Originally Posted By: L. Brown
....Craig, I'm confused by your first para. Please explain. What should "intel" pay for? And why should they pay?....

....Right there, in an official government publication. It's unfortunate that some of our current political leaders won't use that phrase.....

....Re support to terrorism, go to www.lawandsecurity.org. Check out their Terrorist Trial Report Card. They state that as of 2011....
....it doesn't sound like the material support charges immediately came to a halt after Obama took office. I like to blame him too . . . but preferably when he really does something bad....

Re ducks . . . Craig, you're violating the rules. Again. "Revised stance that lead might come from elsewhere." BS....

Okay Larry, thank you for packaging the points in one place.

Don't be too confused by the first para. You introduced the idea that some are racist against all muslims for the transgressions of a few, for comparison, you mentioned Catholics and pedophiles. I believe all Catholics are paying for the transgressions of a few, and I can't see where you dispute that. If you can not dispute that 'intel', regardless of the application, played a part in the decision to blow trillions. Then logic follows that like the Catholics, all members of the organization could cough up their fair share. Here's a thought, maybe the logic is flawed?

My only question is, why can't all muslims pay for the transgressions of a few, and we just pretend all muslims are not paying? If there're any complaints, can't we justify it by saying look at your brothers, the Catholics, we know there're only a few bad apples?

As to mentioning phrases, we've gone over that. It is a non pc linkage of words. My opinion is that there are some spades that are forbidden to be called spades.

Continuing, the link you provided is helpful. Under their trail report card, please note the topic I brought up, Terror Financing Through Charities. Your 'report card' ends in March of '08. I mentioned a time frame of Feb. '09 through today, roughly new policy implementation through two terms. Also note that your link has to do with a vague 'international' tally sheet, and not 'really bad' things that're happening in the homeland.

To wind it down with the ducks, the main thing I remember was being made fun of 'settled science', knock yourself out but it's a done deal, duck rebound numbers after lead shot was banned is proof that hunters caused the poisoning. There was other stuff like concentration where uplands are diverse and dispersed, and duck digestive anatomy, point being it was all related to hunting lead shot.

Back in the 'condor' thread, it was not bs that other lead sources were consistently ignored or brushed off, particularly the industrial release of lead. Please notice, I did not say you made any binding comment of fact, I only mention the repetitive point you stressed. I appreciate keith's offer to teach me how to quote from other comments, but I believe I summed it up to my satisfaction. Thank you for taking the time to comment.