Grizzle

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: What should scare you are the nuclear missiles that China now has thanks to your hero Traitorous Bill. Once again it's all Clinton's fault. That's odd when you consider that we know that China's nuclear capability reached it's apex during the late 80's. It was 1988 when Wen Ho Lee traveled to China toting secrets about our W-88 nuclear warhead. They tested their largest nuclear bomb in 1992 which bore striking similarities to the W-88. It appears the worst of the espionage occured during the Reagan-Bush era. There is no doubt that the scandal came to a head during Clinton's reign and his administration is not without culpability. But it seems the damage was already done long before Clinton was elected. Did he exacerbate the situation with his policies and most favored nation status? Most likely, but to pin it all on him and his policies is dishonest and misleading as usual. Our governments history is rife with administrations on both sides making bad decisions for short term benefit that come back to haunt us in the long term. This is definitely a situation where one party is no more or less guilty than the other.

This picture gives me the creeps.

quote:Originally posted by Kalshion: Grizzle.. a few words HE is a veteran so he has the god for saken RIGHT to compare another's record, he has the god forsaken RIGHT to judge others.. so NO his letter is NOT BS! How dare you insult a family that's mainly military, now I have lost just about ALL respect for you I respect the fact that Mr. Connelly and his family are war veterans, but SO IS KERRY. I find it a bit disingenuous to take the stance that a veteran's opinion shouldn't be questioned when that very opinion is questioning the service of a fellow veteran. Yup, he has the right to say it and I most definitely respect his service to our country, but in my opinion, his opinion on this matter is hypocritical and biased at best. Say what you will about Kerry, the fact remains he IS a war veteran and deserves more respect than he's gotten for it.

Not again, please. If one's prior history involving war or military service is ANY indication of how well one would run a war then this might hold water. I would assume Mr. Connelly thinks GW is doing a superb job with this one, which totally negates the point he is trying to make. I'd like to see Mr. Connelly do the same review of Bush's military record and come out with glowing remarks. Take it further and investigate the military record of Bush's war cabinet. Oh that's right, all but Colin Powell dodged their service and I'd be willing to bet that he has a less than stellar assessment of the Presidents execution of this one. It's pure hyperbole and partisan BS and amounts to nothing more than another "I hate Kerry" statement. Ho-hum.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: This money DID NOT exist before, it is BRAND new money..... Do you get it? Do you understand? Hmmm... I would argue that this is just redistribution, not creation of new money. After all, the guy who bought it already had the cash so it would have already been part of the economy, right? Unless of course he has a press in his basement and mints it as needed. Your example is one more of perceived value and the increase/decrease of said value rather than hard dollars. Which leads to the other fact that our money is not worth the paper it's printed on, which directly equates to the loss of the gold standard. An economy exists only in our heads and is influenced far more by perceived value than anything truly tangible. I'm not saying it's unnecessary, just rather silly when you think about it.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: You underestimate George Bush BADLY, and that could be a good thing for him, but tells me loads more about you. According to GW, it's "mis-underestimate."

I think the Native Americans would have some disagreement with that.

I think the real IQ test is whether or not you create an account so you can see your results.

Trying to overshadow the facts with political rhetoric is in pretty poor taste. Does the fact that it's "old news" mean it is somehow less significant? Sounds like a lame attempt to downplay it if you ask me. When would have been a "good time" to have all of this come out where political motives wouldn't have been raised or questioned? What some of you are asserting is that the "left" somehow got a hold of this info and decided to keep it quiet until now. If this was a "leftist plot", don't you think that Rumsfeld and his crew would have blown the whistle back in January when this first came to light? It was in the news, but it didn't get lots of play. Most likely because the kind of evidence being presented now was not available at that time. So let's assume that this is a move on the part of the Democratic party to smear Bush and hurt his campaign. Why on earth didn't his administration, whom we would assume knew just as much as those evil liberals, try to thwart this malicious plot and come clean much earlier? Who put the gag order on them? I feel bad even entertaining these notions, so I'll just leave it by reasserting myself: It is/was terribly wrong and we all know it.

