You mean France and Germany? Yes, I know I lay awake at night worrying what they think about things.

Of course you don't care what they think; we're the US! We're John Wayne and Frank Sinatra! We do what we want!

Perhaps you personally don't pretend that you're eager for global solutions, but the Bush administration is always proud to boast that Poland and Denmark are on board in Iraq. If the prospect of losing the solidarity of the French and Germany isn't supposed to bother me, then why should the "coalition" impress me?

BalbousHead,

What global solutions are you talking about? Are you referring to the large debating society called United Nations? Look at Haiti, a French speaking country. Where are the French? Look at the other French speaking colonies in Africa? They are butchering each other, yet the United Nations (headed by an African) is not doing a damn thing. Where's Germany, Russia, China, name a country? Why are they not doing anything to stop the bloodshed.

Only when the US takes the lead, like the Pied Piper of Hamelin will the rats come out from their holes and follow the leader.

Let's say, that a former US colony, i. e. Philippines is taken over by any country. Do you think the US would standbv and ignore her previous colony?

That is what the French are doing. A principal to your global solution. The truth is the French don't know how to fight. Twice the US had to liberate them. They are just pretending to be a world power. They use to have the French wine and perfume to offer. Now California wines are much better.

In order for you to honestly discuss your theory of global solutions, name the countries, except the US, who you think have the courage and resources, to lead such global solutions.
Name 3 - if you can't name 1.

Words don't solve problems. Action does. The United Nations had its tail between its 100 legs,


aconservative

We also don't care what they think because they weren't against the entire war because of humanitarian reasons. If they were fighting for truth, justice, and freedom rather than their own interests in preserving Saddam's regime, we might not brush them off so quickly.

Look, aconservative, no sensible person can deny that the US is at the top of the international food chain. Yes, when big things have to happen, the US is generally doing the moving and the shaking.

-As for Haiti: If you want independence from the home country, as most colonies did and do, then why should you be entitled to military protection once the colony status is over? I wouldn't want the US marching into the Philippines if it weren't in our immediate national interest. So that line of argument strikes me as silly.

-You'll recall, I hope, that the assistance of the French was critical in the American Revolution, so I think World Wars come out in the wash.

-I have no deep love for the French or France; I am just dismayed by the total disregard for the world community's opinions that the Administration has demonstrated. And like I said, Bush is quick to dismiss the objections of such "minor players" as France and Germany while touting the mighty support of Bulgaria and Thailand. This is self-contradictory. If you really believe that we're the big bad United States and we have to crack a few heads to get things done, fine, but don't pretend that you have some important international coalition behind you.

-I don't disagree that the US has to take the lead; I do disagree that that entitles us to unilateral decision-making power on the international scene and to ignore blatantly the will of the global community and in particular the UN Security Council.

Russellmz2 you said:

wait a second. how do we know all these "heterosexual" couples walking around are actually heretosexual? what if a pair of lesbians and a pair of gay guys decide to marry.

aconservative's reply:

I don’t’ see any problem with that. They can. The law in California and the 37 other states, enacted by their legislatures, states that only a man and a woman can marry.

aconservative, you never really answered zoomba's point:

You just shot down your economic argument against gay marriages. You tried to frame it as a scam to sap money out of the government, and that was one of the reasons it was wrong. Yet it’s OK for people to masquerade as heterosexuals to sap the government for money. In a society where equal rights and protections under the law is considered our strongest selling point, we’re definitely playing a game of “Do as I say, not as I do”

reading the earlier posts, i realize: you never really responded to the question i had about election laws where one candidate dies. again i ask: does the other guy just win by default? the dead guy's name just stays on the ticket?

If you put a liberal in a defensive position, they resort to name-calling.

It is ironic that no liberal can defy the statement of another liberal. Isn’t this reminiscent of the commie cells that exist among us in the 1950s?

Liberals, as taught by the NEA, do not believe that Americans have a Creator.

The last time the French intervened in a colonial war started the Vietnam War, I think they may have learned their lesson.

Cheers

I choose the Declaration of Independence because it spells our where our rights and our power came from. That those unalienable rights cannot be taken away (endowed) and give me (us Americans) the power to alter and replace the government we want.

I did not choose the Constitution because it is just a statement of principles of the government established to secure (guard) our rights. The government (executive, legislative and judicial) has no rights to give away. We can replace the government to our own choosing and when we do that constitution is gone – kaput!

And you know what - our rights and power are still intact.

John Hancock and the 2nd President of the United States said so,

voodoostation. If you hate liberal rhetoric so much, why do you read it or join a site with both conversatives and liberals. I'm sure they are chat rooms where the only ones speaking are conservatives.

Reply #53 By: aconservative - 2/26/2004 8:24:43 AM I choose the Declaration of Independence because it spells our where our rights and our power came from. That those unalienable rights cannot be taken away (endowed) and give me (us Americans) the power to alter and replace the government we want.

