Topic: With Anticipation

[DammitDan]

Sure Upperlake...

Here's the basic syntax to use (replace all { } symbols with [ ] symbols):

{url=http:\\www.link.com}Text that will show highlighted in your post{/url}

[DammitDan]

Okay, it's time for our government to do something about this.

If you can't smoke 'em out, burn 'em out.

And if you can't burn them out, starve them out.

Israel is going too far.  Palestinians have basic human rights that are not being respected.

[upperlake04]

 What the heck is all that syntax gibberish Dan?       

  Thanks, I'll work on it.

[DammitDan]

Upperlake,

If you click the "quote" button on my most recent post as if to insert a quote from it, it will show you all the behind-the-scenes linking magic 

[Caaveman82]

     The situation with Israel is our own fault. It's been going on since World War 2. We fund them and use them as our puppets to do what we don't have the gonads for which is to try and eliminate any threat in the middle east. I think it's hilarious that the entire middle east is nothing but a stage and every country in the middle east has their strings being pulled by some other country. The worst part is they don't even realize it. What an awesome world we live in.

     Seriously though. The arguments about labels and such for different parties, it's all a load of crap. If we have not figured out that money is the primary driving force in politics by now then we've got bigger problems than any terrorist could ever inflict on us.

     Does it really matter who the frickin president is? Isn't the country truely supposed to be run by us? The president is supposed to be the ultimate representative for "we the people", the last time I checked.

[ieism]

I've lived in Israel and had rocket fired at the town I lived in. The could shoot them from the mountains in Lebanon, but coudn't aim. They were lucky if they hit the town at all.

So I can tell you from first hand how bad that was: not too bad at all. The chances of getting killed were very slim, and everybody just got on with their life.
I remember one time the sirens sounded for an "attack" while we were at the beach, we didn't even bother going to the shelter.

I'm not a moslim myself. I have many jewish friend, and know a lot of Israeli's too, as I mostly hung out with Israeli's when I lived there.

Here's my opinion: the attacks on Gaza, and the conditions palestinians have to endure in general are insane. This is how you breed terrorist. If they buldozered your house, killed your wife, brother and child, wouldn't you consider picking up a rocketlauncher too?

1200 people got killed in Gaza, many off they children. This being a small city, that means that almost everyone must have lost someone close to them. That has a pretty serious impact on people, and explains why it is so easy for Hamas to find support for attacking Israel.

It's sad. It will never be solved.

[RatBikeRandy]

Have all of you bashing Israel lost your minds?  They are the ones that have been on the receiving end of genocide forever.  They are put in the position that makes them be forceful - - -ALL of the countries surrounding them want them wiped from the face of the earth!  I totally respect their military and intelligence for keeping the nation of Israel this long against all of the world terrorism directed at them.

By the way, I thought this was a motorcycle forum.

[Retro Rocket]

They are the ones that have been on the receiving end of genocide forever.

Then they should know exactly what its like to be treated like a hated minority in someone else' s world. They weren't even there 60 years ago, now they are living in the middle of a whole lot of nations they hate.No i don't hate Jews or Israeli's but how can you even compare what they have done recently if you are going to use there past as a defense.
You can't just pick sides because of a religion, you have to look at the whole picture and then maybe you'll see that wholesale slaughter is never going to fix anything. With action like that the problems will be there for ever.

Mick

[Toyman321]

I usally don't chime in on policital threads, but here it goes.....

The whole Republican, Democrat, Liberal , Conservative thing is what has and still is ruining our country. We were warned of the consequences of a party system as far back as G. Washington. Conservatives will rally against a policy or idea simply because it was put fourth by a Liberal or Democrat. The inverse is also true. I am sick to death of watching the ignorance and bandwagon on both sides of the isle. Im even sicker watching the ignorance of the American people on a daily basis.

We need to realize we have failed, not are failing, not "not looking so good".... failed. We need to get over the blame game and pointing fingers and get things fixed. Are there things that are Bush's fault and the fault of his administration? Sure as hell are. We can blame plenty on the Clinton administration as well.

The current conservative estimate is that the last eight years will eventually cost the county 11.4 trillion dollars. Our lending industry is in ruins, our auto industry is in runs, property values have plummeted. Im already seeing the same people that rallied behind the last stimulus package rallying against the next one.

So I'll sum it up with this: Republicans and Conservatives, you lost, quit the #$%*ing and help the Dem's fix this mess. Democrats and Liberals, you built up Obama so much, you better hope he delivers, for all our sakes.

[upperlake04]

Thanks Dan