It seems as if we have no choice but to raise the debt ceiling. I mean, if we don't raise it the world will collapse? WTF?

If we do not have a choice, then we are slaves to the debt.

Do you have a mortgage or credit card? Just curious


Nope, NOPE!

I carry 0 debt.

You are a massive anomaly ...

It seems to me that liberals should be better at dealing with conflicting information. Every policy they try to implement to make things better....only makes them worse (for example Johnson's war on poverty), so they have vast experience dealing with the Cognitive Dissonance that must arise.

How ...

The reason Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem was because of the census that was taking place. So, all you'd have to do to find a likely time frame for the birth of Christ is find out when that census took place in 0 AD. (Some speculate that it was in September)

Indeed, the december date was ...

Aradhus wrote:If he said "John McCain is a clean white and speaks well", would that be racist? Or was Biden speaking to the racist prejudices other people have.

That wouldn't be racist, it would be a lie. John McCain does not speak well.

Point of clarification - before using the phrase "costs just pennies to produce" referencing the price of retail pharmaceuticals, consider adding the phrase "and costs millions to research and develop."

From which they recieve very generous tax rebates. Also, most pharma companies now spend most ...

Australian Minister for Housing Mark Arbib, a senior Labour politician, is revealed as a U.S. informant in the latest WikiLeaks cables.

Arbib's responsibility was to periodically provide reports to the U.S. ambassador on the inner discussions of the Australian government and to execute the ...

I have reason to doubt he was even a senator at all.

The free market has proven time and again that it works to make more goods/benefits available to more people at lower prices. Anything the gov't touches explodes in price. Be it tuition, housing, pharmeceuticals, energy, roads....you name it.

Competition drives down prices and creates jobs. As ...

In other words, lower taxes, and cut the deficit. Cognitive dissonance, work your magic.

How on earth are those dissonant? Oh yeah, the government's not allowed to cut spending.

Because cutting taxes makes cutting the deficit more difficult. Its like saying you want to stop the boat from ...

So... UK residents - what's the deal? Why are tuitions being hiked? Are we talking Greece/Italy/Spain/Portugal here? Inquiring minds what to know.

Not a UK resident but I've been following the story through the Economist and the BBC. Basically the UK beget deficit is massive,(worse than the ...

Most of teh one sided embarrassment ehre is just on the political front. On the real areas of cooperation, like intelligence, military and business there is a much more two way relationship.

It sure doesn't read that way.

I don't know if Vidukn Quisling himself ever told Hitler he was going to ...

Phatscotty wrote:Were there any documents that made the USA look good? A single one? if anyone knows please bring to light

Might be a bit late but the documents that said that the USA resisted calls from Arab leaders (particularly Saudi Arabia) to attack Iran.

Most of teh one sided embarrassment ehre is just on the political front. On the real areas of cooperation, like intelligence, military and business there is a much more two way relationship. I do agree that the politicians makes asses of themselves by the amount that they like to butt kiss the USA ...

I never understand why people riot, when people riot it turns many undecideds against their cause.

Rioting has a better track record then peaceful protests in convincing governments to backtrack and change their policies. Perfect example is the poll tax riots vs Iraq War protests.

As someone ...

You probably just read THIS thread: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=120904&start=15

JE SUIS ROTFL!

No, you can tell when little people write. They have a very aggressive style of composition. (I peg Titanic at about 4'10" and Natty Dread as a 7-footer.) Which is OKAY .!

I ...

Note 2, the economy was WORKING when the war plans were made. I know how much we spent on the wars. But to look around, after the wars, and say "we need to spend even more now" is just plain irresponsible.


Since when has the US government ever been responsible about spending? LOL! Though I ...

Timminz wrote:

pmchugh wrote:I can see a spain-holland final with Holland taking it very narrowly. Either way its gonna be an awesome last two games!

I'm with you, all the way, here.

I'm with you on the last part. I think the last 2 games are too hard to predict personally.

It bears point to remark that, as a percentage of forces committed, Germany lost the most troops in the American Revolution.

For instance, the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont suffered 90% casualties fighting under the command of incompetent British officers (many of whom were pedophiles) during ...

It bears point to remark that, as a percentage of forces committed, Germany lost the most troops in the American Revolution.

For instance, the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont suffered 90% casualties fighting under the command of incompetent British officers (many of whom were pedophiles) during ...

"Interesting that the hole is about exactly as deep and wide and radial as the cost of the stimulus plan." - Hahaha, wtf are you talking about?

Anything other than the gigantic hole left by the trillions spent on an illegal war and lost during a regime of irresponsible 'crony capitalist' tax ...

cyrenius wrote:I think that is obvious now for everybody that Netherlands will win the World Cup.

Ermmm....no?

Your response actually points out the impossibility of knowing what the founders' intentions were, because they did not agree on what the Constitution should be. A compromise is inherently the result of multiple intentions. That is why, as I said earlier, there are many ambiguities and conflicts ...

Meh...don't see the big deal. It was more humiliating for us that the French navy scored a vital victory against the Royal Navy.

"Interesting that the hole is about exactly as deep and wide and radial as the cost of the stimulus plan." - Hahaha, wtf are you talking about?

Anything other than the gigantic hole left by the trillions spent on an illegal war and lost during a regime of irresponsible 'crony capitalist' tax ...

Obama says "We are emerging from the recession, but we are still in a huge hole". Interesting that the hole is about exactly as deep and wide and radial as the cost of the stimulus plan.

I think we are going to double dip, and the next time around, the rest of the decent jobs are going with it.

I ...