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Except the ever growing Critical Mass contingent who always do turn up on bicycles.
Murp Redux is blatantly talking out of his/her arse. Funny they haven't been back innit?
Precisely Moonrat, didnt anyone explain to you that when we blow civilians to kingdom come it's "collateral damage"? It's only when those we wish to overthrow do it that it becomes "genocide".
Nice double standard eh?
The problem with so called 'morality' is that it's culturally conditioned. For examples the ancient Greeks would appear mysoginist to us because the women stayed at home. Yet they would have probably think our society as mysoginist for sending women to work. However, it is double standards to talk bad about terrorism and then use missiles in a public place.
Morality to me... a nice quote from the german Philosopher Arthur Schopenhaeur:
"Compassion is the basis of all morality."
I personally couldn't see any compassion in the war on Iraq.
as for matadore saying sadam has violated every human right, i think bush isn't too far behind him, and sadam isn't a terrorist, iraq wasn't a terrorist country, it was ruled by a nutter who killed anyone that disagreed with him, thats not terrorism, sadam DIDN'T help al-qaeda in 9/11 as Bush suggested, Iraq DOESN'T have WMD, like bush suggested and he certainly wasn't a threaqt to the peace of the world, i hate all these ******y right wingers who go about saying "the worlds a better place", do you REALLY REALLY think that if america didn't go to war that you wouldn't get you dinner as usual, that life woudn't still go on, of course it would, america should concentrate on the defensive not on the offensive, BUSH OUT KERRY IN.
We need a real change of direction in American policy both domestically as well as internationally and that means eliminating the mechanisms put in place to benefit only the corporate and political elite over the past half century (if not longer).
Kerry has neither the progressivism nor the balls to restore the US to its true Constitutional roots.
Clandy, your opposition to Kerry leaves you in general agreement with the guys at mil.com, this could be a first
btw do you know where I can access a simple guide to understanding the U.S electoral procedure, primaries, colleges etc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3472451.stm
Blagsta's favourite programme...alledgedly
Absolutely anybody would be preferable to that fucking ****.
I merely believe that what a Candidate will do when in office should be heavily considered by those who so readily jump upon any bandwagon. I have no difficulty in voicing the opinion that most Democratic voters are as blind as most Republican ones and buy into the same status quo which is guiging my nation in a downward spiral whilst the fundamental principles upon which it was founded (which are fiercely liberal actually) lose whatever remaining value beyond that of mere words on parchment they still have and the polity and oppportunity is bought up by the dynasties and the moguls.
I also cannot trust the values and principles of a man who voted in favour of the illegal invasion of Iraq and then seeks to condemn his opponent for that in which he himself had a hand.
As well, Kerry supported the USA Patriot Act and thus has shown that he is in accord with the march towards increased authoritarianism and control which has long been the root of our national misdirection.
I want a progressive who stood up when doing so was unpopular and liable to villification as "unpatriotic" by the reactionistic non-thinking of our friends across the gallery.
I believe Dean also frightens the corporate media which is why, despite the fact that he still leads the pack in financial backing as well as still having the second highest number of delegates even with his poor showing in some states, he is almost a non-entity now in any reports of primary predictions. They talk Clark and Edwards and of course Kerry, but wish to sweep Dean under the carpet even though Clark and Edwards trail Dean as well.
It's Manufacturing Consent in action. The pundits want to instill disregard into the thought processes of the majority of those who rely on mainstream media for the bulk if not all of their information. If they can do this by omission all the less effort on their part.
With such a transparent tactic at work it bolsters my opinion of the power of the Dean campaign to shake up the system and make it nervous. Its time many of our domestic "empires" started to see the writing on the wall.
What I believe in is a government of the people by the people and for THE PEOPLE. Not for the corporations, nor the PACS nor the powerful lobbies, nor for the politicians. Won't get that even with Dean of course, but i think such changes have to begin somehwere and some incremental step exists with Dean, I believe.
As for where to find electoral information, try this...
http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/index.php
Al, to respond to your view, see all above. Whilst i share the sentiment and the urgency to see Bush removed from office before he can unleash further damage upon the world and the nation, I believe that anyone could result in someone worse or someone who would be nothing more than a brief respite from the continuation of the PNAC agenda. That agenda and all it has given rise to so far including the USA Patriot Act and the Dept of Homeland Security (or our American Stazi if you will) must be dismantled over the next four years and the agencies themselves overhauled in a big way.
Couple this with the establishment of mechanisms to prevent future Presidents from stonewalling investigations when they are ordered by the American people to account for their decisions and actions and the nation will see the neo-cons truly for what they represent if they try to come back.
Reasons?
That good enough?
Iraq can now rebuild there country?
Go on then brainiac, enlighten me.
Come on then brainbox, tell me all about Iraq.
I'm waiting...
And probably will be for a long time too if you expect a decent reply from 'it'.
Huh?
Errrrrr....OK. What an amazing understanding of world politics you have. Is your surname Bush by any chance?
You actually need your reluctance to give any decent answers explained? :eek2:
Try talking in stuff that you know something about cos honestly these lot are sure gonna eat you for brekkie if you continue
He brings some entertainment into the forum
Just think Becky, he makes us all look like geniuses. Even Rude_boyz
and me
now that is a laugh.....yeah continue but by god you lot had better do what I said