What was he supposed to do? Stop reading to the kids, stand up, and say "Children, I must save the United States! Begone!"? Or, "Aircraft have hit the World Trade Center, we don't know anything else, we don't know why"?
So? The fact remains he didn't even get a chance to react. Where did I say he was supposed to say any of these ridiculous things? The person who told him that was supposed to wait to see if the president has anything to say in response. They didn't, they whispered in his ear and turned away instantly. You may consider that interesting or irrevelant, but you may not replace it with your pitiful strawmen.. unless you actually intended to prove my point about bootlickers and brains and whatnot, of course.
Look, just because you can't figure out that there might have been a real geopolitical reason to invade Iraq doesn't mean there wasn't one.
That's great, because I never claimed otherwise. I said it was unrelated to what it was made out to be related to, and you effectively just confirmed that by talking about "excuses to attack".
So we have one strawman, and one direct confirmation in a LOT of words, delivered in a tone as if it refuted my statement, instead of confirming it. That's quite par of the course, thanks for playing.
Just tell them they're terrorists, that they're "anti-american", and all that stuff. For every person with a spine, not to mention brains, there are 10 bootlickers.
I don't know about you, but I was witness via video to George Bush being told about about an attack on America, and the person who told him that immediately stepping back (not waiting for any reaction or orders), while Bush kept reading about goats. That right there proved the president of the USA is a mere puppet with exactly nothing to decide, but I don't recall much hesitation of the armed forces to "follow" their commander in chief into attacking Iraq, a totally random country considering the context. Now there's Mr. Hope & Change with his kill lists and drone strikes. I can't wait to see the next one in the queue.
But sure, if it just gets worse enough... well, I don't believe it anymore. I don't see the human material capable of any of this. As long as there are other people or so-called obligations to hide behind, people will do that. By the time that's not an option anymore, it's too late. People in general have Stockholm Syndrome, soldiers doubly so.
Because greed, and also "need" for dirty work, underage whores, etc. If there was no poverty to threaten or no greed to entice people with, a lot of people literally wouldn't know what to do and how to live.
Which reminds me of another thing Hicks said, sorry for making it a second post:
"First of all, this needs to be said. There never was a war. How can you say that Bill? Well... a war is when TWO armies are fighting." ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4CQ_1GWn4w )
I guess some things still haven't changed. Well, "nerds", this is actually happening on your turf, collectively you're the 800 pound gorilla in this one:P Make something of it, and by that I mean maybe educate the general public about what is going on and how badly they're getting fucked? Because they, in turn, are the 800 ton gorilla carrier, and they don't like getting fucked... they're just too slow to notice anything in time, ever, and too busy squabbling amongst themselves in their sleep.
That depends on where you are going. If you're not going anywhere anyway, the above is true. In the race to fall into the abyss, being an asshole gives you quite the edge. Good riddance!
That extra revenue will lead to expansion and so forth..
Bullshit. It might just as well lead to hookers and cocain, or fugly boats made of aluminium.
the main benefit to the innovation is the increase in aggregate demand that results from the price decrease
This assumes decreased costs get passed on as decreased prices, which is also pretty much bullshit.
This increase in aggregate demand leads many economists to believe
Sure. People will eat more burgers because they're cheaper... it makes perfect sense! Or maybe, just maybe, "many economists" are just trained imbeciles playing for time while the naked emperors tighten the leashes.
How can an omnipotent being create a rock, which is too heavy for him to lift, or live in a body which leaves him powerless? It's an inherent contradiction.
How can God punish people for what God makes them do? Both Islam and Christianity are very explicit about humans ultimately not really having much choice in being rightly guided or misguided, yet have no problems in blaming the pot for what the potter does... compared to that, other niggles seem like insanely irrelevant details.
Same old shilling from corporate scumfucks. "Lower our taxes, or jobs will be lost... bankers are too thick to jail... and now that you're in trouble, don't you fucking dare even look at us! It's the government! The only institution you at least have theoretical say in, the only way you can put us in our place, is to blame [for the things we lobbied it to do]!"
Really, post from an account or shut the fuck up. Or even better, die.
