Communists on the moon !

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

I don't really consider the Chinese communist anymore. Anyway their goal to land on the moon shouldn't cause another space race. If they want to go then more power to them just leave the alien monolith's alone. The next race should be to exploit the resources of the moon. And that contract goes to (drum roll please) Haliburton!

.....We have chronic Haliburtontosis!

[Cyrien]

Strictly speaking that has never been a communist govermnet anywhere in the world. I would call the Chinese Authoritarian Socialistic Capitalism. The Soviets would have been Authoritarian Socialistic Controlled.

Really nation labels that get used today aren't accurate. For most nations you would have to break it down into government type, government citizen care, economic system. Even then you could probably make some strong arguments for throwing in a few other dividers.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

.....We have chronic Haliburtontosis!

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[Cyrien]

Haliburton. The company that the current Vice President used to be a VP or some such for and that donated large amounts to the Bush campaign. The Company that got the contract to rebuild the oil pipelines in Iraq without any government bidding process to decide who would get it and that it turns out has been overstating the charges for some of the materials needed to do said rebuilding. But the Vice President and the administration weren't playing Favorites. Oh no no no. Not at all.

[oleg]

Oh, yes, the true driving force behind the "War on Terror".
Here is an amusing news flash from BBC news :

"An oil services firm formerly run by US Vice President Dick Cheney may have overcharged US forces in Iraq by some $61m, a Pentagon audit has found."

Can anybody calculate how much a gallon of Iraqi and/or US blood cost now ?

[President_Elect_Shang]

Originally posted by oleg:
Can anybody calculate how much a gallon of Iraqi and/or US blood cost now ?

How much does Iraq/US blood cost? I lost one friend in the first war, and now my wife and mother of our three children is about to go over there in the next month to serve a year tour. I know it is not what you meant, however, I can’t help but to point out that the PRICE of FREEDOM is PRICELESS. Both my wife and I are well aware of that, as well as Jason is R.I.P. 1991.

I submit for the approval of the forum that we be a little more sensitive about addressing the price of oil or freedom in any conflict, past or present in the same line. If we take a survey I bet I am not alone in having experienced the cost first hand. And yes, I am very sensative about this subject right now, can any one of you blame me?

[Roanon]

Originally posted by President Elect Shang:
I can’t help but to point out that the PRICE of FREEDOM is PRICELESS.

I don't want to hurt your feelings, but this war is for oil and money, not for freedom.