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<t>I look upon the operations in Afghanistan as necessary to root out jihadi terrorism and prevent another 9/11 in the US homeland. Letâ€™s keep our eyes on the ball here. The whole area is infested with people who think killing non-Muslims is a good way to get to heaven. Al-Queda was th...

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<t>oscar;1080451 wrote: If any one has got any brains, they will see that there are jerks like you who deliberately post goading threads just to incite your anti-American chip on your shoulder. Luckily, the reason you stand out like a skunk in a heatwave is because no other American (exce...

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<t>spot;1080372 wrote: My first post went entirely unanswered. My second post also went entirely unanswered. Both were relevant responses to the opening post. Perhaps the trouble with the tone of the thread is the way the opening post sounded? There is nothing at all wrong with "the...

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<t>spot;1080321 wrote: You can't defend your country by basing your armed forces on a different continent. All that does is breeds resentment and ill-will. The terrorists responsible for 9/11 are based on a different continent. How then do you believe we shoul...

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wildhorses;1080319 wrote: :yh_flag:yh_flag:yh_flag:yh_flag:yh_flag

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

GO TEAM USA!

Ryan.

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<t>spot;1080317 wrote: It is, if you'll forgive my contradicting you, a sickness which has cost a multitude of lives over the last few centuries. On the sports field it's considered uncouth. The way in which, time and again, self-important proud strutting military organizations have had their noses ...

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<t>As the member who posted the original thread, before I go to bed let me say something. The thread sparked a very lively debate which cannot be a bad thing on a Forum like this. Hey I'm not a Moderator but unfortunately some of the posts got a little too personal towards the...

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<t>K.Snyder;1080301 wrote: Don't be an ass dude! Keep to the topic! And who the hell might you be son ... i mean DUDE! Chezzie's spokesperson? Keep your personal remarks to yourself please! I'd tell you what to do to yourself but i don't wanna get ba...

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<t>oscar;1080137 wrote: :yh_ttth:yh_ttth:yh_ttth:yh_ttth I have made a lot of friends here from America. I have also spent my life thinking nothing but good of America for your 'help' during the wars because my parents actually knew American troops stationed here. I never thoug...

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<r>fuzzy butt;1080078 wrote: No you won't Jester, you'll still have that engrained chip on your shoulder that we all dispuise. You came out with rhetoric that the world has had shoved down it's throat for way too long . No one bashes America here. They just have the freedom to call "Bulls...

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<t>fuzzy butt;1080057 wrote: I see the smirk even if no one else does. What a slap in the face to every country involved in that war. Your president and country sat back and couldn't give a **** about what happened in europe and it was only after much consideration that your o...

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<t>Jester;1079956 wrote: Im given you the sarcasm point cuz yer wasiting yer time here talking to socialist europeans that have been beat down so many times they dont know what victory is. I applaude the try though. The time has come I believe Jester, for all patriotic Am...

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<t>oscar;1079963 wrote: We do have rather a good track recored for actually winning our wars Jester. We also know a bum deal when we see one, hence our absence in Vietnam. Time for me to re-enter the fray i think. So o constantly laughing one ... is that why it...

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<t>spot;1079883 wrote: The US has won in exactly the same sense that the US won in the South Vietnam war. They're pulling out of a country which hasn't the ability to defend itself. The US had a choice, at one stage after the invasion, to reinforce its natural ally the Sunni Ba'athists mi...

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CARLA;1079841 wrote: You know you can watch the NFL on your Cell Phone get with the program TS. :yh_rotfl I myself SPEED shop so I can be home in time for the games.

Now sure I can Carla. But with Donna ... (shiver!!!)

Ryan.

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oscar;1079833 wrote: Stop flirting with Hope

You have a girlfriend Ryan... Now stop it :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Oh ... is flirting not allowed here?

Hey ... how do you know I have a girlfriend?

Ryan.

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Jester;1079865 wrote: :rolleyes:

Hey i thought that was a nice friendly smiling blue face ... but according to these things on the right its called "roll eyes (sarcastic)!

Ryan.

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Chezzie;1079854 wrote: Presenting One Spot...Well and Truly Flushed:yh_rotfl

I love the way you shake your ass Chezzie!

Ryan.

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<t>spot;1079845 wrote: If you can find an Iraqi writing that life for the average citizen in Iraq is better now than it was under the previous regime you'd perhaps have a justifiable position. I can show you the opposite if you like - Iraqis saying that life was better then than now. Ther...

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<t>QUINNSCOMMENTARY;1079742 wrote: Here's the deal, you go with your wife and bring along your Blackberry or iPhone, find a nice chair and keep yourself busy. When its time to move to the next store, find a new chair and continue. There are several stores who have put my name on the back of a chair....

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<t>oscar;1079840 wrote: Take no offence Ryan. Us Brits have been laughing at your foriegn and economic policey for some years now. We'd like to thankyou for voting for Bush twice as it's given the people of Britain much hilarity over the years. We can't wait to see what the nex...

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<t>oscar;1079829 wrote: Yeah right :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl We are also withdrawing troops from Iraq. We won the war here in Britain :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl You do spend quite a lot of time laughing Oscar ... don't you? It is an endearing trait. I to laugh a lot too! <...

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Kindle;1079812 wrote: Are you sure?

Of course not! This is just a ploy to flush out Spot!

(At least you didn't find this thread as hilarious as the previous poster did. But then your an American.)

Ryan.

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<t>By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all enemies in Iraq, pacified the country, deposed the previous regime, successfully helped to establish a new functioning democratic government, and suppressed any lingering insurgencies. The war has come to an e...

