Politics

This thread is my offer to the politics forum as a place to mix opinions about the best ways to help Iraq become stable, and to make sure Iraqi's can live their lives again. Ways to help are the ONLY ideas that should be discussed. There are a few "rules" I would like to set though. First, you can't say "Americans should leave". No, it's clear that the United States military can't just leave. The United States is there now, that is reality, and the U.S. is to be held responsible by the world for Iraq's condition post Saddam Hussein. Also please do not say "Bush is a moron and we never should of been in Iraq". Bush may be a moron but that is not the purpose of thi…

and invade Chechen and get rid of all the rebels, however much innocent lives are lost or ruined?

I cannot comprehend some of the american people out there. Whatever may have happened in Vietnam, it is a fact that Kerry willingly laid his life on the line for his country while some chose not to. Kerry should be respected for that and his hearts and medals. I saw some people in the RNC wearing band-aids with purple heart on them. and claiming that they cut themself while shaving and they deserved a purple heart. Found that outstanding. and What I find more outstanding is that Kerry is on the defensive about his war record. Its a fact that he chose to fight in vietnam. Wheter that would make him a good or a bad president is another matter altogether. But Kerry deserves …

I hear people every day, complaining about some government thing done years ago. People complain about how we could (I don't think we could) have stopped 9/11, how Iraq was wrong, how another war was wrong, etc. etc. But I have a question for you: Will arguing the correctness of a serious political move or even a military involvement fix the situation? Just saying "Iraq was wrong" is not going to get Iraq fixed. We can't pull out either. So instead of griping about what we should have done, why don't we argue over what we should do to fix it? All of the debates over Iraq and 9/11 really have no point. You can't change the past by whining. You may vote differently, but t…

I read this article recently that talked about different methods of voting. Incidently, the US system turned out to be just about as bad as one could be. It very rarely provides a true reading and is very syseptable to manipulation. Since the US usuasly has two candidates with any realistic chance, the system doesn't do too bad, but throw three equal candidates into the mix and you get very poor results. The article continued with some other prosposed solutions. This is where you all come in. I would like to see what we can come up with for the most fair system. My favorite so far is call the instant run-off vote where voters rank all candidates in order from favorit…

Don't Arrest Kerry in Shotgun Incident, Gun-Law Expert Says. http://www.gunlaws.com | 10 September 2004 | Alan Korwin Don't Arrest Kerry In Shotgun Incident, Gun-Law Expert Says Gun-law expert Alan Korwin is calling for calm, in the national uproar over John Kerry’s possible serious gun violations during a recent photo op in Racine, West Virginia. The national clamor over the Democratic presidential candidate, who took possession of a Browning semiautomatic shotgun outside his home state, reflects a problem with the laws and should not be used to arrest and prosecute the man, Korwin says. A gun crossing state lines is heavily regulated. "There are s…

I have come to a few conclusions after reading all these political threads that are currently going. I hope that this thread will not digress to Kerry vs. Bush like they have all seemed to. After a while, I got fed up with everyone saying a million different things about both candidates that are pointless. I am tired of people citing trivial things that appearently proves Kerry hates the country and Bush has to be working for Iraq. I have had many varying oppinions given to me on all of this and I have come up with one thing: social issues are a whole lot easier to debate. This, I feel, is because there seems to be a more clear-cut line with social issues. One person …

I know it's a bit of a plug, but visit http://www.true-americans.org As you visit this forum, I believe you must have ideas about politics and the Mr Bush/Mr Kerry elections and so on... Well, this is some kind of forum as well... But then completely different.... You won't find endless debates, only simple images without explanation. Even more, you can send in a picture yourself to show off your candidate of choice... Enjoy!

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-09-06 What do you guys think about that?

The BBC is reporting that SETI denies the report. "It's all hype and noise," said its chief scientist, Dr Dan Wertheimer. "We have nothing that is unusual. It's all out of proportion." And Dr Paul Horowitz, of Harvard University, who specialises in hunting for possible alien contacts added: "It's not much of anything at all. We're not investigating it further."

Many vets and people are mad at Kerry because he faught to end the Vietnam conflict. Even he regrets some of the words he used, but most of it was stories he had been told, probably from other vets. Contrast this to McNamara, the architect of the Vietnam war, who says he knew all along the war was a mistake, yet kept silent and kept increasing the conflict. I don't know if he really knew from the beginning, but I am sure at some point he did know it was a mistake, yet keep quite and stay the course. Should we frown upon those that tried to end the war or those that kept it going, even when they felt it was a mistake? McNamara says the Iraq conflict is also a mi…

There is a very interesting article on the credibility of the theory about Dark Matter on slashdot.org. Check it out here: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/09/128223

