oopsie :)
http://www.businessinsider.com/politics-economics-facts-charts-2012-6#
doh!
On 6 November 2012 11:08, Sam wrote:
>
> It wouldn't support his point if it was real
>
> .
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Larry C. Lyons
> wrote:
> >
> > It would be an even better chart if you provi
It wouldn't support his point if it was real
.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote:
>
> It would be an even better chart if you provided a link...
>
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Vivec wrote:
>>
>> Great chart explaining the US Economy, and why it is at this point today.
>
It would be an even better chart if you provided a link...
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> Great chart explaining the US Economy, and why it is at this point today.
>
> I think another issue that can be checked is why medication and procedures
> are so very expensive within the
Great chart explaining the US Economy, and why it is at this point today.
I think another issue that can be checked is why medication and procedures
are so very expensive within the healthcare industry. There doesn't seem to
be the kind of transparent and fair market price competition that should
The United States of Inequality
Trying to understand income inequality, the most profound change in
American society in your lifetime.
By Timothy NoahPosted Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at 10:29 PM ET
In the late 1970s, a half-century trend toward growing income equality
reversed itself. Ever since,
> -Original Message-
> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:49 AM
> To: cf-community
> Subject: Re: Excellent Interview about Faith
>
> not related too much, but I'm just curious.have you visit
No, but their web site is annoying as hell. More complicated != more
gooder.
Ray Champagne
http://blog.raychampagne.com
http://twitter.com/raychampagne
Jay Leno - "The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one
can be the designated driver."
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Za
not related too much, but I'm just curious.have you visited the
IAmSecond.com web site? I got curious after I saw 5 billboards on the
way to work.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Jim Davis wrote:
> This is the extended interview with Father George Coyne that Richard
> Dawkins
> did for h
What an extraordinarily intelligent man..he really represents, to me, an
idealized version of how one can be both spiritually involved, and yet
scientifically grounded.
really enjoyed listening to Fr. Coyne..thanks for the link.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED
This is the extended interview with Father George Coyne that Richard Dawkins
did for his TV Special "The Genius of Darwin". Really fascinating: a
completely engaging, civil conversation with two people that disagree on
some fundamentals but are clearly able to mark more common ground than you
migh
You need to ask the Ocean :)
2008/10/20 Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> hey now! I've always been told it's not the size of the craft, it's
> the motion of the ocean. Have I been lied to? :)
~|
Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 sof
hey now! I've always been told it's not the size of the craft, it's
the motion of the ocean. Have I been lied to? :)
On Oct 17, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote:
> On his sites.as a guy, that is a pretty small list of possible
> sites.
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Erika L.
Bingo
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Somebody started the weekend early. :)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:03 PM
> To: cf-community
>
Somebody started the weekend early. :)
-Original Message-
From: Erika L. Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:03 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: Wow! Excellent Flash penetration on my sites
he said penetration
Maybe you just need to be more adventurous...
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On his sites.as a guy, that is a pretty small list of possible sites.
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> he said penetration
On his sites.as a guy, that is a pretty small list of possible sites.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Erika L. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> he said penetration
~|
Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most impor
he said penetration
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, too bad the 10 release has killed me.
>
> Can't use connect with 10. Had problems with veoh.let
>
> Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
>> According to google analytics, I'm showing 97% or higher with some
>>
Yeah, too bad the 10 release has killed me.
Can't use connect with 10. Had problems with veoh.let
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> According to google analytics, I'm showing 97% or higher with some
> version of Flash 9 or higher on my sites.
> --
> They say there's a place down in Mexico
> Where a m
According to google analytics, I'm showing 97% or higher with some
version of Flash 9 or higher on my sites.
--
They say there's a place down in Mexico
Where a man can fly over mountains and hills
And he don't need an airplane
or some kind of engine
and he never will
~~~
*Excellent - Siebel Business Analyst Available*
**
*Please send your requirements to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]<http://us.mc464.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* or call at 734-786-3867 for more details.*
*Professional Summary:*
Around 6 years of experience in Information Technology.
and her real accomplishments - and challenges - she faced on her road to
governor
http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8334949p-8231037c.html
~|
Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to
Has anyone else on the list read this book? I got to reason 3 last night.
