<p>Razorsharp:</p>
<p>First of all, I'd like to thank you for your cessation of extreme attacks by replacing them with supported arguments. By the way, My car is clean now =)</p>
<p>OK. After reading ur info, I have to say that the site <a href="http://www.devvy.com/200408111738.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.devvy.com/200408111738.html</a> and the info it contains is definitely not neutral.</p>
<p>"These vicious attacks are aimed at Americans who are going to vote a "third party." A large number of states have far more than three registered political parties, so use of the term "third party" is inaccurate - throw it away! Why does there have to be this type of label for any party other than the Democratic-Republican Party? I'll tell you why: because repetition of the term 'third party' makes people think that any party other than the Democrat or Republican Party isn't a real political party, but rather some fringe organization. It's all a mind game.
I left the Republican party in 1996 for good and have had no party affiliation ever since. Having run on the Republican ticket for Congress, I got a first hand look into the machine and it sickened me. The central committee honchos weren't the least bit interested in the law, the Constitution or what was right, only "win at all costs." A pernicious course that is hastening the death of this Republic. As the years have passed with a Republican controlled Congress (1995-2004), I have watched them take America closer and closer to a totalitarian government."</p>
<p>The second and third paragraphs of that article gives evidence that the writer is either a naturally emotional person or was emotional at the time. Such people make logical fallacies and feed their rhetoric with pathos rather than logos and ethos. The third paragraph especially gives evidence of strong emotion.</p>
<p>Here's some evidence of his bias and aversion for the Chinese:</p>
<p>"Chew on that the next time you want to buy some cheap shirt or tennis shoes Made in China."</p>
<p>"The same dictator who allowed one of their F-8 fighter jets to collide with one of our U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance planes on April 1, 2001."</p>
<p>First, he calls China's products "cheap." Well, since Chinese products seem to be everywhere, I wouldn't be surprised if he owned several "cheap" products.</p>
<p>Second, what the heck was a U.S. spy plane doing in China anyway? The U.S. would have done something similar if a Chinese spy plane had crashed in the U.S. It's the national defense and intelligence business.</p>
<p>OK, the entire article from Devvy is filled with too much strong feeling and not enough clear thinking. Now onto the other article.</p>
<p>Onto your question on why China is rapidly building its military forces. China is currently undergoing its own industrial revolution right now, as there have been huge improvements in technology. With a rapidly improving industry comes a rapidly improving military. China isn't necessarily adding another 100,000 troops to its army, it's improving its military technology.</p>
<p>This exact same thing happened to American during its Industrial revolution. The most profound military innovation that came as a direct result of America's industrial revolution were the grooved rifles, which made guns much more accurate. Also came the primitive assault rifle/machine gun, in the 7-shot repeater rifles and the 16-shot breechloaders. All of those weapons were used during the Civil War, but the ideas and innovations surrounding those inventions originated from the Industrial Revolution.</p>
<p>I'll get back to you on the intellectual theft later when I have more time.</p>
<p>By the way, how do you put the words in the gray boxes?</p>