View Full Version : Im gonna get in trouble but this ticked me off!!


Skip N
08-23-2004, 03:57 PM
I just read an article on MSN about the Iraq soccer team thats benn playing well over in the olmpics. I guess the coach of the team got word that presdint Bush had praised the team for doing well and commented on how another country could participate in the olympics as a free country. Well apperanty this dude didnt like that an said his county is still not free and the US should basiclly get the hell out! The nerve of this A-hole....We risked so many of hour brave men freeing his country from a brutal dictotor and some members on that team dont give a rats ass. Hey guys....you wanna go back and play under saddams sons again? you know...the ones that would beat the F@%@ outta you if you lost. I dont know...this just really struck a nerve with how some of those people still dont care what we did for them. Im starting to think we should get the hell outta there and let them kill each other again if thats what makes them happy. I just dont get these people :af: Not looking to cause more trouble! Just had to vent and maybe see what some of you guys think....Am I alone on this one for being pissed off?:confused:

spence
08-23-2004, 04:09 PM
I think the important point here is that not everybody in the world views what we did as a noble act. Many Iraqi's still feel we removed Saddam for economic reasons, and the terrible job Bush has done in securing the peace hasn't helped disprove this. So far almost none of the money earmarked for rebuilding Iraq has been allocated or spent while there are still huge problems with clean water, sewage, electricity and security.

Remember too that we didn't tell the world we were going into Iraq to free them, it was to remove the urgent threat of WMD's which most of the world (including a lot of Americans) feel was based on manipulated intelligence. There is a tremendous lack of trust for the Bush Administration both there and here.

There is another opinion out there worth understanding. Doesn't mean they shouldn't be more grateful for removing Saddam, but we should be more open minded as well, otherwise we'll keep making the same mistakes.

-spence

Skip N
08-23-2004, 04:19 PM
I do understand that not everything on Iraq is perfect yet (far from it at that) We are trying like hell to get the terroists outta there so we and and them dont have to worry about that anymore. Sure not all the sanitation and water is 100% yet but dont they know we are trying like hell to get things better for them. Think of all the schools and things like that we have built for them already....Im jsut wishing they were a little more grateful.If nothing else for at least trying to make thier lives better. Maybe most Iraqi's are greatful but I just happened to pick out the more negative ones... i dunno!:smash: Ragrdless of the whole WMD thing I still know that freeing these people was a great cause....just wish more iraqi people felt that way.:(

afterhours
08-23-2004, 07:09 PM
sick and freekin tired of hearing about not finding wmds. the best intelligent agencies in the world said they had them, that's good enough for me. maybe they made a mistake( who has'nt ) or maybe they were destroyed or are still buried in the sand. we went on the worlds best intelligence. tell ya what, in any event saddam can't use them, imaginery or otherwise.

Surfcastinglife
08-23-2004, 07:48 PM
the guy was complainin about a campaign ad not about the soldiers being there. what he was against was bush using iraq's soccer team as a political pedestal. sort of like "look they are there and succeding because of me so vote for me" i dont believe it was to be interpreted as his not wanting american soldiers in iraq

Skip N
08-23-2004, 08:00 PM
Def sounds like he's pissed at the whole situation...heres what i read. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5795484/

Skip N
08-23-2004, 08:04 PM
Regardless of the ad or not come on! If thats the least of his worries now sounds like the US did its job and brought some freedom to Iraq....Dont rip the guy who is trying to save your friggen country and its people! be thankful we helped you out!:af:

Skip N
08-23-2004, 08:06 PM
sick and freekin tired of hearing about not finding wmds. the best intelligent agencies in the world said they had them, that's good enough for me. maybe they made a mistake( who has'nt ) or maybe they were destroyed or are still buried in the sand. we went on the worlds best intelligence. tell ya what, in any event saddam can't use them, imaginery or otherwise

Right on, well said

Surfcastinglife
08-23-2004, 08:10 PM
ur trusting a report by msn.com the same ppl who brought us "stump coming to boston" and "roger to the sox" where no other sports network picked up on it? if this were the case dont you think the media would've been draped all over this one? they just love rippin bush's plans and we aren't seeing much coverage of this. he did indeed say he disagreed with the campaign ad, but i am inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt with being "ungrateful" with the us's presence

