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melvin_udall

Politics / News

Apr 02, 2007 11:00

China:
China is developing an "impressive" array of space weapons, including missiles and jammers, and is moving toward placing nuclear weapons in space to attack U.S. satellites, the commander of U.S. strategic forces told the Senate yesterday.Their first step will be crashing our economy, BTW. You see, once we're defeated they can always find ( Read more... )

china, gun rights, iraq war

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melvin_udall April 2 2007, 20:00:37 UTC

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Assholes who can't follow rules get their posts deleted.

Until you can have a legitimate conversation you can fuck off.

And that last time? You only lasted for five days of harrassing? That's all you've got? What a lightweight liberal troll.

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wellarmedsmurf April 2 2007, 17:48:27 UTC

OK, I'll bite. explain to me how "shall not be infringed" meaning "shall not be infringed" is irrational? I'll concede the 9th circuits nonsensical ruling in Hickman, however there is considerably more case law on our side.

melvin_udall April 2 2007, 20:03:44 UTC

Don't waste your time. He's an uber clown.

I gave him several opportunities to have a civil conversation but he couldn't stop with clowning trolls. After I banned him, which I rarely do, he started up with the anon posts.

wellarmedsmurf April 2 2007, 20:31:12 UTC

yeah, I know, I'm sorry. must be my love of Tolkien...I can't help fighting with trolls. :)

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on china wellarmedsmurf April 2 2007, 21:12:21 UTC

I must admit, its a bit of an enigma to me. On the one hand, I think it very possible we'll end up fighting them in my lifetime. On the other, our economies are so intertwined (since they hold so many dollars) I can't see how they can pull the economic trigger on us without destroying their own economy as well.

having said that, being able to take out our satellites is a Very Big Deal. Our military ability would be incredibly decreased if you take out GPS and satellite comms...

Re: on china melvin_udall April 2 2007, 21:29:50 UTC

A communist country with too many males (to the point of birth laws), too few resources, and an ever growing and already large percentage of military spending with a giant chip on its shoulder about a renegade nation next door ( ... )

Re: on china wellarmedsmurf April 2 2007, 21:55:48 UTC

I don't disagree at all, and that may well be the government's intent. but I do think they are moving more and more towards a capitalistic economy, and the more capitalistic they become, the harder it will be for the government to control the populace.

Its kind of interesting, really: we move closer to communism, and they move closer to capitalism.

One way or another, they have us by the short hairs. not a good situation.

Re: on china melvin_udall April 2 2007, 23:38:39 UTC

All pretty much agreed.

My worry is that the Chinese populace is the result of 5,000 years of a civilizations that does not place the same value on freedom or life that we do.

We'll see.