25.9.03
Zuerst: If you look at my 7 Sep archive, you'll know how I feel about socialism. Suffice it to say that I find it appalling that teenagers are spouting something akin to the socialist line "From each according to ability, to each according to need". A caller on the Papa Joe Chevalier Show spoke of government's responsibility to care for everyone; this was on "Bite Me Wednesday", and the point of the call was to tell Papa Joe to "Bite Me" for Papa's supposed anti-Canadian bias. I felt the need to call in and vent at those people who put these ridiculous notions in their heads, and to vent at the idea that it's okay to steal. Forced charity is, after all, theft by another name. Plus, while on hold, I heard some loser closet Cowboys fan bash us Redskins fans. I felt the need to get my licks in concerning him, too.
Politics: If this isn't just some campaign bull, then perhaps I'd have to give my endorsement to Arnold. After all, if he wishes to "terminate taxes", then I would have to consider him more seriously than I had before; suffice it to say that I feel obligated to endorse Tom McClintock; however, if he is unelectable, I can in good conscience support Arnold, given his campaign promise. And here's my reaction to those people who call Ariana Huffington "conservative": You're joking, right? Once upon a time, she was, but she has since converted to populism or outright socialism; she doesn't seem to believe in capping spending, but rather raising taxes. Bleah.
According to the BBC and the New York Times, the draft report by David Kay contains no proof of WMD in Iraq. However, the report does, apparently, cite evidence of precursors and dual-use equipment that would, possibly, suggest WMD programmes in Iraq. A couple of observations: If Saddam had rid himself of such weapons, then why would he not call for inspectors in Iraq to prove the same? Why would he not, in the first report by his government to the various UN agencies, explain what had happened to them since 1998? Were I a betting man, my money would be on the fact that such weapons have been moved to Syria. Both the Assads and the Husseins, after all, head(ed) Ba'athist (something between Nazism and Stalinism) regimes; that Syria is sending terrorists across the border to combat Americans suggests, to me, that Syria and Iraq are (or were, until the change of government) allies against the United States, or more broadly, western civilisation. This operation was, after all, a very telegraphed punch. Saddam knew that we were going to enter the country well before it happened, and could havedisposed his weapons accordingly.
Politics: If this isn't just some campaign bull, then perhaps I'd have to give my endorsement to Arnold. After all, if he wishes to "terminate taxes", then I would have to consider him more seriously than I had before; suffice it to say that I feel obligated to endorse Tom McClintock; however, if he is unelectable, I can in good conscience support Arnold, given his campaign promise. And here's my reaction to those people who call Ariana Huffington "conservative": You're joking, right? Once upon a time, she was, but she has since converted to populism or outright socialism; she doesn't seem to believe in capping spending, but rather raising taxes. Bleah.
According to the BBC and the New York Times, the draft report by David Kay contains no proof of WMD in Iraq. However, the report does, apparently, cite evidence of precursors and dual-use equipment that would, possibly, suggest WMD programmes in Iraq. A couple of observations: If Saddam had rid himself of such weapons, then why would he not call for inspectors in Iraq to prove the same? Why would he not, in the first report by his government to the various UN agencies, explain what had happened to them since 1998? Were I a betting man, my money would be on the fact that such weapons have been moved to Syria. Both the Assads and the Husseins, after all, head(ed) Ba'athist (something between Nazism and Stalinism) regimes; that Syria is sending terrorists across the border to combat Americans suggests, to me, that Syria and Iraq are (or were, until the change of government) allies against the United States, or more broadly, western civilisation. This operation was, after all, a very telegraphed punch. Saddam knew that we were going to enter the country well before it happened, and could have
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