don't forget that there are instances where even the worst of enemies can fight together when a greater threat comes to light.
Yes. Kind of like the Republicans and Democrats if any third party threatens. They can put aside their differences in a heartbeat if their ability to assrape the American public is ever threatened.
Well, AFAIK Wikileaks didn't break any law in EU. Its Visa and MasterCard that could possibly do that - at least in EU that is. If they want to operate in EU, they need to comply. They don't want to? Well, I'm sure some else will take over.
Funny thing is that the conservative Americans (what the rest of the world calls "Fascists") on this site who would be the most offended by your comment are the same ones who were always saying "Don't like it? Leave!" about any American who questions the American military bombing the shit out of anyone they please.
its OUR place to decide what a company can do or not, who it can render services to or not, if that company is a practical monopoly.
you cant monopolize the lives of people, and still do whatever you will. period.
Well, in the civilized world, this is reasonable. In Corporatist America, this is called Socialism (or, perhaps Socialism calls YOU! I don't know).
And the alternative is? Communism? Nice idea, but it has been shown to fail by history. You said to look at history, but if you do, you see that most of the world has been capitalist for a long time, and it has worked out pretty well so far. Yes, you get depressions, but you also get highs, one tending to follow the other.
Human nature has not evolved to share. It has not evolved to look for the best for everyone else, it has evolved to look after itself. That is why communism fails, even though, in an ideal situation, it would be the perfectly fair option. People suffer regardless, but you cannot say that there are more people suffering in the UK, USA or EU than did in the USSR.
I'll just leave this here and let you figure out what is wrong with your argument.
I've only ever met -in person- one single, solitary person who actually believed that carbon dating was flawed and that the earth was only 6,000 years old, and that was on the basis of his religion, not his political stance.
So? Your anecdotal evidence is no match for actual statistics. A depressingly large number of Americans actually do believe in Young Earth Creationism. Your comment reminds of something I read in a Stephen J. Gould book where he mentions that, as a child, he couldn't believe that America was mostly Protestant. After all, in his years of living in New York City, he had only met one Protestant. Everyone else he met was either Catholic or Jewish.
if there wasn't a demand for the animals, people would mistreat their children or other family members.
Actually, people who mistreat pets *also* tend to mistreat their children and other family members. It has something to do with being a complete asshole.
More importantly, if prohibition and the war on drugs are any sign, this will create a high value pet black market, which makes for-profit breeding operations more, not less, likely to be abusive. Law of unintended consequeneces.
On the other hand, it would make for a great LOLcat. Imagine a ruthless drug lord gunning down his rivals. Finally, instead of delivering a kilo of cocaine, he pulls a mildly meowing cat out of a box. "Say hello to my little friend!"
I'd rather you pay for you own healthcare instead of whining that you want someone else - who actually works - to pay for something that you value less then your cell phone and cable TV.
You are not my responsibility.
Um, I actually do work and make a good salary, you sanctimonious Rush-Limbaugh-fellating moron. You see, despite what Fox News tells you, people who disagree with you are not a bunch of shiftless bums.
And, as for "you are not my responsibility" - build your own roads. Pay for your own police force. Of course, if they don't abide by the contract you have with them, good luck finding a court not paid for by taxpayer money. Oh, and you make sure your own water is safe to drink and your own food is not poisonous. Nope, can't have you taking my money AT GUNPOINT to make sure that you don't die of some horrible water-borne or food-borne disease.
Believe it or not, some people have this thing called a "brain" which they use for more than simple reflexive responses. I realize that having a decent healthcare system that we all pay in to is beneficial not just to society as a whole, but to myself personally. Even from a purely selfish perspective (since that is clearly the only perspective you have), I would think you could see the benefit of not having to worry about poorer people around you spreading diseases simply because they don't even have access to basic preventative care.
From what I've seen (I know, it means I had to go to this scary place called "outside the USA"), the best healthcare systems are the ones that have a mix of public and private care. Everyone gets a basic minimum of healthcare, and if you have money you can get better treatment.
I know how much you hate anyone who isn't as well off as you are, but even someone who is as much of an obvious shitbag as you should be able to see the benefits of not allowing people to transmit diseases. At the very least, it's a public health issue.
Well, I've written enough. You can go back into your mountain cabin and continue stroking your rifles and wondering why your wife left you and your kids haven't called you in twenty years. I'm sure it's all their fault.
