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I just found a book that lists all the conflicts or near conflicts that the U.S.A. has been involved in.  Most everything I've read so far shows America to be the aggressor.

If you have a favorite year anytime from 1776 to the present, just name it.  I'll quote what the book says about that date.  If you can give me the year and the war you win a gold star!  If you can give me a year when the U.S. has not seriously threatened another people (aka military build up, naval deployment, etc.) or has not been at war you win two gold stars.

Here's a quote from the book:
"We go to war but grudgingly and then only when compelled by the requirements of restoring the peace, justice, and good order, for we among all the peoples of the world comprise the most peace-loving of nations." -- Woodrow Wilson, 1917
One of the paramount difficulties in achieving constructive change in the U.S. is, and has always been, the country's patently false image of itself.

Don't worry, after we have a little fun I'll let you know the name of the book in question.  Let the games begin!

Ha!

Boy do I have a book for you.  Look for it in Free Chat soon.

And the sky is falling, too.

I can't get enough!
It's torture the way you taunt us saying you're on Volume 14, but you've only given us up to Volume 8.
But hey, no pressure.
<Flint slowly retrieves a cattle prod from the sinister-looking black case...>

tsk...tsk...

What are we going to do with you Rob?  You're thiiiiiiis close to getting fired!

:;):

They probably meant 57 billion over 20 years.

I'd love to see Japanese astronauts in space.  The more the merrier.

This one fits me nicely.

http://www.despair.com/demotivators/pro … astination

A monster they call me.  Shunned from society, I live alone.

Though men may hate me, Mars does not.  I have changed for Her, for She is unchangeable.  Her cold heart and stark countenance, though they make lesser men tremble, endear Her to me.

I, firstborn upon Mars, forever have been an outcast among men.  As Her own offspring She has made me to Her liking -- larger, stronger, smarter, oh yes, much smarter.  The lesser men never understood -- NEVER!

They think they have trapped me in their little prison.  They think I will die without one of their little plastic bubbles.  FOOLS!  Know they not that I am the son of Mars, the beloved firstborn?  Know they not that I already walk naked upon Her skin.  Know they not that She protects me.

Now, I must show them.  Soon, they will all come to know the power She has given me.  THEY WILL KNOW!!

Cobra:

I think Obi-Wan Kenobi said it better, "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."
By the way, Cobra, please explain how you consider yourself to be fascist.  You just sound so moderate.

Bill, regarding Bush, I can't quite figure him out.  I tend to swing between two extremes:  he is either the Anti-Christ or just as dumb as a pile of marbles.
Looking through the 'Anti-Christ' goggles I see him intentionally using the word "nucular" to endear him to the semi-literate good 'ol boys back home, while at the same time using the military to take over the world, etc.
Looking through my 'dumb as a pile of marbles' glasses I see him singing the ABC song in his office to get ready for his next speach, while truly believing that democracy can and should be imposed on a people at gunpoint, etc.
But since I don't believe in Christ, I'll have to go with option two. 

Cindy, good for you.  You should definitely take a vacation from citizenship for a while.  By the way, you need to learn the local yocal rules of moron-hood. 
I feel for you.  Turn to alcohol.  It's the only way to survive.  :;):

Earthfirst, what can I say?  If I could follow your dialect, I would comment.  ???

I always understood that since uranium is heavy then it would accumulate with other heavy elements in rocky planets.  Do we know how much uranium the other inner planets have, by the way?

I prefer a gentle approach, since thousands or millions of people will probably already be living all over Mars by the time they try to impact a comet.

Since it comes around every 6.57 years they should just chop off a couple of pieces every encounter and direct them to burn up in the atmosphere.

Thanks for the replies.

Yes clark, I would call what I posted a scribble.  Something just to get my thoughts going.  I've added a bit of meat to the story along the lines of your suggestions already.

Shaun, since I learned Spanish my English spelling has been pathetic.

Rob, I'm probably going to have a lot of nerds in my story too.  I had the character Ian Flint figured out years ago, so I thought I'd use him as my alias.