Skip N
08-23-2004, 08:22 PM
I believe its Rueters story just carried on the MSN website. Everything I read online or ont TV is all anti Bush that its sickning...trust me, this i have picked up on! Its pretty damn obvious! Your right in the sense that im surprised CNN and all those others lefties havent jumped all over this yet and slam W with something else. Lets pull out all our forces and see how the coach likes it then! You wanna see a mess?! that will do it and he'll be begging we come back to Iraq and help em out. Thats all im saying...things in Iraq could be lots worse if we left

spence
08-23-2004, 08:51 PM
Skip, what news are you watching? Kerry is getting pounded in the news over the SwiftVet ads. I think it's about run it's course but the news has been anything but liberal the past 2 weeks.

Regarding WMD. I've read a lot of the report on Iraqi intel. With what I know now I'm 100% sure the Administration misled the country to justify the war. Everybody agreed Saddam needed to be dealt with but it was the President and Vice President using the harsh rhetoric and making the false and subtle associations between Iraq and 9/11 that drove the timetable and abandoned a coalition. To this day Cheney is still spouting things that are believed by 98% of the planet to be not true.

To make it more simple. There was a right way and a wrong way to deal with Saddam. Bush did just about everything wrong possible and the cost is many more American lives and billions in taxpayer (i.e. yours and mine) money down the drain. Freedeom or no freedom for Iraqi's that fact doesn't change.

-spence

Surfcastinglife
08-23-2004, 09:01 PM
things in iraq would crumble faster then the sox in game 7 if we left. we are a needed presence. whether they like it or not, at this point they are screwed without the us there. at least for now :) some are gonna disagree and fight it but we are needed.if the coach is one of them so be it. but i dont see the point in blasting him in the media just because he's the coach. there are thousands of insurgents, the very reason we are still in iraq. but yes i agree with you that it is enough to send you off the wall when you think that someone's son/daughter brother or sister is dying for someone who may ultimately not appreciate their selfless acts, just another example of how f'ed up people really can be:(

spence
08-23-2004, 09:08 PM
I don't think we can let it fall apart, but doing it in the manner we have I also don't see any real improvement until we pull a lot of troops out. There is simply too much hatred for America for the insurgency to loose strength.

Another important point is that these insurgents arn't all terrorists. Many are regular Iraqi's pissed because things haven't gotten any better for them. Impatience, perhaps and it's being fueled by their neighbors. Sounds just like Lebanon to me.

What we need to do is give other countries an incentive to supply real troops (i.e. contracts), have real International oversight over military operations and get the bulk of security forces replaced by friendly Arab nations.

Speaking with people who actually live in the Middle East, countries like Syria, Pakistan etc...it's the complete and utter ARROGANCE of the Bush Administration that is screwing us. Reagan might have pissed a lot of people off with his balls, but he was never...EVER...arrogant.

-spence

RIJIMMY
08-23-2004, 09:21 PM
"To make it more simple. There was a right way and a wrong way to deal with Saddam. Bush did just about everything wrong possible and the cost is many more American lives and billions in taxpayer (i.e. yours and mine) money down the drain. Freedeom or no freedom for Iraqi's that fact doesn't change."

- Spence you have been spouting out like this for months. Everthing against Kerry is "sick", everything against Bush is justified. The last 3 administrations planned to get rid of Sadaam, Bush just acted on it. He HAD to, we cannot sit by while other countries blatantly disobey the UN over and over and over. We did not just attack them, we told them we were going to attack, we gave Sadaam 48 hrs to leave and then we attacked after 3 MORE UN RESOLUTIONS!!!. The WORLD needed to know that we will not be pushed around.
You cannot justify right or wrong until history takes its course. Remember, most Americans were against helping England when they were being bombed night after night by the Nazis, Churchill begged for AMerican help and Congress shot it down. I'll never know if Iraq was going to launch an attack against teh US or its neighbors, but you know what? They're not going to now, and I'm sure of it. Folks like you are too busy whining about Bush to notice all the success, how many Al Queda have been captured lately? Hows our old enemy Libya doing? Was that Iran that recently let Nuc inspectors in the country? How about that alliance with Pakistan? Think any other governments are thinking about housing terrorists? Not any more..... of course NONE of this had anything to do with Bush.

