I used to work for a company that had an office in Atlanta and in Amsterdam. The Dutch joked more openly about sex. However, there was no intra-office dating in the Holland office. Atlanta on the other hand had a lot of intra-office dating and no joking about sex. Just a little annecdotal evidence to go with your statistics....
Yeah because we all know Republicans are bigots, right?
I don't recall mentioning Democats, Republicans or any other politcal party in my original post. I was pointing out that our country has also had it's problems with civil liberties in the past. Perhaps you have a guilty concious. Some of that White Christian guilt?
How many Republican KKK members have you heard of? I'd dare say little to none
Ummmmm David Duke is Republican and also a grand wizard. The roles have reversed in this country. The Democrats were once the party of racists. The Democrats are now more tolerant of peoples race. This is also reflected in the switch in the deep south from Democrat to Republican. Yep the south is racist. Remember the segregated prom in Georgia last year?
Get your facts straight before calling some one an idiot..... idiot.
As an American, I'm not familiar with living under Communist rule, but I'm pretty sure that the penalties of trying to circumvent Chinese government-controlled limitations are probably more severe than those of the United States.
Same black-suited guys emerging from black vans. Where they take you and what they do to you/treat you is a whole, 'nother thing
What about those imprisoned after 911 with no trial? Or the Japaneese/Americans during WWII. Your statement should start, "As a White Christian American....".
I see this as an interesting prospect. If we mix JackRabbit with Antelope stem cells we may finally have the fabeled "Jackelope"! No longer will we have to resort to glueing horns onto a stuffed rabbit!
We already do save for our retirements. We have many different options. The most standard is 401k , IRA and what every you can save in taxable accounts. Our granparents relied on Company pensions. We now have good options to let our money grow tax free or tax deffered.
Repeat after me, "Social Security is not a retirement fund!" If it were a retirement fund it would be called "Social Retirement". This is a safety net for when we are physically unable to work. I am 28 if I get injured and cannot work I get social security bennefits. This is inteded to suplement any insurance or retirement savings you have. It's number 1 job is to protect us from the whims of the economy. Social Security will help the middle class retirees get by in times of economic hardships. Rich people do not like Social Security because they have enough assets to get them through bad times. However, the little guy does not. Please read U.S. history regarding the Great Depression and the New Deal. Also, consider the old saying about eggs and baskets. Think of Social Security as diversifying your investments.
You are are right. The media in the USA never says anything abou GM foods and copyrights. All we hear is that some third world nation doesn't want GM crops. So the perception is that the third world countries are just being superstitious. In reality they don't want to end up like a crack addict. Paying a tax to be able to eat. It's kind of like predatory lending.
Giving starving people seed to grow crops but leaving them in a state of debt. Either debt or death....by the way happy new year and peace on Earth.
Kind of like the marijuana tax act in the 1930's. It was legal as long as you by a stamp. Problem was they did not sell the stamps.
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My one question to you is, if public schools have done you so well, why wouldn't you send your children to the same?
I grew up in a county in FL which did not have after school programs for elementry and middle school. High School activities were very limited. The county also made news in the media when they began practicing an agenda of not teaching any of U.S. History's low points. It was an agenda of U.S. superiority. The county wanted it's students believing that the U.S. can do no wrong. The school system suffered from the low taxation of the county. Most of the population was retirees from out of state who did not want to pay taxes to educate other peoples children.
I would place my child in a private school to get more oppurtunity if the current area I live in had the problems mentioned above. Also I am interested in giving my children a more non conventional education. Most private schools I have seen teach in a similar fasion to public schools only at an accelerated pace. Both types of schools generally do not attempt to create independent thought. However, there are some Montesori schools which do. These are the private schools which I may be interested in sending my child to.
Every one should be given a quality education. It should not be a question of who can afford the education.
I think we are in agreement. I was making a statment about those who think everyone needs to own a gun. There is a correlation in modern urban society between Guns and Instability. The settlements in isreal are unstable. People are afraid that's why they are carrying weapons. I am not sure why us Americans are so afraid....