What has been created by this half century of massive corporate propaganda is what's called "anti-politics". So that anything that goes wrong, you blame the government. Well okay, there's plenty to blame the government about, but the government is the one institution that people can change... the one institution that you can affect without institutional change. That's exactly why all the anger and fear has been directed at the government. The government has a defect - it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect - they're pure tyrannies. So therefore you want to keep corporations invisible, and focus all anger on the government. So if you don't like something, you know, your wages are going down, you blame the government. Not blame the guys in the Fortune 500, because you don't read the Fortune 500. You just read what they tell you in the newspapers... so you don't read about the dazzling profits and the stupendous dizz, and the wages going down and so on, all you know is that the bad government is doing something, so let's get mad at the government.
-- Noam Chomsky
Who also said the powerful only understand one thing, violence. They surely only respect actual pressure, not words, not ideals. They don't understand those words, and they don't share those ideals. They are kinda like dogs who got used to sleeping and shitting all over our beds.... we really, really ought to start acting accordingly, instead of wagging the finger and rolling our eyes. I wish it was legal to suggest killing a bunch. But apparently it's only legal to be killed, slowly, and over generations. Well fuck.
That'd just be one "front", namely your whiny gibberish which is telling indeed... you seem to be in a constant state of hurt, and also having issues with penguins. Awww.
You are one though, seeing how the poster asked "did anyone", not "did all of you".
I knew it wasn't going to be about eyeglasses, but yeah, that was my first association too, as if "optics" was a new hip word for it like "shades". Made me smile, as did dressing you down ^^
I'll third that! To me it's on a whole 'nother level of awesome 3
I've been slacking lately, but generally been reading this since 2000 or so, and been a better person for it. To me there's Sinfest, then nothing for long, long time, then other stuff.
Ah! Now that I got it, I feel a bit stupid for not seeing that right away.. thanks a lot to you all for explaining over and over ^^ Not knowing what the big deal / difference is kinda bugged me, now I have closure.
You know, the Iranian revolution in '79 was co-opted by murderous poopyheads who have had their grip on the country since then, right? My point is that your beef is, by and large, not with Iranians, especially not with the younger generation. There is nothing to gain and a lot to loose by missing this.
But first you kinda have to drop this attidude of talking down to servants, just because the guys who hold your collar can beat up the guys holding theirs. That is beyond pathetic.
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So? The fact remains he didn't even get a chance to react. Where did I say he was supposed to say any of these ridiculous things? The person who told him that was supposed to wait to see if the president has anything to say in response. They didn't, they whispered in his ear and turned away instantly. You may consider that interesting or irrevelant, but you may not replace it with your pitiful strawmen.. unless you actually intended to prove my point about bootlickers and brains and whatnot, of course.
That's great, because I never claimed otherwise. I said it was unrelated to what it was made out to be related to, and you effectively just confirmed that by talking about "excuses to attack".
So we have one strawman, and one direct confirmation in a LOT of words, delivered in a tone as if it refuted my statement, instead of confirming it. That's quite par of the course, thanks for playing.
Just tell them they're terrorists, that they're "anti-american", and all that stuff. For every person with a spine, not to mention brains, there are 10 bootlickers.
I don't know about you, but I was witness via video to George Bush being told about about an attack on America, and the person who told him that immediately stepping back (not waiting for any reaction or orders), while Bush kept reading about goats. That right there proved the president of the USA is a mere puppet with exactly nothing to decide, but I don't recall much hesitation of the armed forces to "follow" their commander in chief into attacking Iraq, a totally random country considering the context. Now there's Mr. Hope & Change with his kill lists and drone strikes. I can't wait to see the next one in the queue.
But sure, if it just gets worse enough... well, I don't believe it anymore. I don't see the human material capable of any of this. As long as there are other people or so-called obligations to hide behind, people will do that. By the time that's not an option anymore, it's too late. People in general have Stockholm Syndrome, soldiers doubly so.
How is that trolling? But hey, thanks for proving me point re:doofus ^_^
Because greed, and also "need" for dirty work, underage whores, etc. If there was no poverty to threaten or no greed to entice people with, a lot of people literally wouldn't know what to do and how to live.
