American politics is interesting, British politics is boring, French politics is always interesting because it's such a divided nation, but apart from that you're choosing between watching paint dry, and watching grass grow. The only problem is when people say 'you should vote for X or Y' as opposed to simply addressing certain issues that they stand for.
He was referring to Russell Brand. Yes you shouldn't take him too seriously (Brand, not Dr Guy :D) but that was just a stupid thing to do and my point is that people trust/listen to celebrities increasingly and Brand might be an idiot, might have simply been idiotic looking for headlines, but there are some idiotic voters who are going to listen to him. While it's true you shouldn't underestimate how intelligent some American voters are, you also shouldn't underestimate just how stupid others
Yes but a lot of Christians believe in X because of their religion, and the liberal reaction is often 'ZOMG you stupid idiots believings in a GOD o_0!' Whether you like it or not, in a country which is so strongly religious as America, political dialogue is always going to be 'messed up' by religion because a religious belief almost always comes above a political preference.
[quote who="stevendedalus" reply="10" id="1875171"]Questionable.[/quote] As is the idea that hundreds of thousands of Europeans turning up to watch a speech by an American pretender means that European relations would be better under said pretender. Yet liberals delight in trying to push this.
"share the wealth" You're living in the country that invented 'The American Dream' and prides itself on freedom (including freedom from being punished for doing well). Laissez faire doesn't come into it, the whole point in America is you don't mess with people's earnings just because you haven't thought up a way to make that much money yourself. Liberals and some (dare I say it) American socialists have a problem with realising America is not a ce
That's highly subjective and I don't think stealing drugs from a charity would earn you more than half a year in jail, let alone 14 years. If stealing drugs lands you 14 years in jail, how about some toss-pot who drove on the wrong side road at twice the legal speed and smashed my dads' skull in and took away his sight? If you want to crusade, try to crusade on actual miscarriages of justice, instead of trying pathetic smears on somebody who went through a hard time.
Ha ha ha... ha... ha... ha ha. So funny, I think I may die laughing In case you were wondering, that was saracasm (a la Homer Simpson)
Multi-party systems and two-party systems are both dangerous. The underlying factor is 'brand loyalty.' In countries which have a history of stability because they can accommodate all types of people, there is very little 'brand loyalty' where people are so stuck in their beliefs, not in issues, but a political party, that they will vote X Y or Z no matter what. This is the issue to worry about, not how many parties there are - though one or two extra parties can help, because it does
And you people still believe the Average Joe is intelligent/unbrainwashed enough to make his/her own decisions? The UFO statistics are quite funny too :)
I'm pretty and good at pretending I am feeling an emotion when I don't. This makes me qualified to give good advice on political issues to the public.
That just highlights that Democrats want a European America, not an America founded on the constitution. All patriots take note and vote for the right candidate - Euroica, Obama. -United States of America, McCain ;)
P.S. I know I didn't express myself too well there, but my overall point is that the educated elite (as opposed to the cultural elite/born elite) are the only ones who are qualified to make some decisions. Sure the average Joe should be able to decide what he does most of the time, but some things are fairly blatantly not being chosen correctly. There is such a fuzzy line between what could be construed as an icorrect decision and what is definitely one, but dangerous foods etc. are statistic
[quote quoting="post"]Do you think the average person is too stupid to do the right thing?[/quote] That's a misleading question, the average person does do the right thing, but there's a big difference between believing the average person will do what's right and the average person will be able to run a country which involves understanding of several very complicated problems, balancing them all at once while balancing the books (which Bush has failed in doing, meaning the next Pres w
[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="3" id="1873557"]If the Nazi's found a cure for polio by experimenting on Jews, does that now justify their experiments?[/quote] Depends if your an Anti-semitic bastard. It's a common theme held in animal-testing circles. Animal testing can't be wrong because they made use of the tests. Well, lets strap humans up and test on them then! Unfortunately the Nazis did, and whether or not results come from testing on humans or animals, the ends never ever just
[quote]I'm surrounded by them as many family members are Liberals. They seem to be quite opionated but they lack substance. They don't go deep and it's frustrating trying to reason with them. They believe what they believe cuz they believe it to be true. When you try to get to the foundation of what they believe you find......there is no foundation. Heck, they don't even have a slab! [/quote] The first rule you have to learn is th
[quote who="the_Peoples_Party" reply="8" id="1873234"]Plus, a lot of people in charge back then were bumbling shmucks (ala Chamberlain). If Hitler was a great leader, he would have listened to his greatest/smartest general more often 'the desert fox', Erwin Rommel. [/quote] You are correct about Hitler, he was a maniacal weirdo who kept power because he pretty much allowed the second-tier to rule the day-to-day things which kept them pacified and fighting amongst themselves (his
[quote who="Mooseplow" reply="11" id="1872683"]why does it matter what they belong too they were apointed well over 8 years ago they may not be the same people and they scammed the system I am sure if we dug around that we would find many more republicans who make this kind of money this way then democrats.....t-minus 2 hours till the nice day:)[/quote] You've just been disproven because your initial comment was utterly unfounded and biased, and so your response: up the stakes of your
How Borack came to be president: Borack (driving): Look, there is a woman in a car! Can we follow her and maybe make a sexy time with her? Biden (Driving instructor): No, no, no, no, no, no! Borack: A-why not? Biden: Because a woman has the right to choose who she has sex with. Borack: What...?! You joke? Biden: That's good, huh? Borack: ....Is not good for me. Borack: Woman can have abortion and baby is no proble
I meant the oligopoly of labor-unions, as in very few serving a broad-audience, not the oligopoly of oil-firms (which is an entirely different problem!)
Even there were 600,000 deaths, (given that this fact is as reliable as the ones for Hussain's reign), there are still less than in Hussain's reign. In his reign, they were all Shi'ites who opposed the government, now they're random civilians who the terrorists use as shields, or who are randomly caught in a bombing. People should remember many of the civilian deaths are from the same pirates and organised-criminals who had to be payed off during Hussain's reign. The co
In my own opinion, the Earth is certainly warming up, when the orbital cycle should be encouraging a cooling effect, but that's hardly the doomsday people predict. If the earth got too messed up, then gases in the sea-beds would be released (like in the Bermuda Triangle at the moment) and what would result is the heating would rocket, which is exactly what happened with the dinosaurs. This would throw the earth so out of whack that it would encourage the densest and most tropical (and ironica
toothachesrevenge: press the quote button under each post, it has a weird ID etc. you can't just do quote /quote in this forum (took me a while, as well).
The point stands, though. Especially given the deficit in America, there are many difficulties in running the U.S. which aren't shared by running a relatively healthy company (especially smaller ones).
The problem isn't Labour unions in general, just the oligopoly that seems to have largely risen in America. When there are many smaller unions and more specialised unions, it works better because it secures workers' rights, while not being powerful enough to play in matters they have no business in. The problem is that it's the norm now, so it's harder for people to leave them than not. Conservatives should break away :P (I know, unrealistic, easier said than done etc.)
You should try to get something going where people contact him to correct his falsehoods. It's an outside chance, but some politicians will go on the record apologising, so as not to discredit themselves.