Interesting points of view, though I don't agree with all of them.
http://www.amazon.com/Excellent-Reasons-Not-Hate-Taxes/dp/1595581618
-Ca
>
>Here's the scorecard:
>
>* McCain for his part is the winner. He said the right thing right
>away and he's sent envoys as well as having daily gab sessions with
>the Georgian president. Whether that's overstepping (I think it is) I
>dunno, but he's the winner. (except for his "get away with i
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's a zillion ways to politically slice this thing but the fact is
> that the US, due to the worst foreign policy in history, is fucked.
Hmm. Georgia is fucked, that's for sure. I don't see how the US is
fucked, exactly
> RoMunn wrote:
> Do you prefer "A vote for Obama is a vote for Russian aggression."
>
There's a zillion ways to politically slice this thing but the fact is
that the US, due to the worst foreign policy in history, is fucked.
Putin set up Bush for this and, frankly, didn't do a very good job of
h
Do you prefer "A vote for Obama is a vote for Russian aggression."
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Gruss wrote:
> And we're all reminded of what a bullet we've dodged that Bush didn't
> get his NATO wish - a wish that McCain still supports.
>
> Oo! New campaign slogan: Vote For McCain, Take a
> Gel wrote:
> http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832988,00.html
>
Here are the facts:
* Bush's "look into the eyes" of Putin and his everything is okee dokee claim.
* Rice has a degree in Russian studies.
* The Russians have been talking invasion up since at least Feb.
And so whe
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832988,00.html
*
"But many of the Europeans draw the opposite conclusion. They see last
week's events in Georgia as vindicating their caution over granting Georgia
NATO membership. Indeed, many in Europe see the Bush Administration's
milit
Well the site itself might raise issues for some people, if not that
specific story.
It did lead me to this though:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4i1uw_the-fall_creation
Which looks like a really good reality/fantasy type movie!
Reminded me of Pan's Labyrinth.
~~~
SHENANIGANS
(Damn I wish the hotel internet didn't suck so much)
On 2/25/08, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I call shenanigans! Err I mean, I posted this earlier today.
>
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:51 PM, Tony wrote:
>
> > and VSFW
> >
> > http://www.wwtdd.com/post.p
I call shenanigans! Err I mean, I posted this earlier today.
On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:51 PM, Tony wrote:
> and VSFW
>
> http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=3583
>
> --
> 'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty
> seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the co
and VSFW
http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=3583
--
'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty
seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'
robert deniro - heat (1995)
~|
Adobe® Cold
Sadly, news is (and probably always really was) about the money.
Sometimes it just gets so blatant though, it's incredible, I'll give
you that, no doubt.
I happen to like the BBC, in general, though.
I take everything with a grain of salt, as the saying goes, but I at
least like seeing what's go
wever, if you don't rape enough, you're all fucked up.
Man this world is screwed.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:01 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Mili
I'm not pissed about Israel. I'm pissed at the media manipulation that's not
giving them a fair chance in anyones eyes. Look at the Al Dura debacle.
France 2 showed a faked report, Israel was condemned internationally, Jews
were killed in name of it, France 2 sued people who said it was a fake, and
On Dec 31, 2007 7:24 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, thank you Britain for attacking us (the BBC is directly funded by the
> British government). Thank you BBC for showing once again who you are and
> what you stand for.
> Liberal media? Yep. Deceptive media? Yep.
Are y
On Dec 31, 2007 11:38 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> you mean like having the president make a speech in front of of a sign
> that
> says Mission Accomplished???
Exactly!
> The sequence is making the point that we are killing innocent people,
> which
> is indisputable. What is (perhaps i
> > >
> > > > ok so... what parts are deceptive exactly?
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 31, 2007 6:38 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It's uncanny how you sum up my own feelings sometime.
> >
9:43 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > ok so... what parts are deceptive exactly?
> > >
> > > On Dec 31, 2007 6:38 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It's uncanny how you sum up my own feelings sometime.
Original Message-
> > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:25 AM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
> > > Industrial Complex
> &
On Dec 31, 2007 9:23 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know what you're smoking but that is simply crap. Its another myth
> that talk radio and the right wing has promulgated. The right wing talk
> shows really didn't take off until the fair response doctrine of the FCC was
> re
>Right, there WAS a liberal stranglehold on the media, until talk radio, Fox
>News, and the Internet cracked it. Nothing of the sort has happened in
>academia.