It's not "your government", doofus.
Which reminds me of another thing Hicks said, sorry for making it a second post:
"First of all, this needs to be said. There never was a war. How can you say that Bill? Well... a war is when TWO armies are fighting." ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4CQ_1GWn4w )
I guess some things still haven't changed. Well, "nerds", this is actually happening on your turf, collectively you're the 800 pound gorilla in this one :P Make something of it, and by that I mean maybe educate the general public about what is going on and how badly they're getting fucked? Because they, in turn, are the 800 ton gorilla carrier, and they don't like getting fucked... they're just too slow to notice anything in time, ever, and too busy squabbling amongst themselves in their sleep.
"pick up the gun"
http://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket
Kinda old, yet still so very current.
That depends on where you are going. If you're not going anywhere anyway, the above is true. In the race to fall into the abyss, being an asshole gives you quite the edge. Good riddance!
Bullshit. It might just as well lead to hookers and cocain, or fugly boats made of aluminium.
This assumes decreased costs get passed on as decreased prices, which is also pretty much bullshit.
Sure. People will eat more burgers because they're cheaper... it makes perfect sense! Or maybe, just maybe, "many economists" are just trained imbeciles playing for time while the naked emperors tighten the leashes.
Says who? Non-environmentalists?
If you outlaw telling a 5 year old to drink bleach, you're "outlawing free speech" as well.
Pfffft. What about Judaism?
How can God punish people for what God makes them do? Both Islam and Christianity are very explicit about humans ultimately not really having much choice in being rightly guided or misguided, yet have no problems in blaming the pot for what the potter does... compared to that, other niggles seem like insanely irrelevant details.
May I suggest you do likewise?
That hint is lacking a verb and makes no sense without one. Please formulate a complete sentence and try again.
Did you perhaps mean to say "mathematics"?
You're either stupid or nuts.
Same old shilling from corporate scumfucks. "Lower our taxes, or jobs will be lost... bankers are too thick to jail... and now that you're in trouble, don't you fucking dare even look at us! It's the government! The only institution you at least have theoretical say in, the only way you can put us in our place, is to blame [for the things we lobbied it to do]!"
Really, post from an account or shut the fuck up. Or even better, die.
Bullshit. Spineless assholes like you make life suck. Bring out the dead I say.
More than that..
Who also said the powerful only understand one thing, violence. They surely only respect actual pressure, not words, not ideals. They don't understand those words, and they don't share those ideals. They are kinda like dogs who got used to sleeping and shitting all over our beds.... we really, really ought to start acting accordingly, instead of wagging the finger and rolling our eyes. I wish it was legal to suggest killing a bunch. But apparently it's only legal to be killed, slowly, and over generations. Well fuck.
That'd just be one "front", namely your whiny gibberish which is telling indeed... you seem to be in a constant state of hurt, and also having issues with penguins. Awww.
You are one though, seeing how the poster asked "did anyone", not "did all of you".
I knew it wasn't going to be about eyeglasses, but yeah, that was my first association too, as if "optics" was a new hip word for it like "shades". Made me smile, as did dressing you down ^^
That one I'm also subscribed to.. sometimes it tries too hard IMHO, but other times it's just genius.
I'd love a fatwa on my head. That's a hat, right?
I'll third that! To me it's on a whole 'nother level of awesome 3
I've been slacking lately, but generally been reading this since 2000 or so, and been a better person for it. To me there's Sinfest, then nothing for long, long time, then other stuff.
Yeah, or throwing rocks at old people. What's with all these totally arbitrary sensitivities, right?
Ah! Now that I got it, I feel a bit stupid for not seeing that right away.. thanks a lot to you all for explaining over and over ^^ Not knowing what the big deal / difference is kinda bugged me, now I have closure.
You know, the Iranian revolution in '79 was co-opted by murderous poopyheads who have had their grip on the country since then, right? My point is that your beef is, by and large, not with Iranians, especially not with the younger generation. There is nothing to gain and a lot to loose by missing this.
But first you kinda have to drop this attidude of talking down to servants, just because the guys who hold your collar can beat up the guys holding theirs. That is beyond pathetic.