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I came across this tidbit in a sunday paper today:
TRUMP LUX FOR IRAQ ENVOY July 15, 2007 -- IRAQ'S ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid al Bayati, likes the high life. Bayati, who's been on the job for just over a year, is said to be living in a $22,000-a-month apartment at Trump World Tower on First Avenue. He's renting while the Iraqi U.N. Mission and official ambassador's residence on East 79th Street undergo a $40 million renovation. Where did the Iraqis get the cash? Newsmax.com reports the U.N. Security Council is paying with funds it once used to finance the now-terminated U.N. Iraq arms inspectors. When asked about the lavish use of the cash, Bayati refused comment. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad shrugged off the Iraqis' lush lifestyle by telling reporters, "$40 million is not a lot of money." According to U.N. documents, the U.S. delegation approved the transfer of the cash from the Security Council to Iraq. All of this comes as the federal Government Accounting Office reported the war in Iraq is costing American taxpayers $12 billion monthly.
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Outwardly and extravagant financial corruption ala The Shah of Iran did back in the day is what I meant by the article, "Curious" George... thought you would rant and rave about the article and the issue of it but instead you attacked me and surprise surprise with name calling of which you accuse me of lol ... and to think that I thought you might have some intelligent comment about the article... boy was I wrong...
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Are so involved in attacking and assaulting you can't recognize humor? I must assume that is a vital part of your assumed NY City nasty attitude and facade. Be assured, I feel no need, and certainly no desire, to attack you. You should give it up.
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Hate to ruin your moment here Mach but Iraqi has no "u" in it. Congratulations for bungling the title like the true champ you are.
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Poooooooorrr mach, he claims, he believes he attacks.....
Like Pavlov's dogs smell and taste food at the sound of a bell, he is trained to see evil opposition and the need to attack at the appearance of certain structured code words.
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quote:Originally posted by Relentless.: Hate to ruin your moment here Mach but Iraqi has no "u" in it. Congratulations for bungling the title like the true champ you are.
That is your contribution and evaluation of the article and it's contents? My spelling? LoL I'd be richer then most millionaires for all the bad spelling on this forum by board members including yourself. Get over it. Geez. If you want to criticize someone's spelling on this board do it to Bgeesuschrist who continously does it.
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quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Poooooooorrr me, I claim,I believe in conspiracies,I accuse others but show no evidence,I attack & I'm always the victim.....
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Hey, mach, aren't you constantly replying to other's post with nasty comments about their spelling and punctuation (most often incorectly) and tearing them down for it while ignoring the substance and reason of their post"?
Yes you are.
And, while I agree that it is a bit insulting and a bit childish, Rel... knows that and played your game for you this time. Congratulate him for the emulation, man. Plagiarism of style is the epitome of recognition.
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quote:Originally posted by Relentless.: I was congratulating you.. You sure are touchy tonight.
Nope, not touchy at all. Just thought we'd discuss a issue about Iraq on this board like adults but instead I get two kids (well one is a old guy but acts like a kid with mental health issues) who rather play because they have no thoughts on this issue. Sad really. Would of liked to see what everyone had to say about the article including Bdgeesuschrist surprisingly enough. Would've of been a interesting discussion of showing how the Gov't we back in Iraq is already showing outwardly financial corruption on our own soil and how that makes us look to other countries around the world. $20,000 per month for a apartment. Geez. War is a good business as they say. So is the oil that goes with it.
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quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Hey, mach, aren't you constantly replying to other's post with nasty comments about their spelling and punctuation (most often incorectly) and tearing them down for it while ignoring the substance and reason of their post"?
Yes you are.
And, while I agree that it is a bit insulting and a bit childish, Rel... knows that and played your game for you this time. Congratulate him for the emulation, man. Plagiarism of style is the epitome of recognition.
Nope never commented on people's spelling in the past nor their punctuation. Just the separation of quotes so that a post is more readable. I could care less about spelling as long as what is being said is clear.
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quote:Originally posted by Relentless.: I was congratulating you.. You sure are touchy tonight.