Well, he is from Gastonia, NC. They are all scum-sucking vermin there, anyway. Ah, Gastonia! Where you long for the intelligent, enlightened lands of Oklahoma, Montana, or even Saudi Arabia!
You should be ashamed that at age 24 you are on your mother's insurance. Either get a job and pay for your own insurance or pay your own bills on your own.
Please, go get testicular cancer and die, slowly and painfully. Then, maybe you'll have some clue of what you are talking about. Actually, even then you probably won't. Cognitive dissonance is almost a virtue with scum like you.
What a vile shithole full of vile people this is. They murder or disown their own children if they don't follow their fundie Evangelical bullshit. So many girls (and even boys) are raped by family members before they are even 13.
You know how people make fun of the South for being full of stupid rednecks? Well, those rednecks make fun of Gastonia for being a backward, redneck shithole.
If someone nuked Gastonia, they would deserve a fucking medal!
On the other hand, a low life expectancy isn't intended to mean that no one lives to be older; only that it's more rare to do so. The life expectancy numbers for those who'd already lived into their teens were still pretty bad.
This is, of course, where we get the idea across all cultures that elders should be respected. Today, however, any idiot can live to a ripe old age. See, e.g., the U.S. baby boomer generation. A pack of whiny, self-important little fuckers if ever there was one.
FM receivers on phones??? What's next? A mandate that portable electronic devices be able to play phonographs??? It's the 21st century, people! I'm old enough to be able to say "Get off my lawn, you damn kids!" but even I think this is stupid and backwards.
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The first Chinese Twitter post will be done by the President of the PRC. So, Hu's on first.
So, basically, J Edgar Hoover appeared and destroyed us.
don't forget that there are instances where even the worst of enemies can fight together when a greater threat comes to light.
Yes. Kind of like the Republicans and Democrats if any third party threatens. They can put aside their differences in a heartbeat if their ability to assrape the American public is ever threatened.
Well, AFAIK Wikileaks didn't break any law in EU. Its Visa and MasterCard that could possibly do that - at least in EU that is. If they want to operate in EU, they need to comply. They don't want to? Well, I'm sure some else will take over.
Funny thing is that the conservative Americans (what the rest of the world calls "Fascists") on this site who would be the most offended by your comment are the same ones who were always saying "Don't like it? Leave!" about any American who questions the American military bombing the shit out of anyone they please.
its OUR place to decide what a company can do or not, who it can render services to or not, if that company is a practical monopoly. you cant monopolize the lives of people, and still do whatever you will. period.
Well, in the civilized world, this is reasonable. In Corporatist America, this is called Socialism (or, perhaps Socialism calls YOU! I don't know).
And the alternative is? Communism? Nice idea, but it has been shown to fail by history. You said to look at history, but if you do, you see that most of the world has been capitalist for a long time, and it has worked out pretty well so far. Yes, you get depressions, but you also get highs, one tending to follow the other.
Human nature has not evolved to share. It has not evolved to look for the best for everyone else, it has evolved to look after itself. That is why communism fails, even though, in an ideal situation, it would be the perfectly fair option. People suffer regardless, but you cannot say that there are more people suffering in the UK, USA or EU than did in the USSR.
I'll just leave this here and let you figure out what is wrong with your argument.
That is all.
I hate all the side-taking and name-calling surrounding this issue
Go fuck yourself, you greenie pervert!
I've only ever met -in person- one single, solitary person who actually believed that carbon dating was flawed and that the earth was only 6,000 years old, and that was on the basis of his religion, not his political stance.
So? Your anecdotal evidence is no match for actual statistics. A depressingly large number of Americans actually do believe in Young Earth Creationism. Your comment reminds of something I read in a Stephen J. Gould book where he mentions that, as a child, he couldn't believe that America was mostly Protestant. After all, in his years of living in New York City, he had only met one Protestant. Everyone else he met was either Catholic or Jewish.
if there wasn't a demand for the animals, people would mistreat their children or other family members.
Actually, people who mistreat pets *also* tend to mistreat their children and other family members. It has something to do with being a complete asshole.
More importantly, if prohibition and the war on drugs are any sign, this will create a high value pet black market, which makes for-profit breeding operations more, not less, likely to be abusive. Law of unintended consequeneces.