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<t>Sheryl;1079710 wrote: Ok let's put the shoe on the other foot! Just how long can a guy stand and browse motor oil and spark plugs. It's not like there's a huge variety and don't they all do the same thing. Or how bout browsing car dealerships huh?? I think the worse was when we went wi...

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Hope6;1079708 wrote: well i've always wanted to see New York at Christmas time!

Okay honey ... let me have your address and I'll come fetch you and show you around the finest city on this planet!!

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Hope6;1079669 wrote: i'd be glad to go shopping with you honey!

Cool Hope ... should i come to Virginia or will you travel to Gotham City?

Ryan.

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<t>Hope6;1079602 wrote: I don't linger when i shop, i don't like shopping all that well and i'm usually much to busy to take the time. but my mother-in-law is a different story! i go shopping with her and she goes up and down every aisle in the store and it seems like she look...

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<t>Kathy Ellen;1079595 wrote: Oh Touchstone...You'd love shopping with me:-6 I'm in and out in no time...no muckin about:D The worse person I went shopping with was my niece....We went into a local store....I wizzed through the place and bought tons of s...

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<r>oscar;1079569 wrote: Here in britain, it is against the law for men not to accompany their wive's and girlfriends when shopping. It is law that men have to spend hours gazing moronically while their woman trie's on at least 25 outfits and matching shoe's and handbags. Men also by law have to acco...

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<t>Even when I was still married I hated going shopping with my wife. When I wanna buy something I drive to the store; go directly to the right department, make my purchase and leave. But with my wife the scenario would go like this: I am seated in my favourite armchair in front of the TV...

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<t>fuzzy butt;1079378 wrote: for everytime in history a nation has used capital punishment they have also minimised the psychological effect of 'killing' on it's citizens. Those people become immuned and not as revolted by death as they once were. They see a need to kill and thus are willing to comm...

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<t>Last month I posted this thread: Should Women Over â€œA Certain Ageâ€ Show Off Their Cleavage? Now I have an equation that will tell you if your boobline is too low! Scientists, undies experts and mathematicians have been trying to figure out where the decency p...

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<t>THE MORALITY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: On a final note, how can murder be taken seriously if the penalty isn't equally as serious? A crime, after all, is only as severe as the punishment that follows it. As Edward Koch once said: "It is by exacting the highest penal...

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<t>spot;1078983 wrote: When a culture bans the death penalty on ethical grounds perhaps we'll be justified in regarding crucifixion as unethical too. How much fear and eventual pain a society inspires in those it condemns to death is difficult to measure but I note that no attempt is made...

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<t>OpenMind;1078820 wrote: I didn't think that needed stating. I'm sure the women realise this. Considering this: "Papua New Guinea tribes, who dress up in warrior paint and feathered finery for special occasions, are strong believers in sorcery and often blame their enem...

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Well in Roman times, if slavery was unethical, how about crucifixion?

Often slaves were treated like one of the family ... it wasn't a bad life except you were a slave!

Most free people today are slaves to one thing or another anyway!

Ryan.

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<t>This from the Washington Post and in direct contrast to my last thread. Betty Cockrum, (her real name ... i kid you not!) president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood of Indiana, said the program was initiated in response to the state's ailing economy. "Our patients ...

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<t>OpenMind;1078780 wrote: Ifg you read the article it tells you that the males keep fighting with other tribes. This in turn is causing famine within their tribes and other problems. I don't know how large the tribes are but there may be a possibility that they are losing their intellige...

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<t>spot;1078571 wrote: They have rather a better excuse than bright young couples who tailor their family structure by sex-testing. I'm impressed by their determination and logic. I hate to say this Mr Scrooge ... but you have a point ... first good one I have read in a while! ...

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<t>The Papua New Guinea jungle has given up one of its darkest secrets - the systematic slaughter of every male baby born in two villages to prevent future tribal clashes. By virtually wiping out the 'male stock', tribal women hope they can avoid deadly bow-and-arrow wars between the vill...

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<t>It's that time of the year again... Time to relax and take a load off. Here are just a few Christmas wishes from me to you..... I wish you the ability to shop to your hearts content May you always have fri...

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<t>Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by from her front porch, with a cat named Bob for companionship. One sunny afternoon out of nowhere, appeared the fairy godmothe...

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Hi Ludwig van B;

Welcome to FG ... so you like to debate do you?

Please post any thread about "facts" and a member named Spot will give you all the debate you can handle and then some!

Ryan.

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<t>To see your own eyes in your dream, represents enlightenment, knowledge, comprehension, understanding, and intellectual awareness. Unconscious thoughts may be coming onto the surface. The left eye is symbolic of the moon, while the right eye represents the sun. It may also be a pun on "I" or the ...

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Hey Southern Belle!

Where you are don't you guys say "gimme some sugar!" when you want a kiss?

So may kisses are to blame?

Ryan.

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<r>spot;1074420 wrote: The name of Captain Wendy Oxford resonates down the years from the height of the Civil War. He got into litigious troubles ('House of Commons Journal Volume 6: 20 June 1651', Journal of the House of Commons: volume 6: 1648-1651 (1802), pp. 590-591. <URL url="https://www.britis...

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<r>jimbo;1074373 wrote: i hope you dont mind me putting a bit on your thread buddy , but i have started a few threads lately .... putting it mildly they have gone down like the value of stirling <EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI><EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI> ...

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"I wish you well and so I take my leave,

I Pray you know me when we meet again."

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"Listen closely as those around you speak; great truths are revealed in jest.â€

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