Skip N
08-23-2004, 10:49 PM
RIJIMMY....You said it all bud....Saved me time typing it. Its sicking how partisian and so ani Bush some people can be. Sad if nothing else....If Micheal Moore and John Kerry say it....It must be true to these brain washed fools. Im a Bush supporter but im smart enough not to agree with everything he says. I have my own mind unlike some people:smash:

spence
08-24-2004, 07:24 AM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY
I'll never know if Iraq was going to launch an attack against teh US or its neighbors, but you know what? They're not going to now, and I'm sure of it. Folks like you are too busy whining about Bush to notice all the success, how many Al Queda have been captured lately? Hows our old enemy Libya doing? Was that Iran that recently let Nuc inspectors in the country? How about that alliance with Pakistan? Think any other governments are thinking about housing terrorists? Not any more..... of course NONE of this had anything to do with Bush. [/B]
But you're completely ignoring any negative to our actions. I think Bush has done a good job of capturing or killing al Qaida around the world. I also think he left Afghanistan too early to focus on Iraq.

Lybia was a political success that has been working for quite some time. A good thing for sure, but he wasn't scared into it.

Iran letting inspectors in, what news are you watching?

We have no alliance with Pakistan, we have one with Musharef. While it's worked so far, there's a big difference and it's a huge potential problem.

And yes, I think we have completely missed the ball by focusing on Iraq and not pressuring governments (Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia etc...) to reform.

The manner in which we have done Iraq...no International mandate, no plan for security, no plan to rebuild the country, US only contracts, bad (or manipulated) WMD intel... has done very real and great damage to our image around the world. People can say they don't care about what the world thinks, but this is a very dangerous position. It's the pulse of the world that determines how our enemies are able to behave. US policy has a direct impact on the ability of al Qaida to recruit and operate, both positive and negative.

Bush is incapable of seeing both sides. His comment the other week that "killing terrorists doesn't make more terrorists" only demonstrates a complete ignorance to how the world works.

Spouting? I lie that :rolleyes: how about erupting :hihi:

-spence

RIJIMMY
08-24-2004, 07:50 AM
I'll tell ya Spence, I don't agree with you opinions but I must admit, I like ya.
At least you're thinking.

spence
08-24-2004, 07:53 AM
The only reason I spout (er errupt) is to try to get others to do the same :chatter

-spence

Fishpart
08-24-2004, 08:37 AM
The US never left Afganistan, the :smash: PRESS :smash: left Afganistan. We still have the better part of an Army Division there and who knows how many Spec Ops and Marines.

Iraq is a good way for the press to split the voters, Afganistan is not.......

Nebe
08-24-2004, 08:45 AM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY
we cannot sit by while other countries blatantly disobey the UN over and over and over.

oh i forgot, we're the only ones that can do that :hihi:

I'd addd more but I gotta go to work, and try to support myself in this crumbling economy of ours... think bush cares about me? think bush cares about the little guy who lost his job to a 6 year old in china?

i dont think so

RIJIMMY
08-24-2004, 09:16 AM
Eb, there is where we have a fundamental disagreement. Should Bush care if jobs are outsourced, should he care if your business makes money? I hate to say it but I beleive not. I beleive Govt. should keep its nose out of business. To interfere, interferes with the laws of capitalism. As a business owner, you need to be competitive or lose money. Its not the Govt's role to help. I believe this is one of the major differences between Dems and Repubs. I am against big government (telling me or business) what to do
Big companies outsource to save money, which (theoreticaly) benefits shareholders. It is survival of the fittest. Sad but true, blame Adam Smith

Fishpart
08-24-2004, 10:04 AM
Who passed NAFTA and began the flow of jobs to Mexico. When did the push to outsource to China start.

Hate to say it guys, it's not Democrats vs Republicans, but the haves (ultra rich) vs the poor bass tard who HAS to go to work every day. We're so busy earning a living we don't have time to monitor the elected officals we trust to take care of the common good.

spence
08-24-2004, 10:05 AM
Against big government :confused: And you support BUSH HAHAHAHAHA :laughs:

Bush is increasing the size of government at an alarming rate. He is no fiscal conservative, and I find a lot of it (like the prescription drug bill) to be patently corrupt.

Nobody including myself, Eben or John Kerry is saying we shouldn't have a global economy or eliminate outsourcing. The problem is that the playing field is skewed so that the American worker can't compete. Do you really think it's, not fair, but rather ethical to do business with corrupt countries that allow near slave labor, terrible working conditions and no environmental protection?

