But you see...the US owes 15 trillion, and the bonds are for 6 trillion...

...so I give the US the 6 trillion bond, forgive them the 6 trillion, they apply it to the 15 trillion and voila~ six and six is twelve against fifteen...

...now the US only owes 3 trillion!

Crap. Didn't see the one sentence part! Just replace all periods with semicolons or something :P

A bunch of man-haters try to kill male magic users because they go crasy. One reincarnated guy get magic, picks up a harem and adds pool cleaner to the magic well. Meanwhile sniffing in disdain, clothing derumpled and beards being stroked fill the books while female chauvinism abounds.

Think I made it to book..six? seven? before failing to care.

Were you intentionally being ironic? (thinking of certain racist politicians, covert-sponsored terrorism and such of a particular nuclear power-immaterial to the gp's post, but curious nonetheless).

Anyhow, rather sure when Russia and China were developing the bomb a lot of freaking occurred, but as no one was in a position to stop them, nothing came of it. Also, there are also several 'brown' nuclear powers currently existing who behave rather 'immaturely' and are verging on war, but we don't hear talk of taking their nukes away.

The difference here is that Iran does NOT YET have the nukes and so can be stopped from joining 'the club'. If they somehow manage to make it to the field testing stage, (my guess is) interest in intervention will fade rapidly by several powers to the point of just stern lectures...albeit Israel might take a different response. The seem to potentially have the most to fear.

Personally, I don't see this so much a race issue so much as a "let's stop nuclear proliferation, it dilutes our own power, and it is scary in the hands of non-allies'.

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Wonder why they just don't drop two bombs if they can't reach deep enough. Are the bombs not precision guidable, or is hitting rubble mitigating the penetration capability?

Curious: do you also type L.A.S.E.R. and R.A.D.A.R. and so forth?

Dunno about the previous class of inflatable robots, but for some reason Japan comes to mind...

Still too early for a Terri Schiavo joke?

Depends on the mayo. The salad dressing and other slop passed off in North America (at most places) I find worse than eating the fry plain. A nice jar of Calve though goes great with fries (but you can hear the arteries harden and waist expand).

Not directly..more the game based off it..jumping logs, ducking branches..and trying to cross rivers on turtle back...that alone almost makes me want to get one.

What is the point at all behind giving cash? If they are on your xmas list, you'd be on theirs one would imagine. So you send them 20$, and they send you 20$..and the only people that are actually getting anything is the bank and postal service. Unless you're just doing charity gifts, upon which case...only at xmas?

I'd actually sooner see the giving of cash as a gift for *children*, as you likely might not be aware that 'little Jessie doesn't like Bieber anymore', and so safer to proxy it through the parents. Else wise, a well thought out gift or don't bother-just send a card.