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(20 replies, posted in Politics)

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Part is due to economic crisis which causes less tax income. That is hardly their fault."

economic crisis doesnt magically cause debt. they had the option of cutting spending, increasing taxes, or increasing debt, and they chose to raise debt and thats 100% their fault.

"Part is due to the wars."

they are in no wars and they have the option to pull out of any policing actions they want, they also have the option to raise taxes to cover the millitary expenses, they decided to rais debt instead, thats 100% their fault.

"You need some investment to let the econ recover"

you need zero government investment to let the econ recover... they decided to, the ways they decided to invest that money was horrible and they wasted the majority of it.

"I understand him saving the financial system, but he should have let big companies in the automobile industry go bankrupt. The main result would have been a change of management instead of a guarantee to more disasters."

there are no auto-companies that have the capital to replace the production of the big three. if the big three went under, then all auto production in the US would of halted from all auto-companies, not just hte big three and the price for a new car in the US would of sky rocketed, and would of taken over a decade to return to normal.



no president or world leader is ever in ideal circumstances, to try to shrug off the Obama Administration's responsibilities for their actions because of less then ideal circumstances is despicable.

677

(19 replies, posted in General)

> [TI] Lateralis wrote:

> I don't know about local consumer law where you are, but consumer rights in the UK are quite well enshrined in law and responsibility for defect products ultimately lie with the manufacturer.  If it goes "pfffttt" (or in your case "fizz" and *flame!*) after an unacceptable time frame they are required by law to replace it free of charge.


so in the UK, someone steals a tv. the tv breaks within a certain amount of time, thats unacceptable. the company is obligated to replace it even though the guy has no proof that he acquired it legally or how long he has actually had it? because thats the problem he's having. he doesnt have proof that he bought it and when he bought it.

678

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:

> >Are you really a Catholic if you only go to church on Christmas and Easter?  Are you really a Muslim if you no longer pray five times a day?


there are alot of catholics and/or muslims. they dont have the exact same beleifs within the same religion. as long as they beleive they are a muslim or catholic, i dont see how you can claim they arent. it would be like saying, sorry budhists, you arent a real religion, your views are too different from my religious views for you guys to be a religion.

679

(282 replies, posted in General)

die.

you know, painintheass, if you dont know the reference, or if the question is not applicable to you, you could simply not answer and wait for a question that you can answer....


if you had to have sex with your dad (and you're a guy) would you rather be on the receiving end or give it to him?

680

(83 replies, posted in Politics)

> RavnosUnderspire wrote:

>

no just because an economy grows doesnt mean that the natural resources of the world grow with it ... it is thinking like this that has allowed the world as a whole to get to the point it is at now ... we simple can not sustain where we are now ...


until every drop of water and every grain of food is being used by humans, the ability for technology to increase the amount of humans the earth can support still exists.

681

(282 replies, posted in General)

raw eggs....

if you had to have sex with your dad (and you're a guy) would you rather be on the receiving end or give it to him?

> Morbo the Annihilator wrote:

> @ avo

If you are in the drivers seat, sure.



so you think the definition of driving should be if you're int he drivers seat?

> Morbo the Annihilator wrote:

> ethnicity or country of origin...

...read!



by law, im driving when i have the car parked and am listening to the radio. the law is idiotic. it is not where you should be getting your definitions for things...

you read!

684

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:

> > avogadro wrote:

> also, morbo, since when has Christianity been cool?


Um... probably every time in every region where Christianity was THE dominating religion... (I'm thinking Middle Age Europe...)

In regions where there is some social stigma against being non-Christian (which actually may exist in at least some regions... I know Italy has an extremely strong pro-Christianity stance), there probably is motivation for someone to say they're Christian, but not practice it.


It's pretty much like saying that Saddam Hussein was clearly the best choice for President in Iraq since he got 100% of the vote in the last election.  smile


Now, I'm not saying that the problem is purely a Christian issue.  In fact, I would say that Islam probably has a huge ratio of people claiming to be Muslim, yet being of some other religious teaching, considering the huge penalties for converting from Islam that exist in some countries (Afghanistan tried to condemn someone to death for converting from Islam).


how is this relevant if you think the next largest religion is just as guilty if not more guilty of it? what point are you trying to make? its still pretty clear that Christianity is the largest religion and Catholicism is the largest sect of Christianity.

685

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

> Morbo the Annihilator wrote:

> you dont have to be fanatical, that was one example in the list


what does it matter?

686

(19 replies, posted in General)

psu is the power supply unit. it supplies electricity at the proper voltages to the different pieces of hardware that runs your computer.

687

(19 replies, posted in General)

that is why the psu is the worst thing to cheap out on. it can destroy your computer. antec's earthwatts brand is reliable and reasonably priced, i highly recommend. hopefully nothing else got damaged from the fire.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007

688

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

why do you have to be fanatical to be a certain religion? just because you view religious people as fanatical doesnt make them fanatical. and no, i dont have that kind of information.

also, morbo, since when has Christianity been cool?

> Selur Ku wrote:

> Yes it is.

Whther or not Hungarian is a "race" is irrelevant. In law racism includes discrimination based on national or ethnic origin.



by law, im driving when i have the car parked and am listening to the radio. the law is idiotic. it is not where you should be getting your definitions for things...

690

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

> Zarf BeebleBrix wrote:

> Hey, avo, do you have those statistics for when you break down Christianity and Islam into their subunits?  (Catholicism, Protestantism, Shiite, Sunni, etc)


no, i do not.

691

(187 replies, posted in Politics)

> [TI] Mrblonde wrote:
First, it's Bollocks!
B, Christianity isn't the largest religion in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups

Christianity     2,100,000,000

692

(9 replies, posted in Politics)

im pretty sure there is no common and concise definition that exists for fascism, so as far as im concerned its just some buzz word people use to scare others.

hungarians arent a race, so i dont think you can call it racist

694

(83 replies, posted in Politics)

> Deci wrote:

> 89  Somalia[11] 9,133,000 

if we're listing wishes, i say 0!



i thought you would wish the best for them, they have kicked the US's ass.

Carmageddon

"being N64 Magazine's lowest rated game at 8% from 1999 till 2004. The magazine encouraged gamers to "take it [the game] off the shelves, rip up the box and throw the cart repeatedly at the wall until it breaks"


you guys have horrible, horrible taste in video games....

696

(25 replies, posted in General)

he isnt still at my house. and prior to him leaving i did check if everything was ok with his roomate.... im not an idiot.

697

(83 replies, posted in Politics)

"I seek proof that it is, and that you do."

the fact that the birth rates are shrinking and our economy has been insanely strong for the last 50 odd years despite the higher growth rates, proves it.

698

(40 replies, posted in Politics)

> East wrote:

> meh there is a lot of small scale and local beer brewing going on in europe too, it just doesn't reach the US market very often because it is... well... small scale and local


oh, i know there is

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(25 replies, posted in General)

its not about the pizza or beer he had. its about him staying over longer then what is socially acceptable in the given situation. if you get drunk and sleep at a friends house, and when you wake up he has already left for work, you leave in a reasonably short time frame, you dont stay there until he comes back from work without at least calling him to see if its ok.

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(25 replies, posted in General)

> Cobra Commander wrote:

> Can I come over for a beer?


no, i am protective of my beer. at home i typically have expensive beer typically either from GB or Belgium thats been imported. only reason he got some was because i had alot of beer at the bar ahead of time