DanJohnson

Nope, Alexander had the presence of mind to avoid military confronatation in Afghanistan. He married into their royalty, and thus coopted their forces. Thanks for the education Winsor. I hadn't ever learned that piece of history. So maybe George , Cheney or Rumsfeld should have married a Taliban chieftan!

No, it was not really commiting to the war. We have plenty of nukes to turn both countries into glass. If you're gonna have a war have a WAR. If you can't stomache that then peaceful negotiations may be a better tact.

Feel better now? Yes! Do you feel more educated toward the fact that due to inflation there was no real tax cut for most of us?

i think afghanistan could have been 'won' - iraq was the backbreaker... Iraq wasn't the problem. The problem is if you're going to have a war than mean it! It's like holding back on the force of your punches or not kicking below the belt in a bar fight. If you are going to commit to war then the total annihilation of the country should be your goal! Otherwise peaceful negotiations may make better sense.

***Ah, Afghanistan - The Graveyard of Empires! Quote Well wait one second! Didn't Alexander the Great hold it for all of four years? Maybe instead of tanks,humvees, and predator drones we should be supplying our boys with elephants and spears.

Of course any "high school dropout" can be a grunt. When they expect high pay/ benefits without performing they could bankrupt a nation.

***I'm going to assume that was meant to be satirical. No really! Thank you for agreeing to the cut in your retirement pay entitlement. Of course if you all had been up to the task of winning in Afghanistan our country would be enjoying a much rosier economy. The US bet on you to get the job done and you let the people down. But thank you for atleast seeing your failing and quietly accepting the retirement cut.

.*** I've given 12 years and counting to the military and I'm facing a severe cut in my retirement,Quote Well thank you! Not for being in the military but for taking the retirement cut. Risk your life for a few bucks and then don't even get what you were promised/ contracted for. Of course you didn't really perform. You haven't won the war. But the bankers got the bailout/ fraud buy back they needed to stay out of jail so all is good. By the way.., on the upside you should have plenty of work in the upcoming years as we are gonna have to start a whole lot more wars to improve our credit rating.

***We all "received" an income tax cut. Quote Considering the hidden income tax, inflation , are you certain we've all recieved a cut?

***The Driver: - Was totally in the wrong place. Quote So you don't believe citizens have a Right to travel on every public road?

***Social Security are the big dogs in the future that have to be cut. Period. Quote Hold on one second! A lot of people paid the government for Social Security Insurance. If the government misallocated their funds the insured shouldn't be the ones who get screwed! Social Security is an *entitlement* as those who paid in are *entitled * to their payout.

I once lost my two year ... but I finally won her back. I lost a library book once. By the time I found it I owed two dollars an thirty five cents in fines. Doesn't sound like much as an adukt but when you're a kid delivering newspapers it's a fortune! Haven't lost much since other than my virginity and I didn't really lose that I knew exactly to which big titted hooker that went. Lost a kid? Nope. I keep pretty good track of 'em. They ain't exactly like some spare change in my pocket that might just slip down into the sofa cusions. No those kids have value. Ain't gonna' let those just get lost/

***I'll leave God to be the judge of that. Take responsibility! You are god . That is what the Master taught us. Not that we need priests or books written by priests. He taught that he is like us and we are like him. Leaving god to be the judge is a convenient way to lazily escape any responsibility.

***But you don't have a lost child, do you? Quote No. I keep close watch after mine.

I have, and here is what the Spirit of Christ says: "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies." So you found that within yourself? I found within myself that truth about your testimoy. I found this to be true within myself about my testimony: "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! That's all just excuses. You can realize your godly power or you can make excuses. Your free will. Either course of action will ultimately lead to the same result. We will ascend together.

***No, that is me thinking about my lost child... Perhaps you can post an avatar with your foot in your big mouth. Quote If I had a lost child I'd be scouting around for him/ her., not sucking my thumb on a rock by the lake.

I have, and here is what the Spirit of Christ says: "You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies." So you found that within yourself? I'm not sure that I believe the Spirit of the Christ would reference the Devil as the Master didn't teach of that entity. However if you honestly searched inside yourself and that is what you found let me say congratulations Coreece and my most sincere condolances. The good news is you are going to be a mother. The bad news is that Satan's very large horned dicked baby is gestating in your small intestine. It will be a rectal birth.

*** And if you're driving at night in those conditions, with a total blackout, where you can't even see that a traffic light is over the intersection, then your life is one the line at every intersection. You'd best stop and look. Quote Seems at night as you approached the intersection you may notice other cars headlights unless of course the hurricane took them out as well.

Destroys your credibility when you stoop to such low-brow attacks. Look, the picture clearly shows a grown man sucking his thumb. Just an observation. I undertstand why he would post said picture . They are all scared children, Pops. That is why they are so easily decieved and led . Fear of death or the unknown . The good news is that there is no reason to fear. Everything is going to be alright. All is in perfect harmony in the universe as it has always been. Each of us by our own free will chose to incarnate and come to this planet. Nothing to be all suckin' thumb ,believin' anything you're told by authority, scared about. Ev'ry thin' gonna be Alright this Mo'nin' !!

***Fail. Quote Well poo! Now I know what you wrote is what I learned in jr.high but I'm still not so sure that I've failed or that you are correct. If I have a pie and I divide it by zero , basicly I don't divide it at all , I still have a whole pie.

***Here is a concise and accurate look at the attributes of God: http://www.preceptaustin.org/attributes_of_god.htm Enjoy... I especially like the part about"Wrath"! LOL Who writes this stuff? Who believes it? Don't worry Coreece, everything is going to be allright and you are exactly on the path at the time and place you are supposed to be. But as far as "Gods' Wrath" , LOL!!! What would a Big Guy in the Sky have to be mad about? If the Guy in the Sky designed down to bacteria and planned all of evolution, you don't think he planned for Humans to act as Humans? Wrath!!! Wrath!!! Oh My!!! I hope I don't cause God to have Wrath!!!!!! The idea of Wrath is childish. Is that why you are sucking your thumb in your avatar? Are you a scared child or do you have the power of creation? The idea that a supreme deity would have the emotional outbursts of a child is silly. Really, You should look within yourself where all Truth resides.

*** Belief is orthogonal to logic, so using anything pretending to be logic to support belief is a fool's errand. Quote Logic has some problems also and isn't the be all end all. I remember on Star Trek the computer burning up when told " everything I say is a lie." It doesn't compute! Not everything computes . I'd be interested to know Winsor what you think about the idea that observation skews the results.

***Well, while you flush your fish down the toilet, God is granting eternal life... So you believe that fish have souls?

***I'll admit...I've had my moments. I hope you enjoyed them... Just one question..,

*** I know God will take care of my son in life or in death. Quote You are right about that ,Pajarito! You will take care of your son. You are god. Your son is god. God will take care of your son.