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I saw that last night, like always great show!

I am not sticking up for brittney in any way but... He doesn't have to put her laundry out man I personally think it makes him look like a sucker. It's the equivalent a woman saying her ex boyfreind has a small dick. It just proves to me he GOT ABUSED by her. I am also a little pissed about his pussy pansy ass remark he made at the award show the other night...

oKAY Mrs. Queen of Negativity How do you propose we deal with the situation....?

DISGRACE!!!!!!!

German economy at a standstill The outlook for Germany's economy is not so sweet Germany's economy stopped growing at the end of 2002, after showing only minimal expansion during the rest of the year. The Federal Statistics Office said there was zero growth in the October to December period, and confirmed that for the whole year gross growth in economic output - or GDP - was just 0.2%. "This was a 'red zero'," said Lothar Hessler of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt. "We still expect Germany to fall into a slight recession in the first quarter [of 2003]." But the October to December data, which showed the economy had expanded by 0.5% from the same period in 2002, was better than some analysts had predicted. Many observers had forecast that the economy would have contracted by 0.1% over the year. Deficit breach The statistics office also revised down Germany's public deficit for 2002, but it was still higher than the EU limit laid down in the Stability and Growth Pact, which underpins the euro. The deficit was revised to 3.6% from an earlier estimate of 3.7%. Eurozone countries are not allowed to run up deficits in excess of 3% of gross domestic product. Germany and France have proposed loosening the stability pact rules if the UN Security Council authorises military action against Iraq. Rate cut? German capital investment in the fourth quarter was up 1.4% compared with the third quarter, and private consumption rose 0.1%, the statistics office said. Germany's influential Ifo business confidence index rose for the second month in a row in February to its highest level in seven months. Nonetheless, the European Central Bank is expected by many analysts to cut interest rates when it meets on 6 March. Exports were up 0.3% on the quarter while imports rose by 1.9% in the quarter as the euro hit near four-year highs against the dollar.

Thanx.

Very good article. I just want to add that the sewage that is coming from some of these professors in these colleges is a disgrace. The ideology that america is this conspiracy and corrupt ridden place is absurd. What good is following socialism if it can't produce results for the society that practices it ie.. the double digit unemployemnt that some of the european countries are experiencing right now. By Silvio Burscoloni's alliance with Washington on the war on terror and Iraq I feel that Italy is trying to adopt capitalism into it's society hopefully the rest of the union will follow.

