > of Spin. > ~| Discover C

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-20 Thread Dana
you keep on believing that Sam. On 11/19/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a tip: while pointing out personal attacks aren't a good thing, > don't do it yourself three times in that message. > > As for the message, there's no disputing the fact that Bush won the > election and is actuall

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-19 Thread Sam
Here's a tip: while pointing out personal attacks aren't a good thing, don't do it yourself three times in that message. As for the message, there's no disputing the fact that Bush won the election and is actually the sitting President. So your message is irrelevant. It's the people that tricked y

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Maureen
Yep. That's my Sam. Can't count, can't handle homonyms. Can't attack the message, has to attack the messenger. Happy graduate of the Karl Rove School of Spin. On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You living in a bunker where they all dress in black? I here the > Kool-Aid is delicious :)

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
::major eyeroll:: no Sam, I deliberately ignored it because of my personal vendetta against the man. I read several stories hurriedly, in between other things. Pretty much like I am doing now. I did see a story that said Cheney's office had declined comment. I also saw this one, come to think of

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
> So I guess all the likely players have denied it? Sounds like you're doubting it. Did you really forget what you heard last night? On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > I didn't apologize; I did say whoops, that's right, I stand corrected. > I didn't think it called for one. But since you were saying I

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
I didn't apologize; I did say whoops, that's right, I stand corrected. I didn't think it called for one. But since you were saying I never admit I am wrong, conceivably you owe me one now ;) not that I am holding my breath. Dana On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You call that an apolo

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
You call that an apology? It's weak but I'll accept it. On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > By the way, I saw your post on Cheney before this one. Read my answer. > Now let's have that apology ;) > > Dana > ~| Discover CFTicket - The le

RE: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Isn't that how we got into this war? Original>>> You're starting with a conclusion and building facts around it. Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthori

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
ummm I didn't say I was right, just that events haven't proved me wrong yet. I sort of wish they would. The world would definitely be a safer and more comfortable place. By the way, I saw your post on Cheney before this one. Read my answer. Now let's have that apology ;) Dana On 11/18/05, Sam <[

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
See that's the difference between thinkers and Kool-Aid drinkers. When I'm wrong I admit it and if I insult I apologize. Usually. You two never admit your wrong and never apologize. On the contrary you change the subject and insult. You always fall back on "I don't need no stinkin proof, I know I c

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
the facts are there. The cognitive dissonace will be gone as they will no longer be clashing with your irrational beliefs ;) On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So if I just assume the worst I won't need any facts? Got it. > > On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > > the reason it does not make sens

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
so that's just fine according to you? On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's the Kool-Aid talking :) > > On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > > Way back when I said that I was working on the assumption that this > > administration always lies and that everything it does it does from > > corru

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > So if I just assume the worst I won't need any facts? Got it. > You're starting with a conclusion and building facts around it. Further those facts are hearsay from some random website that has a leaked document from an unknown, but speculated, source. Get a spine and make a polic

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
So if I just assume the worst I won't need any facts? Got it. On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > the reason it does not make sense is that you keep assuming the good > faith of this administration. Let go of that and it all makes perfect, > if chilling, sense. > ~~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
That's the Kool-Aid talking :) On 11/18/05, Dana wrote: > Way back when I said that I was working on the assumption that this > administration always lies and that everything it does it does from > corrupt motives. It has yet to disappoint me. It has many times > horrified me, even when I was sta

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
the reason it does not make sense is that you keep assuming the good faith of this administration. Let go of that and it all makes perfect, if chilling, sense. Dana On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That brings us back to start. > The CIA under Tenet failed. Did Bush tell Tenet to jaz

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
Way back when I said that I was working on the assumption that this administration always lies and that everything it does it does from corrupt motives. It has yet to disappoint me. It has many times horrified me, even when I was starting from that assumption. How can you defend using something tha

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
people did actually believe it. A large number of the people on this list believed it. There was widespread condemnation as I recall against anyone who questioned the need to go to war. And according to Woodward, the invasion was a forgone conclusion in October 2001. On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
there is of course politics involved. This is politics. Nonetheless, we have on the one hand Cheney of the five deferrments calling people liars and unpatriotic and on the other people who have come to realize that they are not the only ones made uneasy by the sitation in Iraq I am sure that th