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Do you drive on roads and highways? Do you flush your toilet? This libertarian ideal is as unrealistic as communism. Government spending has driven so many benneficial projects in our society. The Marshall plan rebuilt Europe and prevented them from turning to less American friendly forms of government such as Communism. Rural electrification allowed the country to bring every region of the country into the modern era which helped the creation of more Businesses. There are projects that need to be done for the good of the community and advancement of society that are simply to expensive or not deemed profitable for the private sector.
Public Education was necessary as Education was too expensive for the majority of the popluation. However, an educated society is what gave america a competetive advantage. Private education is becoming more realistic option to modern Americans. However, It is tragic to live in a country were some one can not get an education because they can not afford it. My parents worked as a teacher and a nurse. They could never afford to send us to a private college. However, my sisters and I all got degrees from public universities. I made more in my first year out of college than my father did after 20 years of teaching. I may send my kids to private school because I can afford it. I am a product of the public education system and so are the majority of Americans.
I pay my taxes and am proud of it because I know it is helping every one in this country. We are all products of the system we grew up in. The majority of American depend on these systems and have used them to get a hand up in society. If you don't love America then leave it.
Oh you mean like Baghdad.... This is the 21's century not the 18th. We no longer are an agrarian society. A large percentage of gun ownership means an unstable society now days. If you are not a hunter or living in the wilderness then their is no good reason to carry a gun.
Why would I go back to an office building after an attack when their is another one being built or sitting vacant nearby? Our large amount of land gives us this luxury.
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You forgot one thing. We are an Empire. We are also the worlds largest exporter of Weapons systems. Selling weapons is good money. We aren't protecting them out of the goodness of our heart. We are "protecting" them because we have much larger overseas investments. Also those "Sleaze Balls" also allow us to have military bases stationed on their soil. Millitary bases which are strategic points on the globe. How many foreign military bases do you see located in the US? How would you feel if one of those "Sleaze Ball" countries opened a base in your neighborhood.
You should be more upset about our government supporting people like Saddam, Quaddaffi , Dictators and the Jihadists in Afghanistan which all end up biting us in the ass. How much money is Iraq costing us now?
A week later and they have charged some prankster for shining lasor beams. Now do you see the ridiculous fear mongering.
I understand that very powerful lasers do exist. However, a powerful laser requires a powerful sources. If terrorists are able to sneak a huge laser into this country and haul it around the country undetected then they would have better technology then us. Lets look at this realisticly.
This is exactly what I have been wondering. You would need some sort of computer assisted device. 20+ years of Star Wars research can't hit a target the size of a ballistic missle. I am pretty sceptical that any one could repeatedly hit inside a cockpit window of an airplane and at the right angle to hit the pilots eyes. Also, a good number of planes land on Auto pilot. this doesn't seem like a very exact way to terrorize people. It sounds more like some pranksters with a laser gun that get a few lucky shots at landing planes. Disturbingly enough Fox news said that one day terrorists could have laser technology that could pierce a planes hull. Unbelievable.....
Actually anyone that is familiar with UPS managment would now that they are one of the most "socialist" companies around. I would be surprised if the CEO of UPS is making greater than 2 million. The upper managment is paid much lower than upper managment of other fortune 500 companies. Also the way to upper managment to UPS is by starting off as packager and working your way up. In the long run the UPS employees make out much better as their bennefits are extremely good. Chances are an employee that works their whole career at UPS will end up as a millionaire.
So it's a virtual investment, but one that has potential real-world payoff.
You are right! It's Not much different from any other investment. You get what the market will pay. How much do you think those paper stock certificates are worth? Stocks are worthless if a company goes under and so is this island if people stop playing.
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I used to work for a company that had an office in Atlanta and in Amsterdam. The Dutch joked more openly about sex. However, there was no intra-office dating in the Holland office. Atlanta on the other hand had a lot of intra-office dating and no joking about sex. Just a little annecdotal evidence to go with your statistics....
My god, how fucking stupid can Lucas get?
He can be as stupid as he wants. Just as long as we keep flocking to see his movies and making him millions...
If you can't beat 'em, arrange to have 'em beaten.
.sig is "If you can't beat 'em, arrange to have 'em beaten.". Yep, I was right, White christian guilt all the way.
