Pedro Martínez: if it was in the form of food stamps (excluding cigarettes/alcohol), clothes stamps, bus fares stamps, education (as in fees,books etc) stamps, it would be a good thing.

But as in Australia, they are giving it to the wrong people, for the wrong reasons.

Tuesday: Oh, I see. Not a good idea, if you asked me. :)

The Usurper: It's an awesome word. I had quite a blast when I first read it. :))

Pedro Martínez: It's not a good word. And you're welcome. lol (j/k)

ScarletRose: OK, that I get, but how is the extra money a "stimulus"? A stimulus stimulates you to do something. This seems to me to be nothing more than just a generous gift from the government.

Pedro Martínez: there is over 5 million out of work in the US right now due to the stupid decisions last year which ended up putting us into a recession.. it's not that they aren't trying to find jobs.. companies are folding left and right.

Tuesday: That sounds great.. I hope there is perhaps a stimulus plan for those with college school loans.. haha

The Usurper: That's fine. I have fixed the problem with a new pic and and explanation. Just so there's no more confusion.

Tuesday: I don't quite get the point of this stimulation. Will the extra 25 buckaroos (I love this word, thank you ) stimulate him to exercise more effort in finding a job?

Artful Dodger: I read your exchange below with (V) so wasn't really confused. But my response just seemed so appropriate...lol

Tuesday: Wow.. Did they extend unemployment?

The Usurper:Next time I'll use this



so there's less confusion.

Artful Dodger: I jest seriously. There's a difference. Just don't ask me to explain it.

The Usurper:Seriously you jest.

Artful Dodger: A wicker man? The original flick (1974) is really pretty good. :o)

Take your pick.  Most of your posts contain a




or two. 

Czuch: Not non-existent. Simply patsies. In order for the ruse to work, that's what you need. Look up the word "patsy."

The Usurper: We know that Israeli secret service was tracking & monitoring the so-called 19 hijackers before 9/11.



You cant have things two ways from sunday, mr usurper!

Now Israel are tracking (according to you}"non existent" hijackers?

(V): Some interesting tidbits...

We know that Israeli secret service was tracking & monitoring the so-called 19 hijackers before 9/11. Might the Israelis have been the "handlers" of these patsies? Either way, it would have been a joint operation with the U.S. Also, a group of Israeli "art students," later discovered to be spies, were seen videotaping the planes striking the WTC from the top of a van on the New Jersey side of the Hudson...taping & cheering. These kinds of things are reported, even by the Mainstream media...then conveniently shelved & forgotten.

(V): Even Fox News gets it right sometimes. It produced a 4-part expose of the Israeli Spy Ring in America. Real investigative reporting. But the series was pulled and even removed from Fox's internet archives. It can still be found online.

(V): "Who runs the USA? Israel or the United States?"

There are many duel Israeli-U.S. citizens at the top of the food chain. So one could make an argument either way. To which country is a duel citizen most loyal? Hmmmmm.... On the other hand, Israel does a lot of spying on U.S. soil, including high intel matters. But a blind is turned. It's an interesting question.

(V): So, because humans are not a logical being, it means we cannot have a logical government?

(V): But, you can even ask Usurper, there werent two rabbits to chase, Bush obviously knew that Bin Laden was a rouse, and did the right thing by not wasting time chasing a rouse... well we certainly loosed saddams grip all right, I would say

Czuch: You missed the point, I was using an analogy of how humans can not be logically thought out.

Czuch: Because it took away resources from the real war which was to find the terrorist leaders who was supposed to have been responsible for 911.

Saddam could have waited, the people of Afghanistan could now be completely free of the Taliban or such that they are neutralised.

If anything and the USA wanted to loosen Saddam's grip on Iraq, a limited invasion of the Kurds area in the North and taking the southern area centralised around Basra would have imho been a better strategy while the concentration on get old Bin could be maintained at a high level.

Some say if you chase two rabbits you'll lose them both.

(V): If you (like I have) studied some statistics regarding error factors and such when it comes to the likes of polls, you'd know that the figures are not perfect.

I know that most of the problems with polls are the ambiguous questions.... "are you happy with the way Bush is running the country?"

