We didn't begin implementing the strategy of privatizing states to control them until recently. We were arguably a better people back then. The world had just recovered from the horrors of the war and the public would not allow wholesale conquest. Bring our boys home and all.
Thankfully almost everyone alive during those conflicts is now dead. The public mind has turned the events into notes on paper, a reality we could never see again. This leaves the door open to all sorts of affronts to humanity for our own benefit. Riding the coat tales of our grandparents good deeds.
I for one hope I'm wrong but there has been a disturbing pattern of American involvement militarily in the last 40 years.
I love how people think the milkshake song isn't about oral sex. Some people can't connect the dots (or refuse to).
I'm sure we are in Iraq because we really want to help the people form a democracy. Once that's built we won't profit at all we'll just quietly pull out, and add Iraq to the nations we've freed. We are really just being nice.
Of course we want to control them, they'll get cultural freedom (women's rights, etc...) we get all the industries and control of the government officials through bribes. We never enter wars to "help the world". That's just what we tell our population to make them feel good about bombing poor people.
If we were really interested in being the world's police I'd suggest we look at our history and ask ourselves why we replaced a democracy in Iran for instance. Or sold Saddam chemical weapons, or countless other instances where we have helped Evil Dictators who have WMD and hurt their own people. It wasn't until Saddam stopped serving our interests that we invaded him.
Oh, I didn't know that. Could you post where you learned what kind of democracy we want to build in Iraq? I didn't realize we had a plan layed out. (Not being sarcastic I really want to know)
Another aspect to consider about the Iraqi democracy is we'll need to be able to control it. Long term we can't have "free" Iraq joining OPEC or swiching the currency they sell oil with into Euro's to try to get ahead. We need to be sure that all of the money and resources we spent on them pays back long term. We are the nicest imperial power ever, we do give the people a right to vote and dissent.
"1. I vote in my state, along with everyone else. We pick the candidate that best suits our state's interests. I really don't care what party anyone belongs to."
Again lines in the sand, we shouldn't vote for people on our side of the line and not worry about everyone else. We should vote for the person who will best help the country.
"I vote for my party along with everyone else. We pick the candidate that best suits our party's interests. I really don't care what state anyone is a citizen of."
Assumes democracy requires parties to function. 2nd tier candidates like Nader would have a much easier time moving our democracy forward if we had a popular vote instead of the current system.
"...because your state has real authority"
Is that why Bush is trying to create a constitutional ban on gay marriage to respect Massachusetts's authority to make laws?
"...and this is a good thing."
Why?
"Of course I'm also in favor of actually letting the Electors make up their own minds after the election."
Why again? Do you not trust the people?
"...but well staffed and financed Electors could"
Why vote, we could just hire professional voters who spend all day researching it?
We should be a democracy; we are trying to make Iraq one because it's the "right" way to run a country right? We should hold ourselves to the same standards.
The founding fathers didn't intend for women or black people to vote either. They do now. All I'm asking is that all votes actually count toward the destiny of our country, even women and black people just like the founding fathers didn't intend.
They were not right about everything, no human being ever will be. We can evolve our ways of thinking.
The Electoral College is a long dead institution. Its need is dubious at best. Even as a firm democrat I'd love it if my home state Massachusetts eliminated the winner take all system. Republicans in my state should get their vote counted toward the presidential race too. This would remove the stupid situation we are in now where 4 or 5 states are key to the election. While this makes campaigning easier it removes the will of people from the system.
This one is a no brainer, anyone who is against it is against democracy. The people should elect our leaders not a 200-year-old system based on lines in the sand.
I for one hope this takes off in every state.
Funny I just got fed up with this last month, I'm paying $100 and I only watch cartoon network and speed. I just couldn't justify it anymore. I'm switching to ultra basic for 10 a month. I encourage anyone who is fed up to do the same. For the other 90 I can rent / buy almost anything I want to see (a netflix acct. helps!).
You need to make them feel the pain or they won't change.
-Ed
I just renamed all my mp3's to.abc's. That would keep it from being found by any HD searches.
I encourage this kind of propaganda, it will make the RIAA think they've won. Perhaps they will leave people alone.
