Recent content by redneck

interesting cache of primary sources, I'll definately be checking this out. I'm just curious as how they got them.

Actually it's neither. First Ukrainian was Alex Volkov. He was born there and played in the NBA when it was still the USSR. http://nbahoopsonline.com/History/internationalplayers.html

About a hundred years ago there was a similar situation were the Senate refused to seat Utah congressmen Fred Smoot because he was a polygamist. The Supreme Court eventually ruled in favor of Smoot and he was seated. However, this case is differnt. Smoot was duely elected by the citizens of...

They're not going to be able to defend their profits, not while the rest of the country is suffering because of high gas prices. They can say what they want, in the end of the day no one is going to care.

Georgia has every right to put down the rebellion. It's their sovergn lands. Most the world sees Ossetia as Georgian territory. The Ossetians do have some autonomy, but in recent weeks they had stepped up the violence. As for being the police force of the world, only the US can really...

They guy probably didn't have any guns, they probably took them too. But man, I'd be so pissed off if that happened to me.

The origins of that come from the Truman Doctrine I believe. But it's not uncommon for other "Doctrines" to pick up stuff from their predescessors. the Monroe Doctrine has a lot of stuff from statements made by Adams and Jefferson. And if you look at it close enough, most of the Truman...

Bush has vaguely suggested that it also covers keeping the world safe for Democracy, and, atleast on the Georgian side, some feel that Russia intends to replace the government in Tblisi with one more friendly to Moscow.

Monroe Doctrine is the basis of US foriegn policy, it basically states that the US will not tolerate old world powers interfering in the new world. South Ossetia is in the Russian sphere of influence. during the Cold War, the US pretty much admitted that that area is pretty much...

I might care if 1) this was a reliable source 2) he had any shot at the presidency.

Good idea. If it wasn't for my scholarships I would never have been able to afford college. Its not really tuition that hurts, its tuition coupled with books, rent, gas, food ect. all those other basic needs to survive.

I just have a problem with the layout. it takes a little to long for me.

I'm also from BBW, though I'm trying to stay active on both the new BBWs, but they both pretty much suck right now so I'm kinda being driven here.

2 years, I didn't cut my hair during their period either. I looked like ZZ top about to enlist in the Civil War.

Its still a badass fucken concept.