Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Daiyousei's Cold Storage => Topic started by: Bitmap on November 11, 2010, 07:34:07 PM
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PEOPLE ARE DELICIOUS.
DISCUSS.
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Obviously it's Obamacare's fault.
Down with Obamacare! Go Tea Party!
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Obviously it's Obamacare's fault.
Down with Obamacare! Go Tea Party!
Nein. I believe it's this monkey's fault:
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:OXLWQjn6EAnHwM:http://www.endevil.com/images/George_Bush.jpg&t=1)
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Obviously it's Obamacare's fault.
Down with Obamacare! Go Tea Party!
A tea party? With pretty girls who wear hats, real tea, and actual scones? That sounds wonderful!
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You do know there are nations worse off debt-wise than the united states, right?
Now, in sheer number the US is bad. But even so, there is still worse. Like, for instance, Japan.
But what is more important is DEBT vs GDP.
The worst off in that category right now is ZIMBABWE, with its debt being about 280% of its GDP. You know, that country that had BILLION DOLLAR BILLS due to the inflation rate.
Or hell, you've got us here in Canada, with our debt being 75% or so of the GDP.
Compare to the US, with ITS debt being only about 50% of the GDP.
Puts things in perspective, eh?
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You do know there are nations worse off debt-wise than the united states, right?
Now, in sheer number the US is bad. But even so, there is still worse. Like, for instance, Japan.
But what is more important is DEBT vs GDP.
The worst off in that category right now is ZIMBABWE, with its debt being about 280% of its GDP. You know, that country that had BILLION DOLLAR BILLS due to the inflation rate.
Or hell, you've got us here in Canada, with our debt being 75% or so of the GDP.
Compare to the US, with ITS debt being only about 50% of the GDP.
Puts things in perspective, eh?
I never said that the United States had it the worst. I know that other nations have it worse like Japan where animators make less than minimum wage. I was just thinking why we let the debt reach this point.
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Throwing it at numerous wars, refusal to cut military spending, refusal to regulate the financial industry, oops I answered seriously. =[
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Throwing it at numerous wars, refusal to cut military spending, refusal to regulate the financial industry, oops I answered seriously. =[
Well thats not capitalists fault. Thas just that idiot bush.
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This thread has the opportunity for much hilarity.
Also, why does everywhere have to throw out the "animators make shitty wages" thing. It's one subgenre of a profession that isn't even really a profession.
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capitalism is for eggheads and people with too much time on their hands
lowercaseism is best, no need to reach all the way over there for that fucking shift key
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Well thats not capitalists fault. Thas just that idiot bush.
As much as I dislike this guy, we can't lay all the blame on his doorstep. It was the entire "me first, screw you" mentality that is often called the American Dream. In other words, it was capitalism's fault.
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Well thats not capitalists fault. Thas just that idiot bush.
Capitalist societies tend to borrow more than Communist societies.
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It was the entire "me first, screw you" mentality that is often called the American Dream.
hey, dusty rhodes was a good guy
he represented the common man
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As much as I dislike this guy, we can't lay all the blame on his doorstep. It was the entire "me first, screw you" mentality that is often called the American Dream. In other words, it was capitalism's fault.
Than what shall we do? Throw out the constitution and kill all the people in congress? Well, I guess that wouldn't be that bad.
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No no no. No one needs to die. We build a giant wall around Utah, let all the Teabaggers move there to start their own country, and make the rest of America a social democracy.
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No no no. No one needs to die. We build a giant wall around Utah, let all the Teabaggers move there to start their own country, and make the rest of America a social democracy.
Why around Utah though? Utah isn't that bad. Isn't it?
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No no no. No one needs to die. We build a giant wall around Utah, let all the Teabaggers move there to start their own country, and make the rest of America a social democracy.
You misspelled Arizona.
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Oh, damn, my bad.
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No no no. No one needs to die. We build a giant wall around Utah, let all the Teabaggers move there to start their own country, and make the rest of America a social democracy.
No need my friend. All we have to do is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDgn2iAiasg
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Kill the teabaggers :V
Or deport them to Arizona.
It's one subgenre of a profession that isn't even really a profession.
I hope you aren't being serious.
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but if we build a giant wall around arizona how will they replenish their supply of arrestable illegal immigrants
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That's Teabagistan's new problem, not America's!
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How about food supply? Wont they just die off? And how about them reproducing?
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This thread has the opportunity for much hilarity.
