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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
Decemberist
#163351: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:44:38 PM

HMS Magipigeon, I am sure the White whale doesn't have a name tongue

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CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163352: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:45:18 PM

why is nixon in this thread
hes a crook

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Nizbel Since: Apr, 2012
#163353: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:46:22 PM

I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

edited 29th Sep '11 11:47:58 PM by Nizbel

Nizbel Since: Apr, 2012
#163355: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:48:49 PM

"Your" presidents?

And quite frankly, it isn't the number of bad things he's done. It's the scope of the thing he did.

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163356: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:49:23 PM

besides watergate scandal
im frustrated over nixon's continuance of the vietnam conflict
when it should be over
but thats another story

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#163357: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:49:39 PM

Nixon would have won easily without watergate, he was just too damn scared that no one else could handle the Silence to want to risk it.

SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#163358: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:50:06 PM

Well, school time, psychology exam shouldn't be TOO hard... See ya!

CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163359: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:50:24 PM

acutally
no one expected a bunch of mediocre investigators to scoop up something that big

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
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#163360: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:50:52 PM

Yes because I am not an American and I am assuming Commander Obvious is. But other of your presidents did worse things

edited 29th Sep '11 11:53:05 PM by whaleofyournightmare

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Nizbel Since: Apr, 2012
#163361: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:52:11 PM

[up] How?

I mean, besides Bay of Pigs

edited 29th Sep '11 11:52:26 PM by Nizbel

ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163362: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:52:23 PM

@whale: Commander is from Singapore.

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Nizbel Since: Apr, 2012
ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163364: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:53:29 PM

[up]What about Singapore?

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
Decemberist
#163365: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:54:47 PM

@Nizbel, JFK would have probably been impeached if he didn't get assassinated because of his many affairs

edited 29th Sep '11 11:55:11 PM by whaleofyournightmare

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Nizbel Since: Apr, 2012
#163366: Sep 29th 2011 at 11:54:47 PM

You can get death penalty for chewing gum, mang

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CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163368: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:01:03 AM

the media doesnt care about affairs like jfk's playa status before watergate
after All the Presidents Men came out
investigate reporters decide to peek in affairs

Warren G. Harding: i think hes a nice guy
but his cabinet members and friends, known as the ohio gang,
abused power
and yes he is a terrible president because he doesnt know how
to become a president
but seems to be a nice guy
i kinda pity his death

i think nixon's one of the worst
but andrew johnson is worse

@nizbel: nope
if not
every american in my school will face the death penalty
its only a fine if you throw it illegally
theyre ok as long as its pharmaceutical

edited 30th Sep '11 12:02:11 AM by CommanderObvious

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
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#163369: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:03:10 AM

Commander, I'd disagree with Nixon being one of the worse POTUS's. After all, there is a reason why the saying is "Only NIXON can go to China."

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ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
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#163370: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:03:37 AM

@whale: What does that saying actually mean?

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SabresEdge Show an affirming flame from a defense-in-depth Since: Oct, 2010
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#163371: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:05:25 AM

Watergate was big, aye. Nixon did cover the withdrawal from Vietnam, which is high-octane flame bait for discussion (though personally I think that by that time the North Vietnamese had gotten too entrenched, and the antiwar movement picked up too much momentum, for Nixon to have done anything else.)

Still, don't forget, Nixon did a hell of a lot in foreign policy, especially his visit to China. In Cold War terms that was an unquestioned diplomatic feat, and a huge victory for him. Balance that against Watergate.

@TH: Nixon was staunchly Republican, hence anti-Communist. If a Democrat had been in office, any attempts to make peace with China would have been dismissed as catering to the Dirty Commies. For an anti-Communist to make the visit meant that he could pull it off without anyone questioning his credentials.

[down]The Split might have been well underway, but Nixon's visit to China confirmed it. It also cemented China's place in the international community, which it was angling so desperately to get. Japan has nothing to do with the calculus—at the time it was very much its own country, an economic rival to the US, and badly hated by the Chinese, who had not forgiven them for WWII atrocities.

edited 30th Sep '11 12:08:49 AM by SabresEdge

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CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163372: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:05:58 AM

nixon went ping ponging with mao
though i can argue
the sino-soviet split has already happened
and they were looking for allies
even if nixon wasnt the president
i think china will still look for america for help
after all the united states has japan at that time
and if my geography is right
japan is very close to china
either china apologizes to ussr or join usa and be awesome
they did the latter cuz asians are silly

i still think nixon shouldnt have continued the vietnam war when the north vietnamese
wanted to do peace
instead nixon continued
i wouldnt be this anti-nixon if he did not do that

edited 30th Sep '11 12:08:20 AM by CommanderObvious

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betterthanstrawberry Dreaming out loud. from back in the atmosphere. Since: Sep, 2010
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#163373: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:08:41 AM

My visit to Singapore involved quite a lot of accent-related confusion... :/

Um... would it be traitorous of me to like Allen Curnowm...?

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CommanderObvious intellectual rapist from Unmei no Itaru Basho Since: Jul, 2011
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#163374: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:09:47 AM

i can sympathize you with that
i dont understand the singaporean dialect at all
and i lived here for 15 years

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whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
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#163375: Sep 30th 2011 at 12:10:18 AM

Well, Nixon was anti communist who went to China in 1972 after the Sino-Soviet spilt.

As a political metaphor, it refers to the ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials

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