dadmonson
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I'm curious, do you guys find her face attractive?...
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Do you all think that words can hurt? I think that words can sting emotionally.
I'm willing to debate.
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This thread personifies the phrase "Different Strokes For Different Folks" I like girls with the hourglass figure. I really don't see how stick thin girls are so attractive to some people. Too me girls without the womanly shape look kind of like young boys with long hair.
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Gasoline prices are finally coming down, but expect them to go higher over the next several years once Obama has his way.
The gas prices are coming down because of deflation.
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First, regardless of who would get into office in this election the same thing would not have been repeated in terms of overspending.
In terms of a magnitude of an economic disaster - yes he can and if he can get his way he will. The reason why he wants to cut your defense spending is to free the money for his programs. He wants your country to become dependent on government involvement in the energy industry in order to meet your energy needs. He wants to collapse self sustainable programs based on ideology and replace them with those which won't be able to surive without government handouts (which means under government control).
He won't put the country into the next Great Depression, especially not under his administration and not after if he can help it - he is after greater control over industry for now and future. Economic collapse does not suit his goal of economic equality. Some has to be producing and so he will cook you slowly like you do a frog.
I worry about his tax cuts the least. The real reformation (if he is smart and he is) is going to be done with much more subtley.
You shouldn't fear Obama. You should fear the colleges that are preaching the Kant/Leftist philosophy to the young people. Obama is just a product of it. There are some very smart people who are leftist.
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I think one of the things to keep in mind is that Obama is not likely to go whole hog and try to get everything he wants, because then there would be rebellion. Witness the recent altering of his website on service where it said service would be "required". He got rid of the word "required". I'm sure he was experiencing a huge backlash to that, so he simply changed some wording around to make the move more palatable to more people.
You can see this here:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31...lan_for_a_Draft
That's the approach leftists use. They aren't going to be stopped. Instead, they’ll just find a way to implement their ideas by more sneaky means.
Btw, I recommend people listen to this lecture by Craig Biddle, McBama versus America. It seems religion is being used by the left now.
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pag...bama_vs_america
Obama is religious and is using religion to bring a moral component to his message. For example, “I am my brother’s keeper” was a central message of his campaign. Given this, maybe we haven’t gotten rid of religion.
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Interesting...The 3 American automakers are all in deep trouble, with General Motors leading the way. Last quarter GM and Ford burned through nearly $30 billion in cash and GM may not have enough to last through the end of this year. Over the most recent 4 years, GM and Ford (the two largest US auto companies) have lost more than $85 billion.House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Harry Reid are now both saying that they favor using some of the $700 billion in bailout money to assist the auto makers. The most recent figure is something in the range of an additional $25 billion in government loans. If you recall, this would be on top of the first $25 billion of taxpayer money that was recently promised to the Detroit 3 to help them build new fuel efficient vehicles.
Although I live and work in Michigan and the loss of any of the 3 auto companies would devastate this state, the idea of a government bailout is a horrible one. This bailout will not change the underlying fundamentals of the US auto market, and it will not correct the obvious competitive disadvantages under which the US companies operate. Unfortunately, the auto industry is heavily regulated and American companies have been hurt badly by this type of government intervention in the market. Nevertheless, the management at the Detroit 3 is now begging for more of the poison that helped to make them sick in the first place. It's a disgusting spectacle to watch as the businessmen who run what were once the world's most powerful industrial companies are now seen licking the boots of Pelosi and Reid, begging for a government handout. Ugggh.
Gags can you explain how exactly Michigan has been hurt by the government? How did the government hurt the auto industry and the businesses in Michigan? I do know that Michigan has one of the highest tax burdens in the country but I'm trying to understand this stuff and I don't live in Michigan.
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I recommend everyone listen to this interview. Ayn Rand saw what would happen to America with incredible vividness. I’m guessing this is 1976 or so. Great stuff!
I think she and the interviewer were talking about how America was in the 70s.
She had a very quick wit. I wonder what she would say about Obama.
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Anybody know the long run consequences of the artificial record low interest rates?
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"Hillary-care."
That was his wife. That wasn't him. Even Hillary later on admitted how absurd her plan was.
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I won't be terribly sad if he selects Clinton's cabinet. Am I the only person who thinks Clinton wasn't terrible? I really don't think he was a member of the New Left, and with a Republican congress we saw the best years in a damn while.
