Do you think

BeerCheeze · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 13:53:42 Post Subject: Do you think

Now that the election is over, that we as American's can get back to finding a middle ground that we can all get along at? Or are we going to continue to be a divided country?

trekrider · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:54:25 Post Subject:

I think the Democrates will fight tooth and nail for everything they can get......they have lost considerable ground (as far as loosing seats in both houses not to mention the White House AND the House Minority Leader) and will use the fillabuster option to their advantage at every opertunity.

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I also think that the general Democratic population still feel as strongly as ever that the Republican lead government is STILL on the wrong path, to the extent that they will not budge an inch and claim that the Republicans are the stubborn ones.

dadx2mj · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:34:56 Post Subject:

I tend to agree with Trek but feel how well Bush pulls off his plans will have a lot to do with it. If he does good it will go along way toward uniting the country. If he does bad watch out it will get ugly really fast.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:46:47 Post Subject:

I was reading on CNN that the German goverment is starting to soften their stance on Iraq (as well as it seems so is the whole EU), and they seem like they are starting to get more willing to help.

It seems that the EU realizes they now have to deal with Bush, and that Kerry won't come in and give away the farm. So they are now more willing to help out, and try to get back in the good graces of Bush & Iraq.

NewAwakenings · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 22:25:45 Post Subject:

trekrider · Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:12:48 Post Subject:

What lies has Bush told??????????????

And what U.S. president doesn't have secrets to keep???????????

Why wouldn't Kerry release ALL of his military records???????????

Puddin · Posted: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 02:19:06 Post Subject:

many presidents have told lies, not all lies lead to a 54 trillion dollar debt over 1000+ casualties and no end in sight of a war.....

knight0334 · Posted: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 12:04:26 Post Subject:

You guys gotta remember, 99% of politians are lawyers.. ....all lawyers lie for money. ...and guess what, we pay our politians.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 13:54:58 Post Subject:

BeerCheeze · Posted: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:17:54 Post Subject:

Just in case your unsure.... here is a list of Al-Qaeda activities.

2/1993 Bombing of World Trade Center; 6 killed.

10/1993 Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia.

1994 Investigation of the WTC bombing reveals that it was only a small part of a massive attack plan that included hijacking a plane and crashing it into CIA headquarters.

6/1996 Truck bomb explodes outside Khobar Towers military complex in Saudi Arabia; 19 American servicemen killed, hundreds of others injured.

8/1998 Bombing of U.S. embassies in East Africa; 224 killed including 12 Americans.

12/1999 Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S. Other Algerians subsequently arrested were "Afghan alumni."

Jordanian police arrested members of a cell planning attacks against Western tourists.

10/2000 Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors killed.

9/11/2001 Destruction of WTC, attack on Pentagon.

4/11/2002 Explosion at ancient synogogue in Tunisia leaves 17 dead, including 11 German tourists.

5/2002 Car explodes outside hotel in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 14, including 11 French citizens.

6/2002 Bomb explodes outside American Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 12.

10/2002 Nightclub bombings in Bali, Indonesia, kill 202, mostly Australian citizens.

Suicide attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, kills 16.

5/2003 Suicide bombers kill 34, including 8 Americans, at housing compounds for Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Four bombs kill 33 people, targeting Jewish, Spanish, and Belgian sites in Casablanca, Morocco.

8/2003 Suicide car bomb kills 12, injures 150, at Marriott Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia.

11/2003 Explosions rock a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, housing compound killing 17.

Suicide car bombers simultaneously attack two synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 25 and injuring hundreds. The following week a British bank in Istanbul is bombed.

3/2004 Ten terrorists bombs explode almost simultaneously during the morning rush hour in Madrid, Spain, killing 202 and injuring more than 1,400. A Moroccan affiliate of al-Qaeda claims responsibility.

5/29â€“31/2004 Terrorists attack the offices of a Saudi oil company in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, then take foreign oil workers hostage in a nearby residential compound. After a stand-off, three of the four assailants escape, leaving 22 people dead, all but three of them foreigners.

6/11â€“19/2004 Terrorists kidnap and execute Paul Johnson Jr., an American, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nearly a week after his capture, photos of his body are posted on an Islamist website. Saudi security forces find and kill four suspected terrorists, including the self-proclaimed military leader of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia, after they are seen dumping a body.