Recent content by OttoManD

Hi all! Interesting thread, lots of good discussions. Some thoughts came to me while reading through, I hope they add to the debate. I had a thought regarding the Mercantilist economic civic. If one of the hallmarks of a mercantilist economy is the desire to produce "finished" products (like...

Haven't "reverends" who support Republicans done similar things? Pots and kettles much? here we go http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/hagee-katrina-mccain/

McCain will withdraw all Iraqis from Iraq.

That's really interesting actually... makes you wonder about the future I wonder how much of that is driven by the fact that rural areas tend conservative and urban areas tend liberal

Apparently VRWC doesn't know what appeasement means. Woodrow Wilson--> Appeaser Douglas MacArthur--> Appeaser Dwight Eisenhower--> Appeaser Richard Nixon--> Appeaser George H.W. Bush--> Appeaser Apparently it has come to pass that diplomacy = appeasement. I'm sorry to be presumptuous, but...

I've always had a peculiar attachment to anteaters. Something about their faces is adorable to me. Especially, the mighty pangolin...

I prefer not to be judged based on appearance

Regardless of whether you like him or not, this link is pretty funny. http://www.slate.com/id/2193798/ My favourite So, I propose this thread be a place where we can all create rumours about McCain and Obama. Positive ones only. --> Barack Obama isn't Muslim, he's a CIA double...

Although, regarding the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement), Sistani, Sadr and many of the Sunni chieftains have demanded a national referendum on it before they will accept it... If this does happen, the SOFA will likely fail.

I read this in The Economist. This Davis character strikes me as a principled man. They did also mention that he was widely touted as a post-Cameron leader also. So I imagine its some combination of principle and ambition. What's your read?

Once again, its proven that politically correct scientists are part of THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS

C'mon, casualty ratios do not make a victory. See Vietnam war.... or did the US win that one too?

Ecofarm, I don't know why you're so against Winnie the Pooh being a spring of foreign policy ideas. He's in favour of regime change He supports permanent bases in Iraq

Is the Red Cross doing a good job? Do people have enough shelter/food/water?

I think so... still nothing on whether this one is a match for any of the others. haha its actually quite nice in the summer! I had no idea people were so rough on Manitoba.