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• • 26 Jun 09
  • 2:57 pm

  Seems unlikely to me given all the vested interests. I'm certain health care providers are easily in the top five contributors to the very people being asked to bite the hand that feeds them. Haven't posted here in ages, and have yet to see one familiar nick. Are any of the 'old-timers' still around? User turnover is such a trip.

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• • 01 Oct 07
  • 2:07 pm

  And what would that 'win' entail, Scorp? What would have to happen for your 'victory' to be declared? Anarcho- 30 years and 3 billion people ago I would have agreed with much of your thinking. Imagine going back to an island where there were just 2 tribes. One tribe killed those they encountered not from their group, and the other didn't. Which do you suppose were our ancestors? How do we explain to 2 and a half billion Indians and Chinese they can't use cheap, dirty coal to build their economies as we did? That they can't ever consume the way …

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• • 05 Oct 07
  • 2:04 pm

  You are a hoot, Scorp. So how long does our 'support' continue is the question. When can we say our 'mission is truly accomplished' and bring the troops home? What will the situation in Iraq have to look like for this to happen? This is the question you neocons never answer, along with where the money and fresh troops will come from to continue this insanity. I guess ultimately it's up the the Chinese and Japanese, as they carry most of our debt. What if they stop carrying us?

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• • 10 Oct 07
  • 5:24 pm

  How about the value of the dollar? As our economy runs on oil, you don't think this is going to be a problem? Just keep throwing money into the dark pit of Iraq and there'll be no consequences? Think we're getting more popular over there Scorp? Who's going to protect this small force we leave behind? The Iraqi military? Those others you mention ARE ALSO a hoot, Scorp, but the way you go on you'd fit right in. Ever consider running for office? The Hooters Party? Oh, and business and civil life will CONTINUE in Iraq? When did it START? I …

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• • 10 Sep 07
  • 8:19 pm

  Whether we leave Iraq next week or in 2 years, (which with our present manpower/equipment is impossible) the results will be the same there. Only [b]our[/b] debt and loss of life will be affected. The whole issue is so complex-easy to understand why the debate here has run out of steam. I see radical declines lately in online discussions all over the net. I sense many are starting to figure out that while there may be hope, it is for the planet, not us. Thus boards such as this are all dying.

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