Also, why does everywhere have to throw out the "animators make shitty wages" thing. It's one subgenre of a profession that isn't even really a profession.
Good-bye animu. I'll miss you dearly.
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You misspelled Arizona.
I prefer this idea. They're basically the same state except Arizona is on the coast; this way we can just chop it off and push it out to sea.
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I hope you aren't being serious.
CPMC in during Socialist Revolution
Yeah, he totally is.
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I hope you aren't being serious.
target acquired
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but if we build a giant wall around arizona how will they replenish their supply of arrestable illegal immigrants
They will deport themselves!
1. We get a giant jackhammer and drill around Arizona
2. Get a bunch of helicopters to lift the state
3. And drive it out to sea, preferably the Bermuda Triangle
I prefer this idea. They're basically the same state except Arizona is on the coast; this way we can just chop it off and push it out to sea.
You can't chop it off and send it out to sea because it's surrounded by land in all four directions, so you must lift it off and send it outside.
We then will be left with a crevice that was known as Arizona, but through socialist efforts, we turn turn it into the "Minor Sea of Rejects"
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target acquired
:trollface:
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How about food supply? Wont they just die off? And how about them reproducing?
I believe that's the whole point.
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You can't chop it off and send it out to sea because it's surrounded by land in all four directions, so you must lift it off and send it outside.
We then will be left with a crevice that was known as Arizona, but through socialist efforts, we turn turn it into the "Minor Sea of Rejects"
Sure we can. Just take that little piece of Mexico off with it.
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You misspelled Arizona.
Oh goddamnit, I laughed so hard and I don't know why.
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How about just blowing up arizona instead? Less trouble lifting it up. :V
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How about just blowing up arizona instead? Less trouble lifting it up. :V
Goddamn we can't just nuke them. Look at what happened to the last place we nuked.
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Nuke the entire United states :3
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Nuke the entire United states :3
but but but
what about all of us who live there
can't we flee to Mother Russia first :<
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but but but
what about all of us who live there
can't we flee to Mother Russia first :<
Or what about the russian spies here? Won't they die to?
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How about just blowing up arizona instead? Less trouble lifting it up. :V
We nuked Arizona all through the 50s and 60s, that just made things worse.
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Nuke the entire United states :3c
How about just blowing up arizona instead? Less trouble lifting it up. :V
Repeating Japan is retarded
We've grown to think with our brains since then :derp:
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Repeating Japan is retarded
We've grown to think with our brains since then :derp:
Yes, which is why I propose the totally logical and humane solution of attaching rockets to Arizona and launching it into space.
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Yes, which is why I propose the totally logical and humane solution of attaching rockets to Arizona and launching it into space.
Then you must realize that the rockets cost even more money due to the amount of research required to make rockets to propel something that big causing us to be in even greater debt.
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Doesn't take much research though, just a fuckload of fuel.
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Yes, which is why I propose the totally logical and humane solution of attaching rockets to Arizona and launching it into space.
Now there's an idea!
Now to organize a petition / pass bills n shit / and hopefully raise enough funds
*sigh*
Ever since we switched to Communism, decisions have become much more straightforward!
Prepare to launch Arizona up into space tomorrow morning! Actually, why not shoot them upward right now? FOR THE PEOPLE!
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Doesn't take much research though, just a fuckload of fuel.
Still, fuel isn't exactly 'cheap' meaning there would be a lot of government spending.
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who wants arizona to be off the face of the earth? And SPACE doesnt want Arizona either.
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why do i get a feeling baka is taking this too seriously
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why do i get a feeling baka is taking this too seriously
Like most new people are~
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who wants arizona to be off the face of the earth? And SPACE doesnt want Arizona either.
Maybe the sun does?
Thank you for externalizing your concerns to the People's Department of Space Engineering. We will forward this message to the appropriate departments and derive a conclusions based on our findings.
Remember, the fate of MoTK's Regime for the People rests on your shoulders!
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Because I have nothing better to do on my spare time. And I be not taking it seriously or else I would have posted a page worth of rants saying how Republicans can kiss my arse and suck it.
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This forum has had so much US politics lately. It hurts my head @_@
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JT doesn't know what he's talking about. Clearly the best solution is to slide a big blue tarp under Arizona and tie loads of helium balloons to the corners, lifting it into the sky. Trade winds should carry it to the Pacific, where it can float down and gently rest upon the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch).
