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Tue Dec-04-07 10:44 AM
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| 7. Finland is only nicer than the US because it doesn't engage in imperial behavior. |
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That makes all the difference. I like to say that even the least evil of empires is still evil.
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| -Does the United States DESERVE to survive as a world power? |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 10:19 AM |
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Hell, sometimes I think the human species doesn't deserve to survive |
sleebarker |
Dec-04-07 10:21 AM |
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Every species goes extinct eventually. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:16 AM |
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If I remember correctly, average lifespan for any terrestrial species is |
coalition_unwilling |
Dec-04-07 01:53 PM |
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And those from the 60s seem to be running the country now. |
HypnoToad |
Dec-04-07 10:24 AM |
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100% on target. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 10:41 AM |
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Isn't that sort of inevitable though? |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 11:48 AM |
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Well, we're still better than Russia, China and India. |
mainegreen |
Dec-04-07 10:36 AM |
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What they do behind closed doors is their business. |
HypnoToad |
Dec-04-07 10:42 AM |
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Sort like saying we only make the rest of the world eat shit on Tuesdays. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 10:43 AM |
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Or showing Dennis the Menace how to use a water hose... |
HypnoToad |
Dec-04-07 10:47 AM |
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No accusations HERE. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 10:51 AM |
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Indeed. |
mainegreen |
Dec-04-07 11:03 AM |
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As much as you want, too. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:35 AM |
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Or, |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 11:53 AM |
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Finland is only nicer than the US because it doesn't engage in imperial behavior. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
Dec-04-07 10:44 AM |
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A Benovolent Empire is an Evil Empire in training. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 10:59 AM |
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Yeah but, Russia, China and India have been nations forever; |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 11:39 AM |
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True, We Do Have That Going For Us |
Crisco |
Dec-04-07 12:50 PM |
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Did it deserve it in the first place? |
NoMoreMyths |
Dec-04-07 11:04 AM |
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I didn't have any farther to go.... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:10 AM |
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Every time some clarion call sinks like a rock, I sing "Whistling in the Dark." |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:07 AM |
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we lost what moral high-ground we had left after vietnam the day ronnie raygun was elected. |
QuestionAll |
Dec-04-07 11:08 AM |
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We're Still the Fastest Gun in the West.... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:14 AM |
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Hey! Don't talk 'bout the Six-Guns! |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 12:02 PM |
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Most in the world believe the USA is the most dangerous nation on the face of the earth. |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Dec-04-07 11:09 AM |
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Who questions that? Certainly not ME. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:12 AM |
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I'm pretty sure the vast majority of humanity would choose that clunk,.... |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Dec-04-07 11:42 AM |
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Where is Oskar Schindler now that we need him? |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 12:35 PM |
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Power-sharing? |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 12:14 PM |
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Oh. You're not familiar with that political concept? |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Dec-04-07 05:33 PM |
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The USA can now continue to be a world power only as long as others are willing to finance |
indepat |
Dec-05-07 08:53 AM |
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See what I mean? 18 posts, most of them mine. 1 rec. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:15 AM |
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You know me Tyler |
shadowknows69 |
Dec-04-07 11:25 AM |
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You know these are designed to MOTIVATE. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:28 AM |
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The problem is that we've become so dependent on the corporation and the state |
NoMoreMyths |
Dec-04-07 11:37 AM |
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If we don't change it, nobody will, and we are doomed. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 12:21 PM |
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As a world power? Um, no. |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 11:16 AM |
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That's the point. We've dug a tiger trap, lined it with pungi sticks... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:18 AM |
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"Whistling in the Dark..." Sinking like a rock. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:25 AM |
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"Nearer my God to thee" |
shadowknows69 |
Dec-04-07 11:31 AM |
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Like Al Gore's frog-in-the-saucepan... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:33 AM |
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I completely understand |
shadowknows69 |
Dec-04-07 11:38 AM |
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I've got room in the basement.... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 11:53 AM |
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Heh, I plead the fifth......of Jack Daniels thats in my cupboard. |
shadowknows69 |
Dec-04-07 11:58 AM |
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There'll be plenty of THAT too. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 12:29 PM |
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Whether the US deserves it or not, no world power lasts forever. |
raccoon |
Dec-04-07 11:43 AM |
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It's simple, really. |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-04-07 11:43 AM |
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Absolutely, Hugh! I think that's why some morans support Bush. |
raccoon |
Dec-04-07 02:36 PM |
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Good question -- here's what I think... |
warren pease |
Dec-04-07 12:03 PM |
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. |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Dec-04-07 12:15 PM |
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GAWD I love you Warren. |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 12:33 PM |
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Now, now... |
warren pease |
Dec-04-07 12:42 PM |
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Working on the liquor.... |
Tyler Durden |
Dec-04-07 12:48 PM |
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I wouldn't go that far |
NoMoreMyths |
Dec-04-07 12:59 PM |
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Good points... |
warren pease |
Dec-04-07 01:17 PM |
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Sorry, dupe - self-delete |
warren pease |
Dec-04-07 01:17 PM |
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bread and circuses |
kineneb |
Dec-04-07 01:36 PM |
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You ought to start a thread with this. nt |
raccoon |
Dec-04-07 02:40 PM |
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The USA should revert to being a "neutral" country |
CountAllVotes |
Dec-04-07 12:06 PM |
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How would that work for contemporary times? |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 01:19 PM |
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Well if nothing else, |
sailor65 |
Dec-04-07 02:37 PM |
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I'm not sure it would work |
CountAllVotes |
Dec-04-07 05:24 PM |
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Actually, the date we crossed over is more properly fixed in the |
coalition_unwilling |
Dec-04-07 02:38 PM |
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Not based on our behavior for the past seven years. |
tom_paine |
Dec-04-07 12:27 PM |
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No, and we'll all be better off when it's not. |
AnotherGreenWorld |
Dec-04-07 12:42 PM |
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No |
PATRICK |
Dec-04-07 12:49 PM |
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Wouldn't it be nice to be a second or third rate "power"? |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Dec-04-07 12:59 PM |
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What do all those countries you mention have in common? |
Beerboy |
Dec-04-07 01:08 PM |
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yes |
iamthebandfanman |
Dec-04-07 01:00 PM |
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Yes |
NeedleCast |
Dec-04-07 01:13 PM |
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Are you aware that 'aid' is often a euphemism for a loan? |
entanglement |
Dec-04-07 06:17 PM |
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Sure it does, it's the people who have seized power who are the problem. |
porphyrian |
Dec-04-07 01:21 PM |
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As a world power, we are headed for the same fate as the Soviet Union. |
robertpaulsen |
Dec-04-07 02:24 PM |
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No, so bring on China |
loser_user |
Dec-04-07 02:32 PM |
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Sure. Just not the only one nt. |
NoGOPZone |
Dec-04-07 02:53 PM |
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Yes, if America tanks the world tanks. |
ileus |
Dec-04-07 06:36 PM |
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Yes, the U.S. is an experiment in quasi-democratic government for a multi-cultural society looking |
jody |
Dec-04-07 06:40 PM |
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