Comments on: Debates http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:14:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Frank http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5811 Frank Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:42:06 +0000 http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5811 Bruno: Are you sure you're not confusing him with Candidate/President David Palmer in 24? I keep thinking of him while watching the series. The other person he resembles is JFK with his positive empowerment message. Another reason to be concerned. Mrne: No, polarization has always been there, but it has been at it's highest levels over the past years. And opposing opinions are good since they keep each other in check. But I think the extreme polarization we have seen has prevented any dialogue between the two sides. That needs to be resolved. It raises a good question as to whether the US should be the policemen of the world due to their military power. And what would the world be like with a reduced US military? What would the US be like with all that money saved from the reduction in military spending? Bruno: Are you sure you’re not confusing him with Candidate/President David Palmer in 24? I keep thinking of him while watching the series. The other person he resembles is JFK with his positive empowerment message. Another reason to be concerned.

Mrne: No, polarization has always been there, but it has been at it’s highest levels over the past years. And opposing opinions are good since they keep each other in check. But I think the extreme polarization we have seen has prevented any dialogue between the two sides. That needs to be resolved.

It raises a good question as to whether the US should be the policemen of the world due to their military power. And what would the world be like with a reduced US military? What would the US be like with all that money saved from the reduction in military spending?

]]> By: Mrne http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5726 Mrne Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:07:45 +0000 http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5726 typo: "went" should be "when" sorry typo: “went” should be “when”

sorry

]]> By: Mrne http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5725 Mrne Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:06:50 +0000 http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5725 Polarized? Was there ever a time in the US went there wasn't polarization? Does any nation's foreign policy (as a whole) stem from anything other than self-interest -- in the overt as well as the covert methods? Who benefits from the American military industrial complex? Polarized?
Was there ever a time in the US went there wasn’t polarization?

Does any nation’s foreign policy (as a whole) stem from anything other than self-interest — in the overt as well as the covert methods?

Who benefits from the American military industrial complex?

]]> By: Bruno http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5724 Bruno Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:11:27 +0000 http://chicagomontreal.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/debates/#comment-5724 I did catch part of it and I'm still liking Obama a lot. Interestingly, I tried this thing and I'm spot on Obama: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119939661834265699.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news As an aside, I don't want to sound pessimistic but every time I see him talk I fear for his safety. I hope everything turns out OK. I did catch part of it and I’m still liking Obama a lot. Interestingly, I tried this thing and I’m spot on Obama:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119939661834265699.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news

As an aside, I don’t want to sound pessimistic but every time I see him talk I fear for his safety. I hope everything turns out OK.

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