We have a leadership that has extremely close ties to corporate entities (with members that were CEOs themselves), a president that relishes opportunities to be addressed/portrayed as the Chief of the military ("Mission Accomplished"), and a political operation that heavily emphasizes nationalism while endorsing the vilification/persecution of those that differ in views (how many times has the name "Ted Kennedy" ended up on a no-fly list?).
Despite having a good point, you made the worst possible argument for it. You seem to imply that a businessman can never be President without endangering us to fascism, which is just plain absurd. We've had lawyer presidents, engineer presidents, entertainer presidents, plantation-owner presidents, soldier presidents, farmer presidents, and you're worried that, despite how poor many of these other presidents were, it's fascist to have a president who used to be a chief executive of a business? Bush, of course, was a very bad chief executive, both for his companies and for the United States, but if someone has experience and skill as a chief executive, it's not exactly wrong to make him chief executive of the government.
"...a political operation that heavily emphasizes nationalism while endorsing the vilification/persecution of those that differ in views" could describe almost every political operation in history. Hell, calling people fascists for little reason is a textbook case of "vilification of those that differ in views", and the word's been so overused for that purpose that it's no longer a useful analogy.
What if your needy Iraqi's brother gets killed by American troops, or his sister gets raped, and he decides to join a militia to avenge them? Don't be so sure.
If someone gets caught drunk driving, do you wait until he's convicted to stop them from driving?
Yes, you do. I don't know where you live, but here in Minnesota presumption of innocence still applies. As far as the traffic stop itself, the officer has to determine probable cause - e.g. field sobriety test, or smelling alcohol on your breath, or observing errant driving behavior.
So I assume that in Minnesota, there are no bail bondsmen because you wait until after a conviction to put someone in jail?
There are other movies like that, intended to generate a cult following by purposely copying traits found in unintentional b-movies.
Two great, but ultimately underperforming films with that approach recently were Grindhouse and (seriously) Snakes on a Plane. I suspect the approach doesn't work with audiences who are susceptible to actually being scared by them?
Why did they put gambits in there to automate 95% of those fights? Because most people don't like the vast majority of the fighting in previous FF games, since it's dull. Then after, going to the trouble of automating it to make it less crappy, they made you do MORE of it! WTF?
Maybe they put in more fighting, realized how obnoxious it was, and then put the gambits in there to compensate? Games aren't developed in the same order they're played.
Why would I want to get into a crash at 160 in the first place? Honestly, unless I want either serious legal problems or death, there's no reason to drive 160 mph in the first place.
Then how exactly is it not a problem anymore in some places? In America, you don't see Hatfields battling McCoys, Irish battling English, or pogroms against the Jews. What makes us different from Sudan or Iraq?
Back in the heady dot-com days of 1999, there was an ISP, PeoplePC, that would give you a free PC if you subscribed to their ISP. Also, you would be served ads 24/7. Is Microsoft resurrecting a bad idea from the 90's? Should we expect Bob 2009 and Hammer pants for Ballmer?
Please read the six volumes of Second World War written by Churchill.
There's certainly no reason to believe that Winston Churchill, of all people, would exaggerate his own role in winning World War II in his own written history of it. I mean, Winston Churchill. Of all people. Certainly a humble man.
I live in Washington, and you are full of shit. Ferries are part of the daily commute for a lot of people in the Seattle area, even though there is also a bridge some ways to the south across the Tacoma Narrows. (Two bridges, now.)
It would be different if Clinton did the same thing every other President done, and had his affairs in private, off company time. Instead, he fooled around with the hired help while he was in the office.
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Despite having a good point, you made the worst possible argument for it. You seem to imply that a businessman can never be President without endangering us to fascism, which is just plain absurd. We've had lawyer presidents, engineer presidents, entertainer presidents, plantation-owner presidents, soldier presidents, farmer presidents, and you're worried that, despite how poor many of these other presidents were, it's fascist to have a president who used to be a chief executive of a business? Bush, of course, was a very bad chief executive, both for his companies and for the United States, but if someone has experience and skill as a chief executive, it's not exactly wrong to make him chief executive of the government.
"...a political operation that heavily emphasizes nationalism while endorsing the vilification/persecution of those that differ in views" could describe almost every political operation in history. Hell, calling people fascists for little reason is a textbook case of "vilification of those that differ in views", and the word's been so overused for that purpose that it's no longer a useful analogy.
What if your needy Iraqi's brother gets killed by American troops, or his sister gets raped, and he decides to join a militia to avenge them? Don't be so sure.
Would you like to trade all your remaining civil liberties for whatever is behind door number 3?
Thank you, Augustus De Morgan.
You need to work on your choice of friends, I think.
Yes, you do. I don't know where you live, but here in Minnesota presumption of innocence still applies. As far as the traffic stop itself, the officer has to determine probable cause - e.g. field sobriety test, or smelling alcohol on your breath, or observing errant driving behavior.
So I assume that in Minnesota, there are no bail bondsmen because you wait until after a conviction to put someone in jail?
Two great, but ultimately underperforming films with that approach recently were Grindhouse and (seriously) Snakes on a Plane. I suspect the approach doesn't work with audiences who are susceptible to actually being scared by them?
"Look at me! I pretend that technical terms don't have slightly different meanings in different contexts!"
Maybe they put in more fighting, realized how obnoxious it was, and then put the gambits in there to compensate? Games aren't developed in the same order they're played.
Funny, most of the poor people I know are morbidly obese.
Why would I want to get into a crash at 160 in the first place? Honestly, unless I want either serious legal problems or death, there's no reason to drive 160 mph in the first place.
Maybe he had a letter of marque from Spain authorizing him to violate English copyrights.
She was already captured and tied to the cactus. You just had to walk across the screen without getting arrow'd, at which point you'd screw her.
I hate to say it, but you probably should already. I've seen the spoilers lots of times on here.
I think we can agree there's a significant difference between the US and Iraq or Sudan. The problem is to isolate why.
Then how exactly is it not a problem anymore in some places? In America, you don't see Hatfields battling McCoys, Irish battling English, or pogroms against the Jews. What makes us different from Sudan or Iraq?
Back in the heady dot-com days of 1999, there was an ISP, PeoplePC, that would give you a free PC if you subscribed to their ISP. Also, you would be served ads 24/7. Is Microsoft resurrecting a bad idea from the 90's? Should we expect Bob 2009 and Hammer pants for Ballmer?
Well, I guess that Star Trek episode where the Irish navigator seizes control of the ship's intercom and sings the same song over and over again.
Riley: And now, crew, I will render "Kathleen", ONE MORE TIME!!
Kirk: Please, not again.
Thank you, Guy Who's Been To One Or Two Philosophy Classes In His Life.
That's nice, but we were talking about the U.S. customary system, not the U.K. imperial system.
Pound is a unit of both, fool.
There's certainly no reason to believe that Winston Churchill, of all people, would exaggerate his own role in winning World War II in his own written history of it. I mean, Winston Churchill. Of all people. Certainly a humble man.
Post-Revolution France had small government. He was only so high.
I live in Washington, and you are full of shit. Ferries are part of the daily commute for a lot of people in the Seattle area, even though there is also a bridge some ways to the south across the Tacoma Narrows. (Two bridges, now.)
It would be different if Clinton did the same thing every other President done, and had his affairs in private, off company time. Instead, he fooled around with the hired help while he was in the office.