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- TheBlueOne0
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A) The "new world order" already happened. It happened with the creation of a super-class of rich individuals and corporations who can now freely move their money/capital around the world. It's been an ongoing process for close to a century.
A.1) There already is a one world currency - it's called the reserve currency. It has been the US dollar for a number of decades now. Before that it was the British pound. There currently are no existing financial or montary institutions which could back a "neutral" Reserve currency. Furthermore there is more advantage to this class to be able to trade against other viable national currencies. A single currency would in fact be a detriment.
B) This whole "John Birch Society" black helicopter, one world currency crappola is for simpletons who want simple answers to how the world works.
Thanks for telling me to wake up. Maybe you should grow up.
- ********0
All I have to say is that in his first 100 days, that Obama is failing on just about all fronts. He needs to man-up and quit trying to be the Chief Appeaser.
Some of the SHIT he said while in the EU made me embarrased, and most of the SHIT he's doing is making me ill. Many feell the same way.
I keep hoping that all of this is a bad dream, and that Obama will rise up and be the man and leader that I thought he could be. But I am afraid to suggest that "it" is just not there.
Obama, PLEASE prove me wrong.
- Stop embarrassing yourself with your right wing propaganda!********
- Sure, Obama has nothing better to do than prove you wrong.TheBlueOne
- Stop embarrassing yourself with your right wing propaganda!
- ********0
Will someone please have her Moose trampled.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn…
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^^^ It will take more than 100 days to fix, repair and realign America after the last 8 years of failed Bush policies, 2 wars in the Middle East, the largest deficit in U.S. history, the collapse and bailout of Wall Street, corporate welfare, and the deregulation of almost every American industry.
And let us not forget that just about every country on every continent around the globe has either lost total respect, or hatred of the U.S. in the past 8 years because of your Lord and Savior Bush and his neocon administration.
- BonSeff0
"I keep hoping that all of this is a bad dream, and that Obama will rise up and be the man and leader that I thought he could be. But I am afraid to suggest that "it" is just not there."
yea - i am soooo sure you were pulling for him at some point.. give me a break.
- I have been pulling for him, in ernest. However, he is acting like the guy that I most feared.********
- You scare very easily, no? Don't worry typical conservative thing. Like to sleep with guns, scared of ghosts, that sorta thingTheBlueOne
- Hey did you hear Obama is going to send your kids to FEMA camps, and immigrants buy guns! Be afraid!!!TheBlueOne
- And I have noticed your "earnest pulling for him" for quite a while. Yes. Yes I have.TheBlueOne
- I have been pulling for him, in ernest. However, he is acting like the guy that I most feared.
- TheBlueOne0
G-20 recap from the German Der Spiegal. No wonder US Republicans are in a tizzy:
http://www.spiegel.de/internatio…
"He [Obama] then lowered his voice: "It is true, as my Italian friend has said, that the crisis began in the US. I take responsibility, even if I wasn't even president at the time." And he underscored how important it is for him "that we now genuinely make progress. Thank you." Applause.
The others couldn't believe their ears. Was that really a confession of guilt from the US? Was it a translation error, or at least an inaccuracy? Afterwards, this sentence fueled long discussions among the members of the German delegation. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was so impressed by Obama's statement that she rushed to tell her finance minister, Peer Steinbrück. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso reacted immediately: The proposal to hold the next summit not in Japan, but rather in the US, is something that he no longer rejects, he says, "now that the US has shouldered responsibility."
Obama's confession may go down in world history as one of the greatest statements ever made. The US president is accepting responsibility for the beginning of one of the worst economic crises of the last century. By doing so, he has admitted that one of the excesses of the American way of life -- the insatiable craving for huge profits -- has brought the world to the brink of disaster. The others may have played their part, but the origins lie in the US. The fact that Obama has now admitted this sends a strong signal of hope to the world, perhaps the strongest to emerge from the G-20 summit in London last Wednesday and Thursday. Such an admission could begin to pave the way towards rectifying the situation."
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Imagine that. A US president stepping up to accept responsibility. We all know that Republicans have the mentalities of four year olds and run screaming from any semblance of responsibility they can, although they expect it from other people all the time oddly enough.Glad the rest of the world aren't a gang of coddled right-wing reactionaries.
