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  1. It's not that insignificant and ironically many vote republican traditionally. He knew what he as doing and played it very well (sorry to shatter his White er.. Black er... Inclusive Knight persona ). Fair enough, remove the 'totally' bit from what I said and replace it with largely and I stand by what I said. Regarding the bit in bold, I didn't buy into that anyway or a lot of his other rhetoric. But it doesn't really have much to do with my point anyway. I agree mostly with what you say about him. I think he'll end up just like everybody else once they get in, hence my previous 'Tommy Carcetti' quip. I just think, in terms of votes, he would have had much more to gain by making it far clearer he wasn't a Muslim (perhaps I'm doing the US a disservice there though, I'm just guessing) than the ambiguity/clever manipulation I think you're accusing him of. There aren't that many Muslims in the US. They aren't concentrated in terms of population like the Jewish population in New York which waters down their influence even more. Many US muslims are African-American converts who would have voted for him anyway. The remaining Muslims would surely have tended to favour a Democrat given the last 8 years under Bush and so on. In a way the horrible position he is taking over with the economy in ruins and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq might actually liberate him from some extent from the fate of Carcetti. Blair squandered a lot of his honeymoon period by being cautious - Obama has the chance to avoid this as he taking over in such turmoil I know I'm a idealist old lefty romantic, but I watched his acceptance speech live this morning, and found it moving and inspiring. I actually think it is a great day for America. I hate evangelical born again right wing hate America, but I do think America can be a fantastic inspiring place.
  2. It's funny he's played an interesting game with that. He's denied it enough to wash with the mainstream vote (he isn't, although he has family members that are), but not enough so that the majority of American muslims don't still think he is a muslim too. Well played by him on that one. Thats bollocks obviously, amusing bollocks but bollocks none the less. Nice tactic of saying it often enough to gain currency
  3. But what if Watford offer JFK the job with a three year contract?
  4. unless of course the Republicans steal the election http://www.truthout.org/110308A
  5. Very solid choices - though you are cheating with Sir Terry of H
  6. http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-...nnsylvania.html I think McCain may be in a bit of trouble when the rednecks are voting for the black bloke
  7. Or as fucking freaky. Richard Williams - even Freakier
  8. Given how instrumental Afghanistan was in the US plan to bankrupt the Soviet Union, I'd have tried the best I could to steer well clear. So you'd have just left the Taliban in charge and allowed them to continue training ad infinitum then? Or would you have just nuked Afghanistan to a glass wasteland? (this is exactly what I mean by Obama probably not being able to sort things out tbh) Insofar as no one ever can? Agreed. No problem Obama is a Muslim so he will be able to sort out the Taliban
  9. Is that real? Yup St Louis - he has done a few rallies with redic crowds
  10. This obama fella can pull a crowd in
  11. Given Venison, Woodgate, Albert, Beresford Asprilla, Beardsley, Lee, Ginola Shearer, Ferdinand
  12. he won the championship this year with an inferior car to the Ferrari he had better pace than Alonso last year Alonso is far and away the best pound for pound driver on the current grid seems something of an exageration 'had better pace than Alonso last year' is an exageration - they finished equal on points and, had the FIA not got involved in what was quite clearly a team squabble in Hungary, Alonso would have beaten him. He didn't have better pace than Alonso, it was that he was expected to be destroyed by Alonso and when he wasn't, people assumed he must have had better pace. Suggesting that the McLaren is inferior to the Ferrari is ludicrous btw - the only advantage the Ferrari has is on tyre conservation. If you stuck them all in homogenised cars, Alonso would win IMO closely followed by the pack of Hamilton, Kubica, Vettel, Massa & Barrichello It ws the far and away I was disagreeing with, not if Alonso was better or not. I think it is interesting that Hamilton has won the Championship and only set two fastest laps. Added to that Kovaleinen being consistantly so far off the pace. That gave me the impression the Ferarri was the better package -I could well be wrong
  13. he won the championship this year with an inferior car to the Ferrari he had better pace than Alonso last year Alonso is far and away the best pound for pound driver on the current grid seems something of an exageration
  14. That's the stupidest thing i've ever read. Quality first post.
  15. My glass half full position is that the horribleness of the second half is all due to the number of players who cant be match fit. Beye, Martins, Shola, Spidey Barton Enrique - none of them can be fully up to 90 minutes yet. Shola and Martins have had to come back and play three in a week
  16. Shola won a load in the air in the first half. Sadly his most memorable moment in the second was falling over the ball after finding himself a load of space outside the box
  17. Enrique worries me, he looks terrified to be on the pitch. I take it "The Bull" is from the Zico Martin school of nicknaming
  18. This HAS to be a win game to lose this one will demoralise the players. To lose games on the trot like we are is like running in sand hard as fuck to get anywhere. A win is a step in the right direction to lose is another step towards the championship I think Alex's response was a bit more level headed. To call it MUST WIN suggests we should all just give up if we happen to get a draw. If we cant win this game, then what games DO we have a realistic chance of winning. Thats what makes this a must win
  19. We have to beat WBA. To not get 3 points is unthinkable
  20. There is some terrible advice in this thread. You have two choices. or get some professional help. Seriously you dont have sex, you are both irrationally jealous, you have money issues and you dont communicate. The only way to save this relationship is for you both to decide you want to and get some counselling to provide a structure to do so.
  21. So was this just a wind-up or are we expecting some developements this week
  22. The present only exists as a construct by the brain to enable linear thought
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