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Sudan has seen enough bloodshed in the past several years. I wonder where the Consensus in the African Union now stands on the prospect of Sudan devolving into two separate national entities, for the good of the people living in S. Sudan...

"U.S. Military Power Slipping, Analysts Warn" I know how to fix this, Let's double Military spending!

One of my favorite China watchers, Zachary Karabell, of the New American Foundation, says current estimates project that the aggregate Chinese economy will surpass that of the U.S. by 2020. The same things were said about Japan in the 70's. China has yet to surpass Japan let alone the US. It has no high technology base to speak of, no university system or high technology companies, serious problems with an aging population and...

quantumystic wrote: noetsi wrote: The same things were said about Japan in the 70's. China has yet to surpass Japan let alone the US. It has no high technology base to speak of , no university system or high technology companies, serious problems with an aging population and pollution, and no history of being a world economic power. It has not used military power outside lands physically adjacent to itself since the Mongols...

robertr2000 wrote: Tsalagi1 wrote: robertr2000 wrote: rebelwthcz wrote: ulmer wrote: Tsalagi1 wrote: robertr2000 wrote: Tsalagi1 wrote: dem4life wrote: Army recruiters see a jump in enlistment Heads of families, others find economic advantages in a military career. http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13848325?nclick_check=1 Unemployment may be high, but there are still jobs available. Best 16 years of my life, became a man, traveled...

robertr2000 wrote: The Engine wrote: robertr2000 wrote: The Engine wrote: Sheila Tapani wrote: He is not mocking anyone, many soilders dont know the true nature of the goals of their leaders. I think you'd be surprised at just how intelligent the average US soldier is. You know there has been polls done (several) asking US soldiers (among other  things) if they believe Saddam had anything to do with 9/11.... Do you really want...

ulmer wrote: WA Mozart wrote: ulmer wrote: WA Mozart wrote: ulmer wrote: WA Mozart wrote: The Engine wrote: WA Mozart wrote:   So tell me Einstein, with your vast knowledge of government and American politics, what is the function of the chief economist for the Council of Economic Advisers to the President (in this case Bush)? Who does s/he work for? You know, the title the man held from 2001-2002?  Awwww, poor clueless...

Tsalagi1 wrote: Sheila Tapani wrote: War is not pathetic, naked violence has resolved more issues then any other known strategem. Lets see the two biggest wars in history: 1. world war leads too the second the second leads to the cold war which leads to the fall of the Iron courtain which was not resolved by war and there was wery little bloodsed communism just fell apart. Very little bloodshed between Europeans during the Cold War perhaps,...

Ian Paisley wrote: HAHAHAA Tsal --- Man..you're SUCH a drama queen..I really should get you to do a YouTube of this crap so I can send it to American's funniest home videos. Is that a reply or some sort of hidden voodoo message---zombie spirit from 3 moons away    or are you off the programme ?  Yep Barnum was right twice --you and Jake        ...

lightoftruth wrote: S. wrote: The temperature isn't dropping on the graph you posted, it's rising, and you're just guessing by eye that it's falling. You're wrong. Here's the very same graph you just posted, with the trend line plotted on: My friend, if it is the same graph, why the difference in the temp legends? They're both the HadCRUT3 data, and the graphs are identical. The 'temp legends' are...