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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Re: Acorn - I guess half the Republican party believes that the defunct Acorn must be part of the anti-Illuminati secret society?*
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw![]()
Really? I'm kind of surprised that one of those Socialist European states hasn't surpassed us at that, like they enjoy reminding us they've surpassed us at everything else.
New York's local Senate is now in a coalition between Republicans and Independent Democrats
.
In the same article, it says Brooklyn's Democratic-leaning local Senator-elect Simcha Felder will caucus with Republicans.
That means, at the local level, New York will lean Republican.
edited 5th Dec '12 6:18:07 AM by Sledgesaul
Apparently, Hillary is militarizing the State Department.
Specifically, Hillary and the Pentagon created the Global Security Contingency Fund (GSCF), a joint pool of money funded by upwards of $200 million from the Defense Department and $50 million from the State Department to be used for rapid responses to security situations.
The State Department is about ambassadorial negotiations. Not police-esque responses to supposed emergencies.
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Why, by invading and taking over the US with a "UN Army", of course!
That's a fairly common Conspiracy Theory related to the UN in the US, Hopey.
edited 5th Dec '12 6:46:44 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnLeon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, has warned that cyber warfare “could be as destructive as the terrorist attack of 9/11.”
Way back, the President himself wrote to the Wall Street Journal. “The lack of clean water or functioning hospitals could spark a public health emergency. As we've seen in past blackouts, the loss of electricity can bring businesses, cities, and entire regions to a standstill.”
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What.
The only military force that could take on the US successfully is the European Union (if all 27 states combine) and that'd be a stalemate.
Baehner removed four Republicans from the Financial Services Committee, due to their history of toeing the party line
. One of the four, as an example, spoke out against our involvement in Afghanistan. Two voted against Paul Ryan's budget plan, but only because "it didn't cut spending enough".
edited 5th Dec '12 7:04:16 AM by Sledgesaul
The US military could literally fight every other military on the planet at once and win.
However, I think the common concern over these UN treaties is the fact that the status of treaties with regards to the Constitution is a little ambiguous. The Supreme Court has held in the past that treaties which contradict the Constitution are null and invalid, but it's apparently not a closed issue and some legal experts disagree.
So in other words, people aren't scared that the UN will take over the US, they are scared that Obama will use the UN to take away their freedoms, which while still unlikely is much more plausible.
<><Senior leaders of the Defense Department lied about the conduct and progress of the Afghanistan war
, both to the public and to Congress.
Yesterday, Obama met with Arianna Huffington, Al Sharpton, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell and Ed Shultz
.
This, coming from a guy who said he doesn't pay much attention to what people say on cable news programs.
I really don't see a Who Would Win between the U.S. and the rest of the world as a productive conversation. It presumes conditions that cannot realistically exist. Further, there is no way that a war of that nature would not go nuclear at some point, and if that happens we're all in big trouble.
All this saber rattling about how we can defeat the coming U.N. invasion is little more than deliberate fear-mongering. What sets it apart from run of the mill conspiracy theories is that it's being used for political advantage, by stirring up those fears and then using them as a wedge issue.
The United States needs to learn how to play nice with the rest of the world. We are in a global society now, and nationalism is going to become obsolete eventually. That is, unless someone deliberately pushes back the clock by damaging economic and/or foreign policy badly enough that we do get into another war. *cough* Republicans.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The reason why the US military budget is so much greater than the rest of the world combined is because the rest of the world is relying on the US Military to help preserve global stability. The size of the US allows other regions to focus their resources on more productive activities. It's a pretty good deal for all concerned, actually.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.That as well. We're the de facto military contractors of about 50% of the planet.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"So, you know Karl Rove, right? Mister Delusional During Obama Re-Election?
You also know Dick Morris, a pollster that loudly predicted a landslide Romney victory?
Yeah, Roger Ailes authorized Fox News to push Rove Dick Morris to the sidelines until further notice
. We won't see their faces on air until the next presidential election.
edited 5th Dec '12 11:14:12 AM by Serocco
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Well his declaration of war against Germany his got passed.
After months of delays, the Senate will finally take up a bill on Wednesday normalizing trade relations with Russia.
edited 4th Dec '12 9:00:53 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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