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I question whether he could have the traction he has now had the attack occured this past September

Obviously not. You morons get all spun up with fear if 10 people die 1000 miles away and they look like you. McCain will win in a massive landslide if there's a major terrorist attack between now and the election.



Edited, Apr 8th 2008 5:36am by Smasharoo

It would be a momentus occasion indeed if they were to "endorse" Obama.

Generally they view "deserters" of their religion in a worse light than they do us evil Westerners.

I wish I could be certain that no one is stupid enough to fall for that kind of crap

You haven't spent much time in the states, have you?

What would be really funny is if OBL "endorsed" him and he won anyway. Man, that would make me laugh.

In total, maybe 2 months.

I went to the "Dee Brown and Robert Parish basket-ball camp" near Boston for 2 weeks, when I was 15. It was awesome, I even did a 1-1 with Dee Brown, and barely managed a dribble, let alone a shot. I still got the tee-shirt. The other kids were nice, I got asked if we had TVs in France, and why French people were gay, which almost got me in a fight.

I also did a road trip with my dad from San Fran to Phoenix, via LA, disneyland, zion canyon, grand canyon, death valley, las vegas, etc... Was awesome, but I was like 13, so I couldn't enjoy quite as much as I would now.

And then I went to New-York maybe 10-11 years ago, for a week, and it was absolutely insane. My older brother met this French rap band called IAM who were recording their album in NY. They invited us to their recording studio, and we watched as they recorded stuff, passed the joints and generally messed around. I also went to see the Knicks-Cavs at MSG, when Ewing, and Price were playing. Mark Price, the little white guy? I think that was him...

I also went to Puerto Rico for 2 weeks, though that's not quite the US, though it kinda is, but not really.

And then I'm coming to Chicago in 3 weeks, for a about a week, with my dad again, who, I guess, is quite an americanophile. But even though I've been there a few times, I never really met anyone that I couldn't have found in Europe, in a way. I was either too young to have meaningful discussions, or I was in places that are too cosmopolitan.

Or was that a rethorical question?

You can keep Disneyland and Vegas, but I'd do the rest of that road trip.

The first time I did a deep wall dive I told my mom, "It's just like Bryce Canyon but under water!"

I am not Vince Welnick, for which I am profoundly grateful.

I was fairly certain the OBL capture reveal would have been done last election. However, Rove probably realized that they wouldn't need that to beat Kerry, so they're probably holding onto that trump card until the fall.

While I agree, I found myself asking almost he same thing when everyone played and re-played Dean's obnoxious yell, which pretty much shut him out of the election.

It's a little frightening what could turn an election, and OBL endorsing someone, whether they had Muslim ties or not, would send the nation into a panic.

Wouldn't OBL be out of a job if everyone started liking us suddenly?

Not exactly. It's a combination of things.

But its gone further than this now. The guys like OBL (if he's still alive) and AQ high-command are not really going to turn back now. Their personal cause has stopped being an end to US foreign policy practices, and has become the perpetuation of jihad. Every Muslim country invaded or threatened, every US/Israeli bomb that kills Muslims, all the hawkish talks about bombing Iran and staying in Iraq for 100 years, they all help create volunteers to their cause. They are the best recruitment tools for AQ. The fuel to their propaganda and their West against Muslims" vision of the world.

The day we get world leaders who actually address the real problems, you know, Israel/Palestine, the dictators we support all over the Muslim world, the lack of education and the poverty kept in place by those despots, the failed states, will be the day AQ recruitment starts to dry up.

Well, I would think that their goal is the downfall of Western culture. And it's much easier to keep followers if you've got a leader of that country that is controversial and everyone hates.

I've never done that helicopter tour. I'll have to put that on the list.

Bryce and Zion are pretty similar. I think Zion is more popular.