Wait... You know that America has a graduated tax bracket system where poor people pay 10% tax and as you make more your income tax % rises to the maximum of 35%... right? Or have you never actually done your own taxes?
Because if they dont then one of their competitors will. Then the competitor under cuts them and takes away a portion of their market share and makes a lot more money.
Wow, Thats amazing that you mention a book I read recently that doesnt point really any terrible things the CIA did. Its more of a history of the organization. Hardly anything as damning as you're trying to make it out to be.
1. What source is that? They dont even link to the original document where they gathered these numbers which arent even from an offical source. My sources came from 2 major news outlets with government documentation to back it up.
2. The blog post is from 2004, at least my sources all reference official government documentation from 2009 and more recent.
Sorry but you're really going to have to try to use a better source than some blog post with no documentation or credible sources.
So what you're saying is that Conservatives have to adapt to liberal culture? So does that mean liberals HAVE to adapt to conservative culture? Well in that case I guess you wouldn't have a problem in thinking that Mexicans HAVE to adapt to our culture when they live here?
I am perfectly alright with them making it so much similar. The fact is that after DX2 I no longer had the heart to go back and play the original again. But I picked up the original when I saw this coming out and decided I HAD to give it another chance. Im still enjoying the run through of the original! I always wished the assault rifle did more damage though. =\
Yeah I ordered mine last week and I got an email today saying that im not going to get it today because they didnt ship it in time... =(
They said I should hopefully have it next week....
Its just like how everyone complains about oil companies shoulder all the blame for every price increase in gas and how they are all so horribly rich when their profit margin on gasoline is less than 4%. By the way, the taxes on gasoline are roughly 40-60 cents a gallon on average in the US. The US government makes 3-4 times the amount of money on a gallon of gas than the oil companies do. =\
It is still kind of crappy. A lot of my guys play video games while on deployment. Its a great way to waste time in a shitty place. I know a few of them would probably play Diablo 3 if given the chance, however deployments can last 1-2 years.
What argument of mine were you refuting? I was just pointing out that you were using incorrect numbers and tried to point you to (not exact figures) information that was closer to being correct. As for the rest of your response you seem to be refuting things I never said and saying things that make no sense at all. Also just as a point of interest land does not produce income unless you are mining it, cultivating it, or have set up some service on it.
I am guessing that this is either trolling or you didnt actually think out your comment... or about your original argument either.
The government isnt just sitting on the land doing nothing. It is being used for any number of purposes, from national parks, to military bases, to government buildings. As for relocating cities, I cant in good conscience believe you actually meant that.
1. Bill gross can say that the the US Liabilities adds up to any number he wants (Im sure a lot of that is circular debt where the government owes a lot of money to itself). According to the treasury the debt total is ~14 Trillion (And a decent portion of that is circular debt as well)
2. It is hard to find JUNK land for 5K an acre. A lot of the governments land is in cities and other high value places. A lot of it is also in parks and military bases that also sit on some pretty good land. You would see a much better average land value closer to 15K an acre.
1. At an arms reach distance a handgun becomes a contact weapon. Touch the barrel to what you want to hit and pull the trigger. There was even a blind guy that used a handgun in self defense doing this.
2. The mechanical advantage on a revolvers cylinder is too good for you to just hold it there. If you really needed to disable it you would have to put something in the path of the hammer. Even then this isnt just a simple thing to do and you will most likely fail in the execution of doing so.
3. Yes some pistols you can push out of battery like that, but most pistols now a days have a spacer on the front to prevent such a thing. Not too mention if the attacker pulls back the firearm a fraction of an inch you just lost your hand. Not to mention when close in like that you do NOT use a extended full arm stance. You would keep the hand gun close to your body and attempt to point shoot. At that distance you can shoot minute of man all day long.
4. Your talking about knives on the other hand is correct.The only effective way of defending against a knife attack is utterly dominating that persons knife hand, which unfortunately leaves your attacker open to doing other things.
So, a firearm makes a dandy close quarters weapon, you just dont use it in the traditional manner.
Actually It makes sense if your goal is to have a smaller government. Personally I agree that government spending (and funding) should be cut severely.
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Wait... You know that America has a graduated tax bracket system where poor people pay 10% tax and as you make more your income tax % rises to the maximum of 35%... right? Or have you never actually done your own taxes?
Because if they dont then one of their competitors will. Then the competitor under cuts them and takes away a portion of their market share and makes a lot more money.
More to the point he should be complaining about Medicare and Social Security seeing as how both of those programs alone are larger than the ENTIRE DOD budget, not just the military. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fy2010_spending_by_category.jpg
Wow, Thats amazing that you mention a book I read recently that doesnt point really any terrible things the CIA did. Its more of a history of the organization. Hardly anything as damning as you're trying to make it out to be.
