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In Reply to: Military power posted by clarkjohnsen on August 07, 2001 at 08:09:22:

There is absolutely NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE between liberals (Dems) and conservatives (Reps). Both want larger more powerful governments. Their only goals are to ATTAIN and RETAIN power. There has not been a president, or national political leader from either side who has actually downsized the Federal governmentduring my lifetime. From Kennedy to Clinton, the federal budget has been LARGER when the administration changed hands than it was when the Prez took office. This was especially true after Reagans 8 years. And don't blame the liberals. Reagan got essentially the budget $ he asked for each year.
And no one likes over seas military action more than conservatives (Reps). Let's not forget Grenada, Gulf War, Panama, Somolia (George I actually sent the troops in!!), and of course all of those "covert" actions in Central America during the Reagan years.
Conservatives. Indeed!!!

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Liberals like to bomb aspirin factories! And occupy Bosnia! Haiti! - clarkjohnsen 13:59:23 08/07/01 (12)
Also please don't confuse "conservatives" such as myself, with political leaders; none of us here have much truck with those guys. Trouble is, liberals *do* identify with their political leaders -- Teddy Kennedy, Barney Frank, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt -- and are therefore indistinguishable from them in their longing for a more extensive, powerful, all-seeing, overbearing government.
clark
- Re: Liberals like to bomb aspirin factories! And occupy Bosnia! Haiti! - Rich S. 07:52:27 08/08/01 (4)
  ..."And no one likes over seas military action more than conservatives (Reps). Let's not forget Grenada, Gulf War, Panama, Somolia (George I actually sent the troops in!!), and of course all of those "covert" actions in Central America during the Reagan years."
  ..."Liberals like to bomb aspirin factories! And occupy Bosnia! Haiti!"
  Well that's just great! Now who are the rest of us going to bomb and/or occupy? The Ls and the Cs already got all the good countries! Oh well, there is still Easter Island...
  - I'm with you Rich..hey...Iceland has had it too easy !!!!(nt) - john dem 12:58:30 08/08/01 (3)
    - Re: I'm with you Rich..hey...Iceland has had it too easy !!!!(nt) - Rich S. 13:33:12 08/08/01 (2)
      Yes! Iceland, at last our own country to stamp on! Damn snooty Iceland with all its um, er, ice...
      B^F
      - We could invade....but no one would notice. (nt) - john dem 14:15:20 08/08/01 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: I'm with you Rich..hey...Iceland has had it too easy !!!!(nt) posted by Rich S. on August 08, 2001 at 13:33:12:
        
        Re: We could invade....but no one would notice. (nt) - Thatch_Ear 21:05:29 08/15/01 (0)
        
        In Reply to: We could invade....but no one would notice. (nt) posted by john dem on August 08, 2001 at 14:15:20:
        
        I guess you didn't read Red Storm Rising.
- If it weren't for hard-line Conservatives we wouldn't NEED aspirin factories! ;^) NT - Audiophilander 15:34:27 08/07/01 (6)
  (nt)
  - of course, the hard-line Liberals would've mandated that prozac would be in the water <nt> - Mart 23:12:48 08/07/01 (5)
    ;^>
    
    ....just my 2�
    
    � Mart � �
    
    Planar Asylum
    
    where the speakers are thin but the music is anything but
    - So, my friend, is your glass half full or half empty? - Audiophilander 07:46:47 08/08/01 (4)
      Oh! BTW, we Liberals aren't as hard-line as you may think... soft water is yours for the asking! So, have you taken your meds today? 8^)
      AuPh
      - I'm an engineer, which means ... - Mart 09:01:17 08/08/01 (3)
        
        In Reply to: So, my friend, is your glass half full or half empty? posted by Audiophilander on August 08, 2001 at 07:46:47:
        
        ... the glass is twice the size required for the job.
        ;^>
        
        ....just my 2�
        
        � Mart � �
        
        Planar Asylum
        
        where the speakers are thin but the music is anything but
        
        You must be an extrovert engineer, which means ... - Thatch_Ear 21:12:13 08/15/01 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I'm an engineer, which means ... posted by Mart on August 08, 2001 at 09:01:17:
        
        You look at other peoples shoes.No,really some of my best friends are engineers.OK,I probably would be one too but my math is terrible so I became a sculptor.I still get to make and destroy cool stuff,play with molten metal while juggling chain saws, but all on paper first.(grins)
        David
        
        I started with art as well ... - Mart 04:20:24 08/16/01 (0)
        
        In Reply to: You must be an extrovert engineer, which means ... posted by Thatch_Ear on August 15, 2001 at 21:12:13:
        
        ... then went to drafting ... then wanted to know more about what I was drawing. Civil Engineering was tedious. Electrical was rather predictable. Nuclear was a tad too both esoteric & empirical for me to feel comfortable predicting. Chemical seemed presumptuous in that they didn't bother explaining left & right hand molecules in biochemistry. So, I stuck with Mechanical because primarily when things move stuff gets damn interesting. Plus, my art background seemed to train my mind to predict vibrational motion & flexture in quasi-stationary complex 3D objects as well as other phenomena.
        PS: Yes, I was always good in math. However, what I didn't realise was how much writing came with the job.
        
        ....just my 2�
        
        � Mart � �
        
        Planar Asylum
        
        where the speakers are thin but the music is anything but
        
        Mart, I didn't ask if you deigned Mark Wahlburg's prosthetic for Boogie Nights! ;^) NT - Audiophilander 10:23:58 08/08/01 (0)
        
        In Reply to: I'm an engineer, which means ... posted by Mart on August 08, 2001 at 09:01:17:
        
        (nt)
Re: You've got to be kidding... - Rich S. 10:47:01 08/07/01 (0)
I agree, when you follow the two most important trails, voting records and money ( contributions, expenditures, budgets) a much different picture develops than what is presented by either "side".
www.opensecrets.org
http://www.hc.cc.tx.us/library/voterec.htm
http://www.govspot.com/shortcuts/votingrecords.htm

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