Sorry, the world is not quite as simple and clear cut as you make it out to be. There are many who interpret things much differently than you. As a worshipper of selfishness, a trait you share in common with much of our corrupted society, of course you are prevented from seeing things from anything other than your own limited viewpoint. Big picture thinking is clearly out of the question for you.
Fortunately, Ron Paul happens to be a bit wiser and more knowledgeable about a great many more things than you, which is why it's good that he is presently winning the Republican nomination. You're getting a Ron Paul presidency whether you want it or not. You can thank God for that.
We're shooting at the specific people in Afghanistan
Right. Just like that specific truck I helped track with binoculars while a soldier aimed and fired a shoulder-fired missile at it. No Russian junk here; our boys have the most expensive toys, Javelin missiles with fire and forget mode, anti-air or anti-tank, with a nose-cone camera that, if tactical conditions allow, permits the shooter to retarget the missile to specific points of impact up until the actual moment of detonation.
We fired at that specific truck, and the missile did what it was supposed to do. It entered the cabin through the roof and blew it to pieces, just like the soldier commanded it to. The men inside died instantly. He had no control however over the flaming chassis, which decided by its own volition to roll into a nearby apple orchard, killing one man and maiming a teenage girl....who lost one arm and an eye, and had to be emergency airlifted to Bagram after the medic stabilized her.
Later turned out the truck wasn't carrying a mortar crew after all. It was just some farmers returning home from market.
....all of which is completely moot, since the only value this drone really holds for them is propaganda purposes. They already manufacture plenty of their own drones, it's not like possessing this drone's powers is going to shift the balance of a potential war or anything.
Pretty sure they know what they're doing bro. They got this. No comments from the peanut gallery needed. How long have you been a mad insane crazy (yet successful) Middle Eastern dictator, again?... Yeah, that's what I thought.
I think he was alluding to the fact that either the U.S. is going to start awarding people visas and making it easier to come here, thus allowing the critical influx of genes necessary to sustain this society, or those people are going to decide to come on their own, in attack waves and massive invasions with landing ships.
Well, I heard the sorceror who cast the spell which brought it down in the first place has been hard at work with his scribes, designing a special series of scrolls and incantations to unlock its powers. So...don't count the Iranians out just yet.
No bro, you are dead on, and it's got me worried as shit to. I've been noticing over the past year or so some really, really disturbing laws being passed. The whole thing seems like the mouthpiece is consistently saying one thing, while consistently doing and preparing for doing just the opposite. It kinda makes you wonder if all this crazy Illuminati bullshit might have some truth to it. Who the hell is pulling the strings here?
It never occurred to you that the U.S. patched the vulnerability immediately, and continues to fly drone missions after that incdent if for no other reason than to make the Iranians' story seem less credible?
How many drones do you think the U.S. had circling over Iran at the time they brought this one down? How many more do you think the U.S. had to send in and lose, one after another right behind it, before they realized there was a problem?
There is absolutely nothing implausible about the Iranian's story. I am convinced they brought it down just as they claim. Source: I am a telecommunications engineer, formerly of the U.S. Air Force.
Ron Paul doesn't believe in a government-funded space program.
Neither do I. The private sector can do a better job.
Ron Paul doesn't believe in the right of a woman to control her own body.
No, he believes in the rights of the people to decide whether abortion is allowed in their area.
Ron Paul says he stands for civil liberties, but all that he wants to do is transfer the takeover of civil liberties to the states government.
No, that's nonsense, and many of the things he wants transferred to state control would be much better there. It's much easier to affect changes at a state level than Federal.
Ron Paul is ready to go against the status quo by applying unusual ideas, but he's not willing to adapt those ideas to the real world. Some people would argue that this can be nearly destructive.
There is nothing unusual or wrong with his ideas, so I don't see what your complaint is.
Gary Johnson carries a similar message, but he's more reasonable, has proven himself as a governor, and has far less gotchas in his policies. He also has a chance of making a difference - while he could not win, he can get his party noticed, and could have an effect on the policy of whoever gets elected.
You're right--he doesn't have enough support to win. Meanwhile Ron Paul seems to have no trouble attracting notice....thousands show up for every rally, including 4,200 in the middle of a rain storm yesterday. Where's these big rallies that Gary Johnson is holding?