Nope, not touchy at all. Just thought we'd discuss a issue about Iraq on this board like adults but instead I get two kids (well one is a old guy but acts like a kid with mental health issues) who rather play because they have no thoughts on this issue. Sad really. Would of liked to see what everyone had to say about the article including Bdgeesuschrist surprisingly enough. Would've of been a interesting discussion of showing how the Gov't we back in Iraq is already showing outwardly financial corruption on our own soil and how that makes us look to other countries around the world. $20,000 per month for a apartment. Geez. War is a good business as they say. So is the oil that goes with it.
One of the tricky parts of the english language is remembering to use "an" infront of words that begin with a vowel. Perhaps you didn't know.. Maybe you forgot... I'm not sure of the particulars. I just hope this reminder helps.
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" never commented on people's spelling in the past nor their punctuation."
That's not correct, but I'll assume you have forgotten and don't mean to be misstating.
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quote:Originally posted by Relentless.: I was congratulating you.. You sure are touchy tonight.
Nope, not touchy at all. Just thought we'd discuss a issue about Iraq on this board like adults but instead I get two kids (well one is a old guy but acts like a kid with mental health issues) who rather play because they have no thoughts on this issue. Sad really. Would of liked to see what everyone had to say about the article including Bdgeesuschrist surprisingly enough. Would've of been a interesting discussion of showing how the Gov't we back in Iraq is already showing outwardly financial corruption on our own soil and how that makes us look to other countries around the world. $20,000 per month for a apartment. Geez. War is a good business as they say. So is the oil that goes with it.
One of the tricky parts of the english language is remembering to use "an" infront of words that begin with a vowel. Perhaps you didn't know.. Maybe you forgot... I'm not sure of the particulars. I just hope this reminder helps.
Guess you don't live in NY or most of the Northeast because we don't chat like that. Much like the South and other parts of the country do not speak proper english. Many of us forget what we were taught in English class in High School etc. so I don't really care about such things on a internet forum.
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Did you or did you not make the following statement in this forum on May 21, 2007?
"Please spell correctly if you are going to laugh at me about my own posting."
I have other examples of your crude remarks about other posters spelling punctuatiion, but i won't waste time or the space to cite them exactly. Insulting remarks about misspelling (usually typos). punctuation, idioms and such are your favorite tool of avoiding the actual gist of a debate.
As I have pointed out to you in the past, we all make mistakes and slamming another over grammar amd typos in order to deflect from the heart of their post isn't exactly gentlemanly. It only brings ill feelings. You can do better.
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nowthen.. ontopic i hardly find it a surpise that this is happening. everyone is enjoying the gravytrain while it lasts at the expense of countless lives. i still remember vividly the big meetings in washington just prior to the iraq invasion talking about setting up shop in iraq. companies like coke, mcdonalds, etc. not to mention the oil and defense companies licking thier chops at the mere thought of how much money they were going to make. I recently met a guy who just go back from iraq, he just got a job driving trucks at my company. he spent 2 years driving a water truck making 90,000 per year tax free. he worked for KBR (subsidiary of halliburton) if the same job was done by an army soldier he would get what? 30,000? he had some interesting tales i'll say that.
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If you went through two months of posts to find that example then most likely I had said it. But that is a poor example to use because it indicates that my own post was insulted so I answered with a insult myself. So most likely whom I directed that to was avoiding "the gist of the debate".
I tried to start a post about a serious issue that i read in the papers today and say what you will but you were not "gentlemanly" with your first post and used a insult in the disguise of "humor" to distrupt the thread and you have succeeded at that because we have wasted like 20 + posts trading insults back and forth instead of discussing the article so please do not lecture me about being "gentlemanly" because I was not intending to have a flame fest in this thread not even with you. I honestly wanted to hear your thoughts as well as the other board members about what was in the article. But you couldn't even do that not one time. So don't expect respect back when you accuse me of this or that and can't be above it. Your no different then me & others.
