Random Politics & Religion #00

War will happen sooner or later for any powerful nation, sure. That's no excuse for advocating bombing as the first path in any disagreement between nations. As well, who do you expect to pay for it? Is it perfectly fine to spend nearly a trillion dollars a year bombing brown people when we "can't afford" to take care of the veterans we already have, much less the ones we'll create?

There is zero guarantee the act of dropping a nuke will bring a quick end to a war. Not just that, who cares about pissing off the UK? The chances of the UK using a nuke on their own are pretty much zero. And lastly, Germany does not have nukes, so the chances of them using one is definitely zero.

We can piss off the UK as much as we want they still would never go to war against us. I'm not into conspiracy theories, but who exactly is going to be fighting this phantom war you guys are conjuring up?

So much anger in your response. I'm not for bombing countries or starting wars, believe it or not.

But either way, it comes down to either situation, especially when one side doesn't want to even bother negotiating to find a peaceful solution of existence.

So, how did the Pacific Campaign of WWII ended in your mind again?

It's one thing to piss off your enemies, but it's something completely different when you piss off your allies. Do you honestly think that the US will win a war with the rest of the world against them?

The only thing the US has to worry about is terrorism and we are handling it as horribly as we possibly could.

Since when do you make sensible statements?

Since a broken clock is right twice a day.

No seriously, anyone else notice how every year it's a wildfire in California or a neighboring state?

Anti-austerity Syriza party has won Greece's general election, putting the country on a possible collision course with the EU over its massive bailout.

With nearly 75% of the votes counted, Syriza is projected to win 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority, though that number could change.

Left-wing party leader Alexis Tsipras, who wants to renegotiate Greece's debt, said "the Greeks wrote history".

The governing centre-right New Democracy has come a distant second.

Outgoing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has admitted defeat and phoned Mr Tsipras to congratulate him.

Syriza's result will send shockwaves through Europe, the BBC's Gavin Hewitt in Athens reports.

A majority of voters in Greece have essentially rejected a core policy for dealing with the eurozone crisis as devised by Brussels and Berlin, our correspondent adds.

In Germany, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said he hoped "the new Greek government will not make promises it cannot keep and the country cannot afford".

The election result is expected to be one of the main issues during Monday's meeting of 19 eurozone finance ministers.

Belgium's representative Johan Van Overtveld was quoted by VRT network as saying that Greece "must respect the rules of monetary union", although he added that there was room for some - but not much - flexibility.

British Prime Minister David Cameron - whose country is not a member of the eurozone - said the result of the Greek election would "increase economic uncertainty across Europe".

Meanwhile, the euro fell to $1.1098 against the dollar - the lowest level in more than 11 years.

Police say a man has apparently shot himself to death outside the News Corp. building in midtown Manhattan.

The 41-year-old man died after the shooting at about 9 a.m. Monday.

Authorities aren't certain what prompted the shooting, which occurred outside the building that houses Fox News, the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. The media conglomerate News Corp. is controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

It's not clear if the man had any ties to News Corp. or if he was just standing outside the building.

A weapon was recovered at the scene, and no one else was injured.

Traffic was snarled in Midtown as police investigated.

Yeah, it will be ridiculously easy to counter by simply looking at how they got there. Nice try tho.

Syriza's result will send shockwaves through Europe, the BBC's Gavin Hewitt in Athens reports.

Meanwhile, the euro fell to $1.1098 against the dollar - the lowest level in more than 11 years.

Too bad the US economy is booming, thus invalidating any comparisons to Greece and their far right policies.

Nope, I said the economy is booming. Any other questions?

I guess context escapes you, which is common when a point is made that you don't like.

Unless you really want to play obtuse on this that is.

Is he responsible for part of it? Yes.

You should also abandon all comparisons to Greece.

Elaborate what he is responsible for.

Obviously you have your head in the sand.

Not once did I compare Greece's policies up to today to what Obama administration's policies are. I stated what Greece's policies in the near future are similar to Obama administration's policies want to be. You should be grateful for Boehner.

That would be like jet showing some evidence. Not going to happen.

Better watch out, that would net you a temp ban for pointing out the obvious!

Man you certainly do whine alot about that ***... I've been banned more than all of you and you don't hear me pining on about it all the time. You even pine over it for other people lol... Get over it.