[quote]Guerrero wrote:
Do you realize how stupid you fucking sound.
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To you?! I have read the rest of your post here. I am unconcerned about how I come across to you considering what I just read.
Anarchy has nothing to do with violent behavior nor do I condone the use of force or aggression against anyone for any reason. I do however believe in the right to defend ones self.
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Otherwise you just sound like one of the countless hordes of small dicks who have to prove themselves by running their mouths on forums.[/quote]
I’ll grant you the fact that there are many in the counterculture scene as well as those such as yourself that do not really understand anarchy. I am not one of those people.
You mean they voted for the people that you allowed them to vote for?
They were not chosen by us.
AND you continuously ignore the super majority that wants you out of Iraq NOW and yet you argue with the will of the people?
And another lie. While I admit its been a few months since I saw a poll, there was no “supermajority”, and in fact only 47% of the population wanted us to leave immediately, meaning 53% didn’t. And that was the highest it ever polled.
This was posted on these forums, and I had to do the math for the person who actually thought 47% was a majority. (It wasn’t you was it?)[/quote]
Thank your lucky stars your country haven’t been bombed to oblivion and invaded by foreigners. That they built bases and that the country subsequently became a honeypot for foreign terrorist groups.
And while all the foreigners are allegedly fighting to “free” you, you’re stuck in the middle as a refugee in your own land.
In another thread, we discussed Boston’s suggested rules. One of them was not yanking threads into topics unrelated to the OP.
Here we have a thread on America falling apart, and you start talking about Iraq.
Enough, Lixy.
Indeed.
That is actually a topic that cannot be discussed without Iraq.
Neither the erosion of freedom, nor the dreadful financial situation of the US can be discussed without the constant wars of the US.
The two are certainly connected, but I think you’re overstating the case.[/quote]
That a nation not willing or able to face her most pressing problems turns outwards to find their scapegoats there?
Maybe I am overstating it, but even then it would be more a question of degree and Iraq would be most definitely a symptom of American decline.
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
I’m wondering why some of you give the anti-American pieces of shit like lixy and horion the time of day? Granted I can understand why you might insult them every so often…But…that should be about it.
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Only you and JeffR ever stoop so low as to frequently give people derogatory nicknames based on their screen names.
I have not encountered such immaturity since my 4th year in high school.
Anyway, since both of you, or two and a half of you if we count ChuckyT, JeffR´s slightly retarded alter ego, do more damage to your own reputation than to mine by being so painfully adolescent, please continue.
The Fed, I think, will eventually have to assume all the debt obligations of these troubled states, or watch the bonds of these states go into default. That would be a disaster, something that hasn’t happened to a great extent since early in the 19th century.
The Federal Government isn’t far behind the troubled States in that regard. They are projecting a broke budget due to medicare and medicade, not to mention social security in the next three decades. To whom will the Fed ask for debt relief?
If the Fed takes the burden away from the failing States, then the Fed will crumble all the more quickly.
Ever see a bankrupt Superpower? What do you think the consequences will be from that?
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
orion wrote:
Mick28 wrote:
I’m wondering why some of you give the anti-American pieces of shit like lixy and horion the time of day? Granted I can understand why you might insult them every so often…But…that should be about it.
Only you and JeffR ever stoop so low as to frequently give people derogatory nicknames based on their screen names.
When you attack my country on a consistent basis, as you do, you are deserving of whatever I or anyone else calls you.
Do you think we like reading your misguided nonsense about the USA?
Nope.
I say what most of the others would either like to say or have already said far better than I.
In short, you’re an anti-American hate monger. And when the mood strikes me I’m going to let you know how I feel Horion.
I have not encountered such immaturity since my 4th year in high school.
When you change your needless, hateful ridicule I’ll do the same. Life is funny Horion people tend to reap what they sow.
Oh…and thanks for giving me another shot at you. I was hoping that you would take the bate, you didn’t disappoint me.
By the way are things so boring in austria that you feel a constant need to stay so focused on my country? Yes, of course they are, it’s (chuckle) austria after all.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Every generation says theirs is the era in which everything is going to shit.
Once we get through this awful one, I’m sure my son will have another to bitch about when he’s an adult. We just gotta keep workin’ it. [/quote]
That’s an easy refrain, but it’s also an easy way to hide from the magnitude of America’s looming problems. We have a negative savings rate, a massive trade deficit, and a government that is increasingly corrupt and incompetent - not just talking Bush here, I mean that across the board. Not to mention the whole system runs on cheap oil, which may well be a permanent thing of the past. We’re better off than much of the developed world (see Europe, Russia, China) because of our demographics, but otherwise…
When will you get it into your head that the people of Iraq voted for their government?
The majority of American citizens voted into presidency Al Gore yet the majority of American citizens got a president they did not vote for. That is in America…the land of Democracy.
Do you honestly believe that democracy in Iraq is somehow better than democracy in the good ole USA? Do you believe votes are honestly casted, counted, and the person that the majority of Iraqis wanted in office takes office? I doubt you honestly believe that would ever happen in Iraq.
That does not even happen in the US, so WTF makes you spell out in a post that it happens in Iraq?
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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Al Sharpton vows to shut New York down…police in Chicago have to be given assault rifles like the Marines have, to control gang violence…consumer confidence is collapsing…home prices are collapsing…oil and food prices are skyrocketing…
Where will it end?
We need Zap to come on here and say ‘The sky is falling!’ to cheer us all up! ;)[/quote]
Well the world must be coming to an end, because I agree with Al Sharpton on something. That verdict rendered by the judge in the police shooting case was complete bullshit.
That doesn’t mean I don’t want Al Sharpton toilet paper so I can wipe shit on his face daily.
[quote]lixy wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
Once we get through this awful one, I’m sure my son will have another to bitch about when he’s an adult.
With the debt you guys are piling up, your son might just see the shit hit the fan.[/quote]
Without the United States as a viable economic engine, the world will quite quickly devolve into many feuding little states, like the Balkans. Before this happens, I suspect that the world will bail out the United States with some new worldwide Fed equivalent, like a World Bank. Thanks Austria and the rest of the EU!
Maybe Americans should rethink their values. Their constant need to consume crap imported from various countries. Their need to shop at Walmart and other discount stores just to satisfy their consumer greed to own the most.
Is proving to be a down fall.
America has the technology, industry and resources to make the finest quality products in the world. Unfortunately the citizens of America are more interested in consumption at a grand scale. Than quality products with a greater life span, made at home.
The drain of the America coffers by their military machine, which is one hell of a burden to carry. As well as the constant need to seek out conflicts to justify that spenditure, should be of greater concern than it is.
It would seem that America is stuck in a revolving door. Their need to constantly feed their consumerism and spread democracy through out the world. Is proving to have a downward spiral effect on their economy.
It is possibly the right time to rethink the values of their nation. The idea that they are the greatest country on earth is after all only a myth. After all no one really likes their big brother, when he’s not being a bully he’s being an arrogant son of a bitch that no one can stand being around.
Maybe it’s time to clean up your own back yard and stay out of everyone else’s. Just a thought.