I get too nervous to go on dates so I always cancel chat & forums.

Boy is this off topic

Can you Americans do anything without booze...If you're going to use that method then you might as well throw in some Pot/Crack/Acid and you won't even remember the date...if you do call me I want to watch for educational purposes only.Trust me...you don't need alcohol unless you really want an anxiety attack to get therapy...just work on the relaxation and use some humor.

Is it normal to get really nervous? How can I control it? I sometimes just think I'm so nervous because hes not the right one and I'm wasting my time.
Pretty sure that means I'll be single forever.... this is frustrating to me.

The environment online encourages a 'NEXT' mentality, perhaps there is a power thing behind it too for good measure.

The money we send Israel every year could easily finance health care for our entire nation.

Expenditures in the United States on health care surpassed $2.2 trillion in 2007, more than three times the $714 billion spent in 1990, and over eight times the $253 billion spent in 1980.

Israel has been trying to pick a fight with Iran for many, many, many years. It would serve them right if they finally pull the trigger and no one ... especially not the US ... comes to their rescue.

Most of what horses need to be able to do to survive "in the wild" (like there is actually much "wild" left in NA) comes naturally, even for domestic horses, and predators capable of taking down a horse are, let's just say, not particularly common in "wild" NA anymore.

Does the entertainment value, or any particular person's to compete, actually justify that?

It changes the fact that you are pulling desperate, hopelessly wild tangents out of your ass because you got your ass kicked, how?

"If you were one of those people who are SO incredibly desperate and hopelessly untalented as to go searching back through almost 2 years of posts and even other websites in order to pull some wild, off-topic tangent out of your ass..."

I'm on vacation so I have a reason to have lots of extra time on my hands, what's your excuse for having the time to sift through posts going back to more than 2 years?

couldn't find any quotes from Mahmoud on Aljazeera, did find a few stories on the zionists slaughter of the Palestinians in Gaza, also an interesting headline: US politician urges sabotage in Iran.

"The establishment of the Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world," the president told a conference in Tehran on Wednesday, entitled The World without Zionism.

"The skirmishes in the occupied land are part of a war of destiny. The outcome of hundreds of years of war will be defined in Palestinian land," he said.

"As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map," said Ahmadinejad, referring to Iran's revolutionary leader Ayat Allah Khomeini.

I very clearly stated that my only interest was to "balance the coin", to be certain that there was someone to expose the mess that so many want to sweep under the rug.

The right you are talking about is a right that is due all peoples on the planet, it is not the exclusive privilege of only one or a few.

I accept the Palestinian right to a homeland and a two-state solution.

'I had to duck enough IDF rounds while there to have a, well, somewhat more realistic picture of it than most natural-born North Americans '

'I have, for several years, Army to be exact and in the Canadian Army, also for several years and a tour as a UN peacekeeper on the Golan (where the IDF likes to shoot and bomb peacekeepers with uncanny regularity).'

'I too have been there, in a military capacity with UNTSO. Except the only people who took pot-shots at me weren't Arab or Palestinian, they were IDF and acting under orders.'

Yeah, whatever dude.

Actually, I have, for several years, Army to be exact and in the Canadian Army, also for several years and a tour as a UN peacekeeper on the Golan (where the IDF likes to shoot and bomb peacekeepers with uncanny regularity).

Considering you are writing this on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, you should have a bit more shame and respect for members of both forces. Your disrespect for the members of the Canadian Forces is despicable and not worthy of comment. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Let me apologize to current and former members of the CF,

I'm twenty years Army, eight of them Airborne with four tours of the ME, last one during the Gulf War. Misunderstanding accepted.

Of course, I don't realy expect you to get all that.

were starting to get a bit of insight into where the behaviour that got our airborne regiment got shut down comes from. 2 Commando, perhaps?

Your comments remind me of the ignorant *sswipe thugs that infected 2 Commando, resulting in the disbanding of CAR

As for our dear little Fannie (or is that Packer?), I have no intention of indulging his wild little off-topic tangents that he's pulled out of his ass just because he's trying to distract from getting his ass kicked on the topic under discussion so, all I have to say on that is: suck it up big boy.

At least I have proof that I can get laid.

I had to duck enough IDF rounds while there to have a, well, somewhat more realistic picture of it than most natural-born North Americans

Once again you misunderstand (quelle surprise)

I'm not going away, I just won't get tired of giving you a butt-whuppin'.

Define 'right to exist?'

P.S. I'm on vacation and will be for another 2 months. I'm not the least bit tired and your use of abject stupidity as a debating strategy won't wear me down in the least.

Even a 6th grader could understand that I asked him to clarify what he meant by "Israel"

Israel has a right to exist.

Mungojoe

Do you mean Israel as a nation in the usual definition of a specific geographic region with more or less defined boundries containing a self-governing community of people (regardless of who is "running the show" whether they are jewish, muslim, christian, etc.)?

