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1. Ashton Alan W

   
   9/11/2013 9:09 AM

   Steven Huffstutler, CGCS said:

   Larry Allan said: I guess their are a lot of different sects in Judaism. Conservative, Orthodox, Ultra Orthodox just like Islam. I always find it interesting how many similarities there are between the Jews and Muslims...no Pork, circumcision etc.
   Which sect is it that wear the black cowboy hats with the dreadlocks?

   
   
   
   I think those are the Melonologists. They study guys named Mel.

   
   
   http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=melonology

   
   
   
   
2. Corey Eastwood

   

   82 posts
   
   9/11/2013 1:09 PM

   James Schmid said: Why is an alleged chemical attack the only offence they feel we need to punish? We have known that they have been torturing and murdering 10s of thousands of people to for years, and now one alleged chemical attack and we have some moral duty to bring them under control? Seems silly if you ask me.

   
   
   How about ove two thousand years. Are we going to stop it. I say never.

   
   Corey Eastwood CGCS, Stockton Golf & CC, Retired
   
   
3. Peter Bowman

   

   11 posts
   
   9/11/2013 5:09 PM

   Sandy Clark, CGCS"]
   Israel is about the only civilized country in that part of the world![/quote]
   
   And just what do all the other countries in that part of the world have in common?????
   
   
   
   
   That's right. You guessed it. Too much sand and not enough shade trees.

   
   
   
   
4. Clay Putnam

   

   33 posts
   
   9/11/2013 6:09 PM

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8m2MD76PpM

   
   
   
   
5. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   9/11/2013 9:09 PM

   Clay funny clip but you should have posted the entire 5:22 segment. Jon also makes fun of Fox News, CNN and really also gets to the most important part of the matter, a way to not go to war and get the results that most americans really want anyway.
   
   
   
   http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-s ... blue-bombs
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
6. Clay Putnam

   

   33 posts
   
   9/12/2013 7:09 AM

   Good show, Mel. I did not see that version from the Yahoo News clip I was reading. I like your link better.
   
   Stewart is right, the avoidance of war is the end game, however, the means at which we have reached this point speaks volumes of the administration's foreign policy capabilities.

   
   
   
   
7. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   9/12/2013 8:09 AM

   Clay Putnam, CGCS said: Good show, Mel. I did not see that version from the Yahoo News clip I was reading. I like your link better.
   
   Stewart is right, the avoidance of war is the end game, however, the means at which we have reached this point speaks volumes of the administration's foreign policy capabilities.

   
   
   But at least they are trying to do something, Bush's administration would have just started a war, Regan's would have ignored it, like he did in Iraqi.
   
   I think no matter who's in the White House, this issue was a damned if you do, damned if you don't deal. Just my opinion. Hopefully they learn from this and get better.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
8. Clay Putnam

   

   33 posts
   
   9/12/2013 8:09 AM

   Melvin Waldron, CGCS said:

   Clay Putnam, CGCS said: Good show, Mel. I did not see that version from the Yahoo News clip I was reading. I like your link better.
   
   Stewart is right, the avoidance of war is the end game, however, the means at which we have reached this point speaks volumes of the administration's foreign policy capabilities.

   
   
   But at least they are trying to do something, Bush's administration would have just started a war, Regan's would have ignored it, like he did in Iraqi.
   
   I think no matter who's in the White House, this issue was a damned if you do, damned if you don't deal. Just my opinion. Hopefully they learn from this and get better.
   
   Mel

   
   
   The reason we're in this mess to begin with is Obama's redline comment. Obama made the comment, chemical weapons were used, and then Obama's bluff was called. This is entirely Obama's circumstance. Pulling Bush and Reagan into this discussion is deflection, at best.

   
   
   
   
9. Melvin Waldron

   

   43 posts
   
   9/12/2013 10:09 AM

   Clay you are correct that the Redline comment was a big issues with this latest incident, and President Obama probably shouldn't have made it, but I was hearing a lot from some on the right that he wasn't doing enough, (Sen. McCain for example). If he wouldn't have made it we were looking weak, he did make it and his bluff was called, does it still make us look weak? I'm sure it does in some reguards but if we are, then why did he start wanting to make a deal? So in that respect, maybe we don't look weak because in the end if this works out, Syria is giving up their weapons, no? As eveyone as said before, why didn't the international community step up as well, don't know would like to get an answer from them.
   
   But big picture going all the way back to WWII and earlier we along with our allies have been meddling in the middle east for oil. One administration can not be asked to fix things overnight or even in 8 years. At some point our president becomes a lame duck overseas as well. I brought Regan and Bush into the conversation because of their actions or inactions have helped lead us to the road we are at right now, Clinton plays a part in it as well as the first president Bush. Heck we can go back to Jimmy Carter and the issues with Iran.
   
   I guess I get too wrapped up with how the current president is bashed, especially from the republicans who can't agree on a solution themselves, and Fox news for their commentary and not helping things, MSNBC isn't much better, quite honestly and I know it's satire, but Stewart and Colbert give the most unbiased reporting on things sometimes in my opinion. They show how both sides make fools of themselves.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
10. Ronald Kirkman

    

    42 posts
    
    9/12/2013 5:09 PM

    Greetings;
    
    You guys are getting DEEP into this subject. Me, Personally, I don't want our President to bomb Syria. They have a civil war and it is none of our business. I am extremely disapointed in some of our elected officials to back President Obama on this one. McCain, Pelosi, Reid, Cantor, Boeaner amongst others.
    
    What is the difference in women and children being gassed twisting and turning and suffering on the ground than lying there with body parts being all over the place from our missles. If Russia or China had a civil war, would we move in? I like President Putin in what he is doing and what difference does it make what he has done in the past. He has a heck of a plan now.
    
    It seems we have problems with the United Nations. Just think, if Russia, China, U.S. Poland, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Japan, Europe and some African countries and other countries I left out were all running the U.N. and all chemical and biological weapons were banned then we could just shoot each other without the threat of gassing each other. No doubt I screwed this up but who cares.
    
    Capt. Kirk
    Retired Alien
    Needham Golf Club
    Needham, MA