Pave Tibet!

[GlynMeek]

[quote=meat;833165]
Clearly, you have no idea what you're talking about.

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OK...we have now resorted to name calling...ROFL...I am out of this thread...be safe, Meat

G

[GlynMeek]

Originally Posted by meat

Clearly, you have no idea what you're talking about. You've written yourself into quite a corner.

OK, now we have sunken to name calling, tua culpa, I am out of this thread...rofl...be safe, Meat!

Glyn

[casaleenie]

Who's Tibet??????

[meat]

Originally Posted by casaleenie

Who's Tibet??????

I'm willing Tibet if it's a sure thing. What are the odds?

Your pal,
Meat.

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

Meat, Jamo...you can blame an individual President all you like (since MOST presidents (other than George W) have been fairly elected by the MAJORITY of Americans), but it does NOT deny the fact that WE, as the American people, DID boycott an Olympic games, and WE, as the American people, DID use the Olympics for a political agenda. To quote the bible (although this particular set of verses was actually added by a monk in the 9th century!!!!!) ..."let he who is without sin cast the first stone"!

Like it or not, and I happen to agree that Presidents do NOT always expressly act on the wish of the people (e.g. George W), WE, the American people, HAVE used sports repeatedly for political agendas!!!

Blame it on who you like, but WE are in no position to criticize this kind of action...sorry guys, much as I might agree with you on other issues, on this one you're wrong (or at least, historically incorrect!)

Nope...Carter was (and is) the worst President we ever had and I will not accept one damn thing he did as my own.

His was a wrong move, and led to screwing up two Olympics ("THEY" boycotted LA you might recall). That should be a lesson well learned...and not repeated.

Following yours and cdnus' arguments...Munich was an acceptable act of civil disobedience on an international stage.

[392cobra]

Maybe if all those Olympic Torches running around the world weren't such a major cause of Global Warming,the protesters won't be so rightously upset.

[427sharpe]

A picture is worth a thousand words: A 'Debate' Left Wing Style

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slides...9fcdccb86b10d/

[VRM]

I've had some interesting discussions with Chinese on many sides of the fences. Most of it regarded Taiwan/Formosa/ROC, but conversation sometimes strayed to Tibet.
They view the matter as an internal Chinese problem, and nobody outside of their own borders has any business getting involved. It is also irrelevant to them if the people in Taiwan or Tibet do not want to be Chinese. Self determination is not a concept that is easily understood or accepted in the PRC.
There is also some level of dislike by the PRC of the US for our involvement in Tibet back in the 50's.

Steve

[Ron61]

Steve,

There is also some level of dislike by the PRC of the US for our involvement in Tibet back in the 50's.
There is some level of dislike by the PRC of the US for anything you can name. IMHO Tibet isn't worth messing with.

Ron

[427sharpe]

Ron! How COULD you say such a thing!!!
A religious icon adored by Hollywood and the MSM; poor, disadvantaged tribal peoples being opressed by a ruthless regime and absolutely NO strategic U.S. interests add up to a war the left can get behind with gusto (as long as nobody gets hurt)! Same thing in Darfur! These REQUIRE US intervention!
Now, Iraq...
Now THATS different!!!

Its a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD World!!

[powerslide]

Is there any oil in Tibet? That seems to be the litmus test for Dubbya and Dick. If the answer is "yes" we can probably bring the hydrocarbons out, over the Himalayas on the backs of yaks, on a cost effective basis, assuming $4.00 per gallon for gas. Somehow I think we've bitten off enough with Tibet's neighbors in Afghanistan, we don't need anymore "adventures" right now, especially when we are outnumbered, by a couple billion!

[meat]

Originally Posted by powerslide

Is there any oil in Tibet? That seems to be the litmus test for Dubbya and Dick. If the answer is "yes" we can probably bring the hydrocarbons out, over the Himalayas on the backs of yaks, on a cost effective basis, assuming $4.00 per gallon for gas.

Naah. It's only a "litmus test" for liberals who seek to blame others for their incomptence, their lack of leadership, their facist-like power grab that has only resulted in even more exposure for them of being idiots, and their stupidity.

There's nothing more irrelevent, incompetent or immoral than a liberal ... except for a liberal who uses terms like 'Dubbya' or who believes that the only reason anyone should go after something is if oil is involved.

If it were about oil, we would be drilling deep in the U.S.; we've got far more in the way of oil reserves than the rest of world. If it were about oil, we would have long ago removed the EPA. If it were about oil, we would have invaded a certain south american country, rather than run off to the middle east.

It's so cute when a liberal tries to be relevant and pretend he knows what's going on in the world.