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This forum has had so much US politics lately. It hurts my head @_@
The brainwashing is almost complete then~
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Headache != convincing people.
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This forum has had so much US politics lately. It hurts my head @_@
(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2749/econ.th.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/econ.jpg/)
We're fucked.
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(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2749/econ.th.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/econ.jpg/)
We're fucked.
Pffft. "Oh no they have the House!" Please. This is why the Dems can't do anything - paralyzed by fear.
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(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2749/econ.th.jpg) (http://img254.imageshack.us/i/econ.jpg/)
We're fucked.
Like I give two shits, I'm not american :V
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Pffft. "Oh no they have the House!" Please. This is why the Dems can't do anything - paralyzed by fear.
Yup. I support George Bush for his third term. Who knows, he might be able to make the debt worse.
Like I give two shits, I'm not american :V
Oh screw you.
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JT doesn't know what he's talking about. Clearly the best solution is to slide a big blue tarp under Arizona and tie loads of helium balloons to the corners, lifting it into the sky. Trade winds should carry it to the Pacific, where it can float down and gently rest upon the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch).
Someone give this man a promotion.
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I say we let Suika rule the Americas, Tenshi rule Australia, Remilia rule Eurasia, and Komachi rule Africa.
The world would be a much better place without the common sense we have around here :V
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What will reimu do then?
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It gets slightly unfun when people take these things too seriously.
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What will reimu do then?
She'll control the atmospheres.
Forgot to mention Alice controlling Antarctica :V
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What will reimu do then?
Religion is the opium of the people. Reimu is a shrine maiden.
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How about food supply? Wont they just die off? And how about them reproducing?
reproducing
:V
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:V
I presume they are both male and female?? If not, umm.....go nuts.
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reproducing = kids = food supply
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I say we let Suika rule the Americas, Tenshi rule Australia, Remilia rule Eurasia, and Komachi rule Africa.
The world would be a much better place without the common sense we have around here :V
With Sanae to keep track of them all!
Against all common sense! (http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/554) [NSFW]
reproducing = kids = food supply
reproducing = kids = workforce
Good thinking!
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reproducing = kids = food supply
adults = kids = reproducing = food supply
Welcome to China.
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reproducing = kids = food supply
Are you talking about a labor force or is this a modest proposal-type thing?
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Are you talking about a labor force or is this a modest proposal-type thing?
Or cannibalism.
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Or cannibalism.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
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no need to reach all the way over there for that fucking shift key
Am I the only one who uses caps lock instead of shift when using caps? :s
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A mod needs to change this thread's title to Cons of Cannibalism, now.
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Why yes, TC, people ARE delicious!
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mmm...People tastes like chicken..
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Cannibalsim
The Sims: Jonathan Swift Edition?
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Now I'm seeing a ragged, bearded Viggo Mortensen pointing a gun at Omar from The Wire.
"I'm gonna leave you ... just like you left us ..."
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It should be the "Pros of Cannibalism" due to all the benefits of eating people.
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Or Cons as in 'Conventions'.
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Or Cons as in 'Conventions'.
WHERE?!
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WHERE?!
Oh, you weren't with us for Donner Party '09?
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Oh, you weren't with us for Donner Party '09?
No.... goddamnit I miss everything.
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Now, now. I'm sure this can all be solved with A Modest Proposal.
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Or I can go batshit crazy and start eating people at random.... actually now that I think about it, it actually sounds like a good idea.
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Or I can go batshit crazy and start eating people at random.... actually now that I think about it, it actually sounds like a good idea.
Gotta cook them first, or else they taste like bad veal.
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Gotta cook them first, or else they taste like bad veal.
I hope it taste's like black pudding/tofu.
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3139/8cf45b203446d8b11961e60.th.jpg) (http://img545.imageshack.us/i/8cf45b203446d8b11961e60.jpg/)
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I hope it taste's like black pudding/tofu.
Mmmmm.... meat. (http://danbooru.donmai.us/data/94668cea8bb4711c08994079d209d720.jpg)
Nah. Its more like chicken. CHICKEN
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Nah. Its more like chicken. CHICKEN
Chicken[Danbooru/NSFW?] (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/404434/bad_id-chibi-eating-hat-mystia_lorelei-pink_hair-r)
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I didn't know danbooru functioned like that. Thanks.
Edit: I presume safebooru is fine?
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I didn't know danbooru functioned like that. Thanks.
Edit: I presume safebooru is fine?
