Exactly. All the money spent on campaigns is worthless to the voter who wishes to be informed. It's all about sound bites and photo ops, but...
Personally, I believe it is simply because we have always been a 2 party system (with certain factions and splinters within those parties), and...
Took the quiz, read the site.....so I'm a libertarian? Who knew???? Actually, I 've always considered myself an independent, slightly right of...
I knew that there was at least one, didn't realize there had been two. I agree with you 100% about the lack of overseas bases. Even at the...
The Soviet Fleet was large, but it is doubtful that it would have seriously challenged the US fleet. The great bulk of the Soviet (now Russian)...
Straight out of Mahan, and entirely true, IMO. Until the technology is developed for aircraft with the capacity of a freighter or tanker, control...
True enough, but with the exception of the Black Plague, WWI & WWII devestated Europe like no other periods in history. The Napoleonic Wars,...
As much as the euros piss me off sometimes, you have to understand what they as nations have been through the last 100 years. 2 devastating wars...
This may be true, but one thing you have to consider is that prior to the rise of the US, there were vast areas of the globe (Western Hemisphere)...
If there was a true EU, economically, politically, and militarily, we would be at war with them within 20 years. At the very least, a "cold war"...
The most obvious sign of this turd's lack of knowledge and/or common sense is the notion that anyone in the military (at least below the paygrade...
League of Nations:NO! Mr. Mussolini, you may NOT invade Ethiopia! Mussolini:But I want to! I must re-create the Roman empire! League:We said...
One thing to keep in mind: Economic power IS military power. England is the best example history gives for this. England was a medium-sized...
Yes, the champ. game Sunday will be on CBS, all others on JP. It is part of the ESPN Full Court package, which I don't have. Dish Network teases...
Putting the UN aside for a moment, as it is a joke unto itself (League of Nations, anyone?), I cannot understand why anyone who has at least a...
Many people didn't want to hear it at the time, but I believe that the collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War is the main reason for all...
Seems like yet one more young person who has chosen to spend her parents' money on an education that will perpare her to contribute nothing to...
Simply put, just because you (meaning anyone), see a flag as symbolizing something in particular, doesn't necessarily make it so. Get a life and...
What, n o Andy Campbell?? :hihi:
I knew a guy from Cal when I was in the Navy named Hebert, and he did the same thing. I also currently have a rep in Longview who is from out...
