I think our presidents/prime ministers should be required to be commanders in chief like kings of old (Hell, like Washington); we go to war, he/she goes to war, riding/walking at the front of his troops to lead them.

I wonder how many of these "wars" they wouldn't be so quick to start, knowing it would be their neck on the line?

EDIT: Anyway, more on topic... I don't like subjecting the direction of my country to someone's feelings... which is why when someone tells me "I feel that X should be this way", I tune them out, unless they have facts to back up their "feelings".

I think the biggest thing to note here is that feelings are fickle- one day you may like pickles, but does that mean that you should buy 100 jars of pickles, because you like them today? Logic by itself is subject to no such 'fickleness'.

Very interesting. I would have loved to hear this conversation in full, lol. Too bad you didn't record it! :D

I usually have completely frustrating argument with women.

@Kelsicus@xanga - I think his writing sounds haughty and pretentious; it kind of sickens me.

I've never had that argument, but I've had similar. Conspiracy theorists debating with out any true point that the government is a corporation. It was this same man that thought that tornadoes happened frequently with in the US because Canada and Mexico drive on the opposite side of the road, which some how creates some sort of cortex of energy. I couldn't help but let out a chuckle at that though.

Dude was either on drugs or a schizophrenic.

@Delmege@xanga - Well Lemme just address all your points outright homeboy:

1.) I m not pretentious, I'm simply stating my viewpoints and I have no preconception of myself as anything special...Jesus I work at an Airport for crying out loud, how can I be the least bit pompous.

2.) I am educated and I am not ashamed in the least of that fact.

3.) If Conservatives want to stop being viewed as backwards, perhaps they should stop presenting themselves as such..Hell they elected a man that might very well not have known he WAS the president until about 2003, good thing daddy stole the election for him in the first place.

4.) Mutual understanding is a 2-way street, and unfortunately, It's not on everyone's agenda, so why appeal to a non-existent conscious?

5.) You really didn't make a comment pertaining to anything I was talking about in this post, or say anything to discredit my views. More over, you probably only commented because you fit this stereotype I was describing....If you don't like it don't read it...

@Bushy_Tailed@xanga -  In truth, all the Truth Movement is really trying to do is get straight answers from the government, and with the flimsy attempts of the 9/11 commission aside, were left to draw most of these conclusions because nothing was put forth by the Bush Criminal Organization to discredit them. If the government stopped acting like it had something to hide, then these Conspiracy theories probably wouldn't exist. 

I live in the south, so yes. I encountered a man once, that my sister tried to set me up on a date with, and I noticed that he had a swastika tattoo on his arm. I tried not to pay attention. At some point that night he started spewing racist shit, and my sister "helpfully" tried to tell him to shut up because I had lots of friends of other races. I got called a lot of names, most of them along the lines of whore. I almost castrated him.

@Delmege@xanga - I completely understand how writing like these can be taken that way, but I'm too much of a realist to care I suppose. All he's doing is stating opinions based off of what he's observed. Not to mention that he attains his writer's voice throughout the entire thing, and it's really strong. Stuff like this is exactly what I do, I love observing people, it's so insanely interesting. I love analyzing things. That's exactly what he's doing. I could be wrong though, I don't know the author of this forum. Even still, it takes a lot to stop and actually consider more than one point of view. Not only for you, but for the writer as well. Not saying that either of you don't. And you might think of me as trying to be really light-footed and not hurt anybody's feelings or some stupid crap, but I'm just trying to make valid statements.

Besides that: it's really hard not to place a person under a stereotype if that person deliberately puts themselves in such a position. Don't blame one who's honest just because he places a stereotype to a person that acts like a stereotypical ignorant.

@mich_punk@xanga - umad

a lot of military people are demons under Satan.  That was one of my delusions, and I believe it.  The corrupted innocent, who are left bodies, who take form as children.