It's because of the ads. I have an ad-blocker, but people who don't block ads see instead a catgirl being banged against a wall or something =[
Oh Jesus, really? This post's at the top of the page.
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It's because of the ads. I have an ad-blocker, but people who don't block ads see instead a catgirl being banged against a wall or something =[
Oh Jesus, really? This post's at the top of the page.
It's amazing how I never noticed the ads containing NSFW even though I've been using danbooru for a few years now.
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reproducing = kids = food supply
(http://i53.tinypic.com/20j0pyp.gif)
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People not using ad block. What is this the 2000s?
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People not using ad block. What is this the 2000s?
/me lives in the past
I just don't care and live on with the ads there :P
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Chicken[Danbooru/NSFW?] (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/404434/bad_id-chibi-eating-hat-mystia_lorelei-pink_hair-r)
I didn't know danbooru functioned like that. Thanks.
Edit: I presume safebooru is fine?
Safebooru is fine. danbooru or gelbooru...eh not so much.
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/me lives in the past
I just don't care and live on with the ads there :P
I honestly prefer the ads on danbooru the most if I didn't have the ads blocked.
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Yeah it is.
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Ironically, I think there are NSFW ads on Safebooru, but the image linking works the same way.
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(http://i53.tinypic.com/20j0pyp.gif)
Mmmm...Soylent green...
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Am I late to the Donner party?
A little.
As much as I dislike this guy, we can't lay all the blame on his doorstep. It was the entire "me first, screw you" mentality that is often called the American Dream. In other words, it was capitalism's fault.
Bush didn't make the problems confronting modern America. He inherited them and made them decisively worse. We're in agreement.
As for cannibalism, it doesn't work very well if you're a shut-in. And it discriminates against people who live out in the country. Urbanites get the king's share of the available supplies. Feh.
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Ironically, I think there are NSFW ads on Safebooru, but the image linking works the same way.
I don't I've seen any from there yet. Then again, like I said, I don't pay attention to them nor do they ever bother me.
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Turned off my Adblock software and saw nothing wrong on Safebooru. Guess it lives up to the name after all!
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The problems with W Bush were sowed in the 80s and early 90s with Reagan and HW Bush's wonderful economic policies and out of control military spending. The 8 years of Clinton weren't enough to undo even close to all of it. And of course W went RIGHT back to it, ruining what was a budget surplus and a roaring economy and crashing it into the ground.
Granted, 9/11 didn't help at all, and directly lead to the collapse of the airline industry and subsequent restructuring. But his policies were lockstep in line with the awesome 80s mentality of pump and dump everything that moves.
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The more and more I read about the US' economic policy since the end of the second world war, the less and less I like it.
No, devaluing the dollar never has any unforeseen consequences. Of course not!
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I cried when US dollar was worth less than the Canadian dollar.
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I cried when US dollar was worth less than the Canadian dollar.
Well, I guess its time to go out of the country. Australia seems nice... or CANADA. Hmmm...
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I dunno, Eisenhower had it right. Massive top bracket rates on the wealthy to pay off war debts, and huge investments in infrastructure to keep running the industrial capacity we gained during the war. Yet he was ever vigilant not to build up a military-industrial complex, and was a very outspoken critic of the more hardline warhawks like MacArthur.
Seriously, the guy inherited a massive reconstruction effort and managed to create not only an amazingly prosperous economy but kept most of the world from collapsing. He brought Japan back on its feet, rebuilt West Germany and Italy, and he arguably kept the world from EVER reaching another World War again with his commitment to international dialog. I mean, the 50s were a horribly scary time. The Soviets had the bomb and were under the reigns of an absolutely brutal dictator, and Communist revolts were occuring all around the world with dictators getting their conquering on while everyone else was licking their wounds from WW2.
If it were anyone else we would have likely escalated Korea to a fullout war with the USSR and we'd all be dead from radiation.
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Plus he invented highways! And I think that's pretty cool.
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Plus he invented highways! And I think that's pretty cool.
The genius was in selling it to Congress as a "national security" implement saying it could be used as emergency runways if a Soviet invasion blew out our airbases. Like I seriously doubt Eisenhower ever intended to have it used for that, but it won over Congressional approval.
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Oh, don't get me wrong, I rather like Eisenhower. It's just the people who came after him who had... interesting ideas on how to run the country and its economy. Hello, Reagan!
The genius was in selling it to Congress as a "national security" implement saying it could be used as emergency runways if a Soviet invasion blew out our airbases. Like I seriously doubt Eisenhower ever intended to have it used for that, but it won over Congressional approval.
