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Old 01-20-2005, 18:58 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Russian arms are good but I nevertheless I think that China wants western Arms. Look at her commercial planes. China buys Western planes though Russian planes are vastly cheaper. Just drop the embargo and you will see how China scrambles for western military hardware....Russian planes are awesome but avionics are not on a par with western planes.. And why is China pushing for the embargo to be lifted if they are not keen to get their hands on western arms? Russia has been selling its arms to China for decades but the US never protested and you know what noise America makes when America feels that their interests are being threatened.Why then the protest? Because they feel that Western Arms in the hands of China are more dangerous than Russian arms..That's just my opinion...
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Old 01-20-2005, 19:42 PM   #17 (permalink)
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And here are my answers:...
Of the ones he answered I got 12 yes answers.

Here's the scoring rubric in case anyone else wants to see were their scores fit in:

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11-15 Yes Answers: If you scored this high, you should be comfortable at the Democratic Underground.
16-20 Yes Answers: Hello "Reality Based Community", good-bye reality!
21-40 Yes Answers: Hello Noam Chomsky, Ted Rall, & Norman Mailer. When people talk about the "loony left," they mean you!
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Old 01-20-2005, 20:22 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Which means Lull is still in touch with reality, and is not considered the "looney left." He still has potential.
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Old 01-20-2005, 21:06 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Which means Lull is still in touch with reality, and is not considered the "looney left." He still has potential.
Don't fool yourself. The only reason lulls not in the loony bin is because none of the institutions will have him.
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Old 01-20-2005, 21:09 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Which means Lull is still in touch with reality, and is not considered the "looney left." He still has potential.
I think he would have gotten to 16 if he answered all the questions. There were a lot of "Who Cares?" in there.
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Old 01-20-2005, 23:52 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Man this questionaire was fit for your ol buddy "Norman" ......With some questions teetering on the brink of......Is man descended from Ape...and if you said NO you'd be burned at the Stake!

anyway....for simple humble cheese pumpin country folk.....I guess this was a reverse psycology ( treason detection ) type exam.....with a major blessing from the dept. of homeland cheese!......

Well if anyone here got real balls, then come to my website:

www.athiests.org

And let me show ya how to rip apart the fundo right!... god-damn Gospel, Preachin, book and the rattlesnake! the whole 9 yards!....errr....that includes unevolved mouzlums here aswell As a matter of fact I got a whole chapter devoted to their desecration!

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Old 01-21-2005, 04:08 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Nothing can be far fetched now that we know that these Neo-con thugs and their sponsoring thugs (republicans) lied to the American ppl about each and every single reason to go to war against Iraq!
That would not be totally true.

The rationale was given as simplistically as could be done for the common man to understand. High flauntingly philosophical justification would not have been understood.
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Old 01-21-2005, 04:26 AM   #23 (permalink)
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China buys Western planes though Russian planes are vastly cheaper.
Russian planes are dual purpose i.e. civil as also can be modified as bombers. They are very heavy and they are fuel guzzlers.

They are wonderful for military purposes, but not for being commercially viable. That is why no country buys them for commercial purposes.

One of the reasons why it is expensive to maintain troops in Siachen is that it is transported by planes bought from the Soviet Union.

The plus point is that they are rugged, are 'soldier proof' and has excellent on maintainability.
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Man this questionaire was fit for your ol buddy "Norman" ......With some questions teetering on the brink of......Is man descended from Ape...and if you said NO you'd be burned at the Stake!

anyway....for simple humble cheese pumpin country folk.....I guess this was a reverse psycology ( treason detection ) type exam.....with a major blessing from the dept. of homeland cheese!......
I think Leader just utilized a way to get some straight answers from you, aside from your repetative rambling of anti-Bush and Christian fundo sloganry, to see where you actually stood on things. I thought it rather clever until you reduced it to a "trick answer" questionnaire. Maybe no one will ever know, maybe not even you. Still a good try though.
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Man this questionaire was fit for your ol buddy "Norman" ......With some questions teetering on the brink of......Is man descended from Ape...and if you said NO you'd be burned at the Stake!

anyway....for simple humble cheese pumpin country folk.....I guess this was a reverse psycology ( treason detection ) type exam.....with a major blessing from the dept. of homeland cheese!......

Well if anyone here got real balls, then come to my website:

www.athiests.org

And let me show ya how to rip apart the fundo right!... god-damn Gospel, Preachin, book and the rattlesnake! the whole 9 yards!....errr....that includes unevolved mouzlums here aswell As a matter of fact I got a whole chapter devoted to their desecration!
Your site doesn't seem to work. Did you forget to pay your hosting this month?
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Old 01-21-2005, 18:19 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Your site doesn't seem to work. Did you forget to pay your hosting this month?
Of course not. Its a right wing conspiracy.
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Old 01-21-2005, 20:50 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Of course not. Its a right wing conspiracy.
He better watch out after they shut down your website you might have an "accident."
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Old 01-21-2005, 23:04 PM   #28 (permalink)
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[QUOTE=lulldapull]Man this questionaire was fit for your ol buddy "Norman" ......With some questions teetering on the brink of......Is man descended from Ape...and if you said NO you'd be burned at the Stake!

anyway....for simple humble cheese pumpin country folk.....I guess this was a reverse psycology ( treason detection ) type exam.....with a major blessing from the dept. of homeland cheese!......

Well if anyone here got real balls, then come to my website:

www.athiests.org

And let me show ya how to rip apart the fundo right!... god-damn Gospel, Preachin, book and the rattlesnake! the whole 9 yards!....errr....that includes unevolved mouzlums here aswell As a matter of fact I got a whole chapter devoted to their desecration! [/quote]



Wow,a real Bible thumping atheist,just for me?? You take your faith seriously,Lull..... Who would charge you with treason? They won't think you are capable of it..Think I am gonna add you to my buddy list..You give this site a touch of innocence.. This is one of the times I wish for the return of the Soviet Union..Y'all could bring him up here for re education...
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Why is it better to be an Atheist "fundo"?
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Why is it better to be an Atheist "fundo"?
Less work. All that believing is mentally stressful.
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