I know, right? But it's like that idea which is firmly embedded into our DNA, of wanting to explore and expand, is foreign and completely unappealing to some people. Mowing that little square of lawn on "their" little patch of Earth is all the challenge or risk they can stand. They whine and cry when somebody suggests doing something ambitious. Oh noes, you might make me feel uncomfortable and frightened! What if a piece of rocket falls off and hits me? What if I inhale a molecule of burned hydrocarbons and get cancer! Danger, Will Robinson!
It's the same goddamn problem our great great..... great grandparents faced long ago, when they wanted to leave Africa and see if there was interesting else out there, but all the naysayers wanted to endlessly bitch and complain about the danger and risks.....so finally they just had to pack their shit one morning and say fuck it, let's go. Some people just aren't going to be convinced. You just wish they'd pipe down a bit, or just shut the fuck up even, ya know?
The reason it's valuable to have a billion pounds of iron ore in orbit is because...well....if you want to build something, it's a hell of a lot easier and cheaper (in the long run, when we invest the initial money required to develop the technology) to work with an asteroid than to ship the refined material piecewise into orbit!
Just why the hell is this so difficult for someone to understand? Oh, I know--because you actually have to be thinking progressively about moving forward into the future, not spending all your energy and thoughts trying to keep things exactly as they are and naysaying every ambition plan someone comes up with.
Great, now we're going to have an asteroid arms race. The U.S. and India will be threatening to crush Germany with a huge rock if it doesn't capitulate to their demands and cease "construction" of its own "weapon of mass destruction" aka their own huge orbiting rock.
Exactly. When you have $60 in your pocket and that has to feed you for the next week, suddenly you find that fast food diet and laying on your ass lifestyle is no longer sustainable.
Not everybody is fortunate enough to have been born in an area with public transit that runs all day every day.
1) I wouldn't exactly call someone who lives in D.C. "fortunate"
2) D.C. isn't the only city in the world, nor the only town in the country (hint: there are tens of thousands of them) where one can quite reasonably walk or ride a bike most places.
3) Not sure why you would think it's necessary to "be born" somewhere in order to live there....
Good luck with the return policy so that you're not stuck with something that doesn't fit well if the measurements that the catalog quotes are off by some.
Way to focus on potential problems, instead of the benefits. The most interesting clothing isn't going to be found in stores, especially in smaller cities and towns. I get really funny and creative t-shirts and other clothing off the Internet and it really makes me stand out. At parties I'm always having girls and dudes coming up saying they love my hat, shirt, etc. If I did all my shopping locally I would just be another guy in boring clothes.
Where available. How would I go about finding a reputable online grocer that services, say, northeast Indiana?
I live way the hell out in the middle of nowhere in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Where in Indiana do you live where Amazon.com and UPS are not available?
Then how do you get to work and back, or how did you get to job interviews and back?
I'm self employed.
How do you get to a clothing store so that you can try on clothes before buying them?
1) If I need to get somewhere, I walk or ride my bike.
2) I order them online, because I wear T-shirts and blue jeans, and those come in standard sizes.
3) I save a shitload of money because of it, as well as get tons of good exercise.
Bullshit. I pay $80/month for business class cable. Is part of that a "fee" for not having cable? Who cares, and what difference does it make? I'm happy with the service I fee for the price I pay.
So the choice is literally $89 for intenret, or $89 for internet + HD tv
.......
so....what? You "might as well" get the TV anyway? Whatever rationalization it takes for you to decide, man. Personally, I didn't want to get the TV service, so I didn't. I pay $80/month for business class 20/3 cable service in a small town in the boondocks. Not seeing how I'm getting gipped here.
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I love Pizza Hut, but what are "Lard Thins"? MM, I'm gonna have to try those...sounds yum.
Maybe it had a turbocharger
Sorry, the world is not quite as simple and clear cut as you make it out to be. There are many who interpret things much differently than you. As a worshipper of selfishness, a trait you share in common with much of our corrupted society, of course you are prevented from seeing things from anything other than your own limited viewpoint. Big picture thinking is clearly out of the question for you.
