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Reply to Remember The Whole Obama's Not A Citizen Thing? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]An opinion you are welcome to hold.[/quote] Thank you. In many case, holding an opinion can have an effect on the political spectrum. When it's an ideology, it's for the best (that's what an ideology is for). But... do you think your country would be better off if the majority of the people thought that George W. Bush genuinely provoked 9/11? The same happens here. Believing and doing media splashes against Obama is definitely serious. Specially if the military

Reply to Remember The Whole Obama's Not A Citizen Thing? in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Misdirection/straw man. Nobody's saying that. The newspaper announcement has never been in dispute, nobody's been saying there was any premeditated motive at the time.[/quote] Indeed. So... ....? Ergo, the whole situation is a falacy summoned from nothingness, powered by sore loosers. We had a newspaper annoucement of the delivery of a certificate of living birth in Hawaii. So the certificate is valid. There is no way of prooving wether or not Barak Obama was reall

Reply to Remember The Whole Obama's Not A Citizen Thing? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Okay. This is getting a little too ludicrous, Obama could divulge his Birth Certificate (or could not). Does he really have the original birth certificate? Are everybody sure it isn't merely ANOTHER Certificate of Live Birth? Let's go to the Honolulu's paper article. Either Obama and Co. spent a lot of ressources before he fought Hillary to make sure ALL archives of the paper were altered to have his name registered, or his mother/father of the time thought it well to pay for

Reply to I’m glad I don’t live in Finland in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have a better idea regarding punishing irresponsible behavior in society's member. And this idea is not about criminal behavior, but dangerously irresponsible. What do I qualify as dangerously irresponsible? 1) Druken Driving (and drugged, etc..) 2) Any overly dangerous driving habits (like 80 kmh in a residential area, 200 kmh on highways, road-rage) 3) Hit and Run What don't qualify as irresponsible behavior, but rather as criminal behavior is theft, a

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote] (I threw in the anti-semite part because apparently any objection to the practices and tactics used by the IDF and it's political masters automatically equates into anti-semitism. Nevermind that much of the criticism comes from Jews and Israeli citizens as well, as I will post a link to at the end)[/quote] Not to forget that any mention of a possible bias in favour of Israel creates backlashes of "conspirationist theory".

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]It wasn't "evil" last week when Hamas and the PLO had fired at schools for years, on purpose, with no repercussions whatsoever. Can a liberal please explain to me why hitting schools is now "evil" and wasn't last week?[/quote] Sure. They are crack shots those Hamas fighers, aren't they? They managed to aim for a school 20 kilometers away, while trying to avoid Israel's military eye, with a rocket that has nil guidance control outside of "point and shoot".

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Used to play DnD with one as a teenager. Asked him why he didn t mind the pagan theme, he told me cause he didn't practice his religon strictly and even agreed with me I should not visit muslim nations without keeping my religon secret.[/quote] I currently play DnD with two of them (and not one of those people who got assimilated in your culture. I live with the pure pedigree), and their reaction to the same question was: "Well, It's a fucking game.". Which is more enlightened

Reply to The government's "money" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]No, you are missing it. I have stated that. YOu and Maudlin think that a company can spend profits (as expenses) not yet realized. YOu earn profits at the end of the year, not monthly. YOu estimate monthly. And if you "mis-estimate" you are our of business. So you cannot hire someone before you have the money to. Unless you want to get your reputation and UI taxes ruined.[/quote] Actually, you earn profit trough the year. Your sales are coming constantly, and your expenses are

Reply to The government's "money" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Now, not only are you jerking around employees (and have a damn hard time hiring anyone qualified with that reputation), but you are incurring more costs than you thought! How? I dont know if they have it in your place, but there is something here called the UI tax. And guess what? That goes up the MORE you fire people. So if the company had waited to hire people when they KNEW how much money they had (note the estimated above), they would not have had to fire them all the time, and in

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Oh I dunno, maybe the Palestinians should ask themselves "why they hate us?".[/quote] I don't believe the Israeli hates Palestinians. They are afraid for their securities, and that is understandable. But their government seems to try to put down any palestinian movement aimed at defence of their people. I can understand the Israeli's concern for security. I do not understand Israeli's governement obsession with absolutely wanting to have all Palestinian to bow down in deferrenc

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Actually, they are.[/quote] They are people. Trust me about this, they aren't. They want to win, and you do not win a revolution with half-hearted slogans. Except for the most extremists elements (which aren't really under the control of any central authority, thanks to Israel), the militants tried to respect the cease-fire until Israel struct. Proof that hope is possible

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]1730 during the "truce".[/quote] (Please also count the mortars number) But from the beginning of the truce in June, up to November 5th, the total was 65. The firing rose after Israel attacked peoples in Gaza at the november 5th. So, until Israel actually attacked, the people in Gaza (save a few uncontrollable cells) seemed to keep their word about the truce. So it's a lie saying that Hamas haven't tried to respect the truce, and that they have launched

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Personally I dont care how they are feeling, most muslims only respect the butchers knife[/quote] How petty and ignorant of you. what do you know about muslims and islam? Have you lived in their country? How many of them are your friends? What else do you know beside the actions of their extremists on the newspaper, or the islamophobe blogs around the net?

