Is this sight left or right wing?
twister @ Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:26 pm
Regina Regina:
How can you label anything left or right when there's no direction given as far as what you can post and anyone who shows up can voice their opinion?........No matter how wrong they are.
BTW.......Governor General Adrienne Clarkson is retiring at the end of the month and will be replaced by a male. Just remember where you heard that first.
BTW.......Governor General Adrienne Clarkson is retiring at the end of the month and will be replaced by a male. Just remember where you heard that first.
If there was direction as too the way we could post this wouldn't really be a forum.. now would it...
"Like in Russia under communist rule Two TV channels... 1 channel broadcast many important messages that the communist party wanted the people to here.. on second channel was a man with an AK 47 repeating ..Go back to channel 1...", Yakov Shmirnov....
You can tell by the arguements many people wade into what political spectrum the come from....
ridenrain @ Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:04 am
Laconfir Laconfir:
... I'd assume people would realise wars are expensive and they have to be about a hell of a lot more than money, as a country can never really re-gain what it's spent on a war. At least, not like the US has.
While I agree that the net result is a loss, there are usually a hand full of prople who make money. One of my favorire Charactors of history is Major General - United States Marine Corps Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) who wrote a number of things on the subject.
In his own words:
"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National city Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902–1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested."
After WW1 he wrore "War is a racket" decrying war profiteering and one of the first to identify the "Military Industrial Complex". It reads as possibly one of the most shameful examples of what can happen when profits are more important than morals.
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Laconfir @ Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:17 pm
True, there are always the bunch that do make a lot off of War. Whether the Iraq war is good or not for the future of the world, Haliburton won't be complaining.
Tory_canuck @ Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:48 am
I enjoy this site because it consists of diverse views on issues and allows me to see the other side of certain issues.