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Dana
you mean the footnote? On 11/18/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dude do you just delete stuff that proves you wrong and pretend it > never happened? > > Explain away this: > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/nie-iraq-wmd.html#inr-n1 > > On 11/18/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > > > Further, t

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
That brings us back to start. The CIA under Tenet failed. Did Bush tell Tenet to jazz the info so he could go to war or is Tenet actually incompetent? The Medal of Honor or freedom whatever suggests Tenet cooked the evidence for Bush or that Tenet has something over Bush. Probably something he foun

RE: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
With this administration: If you are on the right, to support your cause: Possibility = hard fact evidence If you are on the right and being accused nothing short of written evidence with pictures and video is acceptable as evidence. And then only if there is no plausible deniability. As a life

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread G
I don't knowif the Bush admin was so blinded by their desired path that they missed obvious signs of sketchy intelligenceis that "lying" by omission? Might be. Isn't that what the right is accusing Dan Rather of doing? >I agree. But the Dems are now saying the President lied about t

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
I agree. But the Dems are now saying the President lied about the info they had and people actually believe it. You would think the press would clear it up but with the exception of Fox News they've suddenly lost their tongues. On 11/18/05, G wrote: > I think many democrats voted for the authori

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread G
I think many democrats voted for the authorization of force because it was the right political move at the time. Now that the war is horrible unpopular, the right political move is to try and distance themselves from it. When you aren't the party in power, all you do is try to regain that power

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
That's nice. Please answer the question. You said: Further, the intelligence they received was product put together by > the administration which didn't include dissenting opinions > proportional to the size and facts of the dissent. That's a fact > admitted to by the Whitehouse and the CIA. An

RE: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Ken Ketsdever
administration, rather than the actual facts. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > Sam wrote: > Dude do you just delete stuff that proves you wrong and p

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Dude do you just delete stuff that proves you wrong and pretend it > never happened? > I'm not sure what you think I'm saying so I'll to be very precise: Where I agree with the Administration 1.) A stable democratic Middle East

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
You living in a bunker where they all dress in black? I here the Kool-Aid is delicious :) On 11/18/05, Maureen wrote: > This is a myth. He didn't win, and no matter how many times you say it, it > won't make it true. ~| Discover

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Sam
Dude do you just delete stuff that proves you wrong and pretend it never happened? Explain away this: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/nie-iraq-wmd.html#inr-n1 On 11/18/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Further, the intelligence they received was product put together by > the administration which

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Do you now agree the House and the Senate had the same or better > information doubting the WMDs? > Of course not, because they don't, didn't, never have, never will. I'm shocked anyone would even make that charge as it's so obviously false. As I've pointed out numerous times, it

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-18 Thread Maureen
This is a myth. He didn't win, and no matter how many times you say it, it won't make it true. On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We tried to help the Dems get in office by putting up a lightweight > like Bush and he still won. What more can we do? Appoint them? :) > > ~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
um why would he do that? You feed him some koolaid? On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll answer your silly questions but first address the thread > You seem to like to change the subject when the facts become inconvenient. > Do you now agree the House and the Senate had the sam

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
I'll answer your silly questions but first address the thread You seem to like to change the subject when the facts become inconvenient. Do you now agree the House and the Senate had the same or better information doubting the WMDs? On 11/17/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > So what's your policy point?

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > yeah, they forgot to check the supplies for the shake and bake missions :\ Shake-n-bake baby! BOO YAH! Toast 'em to the bone! ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > No, I still think it was the right thing to do. > So what's your policy point? You seem to be so lost in minutia you can't see the policy through the trees. If your point is that Mr. Bush acted on faulty intelligence then it follows that the CIA (and the NSA etc) should be severe

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
On 11/17/05, Kevin Graeme wrote: > Thanks. Obviously the intel leading to the judgement of that document > should be understood better, as well as how the judgment itself was > formed. And the "authorship/responsibility unknown" would be nice to > know too. Well Stu Cohen claims to be one of I thi

