Police said Watson claimed toexplosives and no weapons.
Grr. Proofreading, anyone?
I try to have sympathy for tobacco farmers, but most of the time it's about as hard as having sympathy for crack dealers that are getting forced out of business. (Assuming that they came from a long line of crack dealers.)
That is because they are all worried about incoming missles, hijacked airplanes (though I think that was a one trick pony), and such. I think the bit in this (http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/031703_rolling_start.html) article pointed out by wrog about the U.S. forces getting soundly beaten in simulation by using cruise ships as weapons, using mosque towers for communication, etc. is a good example. We don't expect that kind of attack.
They just are not expecting a nutcase on a small tractor to drive over with a bomb attached to it.
I have this occasional concern that this is why there's so much support for taking out Iraq -- if they have any N/B/C weapons that could be sold/given to terrorists, then there's no effective way for us to stop anyone from using them pretty much anywhere they wanted. Which leads me to wonder why we're not hiring tons of people to help with things like customs inspections and freight inspections. This like a better method of stimulating the economy and defending ourselves in the process than anything Bush is doing.
Of course, this does nothing to explain Bush ignoring North Korea, which is so desparate for attention it's probably putting ads to sell its nuclear weapondry to terrorists in personals ads around the world.
SAM, leader underappreciated rogue nation with a lot to give, especially in the nuclear capacity.
You should have an unabiding hatred for America, with the desire and planning capabilities to deliver a devastating attack into the U.S., or against its interests abroad.
I think this is the most important unexploited issue in American domestic politics: Bush has done astonishingly little to increase domestic security in concrete ways (and you and I would both argue that the invasion of Iraq is a big push in the other direction). Some candidate should get on this.
So many of the candidates don't seem willing to actually disagree with Bush, (Gephardt on Daily Show notwithstanding, I think he knows it has a small choir... I mean audience) probably because they see the war (and Bush) as so popular domestically they don't dare hurt their chances by making ripples.
I think Dean, for one, is focusing on this. But I'm not entirely sure. In which case I probably shouldn't have said anything at all. Hi!
If they're refraining because they think Bush is popular, they should read some polls (http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04gen.htm). He's doing okay--he's got a plurality in most recent polls--but he's hardly unassailable.
Again... you and I agree on that, but somehow the general Democratic party sentiment seems to be "don't rock the boat", regardless of polls.
If this war is still going on by the next election, there will be a lot more they can use. Of course, it's likely to be over in military terms, it's mostly a question of the public recognizing the diplomatic and political damage done to us... and that's without throwing another major terrorist attack into the mix.
Interesting results, though. I'm surprised to see Sharpton getting as much as 25%. And Hilary Clinton as much as 39%!
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Date: 2003-03-19 12:01 pm (UTC)Grr. Proofreading, anyone?
I try to have sympathy for tobacco farmers, but most of the time it's about as hard as having sympathy for crack dealers that are getting forced out of business. (Assuming that they came from a long line of crack dealers.)
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Date: 2003-03-19 12:04 pm (UTC)They just are not expecting a nutcase on a small tractor to drive over with a bomb attached to it.
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Date: 2003-03-19 12:23 pm (UTC)Of course, this does nothing to explain Bush ignoring North Korea, which is so desparate for attention it's probably putting ads to sell its nuclear weapondry to terrorists in personals ads around the world.
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Date: 2003-03-19 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 02:10 pm (UTC)I think Dean, for one, is focusing on this. But I'm not entirely sure. In which case I probably shouldn't have said anything at all. Hi!
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Date: 2003-03-19 02:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-19 02:54 pm (UTC)Again... you and I agree on that, but somehow the general Democratic party sentiment seems to be "don't rock the boat", regardless of polls.
If this war is still going on by the next election, there will be a lot more they can use. Of course, it's likely to be over in military terms, it's mostly a question of the public recognizing the diplomatic and political damage done to us... and that's without throwing another major terrorist attack into the mix.
Interesting results, though. I'm surprised to see Sharpton getting as much as 25%. And Hilary Clinton as much as 39%!