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Recent content by acivilengineer

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    Video recording leads to felony charge

    The blessings of the Patriot Act. :)
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    Video recording leads to felony charge

    Ice Cube song coming to my head... I have no trust whatsoever for police. They break the law when they want and for any reason stop you and at the very least make you have a bad experience. And I'm white. It's a lot worse for blacks an hispanics.
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    FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data

    This isn't news to me. And nothing will come of this.
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    Hamas siege could cement Palestinian divide

    Defined by whom? Who financed, protected, and created Saddam against Iran, bin Laden against Soviets, Pinochet in Chile, etc...etc...etc...
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    Gore goes green, making changes to Nashville house

    There are when a scientist needs a hospital ASAP. :)
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    Gore goes green, making changes to Nashville house

    The usual posters making the usual posts. :)
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    Sanchez: US can forget about winning in Iraq

    So when the USA ends up accepting that it can't win this war, will it collapse in on itself?
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    JFK Airport Plot "A U.S. Setup"

    When I first heard of the plot, the first thing that came to my mind was another publicity scare stunt.
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    Gore goes green, making changes to Nashville house

    Good for him (and us). "This plan has been in the works for a long time," the former vice president said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. "The only thing that has changed is that we're more public about it because of the misleading attack by a global-warming denier group."...
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    Sanchez: US can forget about winning in Iraq

    The way you make it sound is that the future of the United States depends on wining Iraq, if we lose Iraq, the US collapses on itself Rome style.
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    Sanchez: US can forget about winning in Iraq

    I'm not convinced by this. First of all, it's not hundreds of billions. It's a lot more. Second of all, riding this out, no matter the cost seems to me like someone who bought a Hummer H2 when they came out, knowing they would spend 50% of their monthly salary on the lease and gasoline, and...
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    US ship fires at pirates!

    I think it was the correct move. By destroying their boats, not only are we limiting their escape, but also taking their means of piracy as well. The only thing that went wrong is that they went in territorial waters. I do think it was a smart choice not to go after them in territorial waters...
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    US ship fires at pirates!

    You don't want the US to have to pay the bill for a damaged, or sunken vessel, or would you? ;)
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    Sanchez: US can forget about winning in Iraq

    Your views are polar oposites of the vast majority of Americans. That is why you think you are right and we are wrong. Just thought I should tell you.