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03-05-2009, 11:00 AM
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the second half of my quote makes it pretty clear that I was being sarcastic and taking a cheap shot at the stimulus/bailout. i do care...
you guys cant take half of my quote and come at me! this isnt CNN or MSNBC!
you guys cant take half of my quote and come at me! this isnt CNN or MSNBC!
Good point! I also wanted to bring that up.
Whenever i see comments like "what do i care?" be it about the economy, the environment etc etc i go like
If you care about your children then yes you should care about the future, because as mortal beings as we are, living in the current Universe, we will not live forever and what's most important at the end is what we leave behind.
If we leave behind only disasters (be it economical, social, evironemental etc..) what does that say about US? With what could we differ from the average parasite? ... huh and we call ourselves intelligent beings, above average and think we are on top of the World.
Whenever i see comments like "what do i care?" be it about the economy, the environment etc etc i go like
If you care about your children then yes you should care about the future, because as mortal beings as we are, living in the current Universe, we will not live forever and what's most important at the end is what we leave behind.
If we leave behind only disasters (be it economical, social, evironemental etc..) what does that say about US? With what could we differ from the average parasite? ... huh and we call ourselves intelligent beings, above average and think we are on top of the World.
03-05-2009, 12:29 PM
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You really think Russia will gain control of Alaska??? LOL Fuck no... Never happen! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER... The world would end and all the countries know this... Maybe the Mayan calendar is right... Maybe the US will implode... Maybe we will have the big war we have all feared. I agree with what he says about our morals... Let me say one thing though... This country has been through hell and back... We will recover and recover strong... And the rest of the world better pray we do... Or it's the end
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Originally Posted by kearflex' post='808494' date='Mar 5 2009, 04:29 PM
You really think Russia will gain control of Alaska??? LOL Fuck no... Never happen! NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER... The world would end and all the countries know this... Maybe the Mayan calendar is right... Maybe the US will implode... Maybe we will have the big war we have all feared. I agree with what he says about our morals... Let me say one thing though... This country has been through hell and back... We will recover and recover strong... And the rest of the world better pray we do... Or it's the end
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PS.. my guns are clean as well, not loaded but the ammo is very very close....
03-05-2009, 02:07 PM
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considering we have only been around for 230 years, we are doing pretty well... the first civilization came out of? you guessed it... Iraq. they sure as shit dont have their stuff together
03-05-2009, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='807963' date='Mar 5 2009, 02:34 AM
To be fair the previous incumbent spent quite a lot of money he didn't have, probably more than the stimulus package, and I don't think you really got too much to show for that either...
03-05-2009, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='808079' date='Mar 5 2009, 08:44 AM
Well i don't think people should be so naive or egocentric to let pride cloud their judgement. History has shown that every great nation, every empire has had it's share of downfall. With all due excuse, US will not be any different. If it will come a few years from now or a few decades we will see, but it WILL COME. Nothing is eternal on this Earth and in this Universe!
And you can already see that even a great nation as the US can go down. If we would have talked about possibility in US of recession, financial crisis, mortgage problems, unemployment and riots only a few years ago some people would have reacted the same, and guess what it DID happened, and not only it crippled the US economy but it spread in all over the world.
As someone said: "When US sneezes, the whole world starts taking pills, and now US got a cold..."
And you can already see that even a great nation as the US can go down. If we would have talked about possibility in US of recession, financial crisis, mortgage problems, unemployment and riots only a few years ago some people would have reacted the same, and guess what it DID happened, and not only it crippled the US economy but it spread in all over the world.
As someone said: "When US sneezes, the whole world starts taking pills, and now US got a cold..."
03-05-2009, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by solrac6262' post='808630' date='Mar 5 2009, 04:17 PM
I think you need a calculator dude. for all the masive spending in less then a month..
03-05-2009, 03:56 PM
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oh yeah... here it comes!
we will have something to show for the stimulus. tremendous debt... and a one term president...
did anyone watch colbert last night. he gave hillarious doomsday scenarios, kinda poking fun at glen becks program yesterday...
we will have something to show for the stimulus. tremendous debt... and a one term president...
did anyone watch colbert last night. he gave hillarious doomsday scenarios, kinda poking fun at glen becks program yesterday...
03-05-2009, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by craigm1841' post='808670' date='Mar 5 2009, 04:56 PM
oh yeah... here it comes!
we will have something to show for the stimulus. tremendous debt... and a one term president...
did anyone watch colbert last night. he gave hillarious doomsday scenarios, kinda poking fun at glen becks program yesterday...
we will have something to show for the stimulus. tremendous debt... and a one term president...
did anyone watch colbert last night. he gave hillarious doomsday scenarios, kinda poking fun at glen becks program yesterday...
Sigh...about the same net gain from the last president. Except for some reason folks thought it would be a good idea to vote him in twice...
03-05-2009, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by advancedlogic' post='808687' date='Mar 5 2009, 08:08 PM
Sigh...about the same net gain from the last president. Except for some reason folks thought it would be a good idea to vote him in twice...
i know it wont get that bad. Stephen colbert predicted we will be using soybeans ad currency by 2014 or something like that. haha. he is awsome.