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You're not still smarting about the time they went to Alabama, are you? Top Gear is just a heavily scripted entertainment show, though in the Alabama case I don't think it was the BBC who shot the "welcome to Alabama" sign... :inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger
Right now Russia is of greater threat mostly because as PVC said regarding the views of those nations regarding the rest of the world. Also I see China as a paper tiger of sorts with revolution approaching as they create a stronger middle class and drift more towards capitalism.
I attended a lecture about that issue, I don't think the people in China are aiming towards a revolution. But then again, we said the same thing about the Arab world. Who knows?
Romney managed to get Pravda to endorse Barack Obama by saying what he said, so it was a smart move.
So Russia is a more clear and present danger than nuclear-armed Pakistan? May I remind you that Pakistan was hosting OBL, supports the Taliban when it suits them, and is in constant danger of falling to various Islamist insurgencies?Quote:
Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg
Russia is a greater geopolitical threat than Iran, which can spike the price of oil, and thus endanger the Western economies, merely by threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz? (Admittedly, it's an empty threat, but the markets are so jumpy and skittish that it doesn't matter.)
In what mental universe should Russia be at the top of our threat list?
The one that still thinks the Cold War is going on, and that Reagan is still President.
Reagan; you know, the guy who would be mostly to the left of Obama, but the Republicans just looooooove. :grin:
No universe using logic thats for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
http://carnegieendowment.org/files/demos_www_calosc.pdf
Apparently this is what the serious people really think of Russia note the title is Modernization or Decline.
Page 9 pretty much tells you Russia is not a real threat and page 21 pretty much confirms it.
That fits the U.S. election year universe like a glove.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy
Every society has it's myths that are rolled out every so often regardless of the situtation.Quote:
Originally Posted by rvg
Every single vote on the EU we ever had here always had one thing tacked on regardless of the treaty "Does this mean a Euro Army if so when/where can I vote NO"
Our myth is that were "Neutral" which is a big joke really, as if we could be really neutral or even allowed to be so.
Okay, can we finally declare this thing over? Rubio endorses Romney; that's all she wrote, yes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfKKVRFrto
I'd rather see this drag on for as long as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Wahoo! Paul Ryan has leaked that he has endorsed Romney, also(even though he can't).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Rubio, H.W.B., J.B., and now Ryan? That's a winning week. The primary is already a distant afterthought, isn't it? Romney leading in Wisconsin (thanks for all of your help there, Lemur ;-)), Romney tied in PA and a bunch of northeastern states coming up. Hopefully it won't be long now.
To be fair, winning the establishment was never going to be the hard part for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtaV6Pj8yI
Oh Santorum...
I don't hear it, sorry. To me it sounds like he has a stumbly moment, nothing more. You could just as easily read him calling Obama an "Inca" from the sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
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Okay, listening more closely, he stumbles and says "nig," then moves on. Nothing too terribly exciting.
But what else could he possibly have been saying?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Heck, he might have just been having a fumble-mouth moment. I would need much stronger evidence than this to believe a guy who survived this long in a presidential primary could say something so self-destructively stupid.
Santorum is extreme, yes, but he's not that sort of extreme. He's more Jimmy Swaggart than Stormfront.
Even Santorum? But truth be told I'm with you on this one. I just find little things like this amusing. If anything the thing that I found most amusing about it was that when he fumbled on "nig" he happened to stumble onto the uncertain "err"... an unfortunate choice of pauses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
Rick Santorum doesn't care about black people
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Originally Posted by CountArach
Change your mind, lol?Quote:
Originally Posted by CountArach
I go away for 3 days and people take my role of blowing up inane slip ups of GOP candidates. Sigh....It's like you guys don't even need me.
No I just like winding people up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
All US Presidential discussion should now be posted in this thread.