Hahaha, that is amazing. Too bad that infrastructure has languished pretty much since his era. How much of our national budget is devoted to upkeep of roads and bridges? Wasn't it something like 5%? But gosh, we need that money to spread democracy more than we need it to have bridges NOT fall on our citizens.
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Hahaha, that is amazing. Too bad that infrastructure has languished pretty much since his era. How much of our national budget is devoted to upkeep of roads and bridges? Wasn't it something like 5%? But gosh, we need that money to spread democracy more than we need it to have bridges NOT fall on our citizens.
Yeah he mandated that every 5 miles of road contain a 1 mile straightaway to allow it to operate as an emergency runway. Now note that most of the roads were built in either horribly mountainous terrain or in extremely remote areas. So for that use it was practically pointless. But it won Congressional approval during at time when everyone was scared shitless of the Soviets and he was the only guy looking ahead to "ok what do we do AFTER the Soviets calm down/collapse?"
We really do need another Eisenhower-like. But I doubt either party would be interested in electing another one of his kind. He's too moderate and sensible and wasn't interested in accumulating power like most Washington "elites".
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So, whats the future going to be? Elect a down to earth guy/girl or elect another quack? Of course, being extremist we are. Go with the quack. We are so done for. :(
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I cried when US dollar was worth less than the Canadian dollar.
Hah our loonies was worth more than your bills! :V
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So, whats the future going to be? Elect a down to earth guy/girl or elect another quack? Of course, being extremist we are. Go with the quack. We are so done for. :(
The President is a puppet for the most part nowadays. He can say platitudes and demand change but for the most part bar a few minor tweaks to make it look like Washington cares, he's going to maintain the status quo. I mean, I think Obama has improved a lot of things in America, mostly our horribly tarnished international appearance, but he's not actually going to do even a tenth of the things he promised. And now with midterms swinging control of the House to the Republicans it's just going to be 2 years of posturing and nothing really getting done.
For better or for worse, Reagan was the last president to actually command respect and was able to steer the country to his ideas. Granted his ideas were pretty terribad, but you can't knock his charisma. He knew the game and knew how to play it very well.
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So, whats the future going to be? Elect a down to earth guy/girl or elect another quack? Of course, being extremist we are. Go with the quack. We are so done for. :(
The current president, following the legacy of a disastrous one, will serve one term and be replaced by a self-styled "sensible conservative" who will reap the benefits of the groundwork the current president is laying and so carrying the White House for two terms. Or maybe I'm just remembering Carter to Reagan.
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The President is a puppet for the most part nowadays. He can say platitudes and demand change but for the most part bar a few minor tweaks to make it look like Washington cares, he's going to maintain the status quo. I mean, I think Obama has improved a lot of things in America, mostly our horribly tarnished international appearance, but he's not actually going to do even a tenth of the things he promised. And now with midterms swinging control of the House to the Republicans it's just going to be 2 years of posturing and nothing really getting done.
I knew it that the president is just a figure head. We were screwed already...
The current president, following the legacy of a disastrous one, will serve one term and be replaced by a self-styled "sensible conservative" who will reap the benefits of the groundwork the current president is laying and so carrying the White House for two terms. Or maybe I'm just remembering Carter to Reagan.
Your just remembering Carter to Reagan.
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Hah our loonies was worth more than your bills! :V
Ours were worth the same, albeit in a different way. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cocaine-contaminates-majority-of-american-currency)
When I was a kid, my parents promised me a trip to Europe instead of a Quincea?era when I graduated from high school. What happened when I graduated? The market crash. Feh.
The current president, following the legacy of a disastrous one, will serve one term and be replaced by a self-styled "sensible conservative" who will reap the benefits of the groundwork the current president is laying and so carrying the White House for two terms. Or maybe I'm just remembering Carter to Reagan.
My personal favourite is how our Senate Minority Leader actively says that the Republican party's main aim is to make Obama a one-term president. As opposed to, you know, taking the first steps to fixing the economy, confronting our wars in the Middle East and pulling out our troops, doing something about Medicare and what have you. And completely forgetting that a democracy is supposed to work by compromise. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44311.html) (I hate how that word, "compromise", has become a bad word in the continental US lexicon. You just can't work with a democracy if you won't compromise at all.)