Actually, the Bill of Rigths spells out our rights under the government.

Perhaps that's the better document.

Cheers

The Declaration of Independence is important, but the U.S. Constitution is the cornerstone of the United States. The Declaration of Independence might explain the motives behind the Constitution, but what good are knowing the motives if they have no application?

To: Sherye


I have to apologize if you were hurt by voodoostation comments. I do not think that s/he hates liberals. As Americans we should not hate teach other. We are all Americans with different beliefs, different feelings, and different political persuasions. Our greatness as a country is we are many but we are also one.

If we like to hear and sing the same song every time a tune is played then there is something wrong with our country. That was what happened in the old soviet union and still being practiced today. As an individual I resent that some of us are leaning to that very end, and I know that there are some of us and some of our political leaders wants us to be singing the same song. But we should not as individual and Americans give in because if we do, it will result in us losing our basic liberties endowed from Almighty God and guaranteed by our constitution.

I am quite sure that you have heard, “God Bless America” sang by one or by many. As a people that’s what we are. Our history is filled with thousands and thousands of Americans dying, from the fields of Antietam, Normandy, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and now Iraq.

If you asked me how could an Almighty God bless a nation and still let it’s young citizens die – the answer is to impress upon us that those unalienable rights are not a sole American entitlement, but for every living human being in the whole universe. This is the reason Americans are dying in Iraq – to free people who otherwise are not free.

Some of us say, it’s not our business. They blame the President. They call him names such as liar, AWOL, deserter, etc. All that this guy is trying to do is try to prevent another situation where innocent Americans are blown to pieces just because they are Americans, but best of all this President is trying to regain that prestige that we lost when an Ayatollah who believes in enslaving his people run over our embassy, took Americans hostages, and our President at that time did nothing.

You see, many of us, some who are trying to become President, do not know what the job description of a President is. Many of us think that the President is the Almighty Santa Claus, whose main job is to take care of his own people. Nothing is further from the truth.

Next time, you can spare 5 minutes; try to read, Section 2, Article II of our constitution. There’s nothing in this section of the constitution that says that a he is responsible for giving free health insurance, jobs, etc.

Why then is Mr Kerry and the rest of the wanna-bes, when they stand before you and I, won’t even mention, what their jobs will be as spelled out in the constitution. This is because the actual duties of the President do not attract votes.

Take Mr Kerry, a US Senator, for I believe over 19 years. You elect your Senator to make laws, right? That is his main job. Why then did Mr Kerry sponsor only 3 laws during his lengthy career? Maybe I am wrong. If I am wrong please correct me.

Mr Kerry’s favorite music is attacking the corporations. He called them Benedict Arnold corporations because they opened subsidiaries overseas where the labor is cheap. What you and many Americans don’t know is Mr Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz of the Heinz Catsup. From what I heard, this corporation had 57 branches overseas and 22 manufacturing plants in the United States.

Mr Kerry is also very, very rich. But when he stands before you, he promises to tax the rich. Would you really believe that – taxing your own kind?

Oops. Sorry – but I took so much of your time. I apologize.

aconservative

p.s.

jeblackstar my friend - the Bill of Rights are amendments to the Constitution. One US Constitution.

Messy Buu -

Where did you get that "cornerstone" word. Who told you that? Where is it written?

Just like what Sgt Friday would say - Just the facts ma'am.

aconservative

jeblackstar my friend - the Bill of Rights are amendments to the Constitution. One US Constitution.

True, true, it is the first ten amendments to the constitution, but since they don't actually change anything in the text of the constitution I think it's pretty safe to count them as apendum, which they were, and therefore seperate.

Cheers.

Oh, and by the way, I'm independently wealthy and I don't mind paying lots of taxes.

 

Alright BulbousHead I'm gonna pick on you. First of all, everyone has been very hypocritical thus far. I'm not saying that I'm not going to be hypocritical in this post or that I won't accuse anyone of being a hypocrite,because I will do both.

-It's good that we tried going to the UN, but it failed, it also gave the Iraqis several months to hide any WMD's they may have had. Bush obviously paid attention to all of those speeches in school about not giving into peer-pressure because he didn't give in. He did what he thought was right. Were his reasons correct? Debatable, which is why its being debated. In the long run I feel that this should be better for the world.

-Why are France and Germany the deciding factors in world opinion? Why do all of the countries on our side(no matter how small they may be) not matter at all? Would our coalition be all mighty if France and Germany joined? Obviously we didn't want the worlds support, we wanted France and Germanys support. If you say that those small countries do matter you are a hypocrite because you just posted about the uselessness of the countries that are in the coalition.
I don't think anyone ever wanted to claim the coalition was huge. If you were constantly being bombarded with criticism saying that you were doing something unilaterally with no world support wouldn't you point out that you do have a large number of countries behind you?

Let's also not forget that the UK supported us. Despite its size, it truly is POWERFUL.