Well, cutting Bush the break that he wasn't responsible for 9/11....
we're better off. I can't say that the country's in a better position in
the world. But the problems aren't Bush's fault (entirely). If Clinton
hadn't so painfully crippled the military before leaving office, it'd be
a lot better.

Oh. Thanks. Does that include issues that you're having over the forum
boards?

I never get fired up. It's not my thing.

I think that name's been taken. Could be wrong, though.


And, yes, we're beyond the sufferage movement- but I was providing
examples throughout history. And democrats have consistently crippled
our police and military, damaged our economy, and let rogue nations do
all kinds of crazy ----.

Well, the general opposition to gay marriage, for example. And their
opposition to other cultural reforms (including women's sufferage) over
the decades. And the cheerful willingness to overlook the damage our
country's general decedance causes.


And I didn't mean every last member. I'm talking the political leaders.

Obviously, I can find the guys to directly talk to (or at least their
profiles to contact). I meant the abuse thing.

The thing says either to message the guys who appearantly run this
thing. Or to use the "report abuse function". I can't find it anywhere.

No "setup". Just me expressing an opinion and seeking feedback. Unless
that's what you mean by setup, in which case, I don't see the problem.

Oops. Seems I inadvertently broke a rule or two, myself. I'm sorry,
whomever it is that has anything to do with this stuff.

I'm not the one coming into serious threads with sarcasm and insults.

Right. Now how does one go about reporting someone on this site?

Ok. The other thread was worthy of jokes. But this one's serious. Keep
the satire out, thank you.

PS- I don't mean "those present at any given time" population. I mean
"those with permament residence".

No, ISRAEL has a population of about 50% muslim. The city itself is
almost devoid of them. And the ones that are there are in the extended
locations (those built later in the millenia, and not parts of the "holy
city" itself).

I'm an independent (American)- this is my observation of the political
parties.


Republicans- They know what they're doing, but they're complete
---holes.


Democrats- They mean well, but they couldn't run a government if someone
who could actually did it for them.


It's a rule of thumb that usually holds true. The Bush administration
is an exception- they're also incompetent.

Oh. Makes sence. Good thing this isn't a serious conversation. Makes
meaningless tangents slightly more important than the original
conversation.

Then why'd you ask?

I don't think it's what they WANT. I think it's what they'll DO. And
no, Jeruselum and the surrounding area are less than 1% muslim. All
those of Islamic persuasions were pushed out using tactics that border
on a war crime in and of itself.


With the way modern Islamic extremists act- I'm quite certain they'll
take a "if we can't have it, no one can" approach. If they think they
can take the city back by force, without the use of atomics, they
certainly are going to try. But if they fail- or if they go against the
U.S., or another unreasonably superior mility- then they're going to
remove the city from the earth.

For the same reason you do, obviously.

Problem #2- evolutionary super-leaps.


Flight is such an example. You see- full wings are a great evolutionary
advantage- flying is obviously helpful.


However, half wings result in death. They slow down a creature, make it
more vulnerable to attack. Not having any upper limbs at all is in fact
preferable to wings. Because at best useless wings are dead weight that
wastes energy keeping alive.


Now, you'll point out the existance of flightless birds. Truth is, most
of those are vestigial. Meaning their species could ONCE fly, but it's
no longer useful and vanished. They'll never "relearn" flight. Period.
What's gone is gone. Eventually they'll all run out of wings entirely.

The one flightless bird that uses "wings" is penguins. Which use them
as flippers for underwater. They have an evolutionary reason to keep
what they have. But they'll never grow flight-capable wings.



Natural selection does *not* move uphill. It flows like water, going
downhill. The path of least resistance. The process of growing wings
would make a consistently worse and worse species, until the one that
could first take flight. Natural selection would NEVER allow this to
happen. Extinction would occure long before.