quote:Originally posted by Shingen: quote:Regardless of one's personal feelings about the situation and whether or not the reactions are justified, this scandal has done serious damage to our credibility. That's the reality of it. As it was intended. I find it hard to comprehend that you believe that GWB is apart of the S&B conspiracy, yet you fail to believe that there are hard-lined leftist Marxist seeded into the US Armed Forces to discredit and disinform. Nothing is as it seems to be, and that is another fact of life. Just because the Media reports it, doesn't make it factual. Yeah, once again it comes down to partisan politics and everyone that falls left of center is to blame. Ridiculous. When did I say anything about GWB? Yup, nothing is as it seems, but I don't see the military beating the drums of conspiracy and falsehoods. I suppose you think the holocaust never happened either huh? (Before you think it, I am not comparing the two by any stretch) Furthermore, this is not a question of torture or the level to which the abuse arose. It's a question of the US taking the moral high ground in regards to human rights issues with the rest of the world, then having some idiots turn around and do something so blatantly stupid that flies in the face that of that very same stance. Denial is not a river in Egypt.

I don't quite know how to respond to the assertions of consipracy here other than to say you guys should probably get out more. From what I understand, the worst of the photos/videos haven't been released so the full magnitude won't be known until (and if) they are released. Regardless of one's personal feelings about the situation and whether or not the reactions are justified, this scandal has done serious damage to our credibility. That's the reality of it. Now we have to deal with it and I would hope that all Americans find themselves able to condemn this sort of behavior rather than attempt to trivialize or rationalize it. It's wrong, period.

Woot!, now I know what I'll be doing tonight!

Patience is a virtue, the patch will be released and it will rock!

TACOPS/ select planet / zoom to your chosen landing spot. You'll see exactly what's going on down there.

In one of those screens where the troops are blowing up a SAM, you can see one of the marines running *away* from the area. It's the little things that make this game so great. Just where is that marine going? Doesn't really matter, but knowing 'he' decided to run that way and is not following a predefined script/path gets me all giddy. Yup $19.99 is a steal for this game. Think you might release a gold version sometime in the future SC? If not, I may just pick up a second copy as a show of support.

I just peed my pants.

Greetings DeepFreeze of Zorgulon we have been waiting for you. Shall we commence with the plans?

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: I have seen this effect myself while I was driving cross country freight hauling. If I had an unopened bag of Potato Chips, (purchased at a lower altitude) the bag would swell and burst open when crossing over mountains. I live in the mountains and a lot of packaged foods suffer from this problem. Not that they burst a lot, but the packages are definitely "busting at the seams" and look like those heavily inflated mylar balloons.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by UltraMage: Eh? The title of this thread is now UC 1.01.00 Patch Status? Is the game regressing? Siddown, fool. ROFL This is when you know SC is on a hellacious coding binge.

Yeah Wolferz, I think the guy was spurred on by the whole Y2K thing. I didn't really think you guys thought it was interesting in a plausible sense, but glad you cleared it up.

Not making fun, just a bit flabbergasted that folks would even consider it interesting. His whole reasoning to travel to 1975 for an old IBM computer because they need it for translation purposes is absurd. My first thought when I read that...what is the one thing that ALL computers have in common? Binary language.

John Titor? Ya'll can't be serious now.

No Jag, I'm not scared. Not because I don't believe what you say (all things must come to pass and the US will cease to exist at some point), but because there isn't a damn thing I can do about it. I'm not religious by any stretch of the imagination, but here's a Christian prayer excerpt that puts it in rather profound terms: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Does wonders for peace of mind.

You guys must tell some really scary bedtime stories.

Extra spicy Szechuan Beef is the best! mmmm....now I'm hungry.