Geez Fannie, you change your "contention" more often than my dear Aunt Emma changes her Depends.

I have, for several years, Army to be exact and in the Canadian Army, also for several years and a tour as a UN peacekeeper on the Golan (where the IDF likes to shoot and bomb peacekeepers with uncanny regularity).

"The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches did not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him."

Do I really need to repeat them ONE MORE TIME (with ever more emphasis)?

Nasser: "We will not accept any...coexistence with Israel...Today the issue is not the establishment of peace between the Arab states and Israel....The war with Israel is in effect since 1948"

More Nasser: "As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence."

And More: "Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel. The Arab people want to fight"

Syria: "Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united....I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation"

Iraq: "The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. This is our opportunity to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear -- to wipe Israel off the map"

Yes, I do... from generals and leaders, heroes of the War of Independence... and they all contradict your assertion.

Excuse me dear but...

The Straits of Tiran was open from 1957 to 1967 and for the two years prior to 1967 it was not used by Israeli flagged ships, Israeli strategic supplies were delivered to its Mediterranean ports. Foreign flagged ship were not blocked during this period nor specifically after the 1967 closing.

Uh oh, there goes that reading problem again...

The Arabs would have just turned and gone home. Explained to their people that the Jews aren't that bad after all? Come now Mungo.
Mungojoe

I'll repeat, with bolding this time...

Not "could" or "do" but, "DID". A 'straight-up-pants-down-whuppin''.

Mungojoe

When were you there, what was your job, where were you stationed and can you tell us some of these incidents where Peacekeepers on the Golan were shot and bombed with uncanny regularity?

I haven't, but perhaps you have. The biggest profiteer is the one who controls which denomination oil is traded in. The value of the USD is tied to the value of oil.

No Israeli flagged ship had traversed the Straits of Tiran in the previous two years. All of Israel's strategic materials delivered by sea were delivered to their Mediterranean ports.

Beyond that, you are stretching the definition of "No aggressive action by the armed forces - land, sea, or air - of either Party shall be undertaken, planned, or threatened against the people or the armed forces of the other" beyond the breaking point.

I'll repeat the in context quote for you again. Maybe you can understand them this time.

But the real kicker in this is your complete and utter failure to acknowledge the following admissions by the Generals and leaders of Israel itself that the line you are spewing was and is utter BS.

Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser's radio station Voice of the Arabs spoke in Hebrew.

"We have nothing for Israel except war - comprehensive war... marching against its gangs, destroying and putting an end to the whole Zionist existence... every one of the 100 million Arabs has been living for the past 19 years on one hope - to live to die on the day that Israel is liquidated."

NONE OF THEM actually believed that Israel was actually under any threat of attack.

And you know what else dude, I've actualy read the armistice agreement. It don't say squat about Israeli access to the Strait of Tiran or the Suez. Both of these waterways are within Egyptian territory, that kind of gives them an element of sovereignty, hmmm?

Interesting, no where in there is any mention of an actual Egyptian attack.

2. No aggressive action by the armed forces - land, sea, or air - of either Party shall be undertaken, planned, or threatened against the people or the armed forces of the other;

3. The right of each Party to its security and freedom from fear of attack by the armed forces of the other shall be fully respected.

How about this timeline?

Egypt reiterates its request the UNEF forces withdraw for their own protection in the event of an IDF attack as indicated in the Soviet intelligence report. "The armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria are poised on the borders of Israel ...

You may notice that I also included many of those statements you listed except, I didn't take them out of context. Isn't it amazing how the story starts to change when seen in their proper context?

I can, you know. I can do it all day... and loving it.

The US created and funded the Mujhideen

how did I know to mention it? You seem to forget that many of these incidents haven't been well kept secrets (kind of hard to do when you cause indiscriminate civilian casualties in the process). I do truly like your uncanny ability to assume others cannot know those things which you know nothing about.

when that bulldozer is there to steal land or crush civilian protesters? Even the circumstance you described does not make it a "war zone".

comments remind me of the ignorant *sswipe thugs that infected 2 Commando, resulting in the disbanding of CAR

the Israeli War of Independence, every single war except the '73 Yom Kippur War was intiated by Israel.

the '56 Suez Crisis, it was Israel who did the attacking.

the '67 6 Day War and the subsequent occupations (some of which still continue today), it was Israel who did the attacking.

May 17: Cairo Radio's Voice of the Arabs: "All Egypt is now prepared to plunge into total war which will put an end to Israel."

May 18: Voice of the Arabs announces: "As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is a total war which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence."

May 18: Nasser announces blockade of Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea, severing Israel's southern maritime link to the outside world. Israel considers the closure an act of war. (US President Lyndon Johnson later says: "If a single act of folly was more responsible for this explosion than any other it was the arbitrary and dangerous announced decision that the Straits of Tiran would be closed.")

