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Reply to We Did this to ourselves in US Domestic PolMach Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy"]They caused the housing boom. They caused the banks to lend money to overly risky clients.I disagree - Congress did it, not the Fed. The fed does not pass laws and encourage people. The Fed did abet the situation by loosening the money supply too much, but even that would not have caused it. It took the idiots in DC to do that.[/quote] I'm not saying that congress didn't play a part. The OP points out very valid points in how congress has let us dow

Reply to Obama vs. McCain in Politics PolMach Forums

If you don't like the two major party candidates, I don't either mind you, check out the third party and independent candidates. Specifically the big ones: Bob Barr (Lib), Ralph Nader (Ind), Cynthia McKinney (Green), and Chuck Baldwin (Con). They are all better candidates simply by the fact that they aren't Democrates or Republicans. If you are more of a conservative stick with Bob Barr or Chuck Balwin, if you are more on the liberal side go with Nader or McKinn

Reply to We Did this to ourselves in US Domestic PolMach Forums

And don't forget about the role that Federal Reserve has played in all of this. They caused the housing boom. They caused the banks to lend money to overly risky clients. They are the reason that it collapsed and their solution was to lower interest rates over and over again, and pump gobs of money into the system. That in turn drove the value of the dollar into the tank, and since oil is priced in US dollars it drove the price of oil up. Add that to the increase

Reply to Suggestion for Patch/Expansion/Sequel in TPM Suggestions PolMach Forums

I too would love to see some third party support. I think it would make the game extremely challenging. For one thing it would be very difficult to raise money or get invites to tv shows. But maybe there would be an increase in the amount of "good" chance events happening to you. And for all the nay-sayers that claim third parties aren't viable candidates, that simply isn't true. The problem is in how the system and the media are set up to favor to two major parties. If the system

Reply to Simple explanation of inflation. in Politics PolMach Forums

erathoniel is correct here. Inflation is caused by the value of whatever the standard monetary unit is (in the US it's dollars), interest rates (primarily the one the central bank sets, if a central bank exists), and to a lesser extent the tax rate. In the US because of the housing market crumbling the Federal Reserve (a private bank, NOT a government entity) lowered interest rates and pumps gobs of money into the system. This in turn has caused the value of the US dollar

Reply to Where do you score in Politics PolMach Forums

I am one to the left of you.

Reply to Obama in Democrat PolMach Forums

Primarily it is for two reasons, his name "Barack Hussein Obama" which is a very muslim name, and the fact that his father is muslim. What's sad is that there is still a fair amount of people out there who still believe he is Muslim, 15% of the people who voted in the WV primary voted against Obama because they believed he was Muslim. Personally I don't think that it should matter one way or another what religion the candidate is, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Wiccan, Aethist whate

Reply to A few suggestions in TPM Suggestions PolMach Forums

I know this would require an aweful amount of work, but maybe something to consider for the 2012 version of the game: Independent Candidates. I would much prefer to pick an independent and attempt to get them elected (major challenge) vs. picking a Dem or Repub. Just a thought.

Reply to The Political Machine 2008 announced in Sins News Sins Forums

Is there any indication as to the anticipated minimum system requirements to run the game? It sounds really interesting and I would love to buy it but I need to know if it will run on my old pc at home. Is being able to run SoaSE good enough for the game?

Reply to My complaint about the game in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I wouldn't say these are flaws it just sounds like you might not be building up your planetary defenses enough. I usually put at least one hanger defense around all planets, 2 - 3 at choke points. That way no matter where the enemy is in the gravity well my defenses will respond and at least inflict some damage on him before he is able to jump to the next planet. Also as others have stated you need to build up your infrastructure and emergency facilities otherwise your planet is a sitting duc

Reply to Like the game, some Diplomacy comments in Single Player Sins Forums

I hate to do this on this forum and I will completely understand if the moderator(s) delete this response but I'm going to say this anyway. If you are really looking for a game that is heavy into diplomacy (and is fairly balanced at doing that) check out Europa Universalis III. It is set between the late 15th century up thru the early 19th century and is big on the strategy from diplomacy to economics to military. Just a thought if you are really looking for a diplomacy oriented game.

Reply to Pirate Backstabbing? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Your other option is to not bother wasting money to stop the pirate raid. Simply let the pirates come to you and be sure you have enough defenses to fend them off. If you leave a capital ship in the area you can use the encounters to level up. Sometimes you can't help but be in the path of the pirate fleet, especially on random maps, just try to use it to your advantage. You could also build up your fleets and head out to take out the Pirates home base, it doesn't do you much good to

Reply to Low resource map(s) in Strategy Sins Forums

Don't feel stupid, I was just playing this map last night and I simply assumed that I started with a capital planet. I was barely able to keep up with the pirate raids, as soon I defeated one and rebuilt my fleet another one was on it's way. I never had any money to do anything else. Now I can actually attempt this map again and see what happens.