Thread: What the U. S. is not telling the world.

Originally Posted by Deltacamelately

Ben,

Are you angry?

Not at all, why do you ask?

Originally Posted by bigross86

Not at all, why do you ask?

Just curious. Why is Yella still in one piece?

The Colonel called dibs. Something involving Yellow bent over, a shotgun, a boot and a deer. I really, really don't wanna know....

... and then he complains about bad knees.

Originally Posted by Doktor

... and then he complains about bad knees.

Yella too has a knee problem?

Originally Posted by Deltacamelately

Yella too has a knee problem?

Yes , whenever in my presence .

Originally Posted by Doktor

... and then he complains about bad knees.

Leave me out of this. Those are the Colonel's plans...

Originally Posted by bigross86

Leave me out of this. Those are the Colonel's plans...

I was talking about the Col.

No, I'm the one with the bad knees

Originally Posted by TopHatter

The Internet is crammed with "why does/doesn't the U.S. do <fill in the blank>" philosophers like you. It's almost a spectator sport watching you and your crowd chewing up bandwidth with a thousand "What, Why, How" questions about the U.S. and it's actions and intentions.

In your view of the world, the United States is alternately all-powerful or a helpless paper tiger. It's either evil beyond measure or a force for good that doesn't do enough. It's presidents are either impotent and incompetent or mere minutes away from seizing domestic dictatorial power, but only after masterminding atrocities like September 11th against their own people as a pretext to seize even more power, wealth and resources abroad.

Oh yeah, and paragraphs. They're a wonderful thing. Not to mention a coherent "train of thought" instead of aimless rambling.

Actually, I didn't know you were going to read my post, so how was I to know, how I should express myself? I wasn't exactly writing for any special reason. It was a general expression, not a particular one.

Originally Posted by AdityaMookerjee

The U. S. is unable, or incapable of telling the world certain facts. Which is mainly, that if they see their existence in threat, by other people or nations, then they will try to destroy the threat. And, the same is true, of other people or nations also. Why this talk about good and evil? Who is incapable of understanding here? You have to tell each other, 'This is evil', in order to do what? This doesn't have to do with the concept of 'God' or does it? I believe in God completely, and I don't need any idiocy on my part, to motivate myself to do anything. What is unsettling to the U. S.? That Darwin didn't understand, a person with a weapon can kill thirty people? What is the U. S. trying to do? The Syrian regime is not good, why? What does the Syrian regime have to do with the U. S.? The U. S. would destroy a nation, who would be a threat to it, and it professes empathy with the loosing party in a conflict? Why? Is the President a moron?

Would you agree that the bolded bit in there makes it specific rather than general ?

This is proabably a fool's errand but what were you reading or listening to that lead you to this conclusion.

Originally Posted by AdityaMookerjee

Actually, I didn't know you were going to read my post, so how was I to know, how I should express myself?

I'm sure everyone on the board has been dying to know the answer to this: Then why are you posting?

Originally Posted by AdityaMookerjee

I wasn't exactly writing for any special reason. It was a general expression, not a particular one.

Then start a blog of your own somewhere else.

Aside from the comedic value, this isn't the place for stream-of-consciousness rambling that you're not expecting anybody to read.

That, by definition, is what a blog is for.

Word Press and alikes don't have "Paragraph check" - something you do with his posts in a very pedantic way.

Originally Posted by Doktor

Word Press and alikes don't have "Paragraph check" - something you do with his posts in a very pedantic way.

Paragraphs, in this case, are far more about sheer readability (in this case, a lack thereof) than a slavish insistence to grammatical correctness.

This is doubly true when you're dealing with a rambling incoherent stream-of-consciousness fire hose of thought.