Bush addresses the world- Pending War - Page 9

**crickhollow** · 03-20-2003, 01:57 AM

I fail to see the connection, but would rather not have you elaborate. give the guy a break. Iran-Contra was 20 years ago.

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 02:01 AM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
I fail to see the connection, but would rather not have you elaborate. give the guy a break. Iran-Contra was 20 years ago.

I just don't think he's a good interviewer.

Although Fox shares a lot of my views - I feel they make too much editorial comments. But at least it's not the leftist editorial comments from CNN. I have to balance between the two.

Insidious Rex · 03-20-2003, 02:14 AM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
I fail to see the connection, but would rather not have you elaborate. give the guy a break. Iran-Contra was 20 years ago.

I wont elaborate too much as you requested but Ill just say hes considered a joke and a farse within military circles so the idea that hes out there "in the trenches" giving us military information makes me queazy. I had enough of him when he tried to run for senator here. ok rant over.

Baby-K · 03-20-2003, 02:22 AM

Agh ffs! Do we seriously need another Iraq thread?

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 02:29 AM

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Agh ffs! Do we seriously need another Iraq thread?

Well if you don't want to participate or read it - then don't.

No one forces anyone to click on the link to go into these threads.

Baby-K · 03-20-2003, 02:32 AM

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Well if you don't want to participate or read it - then don't. No one forces anyone to click on the link to go into these threads.

kinda difficult when the just about only threads open lately are about the war

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-20-2003, 02:34 AM

Rubbish! (no offence

) We have spring break, dark sides, vampires, Judaism, venting, women...all sorts of things. And that's just in General Messages, without even going to the main part, the Tolkien boards.

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 02:36 AM

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Originally posted by Baby-K
kinda difficult when the just about only threads open lately are about the war

Then start a thread on something you would like to talk about. That's doable too.

Baby-K · 03-20-2003, 02:37 AM

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Rubbish! (no offence )

none taken - the statement was rubbish I suppose - who really cares anyway...................

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-20-2003, 02:38 AM

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 02:39 AM

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Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Rubbish! (no offence ) We have spring break, dark sides, vampires, Judaism, venting, women...all sorts of things. And that's just in General Messages, without even going to the main part, the Tolkien boards.

I was going to point that out too. There are only about 3 threads open which currently deal in one form or another with Iraq.

Baby-K - There is a WHOLE message board out there - go exploring.

Baby-K · 03-20-2003, 02:46 AM

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???

I meant I moved my gripe to the venting thread, therefore you were right the statement was rubbish - so I didn't take offence to you pointing it out ('twould take a lot more to offend me)

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Baby-K - There is a WHOLE message board out there - go exploring.

sure, I would but I've lost me compass

ye know I guess it wouldn't bother me if 'twasn't for the fact that the same info just gets regurgetated in the war threads and eventually people get so bloody worked up they end up flaming & spewing godawful insults. I open the threads to see what people's views are, but after a couple you tend to notice that they all run along the same lines. But I'll follow yer advise & just keep 'em closed

Feeling very fatalistic today - must be the weather

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-20-2003, 02:51 AM

Or, if you're interested in fantasy writing, there's a petition to sign in the Fantasy And Sci-Fi forum.

Anyway, we seem to have digressed from the topic at hand... o.O

Dúnedain · 03-20-2003, 04:00 AM

I personally like Fox News the best right now, that is when I am not flipping to good old Peter Jennings

I like Fox because they aren't afraid to run reports of stuff that aren't completely confirmed with other sources yet, and they come out and say it, showing other possibilities. For instance, tonight out of all the different channels I've been watching, Fox News is the only channel that has mentioned anything about Mosul, where Al Jazeera says the US bombed and where Saddam's bunker is thought to be. Every other station hasn't even given word of the name Mosul and are talking as if Saddam is in Baghdad. I like the fact that Fox is going out on this limb and providing extra information, taking the chance while at the same time telling their viewers they have yet to receive a secondary confirmation. In my eyes that is professionalism and up to the minute coverage, whereas the other channels are just repeating the same stuff over and over and over...

Kinda refreshing to see new information

markedel · 03-20-2003, 09:17 AM

Here's my new favorites source of info

It won't last that long unfortunetly.

http://www.dear_raed.blogspot.com/

yup a blog from Iraq. Choice stuff.

and his data confirms what I've heard elsewhere. That means it's probably legit stuff. I'm going to rely on it until all the landlines are cut.

Insidious Rex · 03-20-2003, 03:03 PM

just curious.... anybody remember what they were doing when hostilities first broke out during the first gulf war? I was a dominos pizza boy. *laugh* I can remember watching it on a little tv in the managers office with like 20 other drivers and employees.