Originally Posted by powerslide

Somehow I think we've bitten off enough with Tibet's neighbors in Afghanistan,

Yeah ... that's why we hear about how we're losing in Afghanistan every night, and there's a running tally of the body count of American troops lost in Afghanistan on CNN every night, and ...

Oh, wait. There's not.

Somehow ... you're wrong.

Originally Posted by powerslide

we don't need anymore "adventures" right now, especially when we are outnumbered, by a couple billion!

You have no idea what you're you're talking about. Go back out and hug a tree or hump a baby harp seal or drink a double decaf half caf nonfat whip frappawhippy cheesedog or whatever it is you liberals do.

Your pal,
Meat.

[powerslide]

Meat....take a deep breath!

[powerslide]

I hereby nominate "meat" as the official historian for CC since he is the only one who has accurate knowledge of history....and the rest of us don't know what we are talking about'
Jamo....did you let him out of the 'home again?

[meat]

Originally Posted by powerslide

Meat....take a deep breath!

Why?

Originally Posted by powerslide

I hereby nominate "meat" as the official historian for CC since he is the only one who has accurate knowledge of history

I'm hardly the only one who has an accurate knowledge of history. But, compared to you, I'm more than just a Mensa member; I'm a genius-level historian.

I digress, though. Knowing history has virtually nothing at all to do with the response I made to the post I quoted. Not sure why you'd nominate me for historian.

Originally Posted by powerslide

....and the rest of us don't know what we are talking about'

Yeah ... About that. I'm not sure why you're dragging other people down in your sinking dingy, but there are plenty of people who know what they're talking about. You can speak for yourself, but you certainly don't speak for anyone else.

Your pal,
Meat.

[GlynMeek]

WOW...Meat, please don't take this the wrong way, but you are one pi$$ed off guy about life in general! Do you ever lighten up about ANYTHING? It seems that all the 'rants' in here are like a red rag to a bull for you! We're all 'Dust in the wind" anyhow, and in the long scope of history, nothing really matters THIS much!

Tread carefully up there, it's a long fall from the lofty 'bully pulpit'!

Glyn

[meat]

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

WOW...Meat, please don't take this the wrong way, but you are one pi$$ed off guy about life in general!

Why would I take an inaccurate observation the wrong way? It only shows you for being the fool, not I.

I never write angry.

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

Do you ever lighten up about ANYTHING?

I tolerate you, don't I?

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

It seems that all the 'rants' in here are like a red rag to a bull for you!

Just a couple of notes:
The word "rant" doesn't mean what you think it means, and certainly not in the context that you're using it. If I see an idiotic post, I'll certainly respond to it - being an idiotic post doesn't make it a rant. If I see a topic that needs further clarification, I'll certainly respond to it - being a vague post doesn't make it a rant. If I see a post I disagree with, I'll certainly respond to it - being wrong doesn't make it a rant.

I won't respond with a 'me too!' post, because that's just lame.

Bulls can't see colors, so a red rag generally holds no interest to a bull.

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

We're all 'Dust in the wind" anyhow, and in the long scope of history, nothing really matters THIS much!

You're completely wrong; history matters. It always matters. If it didn't we wouldn't have any use for a small British sports car with a big American V8 in it.

Originally Posted by GlynMeek

Tread carefully up there, it's a long fall from the lofty 'bully pulpit'!

Hardly.

Your pal,
Meat.

[GlynMeek]

Originally Posted by meat

The word "rant" doesn't mean what you think it means, and certainly not in the context that you're using it.

hmmm...well, lets see here. The Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "rant" (and hence MY understanding of it) is as follows...

. v. 1 intr. use bombastic language. 2 tr & intr. declaim, recite theatrically. 3 intr. speak vehemently or wildly. 4 tr & intr. preach noisily
. n. 1 a piece of ranting, a tirade. 2 empty turgid talk

mea maxima culpa, I stand corrected that not everything to which you respond is a rant. In fact, a lot of the posts to which you respond are often far from rants, merely measured opinions which, while being far from idiotic, generally tend to differ from your own somewhat limited perspectives...BUT...I think you have to admit that your OWN responses fall under at least one of the 6, aforementioned definitions of the word "rant", every time .

Just because politically you are a little right of Attila the Hun does NOT necessarily make YOUR opinions and views either sensible or correct!

YOUR pal

Glyn

PS You are obviously bright enough to recognize "a red rag to a bull" as a colloquialism, NOT a literal statement. Anyone with ANY sense realizes this, and that the bull reacts to the motion of the 'rag', NOT the color.

[Jamo]

Meat...three threads-three warnings, bud.

Come on...go find some porn and take a few moments for yourself. You'll feel better.

[meat]

Originally Posted by Jamo

Meat...three threads-three warnings, bud.

I made my point. Don't need no porn.

Your pal,
Meat.