Interesting that your
Yeah because we all know Republicans are bigots, right?
I don't recall mentioning Democats, Republicans or any other politcal party in my original post. I was pointing out that our country has also had it's problems with civil liberties in the past. Perhaps you have a guilty concious. Some of that White Christian guilt?
How many Republican KKK members have you heard of? I'd dare say little to none
Ummmmm David Duke is Republican and also a grand wizard. The roles have reversed in this country. The Democrats were once the party of racists. The Democrats are now more tolerant of peoples race. This is also reflected in the switch in the deep south from Democrat to Republican. Yep the south is racist. Remember the segregated prom in Georgia last year?
Get your facts straight before calling some one an idiot..... idiot.
As an American, I'm not familiar with living under Communist rule, but I'm pretty sure that the penalties of trying to circumvent Chinese government-controlled limitations are probably more severe than those of the United States. Same black-suited guys emerging from black vans. Where they take you and what they do to you/treat you is a whole, 'nother thing
What about those imprisoned after 911 with no trial? Or the Japaneese/Americans during WWII. Your statement should start, "As a White Christian American....".
I see this as an interesting prospect. If we mix JackRabbit with Antelope stem cells we may finally have the fabeled "Jackelope"! No longer will we have to resort to glueing horns onto a stuffed rabbit!
We already do save for our retirements. We have many different options. The most standard is 401k , IRA and what every you can save in taxable accounts. Our granparents relied on Company pensions. We now have good options to let our money grow tax free or tax deffered.
Repeat after me, "Social Security is not a retirement fund!" If it were a retirement fund it would be called "Social Retirement". This is a safety net for when we are physically unable to work. I am 28 if I get injured and cannot work I get social security bennefits. This is inteded to suplement any insurance or retirement savings you have. It's number 1 job is to protect us from the whims of the economy. Social Security will help the middle class retirees get by in times of economic hardships. Rich people do not like Social Security because they have enough assets to get them through bad times. However, the little guy does not. Please read U.S. history regarding the Great Depression and the New Deal. Also, consider the old saying about eggs and baskets. Think of Social Security as diversifying your investments.
You are are right. The media in the USA never says anything abou GM foods and copyrights. All we hear is that some third world nation doesn't want GM crops. So the perception is that the third world countries are just being superstitious. In reality they don't want to end up like a crack addict. Paying a tax to be able to eat. It's kind of like predatory lending.
Giving starving people seed to grow crops but leaving them in a state of debt. Either debt or death....by the way happy new year and peace on Earth.
Kind of like the marijuana tax act in the 1930's. It was legal as long as you by a stamp. Problem was they did not sell the stamps.
My one question to you is, if public schools have done you so well, why wouldn't you send your children to the same?
I grew up in a county in FL which did not have after school programs for elementry and middle school. High School activities were very limited. The county also made news in the media when they began practicing an agenda of not teaching any of U.S. History's low points. It was an agenda of U.S. superiority. The county wanted it's students believing that the U.S. can do no wrong. The school system suffered from the low taxation of the county. Most of the population was retirees from out of state who did not want to pay taxes to educate other peoples children.
I would place my child in a private school to get more oppurtunity if the current area I live in had the problems mentioned above. Also I am interested in giving my children a more non conventional education. Most private schools I have seen teach in a similar fasion to public schools only at an accelerated pace. Both types of schools generally do not attempt to create independent thought. However, there are some Montesori schools which do. These are the private schools which I may be interested in sending my child to.
Every one should be given a quality education. It should not be a question of who can afford the education.
those who are tempted to shout 'tree higger'
Looks like you combined to very commonly used words by bigots.
That's it. Exploring and building get old quickly.
No combat??? I guess there is no option to explore the desert for oil in the game.
I think we are in agreement. I was making a statment about those who think everyone needs to own a gun. There is a correlation in modern urban society between Guns and Instability. The settlements in isreal are unstable. People are afraid that's why they are carrying weapons. I am not sure why us Americans are so afraid....
