Of course we need a government. Anarchy is the worst possible form of running a country. Would you rather get taxed, or be stabbed in the street and raped? Without a government, anyone could do anything, and no one would stop them.

hey, don't be so offensive, this is their culture.. leave them alone!  don't be shoving your white privilege down their throats!!

People take their religion very seriously but seldom are capable of following the rules and regulations of the belief. Many are willing to die for it rather than live by it. Most man made religions are profoundly silly such as Christianity and Islam. The human ability to believe in the preposterous is unlimited and unfathomable. The more obviously ridiculous it is the more followers it attracts. Before you enter a house of worship you really have to lock your intellect up in a drawer and not retrieve it until your worship is over. Religion and intellect are not and will never be compatible.

This doesn't mean that theists are stupid only that it is necessary to not think about what they claim to believe. This is where it all becomes a house of cards. Remove one by thinking about it and the whole concept may collapse. Many people are in constant fear about losing their religion which is why some of them get very angry when its discussed.

Much of religion is based on fear. Fear of death, fear of judgement, fear of hell or some other punishment. The common expression "He is a God fearing man" sums it up well. Fear God if you know what's good for you. Religion chains you to the ground when the human spirit naturally wants to soar. Religion really has very little to do with the concept of "God". If God exists I doubt if he would have anything to do with any of these man made conceits known as the religions of the world. He would be well above such things.

The attack was inspired by the video at least among some attendees just as the administration believed and told the public.  Jihadists were involved as the administration also told the public.  When it was planned and the extent of the planning remain unknown.

Hindsight suggests security could have been better.  Consulate security budget increases were shot down by the GOP.

and oh yeah.....Obama is president and he did not fly in with a cape and save every last human.   Damn I hate him.

Amazing things happen every day in the Obama administration. The newly caught terrorist miraculously confirms the 'video' bullshit and her dog ate Lois Lerner's hard drive.

Where's the geological evidence of a global flood?

Explain the un-broken histories of the Egyptians; Chinese; cultures in the Hindus Valley, all with histories that pre-date your mythical deluge.

I find it fascinating how the Obama administration has turned their supporters into just flat out blatant liars…
And how fast they run for the lie,  they don't care if it makes them look foolish....

Lying about it will not help him anymore, it didn't save his presidency from failing…If it comes from a liberal, it's a lie

The sea in which they are searching is quite sensitive. That water connects Australia, gateway to the south china sea as well as gateway to indian ocean. Strategic location.
Someone previously talked about profit. I guess this search may bring profit to private agents but any of those government. Through the history I would not believe if China pay that much attention to their missing citizens. In comparison with a very recent move in continental China, the government passed a law to forbid dead burying and many elders committed suicide to be buried as their ancestors. Not surprisingly, a local officer spoke something like China is huge and it is normal that people die everyday. Since when citizens' lives are taken into account in policy making?
The only assumption I may have is the spying. This search may be just a disguise for spying activities. Some wanna do it, some have to join to watch and control others....

but the damage is immense in light of the recently unearthed tape with Hillary admitting the guy was guilty and laughing about it.
 who do you think this is going to affect. Rational people, or you?
So the damage, far from being 'immense', is non-existent.

Whether or not the charges are true, Hillary's statement was "I have been informed...". Unless the woman can demonstrate that no one ever told Hillary that, then there's no evidence of a lie.

you should put this in the indonesian forum, plus anyone can take pics and ask for donations, this is a donate section go post it in the right section please.

The funny thing is when the USSR was under communist rule it was a paper tiger.  Now that the capitalist Russians has the power to cut off its oil supply to Europe it has real power.  Just think of lives and the trillions of dollars we wasted to stop communism because communism does not work.

 Then when our goal is met and communism does fails we are now worse off.  Gee, most of the people we paid to be in our military could have gotten real jobs, made us stronger and could have been tax payers all this time instead of a drag on the economy.

 There is no danger of war, only the danger from Republicans.

I dont like taking vaccines I get even more sick with it then without it.  Makes the flu 10 times more powerful then you catching it naturally.

I wonder how they got them washed or even they know those coins are actually there. I hope a hacker gets those coins first.

Hmmm...I mentioned the Baltic Republics and White and Blue Russias as his next targets.

I think he's grabbing too fast.

One thing Putin should remember. Security Council seats are not sacrosanct. Remember that Taiwan was exchanged for the PRC. (Just did a quick search, google has redone their search results page and I really like it, far less cluttered it seems.)
 

At the UN's founding in 1945, the five permanent members of the Security Council were the French Republic, the Republic of China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union. There have been two seat changes since then, although not reflected in Article 23 of the United Nations Charter as it has not been accordingly amended:
Leaders of the five permanent member states at a summit in 2000. Clockwise from front left: Chinese President Jiang Zemin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and French President Jacques Chirac.

    China's seat was originally held by the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China. However, the Nationalist Government lost the Chinese Civil War and retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949. The Communist Party won control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China. In 1971, General Assembly Resolution 2758 recognized the Government of People's Republic of China as the legal representative of China in the UN, and gave it the seat on the Security Council that had been held by the Republic of China, which was expelled from the UN altogether. Both governments still officially claim one another's territory. However, only 22 states continue to officially recognize Taiwan's sovereignty.
    After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was recognized as the legal successor state of the Soviet Union and maintained the latter's position on the Security Council.

Additionally, France reformed its government into the French Fifth Republic in 1958, under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle. France maintained its seat as there was no change in its international status or recognition, although many of its overseas possessions eventually became independent.

The five permanent members of the Security Council were the victorious powers in World War II and have maintained the world's most powerful military forces ever since. They annually top the list of countries with the highest military expenditures; in 2011, they spent over US$1 trillion combined on defense, accounting for over 60% of global military expenditures (the U.S. alone accounting for over 40%). They are also five of the world's six largest arms exporters, along with Germany[3] and are the only nations officially recognized as "nuclear-weapon states" under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), though there are other states known or believed to be in possession of nuclear weapons.The best policy that the world could take right now would be simply to say that due to the aggressive nature of Russia against Georgia, Ukraine and now Estonia, her security council seat is suspended and replaced by Brazil in the UN.

What is Russia going to do? Withdraw from the UN? Look how well that worked for her in the Korean War.

I highly doubt that Putin would consider the Baltic Republics worth losing his Security Council seat for.

Additionally, while this may seem a drastic threat, I think that we're at a critical juncture. Putin knows that he's running out of time, literally, and wants to secure as much as he can before he shuffles off the mortal coil, or is at least pushed out of the Kremlin by some younger rival.

I think that because he has no real designated successor, his removal will lead to a interregnum so to speak of five or ten years, and then we may have to go through it all over again, but by that time I think the Baltic Republics will have secured military support in strong affirmative terms from Europe, and will have probably built their own military into a shared tripartite army.

This may be the very BEST moment for Russia, China, Iran, etc., to move against the USA while we have a VERY weak president that Americans despise. LOL, time will tell.

It is NOT as though we would fight for such a slime.

Lately, I see alot more articles in the news about various hot spots.  May just be simply just more folk writing articles - but it does seem to be more than simply that.

There was an article I read Friday where a Russian personality (TV or radio, don't remember) noted that Russia was the one country that could still wipe out the US with nuclear weapons.  Made in context of the Crimean crisis.

It's not Bush's fault. The American people are consumers and want to pay as little as possible for consumption. The only way that is done is to ship jobs out. The American people got what they were told they would get. It's 100% the people's fault.

We, the People, view Obama as a failure because he has decimated our country. Obama sees himself as a success because he has decimated our country. That's what we must understand in order to understand Obama.