On the other hand, it would make for a great LOLcat. Imagine a ruthless drug lord gunning down his rivals. Finally, instead of delivering a kilo of cocaine, he pulls a mildly meowing cat out of a box. "Say hello to my little friend!"
a massive fuckton of light, right?
Is that the technical term?
No. The technical term is an Imperial Fuckton.
I'd rather you pay for you own healthcare instead of whining that you want someone else - who actually works - to pay for something that you value less then your cell phone and cable TV.
You are not my responsibility.
Um, I actually do work and make a good salary, you sanctimonious Rush-Limbaugh-fellating moron. You see, despite what Fox News tells you, people who disagree with you are not a bunch of shiftless bums.
And, as for "you are not my responsibility" - build your own roads. Pay for your own police force. Of course, if they don't abide by the contract you have with them, good luck finding a court not paid for by taxpayer money. Oh, and you make sure your own water is safe to drink and your own food is not poisonous. Nope, can't have you taking my money AT GUNPOINT to make sure that you don't die of some horrible water-borne or food-borne disease.
Believe it or not, some people have this thing called a "brain" which they use for more than simple reflexive responses. I realize that having a decent healthcare system that we all pay in to is beneficial not just to society as a whole, but to myself personally. Even from a purely selfish perspective (since that is clearly the only perspective you have), I would think you could see the benefit of not having to worry about poorer people around you spreading diseases simply because they don't even have access to basic preventative care.
From what I've seen (I know, it means I had to go to this scary place called "outside the USA"), the best healthcare systems are the ones that have a mix of public and private care. Everyone gets a basic minimum of healthcare, and if you have money you can get better treatment.
I know how much you hate anyone who isn't as well off as you are, but even someone who is as much of an obvious shitbag as you should be able to see the benefits of not allowing people to transmit diseases. At the very least, it's a public health issue.
Well, I've written enough. You can go back into your mountain cabin and continue stroking your rifles and wondering why your wife left you and your kids haven't called you in twenty years. I'm sure it's all their fault.
We also have Al Qaida supporters in the US, but they are not in any position to influence the country.
I take from that comment you don't regularly watch Fox News.
No, they're like Monty Python. You have to sit through 99% shit before seeing a gem.
An unbeliever! Persecute! Kill the heretic! Kill the heretic!
Well, he is from Gastonia, NC. They are all scum-sucking vermin there, anyway. Ah, Gastonia! Where you long for the intelligent, enlightened lands of Oklahoma, Montana, or even Saudi Arabia!
Not our problems.
You should be ashamed that at age 24 you are on your mother's insurance. Either get a job and pay for your own insurance or pay your own bills on your own.
Please, go get testicular cancer and die, slowly and painfully. Then, maybe you'll have some clue of what you are talking about. Actually, even then you probably won't. Cognitive dissonance is almost a virtue with scum like you.
Sounds great. I had a similar experience when I was young and healthy. Now, all you have to do is keep yourself from growing old.
What a vile shithole full of vile people this is. They murder or disown their own children if they don't follow their fundie Evangelical bullshit. So many girls (and even boys) are raped by family members before they are even 13.
You know how people make fun of the South for being full of stupid rednecks? Well, those rednecks make fun of Gastonia for being a backward, redneck shithole.
If someone nuked Gastonia, they would deserve a fucking medal!
I take it you live in Northern Virginia. I'd say hi at the junction between I-495 and I-66 if I wasn't too interested in killing some dumb fucker!
On the other hand, a low life expectancy isn't intended to mean that no one lives to be older; only that it's more rare to do so. The life expectancy numbers for those who'd already lived into their teens were still pretty bad.
This is, of course, where we get the idea across all cultures that elders should be respected. Today, however, any idiot can live to a ripe old age. See, e.g., the U.S. baby boomer generation. A pack of whiny, self-important little fuckers if ever there was one.
Actually, feature-wise, Firefox is a nice browser. The problem is that it's slower than the molasses in January.
When is a Door not a Door?
When it's Val Kilmer!
"Then in winter the cold will kill the gorillas. Problem solved!"
That depends on the availability of Section 8 housing...
So, Klinger is going to kill the gorillas???
FM receivers on phones??? What's next? A mandate that portable electronic devices be able to play phonographs??? It's the 21st century, people! I'm old enough to be able to say "Get off my lawn, you damn kids!" but even I think this is stupid and backwards.