>
I don't know what you're smoking but that is simply crap. Its another myth that
talk radio and the right wing has promulgated. The righ
ael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:25 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
> > Industrial Complex
> >
> > Did I watch it? Yes. Within 3 minutes I saw what a wonde
31, 2007 9:25 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
> Industrial Complex
>
> Did I watch it? Yes. Within 3 minutes I saw what a wonderful piece of
> psychological propaganda it was. Perfectly inter spaced images to take a
>
It's uncanny how you sum up my own feelings sometime.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:25 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
Industrial Complex
Did I watch it
wow
in three minutes huh
On Dec 31, 2007 6:24 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Did I watch it? Yes. Within 3 minutes I saw what a wonderful piece of
> psychological propaganda it was. Perfectly inter spaced images to take a
> statement and make it look foolish. Perfectly placed
Did I watch it? Yes. Within 3 minutes I saw what a wonderful piece of
psychological propaganda it was. Perfectly inter spaced images to take a
statement and make it look foolish. Perfectly placed images of the horrors
of war. Asking people the questions that they knew would get the answers
they wan
And by the way just to be clear, no that is not a joke. I have never seen a
single story in the Albuquerque Journal about Guantanamo or global warming.
I don't subscribe so I suppose i might have missed one but I read it often
enough and I generally scan the front page every day.
On Dec 30, 2007 9
um ok so associated press is national right? Therefore this is a national
problem. Not that Albuquerque is the boonies. I merely use it as an example.
Do you know that the local "news" radio station broadcasts Michael Savage,
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and one local equivalent? That's pretty liber
that's a joke, right? the media didn't cover guantanamo? or global warming?
if you are talking about your local paper, that issue is more about the
decline of local media in this country than anything else. local media are a
dying breed, especially newspapers. the economics just don't work anymore.
Right, there WAS a liberal stranglehold on the media, until talk radio, Fox
News, and the Internet cracked it. Nothing of the sort has happened in
academia.
On Dec 30, 2007 8:14 PM, Jim wrote:
>
> You know you really can't have it both ways... either there's a "liberal
> media" with a "strangleh
> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:34 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
> Industrial Complex
>
> This kind of broad discrimination goes
the liberal media that don't even cover global warming or guantanamo ;]
right.
On Dec 30, 2007 7:34 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There you go with conspiracy theories again. Was the glass ceiling for
> women
> in the workplace a conspiracy? No. But it was still real.
>
> This kind
Have.
you.
viewed.
the.
documentary?
On Dec 30, 2007 10:34 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This kind of broad discrimination goes on all the time. It just so happens
> that in two prominent areas of mainstream US culture- academia and mass
> media- liberals have a stranglehold on the
There you go with conspiracy theories again. Was the glass ceiling for women
in the workplace a conspiracy? No. But it was still real.
This kind of broad discrimination goes on all the time. It just so happens
that in two prominent areas of mainstream US culture- academia and mass
media- liberals
munity"
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
Industrial Complex
> Has any one of you that are complaining about the BBC sat and watched
> the documentary?
>
> On Dec 30, 2007 7:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz <
I get my news from google news and usually read the same story from several
souces. I have never noticed any signifigant problems with BBC coverage,
though Israel is not something I follow in detail. One thing I notice
looking through your link -- you do realize that some of the people saying
it ha
Has any one of you that are complaining about the BBC sat and watched
the documentary?
On Dec 30, 2007 7:55 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you checked if there are other, non-US sources that do the same. Just
> because the BBC covered it does not exonerate their bias or unp
Because we're so much more evil than anyone else in the world. We're the
root of all sins and only by denouncing all that America is, was, or will be
can some feel like they're "better" than all us unwashed that can't see
their point of view. Its so easy to be an armchair academic and lecture
other
Have you checked if there are other, non-US sources that do the same. Just
because the BBC covered it does not exonerate their bias or unprofessional
behavior.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3001102.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=P4JD2BORAZ5TNQFI
ya, there is a conspiracy to suppress the facts :) Sure, we understand. Why
are they doing this, Robert?