Analysis: Power Americana By Paul Reynolds BBC News Online world affairs correspondent Might is right, according to Defence Department hawks The US is heading to war with Iraq whatever happens, in another indication of the Bush administration's development of a hard-line foreign policy. Tony Blair might be trying to convince the British Parliament and people that Saddam Hussein can even now, as he put it in his statement on Tuesday, "save [his regime] by complying with the UN's demand". This claim is an insistent one from the British Government. It is designed to appeal to the doubters. It has become less and less convincing. For George W Bush is singing the dominant tune. Saddam Hussein is "playing games", President Bush said, also on Tuesday, about some concessions from Baghdad, and "I suspect he will try to fool the world one more time." European accusations... are countered by American descriptions of Europeans as 'EU-nuchs' in general and of the French in particular as 'cheese-eating surrender monkeys' The conclusion to be drawn is that whatever Saddam Hussein does now will probably not be enough for Washington. US officials are admitting that they only agreed to go back to the Security Council for another resolution in order to accommodate Mr Blair. The new resolution therefore has no real meaning beyond covering, or indeed exposing, the British back. The Americans will go to war anyway. This points the way to the future. For better, for worse, it is one of Power Americana. Single superpower To understand why this should be so, it is worth going back to a project called the New American Century set up in 1997. Founded by two commentators - William Kristol and Robert Kagan - it laid the philosophical groundwork for what was to come. A number its sympathisers later joined the Bush administration, including two of the leading hawks, Paul Wolfowitz and John Bolton. The thinking behind the New American Century helps to explain why the current gulf exists between the United States and some of its allies. European accusations that George W Bush is a "cowboy" or worse are countered by American descriptions of Europeans as "EU-nuchs" in general and of the French in particular as "cheese-eating surrender monkeys". In September 2000, as Mr Bush was running for the presidency, the New American Century team produced a report called "Rebuilding America's Defences". The goal was to "promote American global leadership", the report stated. "As the 20th Century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's pre-eminent power," it said. "Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge. "Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievement of past decades? "Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favourable to American principles and interests? "[What we require] is a military that is strong... a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American interests... and a national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibility." At first, it did not look as if Mr Bush was that enthusiastic. He said in a presidential campaign debate in October 2000 that American foreign policy had to be "humble". "We must be proud and confident of our values but humble in how we treat nations that are figuring out how to chart their own course," was how he put it. America goes it alone President Bush has his European supporters like Tony Blair who spotted that the president was open to persuasion on some issues, and was in due course persuaded to go to the United Nations over Iraq. However, as president, it was not long before Mr Bush showed that he could also chart America's own course. With the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sitting next to him in the Oval Office in early 2001, he dismissed the Kyoto environmental treaty by saying that American jobs were not to be put at risk. Maybe Mr Schroeder remembered that humiliation in the charting of his own Iraq policy later? Then came 11 September. After a shaky start, Mr Bush rose to the challenge when he stood amid the rubble and promised retribution. He went on to develop his own Bush Doctrine, one of pre-emptive intervention. He has since been encouraged on this course by another contribution from the folks who heralded The New American Century. In a book called "The War over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission", William Kristol, joined this time by Lawrence F Kaplan, stated: "The complacent assumptions of the post-Cold War era were destroyed on September 11. "That day brought us to a new era for which we need a new road map. "If America does not shape this new epoch, we can be sure that others will shape it for us - in ways that neither further our interests nor reflect our ideas. "For the United States this is a decisive moment." 'Democratisation' The former CIA Director James Woolsey praised the book. "The authors show us why - in this age of terror, rogue states and weapons of mass destruction - we can only make the world safe for democracy by finishing the job of democratising it," he said. The new US doctrine is causing resentment in Muslim states "Democratising" the world is an important part of neo-conservative thinking, especially when it comes to the Arab and Islamic world. It does not mean full-scale democracy along Western lines, apparently, but it does mean "reshaping" it to encourage civil institutions and a freer press and so on. Douglas Feith, the US Under-Secretary of Defence in charge of policy and another of the neo-conservatives in the administration, told the New Yorker magazine recently that "democratising" Arab and Islamic countries would help to diminish terrorism. "If [an Iraqi] government could create some of those institutions of democracy, that might be inspirational throughout the Middle East," he said. There is a sub-plot here. One of the products of the New American Century approach is a close alignment with Israel and the inclusion of Palestinian groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad as part of the "war on terror" declared by President Bush. Those right-wing supporters of George W Bush who are Jews have consequently found themselves the subject of political and personal attack. David Brooks, a commentator on the Weekly Standard, the publication of the new right, wrote: "Not long ago I was chatting with a prominent Washington figure in a green room. 'You people have infested everywhere,' he said." Europe divided The response of many Europeans - and some Americans as well, it must be said - has been to regard the New American Century approach with some alarm. For a start, Europeans are far more sympathetic to the Palestinians. But it goes beyond that. Former French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine invented the word "hyperpower" to describe the United States and not in an admiring way. In a speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chris Patten, former UK Government minister, Hong Kong governor and now European foreign affairs commissioner, said that "in order to be a more credible partner and in some cases to be a counterweight, Europe has to invest in its own security". Europe, however, is divided and its efforts to forge a "Common Foreign and Security Policy" have for the moment, and for the foreseeable future, foundered on the rock of national interest. The New American Century has begun. 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It's a shame.... Picoto is the man and the last time I went to ARC for picotto it was just INSANE but empty.... It just amazes me that ARC brings in all this talent and any time I have been there to hear them it's empty... Also I hope they, Arc doesn't get discouraged if noone shows up especially when the conference is that Teusday,,,

What up PhuturePunkass lol. From viewing your posts on worls topics I see you are still spewing Liberal Sewage:D lol

Because non of us have been educated in some 3rd world fucking hole in the desert we are beneath her??? Who the fuck do you think you are??? Aside from your deformed and obviously biased views on MIDDLE EASTERN affairs where the west is always to blame, you are a minus to any other discussion.

Mirage.

wHAT UP MY LITTLE LOMEIN COMBINATION PLATTER... hold the eggroll I have been stirring up trouble on the Current Events board. How is everything???

Ciao bella. Watch out for us Italian men lol. I read you were in Italy how is everything? how is the booty lol

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