Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Male shortstied » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:42 pm

Firts it was: Côte d'Ivoire, then Tunisia, then Egypt, & now Libya, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Yemen; Are all countries that are experiencing unrest & uprisings. Now because of this there all saying that gas prices will be soring to $3.00 a gallon & over.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Appleguy224 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:31 pm

God doesn't need to help us over soaring gas prices, these movements are pro democracy, they are good for the United States, the only thing God needs to help us with is to help the protestors overthrow SOBs like Gadafhi and ahmadinajad and replace them with more US friendly people

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Chris12 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:04 pm

Good maybe now all those lunatics will be replaced with leaders who are actually good.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Kyle » Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:22 pm

I don't want gas prices to go up any more than anyone else, but when we'd rather have people of other countries living under brutal dictators so we can have (relatively) cheap gas we don't deserve the freedom we have. This is assuming these countries' situations actually improve. Tunisia looks to be improving. I'm not convinced Egypt will be better off than they were before in the long run. I don't think it can get much worse in Libya so they have nothing to lose.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Joker21 » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:56 pm

hey c'mon! u sat there and talk about our people just about how Gas prices would change? while people are dying on streets!!!? anyhow u're yankies :quirk: i can understand what was ur purpose but include that there are people fighting for their freedom and there have been sacrifices! and that's not fair just to talk about how it will be bad or good for USA!i really wish we can replace them with good leaders too,not of course some friendly American "uncle sam" but our own chosen leaders...got it?
and i'm in Iran "not yet freed"

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Wed Feb 23, 2011 8:29 pm

Chris12 wrote:Good maybe now all those lunatics will be replaced with leaders who are actually good.


I wish I could believe this was likely Chris, but I doubt the leaders that finally wind up in power will be good either for American/European interests or for the welfare of the people they will govern. It could happen, but judging from recent history I doubt this very much. Anti-western Islamic interests are sure to play an active role in many of these places, for a start; and our respective nations haven't won many friends in this part of the world lately either with all the anti-Muslim rhetoric and all.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby vegas9191 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:04 pm

dont you find it odd when people say something like "god bless america". i didnt know that "god" was american.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:09 pm

vegas9191 wrote:dont you find it odd when people say something like "god bless america". i didnt know that "god" was american.


Ummm... whether or not this is even on-topic, IMHO your statement is a non sequitur.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby vegas9191 » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:19 pm

that was to apple guy.. i dont know how to do that box thingy u did to my comment.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:04 pm

Ah. Got it. :D Now that makes sense to me.
As for the box thingy, if you want to do the same thing in the future, just go to the post you wish to copy into said box and hit that post's quote button. This will copy the quote inside a new reply box for yourself to add your comment to. I usually delete all but the part of the quote I want to keep - especially if it's a long post, but that's not necessary (though it helps to attract special attention to the part you are interested in if it IS a long one if you do that) If you crop like that thoug, don't delete the word quote or its brackets that are found at the beginning and ending of that quote or it won't appear in a separate box. Hope that helps.
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby vegas9191 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:13 am

ahh thats cool. thanks for the tip ;) i appreciate it.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Appleguy224 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:06 pm

vegas9191 wrote:that was to apple guy.. i dont know how to do that box thingy u did to my comment.



well, as a comeback, I say first of all, I believe that God is for all, whatever form he/she/it is, whether it is a real almighty being, or a force of good that exists within us all, I do not defend the phrase "God bless America", that phrase was only invented to help assist in the fight against the so called "anti religious" communists back in the '50s.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:21 pm

Appleguy224 wrote: I do not defend the phrase "God bless America", that phrase was only invented to help assist in the fight against the so called "anti religious" communists back in the '50s.


Please check your history before you make comments like this. The song was written in Irving Berlin in 1918 and popularized in 1938 as a song of peace against Hitler and the rise of Nazism (which is as far from Communism as you can get!). It is not even a Christian song as such, as Berlin was Jewish (and a Russian immigrant not born in the US)
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby vegas9191 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:52 pm

alright i can respect that appleguy. im glad you dont defend that comment, those comments are what makes us hated in the first place you know? i appreciate it apple guy.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Appleguy224 » Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:50 pm

Jason Toddman wrote:
Appleguy224 wrote: I do not defend the phrase "God bless America", that phrase was only invented to help assist in the fight against the so called "anti religious" communists back in the '50s.