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
yeah, they forgot to check the supplies for the shake and bake missions :\ Dana On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, I still think it was the right thing to do. > > I never said the WMDs didn't exist, just that we didn't find them. > > On 11/17/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > > I've go

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
No, I still think it was the right thing to do. I never said the WMDs didn't exist, just that we didn't find them. On 11/17/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > I've got a question for you, there, Dr. Minutia: > > If things are as you claim (that the WMD intelligence was so far off > base that EVERYBODY got

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
You mean this? Some of the specialized but dual-use items being sought are, by all indications, bound for Iraq's missile program. Other cases are ambiguous, such as that of a planned magnet-production line whose suitability for centrifuge operations remains unknown. Some efforts involve non-contro

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Kevin Graeme
Thanks. Obviously the intel leading to the judgement of that document should be understood better, as well as how the judgment itself was formed. And the "authorship/responsibility unknown" would be nice to know too. The crux of the issue is that information we now know to have been erroneous led

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > You left out the most important part of the very first paragraph of a > 70 odd page report: I've got a question for you, there, Dr. Minutia: If things are as you claim (that the WMD intelligence was so far off base that EVERYBODY got it wrong) are you then saying that invading Iraq

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
You left out the most important part of the very first paragraph of a 70 odd page report: (See INR alternative view at the end of these Key Judgments.) It has a link :) On 11/17/05, Dana wrote: > it's the second paragraph. The first one says: > We *judge* that Iraq has continued its weapons of ma

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
I guess you didn't get to this post yet :) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/nie-iraq-wmd.html On 11/17/05, Dana wrote: > of course they do. > > > > brief. Do you know the briefings had more info then were available to > > Congress? ~~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
it's the second paragraph. The first one says: We *judge* that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs in defiance of UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad *has*chemical and biological weapons On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll put it into context:

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
key aspects like there might not be one? You have to admit that that is not the way the average reader would construe that sentence the Key Judgments to know that as we said: "We lacked specific > information on many key aspects of Iraq's WMD program." > > ~~

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
of course they do. On 11/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They did. > Only a handful read the NIE fast page five according to the Washington > Post. They also have the power to ask question and get answers. They > did have the same access they just had to request it. > To say they didn't

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:51 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > What Mr. Cheney, Mr. Bush and Mr. Rumsfeld left out was that the > administration had access to far more extensive intelligence than

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Dana
same intelligence that the > President does. > > -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:46 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] just look at the headlines > > ya, they believed nobody let alone the

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
The folks that voted in the Republican Primaries. _ _ (c)¿(c)¬ \ O / On 11/17/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > We tried to help the Dems get in office by putting up a lightweight > > Who's "we"? > ~| Purc

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > We tried to help the Dems get in office by putting up a lightweight Who's "we"? ~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseof

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
I'll put it into context: We judge that we are seeing only a portion of Iraq's WMD efforts, owing to Baghdad's vigorous denial and deception efforts. Revelations after the Gulf war starkly demonstrate the extensive efforts undertaken by Iraq to deny information. We lack specific information on man

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
We tried to help the Dems get in office by putting up a lightweight like Bush and he still won. What more can we do? Appoint them? :) On 11/17/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Well, I don't think I've been shy about my policy disagreement with both ;-) > > As I've said, in the Whitehouse we've got a fisc

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Kevin Graeme
I'm not forming an opinion on any of this, but that sentence is pretty ambiguous. It could mean something as big as "We doubt even the existence of WMD" or it could be as small as "We don't know the exactl location of WMD" with an implied "but we're sure it's there". I don't know which was the re

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Are you saying what happened to Anderson should happen to the House > and the Senate? > Well, I don't think I've been shy about my policy disagreement with both ;-) As I've said, in the Whitehouse we've got a fiscally liberal social conservative. That's opposite of me so I'm agai

Re: [politics] just look at the headlines

2005-11-17 Thread Sam
I heard the NIE report was more doubtful then the info the President was given. If only they read it http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr11282003.html Myth #4: We buried divergent views and concealed uncertainties: Diverse agency views, particularly on whether Baghdad was

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