Sen.Blutarsky

Imposter. Bluto

I second Dorbie. What rule has been violated? Bluto

Funny thing. German air force pilots must be trained to NOT shoot down hijacked airliners. They are simply to monitor the situation and report back to base: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/15/AR2006021501333.html. Since warning shots will only waste the taxpayer monies, and may even harm someone down on the ground, they are to be avoided as violative of German law … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

British and UAE companies have consummated a deal in the UK under UK law. The transaction was announced ex post facto. Political hay is being made of the deal by US politicians from the different parties because this serves their perceived political interests. I fail to see how Bush has sown anything in this case. Perhaps it's time for another Armenian thread or John Rich will indulge us with some new gun threads … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Sadly this is not the case with some people. My dad’s second or third wife had two daughters who used abortion as their primary means of birth control from their teenage years on into their twenties. Each had at least three abortions apparently because taking a pill was too much of an inconvenience for them, the eldest had at least one late term abortion to her credit. I couldn’t even bring myself to look at them they were so pathetically irresponsible. I have no doubt there are plenty of others out there who cannot be “taught” to behave responsibly. Witness the posters here who have admitted smoking during pregnancy. If these people are not able to make intelligent decisions and conform their behavior then perhaps the authorities will make the decisions and enforce responsible behavior going forward. So much for my Libertarian inclinations … Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Were the policies of Carter and Clinton in respect of Saddam consistent? Carter and Clinton were Democrats, weren't they? Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

It does? Oh. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

You missed that all religions are alike insofar as most of their adherents are nice people but there are always a few bad apples who can give the majority a bad name. Which would explain the mass casualty attacks on innocents being launched nearly every day by the Amish, Bahai, Buddhists, Hassidim, Orthodox Christians, Shintoists, Taoists and Zoroastrians, who collectively number in the hundreds of millions. If there’s one thing The Senator has learned in all his many years, it’s that you _never ever_ draw bad cartoons of Buddha or else you’re just asking for mayhem and murder … Right-o. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

The Halliburton “family” of businesses and the government of Pakistan have been operating “over there” under conditions where it’s relatively easy for them to avoid intense scrutiny and the business environment is different than stateside. You can bet that the UAE port operator is already under the microscope and will be continually subject to examination and investigation at all times by state and local authorities as well as by the media and private organizations hostile to the operator. UAE GDP ranges between ~$75 to $105 billion depending on how you measure. Based on the economic damage amounts attributed to the World Trade Center attacks, a catastrophic terrorism incident at one or more US ports could easily exceed these GDP figures as a result of the costs and damages that would be paid out by the port operator and UAE government and the loss in terms of lost revenues. I don’t see it happening. The US and UAE are presently discussing a free trade agreement between the countries, and the UAE is forward-looking for its region and would not risk exposing its economy to the massive shock that would likely obtain from a significant terrorism incident at a US port being operated by the UAE company. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I favor the deal. In the event a terrorism incident does occur at one or more ports and the UAE operator is believed complicit the US government will exercise dominion and the UAE will suffer great financial loss. Private lawsuits alone could bankrupt the enterprise. That’s not in the interests of the operator. If anything, the UAE will bend over backwards to address the public’s concerns about port security issues. This is just another business deal in a global economy, it deserves less scrutiny than some transactions which American businesses have entered into with a certain rising Asian power. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I wonder how much the lawyer charged to draft the notice. What a great job to hold, "These eggs contain ... eggs," that'll be $250 please Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Thank goodness I visited the ship before the Russians appropriated it, all this while I’d believed it would be Japanese tourists who would eventually take over. _Very_ cool that you got to raise an American flag on her when she was still ours. Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

I realize the Russian navy is hurting for ships these days but you would think that they’d at least have some photos of their former ships laying around somewhere … Russians Perplexed By Military Day Billboards Featuring US Battleship Created: 22.02.2006 15:13 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:13 MSK MosNews Ahead of the Defender of the Motherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, Moscow streets have been decorated with patriotic festive banners containing a picture of the famous American battleship the Missouri, local media reported. Although it was evidently a mistake of a picture editor, Russian officers are angered. “They were going to offend us, were not they?” a captain Vladimir Zakharov said in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets daily. “We do not have our own arms any more, they say, look at the foreigners’ one! Not so bad congratulation!” … Source: http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/02/22/battleshipmistake.shtml Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

Rats, now you have bragging rights. Try not to gloat ... Americans Are Out By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 22, 2006 Filed at 2:40 p.m. ET TURIN, Italy (AP) -- Shot after shot slid through Rick DiPietro's pads, caromed in off his body and bounced the U.S. men's hockey team out of the Olympics. Olli Jokinen scored two power-play goals in the second period for Finland, which recovered after blowing an early two-goal lead and beat the United States 4-3 Wednesday night in an Olympic quarterfinal game. The U.S. team never got going in Turin: They struggled to score when the goaltending was good, and played poor defense when the goals finally came. The Finns will play in the semifinals on Friday against the winner of the Canada-Russia game, while the Americans (1-4-1) will try to figure out why they managed only one win after capturing the silver medal four years ago in Salt Lake City. … Source: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-OLY-HKM-United-States-Finland-TR3.html?hp&ex=1140670800&en=c18cc9ec1e079174&ei=5094&partner=homepage Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!

The student body supported Larry Summers but so what, higher education is mostly about faculty, isn’t it? Harvard says Summers resigns as president Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:29 PM ET By Jason Szep BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University President Lawrence Summers resigned on Tuesday after a turbulent five years and the most public faculty rebellion against a Harvard president in the Ivy League school's 370 year history. Summers, a former U.S. Treasury secretary under president Bill Clinton, will step down at the end of the 2005-06 academic year, Harvard said. Derek Bok, who led Harvard from 1971 to 1991, will be interim president from July 1. Summers will stay on as a professor. The resignation caps an increasingly rancorous stand-off between Summers and disaffected Harvard staff and came just one week before faculty members were to vote in the second no-confidence motion against Summers in 11 months. Summers, whose brusque management style has won both praise and contempt, sparked controversy last year when he said innate differences between men and women may help explain why so few women work in the academic sciences. … STUDENT BACKING The announcement followed a poll showing most Harvard students backed Summers even if, as one student put it, he "can be a little rough around the edges." In the poll conducted at the weekend by Harvard's Crimson student newspaper, 57 percent of 424 undergraduate students said Summers should not resign. "I know the faculty hates him, but I think he's kind of running Harvard like a business -- and I respect that," one student, Derek Horton, told the student newspaper. … © Reuters 2006. All rights reserved. Source: http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-02-21T212916Z_01_N21159889_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-HARVARD.xml Blutarsky 2008. No Prisoners!