Astronomers have detected what could be the Solar System's 10th planet. It was first seen by astronomers using California's Mount Palomar Observatory, and has been given the name "Sedna" after the Inuit goddess of the ocean. Observations show it measures about 1,180-2,360km (730-1,470 miles) across, making it similar in size to Pluto. Astronomers now say they have evidence that Sedna has its own moon, although this needs to be confirmed, and is also very red in colour. There is likely to be some debate about whether it qualifies as a true planet, but some scientists are already saying it re-defines our Solar System. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3511678.stm

"Scientists have been able to understand the unusual phenomenon of antibubbles - the rare, reverse form of normal bubbles - by forming them in beer. Typical bubbles are thin films of liquid enclosing pockets of air, but antibubbles are a thin film of air which encloses pockets of liquid. Belgian researchers said on Monday they could make antibubbles appear in a many different liquids - not just alcohol. Dr Stephane Dorbolo details his team's work in the New Journal of Physics." The full article is available from the BBC here.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mystery_monday_040503.html Toutatis comes close every 600 years and this year is one of those times. On 29 September this year, it will pass 1 million miles from earth (visible with binoculars under dark sky), that is about 4 times distance to moon. Toutatis is about 3 miles long and 1 and 1/2 miles wide. The last encounter this close was around 1350 AD and the next close one will be around 2550 AD.

Comments? I'm enjoying it. I think they could have done without the 9/11 speeches, but thats just my opinion.

I must say that was the must ridiculous thing I have EVER seen. More entertaining than the British House of Commons debates. First of all let me start with Arnolds speech. I didn't believe the single word he said. The speech can be generalised in these few words "America : The greatest country in the world". Which I found quite over the top. The word America was there for every 5 other words. Also taking cheap shots at the opposition candidate. Most of the content of his speech would have been suitable for a low brow comedy sketch. And while, more mature members of the audience were still waiting to be impressed, some were gazing up at him with wonder and applauding,…

The bombing of Hiroshima, killed at least 100,000, not to mention birth problems in later generations, etc. Compare this to Terrorist activities, such as Hamas. Of course the first was a formal war, but I think everyone is aware that they are under attack in the latter case. Civilians are killed in both instances. To justify Hiroshima, we said to save soldiers lives, not that we couldn't win. Terrorists are usually in a winless battle anyway, like a last resort in their minds. What is your opinion?

I just saw Fahrenheit 9/11 last night. I felt it had a lot of good and bad points. I can't believe half the US supposedly thinks Bush deserves to be president of the United States. On the other hand, I think Michael Moore needlessly edited some pieces together regarding Bush tying Al Qaida to Saddam Hussein. Bush had always tried to justify the invasion of Iraq with terrorism and thus with the 9/11 attack. I felt it weakened Moore's credibility to clip together random footage of Bush saying "Al Qaida" and "Iraq" or "Saddam". Overall, I think the movie had it's intended effect on me. Anyone else see it?

"Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports. The feat was achieved by two teams of researchers working independently on the problem in the US and Austria. The ability to transfer key properties of one particle to another without using any physical link has until now only been achieved with laser light. Experts say being able to do the same with massive particles like atoms could lead to new superfast computers." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm

question or two Assuming we go to war (big assumption eh), if Iraq uses chemical/biological weapons against our troops, will you say that we were right? I could be wrong, but it seems like a lot of people against war believe that saddam does not have weapons of mass destruction. If we go to war, and he uses them, will this change your mind about the war? What if Al Quaeda is found to be directly connected to iraq somehow, will this change your mind? The reason Bush is pushing for our involvement with Iraq is national security. If either of the two aforementioned scenarios are found to be true, were we right in invading Iraq? High ranking defectors from Ira…

What are your opinions and views on China or other countries like your own country? Talk here. I don't think foreign would go to the mainland deeply. The hygiene, safety has no "warrency". Also, the system practises communism and socialism but practise like totalitarianism and cause corruption. No people can talk about affairs of China loudly, even speaking. I'm very lucky to live in HK. It does not have this problem. Also, the freedom of commercial is also rank the first rather than the US (rank 2).

Johnny or Latham??? i cant seem to decide which one to choose, i dont need to worry about it, im to young to vote, Though i was just wondering. who would be a better choice?

the terrorist attacks on the scale of 911 used to be stuff of fiction I just finished reading a book "the mark of the assasin" by daniel silva heres how the story goes > There is an international private society. its membership included rogue intelligence officers, international crime organisations, and powerful business moguls" >the society's founding creed declared peace was dangerous. its members believed constant controlled global tension served the interests of all. it prevented complacency. it maintained viginalce. it built national identity. and most of all it made them money, a good deal of money >its an election year. the president is…

bad idea? I wonder what the british government had to say about that. I thought they had at least a say in what goes on iraq. Many british citizens are feeling that USA is just using the british support for their political purposes and not listening to any of the suggestions/worries.