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Ok, that just furthers my point about religious fanatacism. Unless your talking about 95% of the world's population and if so, i'd like to see a source for that. And say if it is true, so what? I personally believe that there is some sort of 'higher power' (or at least i'd like to) but thats nowhere near the same thing as taking the Bible as a literal interpretation of how the world came to be.

No, but when it outweighs science so dramatically it becomes a bit of concern. When you have religious fundamentals dictating presidential elections, it's a concern. When you apply religious ideologies to political actions, its a concern. When you have religous fundamentalists that see that the book of Revelations dictating the end of the world soon, then waging on war on the 'evil' arab world, then the more war the better because we'll all be facing Judgment Day soon enough, then it's a concern. And that's really not that far of a stretch.

If it wasn't a response to American foreign policy. If not, then what? For the most part, they are reputable sources. Go ahead, take a look at the main page now. Yes, there maybe times when you'll get an article from an 'anonymous source' but those should be taken for what they are. Often they contemplate other issues that are being reported by reputable sources so there shouldn't be a need to dismiss them so easily. I don't recall them ever posting anything by Chomsky, his stuff is usually up on Zmag, but if they did it would be nice.

Fun with numbers:

I'm glad we have a resident expert to tell all the Americans what we're thinking. Since you recognize the dissent in the country- I reiterate: Obviously we don't know exactly what goes on in the average Bush supporters mind (frankly, i'd rather not know) but we can draw conclusions based on actions, and that is the majority of voters are in agreeance with the reckless ideologies of this current administration.

You can believe what you want. But anyone with any sense of rational thought and the time to research such manners can easily find the truth. As for 'anonymous sources', you do know Common Dreams is a conglemerate of various columns from other major news sources (domestic and international) by various credible journalists, right?

Well, if your going by the Bible and believe in creationist theory, then you have to accept that the Earth is a couple of thousand years old. They go hand in hand. I don't believe they refuse to acknowledge previous civilizations and dinosaurs, but rather they were around much sooner than scientists claim and things like fossils are God's way of 'testing' our faith. But i'll check for some figures that i've seen before in regards to this and Justice's query. I'm well aware that there's large dissent movements in the States. That still dosen't overrule the fact that the incumbent goverment and relgious right still managed to remain in power and the fact that this can happen despite such atrocities is concerning. Obviously, outsiders such as myself can see the majority adopting the psyche in regards to American interests.

Well, we can observe this through the actions of the country and their elected officials. As Metal Maniac noted, the number is frightening. Nowhere in any industrial society is this number even close. Nearly everything regarding the war on Iraq? The reasons for going to war, drawing parallels between Iraq and 9/11 (as proven by the fact that many still belive this) the goals, the prisoner abuse scandals, pretty much everything that comes out Bush and co's mouth?

In theory.

sexy.

Must....resist urge to.......make snide remark.... Don't hold back, I know you can do it! I love my anti-semitic literature!

Considering most of your country has no idea what their government had done in the past 30 years or so on the international scale (terrorism, conducting coups and installing brutal regieme), i'd say thats a pretty accurate assesment. Hell, half your country thinks the Earth was created a couple of thousands of years ago. Many also believe the force fed lies and a good number still believe Iraq had a connection with 9/11 for example. But I guess they must be right, after all they do live in the country, right?

Understanding Power - Noam Chomsky

Wow, you mean 14 yrs ago, we gave Saddam weaponry until it became obvious to us what he was doing, and then we stopped? DAMN US! It's a shame so few others followed suit, eh? And, hate to break it to you, any country can claim that the assorted viruses are being used for researching possible vaccines and cures. -=Mike The Iran-Iraq war, during which Iraq was using chemical weapons against Iran, took place from 1980 to 1988. The gassing of the Kurds in Iraq took place in 1988. The U.S. was not only selling various diseases and other WMD material to Iraq during this time, but continued to do so far a couple years afterward. They stopped once they realized what he was doing? No, please try again.

It's kind of hard to grasp, but a system like this is not solely a defensive move. Let me elaborate. Having a defense system like this (assuming it works the way it should) takes away second-strike capability. For example, if America has a defense system that works, it doesn't have to worry about a country like China retaliating if we struck first. It's an offensive move because, essentially, you've disabled your opponent's ability to hit you back. Are you implying that we should nuke China? Or that China would even consider nuking us given our artillery? Didn't sound like he was implying that, rather presenting the notion that the US would have pre-emptive striking capabilities with this system intact. Not neccesarily to do with China. Hmm, I wonder if this utterly stupid comment will get any backlash from the usual group, despite being quite obvious.....nah.

I'd rather have Booker/Heidenriech, who's actually booked as a threat then Booker/Orlando, who would be a jobber wearing the US title. Although it's really the lesser of two evil's for Booker this year.

Nice analogy and all, but nowhere near the same thing or relevant.

Benoit being in a match for the IC title this year would be depressing to see. I hope to God they make this a Raw vs. Smackdown thing with Eddy, Rey and someone else.

It's a waste of money and it could spark an arms race. There. It's been mentioned several times in this thread including the article I referenced which also outlines US goals for the program.

You could use that same argument against the United States in relation to dozens of countries. Because that makes them likely to attack you?

The cost of missle defense would be about $8-12 billion US. America simply wouldn't be 'giving' it to us for free. Our money should be going towards more important things. And it's not just money, the technology has dangerous implications. A new global arms race is likely, and existing nuclear powers will seek to maintain a credible deterence by strengthening missles and warheads. Ceasefire is a step in the right direction towards peace.

An excellent article on the subject from the Toronto Star: linky

Generally when you change your mind, you say something like "Okay, I know we were doing this before, but now we realize, that was wrong; here's what we're doing now." You don't just act like you were implimenting the new policy all along and there was never any change, 1984-style.

Countries that supported Saddam are no better than American for putting the dictator in power in the first place, no, you're right. You missed the point. America's natural resource economy, hydro power, and even major trading sectors are dependant on Canadian trade. The only other major trade partner is the United Kingdom, and only Tony Blair alone likes the current US leaders over there. There will be no sanctions, whether or not you have a hard time naming 10 provinces and a hand full of territories. The corporate powers that be know better, and don't hold any in particular national allegiance. Actually, oil was a major Iraqi/American trade commodity when Saddam was still strictly under American support. And now that he's not, America's just taking the oil. That would explain the rising North American oil prices due to foreign dependency conflicts and local drought.