I read somewhere that Clinton was somewhat a believer in smaller government eventhough he was a democrat. Anybody have any quotes of his regarding the governments role? And what does he(not his wife) think caused the current crisis? I can't find anything.
Bush got in because he was change in the "ethical christian" department.
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'Pinch Me' ... A message from Michael Moore.
My favourite part: "In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama..."
LOL so the US was the only country who had slaves now??? Many of the Africans that were brought to America were slaves in Africa as well. I'm not saying it is justified at all. I'm saying that, that was the time period before individual rights.
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They will conclude that it was their last vestiges of capitalist philosophy that led to their defeat.
Why would they conclude that when Obama's socialist agenda didn't work out?
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Obama's public persona isnt remotely Marxist and anyone who thinks it is has a superficial understanding of Marx and probably hasnt read more than the Communist Manifesto (if even that).
Regarding Obama's intelligence, you cant really judge him on his public persona because his speeches exist in a political climate which is geared towards soundbites and anti-intellectualism. No mainstream American politician is going to come across as being intelligent, because intelligence isnt a value which is currently respected in mainstream American politics. I remember reading some accounts of Obama written by his former students though, and they pretty much all agreed that he came across as extremely intelligent while working in academia, and they felt that his political speeches were very dumbed down (which is to be expected).
What do they mean by "dumbed down"? He used bigger/smarter words in the classroom than he does in his political speeches? I don't get it.
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"world history teaches us that no people has become great through its economy but that a people can very well perish thereby"- Hitler
"we are socialists, we are enemies of today's capitalistic economic system"-Hitler
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Always glad to meet another lurker.
The most detailed demonstration of the frog in the frying pan theory that I know of,
is Peikoff's "The Ominous Parallels."
http://www.peikoff.com/op/home.htm
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I know this is just wikipedia but some of the similiarities are uncanny... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi-Germany Take a look at what it reads under the subtitle, "Economy". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nazi_Germany
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This scares me.
Only way I could be scared is if the US actually grows in spite of Obama's socialistic plans...
They have approval ratings for a reason.
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And then there are men who seek such power as means to a greater goal. That is Obama.
And we know this how?
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Can other countries help the U.S. out at all? Do you think they will try? China wouldn't want the U.S. to go down the tube I don't think.
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How so?...The attacker punched and kicked the victim, before using the knife to scratch the letter "B" into her face...volunteering for the McCain-Palin campaign... refused medical treatment after the assault, which happened outside the view of the bank's surveillance cameras.
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Fun stuff here.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/1...356/detail.html
...*sigh*.
This is getting out of hand. I don't like McCain at all, don't get me wrong, but the Obama supporters have formed a religion, a cult, even. The violence is starting BEFORE the election is even over. I'm wondering what will happen if Obama doesn't win. Although the chances of that are slim.
There is something fishy about that story to me.
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True, if, like the Stoic position advocates, "Nature must be obeyed," we never would have made it out of the hunter/gatherer stage. I like my modern convieniences.
Where do you get this "Nature must be obeyed" quote from? Too me Stoicism basically just says "take everything with a grain of salt."
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The lecture you're referring to is in the Voice of Reason, if memory serves.
But this quote, at the top of the site, is credited to Thomas Sowell. Taking a search on Google, it seems credited to him in all the usual quote sites as well.
After a little research, I think it may have come from Sowell's book "Inside American Education" ( http://www.amazon.com/Inside-American-Educ...l/dp/0029303303 ). Using my browser's Ctrl+F function, I search Johnny and it comes up with a similar quote in one of the book's reviews:
If there are so many kids falling behind it could mean that there is a problem with the school system. How many people learn their jobs from textbooks? Students have to be motivated to learn in spite of- not because of school. After all nobody can teach you as well as you can teach yourself. Only time people are bored is when they aren't thinking enough.
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After a little research, I think it may have come from Sowell's book "Inside American Education" ( http://www.amazon.com/Inside-American-Educ...l/dp/0029303303 ). Using my browser's Ctrl+F function, I search Johnny and it comes up with a similar quote in one of the book's reviews:
good link
The Coming Auto Bailout
in Economic News
Posted · Edited by dadmonson
How many poor workers are there??? Because on average 4.5 million workers quit or are fired in a month but 4.6 million workers start a new job in a month.