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Dúnedain
I personally like Fox News the best right now, that is when I am not flipping to good old Peter Jennings

I like Fox because they aren't afraid to run reports of stuff that aren't completely confirmed with other sources yet, and they come out and say it, showing other possibilities. For instance, tonight out of all the different channels I've been watching, Fox News is the only channel that has mentioned anything about Mosul, where Al Jazeera says the US bombed and where Saddam's bunker is thought to be. Every other station hasn't even given word of the name Mosul and are talking as if Saddam is in Baghdad. I like the fact that Fox is going out on this limb and providing extra information, taking the chance while at the same time telling their viewers they have yet to receive a secondary confirmation. In my eyes that is professionalism and up to the minute coverage, whereas the other channels are just repeating the same stuff over and over and over...

Kinda refreshing to see new information

I also liked that. Fox was the only one that was questioning whether the broadcast of Saddam Hussein was live as they claimed or if it was taped or if it was a double. They indicated that it seemed to have been taped in advance by the way it jumped. Now everyone is sort of questioning it.

My cousin's nicknamed me Peter Jennings - because I always have to watch World News Tonight.

I also always have to watch Nightline. Ted Kopple is the best reporter and is right up there with Walter Cronkite and other "very best of reporters" in my opinion.

Blackboar · 03-20-2003, 03:17 PM

Is it true USAians call French fries, freedom fries because the French wont go to war?

jerseydevil · 03-20-2003, 03:36 PM

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Is it true USAians call French fries, freedom fries because the French wont go to war?

You mean Americans?

Some do. And it's not because they won't go to war either. It's because they actually lied to Colin Powell right before 1441 went to the UN. He asked them point blank - fi Hussein does not comply wigth 1441 that they would not prevent action from being taken and finally putting to rest this cat and mouse game. They said yes - but then when it came down to it - they backed away and have done everything to stonewall us. France wants to shakle America and be a "world power" and basically rule Europe. They're going to find that more Americans are going to support strong action by our government if they try to do that.

**crickhollow** · 03-20-2003, 03:37 PM

well, no, not all Americans. Some restaurants have changed the name on their menus, and some people have picked up on it, but it is by no means a nation-wide phenomena (not that I'm the expert, as I am currently out of the country

). But renaming food is nothing new. Frankfurters got changed to Hot Dogs during WWII (or was it WWI? I can't recall). Funnily enough, that name stuck, and v. few Americans say Frankfurter to this day. Liberty Cabbage wasn't quite as popular, so we still eat those American Hot Dogs with Saurkraut.

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just curious.... anybody remember what they were doing when hostilities first broke out during the first gulf war? I was a dominos pizza boy. *laugh* I can remember watching it on a little tv in the managers office with like 20 other drivers and employees.

I was nine years old, and had just moved w/ my parents from southern california to NW washington. I was homeschooled, so we watched the news everymorning after breakfast.

03-20-2003, 01:57 AM	#161
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	I fail to see the connection, but would rather not have you elaborate. give the guy a break. Iran-Contra was 20 years ago. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-20-2003, 02:22 AM	#164
Baby-K Corruptor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jozi SA Posts: 1,885	Agh ffs! Do we seriously need another Iraq thread? __________________ Don't wet yourself with excitement.

03-20-2003, 02:34 AM	#167
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Rubbish! (no offence ) We have spring break, dark sides, vampires, Judaism, venting, women...all sorts of things. And that's just in General Messages, without even going to the main part, the Tolkien boards. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-20-2003, 02:38 AM	#170
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	??? __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-20-2003, 02:51 AM	#173
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Or, if you're interested in fantasy writing, there's a petition to sign in the Fantasy And Sci-Fi forum. Anyway, we seem to have digressed from the topic at hand... o.O __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-20-2003, 04:00 AM	#174
Dúnedain High King of Númenórë Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Númenórë <--United States of America Posts: 1,947	I personally like Fox News the best right now, that is when I am not flipping to good old Peter Jennings I like Fox because they aren't afraid to run reports of stuff that aren't completely confirmed with other sources yet, and they come out and say it, showing other possibilities. For instance, tonight out of all the different channels I've been watching, Fox News is the only channel that has mentioned anything about Mosul, where Al Jazeera says the US bombed and where Saddam's bunker is thought to be. Every other station hasn't even given word of the name Mosul and are talking as if Saddam is in Baghdad. I like the fact that Fox is going out on this limb and providing extra information, taking the chance while at the same time telling their viewers they have yet to receive a secondary confirmation. In my eyes that is professionalism and up to the minute coverage, whereas the other channels are just repeating the same stuff over and over and over... Kinda refreshing to see new information __________________ 'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen

03-20-2003, 09:17 AM	#175
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Here's my new favorites source of info It won't last that long unfortunetly. http://www.dear_raed.blogspot.com/ yup a blog from Iraq. Choice stuff. and his data confirms what I've heard elsewhere. That means it's probably legit stuff. I'm going to rely on it until all the landlines are cut. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom" Last edited by markedel : 03-20-2003 at 10:04 AM.

03-20-2003, 03:03 PM	#176
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	just curious.... anybody remember what they were doing when hostilities first broke out during the first gulf war? I was a dominos pizza boy. laugh I can remember watching it on a little tv in the managers office with like 20 other drivers and employees. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

03-20-2003, 03:17 PM	#178
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	Is it true USAians call French fries, freedom fries because the French wont go to war?

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