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quote:Originally posted by turbokid: nowthen.. ontopic i hardly find it a surpise that this is happening. everyone is enjoying the gravytrain while it lasts at the expense of countless lives. i still remember vividly the big meetings in washington just prior to the iraq invasion talking about setting up shop in iraq. companies like coke, mcdonalds, etc. not to mention the oil and defense companies licking thier chops at the mere thought of how much money they were going to make. I recently met a guy who just go back from iraq, he just got a job driving trucks at my company. he spent 2 years driving a water truck making 90,000 per year tax free. he worked for KBR (subsidiary of halliburton) if the same job was done by an army soldier he would get what? 30,000? he had some interesting tales i'll say that.
Thanx for getting back on topic. I met a individual who told me he made $100,000 for same job of trucking in Iraq. The private sector always makes more money though. I don't know if i believed him though that he was actually doing that. He seemed to be bragging about it. Do you think this will make us look even worst in the world's eyes? Like our money corrupts? Like it did with the Shah, Marcos/Phillipines etc. in the past?
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the thing is, i think it will just reiterate what most other countries and the terrorists are saying, America is on a divide and conquer mission and use poor people to make themselves richer. the thing about that is, most of them would bend over backwards to do business with us. ie. the Taliban. they were way excited to be doing oil deals with the US a few years ago.
War is thought of as a business opportunity rather than something that should be avoided
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No, once again you make improper assumptions.
No one had insulted anything you said, you just chose to misrepresent what was said in order to point out the chip on your shoulder in an attempt that to insult and intimidate. You are doing it again. Do you even understand it?
You keep doing it over and over. When someone else presents a serious question (or even a light one) to the board, you jump quickly to intimidate via insults and trivia. It does appear that if you aren't the absolute dictator of a conversation, then you intend to prevent it all together, if not by declaring it to be out of bounds, since you didn't think of it, by turning it into a hate filled campaign against whomever refuses to abide by your rules.
The threads here have never been rigidly limited in scope or topic, no matter who began them. Indeed, some of the most valuable and informative have had topic changes almost hourly and went on for months.
So far as providing credible backing for the claims you make, you simply don't, then scream and yell at anyone that disagrees and any evidence they post supporting their views or, when that doesn't work, you start the personal and character attacks. (I really think it would be a good idea for one so poor at grammar and spelling and composition as you are to refrain from attacking others on the subject (and I though only provided one example, which is enough to put the lie to your claim of never having done so, I assure you there are many).
Go find someone to teach you how to relax and have a sense of humor.
As to you "honestly want(ing) to hear your thoughts as well as the other board members", exactly when did you ever bother to allow, let alone consider, any thought but yours to be posted without insulting the poster?
I'm sorry if you don't like hearing it, but you are crude and ill mannered on your best behavior. Most of the time, you are far worse than an unpleasant person and too eager to threaten and insult to provide any actual information.
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Reread your first post on this thread Bdgee. If you did not mean for that to be provocation and insulting your full of sh*t. And don't lecture me about grammar/spelling/composition when you are horrendous at all three at times though you like to call them typos (this post you just posted has grammar mistakes if I wanted to point them out point by point.) You are the one who brings it up time and time again about spelling/grammar etc. Not me. If I did it was a long time ago while you do it presently.But I really don't care how you write nor what you write anymore. You have not gone through one thread completely without insulting at least one person other then me throughout your history on this Board. So your a hyprocrite and I can give many examples of you doing just that. All you do in any thread whether I am in it or not is distrupt it and attack others. Yet you never admit/acknowledge that you do but instead you accuse others of doing so. Like I said your a hyprocrite.
But anyways I was chatting with Turbokid about the article in which you contributed absolutely NOTHING to the thread about it. So if that is your intention to contribute nothing and if I bother you so much then ignore me and chat with others who tolerate your BS. I'll chat with others who actually contribute something to the original post and that certainly is never you.
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quote:Originally posted by turbokid: the thing is, i think it will just reiterate what most other countries and the terrorists are saying, America is on a divide and conquer mission and use poor people to make themselves richer. the thing about that is, most of them would bend over backwards to do business with us. ie. the Taliban. they were way excited to be doing oil deals with the US a few years ago.
War is thought of as a business opportunity rather than something that should be avoided
I didn't recall the Taliban in Oil deals back in the day. Didn't even think they conversed with us much when they took power. But if true it wouldn't surprise me. The original article I posted was not in the front pages of the newspaper oddly enough. I wonder why.
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