1. What source is that? They dont even link to the original document where they gathered these numbers which arent even from an offical source. My sources came from 2 major news outlets with government documentation to back it up.
2. The blog post is from 2004, at least my sources all reference official government documentation from 2009 and more recent.
Sorry but you're really going to have to try to use a better source than some blog post with no documentation or credible sources.
So what you're saying is that Conservatives have to adapt to liberal culture? So does that mean liberals HAVE to adapt to conservative culture? Well in that case I guess you wouldn't have a problem in thinking that Mexicans HAVE to adapt to our culture when they live here?
Um... I think you need to look at a US map... because what you said is exactly the opposite of what is true here.
http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/state_debt/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/17/us/20081117_budget_graphic.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red_state,_blue_state.svg
The blue states tend to be in the most debt.
ok, that was pretty funny. And this post makes me wish I had my 5 digit UID still. =(
A pox upon you. =P
I am perfectly alright with them making it so much similar. The fact is that after DX2 I no longer had the heart to go back and play the original again. But I picked up the original when I saw this coming out and decided I HAD to give it another chance. Im still enjoying the run through of the original! I always wished the assault rifle did more damage though. =\
Yeah I ordered mine last week and I got an email today saying that im not going to get it today because they didnt ship it in time... =( They said I should hopefully have it next week....
Its just like how everyone complains about oil companies shoulder all the blame for every price increase in gas and how they are all so horribly rich when their profit margin on gasoline is less than 4%. By the way, the taxes on gasoline are roughly 40-60 cents a gallon on average in the US. The US government makes 3-4 times the amount of money on a gallon of gas than the oil companies do. =\
Wow, I'm not sure what book you were reading, but it wasn't Atlas Shrugged. Good job at a straw man argument.
Just for the sake of accuracy its actually closer to 20%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
Both (separate) Medicare/Medicad and Social security are larger than the entire department of defense budget.
It is still kind of crappy. A lot of my guys play video games while on deployment. Its a great way to waste time in a shitty place. I know a few of them would probably play Diablo 3 if given the chance, however deployments can last 1-2 years.
however it has been reported in many other places that Apple gave Xerox shares in exchange for the info/right to use the things they invented.
Such as rounded corners?
What argument of mine were you refuting? I was just pointing out that you were using incorrect numbers and tried to point you to (not exact figures) information that was closer to being correct. As for the rest of your response you seem to be refuting things I never said and saying things that make no sense at all. Also just as a point of interest land does not produce income unless you are mining it, cultivating it, or have set up some service on it.
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I am guessing that this is either trolling or you didnt actually think out your comment... or about your original argument either.
The government isnt just sitting on the land doing nothing. It is being used for any number of purposes, from national parks, to military bases, to government buildings. As for relocating cities, I cant in good conscience believe you actually meant that.
1. Bill gross can say that the the US Liabilities adds up to any number he wants (Im sure a lot of that is circular debt where the government owes a lot of money to itself). According to the treasury the debt total is ~14 Trillion (And a decent portion of that is circular debt as well)
2. It is hard to find JUNK land for 5K an acre. A lot of the governments land is in cities and other high value places. A lot of it is also in parks and military bases that also sit on some pretty good land. You would see a much better average land value closer to 15K an acre.
Please stop being informed and providing a reasonable opinion. This is /.
Uh... Im not sure any that is true
1. At an arms reach distance a handgun becomes a contact weapon. Touch the barrel to what you want to hit and pull the trigger. There was even a blind guy that used a handgun in self defense doing this.
2. The mechanical advantage on a revolvers cylinder is too good for you to just hold it there. If you really needed to disable it you would have to put something in the path of the hammer. Even then this isnt just a simple thing to do and you will most likely fail in the execution of doing so.
3. Yes some pistols you can push out of battery like that, but most pistols now a days have a spacer on the front to prevent such a thing. Not too mention if the attacker pulls back the firearm a fraction of an inch you just lost your hand. Not to mention when close in like that you do NOT use a extended full arm stance. You would keep the hand gun close to your body and attempt to point shoot. At that distance you can shoot minute of man all day long.
4. Your talking about knives on the other hand is correct.The only effective way of defending against a knife attack is utterly dominating that persons knife hand, which unfortunately leaves your attacker open to doing other things.
So, a firearm makes a dandy close quarters weapon, you just dont use it in the traditional manner.
Which is more threatening?
Option 1: Fire some employees and cut costs.
Option 2: Keep going the same way you are going until everyone is out of a job.
Also, just out of curiosity are you implying that the government should never fire ANYONE?
HAHAHAHA! Its ok little man. We'll still continue to protect you. You're welcome. =)
Actually It makes sense if your goal is to have a smaller government. Personally I agree that government spending (and funding) should be cut severely.