Don't you think it makes sense to give business an incentive to keep jobs in America and not pollute?

You seem to be confusing all Democrats with far left progressives that are borderline socialist. Most Democrats do believe in the power of capitolisim to drive excellence, but they also believe it should be regulated somewhat to restrict corruption and damage to our great nation. Corporations if left unchecked will destroy the environment and consolidate wealth before you know what's even happening.

We can have it both ways.

-spence

RIJIMMY
08-24-2004, 10:32 AM
The problem is that the playing field is skewed so that the American worker can't compete.

really? Why are housing prices through the roof and at the same time home sales have been soaring? Looks to me that some people are making some big bucks.

spence
08-24-2004, 10:37 AM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY
really? Why are housing prices through the roof and at the same time home sales have been soaring? Looks to me that some people are making some big bucks. [/B]
America is still a very wealthy country and the ultra low interest rates have kept the housing market alive.

Do you deny that near slave labor and tax loopholes haven't been a major contributor to US job loss, and that these are just part of happy capitolisim?

-spence

RIJIMMY
08-24-2004, 10:57 AM
Actually, I think the intenet has cut way down on productivity :p
I need to get back to work before I'm outsourced myself!

Eb, I think the economy is doing very well, I'm in the investment industry and things look very strong from my view. With the corp scandals, terror attacks,a war and a massive market correction, it is a miracle we are doing as well as we are. Being truthful, this has nothing to do with Bush. I believe a Pres has very little influence on the economy other than market sentiment.

spence
08-24-2004, 11:29 AM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY
[Being truthful, this has nothing to do with Bush. I believe a Pres has very little influence on the economy other than market sentiment. [/B]
I'd complely agree. I didn't give Clinton credit for the boom, nor blame Bush for the recession. I do give Clinton credit for following the Republican lead and signing the balanced budget amendment. I also blame Bush for the unecessary third round of tax cuts when we are at war with a massive deficit, and the huge increases in government spending.

If you're in the biz you know that a lack of cash isn't why people arn't investing. It's about confidence.

The rich pay most of the taxes and right now we need a little sacrifice to balance the sacrfice of those in Iraq. They can afford it, the middle class can't.

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY

really? Why are housing prices through the roof and at the same time home sales have been soaring? Looks to me that some people are making some big bucks.

I think alot has to do with the fact that many folks have totally lost confidence in the stock market and are putting thier money in tangable investmenets such as 2nd homes, rental properties, or are upgrading thier single house...

And I exagerated on the economy 'crumbling'... its not crumbling, but its struggling. I dont want goverment to give me a hand, but i want to goverment to look out for everyone in this country and do its best to make sure that everyone has a job. If everyone has a job, more people have a disposable income, and then that money will boost the economy, which will create more jobs, and so on and so on...
right now i get the impression that Bush isnt really on the same page here. He's looking out for the rich and the company owners... the small american worker is in big trouble....

spence
08-24-2004, 02:43 PM
Originally posted by Eben
If everyone has a job, more people have a disposable income, and then that money will boost the economy, which will create more jobs, and so on and so on...
There you go again Eben with your "trickle up" economics. I call it voodoo economics :vamp:

Oh go blow glass :lossinit:

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 03:05 PM
What you dont agree with me?

think about it.. its like a food pyramid. the base is lower class people, the middle middle class and the top is well... the richest. the better off the lower class is, the more money they will spend and invest which will help the middle class, who own small businesses, etc.. and the highest of the classes will do well....... I dont see why this is voodoo spence??? please help me figure out why this doesnt make sense...

fishweewee
08-24-2004, 03:10 PM
Iraq. History will show that we came, we saw, and WE KICKED ASS.

Wait 10 years from now, see how that messed up country improves.

If you want to blame anyone for the mess in Iraq, BLAME THE BRITS. Read your history book for more details. :hihi:

chris L
08-24-2004, 03:17 PM
no brits blame the french !

Skip N
08-24-2004, 03:29 PM
Yes, when in doubt blame the French! They cant defend or do anything right. And like the the Iraq soccor coach...they have very short memeories as far as what the US has done for them:smash:

Nebe
08-24-2004, 03:34 PM
Originally posted by fishweewee
Iraq. History will show that we came, we saw, and WE KICKED ASS.