May 20: Syria's defence minister (now president) Hafez el-Assad says: "Our forces are now ready not only to repulse the aggression but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united ..."

May 27: Nasser: "Our basic objection will be the destruction of Israel. "

May 30: Nasser : "The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel."

My 31: Egyptian newspaper Al Akhbar reports: "Under terms of the military agreement signed with Jordan, Jordanian artillery, co-ordinated with the forces of Egypt and Syria, is in a position to cut Israel in two ..."

May 31: Iraqi President Rahman Aref announces: "This is our opportunity to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear--to wipe Israel off the map."

The War of Attrition was merely a continuation of this war started by Israel.

The '73 Yom Kippur War would never have started if not for the continued, unrelenting occupation of Palestinian, Syrian and Egyptian territory that resulted from Israel's war of aggression in '67.

In the '78 invasion of Lebanon, it was Israel who did the attacking.

In the '82 invasion of Lebanon and the subsequent 8 yr occupation, it was Israel that did the attacking.

This "Oh, we're constantly under attack" BS might fly if THE MAJORITY of the wars had not actualy been started by Israel or Israel at least returned to its '67 borders WITHOUT continuing its strangle-hold over Palestinian civilians IN THEIR OWN LAND. Of course, they have refused to do that for over 40 years, all due to the strangle-hold that the radical zionists have on the Israeli gov't.

The Israeli gov't and the radical zionists who control it bear every bit as much blame as the Arab nations and more so than the Palestinians in the occupied territories.

You act like the Israelis have no right to their own land, have no provocation to retaliate, no history of threat by militant groups...it's all one way in your world. Stop pontificating that anti-Israeli propaganda to me. Save it for the group that's eager to jump on your bandwagon. I'll walk....

Did you even read what you responded too or are you simply unable to comprehend it?

And what about when it happens simply because some radical zionist group wants their land for their own little plush, gated community?

What about when it occurs while stealing someone else's farm simply because their farm happens to be where you want to put your new settlement?

Oh, and the occupied territories are hardly a "war zone"

(I'm seeing definite hints of 2 Commando *sswipes in these lines).

You mean a "rational" democracy that covets the land of others, invades nations, occupies their land and kills their people?

You mean a "rational" democracy that places bombs under its enemies beds and blows up innocent men, women and children in the process?

You mean a "rational" democracy that steals the land of others for its own use, denies them their living and bulldozes their homes even when the family is still inside?

You mean a "rational" democracy that crushes people with tanks and heavy equipment, that bombs schools and hospitals, that shoots children in the head?

You mean a "rational" democracy that covets the land of others, invades nations, occupies their land and kills their people?

You mean a "rational" democracy that places bombs under its enemies beds and blows up innocent men, women and children in the process?

You mean a "rational" democracy that steals the land of others for its own use, denies them their living and bulldozes their homes even when the family is still inside?

You mean a "rational" democracy that crushes people with tanks and heavy equipment, that bombs schools and hospitals, that shoots children in the head?

You mean a "rational" democracy that covets the land of others, invades nations, occupies their land and kills their people?

Here are some highlights that go beyond "spare parts".

Well I don't have a list, but I can give you some of the timeline.

Still think the US government had little involvement in arming Iraq?

BERGEN: This is one of those things where you cannot put it out of its misery.

The story about bin Laden and the CIA -- that the CIA funded bin Laden or trained bin Laden -- is simply a folk myth. There's no evidence of this. In fact, there are very few things that bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and the U.S. government agree on. They all agree that they didn't have a relationship in the 1980s. And they wouldn't have needed to. Bin Laden had his own money, he was anti-American and he was operating secretly and independently.

The real story here is the CIA didn't really have a clue about who this guy was until 1996 when they set up a unit to really start tracking him.

If you had read the whole page, you might have seen the following:

The full extent of these transfers is not yet known, and details do not appear in the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, which relies entirely on open sources.

The list does not include chemical weapons, either.

Soooo ... then maybe if there are groups of people currently committing holocausts on other neighboring peoples ... they might eventually be forced to not only stop the killings ...

... but might also actually be held responsible and might have to not only offer an apology but also reparations?

"Absolutely, we will be pursuing reparations from companies that have historical ties to slavery and engaging all parties to come to the table," Dennis C. Hayes, interim president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said yesterday at the group's 96th annual convention here.

"Many of the problems we have now including poverty, disparities in health care and incarcerations can be directly tied to slavery."

As Germany and other interests that profited owed reparations to Jews following the holocaust of Nazi persecution, America and other interests that profited owe reparations to blacks following the holocaust of African slavery which has carried forward from slavery's inception for 350-odd years to the end of U.S. government-embraced racial discrimination.