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LOL I am a dumbass! We'll I guess I've been wrong about all of this the whole time! You've convinced me :)
We didn't begin implementing the strategy of privatizing states to control them until recently. We were arguably a better people back then. The world had just recovered from the horrors of the war and the public would not allow wholesale conquest. Bring our boys home and all.
Thankfully almost everyone alive during those conflicts is now dead. The public mind has turned the events into notes on paper, a reality we could never see again. This leaves the door open to all sorts of affronts to humanity for our own benefit. Riding the coat tales of our grandparents good deeds.
I for one hope I'm wrong but there has been a disturbing pattern of American involvement militarily in the last 40 years.
I love how people think the milkshake song isn't about oral sex. Some people can't connect the dots (or refuse to).
I'm sure we are in Iraq because we really want to help the people form a democracy. Once that's built we won't profit at all we'll just quietly pull out, and add Iraq to the nations we've freed. We are really just being nice.
Of course we want to control them, they'll get cultural freedom (women's rights, etc...) we get all the industries and control of the government officials through bribes. We never enter wars to "help the world". That's just what we tell our population to make them feel good about bombing poor people.
If we were really interested in being the world's police I'd suggest we look at our history and ask ourselves why we replaced a democracy in Iran for instance. Or sold Saddam chemical weapons, or countless other instances where we have helped Evil Dictators who have WMD and hurt their own people. It wasn't until Saddam stopped serving our interests that we invaded him.
Oh, I didn't know that. Could you post where you learned what kind of democracy we want to build in Iraq? I didn't realize we had a plan layed out. (Not being sarcastic I really want to know) Another aspect to consider about the Iraqi democracy is we'll need to be able to control it. Long term we can't have "free" Iraq joining OPEC or swiching the currency they sell oil with into Euro's to try to get ahead. We need to be sure that all of the money and resources we spent on them pays back long term. We are the nicest imperial power ever, we do give the people a right to vote and dissent.
"1. I vote in my state, along with everyone else. We pick the candidate that best suits our state's interests. I really don't care what party anyone belongs to." Again lines in the sand, we shouldn't vote for people on our side of the line and not worry about everyone else. We should vote for the person who will best help the country. "I vote for my party along with everyone else. We pick the candidate that best suits our party's interests. I really don't care what state anyone is a citizen of." Assumes democracy requires parties to function. 2nd tier candidates like Nader would have a much easier time moving our democracy forward if we had a popular vote instead of the current system. "...because your state has real authority" Is that why Bush is trying to create a constitutional ban on gay marriage to respect Massachusetts's authority to make laws? "...and this is a good thing." Why? "Of course I'm also in favor of actually letting the Electors make up their own minds after the election." Why again? Do you not trust the people? "...but well staffed and financed Electors could" Why vote, we could just hire professional voters who spend all day researching it?
We should be a democracy; we are trying to make Iraq one because it's the "right" way to run a country right? We should hold ourselves to the same standards. The founding fathers didn't intend for women or black people to vote either. They do now. All I'm asking is that all votes actually count toward the destiny of our country, even women and black people just like the founding fathers didn't intend. They were not right about everything, no human being ever will be. We can evolve our ways of thinking.
The Electoral College is a long dead institution. Its need is dubious at best. Even as a firm democrat I'd love it if my home state Massachusetts eliminated the winner take all system. Republicans in my state should get their vote counted toward the presidential race too. This would remove the stupid situation we are in now where 4 or 5 states are key to the election. While this makes campaigning easier it removes the will of people from the system. This one is a no brainer, anyone who is against it is against democracy. The people should elect our leaders not a 200-year-old system based on lines in the sand. I for one hope this takes off in every state.
Funny I just got fed up with this last month, I'm paying $100 and I only watch cartoon network and speed. I just couldn't justify it anymore. I'm switching to ultra basic for 10 a month. I encourage anyone who is fed up to do the same. For the other 90 I can rent / buy almost anything I want to see (a netflix acct. helps!). You need to make them feel the pain or they won't change. -Ed
I guess that's as close as Mc Donalds will get to selling an Apple.
I just renamed all my mp3's to .abc's. That would keep it from being found by any HD searches.
I encourage this kind of propaganda, it will make the RIAA think they've won. Perhaps they will leave people alone.