Wait 10 years from now, see how that messed up country improves.



theres no doubt we kicked ass Ben, but there is a difference between winning a war and winning peace. we had little to no plans for winning the peace in Iraq...

spence
08-24-2004, 03:40 PM
Hey Eben, just think if #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney was your buddy we would have probably used a "win over the Iraqis by gifting them with hand blown vases" plan. You could have overcharged them millions and be living in that huge house off the reef :smash:

Will you let me tresspass to fish :laughs:

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 03:45 PM
your dodging my question spence... why doesnt trickle up work??:smash:

spence
08-24-2004, 03:46 PM
I don't think trickle up or trickle down work alone. The real answer is they both are important. I was just busting your bergalls before :smash: You should know better than to believe anything I say :D

When are we going fishing? Your wife should have that baby thing down by now :lasso:

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 03:51 PM
I snuck out last night for a couple of hours and it kicked my ass today:smash:

i think i can no longer go night fishing until next year, from now on its late afternoon/dusk bird chasing for me:(


Voodoo this, closet republican :bshake:

spence
08-24-2004, 04:01 PM
I'm denouncing my Republican party membership until we have new leadership :af:

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 04:23 PM
well after Bush serves his 2nd term, theres always Arnold swartznager :laughs:

by that time we'll have Iran to rebuild too:smash:

spence
08-24-2004, 04:24 PM
I'll be old enough then, perhaps I'll run :smash:

-spence

Nebe
08-24-2004, 04:35 PM
Run for your life that is :boots:

fishweewee
08-25-2004, 07:30 AM
Eben, I'm glad you can still sneak out.

If it were me the missus would lock up all my rods for a good 18 years. :hihi:

RIJIMMY
08-25-2004, 07:47 AM
Eben, nightime fishing and babies dont mix well. I learned that the hard way. The fall is right around the corner, there will be plenty of early am and evening fish.
My boy was up about 4 times last night screaming, we think he may have an ear infction. Callin the doc today....
:(

spence
08-25-2004, 07:56 AM
Originally posted by RIJIMMY
Eben, nightime fishing and babies dont mix well.(
Tell me about it. I've been struggling to get out the past few weeks. It's not about the time, I can get out at night, the baby is sleeping fine. For some reason I've just been too damn tired and we have been so freaken busy on the weekends.

I just keep telling myself better now than in another month :smash:

-spence

Nebe
08-25-2004, 10:38 AM
Just wait though...... in 10 years these little kids will be out-fishing us hands down... and then we can say stuff like..."back when i was your age we used to walk 2 miles to catch bass!"

Surfcastinglife
08-25-2004, 11:26 AM
"2 mies uphill both ways"

Navy Chief
08-25-2004, 03:20 PM
You know, right after 9/11 everyone was all for blowing everyone up. Now, 3 years later, the american people have forgot. That's right, forgot about the world trade centers. Hussien gassed his own people, you don't think he wanted to put some gas in Washington. Bush was given bum intel, he still had the right idea. I know that I'm a minority republican in these parts, but give me a break. Maybe we should have just waited for Saddam to drop a nuclear bomb over Boston. I still love you guys:af:

spence
08-25-2004, 03:28 PM
Originally posted by Navy Chief
[B]You know, right after 9/11 everyone was all for blowing everyone up. Now, 3 years later, the american people have forgot. That's right, forgot about the world trade centers. Hussien gassed his own people, you don't think he wanted to put some gas in Washington. Bush was given bum intel, he still had the right idea. I know that I'm a minority republican in these parts, but give me a break. Maybe we should have just waited for Saddam to drop a nuclear bomb over Boston.
Oh come on Chief, I don't think anyone here has forgotten about 9/11. What's gotten people so ticked off about Bush is that how we go about dealing with terror is just as important as what we actually do. Most rational people understand real International cooperation is critical and yet Bush is taking us in the opposite direction in this respect.

I've real a lot of the Iraqi intel report and there was no evidence that justified immediate invasion of Iraq. NONE.

Our Armed Services are great at blowing things up, but unless they are backed with leadership that can fight the political battles we won't win. Terrorisim is a culture that is very complex, you can't bomb it out of someone unless you wish to eradicate half the planet...and that's just not very feesable.

