The random political thoughts thread - Page 11

Gemini Cricket · 02-22-2006, 12:03 PM

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President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration, the White House said Wednesday.

Defending the deal anew, the administration also said that it should have briefed Congress sooner about the transaction, which has triggered a major political backlash among both Republicans and Democrats.

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I'm confused by this. So he didn't know about it before it was approved but now is going to veto anyone who tries to stop it?

Huh

innerSpaceman · 02-22-2006, 12:40 PM

Bad news, folks. I'm closing this thread. What I feared would happen with "random political thoughts" has happened ... i.e., one topic has dominated for the last couple of pages, and thus this thread has turned into the political thread uber-alles.

In other words, the trend is becoming apparent to me that this thread will, from now on (unless unchecked), become the ONLY thread in the political (aka "Daily Grind") forum ... eliminating the need for a forum at all.

When a topic gains 2 pages of discussion, it is no longer a random political thought ... but rather a topic worthy of its own thread. But there is no incentive to start a separate thread if a "random thoughts" thread already exists. Further, who can say if any particular "random political thought" will spark a lengthy discussion that makes the thought no longer "random?"

And so, it is with some regret that I am closing the "Random Political Thoughts" thread, with the request that if anyone has a random political thought in the future, please start a thread about it. It will then be subject to the nature of all threads ... if it interests others, it will thrive - and if not, it won't survive.

Not the most elegant solution perhaps. But politics ain't pretty.

02-22-2006, 12:40 PM	#102
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Bad news, folks. I'm closing this thread. What I feared would happen with "random political thoughts" has happened ... i.e., one topic has dominated for the last couple of pages, and thus this thread has turned into the political thread uber-alles. In other words, the trend is becoming apparent to me that this thread will, from now on (unless unchecked), become the ONLY thread in the political (aka "Daily Grind") forum ... eliminating the need for a forum at all. When a topic gains 2 pages of discussion, it is no longer a random political thought ... but rather a topic worthy of its own thread. But there is no incentive to start a separate thread if a "random thoughts" thread already exists. Further, who can say if any particular "random political thought" will spark a lengthy discussion that makes the thought no longer "random?" And so, it is with some regret that I am closing the "Random Political Thoughts" thread, with the request that if anyone has a random political thought in the future, please start a thread about it. It will then be subject to the nature of all threads ... if it interests others, it will thrive - and if not, it won't survive. Not the most elegant solution perhaps. But politics ain't pretty.
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