Schwarz, although you may find this hard to believe, I have voted Republican exactly once in my life.
This was to prevent Al Gore from becoming the Commander-in-Chief.
This time, unless presented with a viable alternative (which I no longer consider Ron Paul to be), I will cast my lot for the Senile Septuagenarian and his Sexy Snow Hag, if it will help in preventing Barack Obama from entering the White House as anything other than a tourist.
I know you think it’s a misplaced extremism, but I really do consider the preservation of the Second Amendment to be a big deal. Although the Amendment (and the Constitution in general) would likely be in better hands under a Ron Paul administration than under McCain’s, I dread thinking about what would become of it under an Obama regime.
Indeed, I can only foresee that the Liberty Tree would either wither completely if Barack Obama were elected, or else would be adequately watered for the first time in centuries.
I’m not so certain that McCain will side with the Constitution and the Second Amendment if it really came down to it. He has already proven that he thinks some freedoms are unnecessary with respect to McCain-Feingold legislation, et al.
Maybe, Sexy Snow Hag will help pull him in the right direction, but that remains to be seen. People in power suddenly become less tolerant of the second amendment when they have reason to be fearful of it being used against them.
My feelings exactly, Lifticus. But we pays our money and we takes our chances. Sexy Snow Hag is an aficionado of firearms, and that in itself is a Good Thing.
You weren’t by any chance in St Paul for the festivities, were you?
It is not possible that Mccain could be worse than Obama. Everybody pointing out Mccain’s weaknesses misses that point. I recognize and lament those weaknesses, but President Obama is a wholly unthinkable state of affairs on the issue of the courts alone.
[quote]rainjack wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
But I think they realize that a Russian occupation of Poland would strike too many as dangerously aggressive. France and Britain may even hesitate to stay quiet then. Their border is a lot closer than ours is.
Then you’d think that the frog eating surrender monkeys would want to do something about it. But no, they want us to do all the heavy lifting then bitch because we did it wrong.
Fuck France. Fuck Europe. I say we pull the hell out of NATO, then laugh at them when they can’t make enough white hankies for everyone to wave in the air as Vlad The Impaler plants a Russian flag at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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I agree with this actually.
but I do want to add a question.
does anyone realise that if in fact we do ge tinto a tuff with russia,the entire world is gone.
its plain and simple US and Russia are the big boys on the playground and its a close call but I think we will destroy the world.
maybe its not the best idea to square off with them?
EDIT: now im not saying we give in or surrender but do we really want to risk all that they can do to us over somthing so stupid as protecting nations that can give a shit about us to begin with?
America will face serious changes in the next two decades.
A “Snow Hag in the White House” (sounds almost like a children’s tale) will only make the transition more extreme.
I see little chance for your precious amendment. It will melt like the hag’s favorite water ice.
Besides, my problem with her is the unpredictability.
You can say what you want about Obama or McCain, both aren’t extreme candidates (to the naysayer crowd:yeah I know, Obama will try to convert everyone to Marxism - sure).
A democratic two party system’s foremost accomplishment is to ensure crazy guys won’t win as often as in other systems.
Expect Palin to make quite the metamorphosis as she’ll taste her fill of the power.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
You weren’t by any chance in St Paul for the festivities, were you? [/quote]
Heck no! I scheduled my vacation long in advance for it. I spent a week in the beautifully desolate AZ dessert learning about fire-arms and drinking too much…not necessarily in that order.
I watched about 1 hour of the RNC snooze-fest on CNN while I surfed the internet looking for SSH’s Penthouse “College Pets” spread.
[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
America will face serious changes in the next two decades.
A “Snow Hag in the White House” (sounds almost like a children’s tale) will only make the transition more extreme.
I see little chance for your precious amendment. It will melt like the hag’s favorite water ice.
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Leave it to a German to know about scary children’s tales.
Just to amuse myself I read all your posts wiz zee Cherman accent; an actual German accent not that fake we-speak-zee-German-like-deez Austrian accent that Orion posts in.
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
Schwarzfahrer wrote:
America will face serious changes in the next two decades.
A “Snow Hag in the White House” (sounds almost like a children’s tale) will only make the transition more extreme.
I see little chance for your precious amendment. It will melt like the hag’s favorite water ice.
Leave it to a German to know about scary children’s tales.