Well, 90% could answer that one NO.... but the question does not lead us to any real conclusions as to why.... a liberal might answer no because they are against the war in Iraq, and a conservative might answer no because they think he is acting too much like a liberal. Most polls are more of a waste of time and only serve to cloud issues more than shed any light on things.

(V): As it is well known that an all out war in the middle east would cause great tribulation for the rest of the world.


Why would you be so adamant against trying to bring some stability and prosperity to Iraq then?

Artful Dodger: Which bit Art? As it is well known that an all out war in the middle east would cause great tribulation for the rest of the world. Some recon due to the desperation for resources it might result in major wars between countries fighting for that last drop.

We ain't got the tech at the mo to replace oil and you know that.

(V):  It represents your strawman argument. 

Artful Dodger: Nice scarecrow? pic... makes me think of the "Wicker man" the original.

(V):

Sorry but when I saw this I laughed my head off...

Rita Mae Brown:

"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle."

Artful Dodger: That is a matter of opinion, some of your ideas quite honestly would create more problems then solve them.

.... I mean, the destruction of the Palestinian people would cause a war in the middle east... and quite frankly Israel's only hope of survival after being Public enemy No.1 in both the the middle east and most of the world would be to use nukes.... And I think then even the USA would find it hard to justify supporting Israel.

And golly... An radio active middle east would not be good for the world as shortages and price increases would soon occur. Remember, we are reliant on oil. An analogy would be the Guild's (Dune the book) words "The spice must flowwwwwww".

They call it Mutually Assured Destruction or M.A.D. for short, commonly used to refer to the cold war and that both sides knew that there was no way to win in a nuclear war. All involved lose.

Czuch: Logic is good when it comes to computers, it is not always a successful answer when dealing with people, as you are dealing with a being, whether awake or asleep you are still dealing with a being who by the very nature of being a being is not a purely logical entity. If you (like I have) studied some statistics regarding error factors and such when it comes to the likes of polls, you'd know that the figures are not perfect. When it comes to humans you also have to consider that empirical experience will lead to people reacting in different ways, the weather, if they've had a bad day or not, financial problems, etc, etc, etc. Then there are the regional and country variations based on culture, education, peer pressure, genetics, etc, etc.

So to logically think about people and certain situations you'd have to keep this all in mind at the same time. Basically the only thing that can do that now is an Entity as we have not yet being able to create a machine with true AI.

As for gut, that's a good thing, following your beliefs whether correct or not is fine, but you must keep in mind that we are a developing creature by nature of our creation, we are not constant.

Czuch:   Easy one for me to answer:  Correctly

(V): How do you think when it comes to matters?

A combo of logic and instinct....

And btw Czuch.. I was talking about ALL politicians. You ought to watch Prime Ministers question time. It's like a game of who can show up someone the most half the time mixed with patting on the front.

Czuch: Are they? When I think I regarding a matter in which a person or people are involved I use my Intelligence, knowledge, wisdom and yes how I feel. Also if I don't know I'll ask someone or research using various search parameters to gain information from various people, including when needed professional organisations or in the case of a certain matter at home a government body for an explanation of the law and regulations regarding the subject at hand.

I also use reflective meditation techniques as a method of problem solving, which involve emptying the mind, which usually leads to several alternative possibilities regarding a matter of which one viable solution to a problem then makes itself clear, with back up solutions still available if it don't work.

..... It's great when you solving a problem that requires careful planning or thoughtfulness.

... How do you think when it comes to matters?

(V): I swear I get the felling that our leaders half the time brains are in respect to emotional


90% of liberal politics are based on emotions.....

The Usurper: Aye, power.... I swear I get the felling that our leaders half the time brains are in respect to emotional and other essential adult developments no older then 10 years old.

...... Or is it that they never left puberty and it's still controlling them.

(V):

The Usurper: Who runs the USA? Israel or the United States?

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

The Usurper: Who runs the USA? Israel or the United States?

Czuch: Mmmmmm It reminds me of a kid saying he's gonna get ya in a verbal dispute.

It's just talk, designed to keep the Israeli haters in Iran happy. He knows most Muslims while concerned over the matter will never take anything but peaceful actions such as marches.

But big mouths gotta act big.