Maria Holic
Diva of Virtual Death
Holy wow.
There is like, 1% of useful info in that article rant buried under 99% of misinformation, conspiracy theories, extreme-right-wing paranoid cluelessness, and general... not-right-ness. I don't even know where to start in responding to it, there's so much wrong with it.
Thanks, I think I've already gotten the "feel" of ER if that article is typical. *cough*nutbarsthatarepartofwhythiscountryisscrewedup*cough*
I mean, just this alone sums up the cluelessness:
edited 25th Oct '11 8:25:58 AM by Jeysie
Apparently I am adorable, but my GF is my #1 Groupie. (Avatar by Dreki-K)Archive Binge from September 08, 2007 to October 17, 2011 to present. Also, the topic is the Government Gone Wild youtube series and not Economic Rant, but it is ref here because of the back story on how I got the youtube link.
edited 25th Oct '11 8:45:31 AM by secretist
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Why is it that my first tought was "Somebody made PORN out of goverment?" when I read the title...
Is it me? Am I the pervert here?
edited 25th Oct '11 8:48:52 AM by Mandemo
Sneering Imperialist
No, Mandemo, I had the exact same thought.
Seriously? Is this statement given with a straight face?
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I guess that makes me a perv, too.
Yes, I did think up of Girls Gone Wild when I first heard of this. It's a subversion of the Parallel Porn Titles trope see Porn Tropes.
edited 25th Oct '11 8:57:26 AM by secretist
TU NE CEDE MALIS CLASS OF 1971
So that's what this does
It made me think of that woman who ran for government in Belgium on a promise to give oral sex to 40,000 voters if she was elected. +
@Mandemo: Same reaction. I was like "What."
Pretending to be human
Wow...
Do these people actually WANT life for many Americans to suck? Because your sole purpose in life to cause yourself unnecessary poverty and misery before you can become successful? Fucking dipshit.
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Ye gods, secretist, another paranoid conspiracy-theory thread?
What's precedent ever done for us?
Lost in Space
I, too, am curious what the point of the thread is. Are you trying to induct us into the "hidden wisdom" of these fringe cult websites, secretist? "Here's a topic, debate it" is poor form, as we've been stating repeatedly. Maybe we need to crack down on it.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Moar and Moar and Moar
Yes. It's a real problem.
So you raise taxes on the rich, preferably via normalizing capital gains rates, institute single-payer to keep health care costs under control, cut down on toys for the military (and do in-house what procurement needs to be done), raise the minimum wage/reduce the hours before overtime kicks in to increase the tax base, probably institute a progressive gas tax (via a rebate)...hmm...what else?
Edit: It really should be noted that the reason why the future CBO numbers are so awful is mostly due to projected health care inflation.
edited 25th Oct '11 11:06:36 AM by Karmakin
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Gunpla is amazing!
Hmm, yeah. Anyhoo, besides a lot of money mentioned in the video(I have no clue really whether what it said was true or not, for all I know they could have pulled those large numbers out of the certain body location which is swear word also known as butt), what exactly was the point? .-. I mean, it wasn't telling what should be done, just that "Give this video to everyone you know!" which reminds me of chain mail and spam messages...
Lost in Space
We have collectively decided that this sort of "link, discuss" format of topic is to be discouraged. In particular, posts to radical/fringe sites without any attempt to guide the conversation along a particular topic are inherently unproductive and will be closed.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"