- Like I said, Chief Appeaser.********
- You guys still think every "bad guy" is Chamberlain and every good guy is Churchill.TheBlueOne
- And still worship at Reagen's feet...TheBlueOne
- Words, just words. What does "responsibility" mean here? Is he going to jail? Look at what he does, not what he says.raf
- Like I said, Chief Appeaser.
- DrBombay0
GetRefresh you must have been on some other forum when Bush was president, huh? Running around like your fucking uneducated hair was on fire? Because I do not recall one time where you ever voiced your opinion around here until we had a democrat in the White house. You are a simple-minded reactionary piece of shit. I will not try to argue with you, I will only ridicule you from now on. You stupid reactionary cunt.
- Hey, how was Japan?TheBlueOne
- Awesome, leaving the country always gives you incredible perspective upon returning.DrBombay
- Drop me an email I want to hear about it...TheBlueOne
- cc me too!tommyo
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^ Nice to hear from you again Dr. :-)
- Fuck off, dipshit.DrBombay
- Awe now look what you done DrB, you run off GetRefresh!robotron3k
- ukit0
"Palin herself criticized proposed Obama administration cuts proposed to missile defense programs. “I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” she said in the statement."
Yeah, I'm sure that's North Korea's plan. To shoot a nuclear warhead at Alaska. What is this woman smoking?
- ABM's are merely political chest puffery for diplomatic purposes. Tio think they have a reliable chance in hellTheBlueOne
- to actually work is for fools and those that generate Pentagon budgets,TheBlueOne
- Yes, you could care less which state gets hit, huh?********
- Oh god, no nation state is going to launch a missile attack on the US,TheBlueOne
- so let's keep giving NK more money, aid, etc. so they can fake it some more. Great idea.zenmasterfoo
- Yes, please so read more into what I'm saying that I'm not. Makes your argument stronger.TheBlueOne
- Why Palin is full of shit:
http://blog.wired.co…TheBlueOne
- zenmasterfoo0
"Imagine that. A US president stepping up to accept responsibility."
Doesn't it bother you that Democratic administrations refused to exactly this as well (Darfur, Clinton)? I know you're focusing on the economy with this point, but you're not dong it in a way that keeps your perspective balanced. It's not always Bush to blame. Republicans aren't always the evil side of a coin you can flip to when the deficiencies of your own party affiliations become too glaring for you to stare at.
- A) I belong to no party. B) Obama has pissed me off with his financial policyTheBlueOne
- C) While the G20 experience had some flaws, I see it as a net positiveTheBlueOne
- D) The Republicans have been on the evil side of the coin for about 30 yearsTheBlueOne
- E) The Democrats have been on the evil side of the coin for about 30 years.TheBlueOne
- F) There is no Good side of the coinTheBlueOne
- Good set of bullets. btw, if you're throwing away that coin, I'll take it. No other currency works for me.zenmasterfoo
- ha!TheBlueOne
- designbot0
"Obama's confession may go down in world history as one of the greatest statements ever made."
I'm sorry, but this is sincerely laughable.
- someone must have some very fond feelings for Obama, no?designbot
- What would be a good example of this, in your unbiased estimation?DrBombay
- example of "greatest statements ever made" ??designbot
- the constitution of the US.zenmasterfoo
- Yeah, that was a bit of journalistic hyperbole I concur.TheBlueOne
- :)designbot
- designbot0
This really struck a chord with me, as I absolutely hate traveling now thanks to the wonderful TSA......
Campaign for Liberty’s very own Steve Bierfeldt has become an unexpected Internet sensation -- and the latest target of over-reaching federal government agents.
You see, Steve was detained by Airport Police and TSA officials shortly after the Campaign for Liberty regional conference in St. Louis.
The officials rudely berated and harassed Steve for 30 minutes in a secluded room at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Fortunately, Steve was able to record nearly all of the interrogation with his cell phone.
Steve’s alleged “crime”? Carrying $4,700 in checks and cash from Campaign for Liberty, along with various other materials from our conference.
