Ye Olde Political Thread

[FuzzyLogik]

Democrats' Plan to Tie War Funding to Troop Withdrawal Fails

So they're what.....45 tries so far that have failed?

[CoffeeShark]

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Originally Posted by FuzzyLogik

Democrats' Plan to Tie War Funding to Troop Withdrawal Fails

So they're what.....45 tries so far that have failed?

fuzzy, you forgot "but we're for the troops". It's required whenever you try to defund them.

[FuzzyLogik]

oh yeah that's right!! then CRAP.. why do they keep failing then?! sheesh! Think of the troops! Think of the CHILDREN!!





--- but seriously... what side are they on? The only analogy that I can think of is something like... bribing a security guard to NOT watch the door...so that the bad guys can just get in without any hassles.

[FuzzyLogik]

Decision time for US over Iran threat

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Iran has installed 3,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium - enough to begin industrial-scale production of nuclear fuel and build a warhead within a year, the UN's nuclear watchdog reported last night.

The report by Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will intensify US and European pressure for tighter sanctions and increase speculation of a potential military conflict.

The installation of 3,000 fully-functioning centrifuges at Iran's enrichment plant at Natanz is a "red line" drawn by the US across which Washington had said it would not let Iran pass. When spinning at full speed they are capable of producing sufficient weapons-grade uranium (enriched to over 90% purity) for a nuclear weapon within a year...

So.. what does the US do? We drew the line at 3,000 - Adminidingalingdong said they're working to get over 50,000. 3,000 is enough to get a bomb in a year......

Me thinks that if nothing happens to them..like.. they don't start doing things to make the rest of the world - especially Israel - happy.... Israel will be dismantling those 3,000 centrifuges.

[DennyCrane]

Dirty Harry Reid announced he's going to keep congress in session over the Thanksgiving break to prevent Bush from making recess appointments. This will fly as well as that deal where they set up all those cots and declared it was going to be an all nighter.

[CoffeeShark]

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Originally Posted by debate

Maria Parra-Sandoval, 22, a senior political science major at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said she wanted to ask the Democratic frontrunner where she stood on the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository in Nevada, an issue about which she said she wrote a paper as a finalist for a Truman Scholarship.

Instead, she said, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux told her right before the end of the debate to go with the following question:

"This is a fun question for you. Do you prefer diamonds or pearls?"

Parra-Sandoval said Friday that she had submitted both the diamonds-or-pearls and the nuclear-waste questions, and both were pre-approved, but she said the Yucca Mountain one was the one she wanted to ask. She said she entered the line about diamonds or pearls because CNN was looking for something light-hearted.

sigh

[VincentVega]

she likes anal beads.

[CoffeeShark]

if you had any doubt that Al Gore is banking on carbon caps, don't.

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Originally Posted by article

The former vice president, Oscar-winner and now Nobel Peace Prize recipient is embarking on a climate-change advertising campaign estimated to cost between $100 million and $200 million a year, one of the largest public service campaigns in history. Expect to see television commercials, newspaper spreads and Internet ads popping up in a few months time.

There's a lot of money at stake now, and he'll do anything he can to get the government to impose caps, whether through legislation by Democrats in office, or by convincing the public.

Al Gore's $100M climate ad blitz - Oct. 12, 2007

Al Gore joins Kleiner Perkins to save the planet - Nov. 12, 2007

I guess he justifies it by saving the planet while he makes billions off this imagined carbon industry he's creating.

[CoffeeShark]

[VincentVega]

Lol!