Politics

Still no definitive result. Wonder will Obama run on VP ticket with the wicked witch

What a team to draw to,

Its a scary political scene for this fall that is for sure.

God help us!!!

All you need now is Dan Quayle for the VP post for Mc Cain

Quote from William T Brooks

. . . . . . . . It was Bad Enough here before with all the Men in Black Suits Running around at the Airport Checking on everything, and in Town and over at McCain's Ranch that is about 3 Miles from my Place. . . . . . . . .

Quote from Hondo Duke Lane

I will never vote for a Clinton in this life or the other, that I promise you. I want them out of Washington for ever, and feel the same about running them out of the U.S.

Hondo,

It's a shame you have such vague, ambiguous feelings about the Clintons. It's too bad you can't just make up your mind how you feel about them.

Chester

Yes, Hondo stop sitting on the fence and be more assertive!!

Anyway, I see Obama is putting more pressure on the "wicked witch" with his last wins so with a bit of luck they will be still fighting it out up to the conference or there will be so much bad blood between them they will be loathed to vote for each other.


Mike

If only we had a leader like this!!!


Prime Minister John Howard - Australia




Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.

Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture.. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'

'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'

'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!'

'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'

'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'

'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom,

'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'

'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'

dp

when john howard said this piece there was a collective cheer, he said what many of us where saying but were unable to get heard. where i live we dont have as many problems as they have down south mainly because we live by the rule live and let live, we accecpt them for who they are not by their skin colour or who they believe in.

cheers smokey

Any chance they could start on the politicians FIRST !!!


Machines 'to match man by 2029'

By Helen Briggs
BBC science reporter, Boston


Tiny machines could roam the body curing diseases

Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted.
Humanity is on the brink of advances that will see tiny robots implanted in people's brains to make them more intelligent said engineer Ray Kurzweil.
He said machines and humans would eventually merge through devices implanted in the body to boost intelligence and health.
"It's really part of our civilisation," Mr Kurzweil said.
"But that's not going to be an alien invasion of intelligent machines to displace us."
Machines were already doing hundreds of things humans used to do, at human levels of intelligence or better, in many different areas, he said.
Man versus machine
"I've made the case that we will have both the hardware and the software to achieve human level artificial intelligence with the broad suppleness of human intelligence including our emotional intelligence by 2029," he said.
We'll have intelligent nanobots go into our brains... to make us smarter


Ray Kurzweil


"We're already a human machine civilisation, we use our technology to expand our physical and mental horizons and this will be a further extension of that."
Humans and machines would eventually merge, by means of devices embedded in people's bodies to keep them healthy and improve their intelligence, predicted Mr Kurzweil.
"We'll have intelligent nanobots go into our brains through the capillaries and interact directly with our biological neurons," he told BBC News.
CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY
Make solar energy affordable
Provide energy from fusion
Develop carbon sequestration
Manage the nitrogen cycle
Provide access to clean water
Reverse engineer the brain
Prevent nuclear terror
Secure cyberspace
Enhance virtual reality
Improve urban infrastructure
Advance health informatics
Engineer better medicines
Advance personalised learning
Explore natural frontiers


The nanobots, he said, would "make us smarter, remember things better and automatically go into full emergent virtual reality environments through the nervous system".
Mr Kurzweil is one of 18 influential thinkers chosen to identify the great technological challenges facing humanity in the 21st century by the US National Academy of Engineering. The experts include Google founder Larry Page and genome pioneer Dr Craig Venter. The 14 challenges were announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, which concludes on Monday.

I dont why I am laughing as it is all so true:teeth_smile:

Wonder will the fact that John Mc Cain was born in Panama (admittedly in a American controlled zone around the canal ) become an election issue. Is the definition of a naturally born American just in the 50 states. I dont think Mitt Romney made an issue out of it as his dad George who also ran for President in 1968 was born in Mexico.

Watch this space for the wicked witch's camp !!! Lose the election to Mc Cain then claim he can't be President as he is not naturally born American.

You think I am joking dont be so sure!!

You know we are due an Indian for president. Bill, why not you? And don't use age, McCain is up there and he's running. You give no nonsense solutions and get the job done, and we'd have a national holiday every year in May to celebrate John Wayne day. Whatcha think?

Cheers