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Just for the hell of it, can you name me a conservative federal court that is as wacky as the 9th?

don't be too sure of that

A perfect example of legislating from the bench is the 9th circuit court in California. Pick any decision. If Al Gore was president I could have imagined him picking from this scary lot.

Anticipation in itself is not an action word it defines a state of mind. One can act in anticipation but the action remains undefined as to whether that action is proactive or reactive. Example: If I am anticipating a punch from you I can either act with “proactive interference” by punching you first or I can wait for your punch and react to it by blocking it then punch. Now I am sure you can define proactive out of existence so the word needs a modifier like “proactive inhibition” or "proactive interference”. I would guess the only truly proactive action would be instinctual, primal, or pre-programmed one. This is getting away from the point. My original assertion was that foreign policy is inherently reactive.

No, I am reacting to my anticipation that someone is coming over by turning the light on. If I were truly proactive I would be driving over to pick that someone up hence, controlling the time and fashion of their arrival.

If I anticipate someone coming to visit me I might react by turning the front porch light on.

I said:

If you are not the controlling hand in future events (proactive) then you can only react to the anticipation of future events

A year or so of intense selected Iraqi police and military build up and training that is loyal to the current government. Then turn the interior of Iraqi over to them, pull back to the Iraqi boarders seal them with the help of real time surveillance technology and Counter the foreign influence with elite special forces when they pop up in the interior. Let the true Iraqis fight it out without Iran and Syria getting involved. I know it’s far from perfect but what the hell.

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First tell me what exactly are they reacting to? Also, just because a behavior is a reaction to something it does not make the reaction right or justified.

And if we were truly proactive about all this we would not have let Europe set trade policy unilaterally.

Would higher state and local taxes make you?

Central American Free Trade Agreement. Isn’t that a reaction to the changing market place and a counter weight to the European union?

Give me a specific example

Joseph Stalin

Not a bad idea I hear the Chinese are scared of clowns.

I understood what you said and it still double speak, but as long as my goal is proactive I can be reactive, right. Foreign policy is inherently reactive. The only way to be truly proactive is to install puppet governments

Classic example of double speak.

now, Neds the real deal and is funny.

yes, it does. It has Channel lock feature

Your assignment for tonight is to read the Federalist Papers. I bet you could get a copy from Darin if you don’t mind all the highlighter marks.

Yes, I do and I have a subscription right now. He is still too polite, and too PC and too content. He doesn’t rough up the Hollywood hoople heads like he use to. All he does is kiss their ass now like he’s one of them. I can watch Opra or Larry King for that. I saw a flash of the old Stern the first week on satellite when he just destroyed that once super model Rachel Hunter for backing out of his show.

How about a telescoping spud bar

or a spud bar