Please check your history before you make comments like this. The song was written in Irving Berlin in 1918 and popularized in 1938 as a song of peace against Hitler and the rise of Nazism (which is as far from Communism as you can get!). It is not even a Christian song as such, as Berlin was Jewish (and a Russian immigrant not born in the US)


I meant using god as a united states thing in general, it was only added to money recently (within the last 6 or 7 decades I believe), and I said "the phrase", not "the song"

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:10 am

Appleguy224 wrote: I meant using god as a united states thing in general, it was only added to money recently (within the last 6 or 7 decades I believe), and I said "the phrase", not "the song"


1. The US is far from unique in this regard. Europeans did it for centuries, and the Jews did it in Biblical Times. We are just following a 'time honored tradition' set up by our ancestors.
2. The phrase has appeared on U.S. coin currency since the 1860s
3. My point was that since the song used the phrase, obviously the phrase came first and was not invented solely for the purpose you stated as you said it was.
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Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jay Feely » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:33 pm

The violence in the Middle East can only be stopped if people want to.
We cannot control what happens over there
We can only pray and hope that things over there will settle down.
You will have to subdue me to restrain me. I been a bad boy so make sure you torture me too with anything but pain.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Jason Toddman » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:44 pm

jay wrote:The violence in the Middle East can only be stopped if people want to.
We cannot control what happens over there
We can only pray and hope that things over there will settle down.


I quite agree... especially with the middle part. Our every attempt to control things there only makes things worse there and here and cause more people there (and all around the world) to hate us.
In tryingto make out country safer from terroristsm we've only made te whole world a more dangerous place (airport security, shoe bombers, terrorist attacks... the world is NOT a happier place from our continual interference).
The people who developed Star Trek had a good reason for making up the Prime Directive: which (paraphrased) was - MInd your own damned business. It's because of the basic pinciple of what goes around comes around!
Dare to be different... and make a difference.
To boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before...

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Tied beauty » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:55 pm

And the next country is on the way losing a US-dictator.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby sarwrductan » Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:58 pm

Looking at the libya thing I'm glad we're keeping gadahfi grounded and arresting his violence against the rebellion. And I agree now that's achieved if he wants to stay he's going to have to do some fast work and some fast talking. These people wanted change, not lip service, he's been making promises and not keeping them and living by dictatorial force over his people. I'm hoping this limited military action will allow Libya to now settle its own matters.
Those who walk forward always looking back, don't see that which makes them stumble

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Tied beauty » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:42 pm

sarwrductan wrote:Looking at the libya thing I'm glad we're keeping gadahfi grounded and arresting his violence against the rebellion. And I agree now that's achieved if he wants to stay he's going to have to do some fast work and some fast talking. These people wanted change, not lip service, he's been making promises and not keeping them and living by dictatorial force over his people. I'm hoping this limited military action will allow Libya to now settle its own matters.


I'm sorry to destroy your dream but those military makes it only worse. They attack normal people, they destroy citys. They do the same thing like in iraq and afghanistan.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby Chris12 » Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:13 pm

Tied beauty wrote:
I'm sorry to destroy your dream but those military makes it only worse. They attack normal people, they destroy citys. They do the same thing like in iraq and afghanistan.


They do acording to Khadafi but i wouldn't believe a word he says.

Re: Uprising in the Middle East.

Postby sarwrductan » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:33 pm

May-be there'll be an uprising here in the U.S when people realize how big the healthcare industry is and that the costs to support it are coming out of all our pockets and lessening the kinds of healthcare we're going to be allowed making decisions about us and how to treat us and to get the most from us for doing so......Then again, Food Prices could cause an uprising as well! TIED BEAUTY might be right... yet let me add that Ghadaffi started with brute military force on his own people vowing to be" no mercy." The U.N. just inspired him to stop and think first," in a manner of speaking."
Those who walk forward always looking back, don't see that which makes them stumble