Every dog has its day, so how much longer has America got to be top dog?

Bent, you don't have to vote because we all know you don't think America is an empire and didn't you also say something about the earth being flat?

Vander, are you Gop 4 Life?
The style of writing and twisted thinking are quite similar?

Hmm...twisted thinking...I think I like that!

"I can neither confirm nor deny."
I think we all know what that means.
How curious that you feel you need a second identity here.

OK, maybe you convinced me.
Gop isn't capable of stringing together that many coherent sentences.

You are really stretching with that best minds bit. You actually made me laugh.

You better pray the American empire lasts a long, long time. The other empires that have come and gone and tried to be empires were not nearly as benovolent as the US. Never in the history of mankind has an empire accumulated so much power and used that power so less. BTW TQ, whats with all the poles recently?     

The 20th century might stand as the most nearly benevolent century, when the USA belatedly came to Europe's rescue and helped rebuild Europe (inefficiently). 

To announce that there must be NO criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President Right or Wrong, is not only UNPATRIOTIC and SERVILE, but is morally TREASONABLE to the American Public." Theodore Roosevelt

Ahh yes, China the kind, benevolent superpower wanna be. You keep rooting for them aj. Keep rooting for the China that restricts internet access. The China that is the worlds worst environmental polluter. The China that is now gearing up to take Taiwan by force. The China that killed thousands of peaceful protesters at Tiananmen Square. Anybody but the US in charge is your simple emotional view of the world.

I pity your students, they deserve better then you.     

Nomad
I forgot to invite you to one of my courses : Reading Technics 101.

Don't need to pity me. I've just answered the question "how much longer for the American empire ?".
Anywhere in my very short post, i've mentioned my feelings for China.

China manages a GDP of about $517,000,000.
The US manages a GDP of about $11,735,000,000.
They have a ways to go.      MARK

China manages a GDP of about $517,000,000.
The US manages a GDP of about $11,735,000,000.
They have a ways to go.      MARK

I believe your figures are out of date.

US GDP in 2004 was 11,667,515 million USD
China's GDP for 2004 was 1,649,329 million USD

(Source: World Bank )

China quadrupled its GDP in the 20 years from 1980 to 2000.
China expects to do at least  the same again  by 2020.

My mistake. So in 20 years they will be half the size of the American economy with three times the # of people.  Whats your point?    MARK

Try imagining GDP in terms of distance and China a large shark.
My point is, you mistakenly thought China was 22 metres away from you,
it's not, its 7 metres away and closing.

Since we are a whale, 7 times the size of the Chinese shark, how close it is, is of little concern.              MARK

As to the former, I have seen no evidence from your commentary but mere afterthoughts of this, unless you would pretense to us benevolence is effluent code for Violence . As to the latter I agree.
Kind Sir, you would think we all fools I suppose.

First go back and read your posts. If you can so example self-denigration other than that implied for others, please so example them.  In advance, if you do as I could not find any, my apology for being wrong.

Likewise, your clarity was not one of tense, as to verbs, at all! It was unmistakably a clarity. But one in condescension of pretense as to a self professed dogma instead.

A dogma to which you are rightly and freely entitled. But so given to you in the blood shed by others through the use of violence to so keep that right for you.  Indeed afar from the enema clarifying cleansing so explained. 

You said ”We need to correct our verb tenses, folks. Was the American empire benevolent or violent in its founding? Violent.”

Something,when I ask you for solutions to all these problems you complained about, in clarity of your own self professions, if we were to be dependent upon you to solve those great dilimmas in history, we may not have that right of free expresion at all or likely our very existence.
Kind Sir, first of all, to be an ad hominem attack, it must be of personal nature and as well fallaciously contrived to deflect from the facts.

As I gave you my honest views and facts as to my perspection on what you had said and in disagreement on specifics, to which you exclaimed no personal or fallaciousness as to those responses originally.

There was no ad homineum attack as in a personal nor fallacious attempts on my part to deflect from the facts in my first post.