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The current president, following the legacy of a disastrous one, will serve one term and be replaced by a self-styled "sensible conservative" who will reap the benefits of the groundwork the current president is laying and so carrying the White House for two terms. Or maybe I'm just remembering Carter to Reagan.
Err Carter was garbage. He somehow managed to totally throw away control from the Democrats despite basically being handed the White House and Congress for the next 100 years thanks to Nixon's royal cockup. The Energy Crisis showed how absolutely ineffectual he was as a diplomat in reigning in a war hungry Israel, and his price controls almost brought the economy to a complete collapse.
His charity work is great, and he's an excellent spokesperson for human rights not just for Americans but for all humanity, but as a leader he was too idealistic and impractical.
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Err Carter was garbage. He somehow managed to totally throw away control from the Democrats despite basically being handed the White House and Congress for the next 100 years thanks to Nixon's royal cockup. The Energy Crisis showed how absolutely ineffectual he was as a diplomat in reigning in a war hungry Israel, and his price controls almost brought ~*~the economy~*~ to a complete collapse.
His charity work is great, and he's an excellent spokesperson for human rights not just for Americans but for all humanity, but as a leader he was too idealistic and impractical.
So who do you approve of?
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Meh, I still like Carter, warts and all. He got Egypt and Israel to talk to each other, he tried to bring the metric system into the US, and he put solar panels on the White House roof (which Reagan immediately removed). So maybe he wasn't stellar, but still. I've said before that on his gravestone they're going to engrave "He Tried".
My personal favourite is how our Senate Minority Leader actively says that the Republican party's main aim is to make Obama a one-term president. As opposed to, you know, taking the first steps to fixing ~*~the economy~*~, confronting our wars in the Middle East and pulling out our troops, doing something about Medicare and what have you. And completely forgetting that a democracy is supposed to work by compromise. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/44311.html) (I hate how that word, "compromise", has become a bad word in the continental US lexicon. You just can't work with a democracy if you won't compromise at all.)
The GOP wants the president to fail, hard. That's been their priority since he started running for office. They have no ideas, no alternatives beyond "let's do things the way Bush did". They play to people's worst fears and basest xenophobic hatred. And if the Democrats don't start changing their game from reactive to active, they're going to hand the country over to them.
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Meh, I still like Carter, warts and all. He got Egypt and Israel to talk to each other, he tried to bring the metric system into the US, and he put solar panels on the White House roof (which Reagan immediately removed). So maybe he wasn't stellar, but still. I've said before that on his gravestone they're going to engrave "He Tried".
I dunno, I agree with you on his human rights policy and he was pretty good at the diplomat game, but economics wise he was probably one of the worst ever.
So who do you approve of?
I dunno, Eisenhower had it right. Massive top bracket rates on the wealthy to pay off war debts, and huge investments in infrastructure to keep running the industrial capacity we gained during the war. Yet he was ever vigilant not to build up a military-industrial complex, and was a very outspoken critic of the more hardline warhawks like MacArthur.
Seriously, the guy inherited a massive reconstruction effort and managed to create not only an amazingly prosperous economy but kept most of the world from collapsing. He brought Japan back on its feet, rebuilt West Germany and Italy, and he arguably kept the world from EVER reaching another World War again with his commitment to international dialog. I mean, the 50s were a horribly scary time. The Soviets had the bomb and were under the reigns of an absolutely brutal dictator, and Communist revolts were occuring all around the world with dictators getting their conquering on while everyone else was licking their wounds from WW2.
If it were anyone else we would have likely escalated Korea to a fullout war with the USSR and we'd all be dead from radiation.
Eisenhower is my man.
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And who's stupid idea was it to put a movie star as president? That was idiotic.
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And who's stupid idea was it to put a movie star as president? That was idiotic.
That doesn't really mean anything. It shouldn't really matter what your background is before becoming President. The problem with Reagan was his misguided notion that in order to beat Communism you had to outspend them, but at the same time cut all taxes so the government is in horrible deficit mode.
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And who's stupid idea was it to put a movie star as president? That was idiotic.
And yet California had the Governator.
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I know I'm terribly late, but:
We nuked Arizona all through the 50s and 60s, that just made things worse.
This amused me far too much. GJ.
JT doesn't know what he's talking about. Clearly the best solution is to slide a big blue tarp under Arizona and tie loads of helium balloons to the corners, lifting it into the sky. Trade winds should carry it to the Pacific, where it can float down and gently rest upon the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch).
You have the best ideas, Tengukami.