Fortunately, Ron Paul happens to be a bit wiser and more knowledgeable about a great many more things than you, which is why it's good that he is presently winning the Republican nomination. You're getting a Ron Paul presidency whether you want it or not. You can thank God for that.
We're shooting at the specific people in Afghanistan
Right. Just like that specific truck I helped track with binoculars while a soldier aimed and fired a shoulder-fired missile at it. No Russian junk here; our boys have the most expensive toys, Javelin missiles with fire and forget mode, anti-air or anti-tank, with a nose-cone camera that, if tactical conditions allow, permits the shooter to retarget the missile to specific points of impact up until the actual moment of detonation.
We fired at that specific truck, and the missile did what it was supposed to do. It entered the cabin through the roof and blew it to pieces, just like the soldier commanded it to. The men inside died instantly. He had no control however over the flaming chassis, which decided by its own volition to roll into a nearby apple orchard, killing one man and maiming a teenage girl....who lost one arm and an eye, and had to be emergency airlifted to Bagram after the medic stabilized her.
Later turned out the truck wasn't carrying a mortar crew after all. It was just some farmers returning home from market.
"Mother of all Bombs"...lol. How cute. The Tsar Bomba makes the MOAB look like a fuckin bitch.
....all of which is completely moot, since the only value this drone really holds for them is propaganda purposes. They already manufacture plenty of their own drones, it's not like possessing this drone's powers is going to shift the balance of a potential war or anything.
Pretty sure they know what they're doing bro. They got this. No comments from the peanut gallery needed. How long have you been a mad insane crazy (yet successful) Middle Eastern dictator, again? ... Yeah, that's what I thought.
I think he was alluding to the fact that either the U.S. is going to start awarding people visas and making it easier to come here, thus allowing the critical influx of genes necessary to sustain this society, or those people are going to decide to come on their own, in attack waves and massive invasions with landing ships.
Well, I heard the sorceror who cast the spell which brought it down in the first place has been hard at work with his scribes, designing a special series of scrolls and incantations to unlock its powers. So...don't count the Iranians out just yet.
No bro, you are dead on, and it's got me worried as shit to. I've been noticing over the past year or so some really, really disturbing laws being passed. The whole thing seems like the mouthpiece is consistently saying one thing, while consistently doing and preparing for doing just the opposite. It kinda makes you wonder if all this crazy Illuminati bullshit might have some truth to it. Who the hell is pulling the strings here?
It never occurred to you that the U.S. patched the vulnerability immediately, and continues to fly drone missions after that incdent if for no other reason than to make the Iranians' story seem less credible?
How many drones do you think the U.S. had circling over Iran at the time they brought this one down? How many more do you think the U.S. had to send in and lose, one after another right behind it, before they realized there was a problem?
There is absolutely nothing implausible about the Iranian's story. I am convinced they brought it down just as they claim. Source: I am a telecommunications engineer, formerly of the U.S. Air Force.
Ron Paul doesn't believe in evolution.
Who cares?
Ron Paul doesn't believe in a government-funded space program.
Neither do I. The private sector can do a better job.
Ron Paul doesn't believe in the right of a woman to control her own body.
No, he believes in the rights of the people to decide whether abortion is allowed in their area.
Ron Paul says he stands for civil liberties, but all that he wants to do is transfer the takeover of civil liberties to the states government.
No, that's nonsense, and many of the things he wants transferred to state control would be much better there. It's much easier to affect changes at a state level than Federal.
Ron Paul is ready to go against the status quo by applying unusual ideas, but he's not willing to adapt those ideas to the real world. Some people would argue that this can be nearly destructive.
There is nothing unusual or wrong with his ideas, so I don't see what your complaint is.
Gary Johnson carries a similar message, but he's more reasonable, has proven himself as a governor, and has far less gotchas in his policies. He also has a chance of making a difference - while he could not win, he can get his party noticed, and could have an effect on the policy of whoever gets elected.
You're right--he doesn't have enough support to win. Meanwhile Ron Paul seems to have no trouble attracting notice....thousands show up for every rally, including 4,200 in the middle of a rain storm yesterday. Where's these big rallies that Gary Johnson is holding?
