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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - World Affairs / Debate - US Election 2004 -- America Votes (Bush is wiener) |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 1282/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Atma, cool it with the flaming. | |||
Arwon Zora Level: 35  Posts: 207/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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| Legion, this "we give lots of aid" bragging is rather ugly and in any case inaccurate. The US, like virtually all wealthy countries, only gives small amounts of aid versus its GDP and mostly targets it very poorly. The US for example gives about 0.1% of its GDP as aid, and a lot of that is military aid to places like Israel and Egypt. France mostly gives to its former colonies, Japan gives to groups that vote its way in international forums, Australia mostly gives to countries in its region - PNG and the Pacific. The US like most countries mostly gives aid bilaterally rather than multilaterally (through the World Bank) which means it isn't targeted as well as it could be if the WB recieved more directly. The internationally agreed upon UN target level for foreign aid is 0.8% of GDP and only the Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and Sweden go over that in foreign aid levels. The US does give, more or less on par with other wealthy nations, but it's not this astonishingly selfless and giving cornucopia of foriegn aid people often like to portray it as. |
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Raistlin the Red Robed Paragoomba Level: 15  Posts: 76/76 EXP: 14064 For next: 2320 Since: 08-08-04 From: Fort Hood, Texas Since last post: 362 days Last activity: 318 days |
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| Atma X- And how do you know I don't have a Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance? It's no one on this boards business if I have one or not either. (can you show at least a little more intellegents next time ) I think you meant intelligence* You're right though. I DO complete missions. You do not. I am not a bad ass. I'm not cool because I'm a soldier. In fact, I never really cared to shoot guns before I joined the army. In fact, I'm a combat Medic. I save lives. I didn't join the military to shoot guns and fly planes. I don't know everything that goes on. But I can promise you that I know alot more than you think you know. Although not everybody in the government is completely corrupt, so there is always someone who will release some information, and if you ever want to know at least some info of what's going on, you can do some research and learn as much as possible from the information that is provided (though you'll have to spend some time looking for it, it's not just going to appear all over the news and slap you in the face to wake you up whenever you get lazy ) Uhm... I don't have to look for anything. I get told things long before you even see it in the news. I know about soldiers who die before the news releases this. In fact, I've had to fold the flag for the crying family members 6 times. It's not pretty. It's not cool to shoot guns. I wish we didn't have to. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 4947/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Lunar: Actually, Bush *was* reading to children at the time of the attacks at a school. They showed on the news someone whispering in Bush's ear what had happened. I doubt he stayed too much longer after that, but you also can't spook out everyone by getting the hell out of there. Composure. |
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jmr Paratroopa Level: 21  Posts: 61/149 EXP: 44421 For next: 5522 Since: 03-16-04 From: Newfoundland, Canada (aka the middle of FRICKIN' nowhere) Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 3 days |
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| I'm I'm sure that there wasn't this big of a controversy when our new Prime Misister Paul Martin was elected... Guys, I'm just an outsider looking in, but I seriously think you guys should cool it... |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67  Posts: 826/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| When I talk about civilized political discourse in America I usually set the bar pretty low, so don't expect too much JefF. | |||
Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 4859/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by NSNick Pfft...I predicted this several months ago...I just didn |
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Atma X Bandit Level: 43  Posts: 624/801 EXP: 553639 For next: 11407 Since: 03-16-04 From: Derrière vous!!! Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 14 days |
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| @ Raistlin the Red Robed: Sorry for flaming you. Just a General thought: But anyway, the fact is that in this world, there's always going to be a lot of secrets, and it's only possible to know some of what's going on. There's going to be a lot of theories, and the truth about many of them will not be revealed except to very few people. (edited by Atma X on 11-05-04 09:40 AM) |
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Jizuko Jiz Is The Magic! This board has run out of mana and can no longer use The Magic Level: 51  Posts: 841/1191 EXP: 1004683 For next: 9255 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 230 days Last activity: 213 days |
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Originally posted by Millennium NekoOriginally posted by NSNick |
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Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57  Posts: 495/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| Who thinks that Bush is going to screw up the country even more? Also, will he ever get the troops out of Iraq? | |||
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67 Posts: 841/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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No he will never get the troops out of Iraq. They'll have to become naturalized citizens.  |
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Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57 Posts: 498/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| Would you think Kerry would have done any better than Bush? | |||
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 4891/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| I hope that Bush will correct his mistakes during this 4 year period... If he doesn |
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Dracoon Zelda The temp ban/forum ban bypasser! Level: 84  Posts: 1704/3727 EXP: 5514391 For next: 147561 Since: 03-25-04 From: At home Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Kerry was going to take our inexperenced troops out and put in the more experienced. So to answer you question yes, he would have done much better than Bush. | |||
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Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57 Posts: 499/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| Yeah I think Kerry would be much better than Bush as well. Yet another question: What would any of you think of having a woman for president? | |||
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67 Posts: 845/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| I don't think it's a big deal. England had Margaret Thatcher and she seemed to work out fine in terms of toughness, but I know many people really didn't like her b/c of her party and the things it did. (I'm not that in on British politics so don't bother rebutting.) As long as you have the mental toughness and leadership, you can be president in my book. | |||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 1620/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I've no problem with women leaders, assuming that they stand as good and moral leaders. Thus far we have seen weak leaders of first world nations like Kim Campbell, or we see immoral monsters like Indira Gandhi. The same goes for men, the simple thing is, that voters are going to stick with the "traditional" candidate. Reasons like this are why men like Joe Liebermen haven't taken presidency yet, he is Jewish. Hell, it took damn near 2 centuries to get a Catholic into office with JFK. If it doesn't stick to the mainstream, people are afraid. | |||
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Lunar Depths Paragoomba Level: 14  Posts: 56/67 EXP: 11330 For next: 1741 Since: 09-01-04 From: New Jersey Since last post: 105 days Last activity: 105 days |
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| Sorry I took so long to respond Colleen, yes I know he was indeed reading to children when the event happened. I was simply making the point that many stories were concocted, so I wouldn't be surprised if others were. I think a woman for president would be awesome, as long as it's not...well. We'll see I guess. From what I hear, though, '08 is looking very much like Hillary Clinton and Julianno (forgive me if I spelled that wrong). Interesting, no? |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67 Posts: 863/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| Julianno? You mean Giuliani? Former mayor of NY? I probably spelled it wrong too. | |||
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Lunar Depths Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 57/67 EXP: 11330 For next: 1741 Since: 09-01-04 From: New Jersey Since last post: 105 days Last activity: 105 days |
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| Yeah!!! I know I know, how could anyone mispell that right? First it was just a typo that I didn't catch till after it posted but I was already almost late to my midterm so I had to run. Then I was thinking and I couldn't remember if it was with a J or G. But yes, for clarification, former mayor of New York! |
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