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China, Concubines and Google in Politics JoeUser Forums

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: March 31, 2010 Some 2,400 years ago, a Chinese king invited a legendary military strategist named Sun Tzu to give a demonstration in military

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[quote]I'm not aware of any federal system as large as the United States to compare it to. [/quote] China /burn

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[quote]It was designed that way.[/quote] That explain so much [e digicons]

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[quote]Note: My additions in RED to annotate what Dr. Schuchat couldn't say.[/quote] Tell me. Why is your government so inneficient? Seriously, what makes it so impotent compared to other countries' who managed to have a very efficient and universal distribution of the vaccine to anyone who wanted it? And I am not talking at the federal level, but also at the local levels. I think that instead of having people who would work to make things more efficient, you have peop

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[quote]Hizbullah call themselves a "resistance group" but they are hardly an insurgency, at least not against Israel. Israel doesn't control any part of Lebanon. Hizbullah are just attackers. I haven't heard anything about a Golan Heights insurgency.[/quote] *sigh* You are good to fuck the flies, aren't ya?

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[quote]Israel cannot be in 10 places at once, but where it does go, it does make an impact. That is the "relative" part[/quote] Which is why supporting insurgencies at multiple points around its borders is a good way to keep it busy. Like Hizbullah, the Golan Heigh, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

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[quote]could always marry a dragon and have half dragon childern[/quote] at the cost of [..........................] You need choice. You shouldn't have a single optimal decision to take.

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I like the idea. Have you ever played Civ IV? When something "of note" happens on the map (the MAP, not necessarely a city), there is a icon appearing on your screen with an arrow pointing toward it. You can click on the icon, and your map will zoom toward that location. Having these little pop-ups showing where is the nearest empty queue, or where a unit with no order is located, etc... rather than automatically take you to that location might be nice.

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Aaaaaand the forum just became less attractive

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[quote] Unlike the US, Europe is a long way from being a federation (and it's not happening anytime soon) and the only real power Europe has is over economic and regulatory matters (and only to a point), with almost everything still being the state responsibility.[/quote] You cannot describe the whole of "Europe" in a single sentence. If you think the USA are diversified internally, Europe's people are a hundredfold more. (Note: I am not contradicting your point. Simply building on th

Reply to What Has Happened to Our Great Country? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]It didn't 'bash' in the Moore sense of bashing[/quote] Most of the people's comments I got about this movie was that it depicted the really dummy parts of the USA. The funniest wasn't Borath himself, but the people he interacted with, as they were quite redneck.

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[quote]Correction: Canadian Government Run Programs. And you wonder why we do not want the government running anything more down here???????????[/quote] Correction: Quebec-government run program. We aren't crazy ennough to try to impose a uniformised system through all of our territory. We are still 1/10th of the USA, pop-wise. That's still an average of 5 states, more if we don't count the big 3. [quote]There is a big difference between distributing 30 million doses and 300 m

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[quote]Note the bolded part. In essence you are not disagreeing with me, nor I with you. We have not fallen off the cliff yet. But we are headed in that direction[/quote] Not really. Your culture is still strongly focused toward entrepreneurship (grammar?). You still can build your own enterprise, and people who see a need can get private funding to start their project. That is the proper of capitalist countries, and that's what make us so strong.

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[quote]My inner Borat took over for a moment there. Sorry. [/quote] Oh.. never watched it. Never saw the appeal of a movie that just bashes the U.S. senselessly

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[quote]Again, no argument. But you miss the critical piece. I have no doubt that the terrorists are not practicing their religion, but the problem is they have the support of figures of authority. If the Imams were to universally condemn them, I doubt they would have 2 shillings to rub together for their cause, and volunteers would be as rare as hens teeth. But they do have the support of many of the religious heirarchy and that is what perpetuates their lie.[/quote] But who are those

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[quote]That's US and A, Ciko[/quote] Eh?

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[quote]Again, only going on observation, I would say that Tianimin Square indicated they are loyal to beijing. At the outset, I was hoping they were Chinese first, and Communisst second, but that did not pan out.[/quote] If I remember right, the first troops called in refused to attack the students. These were troops originating from the Coastal region. They had to call in the mainland-farmer regiments who had no qualm about following what the government told them, and thu killed the

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[quote]CF - Cluster flop! Big time. By the time they got the vaccines to be distributed, the danger (scare mongering) had passed and not many actually ran to get it (there was a lot of small panic in the beginning when it was obvious that the vaccine just was not there).[/quote] I see. Well, over here in Quebec, the government administrated the distribution all around, and while there had been some problems initially, they eventually developped an efficient system. I think that within

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[quote] From ther sound of it, The US is a more tightly controlled society than China (It may be soon, but I do not beleive it is now).[/quote] It is not, but for different reasons. The U.S.'s government doesn't control the economy the same way the Chinese government does. To start up a company, you don't need U.S. government personnal approval. The regulations put in place are more often than not self-regulation made by the industry, because they want to be able to rely on th

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[quote]If you mean hypocrisy, I agree. But I do not attribute that trait to the society as a whole, just the policial correctness movement.[/quote] Nah. Political correctness is just the easier to spot. There is also a lot of it in many other areas. Face it, Liberals make the US what they are, as much as the Conservatives. You both brough good and bad things to the US of A. You kinda need one another. Again, this was a big point in 1 other episode. another big

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[quote]I don't think you read anything to be asking that.[/quote] I don't think you realise one might have a different perspective on things than you to be saying that.

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[quote]How is taking your child with you to participate in something you deem good brainwashing? [/quote] Because I have read that very term a thousand time on this forum regarding Obama partisanship and their children during September/October 08. So I only saw fit of using this board's terminology.

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[quote] I stopped not because of their cowardly practices, but for other reasons that just indicated they would react that way when faced with the dilemna.[/quote] I wouldn't have minded if they hadn't shown Muhammed, but they would have ALSO censored the Jesus part. I mean, either you censor and don't offend ALL religions, or you don't interfere at all. You cannot refuse to offend ONE religion. South Park's writers are genius to make us realise the flaws of our own societie

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[quote]But that was a long time ago, and I do not see it happening again[/quote] If that is the only thing you ever tell you "It won't happen", "It can't happen" "It's not possible", then no wonder nothings is ever done. I have some economic idea for a business here in Quebec that could, eventually, benefit the demographics and economics of the whole western world by building up that kind of expertise. But whatever I talk to people about that idea, the only thing they ans

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[quote]All good points made in the post (even the ones not quoted). But I highlighted this part to bring it back to what it is. China is already that country. Japan had to adopt part of that country's methods. So while Japan is more homogenous than China, Japan has never had the control China has had over the last 60 years[/quote] I don't really know the level of control the "Government" has over it's population. When you realised the incredibly byzantine structure the communist party