You do have a point though, because our draft-dodger presidents have proven themselves incompetent. Clinton made a botch of Somalia and the Balkans fiasco, and we're living with the trillions in debt and hundreds of thousands of dead from Bush Jr's wars.
I never said it was true. By the way, yes it would be the same as saying the same thing as saying a Democrat could only see things throught democratic eyes. It's a reasonable concern, depending on the situation. Regardless, Harkin is an idiot.
Isn't it a bit unfair to say that China and India have never amounted to a world power? Our notion of "world power" is primarily defined by our preconceived notions of modern globalization. Remember, the entire reason America was founded was indirectly because a Spaniard got lost on his way to find a sea route to China and India (although not the modern countries of today), two of the richest areas of the world at that time. In addition, culture is a poor determinant of super
That is precisely why we need reform. Certainly, the prisons exist as a punishment for criminals, but one can only be punished so much for a crime. Some illiterate street kid can mug somebody and get thrown in jail, but after he's been "punished", he's back on the street, having learned nothing except how to make a shiv from a toothbrush and to try to not get caught in the future. We have the largest prison population in the developed world
I'm salivating at the prospect of playing this game. Keep up the good work!
This seems to be taken a bit out of context. Actually, completely out of context. I'll agree that saying military services makes for an unfit president is unfair and stupid, but he never said that. What he said was that McCain's service makes him unable to see anything except from a military point of view. This assertion is questionable at best, stupid at worst, but is a valid sentiment despite the reasoning. I think he's getting at the idea that McCain would
I didn't mean that we're going to hit the point in 20 years, nor did I mean that the recession is an indicator of impending destruction. I simply meant that within the next twenty years, China or India will overtake us in terms of economic power. Both of these countries have the capacity to produce enourmous amounts of food, a large part of producing a superpower, as Mason astutely pointed out. However, governments and outside events are also key factors. If we continue to
I agree with this completely. In the US, the prison system has almost no emphasis on rehabilitation. The incarceration industry is one of the largest in the country (food providers, contractors, security, etc.) and as long as people are getting locked up for a good, long time, they turn a healthy profit. Nevermind that we end up paying for the Prison-Industrial complex and pay for people to sit and rot in jail. We need to reform our prisons and work on turing criminals into produ
There needs to be a new government program: Share the Grouse. Those greedy pigs are keeping them all to themselves! What is the plural of grouse, by the way? Grice?
When you think about it, the free market is the root cause of high gas prices. The only reason we haven't tapped the oil resources in ANWR isn't becasue of bleeding-heart commie Greenpeace. It's because it's just not a smart business move for the oil companies. Americans have to buy gas, so why flood the market with more product? I know that if I mention anything about OPEC and Big Oil controlling prices I'll get flamed, but let's be realistic here. They aren't noble capitalist k
We are in decline now. We have been since 9/11/2001. I'd give the US another 20 years at the top. However, I don't expect a catastrophic collapse like Rome or the USSR. I predict a worsening economy to 3rd-world levels, combined with a society-wide moral and social collapse, followed by the rise of a Hitler-figure. Americans are just too lazy for a revolution.
Thank you kindly, Dr. Guy.
By now, it should be apparent to anyone paying attention that the American political system is screwed up in a wonderful variety of ways. My favorite flavor of retardation is the charges of "elitism" being leveled against Obama by Hillary Clinton and her right-wing friends. Obama is apparently unelectable because he is a an anti-American, environmentalist wacko, communist, Muslim, terrorist-fellating limousine liberal who wants to make being white illegal and turn the country into the United
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