-spence

Navy Chief
08-25-2004, 05:25 PM
Originally posted by spence
I've real a lot of the Iraqi intel report and there was no evidence that justified immediate invasion of Iraq. NONE.


Spence
Don't believe all the intel you read in the papers. The real intel doesn't get to the papers. Did we get world opinion after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor? No!

Nebe
08-25-2004, 05:52 PM
Trust me I havent forgotten about 9/11. My cousin was in the subway station underneath the towers just before it went down, as she was evacuated and ran away from the building she had to run over the blobs of people that had jumped from the top of tower1...so no i havent forgotten and you can bet she hasnt. Me, and she, both are totally baffled at how many people think Iraq had something to do with 9/11... Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.. . out of all those hijackers i think only 2 or 4 were Iraqi:smash:

Rememer that guy Osama??? thats who the americans have forgoten about, and rest assured 'W' wants you to forget about him... Sadam and Iraq was the biggest diversion in history.

spence
08-25-2004, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by Navy Chief
Don't believe all the intel you read in the papers. The real intel doesn't get to the papers. Did we get world opinion after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor? No!
If they had proof of Saddam having WMD or links to al Qaida they would have played it, even after the fact. When I say intel I mean I've read a lot of the Congressional Panel's report. Granted a few bits are blacked out, but what is crystal clear is that the intel was extremely weak and based on assumption rather than fact.

You don't go to war on assumption.

-spence

Skip N
08-25-2004, 06:38 PM
Who ever said Iraq had something to do with 9/11? I never once thought that and that was really never a major issue why we went to Iraq anyway. one reason we went to Iraq is beacuse we knew Saddam had large ties to terrosts groups. We had a president who didnt want to see another 9/11 happen EVER again so that was a main reason for the Iraq war. I meen if Saddam had WMD's (witch everyone knew they had) you dont think he would have given them to terrosts to kill us??? Pretty niave if you think that. Unlike Johney boy we dont want to wait for another 9/11 so W took charge and say hey, this aint gonna happen again to the US so lets see who is the biggest threat of giving terrosts WMD's or harboring terrosts. How many times have we been atttacked since 9/11 and since Bush has dropped the hammer? Oh thats right.... Zero....coincedence? I think not

Nebe
08-25-2004, 06:56 PM
Originally posted by Skip N
t How many times have we been atttacked since 9/11 and since Bush has dropped the hammer? Oh thats right.... Zero....coincedence? I think not

No arguing with that one Skip:cheers:

But i've seen the poles that ask "do you think Iraq had something to do with 9/11?" there was a very high percentage that said yes :smash:

Where is osama?

spence
08-25-2004, 07:00 PM
Skip, this is the most absurd bit on nonsense and I'm amazed that there are millions of others that believe the exact same thing your do :smash:

Go back and listen to what Bush and Cheney were saying and while they never stated a link, they sure as hell insinuated one. At one time 70% of Americans believed there was a link between Saddam and 9/11. Combine that with what was being said by the Administration and it's clear it wasn't just some fluke.

No major nation is going to stand in our way when there is a clear threat. They sure didn't in Afghanistan, hell NATO followed us in and is doing the brunt of the work today.

Iraq was completely different, and the UN process falling apart wasn't the fault of Saddam alone, it was also the fault of Bush refusing to work the International politics necessary to legitimize a pre-emptive invasion.

When you've had a bad day at work you don't come home and beat your dog. If the solution to our problems is to bomb people because it makes us feel good then we've completely lost the humility and pride that has made this country what it is.

Doesn't mean we can't admit our mistakes and still kick some booty when necessary. America's enemies shouldn't fear us because we are a loose cannon. They should fear us because we are so respected in the world. And there's not a lot of respect at the moment :af:

-spence

fishweewee
08-25-2004, 07:24 PM
International cooperation? What a joke.

Nobody is going to take care of the United States but the United States ESPECIALLY if we take the fight to the sheet-headed terrorists.

Most of the European nations are a bunch of p*ssies. Take France. France doesn't want to get too involved not only because it's a nation of faggy cheese-eating surrender monkies, but because a subtantial portion of their own population is Muslim Arab (remember the old French colonies?). Germans. A people whose most significant accomplishment as of late was the extermination of 6 million innocent people. Remember the Kraut lefties who praised the 9/11 attacks as "glorious art?" Did I mention that Germany and France had substantial economic interests in Iraq?