Yet, on the other hand, you knew full well, as I and others noted, your were most disingenuous in your fallacious pretense of incomprehension of what I had said.

This kind Sir is not only personal condescension in the nature of an anal retort as to some mistakes, even if rightfully ill provided. But was, as well, a most deliberate attempt at fallacious pretense as to comprehension on your part.
 
That kind Sir, is unarguably a classical definition of an ad hominem attack and as such was well deserving of a likewise adescriptive response as to its anal retentive nature, condescension and pretense of ill comprehension so deliberately contrived.

If, to you, ad hominem attacks are seeking disagreement as to your idiomatic views, not you as a person, then I stand guilty as charged.

But, as well, if to you, ad hominem attacks means that any disagreement as to the self assumed righteousness in all you say as having indisputable veracity and no fallacy then, Sir,  I stand innocent of such deflective charges as we both acknowledge no kinship to divinty. At least I do, that is?
Noting the obvious ommision likewise that people of good intention have, as well, more frequently than not, used violence to accomplish much good by deprivng those that would do no good, opportunity and existence of ability to do their will upon others.

Notwithstanding that delibertate ommission, indeed your arguement is an admirable and near unarguable idiom and goal. Well exampled in the literature, thoughts and belief systems of 'intelligenza' for millennium upon millennium.

Likewise, well derived in literate compassion, fable, sacred beliefs and values in all races, creeds and religions throughout time and current history. An easy row to hoe especially in literacy and intellectual solution void endeavors, as to the real human condition and needs, no doubt.

But Kind Sire, this idiom is a row not yet furrowed in the history of human endeavors. As the facts of human history and interactions have self evidently shown a contrarians response in the majority as to your idioms argued hold on human history and life.

An honorable and noble scheme, held in valued high esteem, on a pedestal far above the muck and mire of the mob, for all to admire and devote themselves toward achieving. As it is the promised destiny of humanities divine prominence to stand up there beside that divinity in such noble purpose of achievement in this quest for that most holly of grails. Peace, love and human tranquility.

Indeed an unalienable ambition and unarguable idiom for the goodness within man no doubt about it. However, a standard bearer far removed from its opposition as to humanities endeavors, acts, deeds and accomplishments to date.

It does not answer nor solution evils parallax that is not in a separate dimension from humanity and this intellectual discourse of love and peace far removed from the muck and mire of the mob where it is not well practiced, even in the hollowed halls of piety and heart felt dreams of devinely inspired dreamers.

It ambitions of achievement still today stand as unfulfilled and in as much perverseness as was present in the hollowed temple walls of Jerusalem lambasted and seen by the man named Jesus and before him the man named Buddha and after him the man named Mohammad.       

The more we perceive our advancement toward that exhaled pedestal in the present. The further our reality has actually inched in advancement of it from those days of yester year.

Peace and love will not keep your head from those that seek it. Peace and love will not solution nor remove poverty, starvation, deprivation nor oppression. Peace and love will not defer or desist and or stop murder, rape and pillaging. Peace and love will not stop man’s propensity for war nor, I surmise, will it solution these widely numerous and pervasive phenomena of the human condition for millennium to come.

I know not if man will achieve or if he is even destine to achieve this noble quest for the holly grail that sits upon the pedestal you would have us seek in these lion den we exist in.  I do however unarguably know it is not nearly in sight or solution of man problems today.

I do, likewise,  know absolutely that evil lurks in the heart of many a man and if divinity gave man the ciphered wisdom of comprehension toward achieving a world of peace, love tolerance and tranquility.

It, he or she, as well, gave man, as well, a ciphered wisdom, reason and purpose for the very existences of warrior defenders of that aim that stands between the sheep and the wolves in catechism, walking not away but into the fires of hell that rage at the abyss, as the legions of the Archangel Michael the defender of that aim and of the tribulation to which we pretense our aim before that aim can be so attained.
Again, the blind do not see what they do not look for or sense as existing.

