My friend, when the enemy starts killing your people, there is no other action but go get’em. Bush’s 9/11 response was the correct one.

In much the same way, Japan’d better be tough on NK. When NK had kidnapped one of Japan’s citizens and locked her up to teach Japanese, then the correct response is to stop NK from doing the same ever again. Japan’s lukewarm response will bring more NK’s daring challenges.

Israel is doing it right. If the enemy hurts your people, go get’em.

One can support a different party at a different time. I guess two parties are yin and yang, and they do balance each other.

And, you are right. I am dead set against human cloning research. The Senate just approved the funding for it and I will relish the moment when Bush vetoes it. I like pres. Bush even though he is a republican. I like his Iraq “invasion” and his stance on cloning research.

as for the presidential candidates, being a candidate does not justify your point. i mean, i can argue alan keyes was a candidate. if you look at the current administration, it is the most diverse cabinet since…ever.

you have argued the evils of dr. hwang and his cloning in the past. now, which party do you agree with more on this cloning issue? democrats go against your belief, if i remember correctly.

For actors, you never know what their real personalities are. They never stops acting, never.

Just ask any Black person you know. He will tell you that R stands for Racism and Condo is just a token black.

Republican side, Anglo-saxon Protestants only. (I like Protestant part).

Need I say more?

Yes, for me, it is. But for MrChips, he likes to get rid of Social security and welfare programs. Don’t ask him about “Midnight basketball” program.

“as a card carrying republican korean american, if the R stands for among others racism, am i a racist?”

You should think about joining democratic party. Republicans excel in foreign policy but for domestic programs they do not have a clue other than taxcuts. Democrates have many good ideas like college tuition assistance, early start programs, tutors for poor neighborhood kids, etc. Democratic party is for the people; Republican party is for the rich.

“didn’t the “greatest” president FDR send japanese-AMERICANs to internment camps?”

Yes, during the war time, it is difficult to know who is a spy and who is not. If the 9/11 type of attacks were continued, would you be against locking up all Iranians in the US? I would be for it, just for their protection.

Xenophobia played a part, but internment program served its purpose at the time. There is always two sides to a coin.

i don’t want to interept the discussion between you and mrchips but what do you mean by balance between capitalism and socialism? i mean, isn’t the capitalism practiced in the states balanced enough? do you mean like communist china, open market, with limited EVERYTHING?

as a card carrying republican korean american, if the R stands for among others racism, am i a racist? didn’t the “greatest” president FDR send japanese-AMERICANs to internment camps?

Yes, you were. When a man is asked a direct question, he must answer it straightforwardly. You were dissing FDR, the greatest American president of all time, IMHO.

You seem to believe in pure form of capitalism. Let me ask you something. As I quote in my post above, do you believe in public electric power? Unemployment insurance? Tax break for hard-hit industry? Government programs to assist the jobless? GI Bill?

I know you do not like welfare and social security. Let me tell you a story. I had a co-worker who made constant jokes about the disabled. He lamented the dollars wasted by the US government to care for wheel chair people.

You guessed it. One day, he got into an auto accident and now he is in wheel chair. He don’t make no jokes about the disabled.

Some balance is needed between pure form of capitalism and socialism, as America has learned through the Depression. But when I see a die-hard Republican (R stands for rich, racism, and rocking chair) like yourself insisting on the Frontier days of “everybody fending for himself”, I just wish that you stand on a bread line someday. You have to walk on someone’s moccasin for a day before you condemn the man.