World News and Opinions

Posted by lizbeth:
Sorry, Cass, I didn't read it that way at all. Have you ever read Joseph Conrad's [u]Heart of Darkness[/u]? That's what Mys' sentence reminded my of. It has nothing to do with race. :)

Posted by lizbeth:
The Chilean government seems to have things well in hand. It's deployed it's own Military and Police to quell the looting and distribute otherwise looted necessities to its people. The aid it's looking for is field hospitals and mess-halls, mobile bridges. water purification systems and so on. Ch

Posted by Aint:
My neighbors house is close to mine. Perhaps that gives me claim to it. The Falklands have changed hands several times over the centuries. English hands have held it the tightest and worked it up the most. The islands belong to England.

Posted by jackdiddley:
[quote]the fact is that 8 out 10 black people who have expressed a preference do not believe in homosexuality[/quote] What a completely crazy thing to say. Firstly, you can't "not believe" in homosexuality just like you can't "not believe" in black people. Secondly, I've met many black people, an

Posted by Red:
You forgot the most important slogan... STICK IT TO DA MAN!

Posted by lizbeth:
Or could it be Klingon for "May I change my diaper--PLEASE!"

Posted by Myrddin:
[quote=jackdiddley]Myrddin, every time we discuss Europe, you trot out the same old lines. "If we don't become a single country we will become irrelevant". Simply not true, unless we let that happen. We are not becoming irrelevant. That is more because of our close ties with America than because of

Posted by lizbeth:
Thank you for the link, MJ. It's sad when any death occurs, especially when it's the death of a young person. Shortening the track, raising the wall and padding the posts should have been done before the accident, imo, especially when so many accidents had happened at the final curve. His bei

Posted by aus22:
Lees, I Am not sure that you believe that these children would be better off as Southern Baptists rather than Catholic. It that the case you are free to send missionaries. However I can not see how you can take an advantage of a disaster to take these children away from their culture and religion. T

Posted by Red:
[quote=Cy_Click][quote=Red]I saw it all over the leftist news Dax, so your statement sure seems biased to me. [/quote] Where does one get the leftist news? [/quote] I think you know. :crazy: