The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 12

BarTopDancer · 04-12-2006, 03:44 PM

What side is going to get me on an island with Josh Holloway?

scaeagles · 04-12-2006, 03:46 PM

Wrong thread, Bartop. Please move the Holloway lust to the Lost thread.

(However, Kate and Sun lust are welcome anywhere)

Not Afraid · 04-12-2006, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Sentences that fit in fortune cookies are the path to understanding.

Your lucky numbers are 4, 23, 29, 32, 35, 36

Best post ever - and he even got mojo.

BarTopDancer · 04-12-2006, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Wrong thread, Bartop. Please move the Holloway lust to the Lost thread.

(However, Kate and Sun lust are welcome anywhere)

Them there are fightin words you redneck commie.*

*JOKE for those who who can't tell!

scaeagles · 04-12-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Them there are fightin words you redneck commie

Isn't that kind of a contradiction?

scaeagles · 04-12-2006, 09:31 PM

Could Iran be coming to a confrontation soon?

Iran could have a nuke in 16 days?

If that is true, and I have no idea how long it takes from having enough enrisjed uranium to build a bomb to actually doing it, then something is going to be happening soon.

There is no way Isreal lets them have one. If Isreali intelligence believe that Iran has a nuke in a matter of weeks, then Isreal will do something about it. That fact alone will cause the US to act, because if Isreal acts on it, then it's no longer an issue of Iran having a nuke to other Arab countries (many of whom I would suspect don't want Iran to have a nuke either), it is an issue of Jews launching a strike on Arabs.

I will point out that this takes Iran at their word that they have 54,000 centrifuges. Who knows?

Gemini Cricket · 04-13-2006, 05:37 AM

I had a fortune cookie that said the following a couple of weeks ago:

"You have a voice in success for working." (Or something to that effect.)

(No lucky numbers included.)

Gemini Cricket · 04-13-2006, 06:03 AM

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A few residents guessed correctly when they figured their moldy, mud-stained homes might have to be lifted off the ground to qualify for flood insurance or federal rebuilding aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines released Wednesday are meant to help residents rebuild in ways that comply with early drafts of flood maps showing how high water is expected to rise during a once-in-a-100-year storm. The so-called flood advisories also detail how well the city's levees would protect residents.

Source

I'm wondering what the status of the levees are. Were permanent fixes made?

scaeagles · 04-13-2006, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JWBear

So, outing a CIA operative, destroying her operation, endangering the people she was working with, and lessing our intelligence effectiveness - all in the name of petty political revenge - is ok with you? Alrighty then.

What! I'm sure Libby must be lying! He must be! He's not saying what we want him to say! (please note the sarcasm)

Libby Says Bush, Cheney Didn't Authorize CIA Agent's Name Leak

"A former top administration official said President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney authorized him to discuss with reporters intelligence on Iraq's weapons program and didn't authorize leaking a CIA agent's name."

innerSpaceman · 04-13-2006, 10:39 AM

Um, no one EVER said that Libby's testimony pointed to Bush authorizing the Plame leak. That has never been the issue. It's simply that Bush authorized the leak of informally, politically declassified information and, during same conversation where the authorized secrets were leaked (the ones that weren't criminal), other secrets were leaked (that were criminal).

Ball in motion.

* * * * * *

As for Iran ... they stunt they pulled with enriching uranium a few days ago puts them, by most estimates, 5-7 years from building a nuclear weapon.

Don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. Geopolitics should be 12 times more fuktup by then ... and we'll all likely still be around to experience the fun.

We'll keep this thread open.

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04-12-2006, 03:46 PM	#112
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Wrong thread, Bartop. Please move the Holloway lust to the Lost thread. (However, Kate and Sun lust are welcome anywhere)
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04-12-2006, 09:31 PM	#116
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Could Iran be coming to a confrontation soon? Iran could have a nuke in 16 days? If that is true, and I have no idea how long it takes from having enough enrisjed uranium to build a bomb to actually doing it, then something is going to be happening soon. There is no way Isreal lets them have one. If Isreali intelligence believe that Iran has a nuke in a matter of weeks, then Isreal will do something about it. That fact alone will cause the US to act, because if Isreal acts on it, then it's no longer an issue of Iran having a nuke to other Arab countries (many of whom I would suspect don't want Iran to have a nuke either), it is an issue of Jews launching a strike on Arabs. I will point out that this takes Iran at their word that they have 54,000 centrifuges. Who knows?
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04-13-2006, 05:37 AM	#117
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I had a fortune cookie that said the following a couple of weeks ago: "You have a voice in success for working." (Or something to that effect.) (No lucky numbers included.)
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04-13-2006, 10:39 AM	#120
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, no one EVER said that Libby's testimony pointed to Bush authorizing the Plame leak. That has never been the issue. It's simply that Bush authorized the leak of informally, politically declassified information and, during same conversation where the authorized secrets were leaked (the ones that weren't criminal), other secrets were leaked (that were criminal). Ball in motion. * * * * * * As for Iran ... they stunt they pulled with enriching uranium a few days ago puts them, by most estimates, 5-7 years from building a nuclear weapon. Don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. Geopolitics should be 12 times more fuktup by then ... and we'll all likely still be around to experience the fun. We'll keep this thread open.
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