Do you drive on roads and highways? Do you flush your toilet? This libertarian ideal is as unrealistic as communism. Government spending has driven so many benneficial projects in our society. The Marshall plan rebuilt Europe and prevented them from turning to less American friendly forms of government such as Communism. Rural electrification allowed the country to bring every region of the country into the modern era which helped the creation of more Businesses. There are projects that need to be done for the good of the community and advancement of society that are simply to expensive or not deemed profitable for the private sector.
Public Education was necessary as Education was too expensive for the majority of the popluation. However, an educated society is what gave america a competetive advantage. Private education is becoming more realistic option to modern Americans. However, It is tragic to live in a country were some one can not get an education because they can not afford it. My parents worked as a teacher and a nurse. They could never afford to send us to a private college. However, my sisters and I all got degrees from public universities. I made more in my first year out of college than my father did after 20 years of teaching. I may send my kids to private school because I can afford it. I am a product of the public education system and so are the majority of Americans.
I pay my taxes and am proud of it because I know it is helping every one in this country. We are all products of the system we grew up in. The majority of American depend on these systems and have used them to get a hand up in society. If you don't love America then leave it.
Oh you mean like Baghdad.... This is the 21's century not the 18th. We no longer are an agrarian society. A large percentage of gun ownership means an unstable society now days. If you are not a hunter or living in the wilderness then their is no good reason to carry a gun.
Why would I go back to an office building after an attack when their is another one being built or sitting vacant nearby? Our large amount of land gives us this luxury.
You forgot one thing. We are an Empire. We are also the worlds largest exporter of Weapons systems. Selling weapons is good money. We aren't protecting them out of the goodness of our heart. We are "protecting" them because we have much larger overseas investments. Also those "Sleaze Balls" also allow us to have military bases stationed on their soil. Millitary bases which are strategic points on the globe. How many foreign military bases do you see located in the US? How would you feel if one of those "Sleaze Ball" countries opened a base in your neighborhood.
You should be more upset about our government supporting people like Saddam, Quaddaffi , Dictators and the Jihadists in Afghanistan which all end up biting us in the ass. How much money is Iraq costing us now?
A week later and they have charged some prankster for shining lasor beams. Now do you see the ridiculous fear mongering. I understand that very powerful lasers do exist. However, a powerful laser requires a powerful sources. If terrorists are able to sneak a huge laser into this country and haul it around the country undetected then they would have better technology then us. Lets look at this realisticly.
A week later and they have charged some prankster for shining lasor beams. Now do you see the ridiculous fear mongering.
Offtopic but I am hoping to start a new tradition in the likes of "Imagine a Beowolf Cluster..." and "In communist Russia".
Lisa:
You can't steal those supplies from that private school
Principal Skinner:
Welcome to Dick Chenney's new Simerica.
This is exactly what I have been wondering. You would need some sort of computer assisted device. 20+ years of Star Wars research can't hit a target the size of a ballistic missle. I am pretty sceptical that any one could repeatedly hit inside a cockpit window of an airplane and at the right angle to hit the pilots eyes. Also, a good number of planes land on Auto pilot. this doesn't seem like a very exact way to terrorize people. It sounds more like some pranksters with a laser gun that get a few lucky shots at landing planes. Disturbingly enough Fox news said that one day terrorists could have laser technology that could pierce a planes hull. Unbelievable.....
Actually anyone that is familiar with UPS managment would now that they are one of the most "socialist" companies around. I would be surprised if the CEO of UPS is making greater than 2 million. The upper managment is paid much lower than upper managment of other fortune 500 companies. Also the way to upper managment to UPS is by starting off as packager and working your way up. In the long run the UPS employees make out much better as their bennefits are extremely good. Chances are an employee that works their whole career at UPS will end up as a millionaire.
They are only considered "Religous Right" if they score well on the Christian Coalitions scorecards. Here is a sample score card
But for the love of god, stop trying to tell other people how to spend THEIR money. They don't tell you how to spend yours.
Haven't you watched TV lately?
So it's a virtual investment, but one that has potential real-world payoff.
You are right! It's Not much different from any other investment. You get what the market will pay. How much do you think those paper stock certificates are worth? Stocks are worthless if a company goes under and so is this island if people stop playing.