Most other countries don't want to stir the pot because they don't want to be targeted by the ragheads (e.g., Spain). P*ssies, all of them. I'm no chest-beating hawk by any measure, but WAR is about breaking things and killing people. It's sometimes necessary to wage war to get things done. Have people forgotten that already?

Re: Iraq. You think our pre-emptive invasion of Iraq didn't send a message to Iran and Syria, both of which have supported and given aid and comfort to anti-American terrorists?

So what if we went to war over oil. That stuff is a strategic resource that is plugged into our economy and security. Do I like the fact that we're so dependent on foreign oil? No. If you hate Bush so much, piss off his oil company cronies and come up with a plentiful, environmentally-friendlier alternative. Until then, stop bitching, oil is important. You can't go to work without oil, you can't eat without oil, and YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T GO FISHING WITHOUT IT.

The rest of the world thinks we are too powerful and think we deserved what we got on 9/11 because we support Israel. Eff the rest of the world, let it all fall apart for all I care. Find an alternative to oil, and then we can let the French run their cars on cheese and perfume.

And don't get me started with 9/11. I lost friends in the towers. I used to work right across from the towers. I ate lunch in the basement there. Fortunately, I decided not to work there shortly after the stock market bubble burst and the planes hit. I nearly had a freakin' heart attack trying to track down my little brother that day, who was probably saved by his habitual laziness. He overslept and got to the WTC just in time to see the second plane hit. If he was punctual, it's likely he would have been killed. The missus was trapped in the City as all the trains, bridges and tunnels were shut down - like thousands of others she had to WALK to get out. All the while, cell phone spectrum was JAMMED because the ragheads took out a tower on the WTC and everybody was calling everyone in NYC to check up on loved ones. Unless you were there, YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT PEOPLE WERE FEELING THAT DAY.

If you were there, you might feel differently.

spence
08-25-2004, 07:32 PM
:hidin:

Nebe
08-25-2004, 07:54 PM
Originally posted by fishweewee



Find an alternative to oil, and then we can let the French run their cars on cheese and perfume. Ben will you father my next child? :laughs:

No doubt it was an unbelievable experience that day, but I have to say, when faced with great turmoil like we have been faced with, why make decisions based on emotions? Decisions should be make with logic and the logic just doesnt add up in my book. I agree the world is a better place now that Saddam is gone, but the way we did it was pretty rambo.

Skip N
08-25-2004, 08:21 PM
fishweewee

I thought i was the only one who thinks like that. Im not alone i guess:D Well written and well said....and some funny chit too:laughs:

spence
08-25-2004, 08:51 PM
I found it complely psychopathic and xenophobic :shocked::rotf3:

-spence

Skip N
08-25-2004, 08:56 PM
I found it complely psychopathic and xenophobic

You meen the stuff you wrote earlier?:laughs:

spence
08-25-2004, 08:57 PM
:read:

fishweewee
08-26-2004, 07:05 AM
Originally posted by spence
I found it complely psychopathic and xenophobic :shocked::rotf3:

-spence

Why thank you. :bshake:

fishweewee
08-26-2004, 07:07 AM
Originally posted by Eben
Ben will you father my next child? :laughs:


Sorry dude, BM has first dibs. :laughs:

Nebe
08-26-2004, 08:40 AM
:laughs: he has better bithing hips :hihi:

spence
08-26-2004, 08:42 AM
Birthing Eben, BIRTHING :smash:

One you think you would know this :laughs:

-spence

Nebe
08-26-2004, 11:57 AM
Originally posted by spence
Eben, will you father my second child?
-spence

No, I already fathered your first child :laughs:

fishweewee
08-26-2004, 12:09 PM
Eben, has your wife been mean to you lately?

My friends whose spouses have given birth all report that their wives have been super-mean due to the pain of enduring child-birth. I'm sure I'll get hit with a frying pan one of these days. :eek: :err:

Nebe
08-26-2004, 06:10 PM
No not mean at all..... she has been a bit emotional due to lack of sleep, but no meanness... a bit o f crying once in a while...

shoot.... i wish she was being mean to me, then I could grab my gear and say, "thats it! I'm going fishing!:smash: "