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No government is ever clean. That's politics for ya. But don't believe that somehow because he has flaws, he is somehow evil. Of course, the CIA was limited by President Clinton himself. He pretty well crippled the CIA's ability to act against terrorism, even after the WTC bombing. The US is to blame for everything in the Middle East? Hardly. Most European countries were against the war? I think not. I'm sorry.. there is a war against the western world. It's a fact. They are attacking America because we are specifically the symbol for economic, political, and religious freedom. We aren't perfect.. but we have a much better standard of living than these terrorists. And they seek to blame us for every problem, every wrong, every trial that they need to go through. Much like our own American revolution, sometimes it is the strength of the people that is needed to remove corrupt, brutal governments and fight for freedom. You cannot say that humans don't want freedom... and that's exactly what these dictator regimes and their terrorist allies want to destroy. Read this: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2003/10/14/saudi_schools_teach_hatred_of_the_west/ The problem is that the UN has no power. It has no backbone to enforce it's own rules... specifically since many member countries are led by dictators anyway. Iran leading the human rights committee? It's just stupid to believe that the UN should be THE enforcer when they have no power to do anything. After WW2, the UN specifically allowed for the creation of an Arab state and a Jewish state. Who accepted and who didn't? The Arabs wanted all of it... to "drive the infidels into the sea", if you will. The Jews created the state of Israel, which was immediatly attacked by the countries around them. While I cannot blame any side for starting the conflict, I support Isreal's right to defend themselves... as I support any other republic in the defense of their sovereignty. Iraq is not in charge? Then why is there a government forming? Why is there more electricity available in Iraq than there was before the war? Why are children going back to school? Why are women free to go out on the streets? Why isn't Iraq in a state of absolute chaos.. with warlords fighting to take whatever lands they can? Certainly "manipulating" countries is not good. But if you believe that the US only wants to make Iraq a colony, we could have done that 12 years ago. (Ok, I'm done. Feel free to agree to disagree, since most likely no one's mind will be changed. I'm open for debate in private.)

Wow, calm down. Good threads, good thoughts. Thanxs ppl for not flaming! Off-topic: Hm... rank by word count eh? Dunno if that would stop spam or encourage spam...

Jahled, in a perfect world... yes it would be good for us to band our resources together. Unfortunately, we're only human. What is someone's truth can be another person's bane. I'm not saying that humans can't cooperate, but realistically, we're competitive animals. I don't believe you can get that many people together without a substantial threat to the survival of humanity.

Of course, that's what the International Space Station was supposed to be.. but mainly its been the US taking over for the debt of Russia. And now that the US shuttles have been grounded, it seems we're in a bit of a bind. There will be no reason for the governments to work together unless there is a threat to world... stay an asteroid headed towards Earth?

If you seriously are considering running for elected office, I ask: WHY? Quote for today: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Just make your own. Click Menndo -> Save Card (somefilename.rcc) Pick your Rebel slot, Load Card Click the 'E' (Encyclopedia Editor) -> Right-click image -> Autogenerate -> As Alliance Character There ya go

I'm assuming if its an American ship, its American ground. Err R2-Opus2, if they were born to American parents, they would be American, period. And ElvisMiggell, why would you want to be PM anyway? Have some desire for political power?

As I can find, this recall election was controlled by the electorate (read: people) of California, not any form of representatives. It is each state's right to determine their own election procedures. It is mainly the Presidential election that requires the voters to get electoral votes to the college for state. I don't really see a problem with this election. All governments need to be held accountable. Though Davis himself may not have been the problem, hopefully this will spur some people to work on fixing the problems in California. http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/Returns/recall/mapN4.htm Even as highly liberal as California, the majority voted for the recall. There were many people unsatified with the Davis, and so by California's laws, they had the right to recall him. That's our government for you... inefficient but still better than the dictorial regimes around the world

Just don't have pregnant ambassadors Of course, if their parents are American, they are American.. so it really doesn't matter too much, unless they really really want to be POTUS. To paraphrase someone, "He who desires such power should not be given such power."

Yes, you have to be born on US soil. That includes American bases around the world. If they are born in a hospital off American grounds, they cannot be POTUS.

Basically: The result [of Davis's term] has been spending that has climbed 40% in four years, a $38 billion budget deficit, and business and energy costs that have caused tens of thousands to flee the state. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004126 Let's not get too debated here. He won, now its time to get things done.

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/me points to this topic here

I'm assuming you mean online gaming - not gambling. Gaming is the process of playing a game, but gambling is the process of losing money

Err.. DLL editing is easy. Download ResHacker. Model editing - the tutorial is on our Downloads page I recognize that name.. although not that I can connect you to anything. But that's just my faulty memory. Welcome back!

Err.. these are ideas for Rebellion 2. Definitely going to new some kind of capture system in the game... just in case someone doesn't balance their fleet

Perhaps your CD drive is just faulty.. or the CD itself is scratched.

It's a mod for the original Homeworld game called Star Wars: New Rebellion - http://swnr.themaw.net

Yes it has been signed. Instead of fighting to strengthen our borders, our true weakness, the government wants to be able to track every law-abiding citizen. It's crazy.

Basically, it allows the US Government to get information above your right to privacy. The government can spy on or using: search engines wiretap ISP records More here: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism_militias/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php They don't even need to tell you they're doing it.. not even going to court to request doing so. They can just tap you. I think it's a real threat to liberty in this country.

Yes.. I take the original bitmap and copy over with the new image. This keeps the same height, width, and palette. Mainly I'm working on the interface - the images in common.dll

I've tried both ways - importing with a RebED Load Setting and ResHack script. RebED will error when I try to import the settings. ResHack will import them, but in Rebellion the pics end up corrupted. These are valid 256 color images.. so I'm not really sure what's wrong. I'll just have to redo them and try again.

No one.. bugger. I'll have to debug this myself. Wish me luck

Hey Congrats! Always good to know our site has some fans still LOL

Does anyone get this error when Saving and Loading DLL edits? As far as I can tell, my bitmaps aren't any bigger in filesize. If I load through ResHack, I get corrupted images.