On Dec 30, 2007 2:41 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> US academia is controlled by liberal faculty who punish people who
> disagree
> with their ideological viewpoint, and that inc
Here's all I know -- BBC coverage includes issues and points of view that
are never ever addressed in most US media. My local paper has never as far
as I have seen run a story about Guantanamo, torture, or global warming. The
issues are simply omitted. The whole Alberto Gonzales thing was covered
p
The BBC isn't impartial. They have never been. The fact that they
commissioned a study does not make them any better than any American news
outlet. They've commissioned other studies that they have suppressed that
shows that they are more slanted than American networks. Yes, there is more
than is o
US academia is controlled by liberal faculty who punish people who disagree
with their ideological viewpoint, and that includes on issues like global
warming. Researchers across the country have complained that they are afraid
to even voice dissent for fear of retribution.
Therefore, if a research
what? What are you talking about, Michael? I know a lot of people here make
the mistake of confusing anti-war sentiments and anti-Americanism, but I
hadn't thought you were one of them. If there is some sort of secret report
you are privy to, please explain how and provide some documentation :)
On
The report they actually allowed out. Ask which report they commissioned and
then censored from the public and it'll tell you how biased they are. Being
anti-American is OK, getting caught is not.
On Dec 29, 2007 8:11 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ok so... an organization that has in effe
let's put it this way -- I don't consider that admitting that you are a
little intimidated by a vocal minority in the same category as concocting
arguments based on bad science and spurious references because one has
received a grant or a job from an interested party. Robert.
On Dec 30, 2007 1:39
I am merely suggesting that the BBC are not more impartial than other
organizations. As I have stated many times before, I don't regard any source
of information as more or less impartial, although I regard some sources of
information as more reliable than others in terms of accuracy on facts. Once
Not true at all. The Right and Left in Europe, for one, are far more extreme
than the Right and Left in the US. Most of Asia and South America are the
same- far more extreme differences between Left and Right than we have here.
On Dec 29, 2007 8:42 PM, Larry wrote:
>
>
> One thing I've noticed ov
>ok so... an organization that has in effect commissioned a study of how it
>can be more impartial is somehow les impartial that US private media?
>Robert. Come on. There are whole worlds of stories you would be totally
>unaware of if you relied on the evening news for your information.
>
One thin
ok so... an organization that has in effect commissioned a study of how it
can be more impartial is somehow les impartial that US private media?
Robert. Come on. There are whole worlds of stories you would be totally
unaware of if you relied on the evening news for your information.
On 12/28/07, R
Did you even watch the documentary before commenting?
As Larry said, Eisenhower was the one who made statements about the
military industrial complex in the US.
Was he leftist propaganda too?
If you watched the documentary you would see it was produced by Sony
International pictures , and several
The BBC is a leftist group-think institution, so says a report commissioned
by the BBC itself:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/17/nbbc217.xml
"The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues
because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a
>What are you saying? That they aren't objective? :) Heh.
You mean in comparison to most of the American media, such as Fox News? Given
the choice between the propaganda of the neo-cons and the BBC, I'll choose the
BBC - at least it is answerable to parliament and the BBC governance board. The
What are you saying? That they aren't objective? :) Heh.
Bruce
-Original Message-
From: Robert Munn
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:29 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military
Industrial Complex
Gee, imagine the BBC putting out an
Gee, imagine the BBC putting out an anti-American propaganda film.
On Dec 28, 2007 3:22 PM, Vivec wrote:
> Wish it was old. news.
> But it's still very current.
>
~|
Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dr
Wish it was old. news.
But it's still very current.
But tell me...would we be saved the way Grenada was saved?
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada if you have no clue
what I'm talking about)
At any rate..you're quite right.
We are greatly thankful for the Saviours that will swoop d
ssage-
From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 4:04 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Why We Fight - Excellent film describing the US Military Industrial
Complex
Don't stop believing.
>:-)
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xYeuzG24mo
Part 2: http://www.youtub
Don't stop believing.
>:-)
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xYeuzG24mo
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6cSUyeNQA
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6mMFifMQY
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBMu6gGdK8
~~
oddly reminiscent of stories from Vietnam and Korea.
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20070730/wl_time/enemiesunseen;_ylt=AoTppOJNEaps56HNGJJX8jcE1vAI
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher
~
man, that sucks...
