I use cornstarch water in cooking as a thickening agent. I hope it never comes out and attacks me Note to self: keep it away from any noise.

I must have problems with my ears. All I can hear now is part tracks from labamba overlayed. Good song though.

In Australia, The idea of a budget reply is to do whatever you like. It doesn't matter as it has no value except to win votes. I have never seen an oppostion budget that has actually been implemented. Anyway, it looks like our target here of getting back to surplus to 2013 is pretty good.

Knowing the US people, they would never stand for in principle a reduction in military spending in a general sense. If they said, cut certian new technology programs back that would be implemented insted, then that would have a better chance of getting through the public. Investment in infrastucture is ALWAYS in these kinds of things.

The tax breaks endings for the top-end is simply vote-grabbing. Can't they get these top guys to be involved in fixing certain issues instead. That would be a new idea: anyone earning over $10 million in a single year needs to fix a component of the total system that would have indirect symetary in their field: "You! Mr Gates! You now have to fix the transportation system!" They have to use their own money, and don't have to pay any tax.

It wouldn't have mattered at the time who justified the war for the US/UK. They wanted justification to make their war right. As was written about 1800 years ago:

"If you attack evils based on social trends, no one can rival your dignity. If you settle victory with the power of the people, no one can rival your achievement. If you can accurately discern these basis of action, and add dignity and faith to them, you can take on the most formidable opponent and prevail over the most valiant adversary" [Mastering the Art of War. Liang, Zhuge p71]

Unfortunately, they did not understand the true meaning of this. This passage isn't about justifying a war to ensure you win.

Thanks for the promote.

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*promote

Oh no! The cat has declared war and had gone on a ram raid!

*groan*