Replies to post #3511 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[F6]

göt·ter·däm·mer·ung or Göt·ter·däm·mer·ung (g¼t”…r-d²m“…-r¾ng”, g÷t”…r-dµm“…-r‹ng”) n. A turbulent ending of a regime or an institution: “The nation had been flirting with forms of götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolution” (Lance Morrow). [After Götterdämmerung, an opera by Richard Wagner : German Götter-, genitive pl. of Gott, god (from Middle High German got, from Old High German; see gheu(…)- below) + German Dämmerung, twilight (from Middle High German dëmerunge, from Old High German demerunga, from demar, twilight).]
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gheu(…)-. Important derivatives are: god, giddy.
gheu(…)-. To call, invoke. Suffixed zero-grade form *ghu-to-, “the invoked,” god. a. GOD, from Old English god, god; b. GIDDY, from Old English gydig, gidig, possessed, insane, from Germanic *gud-igaz, possessed by a god; c. GöTTERDäMMERUNG, from Old High German got, god. a, b, and c all from Germanic *gudam, god. [Pokorny ªhau- 413.]

-- from the American Heritage Dictionary (some of the pronunciation symbols don't copy correctly)

[ej64]

Poking holes in F6' Hero

"Of course, incompetence and corruption are hardly the monopoly of the Republican Party. Moreover, I hold out little hope that either the Democrats or the Greens could actually do much at this point to avert the impending collapse of the American Empire." LOL

1. Steal an election. Bush won because the courts ruled that he did. I see that your Hero from Germany despises our Courts.

2. Place criminals and human rights violators in prominent policy-making positions. "...the United States became the first country in history to be convicted of international terrorism in a world court tribunal..." Uh, yeeeaaahh, and that "world tribunal was comrised of ... anybody?

3. Facilitate a terrorist attack on the US in order to consolidate political power. F6 you disgust me for spreading crap like that.

4. Lie to the American people and the world in order to justify the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation. Uh-huh.

5. Undermine the system of international law by proclaiming the validity of a policy of pre-emptive attack. Actually, international law demanded that Iraq be invaded for breaking its peace treaties with the international community. Not invading would have been appeasement, and as WWII showed, appeasement does not satiate a dictator.

6. Use weapons that kill indiscriminately - i.e., "weapons of mass destruction" - in the invasions of both Afghanistan and Iraq. Laughable, utterly laughable. We spend billions of dollars using "smart" weapons to avoid killing people who supported the 9/11 terrorists and that becomes indiscriminate killing? LOL Clinton drops tons of DU around the world -- Iraq included -- and no one (not even your Hero) objected.

7. Subvert the US Constitution. You shouldn't rely on German interpretation of the US Constitution schlubb. The Constitution specifically allows for Presidential powers like Executive Orders to prevent the other branches of Government from de-nutting the Office of the President.

8. Undermine the US economy through unwise tax cuts and vastly increased government borrowing. Uhm, capitalism prescribes tax-cuts and massive spending during recessionary economic times. Of course, your German Hero hates capitalism -- he prefers a government that always raises taxes and spending in any time.

[BondGekko]

F6 with that garbage you really are revealing a lot about yourself

[F6]

all -- just pulling threads together, as usual -- further to the post linked in the post to which this post is a reply (. . .), the (justly infamous) Cigar Aficionado interview of Tommy Franks is at http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=13899299