~|
Check out the new features and enhancements in the
latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf
Archive:
http://
The five sport-utility vehicles sat abandoned in the darkness. A faint
beeping sound signaled that their doors were open. Some of the Iraqi
police who arrived at the scene initially feared going near the cars,
thinking the sound meant they were rigged to explode. Finally a few
ventured closer.
htt
e 8800s) ;-)
On 3/21/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:58 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Excellent Article on Windows Vist
> -Original Message-
> From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:58 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Excellent Article on Windows Vista's beginnings and graphics
> differences
>
> http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/pretty-vista.ars/1
Really great article :)
~|
ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe®
Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7.
Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfus
intact and (thankfully) no punches were pulled (this isn't a sweetened up,
watered down version).
Overall the voice cast was excellent (Julia Roberts can be a surprisingly
good actress sometimes) and not overpowering (as is often the case).
The animation was perfectly done, quite realistic wi
No, you spent years writing programs to keep track of money in the United
States, not overseas in unstable countries. I personally carried a sizable
amount of cash provided by the U.S. Government for expenses for a project in
Kiev, Ukraine, in the early 90's. The best receipts I ever got were
hand-
I have spent a large part of my life writing computer programs that
allow governments to keep track of their money. Losing track of
billions of dollars just doesn't happen, unless someone in the chain
wants it to happen.
The people cutting the checks for the taxpayer's money were not in
Bagdad, t
Speaking of faith-based initiatives, I can't remember what show I was
watching, but the intro said something to the tune of "Five years ago,
11 highly religious individuals, embarked on a faith-based
initiative".
Shudder.
On 9/17/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jerry wrote:
>
I will also tack on, by way of comparison, an anecdote about re-construction
in Bosnia after the Balkans War. I had a nextdoor neighbor on Capitol Hill
who was hired by the government to re-build the Bosnian stock exchange. He
was, I am fairly sure, a Democrat and probably a liberal, but he was als
I am the person who pointed out the lack of accounting last year. The
husband of a friend of my wife did a year or so in Iraq working for a
contractor on re-construction projects. We overran a country that we had
spent ten years degrading through sanctions, after Saddam had spent two
decades degrad
Wilson said a lot of things before an election and they ended up being
all lies. Richard Clarke the same thing. Why are you so positive what
this guy is saying is true. Can't we wait until at least one person
backs him up or one source is identified?
On 9/18/06, William Bowen wrote:
> > You chang
> You changed subjects.
No I didn't. The money and the loss thereof is directly related to the
subject at hand. It just looks like now we get to find out _why_ the
money was mismanaged and mishandled.
> We discussed that last year. Didn't someone explain that at the time
> to get thing done peopl
You changed subjects.
We discussed that last year. Didn't someone explain that at the time
to get thing done people had to be paid cash and record keeping
sucked. Seems the biggest complaint was paying the Iraqi soldiers
without verifications.
During that time they felt it was more important to get
> Let's see if these claims pan out before we condemn. Remember Wilson?
Hey Sam,
There are billions of dollars missing (un-accounted for) from the Iraq
reconstruction monies that we (you and I and all the other taxpayers,
Republican, Democrat, Green, Religious, Gay, Straight, Atheist,
wingnut, pr
> Come on, Will, get on the bus!
Yeah, you're right.
/me sips Kool-Aid...
hehe...giggle...neocon-medichlorean are all tickly!
*burp*
'scuse me...
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
- Carrie Fisher
Every election we see all these books coming out trying to sway public
opinion. This is one guy selling a book.
You blindly believe anyone that's anti-Bush admin and automatically
dismiss anyone that supports it.
Let's see if these claims pan out before we condemn. Remember Wilson?
On 9/18/06, Gru
> Sam wrote:
> Exactly, why should anyone believe this one guy from the Washington
> Post trying to sell a book.
>
Ah, yes, the confuse-the-facts-via-partisanship argument. A classic.
Come on, Will, get on the bus! When the Whitehouse says something
it's unbiased fact! When someone in the pres
On 9/17/06, Jerry Johnson wrote:
> Remember firing the generals who disagreed? Remember O'Neal? Remember
> anyone that used to work for the administration (and the book each of
> them wrote)?
Exactly, why should anyone believe this one guy from the Washington
Post trying to sell a book.
~
> poor accounting is one thing, but hiring people who are grossly
> under-qualified for the most ambitious foreign undertaking since the
> end of WWII is horribly irresponsible.
I agree, but doesn't the "poor accounting" follow the hiring of
incompetents? And FWIW "poor accounting" is awful damn n
1 - 100 of 172 matches
Mail list logo