The local and Federal agents harassed Steve. They were belligerent, cursing and using insulting language. They t hreatened to turn Steve over to the DEA and the FBI, all the while refusing to inform him of his legal rights or explain how cash and checks threatened airplane or airport security.
Throughout the interrogation, Steve remained polite but resolute and declined to answer the invasive questions without an adequate explanation from these federal and local agents as to why they needed to be answered. Without telling Steve what law he was accused of breaking, they continued their harassment.
Although they grew increasingly frustrated that he remained committed to exercising his rights, intervention from another officer eventually led the police to reluctantly release Steve.
Last Wednesday, Steve appeared on Judge Napolitano’s Freedom Watch to discuss the flagrant violation of his rights and to promote the importance of each of us defending our civil liberties.
Now, Steve’s appearance on Freedom Watch – which features several minutes of the audio tape – has gone viral.
Click here to watch the segment, which has become one of the most viewed videos on YouTube.
Steve’s ordeal is a reminder to all patriots that liberty is constantly under fire, and we must remain vigilant and prepared to stand up for our rights.
- I agree, except I'd change your last sentence from "patriots" to "citizens".TheBlueOne
- stunning.robotron3k
- Give them an inch...they'll take a foot :)designbot
- Can we please get past the whole 9/12 thing now?TheBlueOne
- hehedesignbot
- I watched this this morning, pretty crazy.tommyo
- funny that the TSA thinks $4,700 is a lot of moneyfooler2
- bliznutty0
Oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía) is a form of government where power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family, military influence or religious hegemony.
- designbot0
Hey Dr.B in regards to my above post, I am curious to know how airport security was in Japan vs. the U.S. Was security as tight? Worse? How were you treated?
Just really interested.
My wife and I have wanted to visit Japan for some time now too! I hope we can get out there within the next 2-3 years.
- When I went to Japan, security was a breeze....TheBlueOne
- Problems are always on the US side of the gate...TheBlueOne
- Those are really 2 separate thoughts, I would travel to Japan even if I had to get tazed by airport security there :)designbot
- Thanks TBO, I kind of figured this would be the case. Pretty ironic, but not surprising. Cheersdesignbot
- The Japanese did institute a fingerprinting thing though in response to the US fingerprinting their citizensTheBlueOne
- on tourist visas, so expect to get fingerprinted. And for god sakes don't bring drugs into Japan and don't be rude.TheBlueOne
- check...and check.designbot
- It is still a breeze, immigration took about 15 minutes, still have to be fingerprinted and photographed though.DrBombay
- Don't get me started on the napoleons they have working for TSADrBombay
- ukit0
http://www.reuters.com/article/l…
Staff at French plants run by Sony, 3M and Caterpillar have held managers inside the factories overnight, in three separate incidents, to demand better layoff terms -- a new form of labor action dubbed "bossnapping" by the media.
A poll by the CSA institute for Le Parisien newspaper found 50 percent of French people surveyed disapproved of such acts, but 45 percent thought they were acceptable.
"They are not in the majority ... but 45 percent is an enormous percentage and it demonstrates the extent of exasperation among the public at this time of economic crisis," Le Parisien said.
- TheBlueOne0
Another issue I am now at odds about with the Obama administration:
- DrBombay0
I swear every time I leave the country I come back with new insights on just how retarded our country is.
- No beer in vending machines?TheBlueOne
- That we have to open our own taxi doors?TheBlueOne
- Those are two great points.DrBombay
- DrBombay0
I will tell you, TBO; Listening to Bad Brains on the Yamanote at 9am is fucking surreal.
- what were you doing there? just vaca?robotron3k
- Yup, I hung out with peterH and his boys. I highly recommend doing that, they are berserk.DrBombay
- Awesome.TheBlueOne
- DrBombay0
If you guys are on facebook, add me, my name is Friday Jams, lost of pics and video and shit.
- Not on facebook. Anything on flickr?TheBlueOne
- http://www.flickr.co… not too much yet.DrBombay
- Ahhh..harajuku:
http://www.flickr.co…
And I like that Wolgang Puck express :)TheBlueOne - I was going to crowd surf, takeshita dori!!!DrBombay
- HELL NO!!!********
