I did! I just meant that “war heroes” are “just” soldiers who won… How come I never heard about WWII German war heroes?
To me a hero is a fireman that saves a life, a doctor who cures people or a young boy who gets a cat down a tree… not someones whose job is to take lives, even if it’s for a “worthy cause”
Sorry for the threadjack, I should have seen it comming though:o
JJuggle, I can’t tell if you’re sincere or adding a dose of sarcasm to this thread, but that Col. Jessup quote was so ugly and feral that I had to counter it with something from M. Gandhi
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
“Why care do you?” - Raphael Lasar
That’s the mentality they are looking for.
do People still not understand that The president isn’t really the one who makes the decisions? the house and senate are the real people in charge the President is just there to sign and veto bills really and even his vetoes can be overturned. Socialism had little to do with our falling dollar and would not have fixed it and kept it’s value up, the fact that we got stupid and printed more money is what caused it to drop. To me it really wouldn’t have mattered who won, I’m still sad and still would have been sad because I rarely heard a good reason based around the issues as to why people weren’t voting for McCain or were voting for Obama. I even heard someone say they were voting by the flip of a coin because it seemed fairest! That’s what scares me most right now not who’s in office and who’s not.
Gilby, while I understand and agree with that sentiment, it’s just one of those ‘what can you do?’ moments. I wouldn’t call it a defeat to support the winner of the election, even if he wasn’t who I voted for (though who I voted for had no reasonable chance of winning). Maybe I’m just too naive to understand, but I’m reminded of Lincoln’s ever-present goal during the wedge between N and S - to preserve the union. I don’t really approve of the electorate’s decision, but it only does harm to argue against one another about it.
Virginia actually voted for the democratic presidential candidate this time around.
All I can say is…You are welcome.
They are purposly printing money so we get high in “dept.”
The more dept, the more money they get from us.
The ratio at which inflation rises and minimum wage rises isnt 1:1, inflation is increasing at a higher rate, makeing the poor people poorer, and the rich, richer.
You don’t just give in to it. You educate others. You prepare for the future. You try to bring this country back to its founding principles. Try to change it back to a Republic, where individuals have inalienable rights, and throw out the idea that this is a democracy (mob rule). The politicians and the media and other corporate interests would like us to believe this is a democracy. It’s not. They have control of the information they feed us in mass and they have a lot of sway. It’s psychological warfare between corporatism and us. It’s a well oiled machine, so it’s going to be hard to defeat, but that doesn’t mean you just give up.
That was beautiful.
Seriously thats Sigable.
I couldnt agree with you more.
Thats why i have been trying to hard in these forums to change some peoples minds about things, but they revolt on me and critic everything i say, like i insulted them or something, just for giving a different view.
Shay, it’s because you don’t express your views in an orderly, intellectual manner, nor provide any basis on which to support your claims.
But we still love you. <3
I don’t think she even put up a fight. Her whole campaign seemed lukewarm to me. … I also agree with the WISDOM being emphasized.
I have no idea.
“Raphael was being sarcastic.” - Greg Harper
I feared America would bottle it at the last moment and go for the white avuncular war hero.
Black people only gained the vote during my lifetime. That a black man with the middle name “Hussain” can now be voted in with more than 50% of the votes cast gives me a new faith in the American people’s essential decency.
I’m sure he’ll be far from perfect, like all the rest, but of the two that the system generated for selection, he’s far and away the better choice.
Thank you to the 52% of the 65% who bothered to vote.
Thanks for the clarification.
Now I need to jack the thread a bit: I see that if I had examined the sig lines I could have learned that JJuggle is Raphael and that Raphael is JJuggle, but since so many people put so much stuff in their sig lines I tend to ignore them. Sorry, Raphael.
okay, now back to the regular thread traffic…
I think I’ll refrain from ever calling our new president by his proper name.
Should be fun. 
De nada.
Always true.
Sometimes true.
Since it can no longer be (ab)used as a tool for fear mongering, why bother?
I bet you think that the US Gov’t has been supporting capitalism, too.
The stupid is strong with this one.
Good suggestion. You go first.