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At 3/22/03 09:09 PM, swayside wrote:

At 3/22/03 09:05 PM, NEMESiSZ wrote: The bottom line is, they have no basis for an opinion on politics. They are uneducated, and have no experience in politics or diplomacy. They just want to preserve their public image, they think because they say "omg dont let teh bush0rz kill teh babiez" it makes up for all the cocaine they do.

while that was dripping stereotypes, i see your point. while most of them actually think that way, they have no basis for politics with their chosen career. they are entitled to think, and would be welcome even here on the politics board.

Let's add to this theme the sports world. Tyrone Lew(I guess that's how his name's spelled) was foolishly asked about the war and what's his response. We have our own war against the Wizards to get that 8th playoff spot. Now who's getting paid more than most likely everyone in this forum and how is this fair?

It's a tough world we live in where entertainment pop culture and athletics warp the themes that are the most important in current times.

At 3/22/03 02:31 PM, swayside wrote: if a music artist writes a song about about how much drugs he did over the weekend, should law enforcement be allowed to run a drug test on him?

i think so.

i suppose so if it was a big deal...the lyrics arouse suspisicions and that's what drug tests are, as long as one can create the warrant

At 3/22/03 06:02 PM, mysecondstar wrote: 3/22/2003
New York City

several thousand protestors in New York City are flooding the streets.. they are protesting the war effort in Iraq right now.

several thousand is a sliver of the population of NYC

At 3/22/03 10:06 PM, swayside wrote: the blitzkreig worked! that's why we're mimicking it now.

we'd be the Nazi's wet dream if we were copying the Blitz...ours is of a different nature, we're taking Iraq down from the outside with the military and from the inside with underground crime ring connections.

At 3/20/03 10:07 PM, VasIndustries wrote: All great books as far as I can see, but make sure you read "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau. Its more of an essay than a book, but its one of my favorite readings.

i've read parts of it in class, however, i not the biggest fan of trancendentalism.

At 3/20/03 09:38 AM, Freakapotimus wrote: If something were to happen, wouldn't it be an act of war and not a terrorist act?

wait a sec, this may be a "war on terrorism" but there's no real declaration of war. What we're doing is combatting terrorism with terrorism.

ignore my ignorance

At 3/19/03 11:58 PM, mysecondstar wrote: FOX news. an excellent source of relatively unbiased news. SKY news in the UK (i think it's SKY of SKYY, not sure) is the FOX sister station across the Atlantic.

Republicans hollla!

At 3/20/03 09:15 PM, Zio_Shirai wrote: nope, canada is against the war, just one of the brave countries that have dared to oppose the us, not like my asshole president "Pobrecito Mr. Bush"....he cant even talk in just 1 language, for anyone who understood what i said...

I haven't heard bad things come from Canada's mouth. If it did talk against the US it doesn't matter because it won't hurt the US's oil deal with them, and Canada cannot afford to lose such a close and easy client.

At 3/20/03 06:13 PM, Judge_DREDD wrote: "I invented the computer system that displays Taxman's organic matter as it is known in his universe model" (a.k.a. the Matrix)

i invented Judge Dredd, j/k wasn't that some comic book guy?

I've heard plenty about that book but i forget if that's about the government that burns books?

gotta love to the glove, same thing happened to me too

yeah, i tend to put Orwell and Huxley's work side by side to create a good analysis of the scientific future of government.

At 3/20/03 10:02 AM, JudgeMeHarshX wrote: After all, Al Gore invented the internet.

"I invented the apple"

At 3/20/03 02:28 PM, Shadydragun wrote: Sorry Freak

at least he's listening to someone ><

if you're killed in a nuclear disaster it'll be fast, so fast you won't even realize it, so whatever happens will happen, welcome to war!

since when do normal governments keep everything to the public, they're not supposed to. It's supposed to implement three functions: protect the government from the people, protect the government from other governments, and to tax the people. If they're not doing those three, then it's time to wonder what's going on. Form your own opinion.

it's interesting because i'm familiar with the works and the concepts but i haven't taken the time i should have actually reading them and drawing my own conclusions.

At 3/19/03 11:22 PM, TheShrike wrote: The Prince by Machi... Maciv... Mach..

Mokivelli

ugh damn words

no hard feelings, it's spelled Machiavelli(at least i hope)

Over the last few days, i've encountered some engaging titles of books i shall read within a few months. Those cited include:

1984
Art of War
Communist Manifesto
On War
and the list continues.....

let this topic be a place to share your favorite political works and their impact on today's political society. I'm sure it's already been done before.

At 3/19/03 11:15 PM, Commander-K25 wrote:

At 3/19/03 04:43 PM, NJDeadzone wrote:
Sun-Tzu(wrote the Art of War-the best military strategy book EVER)

Sun-Tzu was pretty good, but I prefer von Clausewitz. On War is an incredible collection of strategy.

i'll look into it, thanx for the tip. i should make a Reading Rainbow Topic in the forum

At 3/19/03 11:12 PM, Judge_DREDD wrote:
Ok, why does America name battleships (battle-groups) after past-Presidents?

they ran out of states

At 3/19/03 11:07 PM, JudgeMeHarshX wrote:
Deadzone I don't know where in the hell you came from, but you've managed to gain support from people, so you can stay. The Politics Council deems it so.

thank you for your support, i terribly missed the last 3 months of not posting...i had to make a big rebound and i hope i did. So who came up with that badge?

thank you for your agreement gentlemen

2 months and they will get him alive

the peoples of this region are satisfied with nothing, therefore they are in awe at the freedoms Western nations will bestow upon them...

here you go judge, as promised...

must be Z100

At 3/19/03 10:47 PM, Judge_DREDD wrote:

At 3/19/03 10:26 PM, NJDeadzone wrote: June 12th, whoever can figure this out gets a bonus cookie from me.

oow, cookie! Well DeadZone must think "D-day" means "V-day" - hehe - am i right??

** rubs tummy **

i'll bribe you with one if you forget this all took place but the offer still stands for anyone that figures out the date.

At 3/19/03 10:44 PM, JudgeMeHarshX wrote: Everyone eats meat, even if its shoved down your throat as a little baby. Even the Turkish who are going to be eating the bodies of the dead Iraqis. Ew.

that's just uncalled for...but true

they were warned...but they will never confirm his death until the end...1984 principle