No, you're just an animal with a mind who doesn't actually use it.
I know, right? But it's like that idea which is firmly embedded into our DNA, of wanting to explore and expand, is foreign and completely unappealing to some people. Mowing that little square of lawn on "their" little patch of Earth is all the challenge or risk they can stand. They whine and cry when somebody suggests doing something ambitious. Oh noes, you might make me feel uncomfortable and frightened! What if a piece of rocket falls off and hits me? What if I inhale a molecule of burned hydrocarbons and get cancer! Danger, Will Robinson!
It's the same goddamn problem our great great ..... great grandparents faced long ago, when they wanted to leave Africa and see if there was interesting else out there, but all the naysayers wanted to endlessly bitch and complain about the danger and risks.....so finally they just had to pack their shit one morning and say fuck it, let's go. Some people just aren't going to be convinced. You just wish they'd pipe down a bit, or just shut the fuck up even, ya know?
Are you done?
The reason it's valuable to have a billion pounds of iron ore in orbit is because...well....if you want to build something, it's a hell of a lot easier and cheaper (in the long run, when we invest the initial money required to develop the technology) to work with an asteroid than to ship the refined material piecewise into orbit!
Just why the hell is this so difficult for someone to understand? Oh, I know--because you actually have to be thinking progressively about moving forward into the future, not spending all your energy and thoughts trying to keep things exactly as they are and naysaying every ambition plan someone comes up with.
Yes....that's exactly what I just said
Great, now we're going to have an asteroid arms race. The U.S. and India will be threatening to crush Germany with a huge rock if it doesn't capitulate to their demands and cease "construction" of its own "weapon of mass destruction" aka their own huge orbiting rock.
Welcome to the brave new world of tomorrow....
What are they going to find on a rock in space that is not already available on THIS rock in space?
I dunno, maybe........resources that are not on this rock? i.e. in its gravity well?
Why does the bulk of humanity always have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future?
Exactly. When you have $60 in your pocket and that has to feed you for the next week, suddenly you find that fast food diet and laying on your ass lifestyle is no longer sustainable.
Vote RON PAUL, that's how.
Don't start in with that bullshit. You know what I meant. Android is NOT a traditional UNIX-workalike Linux distro.
Not everybody is fortunate enough to have been born in an area with public transit that runs all day every day.
1) I wouldn't exactly call someone who lives in D.C. "fortunate"
2) D.C. isn't the only city in the world, nor the only town in the country (hint: there are tens of thousands of them) where one can quite reasonably walk or ride a bike most places.
3) Not sure why you would think it's necessary to "be born" somewhere in order to live there....
Good luck with the return policy so that you're not stuck with something that doesn't fit well if the measurements that the catalog quotes are off by some.
Way to focus on potential problems, instead of the benefits. The most interesting clothing isn't going to be found in stores, especially in smaller cities and towns. I get really funny and creative t-shirts and other clothing off the Internet and it really makes me stand out. At parties I'm always having girls and dudes coming up saying they love my hat, shirt, etc. If I did all my shopping locally I would just be another guy in boring clothes.
Where available. How would I go about finding a reputable online grocer that services, say, northeast Indiana?
I live way the hell out in the middle of nowhere in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Where in Indiana do you live where Amazon.com and UPS are not available?
Then how do you get to work and back, or how did you get to job interviews and back?
I'm self employed.
How do you get to a clothing store so that you can try on clothes before buying them?
1) If I need to get somewhere, I walk or ride my bike.
2) I order them online, because I wear T-shirts and blue jeans, and those come in standard sizes.
3) I save a shitload of money because of it, as well as get tons of good exercise.
Bullshit. I pay $80/month for business class cable. Is part of that a "fee" for not having cable? Who cares, and what difference does it make? I'm happy with the service I fee for the price I pay.
Good job totally missing the point.
So the choice is literally $89 for intenret, or $89 for internet + HD tv
.......
so....what? You "might as well" get the TV anyway? Whatever rationalization it takes for you to decide, man. Personally, I didn't want to get the TV service, so I didn't. I pay $80/month for business class 20/3 cable service in a small town in the boondocks. Not seeing how I'm getting gipped here.