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Sting, Perhaps it is only since I have more than a basic level understanding of economics that I am able to critique the use of GDP as basis for measurement and don't simply repeat Rumsfeldian red herrings ad nauseum? However, I urge you to stick to the issue. I am not arguing that the US does...

That leaves little work for me to do. The Bush Admin issued an estimate (1/20th the actual cost), which you say is calculated for a specific time frame. Yet, as you admit, no time frame was ever provided. There are only two possible conclusions that can be drawn from this: 1) There was no...

The points above are laden with politically charged rhetoric and completely ignore the US’ role in creating the "insurgency", "terrorists" and even its role in Saddam Hussein's own murderous regime. The article above dismisses your contention about the GDP and I would say fairly successfully...

As the article above correctly points out the GDP is a poor reference point but more importantly, in the context of this thread, it is a red herring. One should not be distracted. Please stick to the issue, which is as follows; The above researchers have found that the war will cost between...

I don't think the "Liberal" NE is what he had in mind.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1706374,00.html

Re: Re: Price of Iraq War: $750 billion - $1.2 trillion I'm not exaclty sure that "peacetime" is an accurate way to categorize the "Cold War" Reagan years, when the US was contending with a superpower. Bush is supposedly (publicly) dealing with Al Qaeda...hardly the USSR...

You are saying that they permitted public sentiment to be directed at others (those countries in which the cartoons were latterly published) but that is notably different than "directing all anger outwards to prevent internal dissent". To make such a claim requires 1) evidence that there were...

It is the second contention that I am interested in. What evidence do you have that we are witnessing an outward redirection of anger, specifically in this case?

Any evidence for that theory, A_W?

nytimes.com/2006/02/08/arts/design/08imag.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

according to Harvard and Columbia University professors. h t t p : / / w w w 2 .gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/cost_of_war_in_iraq.pdf (delete spaces) Of course, this is not meant to put too fine a point on the monetary cost in relation to the human cost.

The only industry more powerful than oil is war.

well, Lay and the chief execs are the focus here. They built a real house of cards there. They cooked the books with their accounting firm and it had everybody fooled, including investment firms. They told people to keep buying stock publicly, Lay purportedly borrowed $70 million cash and...

Prison is imperative, IMO. Again, these are not irrational street crimes with underlying social causes etc. These are highly rationalized and prison would deter pther execs from perceiving corporate crime as a simple cost/benefit analysis. What should the sentence should be? Good question...

The most important part of the Enron Trials is about to begin. The Enron debacle is probably the worst example of financial crime in history, which makes this trial a very important one. Financial and other corporate crimes are generally not like street crime. They're not committed by the...

Interesting. It is imperative to note that this article misinterpretes the debate between isolation and integration in sociological studies of communication technology. This is likely because the author does not properly understand the definition of isolation, which is not limited to...

Technically, propaganda is the dissemination of information specifically for the purpose of influencing public opinion so whether the author is working for the party or not is irrelevant. That also answers your question regarding the Globe and Mail. In this case the article is misleading...

It's sad that anyone thinks military intervention (war) will "solve" terrorism or hatred. Bin Laden would be smiling.

Because the article is clearly conservative propaganda and the conservatives' policies are the least tolerant of any of the parties (see gay marriage, anti-abortion, the war in Iraq, for example). BTW, your article gives me about 50 reasons to vote Liberal (there's more where those came from)...

2 criteria to receive my vote. 1) Party whose ideals and platform do the best to balance beneficial social programs with the economic well-being of the country. 2) Party that would (or would have) remained OUT of the War in Vietna...I mean...Iraq and OUT of the U.S. missile defense program...

That's nothing more than opinion and it is neither capable of contradicting political and scientific expertise, nor is it the opinion of Iraqis. 1) Republican Ron Paul is very left? 2) The Guardian reported the study. It was "undertaken for the [British] Ministry of Defence and seen by The...

Forget what Ted Turner said. It's what the Government Accounting Office (GAO) said it's 2004 "Report to Congressional Members". It's what Republican Sen. Ron Paul (MD) admitted before the US House of Representatives, April 6, 2005; "How much better off are the Iraqi people? Hundreds of...