Posts by kneelbeforezod

Quote: I think the "powerbrokers" would be happier investing in the middle east than bombing it. There is a ton of money to be made in a peaceful Middle East. Think what you like. There's plenty of money to be made in war....

I've worked in both Europe and America and I definitely spend more hours per week in work in the US than I did in Europe. Granted, I live in NYC which is a pretty hard-working city...but I previously lived in London and Brussels, both of...

Quote: Originally posted by Placebo Hey, maybe Bush is more forward-looking than we thought - and that's why we're in Iraq right now. ---- Originally posted by Harald BINGO. It was never about 'own Iraq's oil for the US.'...

There was an interesting documentary about the Log Cabin Republicans on Trio (I think) in the run-up to the last presidential election. I believe it examined the group's decision not to endorse Bush, and from what I remember, there was a...

There's a degree to which this is understandable, the guy needed to take a piss and just wanted to check and see if protocol would allow it...but you'd think that this was the kind of thing that the President of the United States might...

It's not that surprising that there is a standing shoot to kill policy in the IDF. What would be surprising would be if the people responsible for this policy were to ever be brought to justice (or even admit their responsibility)....

Quote: Originally posted by dfiler We tried to pretend that AIDS wasn't predominately a gay afflicting disease when it first emerged. Unwillingness to address this stereotype resulted in thousands upon thousands of deaths before...

It is true that jokes about stereotypes can be funny, but they are more frequently offensive, divisive and reductive. Whether or not they are funny depends on the originality and wit in the joke, not on the stereotype itself. Whether or...

In fairness, a lot of Europeans (not just the French) do show a degree of schadenfreude when an American athlete fails...it's not because they hate Americans though, they just like to piss off those Americans who express the kind of...

Quote: Originally posted by NaplesX I am so glad that in this time of extreme violence and terrorism. where radical elements of our globe are plotting the deaths of innocents by the thousands and poverty is rampant because of...