Iraq or the Economy?--Ron Paul

[Judge]

Frank didn't remind anyone, it was Deja's funny post that did.

In addition, every post you make reminds people of you and what your word means - both in plagiarizing and in your statement you were leaving.

Welome back btw.

Originally Posted by Etta Place

Thank you, Frank, for reminding people about my sins. I don't even have to go to confession.

[Judge]

Wow - the personal attacks are flowing.

And he didn't presume, you did defend her by admitting she had apologized and it should be accepted. An apology is only given for wrong behavior - which by defending her apology, you admit.

Originally Posted by Frenchy

Do not presume, little man!

[Delija]

Judge.....you OK?

Sounds like maybe you should get back in the sack and get up again but from the other side of the bed.

Something's gotta help. I know you can be cranky on occasion (who can't be?), but this sounds a bit extreme..

...breath deep. Good air in, bad air out. Think pleasant thoughts. Waves at the beach, crackling fire on Christmas eve (in a safe fireplace....good screen, no CO danger, good batteries in the smoke detectors, etc.).

I added a You Tube clip from "High Anxiety" to my previous post. Good for a laugh. Maybe that will help improve your mood this morning.

Whatever.....hope you feel better soon. (I'd really try the Mel Brooks clip).

BTW....the Boston Globe is on a level with the National Enquirer? LOL..

That sounds more like Tom than you.

Funny, but c'mon......




Peace,
D,

[Judge]

I'm fine - you ok??? You sound kinda rambling this am...

As far as the Globe, you need to familiarize yourself with it's standards more. It's worse than the NYT's has become in terms of journalistic integrity.

It's had several journalists changed with Plagarizism including Pat Smitha and Mike Barnicle among others, which it has refused to fire or dismiss, and it's been outed for fabricating many stories including printing faked pictures of US soldiers raping iraqi women with repeated follow ups - until the forgery was discovered, and a fake article on the seal hunt - which didn't take place, and false stories on the starving in Gaza - among others.

They done a number of hack jobs on the war and President Bush....

You may consider that an honorable paper... Most don't.

Originally Posted by Delija

Judge.....you OK?

Sounds like maybe you should get back in the sack and get up again but from the other side of the bed.

Something's gotta help. I know you can be cranky on occasion (who can't be?), but this sounds a bit extreme..

...breath deep. Good air in, bad air out. Think pleasant thoughts. Waves at the beach, crackling fire on Christmas eve (in a safe fireplace....good screen, no CO danger, good batteries in the smoke detectors, etc.).

I added a You Tube clip from "High Anxiety" to my previous post. Good for a laugh. Maybe that will help improve your mood this morning.

Whatever.....hope you feel better soon. (I'd really try the Mel Brooks clip).

BTW....the Boston Globe is on a level with the National Enquirer? LOL..

That sounds more like Tom than you.

Funny, but c'mon......




Peace,
D,

[Frenchy]

Originally Posted by Judge

Wow - the personal attacks are flowing.

And he didn't presume, you did defend her by admitting she had apologized and it should be accepted. An apology is only given for wrong behavior - which by defending her apology, you admit.

It's nice to know that Frank has someone to defend him. Makes me all warm and fuzzy.
Nice spin, by the way.
It is what it is!

[Judge]

I just defend the truth, the personalities can fall where they may.

Originally Posted by Frenchy

It's nice to know that Frank has someone to defend him. Makes me all warm and fuzzy.
Nice spin, by the way.
It is what it is!

[Frenchy]

Predictable and pathetic...as usual!

[AZXD]

Thanks for the laughs.

[FrankRizzoXD40]

Originally Posted by ZenMachine

I was wondering how long it would take for the fallacy-ridden spending fantasies of the neoconservative wing of the GOP would rear their collective ugly head. How convenient that one can take a set of jerrymandered statistics that do everything possible to shift around the cost of defense spending and the Iraq war to make it seem as if it not as expensive as it really is. One thing downplayed in the cost of war is the money that will eventually have to be spend to replace all the equipment being worn down currently whether it be tanks, HumVs or transport aircraft. This article from 2006 covers some of this:
Congressional analysis puts cost of Iraq war at $2 billion a week - The Boston Globe

The other thing misrepresented by the figures you are citing is the way in which social security works, it currently runs a surplus and that money is used to buy bonds to pay down the national debt, so when the treasury pays back that money including interest to the social security fund they count that as a "cost" of social security, way bumping up the actual cost. You should read this article on social security:
Congressional analysis puts cost of Iraq war at $2 billion a week - The Boston Globe

Where did I post any statistics that are biased towards the gop or from the gop, as you claim?

Where did I try to make the war seem cheaper than it is? Where did I "understate" or "shift" the costs of the war?
Where I did post any "misrepresenting figures"

I posted a video of the comptroller general, who is disliked by democrats and republicans. Virtually all politicians have ignored him, so he is now taking his concerns to the people. Accompanying him are folks from the conservative heritage foundation AND from the more liberal brookings institute, as well as bipartisan organizations who are all concerned that our runaway spending will bankrupt the nation.

Before we get any further, please address your blatantly false claims. It is pointless to talk with someone who is going to respond to my posts, referencing things that I have supposedly posted or said, which I clearly did not.

It's almost like you picked the wrong pre-programmed response for the issue at hand. It's like you were writing back as if I had somehow posted figured that understated the costs of the war.

WTF, dude. Please read before you quote and respond to a post.

Thanks,

Frank

[FrankRizzoXD40]

Originally Posted by Frenchy

Where did I say that I agreed or disagreed with Etta's original "cut n' paste"? I stated that she apoligised...Period. A bigger man would have taken the apology in good faith and accepted it. But instead, you prefer to use it to suit your agenda.

So, do you agree or disagree with Etta's plagiarism?

Thanks in advance,

Frank