Col Gene:

I agree wholeheartedly. Oil is a plague. We need an alternative to fuel our economy. But many of the same liberals who pay lip service to finding alternative sources of fuel are also the very same people I see driving SUV's. Sacrifice is not something they understand. All they know how to do is point the finger of blame. They demand instant solutions; they demand magic wand miracles, while offering nothing of substance. Poverty exist. Answer: tax the rich. Drugs in Canada are cheaper than in America: the Canadian government has a supply of drugs that would only satisfy 2% of American demand. Moreover, America's free market drives pharmaceutical R& D. Etc... It's easy to criticize. That's a free ride! No?

While I still wish Bush had not used Afghan proxies so much in the hunt for Osama, I understand completely that capturing/killing bin Laden isn't the end of the war on terrorism.

The russians spent years in those mountains for nothing.  With our 'inept proxies' we cleaned it out in days.  While it is always nice to have the finger on the button, the simple fact is we did learn from the Russians, and we used that knowledge to good use.

at least your last statement shows some insight.

thats such a totally irresponsible, innacurate and hysterical characterization of the taped message, it comes close to invalidating the draginol postulate regarding thinking on the right vs feeling on the left.

Only to one who is so blind that they cannot see.  But I like your post.  It means the Kerrites are scared.  Good.  Cause if he was to be elected, the rest of us would be very scared.

anyone with any working knowledge of how americans think and react would be well aware that a slam from bin laden works to the benefit of the slammee

That is your achillees heel.  He sees america through Clinton's eyes, not Bush's.  And that is shyw he thinks he can get away with it.  Will he?  Only liberals will live to regret it.  Sane people will not vote for Skerry.

I beg to differ: The man is not only a FOOL, but he is also a psychopath. Certifiable. You don't get it. Takes his words literary. He believes his words can assuage the sorrow that wounds the American heart. Convince us too reject Bush. Wake up! You would not ask the big, bad wolf for directions to grandma's house-- would you? Moreover, kerry's attacks against General Bush are grossly irresponsible.

You know what scares me?  People believe OSL!  And Americans at that!  i can understand the Europeans.  They are so tired of war, they will roll over and lick their ass if someone tells them to just to avoid it.  But Americans?  We were hit.

But we will be again.  For we, or at least half of us, have already forgotten 9/11.  or they blame us for it.

Whatever.  The entire nation will lose to their myopia.  After the next time, will we learn?  Not if Kerry is elected, for that will show them we cant learn, and we will be fresh meat on their warped table.

Since 1987, the US congress has annually been approving a foreign aid bill totaling an average of $3 billion of American taxpayers' money to Israel, $1.2 billion in economical aid, and $1.8 billion in military aid.
After the gulf war in 1991, the US has additionally been offering Israel $2 billion annually in federal loan guarantees, which brings the total US foreign aid to Israel to about $5 billion, or $13.7 million per day.
Other forms of aid to Israel are a result of "consequential" aid, such as the approximate $1.5 billion in total tax-deductible private donations from numerous Jewish charities and individual donors. "Consequential" aid to Israel adds up to an approximate $8 billion in total US foreign aid to Israel. All in all, this is the largest amount of foreign aid given to a country, and constitutes over 30% of the total amount of US foreign aid budget.

Did you know the US also gives monetary aid to Palestine?

thanks for the link.  id pretty much decided the osama tape is a hoax of some type before i checked it out.  worth reading the entire scroll if for nothing else than to see im not alone in that opinion.

Risernod - maybe you should point out that the sun rises in the east.

If you think we need to be convinced of the fact that, yes, the US gives a great deal of financial aid to Israel, you're sadly mistaken - this is common knowledge.

Maybe you would care to illustrate how that aid is in any way relevant to this discussion?

If, during World War 2, Adolf Hitler had justified his belligerence towards the Allies by saying 'the Jewish lobby in Allied countries gives money to the Jewish untermensch and helps them oppress the Aryan race', would you argue that aid to the Jews be stopped to pacify the Nazis?

Are you assuming everyone here has quaffed the same 'Free Palestine' Kool-Aid as you? You're sadly mistaken. Jews are NOT oppressing the poor, defensless Arabs. Israel is a tiny country in the middle of a large, hostile region devoid of anything resembling a modern, pluralistic political culture. They've been attacked by their neighbors several times, and none of them would recognize the 1948 borders and Israel's right to exist. They are being forced to deal with Yasser Arafat (an Egyptian), who responded to an offer of statehood from Ehud Barak by declaring the intifada. They have to face religious, racist fanatics strapping bombs to themselves and blowing up buses, pizza parlors, movie theaters and nightclubs.

Israel is to the Arab nations what Tibet is to the Chinese - but since Israel fought back and won (and is filled with Jews), and Buddhism is more in vogue than Judaism, the enlightened folks of the world root for the racist, intolerant, backwards religious nutjobs.

I put it there because there are lots of Americans who don't know the extent of our "gratitude". There are some here in this country naive enough to believe that Muslims hate freedom and don't like us because we drive expensive cars. What bothers me is that each Israeli gets more from my government than I do. It bothers me that people believe the Israeli's are the victim's when they are the one's with jets and tanks and the agenda to return to the land promised to them by "their" religion. Ooops, there happens to be a million and half "nutjobs" living in their way (or at least trying). Israel doesn't want peace, at least not yet. The longer this ordeal goes on, the longer they have to build walls and take something that doesn't belong to them. I'd be a bit upset too if heard or saw an Israeli soldier empty is machine gun in a 13 year old girl who happened to wonder into the wrong place at the wrong time. What bothers me is that no American politician lasts a week if he even considers standing up to 2nd strongest lobby in the U.S. Pretend like you know the answer - you don't. I know Arabs and they all see right through the hypocrisy. That's why they hate us. Because we say we want to help, but we only help one side, and we help them a lot.

Oh, turns out Arafat was pocketing some of the aid that was given to Palestine, in fact 3 Billion worth.

How can the Palestinian people get anywhere in life when their leaders keep the money from them and increase their suffering by attacking the Israelis which in turn attacks the people, ah damn circle of violence and discord.

I like how Bush has come out voicing his concern to have both a Palestine nation and Israel nation in coexistence, though if can carry through with the plan will depend on Congress and the two major parties involved Palestine and Israel.