I am actually enjoying this. Since I have been on ATS, this is the first running discussion I have had.
Well good and thank you, I enjoy this also
1. YOu really dont understand do you? We dont need an army to fight the battles of the Fulda Gap anymore...
Actually I do. I am not someone of the people against Bush saying he lied about WMD. Common sense and history shows this to be true. Also I have
served in the military, still have friends in the military. I know some of what Rummy is trying to do is right (putting SF troops more in charge of
counter-terrorism operations and taking more control over theatre operations), but for the most part he has not really impressed me.
Well he has me, I think he was distracted by the war actually, that is why in the beginning the generals didnt like him whilst the press did. He
was cahnging the way things were done, Like Cheney did when he was cutting programs left and right
2. Well that is tuff and I hope later in life that she doesnt wonder if what she did was right. That is a BIG problem with these abortions. Of the
three cases, they are at least expalnable, but the 95% of them are for birth control.
Here we have a difference of opinion. I do not believe life begins at conception. There is proof that a fetus has a heartbeat at an earlier time
than originally thought, but I still believe use of RU486 is necessary, as well as the belief that punshing the victim of rape by forcing her to carry
to term is wrong. Maybe only 5% of abortions have prodeuced a pregnancy but it still not a man's decision.
Ok I can understand what you say, it is called "justifiable homicide" The part about punishing the mother is understandable, but doesnt change
the fact that it is not the child's fault in how they entered into life. Thing is, that would be a bearable compromise, but that is not what has
happened, we have changed it to convienence killing. In the old days, the teen who was pregnant was sent away to have the child and put it up for
adoption. Many of these adults search for their birth parents today. Thing is , They are alive becuase killing them was not morally possible. The
growth in abortion is sad. Those that fight for the "CHOICE" miss the point. If we could at least stop 1/2 of them, think of the lives saved. And
there are plenty of adoptive parents to go around. We need to start somewhere.
3. Well ok, that is called conviction and not waffleing or indecision. He still will not call it a mistake because he knows he was right.
I know he can not call it a mistake. That would mean that those who have died would have died for nothing. I believe we should stay to make sure
that does not happen. I still do not think we should have gone. If the Iraqis really wanted freedom they would have fought for it themselves.
Well it is not just to free Iraq IMHO, it is to free the peoples that need the freedom so the hate that they have for the western world can change.
It is the start of a change, iraq was just the most logical place to start and it got rid of a real scumbag
4. Well there are safer stocks, all he wants is for you to save 25% of what they take out and that is YOURS, not the Govs. Odds are, that 25% willl
be worth alot more at the end. BTW If you die, you rkids get it instead of Uncle Sam.
You need a job first.
I do have one, and I lost my old one in the recession. These things are cyclic in nature, Bush just got hammered as he came into office. Things are
picking up well now I would say and I ahve business reasons for saying this. Certain areas are still slow in recovery but others are booming again,
while others never stopped. Things are not as bad as we are led to beieve by the mainstream media
5. There is a difference between youthful error and treason..ask your dad what he thinks of Kerry and wether your dad would like to know hwat is in
them undisclosed docuemnts?
My dad is dead, and as a Korean War Veteran, he would have been disgusted by Kerry, and he probably was. He volunteered to go to Korea.
I buried him in 1991. Youthful error is one thing, but say to those in the Hanoi Hilton that it was that. See what reaction you get from those that
had to listen to Kerry's speeches while eeating 1 bowl of rice a day between beatings. I will not even go into the reaction to the troops when they
got home, but Kerry fostered this attitude. It disgusts me that this man wants or even thinks he is honorable enough to be CiC. That is why he will
not release his military records(all of them). I think the revelation would doom his Bid and maybe his Senate seat.
My father died recently. As a matter of fact my family will be taking his remains to Arlington on the 19 of October. He hated protestors with
everything he had, but he also thought Bush was not right with Iraq. He also taught me to think for myself.
My Condolences, yes think for yourself, I agree, but consider the "whole" picture...
6. The hell it cant, our morals are in a freefall....have been since before you were born, just gets worse and worse.
True you know what that difference is, it is called sin.
Our problems come from a lack of responsibilty. I will agree that religion has some bearing on this, but I think holding people accountable for their
actions is more important (like draconian punishments for crimes)
Couldnt agree more, so lets let a liberal democrat be the President?I am puzzled at how that makes sense in Kerry's case
Even though I do not believe in God I have no problem with school prayer as long as it is not mandatory. I see no problem with displaying the 10
Commandments in public nor do I have an issue with the Pledge of Allegience in it's present form.
Well then fine, no probs, but as I see it, the governement wants to legislate GOD out of my life, so what I ahve to worship indoors so I dont
offend anyone?
What it comes down too, in my opinion is that this country has gotten so deliberate in it's idealologies that it is hard to see some people are
neither conservatives or liberal. but actually engage in a common sense approach to life and politics.
I hope those days return m8, someday
I enjoy discussions like this that are civil and considerate of other peoples views and beliefs.
Well so do I, We disagree on things and thats fine. We voice our opionions and then we vote, btw....Iraq will be doing that soon