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Quote: Originally Posted by mantisman51 1&2) Palestinians are ethnic Arabs, not Cananites. So, THEY are the invaders. 3) HELL NO! Beg to differ. All of the ethnic (and linguistic) divisions in the region are Semitic - Canaanites included. The people being, as are we all, inter-related. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by Darthtang AW Gaza and the West Bank have be GIVEN to the Palestinians. By whom?

Quote: Originally Posted by mantisman51 1) 90% of the "Palestinians" are from Jordan and Syria. They were driven out by their ever so caring Muslim brothers. 2) According to Babylonian and Roman writings(not to mention the Bible), the Israelites have been there since before the bronze era. 3)...

Quote: Originally Posted by Darthtang AW Nice try, The west bank and Gaza strip (Palestinian and hamas controlled) have recieved 5 billion in aid since the Oslo accords from the U.S. The have received 5.5 billion from the arab countries and EU as well. Now, last I checked...Isreal doesn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by reefraff Israel took territory from Egypt, Syria and Jordan. But that's beside the point. The Palestinians using acts of terror are inexcusable. They would have overwhelming support around the world if they would cut the crap. But what would you expect from a people...

That'd be a great argument if the Palestinians were the aggressors taking over Israeli territory. The fact of the matter is that the Israelis take land from the Palestinians and then claim self defence when the Palestinians get upset about it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Darthtang AW Who is oppressing the Palestinians and denying their freedom? We are. We provide Israel with roughly $3,000,000,000 a year in "aid" and the Palestinians with approximately $0.00. It can be argued that our "opponents" fund the Palestinians, but nowhere...

Yup, Saudi and Bahrain? Dictatorships worth supporting. Iran and Syria? Not so much. For exactly the same reasons in all cases, that is - as long as the so called revolutionaries support our exploitation of their natural resources, they're ok. If they don't, or worse yet, have nothing we can...

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"This video has been removed by the user." I guess somebody important's ox got gored...

Originally Posted by stdreb27 wow, that is an old man joke if I ever heard one. hehe.

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW I don't see the joke. This guy is typical of the american people....................... I hate to disagree w/ you Darth. I don't think he's typical of the american people. He is typical of any given representative of the american people, however...

Originally Posted by reefraff Yep but if you turn left long enough you'll eventually crash and burn Don't tell that to Earnhardt Sr...

Originally Posted by stdreb27 I guess I just don't see the problem with this. They've had both parties try and court them pretty heavily. And have had appearances by major players in both parties. Why not? Absolutely. Both politics and Nascar are races after all. Potential problem with...

Interesting thread. I became politically "aware" in the late '60s, early '70's. My Lai, the Puebla incident, the Bobby K and Martin Luther King Jr. assasinations, the Tet Offensive, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the Watts riots, the Black Panthers, Kent State, the Fall of...

Originally Posted by oscardeuce What is broke about health care? The care itself is NOT broke. Can it be improved? Yes. Are we working to improve it every day? Yes. Take for example my board. I am a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. It takes passing a written and oral test...

Originally Posted by deejeff442 again read all the posts.they didnt loan me the money.they are not the origional lenders.they bought the loan . Happens all the time. Legally immaterial. and yes after i tried to contact them they harassed me admittingly.the person i talked to today said i...

Originally Posted by deejeff442 might want to read all the posts before you add your opinion.lack of the facts will bite you i the a** Ooops. My mistake for having agreed with a respondent to your original post. Not sure what I'm missing. Perhaps you didn't include pertinent facts in it? I...

Interesting. Considering we've been able to monitor temperature relatively accurately for about 150 years of the Earth's 4.5 billion year lifespan, I wonder what that means???

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW The due date is in fact the due date. After this date you are LATE. The late date is the last day you can send payment in before they tack on additional charges or raise your interest rates and such. So in fact YOU are late. have you called them to let them...