Posted on 08/05/2007 11:27:15 PM PDT by John Farson
BUMP!
Yeah, that's the spirit. Don't hold back. Tell us what you really think.
Uhhh . . out of curiousity, how much money -- er, American currency -- would you hope to confiscate from the various nations now holding it?
And, given the declining value of the dollar vs. other currencies, would you expect adding those confiscated bills (I'm using this term figuratively, as we both know most of the dollars exist only as bookkeeping entries in a computer somewhere) to the domestic money supply would make the dollar stronger maybe? Like when all those counterfeit yen we sent to Japan during WWII helped Japan balance their international trade?
Just curious.
Didn’t even notice :)
I disagree. I'm no RP expert on his policy, but from my distanced viewing, Obama and Hillary are elitist and would have an invertionalist FP, while Ron Paul is more isolationist.
There is truth to that IJ
But don’t worry, it’s all “for the Common Good”.
And they get away with all this crap...
Here are a few agencies, for example - none of which were prescribed in the Constitution. I think most of the Paulettes might even agree with keeping the Department of War/Defense...
HUD, NASA, Education, State, FDA, Agriculture, Parks/Interior...
Feel free to pile on!
R. Paul supporters I have spoken to face to face also believe the planes that went into the WTC were remote control and other wacko beliefs.
L Ron Paul is totally unstable
I do take umbrage at the hillbilly comment, though. Some of my best friends are (or were) hillbillies.
My apologies to Porterville for correcting his grammar and spelling. It's not really that bad. It would not require even a billion well-spent dollars to fix, as long as the government schools weren't given the responsibility.
However, a larger challenge lies ahead if America is to ever catch up with the rest of the civilized world in the fine art of argumentation.
Americans must, simply must outgrow the childish habit of using a false dichotomy to try to prove a point. You know what this is from the first grade: Would you rather be a duck or a rabbit? Are you a bully or a wimp? Either pay me now or pay me later.
Porterville's choice is to spend a trillion dollars on one war in Iraq to save our country "3 or 4 more trillion to terrorist."
That, my FRiends, is a false dichotomy. It's not an either/or. It's not a binary choice. There are other options, and most every thinking person recognizes that.
You all will recall President George W Bush's saying shortly after the attacks of 9/11/2001, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."
Oh?
Does that mean anyone who opposes Bush's domestic surveillance programs, his undeclared war against Iraq, his imprisonment of American and foreign terrorism suspects without charges, or his administration's bungled immigration proposals is siding with the terrorists?
Not if this is still a free country. Not if Americans value their political independence. Not if we recognize and refuse to accept false dichotomies.
I didn’t see how much it would cost to lose this war.
Oh yeah, everything.
It's not gaining traction.
Perhaps you can dig out another baseless charge from Murray's bag of dirty tricks?
A little variety is always welcome.
Ask Porterville for some spelling tips.
It'll be win-win for you both.
Without a nation to defend, you likely would not be able to bring up such salient points. What "domestic surveillance programs" are you speaking of? Wiretapping phone calls to the Middle East?
Your world is, no doubt, nicely aligned along clear 'logical' lines. The one the rest of us live in isn't.
Oops. Forgive my “false dichotomy” - the War on Terror is nothing but an exercise in abstract reasoning. They wish no ill upon us.
My false dichotomy has resulted in thousands dead in New York City. These damned spurious flaws in my reasoning...what am I to do?
Why don’t we cut benefits to all of the illegals and drug addled welfare recipients; then we could pay for this war. Oh yes, make the Congress critters pay us back what they stolen from us.
Your hautiness is showing....
You are not convincing me of anything except your own case of arrogance and bad manners..
Just re-read this. You mean such fine dialectical reasoning as World War One?
Your typo dismisses the substance of your argument.
Take a knee!
[Yawn]
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