Einstein,

I disagree. Small/medium businesses account for 44% of the US work force, and for 64% of net new jobs since 1993-2008. We should focus on them, especially on reducing their taxes. I know of small companies who pay 50% of their gross revenue to the government... seriously, wtf? Furthermore, since Obama took over, he has made it more difficult for people to be private contractors. It's time to stop caring about big business and stimulate some competition for the fat losers.

Edit: Employees of small business are also 13 times as to produce patents, and 2 times as likely to have their patents be among the 1% most cited.

Large companies really are fat losers, and it's no secret that many of them are only fat because the government made them that way.

http://web.sba.gov/faqs/faqIndexAll.cfm?areaid=24

Woot!

Yeah, I work. Part time, but it pays the bills .

Well, I sent you my email last night. It was titled Zarf. Are you sure?

Zarf,

Did you get my email?

> Wild Flower Soul wrote:

> If you already have a Quantam, you won't need me

I think it would be amusing if I were your banker. We would be the perfect match

My email... How about you give me your email and I will email it to you?

V.Kemp,

I don't value collectivism. I view selfishness as good and altruism as bad. My favorite quote is "no good deed goes unpunished." That said, you still haven't empirically demonstrated that your values are objectively true. Instead you have resorted to name-calling and appeals to a higher authority in the sky, which only illustrates that you have no argument. At least I am honest and say that my values are a useful fiction, but you like to say that yours are objectively true. When I call on you to empirically prove that, you resort to name calling and restate that your values come from above and are objective, which is plainly just circular reasoning.

I did it.

"God did it." Kemp, that is the last refuge of a man with no argument. Empirically demonstrate it, or you don't have anything.

That is a small, unrepresentative sample clearly selected for entertainment. I hope you weren't being serious.

Btw, Napoleon was fighting a mostly defensive war the entire time. The nobility of Europe considered the ideals of the French Revolution, and Napoleon by extension, a threat to their assets and power. As for the British, they received a lot of pressure by the continental powers, and they saw an isolated France as an opportunity to harm a major competitor. Many of Napoleon's conquests were strategic necessities for France's own security, such as the Confederation of the Rhine, which served as a buffer. While we can't say he didn't desire to conquer Europe, he didn't maintain control of Austria or Prussia when he had the chance, and most of the wars and conquests he fought were in response to an invasion.

Hell, why do you think Metternich organized an agreement among the great powers to immediately crush any Republican revolution? The fact is the nobility did not want to lose their power, and Napoleon challenged them. Overall, he was an effective ruler. It is not fair to compare him to Genghis Khan, Hitler, or Stalin. He was nothing like those savages.

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As for the Libertarians, I agree they are nutty. Most of them seem to just want drugs to be legalized, and have no intelligent thoughts to contribute to their movement. That said, I agree with Kemp in principle. I want less intervention than today, but on the other hand do not want 100% isolationism.

Zarf,

Underlying racism? So underneath someone believes that humans are divided in to sub species, but they keep to themselves and try to find a different reason to justify their actions?

But then, liberals are still sensitive because, often times, they can't tell what the person's actual beliefs are. Maybe their belief is reasonable for certain kinds of discrimination, not because of race but because certain 'races' are prone to certain behaviors due to culture and economic circumstances. It isn't racist to reason the following:

Illegal aliens tend to be from Mexico
Latinos tend to be Mexicans
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Illegal aliens tend to be Mexicans

But noooo... Liberals scream that that reasoning is racism, effectively providing an obstacle to an efficient solution for illegal immigration.

I lost my first game in SC II, because that mofo had an ungodly apm and micro ability.