Reply to The government's "money" in Politics JoeUser Forums

I still don't understand how higher taxes on corporation is going to prevent you to hire people, Draginol. Salaries are paid by gross profits. Not by post-taxes money. You still have as much money to hire peoples after a tax raise than before. the sole problem is that less money comes to YOU in the end, but the business is still working mostly unnaffected (except for the sales, since consumers might have less money to spend, but that's deeper economics than what you are saying about f

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

And one more thing: if you have Israel firing rockets inside the Gaza strip to stop smugglers, is it qualified a breach of the truce? 'Cause that's what caused Hamas to stop the truce. You really think Hamas simply started firing Qassads for no other reason than they enjoy seeing flashy explosion? They aren't that stupid. So, Israel said that it wasn't a breach of the truce. Hamas said that it was. Who's right is irrelevant, but it's not just a stupid technically summoned

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Fallacy #1: Hamas is bombing kindergarden, they are, deliberatly, targetting civilian targets. Think about it for a minute. They HAVE to resist. They see themselves as an oppressed people by a dominative nation (as they ARE) and want to fight back (isn't the duty of every citizen to rise up against oppressors?). But what means to they have left? Not much except throwing rockets. Primitive and crude, "fire and forget" rockets with minimal guidance control. People in this thread

Reply to Israel strikes HAMAS in Current Events JoeUser Forums

*sigh* First, about "them putting themselves sourrounded by civilians", well duh. What do you expect? Having them standing on top of a hill with a huge flag "We Are Here"? They see themselves as protector of their people agains the Israelian Oppressors (and from THEIR point of view, it is legitimate actions they are taking). Also, from THEIR point of view, Israel never actually respected the cease-fire. Hamas isn't an association of terrorists. Its a militia th

Reply to The government's "money" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Take a look at cities and states across America and look at how they spend their money. They spend it on sports stadiums, parades, and other useless nonsense and then cry foul when a pipe breaks.[/quote] We've had the same freaking problem in Quebec in the past 2 years.. wait, maybe more (we are always about 4-5 years ahead of the USA when it comes to those kind of problem. We worry about the baby boomers since 10 years ago). The diagnostic was very simple: No politican

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]With an unarmed population an invasion force would be able to use lighter defenses at supply depots. An armed population means you will need heavier defenses in your zones of "control".[/quote] Suuuuure, and the most powerful military of the world was merely a minor deterrant compared to the MIGHT OF AMERICA'S GUNS!! Hey, that's a nice Hollywood ring to it, don't you think? What the American Army could not do, Mr. Joe Bloe with his rifle will!

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]When did anoyone say Texas? Wasn't this about a full on national revolution? Try thinking about what would happen if 30-40% of the U.S were to rise in rebellion against the government. Do you actually think all the milliary hardware would stay in the hands of the rebels?[/quote] I did, 'cause I wanted an example of a strong state trying to rebel. But if you want to go about a USA-wide rebellion against the state, you would have to tell me wether or not the State's governement w

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Did he say that Canada was a nation state?[/quote] But he claimed USA's uniqueness as not being a nation state, among other things. "Unique" means "only one".

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]I dont claim authorship of the term. Leauki used it to describe the following: a country in which a nation of principally the same type of people exists, organized by either race or cultural background.[/quote] So... You forgot that Canada exists? Because if you do not, please explain to me how Canada is a country composed of one cultural background or race. [quote]We created a nation out of nothing.[/quote] False. You created colonies out of nothing.

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The US is still unique in many respects to any other nation on earth.[/quote] ... you do know that based on your standards, all nations on earth are unique in many respect to any other nation on earth? What makes the USA so... unique? So different that its people still require guns in their home for the hope of overthrowing the autorities if they become oppressive, and thinking that they'd succeed? [quote]What the US has that the examples you cite do not is the

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote who="chadwbaker" reply="17" id="1985807"] Americans like long odds cause we know we can use our skill to beat the odds. [/quote] And American wins the day again, eh? Lemme give you a little reality check: 1776: American Revolution. You have the British Empire vs the Colonists. You have 1-shot muskets, 1-shot cannons on both sides. Maybe some rifles too, since they were starting to arrive in the market, but again, they took lon

Reply to Some thoughts on "gun control" in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Yes and no. Only about 40% of the population actually rebelled. The rest sided with the crown, or just did not get involved. But if you follow revolutions around lately, 40% is a big chunk of change for any revolution. And there was no "ruling" class. There was already a system of local governance (the longest continuing elected body on this continent is the Virginia General Assembly - then called the House of Burgesses).[/quote] You still had an instaured governement, didn't y