Venusian

Do we know for sure?

CRM114

What hostile act has taken place recently? We have diplomatic relations with them, we trade openly with them, we meet them one on one. What am I missing here?

Red Dog

No more than we know for sure is someone is 'mostly hostile.'

CRM114

That's why Russia is a WRONG answer. It's only right if you are looking at them through cold-war colored glasses.

The Bus

Let's go through the wrong answers first:

International Paper (4): Nick Danger
MGM Mirage (4): DeltaSigChi4
Stanley (4): wishbone
Standard Rope & Twine (4): classicman2

Rockmjd23

Yess....I gain at least 1 point on wishbone! : |

@ Standard Rope and Twine

Red Dog

If one is going to require a recent hostile act against the US, then what makes a right answer? It rules out China, Iran, Cuba.

Funkpie

Thanks for staying on top of it

wendersfan

I prefer to think of them as Toquevillian-colored glasses.

CRM114

I don't think China is hostile to the US. Rhetoric is considered hostility. Iran and Cuba have both had recent hostile rhetoric.

JasonF

The invasion of Georgia and the sending of the Russian fleet to Venezuela, to name two within the past year.

Edit to add: I think both of those actions -- particularly the first -- were motivated more by a Russian desire to expand their own sphere of influence than by a desire to undermine the U.S. But the two goals really do go hand-in-hand.[/i]

All of the things you said about Russia (diplomatic relations, open trade, one-on-one meetings) could be said about Venezuela as well.

Venusian

China detained ("hosted") some airforce personnel a few years ago when their spy plane had difficulty ("was harassed") by chinese air force folks

The Bus

I will be using the original name of all other companies:

Aluminum Company of America (2): CRM, J517

SBC Communications (0): belboz

Bank of America (0): frenchy

Caterpillar (0): Jason

General Electric (0): feenst

Hewlett-Packard (0): Venusian

International Business Machines Corporation (0): orangecrush18

Intel (0): Red Dog

Kraft (3): Birrman54, JasonF, wmansir

McDonald's (3): maxfisher, mosquitobite, The Bus

Microsoft (2): Mordred, Tracer Bullet

United Aircraft (0): Rockmjd23

Bell Atlantic Corporation (0): missflores

Wal-Mart (0): Funkpie

Walt Disney Corp (0): Pharoh

The Bus

Standings

wishbone : 16
Rockmjd23 : 22
Pharoh : 24
Red Dog : 27
arminius : 28
Birrman54 : 30
Funkpie : 31
Jason : 31
missflores : 32
feenst : 33
Jeremy517 : 34
Venusian : 35
Mordred : 36
Tracer Bullet : 36
maxfisher : 37
belboz : 40
DeltaSigChi4 : 40
orangecrush18 : 40
JasonF : 41
frenchy : 42
The Bus : 42
wmansir : 43
CRM114 : 44
mosquitobite : 50
Nick Danger : 57

Rockmjd23

6 back now....

Rockmjd23

You're missing somebody's name in the scores for the last q..can't figure out who though. There are 25 players, you listed 24.

The Bus

Question 11: Name a 20th-century vice president.

Red Dog

I almost put Venezuela.

Frankly, I had great difficulty with that question but that's because when I think of it in terms of a country, I think of more than the government, I think of the people. I could fashion an argument that Iran isn't mostly hostile to the US based simply on how the people view the US - more favorably than the citizens of some of our allies do.

I ended up putting Cuba because I figured it was safe, but as for being really correct....

orangecrush

slowly clawing my way to the middle of the pack

CRM114

There are MANY circumstances leading to the invasion of Georgia that we don't necessarily need to explore but I wouldn't call many of them anti-US. I suppose one can say our "defense shield" plans stoked the old fires but they didn't exist before that.

I really don't consider Venezuela hostile to the US either considering how much oil we joyfully accept from them. Now you could say that the Bush admin stoked the fires down there as well but I don't believe they are inherently hostile.

The Bus

Impossible, since I copy and paste that from an Excel sheet.

CRM114

Did you just say "spy plane" with a straight face?

I don't really consider it hostility when we provoke it.

Rockmjd23

I mean from the list of answers given for the question. There's 21 names plus the 3 that answered wrong, unless classicman is code for someone else

orangecrush

An ally like, say, France?

CRM114

Even Alcoa I can't get right.

How can I be dropping!