Your friends were obviously blinded by all that love and compassion and a speciousness to see no evil, hear no evil and cognitively derive there is no evil, I surmise.

For the record as I guess you had to be there to know:   


"The FPA expresses deep concern over the harassment of journalists by the Palestinian Authority as police forces and armed gunmen tried to prevent photo and video coverage of Tuesday's rally in Nablus where hundreds of Palestinians celebrated the terror attacks in N.Y. (New York) and Washington," the FPA said in a statement.



CNN tape of the Palestinian celebrations on 9/11

http://rotter.net/israel/dancing_palastinians.mpeg

Similarly, it is notable that when Arafat's words of condolence were so widely broadcast by many in the media, few in the press made note that on the very day of the attacks, the PA-controlled daily newspaper published an article praising suicide bombers as “the engines of history...the most honorable among us.”
See below for articles from AP, Agence France Press, IMRA, the Jerusalem Post and PMW.

ACTION ITEMS: [In the original alert, action items and contact information were listed here.]

*** AP WIRE: 09/12/2001 6:00 pm ET
AP Protests Threats to Freelance Cameraman Who Filmed Palestinian Joy
JERUSALEM (AP) The Associated Press on Wednesday protested to the Palestinian Authority about threats against a freelance cameraman who filmed Palestinians celebrating terror attacks in the United States.

*** AFP REPORT: Wednesday, September 12 10:25 PM SGT
Agence France Press

Excerpt: On Tuesday night, Palestinian security services barred photographers from recording scenes of joy in Nablus as crowds sang the praises of alleged Arab terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, a prime suspect in the unclaimed attacks on the United States.

*** From: Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director IMRA (Independent Media Review & Analysis)
Date: 12 September 2001

PA Threatens to Kill News Workers If They Broadcast Photos of Celebrating
Israel Radio correspondent Danny Zaken reported on the noon news program that while hundreds of Palestinians went out to the streets in many cities in Judea and Samaria (but not Gaza) to celebrate the attacks against the United States -- distributing candy, waving flags, honking horns and shooting in the air in joy — coverage by the foreign news was typically limited to east Jerusalem..

*** Jerusalem Post September 12 , 2001
(Website: Latest News): Armed Palestinians threatened photojournalists. Reports indicate armed Palestinians trapped foreign photojournalists inside a Nablus hotel late yesterday while thousands took to the streets in celebration of the terror attacks in the United States…

*** Excerpt from 9/12/01 report from Palestinian Media Watch [not to be confused with the pro-Palestinian PMW]:

Within hours after the horrific terrorist attacks in the United States, there were spontaneous outbreaks of rejoicing in the streets of the Palestinian Authority... Arafat's denunciation of the attacks, which continues to be broadcast, is in direct contradiction to the atmosphere of hatred he has been promoting through his tightly controlled media.
Have a good day, ustrader. Love your enemies.

I have, I do and I will.

To the death that will either do them part or bring enlightenment into their darkest so that may see the light of your way as a way out of the darkness they self create!!!

A reminder of these unconverted peace loving people who you and your friends do not seem to know or conceive as existing.



Suicide Bomber Zainab Abu Salem
Her head separated from her pure body,
and her Ra'ala [Muslim headscarf] remains to decorate [her face].
Her place is in Paradise, where in the highest heavens,
Zainab ... sister [who has been raised to the level] of men.

English translation of the Arabic text in
the Hamas children's newspaper Alfatah
of September 22, 2004, in praise of 18 year-old suicide bomber
and children's television presenter Zainab Ali Issa Abu Salem

Her family got $25,000 USD  from Saddam for her head and the bodies of 2 Isreali.



Use of Palestinian Children Bombers Barbaric





T HA T
IS     
A LL!

Nice propaganda.

The 9/11 Palestinian fotage was from the Gulf War, The child with the vest was tricked by Mossad agents and the rest is garabage.