Just to amuse myself I read all your posts wiz zee Cherman accent; an actual German accent not that fake we-speak-zee-German-like-deez Austrian accent that Orion posts in.
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Why do you guys get on Scwarz about being German?
I seriously doubt he was even alive at the time of the Nazis, so what the fuck is the issue? If anything, Germans know all to well the dangers of nationalism and the extreme things that a suffering economy mixed with losing a war can do.
Might actually be someone you’d want to listen to instead of just insulting.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
Schwarzfahrer wrote:
America will face serious changes in the next two decades.
A “Snow Hag in the White House” (sounds almost like a children’s tale) will only make the transition more extreme.
I see little chance for your precious amendment. It will melt like the hag’s favorite water ice.
Leave it to a German to know about scary children’s tales.
Just to amuse myself I read all your posts wiz zee Cherman accent; an actual German accent not that fake we-speak-zee-German-like-deez Austrian accent that Orion posts in.
Why do you guys get on Scwarz about being German?
I seriously doubt he was even alive at the time of the Nazis, so what the fuck is the issue? If anything, Germans know all to well the dangers of nationalism and the extreme things that a suffering economy mixed with losing a war can do.
Might actually be someone you’d want to listen to instead of just insulting.[/quote]
Thanks, Irish, I actually enjoy Lifticus contributions here a lot, even though he’s pretty extreme in some ways.
You’re spot on when it comes to your observations on German feelings about Nationalism.
It is really unusual for someone to proclaim nowadays he is “proud to be German” - and most often, people frown in reaction.
The Americans did one hell of a job in taming the teutonian lust for war.
This will change in time, but for now I actually enjoy to live in an environement where worshipping the nation is unthinkable.
[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
This will change in time, but for now I actually enjoy to live in an environement where worshipping the nation is unthinkable.[/quote]
That sentiment used to be shared by people living in this country too. However, history shows that people can be tricked into thinking their prosperity is dependent on their government and its “good” deeds; their spirit then becomes nationalized and then patriotism becomes the new religion.
Apfelstrudel is moderately known here, which means: in a typical supermarket, there is sometimes one product in the fridge, along with multiple pizza brands and a dozen ice cream items.
The two most popular germans dishes would be probably Doener and Spaghetti with tomato sauce.
[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
<<< Thanks, Irish, I actually enjoy Lifticus contributions here a lot, even though he’s pretty extreme in some ways.
You’re spot on when it comes to your observations on German feelings about Nationalism.
It is really unusual for someone to proclaim nowadays he is “proud to be German” - and most often, people frown in reaction.
The Americans did one hell of a job in taming the teutonian lust for war.
This will change in time, but for now I actually enjoy to live in an environement where worshipping the nation is unthinkable.[/quote]
OMG, Now I’m all messed up for the night.
This is a good post.
I have no desire to see Germans or the citizens of any other country deprived of national pride. The United States is not a Divine utopia with exclusive rights to the good things in life.
We do believe we have the best form of government to date though and cite our power, influence and prosperity as evidence. We invite the world to join us in that vision.
It’s only insofar as we have allowed the corruption of that form of government with elements of foreign and antithetical ones that we have slipped in recent years.
Nazi nationalism is not an institutionalized reality in Germany any more. There is no reason for that nation not to move on and rebuild it’s national esteem based on better principles. Geez, doesn’t anybody notice you guys are the ones here bitching about us. I’m referring to non US citizens in general. We’re not holding you back. It’s not necessary for us to be diminished for you to be strengthened.
Barack Obama had a horde of screaming Germans cheering for him just because they believe he will voluntarily neuter his own country and somehow thus make theirs better. It’s class warfare on an international scale.
You and Lixy and others really piss me off sometimes, but don’t mistake that for hatred. I want the rest of the world to have the success we have had unless they are hostile to us, but nobody wins if we adopt your principles. They suck.
[quote]Schwarzfahrer wrote:
I can’t help but let out a sigh.
Apfelstrudel is moderately known here, which means: in a typical supermarket, there is sometimes one product in the fridge, along with multiple pizza brands and a dozen ice cream items.
The two most popular germans dishes would be probably Doener and Spaghetti with tomato sauce.
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My mistake, I picked up the impression somewhere that strudel was more popular than it appears as you certainly are in a better position than I to attest.