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Originally posted by magicmushroom
Indirect, Your right but imorality is just but one of the weapons in the armoury of the parasite.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Originally posted by MasterJedi
Kinda vague... But I've started some anti-biotics and hopefully this will dispel any parasitic disease I may have picked up.
Me too. Mine says Jim Beam on the label. What does yours say?
Originally posted by ViewFromTheStars
I quit drinking some time ago but I still have much of a bottle of Jim Beam Black sitting in what's left of my soon to be dismantled wet bar.
I'd U2U it to you if I could.
Spiderj, I do not see those who cannot see as ingnorant or lazy...
Originally posted by nowthenlookhere
Waiting for someone to make a clear point before discussing it? Is that supporting ignorance? I call that "listening".
Checking back though the thread it sems like you are the one who is rejecting ideas out of hand, while at the same time supporting an idea that is so badly described it has left many posters confused as to the point being made!
Sorry Bandit, you are wrong. Denying Ignorance requires clear open discussion, not mind games played on those you assume have not done as much research as you. I too, don't have all the answers, but at least I've made the effort to provide some in a clear, discussable way.
Originally posted by InDirectViolation
There are other names. Greed, avarice, corruption, hatred, Satan, the Anti-Christ, bigotry and many many others. Or is Liberalism the word you are searching for?
... and Now, back to the topic of discussion ... America's Agony
Originally posted by magicmushroom
America has been invaded, the invasion happened some time ago. America is just another country on a list of many that have been infected over the last thousand years. Whom you may ask is the invader, well their not Muslims, Nazis, Liberals, Republicans or Aliens. No this enemy is far ore insideous. It is a parasite that attaches itself to the country and its people.
America has been so thoroughly infected that it now faces economic collapse and war. The parasite knows this and will be soon moving on to find another victim to infect. The parasites hold on America is sucking the life out of the country, and its people are made to fight wars not of its own choosing, its people starve and are homeless, the people cannot see they are infected by the parasite .
The parasite spreads death and destruction to the host and and uses the host to infect others. Some have tried to fight the parasite but to little effect. Over the years the parasite has evolved inteligence and now has the means to protect iself from any attempt by the host to remove it before it has finished its task.
Like the aliens in the film independance day the parasite bleeds a country dry and leaves in its wake a broken and bankrupt land. The parasite is now looking for a new host, its work in America is almost done soon their will be nothing left to take.
NowThenLookHere
Well last time I checked the US WAS a democracy! If you don't like it, it's in your power, and no-one else's, to change it. All you need to do is persuade enough people that you have a better alternative.. and if it really IS seen as better by most people, the political support will follow.
Originally posted by nextguyinline
Bandit, where in the OP do you see anything remarking about a brainstorm?
MM wrote up a cryptic post then decided where to take the thread after some replies.
Originally posted by nowthenlookhere
Originally posted by ViewFromTheStars
FACT: The American government and IT'S people should be printing it's OWN money.
If ANY of you can explain why this is not how things should be please explain in great detail why you feel this to be the case.
There's actually a pretty simple answer. if governments printed the money themselves, there would be nothing to stop they manipulating it artificially for political ends. e.g "vote for us, we'll lower your mortgage by 300 dollars a month!"
That's generally considered too dangerous, and destabilising. Back in the eighties, in the UK, the government DID have total control of the money supply. it resulted in a boom/bust economy, 15% interest rates, record unemployment and one of the greatet periods of social upheaval at the expense of those at the bottom of the economic heap the UK as seen since WWII..
.. so no, experience shows it's not really a good idea.
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Originally posted by nextguyinline
Bandit, where in the OP do you see anything remarking about a brainstorm?
MM wrote up a cryptic post then decided where to take the thread after some replies.
Some posts should have certain things said so you know what you are about to take your time to read. IMO this was not one of them. I think it was obvious right out of the gate the OP was brainstorming, and wanted other relativly unbiased opinions. I really enjoyed this thread and think MM did a very good job.
[edit on 6-11-2006 by LoneGunMan]
Originally posted by TheBandit795
Then you definately haven't understood the point of the thread. I did. We don't all have to reach to the exact same answer. It will be slightly different for everyone, and adds to the discussion when people come with new suggestions that are sensible enough, or even more sensible than what the thread starter is talking about.
Or let me put it in one single sentence...
He intended to have a brainstorming session.