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I don't know if your characterization is accurate. Actually, your characterization is wholly inaccurate and inflammatory. Still, I ask again, other than the superficial stat, what makes it racist if certain mosques and individuals were monitered?

Why does that activity warrant being framed as racist, other than the superficial statistics? First off, not all Asians were interned. That's the "race". Secondly, what other statistics are in play: how many interned Japanese were "off-the-boat" versus Italians and Germans? Thirdly, at the time, we were committed to an unconditional victory - war is ugly, and the bullets don't see your skin color. In my opinion, this is irrational revisionism with contemporary political aims. Anyone falling for this is a tool of modern politics.

The same should be told to the race-baiters.

Everything you have ever written is tainted by this horrifically ignorant and biased view of history. Seriously, your contributions to...life...are as significant as a disposed McDonald's cheeseburger wrapper if this is what you see when you review the roots of these wars. And I'm not here to argue the right or wrong of Korea or Vietnam, but these conflicts do not make sense without applying a historical perspective. If you view our involvement in these wars as white Americans being racist, you are not misinformed, you are sick.

The Zimmermann Telegram preceded German submarine activity in the Atlantic. It all happened within a month, but, again, it was: The sinking of the Lusitania Brits (and French) being beat down Random German threats and attrocities Zimmerman Telegram German U-boat operations ...kind of in that order in time that drew us in.

The Zimmermann Telegram helped, but I think the straw the broke the camel's back was the German naval blockade against The UK. We were isolationist prior to our entrance into WWI and were not prepared for any war, let alone a world-wide war. However, being the dirty capitalists we were, we were happy to supply both sides for a while, eventually only supplying allies. Germany sinking our ships and preventing our commerce got the attention of the elites, who, in turn, leveraged the media (newspapers) to rally the USA to enter the war. The transformation of the country from neutral/isolationists to full-out war machine in a year's time was an amazing feat - it, along with essentially the same routine for WWII, are the few historical precedents that give me hope.

This has been out long enough where we can talk. Right? We can talk here... I agree fundamentally with your review, TBPhD. The writing for this movie was pretty much awful. They clearly had a lot to deal with and they totally missed emphasizing the character motivations which would have helped to keep the story more organized and emotional. All of the emotional parts were forced, IMHO, whereas in MoS they worked quite well. They really needed to give Lex Luthor some sort of background and motivation rather than the few bits of oblique dialogue they committed to that end. I liked the look of the movie for the most part. Wasn't turned on by the music, but I wasn't turned off, either. I think the Bale Batman movies had a better look and better score, but not by a whole lot. Again, the script lets this down too much. I do like how Louis Lane was involved throughout the story, using her to humanize Superman. I also like how they introduced the other metahumans and wove WW into the story pretty well. Overall I enjoyed the movie despite the script failings and other things mentioned above, but there is a huge, huge BUT... I did like Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I think he could have been a lot better, again, had the script been competently pieced together. I think I would like him the best of all the film/TV incarnations, excepting "Batman: The Animated Series" which is awesome. I don't not like Bale as Batman, but he always seemed slightly "too much" for me. The BUT lies with how they treated this version of Batman. This Batman was simply not sharp enough. It's like they wanted to turn him more into a Captain America caliber intellect rather than an authentic Batman. Part of what makes Bruce Wayne/Batman a believable super hero is that he is exceptionally clever and brilliant. His animus towards Superman does not make sense - Bruce Wayne being out-thought by this particular Lex Luthor is not believable at all. Batman not picking up on Luthor's deceptions and grasping his plans is very un-Batman like and disappointing. His not listening to Superman before they square off is just out of character - it read totally like they just wanted the big fight scene. Because of these failures, at the end when he's talking with WW, he simply doesn't seem worthy of standing along side the metahumans. They really need to up his cache in the next movie or this movie franchise will bomb, IMHO. Batman needs to be seen as an equal to the other heroes, not a psycho hanger-on. And, yes, Jeremy Irons was definitely the best Alfred.

You folks have such a low opinion of Trump; what do you think of Trump supporters?

So, no one wants to try and make the case that availability of motor vehicles is over the top, and that no one needs trucks to get from point A to point B? I guess we reached the threshold, huh? Everyone wants their vehicle, even though they are inherently dangerous...more dangerous than guns...so we'll all just turn our gaze at some other cause and whistle like we don't notice the hypocrisy. Can't have more regulations on motor vehicles, can we.

We obviously need to clear some space, so this signing instantly makes the rest of the summer interesting.

The trade offer for Fowler will depend on what Vesey does. Obviously, if Vesey signs here, GMTM has more flexibility in his offer.

Book it!

MLK was not even entertaining. He was all, like, serious and no fun. He was religious, too...who wants to look up to that? Now, Mike Tyson...heth a role model. Yeth indeedy.

I think the thread needs to be renamed.

I knew it was all a mistake. ROR would never drive drunk and hit a Timmy Ho's.

Or, sitting in front of a screen on a marvellous Saturday afternoon simply wasn't appealing.

Why can't he go to Barnes and Noble, buy a coffee and browse a few books? What about joining a health club and taking yoga? There would be plenty of pick ups doing those things.

Here you go, tough guy. Warning: video is reality and violent. Training.

The officer kept her pinned to her seat. In the video, like I said, he tells her to keep her hands where he can see them. There's nothing else she can do, really. This is the thing, these incidents are so...not the right word but it helps make the point...so popularized, she's spreading the word. I do understand, that, especially when it seems initially he was only wounded in the arm.

Absolutely. Going through the goals, there's no way to choose one, a lot of them are just so dang pretty. Can't wait until next season.

Maybe. I won't argue that point. I think Sheriff Clarke makes the case plain.

I'm going to leave TBPhD a little present in this thread.

I going to put this here...

This is why GMTM wouldn't hire Enroth back. Tell me that feed from Samson isn't filthy... Also note that this is one of those shots where Jack makes the puck curve in the air. FILTHY Samson, filthy...

Right here, my bachelor comrades, is the secret to a happy life: