Swap the Higher-ranked player with U.S.A. and the lower ranked with Afghanistan or Iran, and I myself see little difference.
If this war is even remotely unbalanced as an online strategy game, I'm rage quitting before Afghanistan spams more Ivans.
Posted 30 July 2010 - 07:59 PM
Swap the Higher-ranked player with U.S.A. and the lower ranked with Afghanistan or Iran, and I myself see little difference.
Posted 30 July 2010 - 10:49 PM
Fuck yeah!If this war is even remotely unbalanced as an online strategy game, I'm rage quitting before Afghanistan spams more Ivans.
Posted 30 July 2010 - 11:25 PM
No fuel left for the pilgrims
Posted 31 July 2010 - 02:04 AM
Taxes go up with the standard of living. If you think that was the same a hundred or so years ago, you need a history lesson or twenty.
Edited by Imagine, 31 July 2010 - 02:04 AM.
Posted 31 July 2010 - 07:43 AM
Taxes go up with the standard of living. If you think that was the same a hundred or so years ago, you need a history lesson or twenty.
Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:04 AM
So where is all this oil you proposed we have? Iraqi oil goes into the international pool as does all world oil. Do you think the US is getting some kind of subsidized price on oil? No it isn't happening. We don't get cheaper oil because we have troops in Iraq. But if someone repeats a lie long enough, than people will believe it and repeat it.Fuck yeah!If this war is even remotely unbalanced as an online strategy game, I'm rage quitting before Afghanistan spams more Ivans.
You guys got the oil, the weapons and friggin' nukes. Combine those three with the fact that the world fears the U.S. and tries to stay on it's good side (i.e. the Dutch Parliament) and you've got yourself a foe that knows no equal. However, because of the fact that you take oil and other resources that do not belong to your nation, groups like Al Qaeda keep on popping out of the ground like weed. And because of the fact that the former U.S. president tried to get his name all over the history books, Dutch, French, Brittish and of god knows how many other nationalities soldiers die in battle. What does the average european tax payer get out of this expensive war? Nothing. Zero. Nill. Okay, we remain friends with the U.S., but I don't really see the point in that. What does the U.S. citizen get out of this war? Cheap gas, to keep on driving around in those HUV's.
Sorry for ranting on about this. Please don't take this personal.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 01:37 PM
Okay, if you say so, I'll accept this statement for now. Then answer me this: Why have you gone to Iraq in the first place?So where is all this oil you proposed we have? Iraqi oil goes into the international pool as does all world oil. Do you think the US is getting some kind of subsidized price on oil? No it isn't happening. We don't get cheaper oil because we have troops in Iraq. But if someone repeats a lie long enough, than people will believe it and repeat it.
We are not getting cheaper gas here in the US because of the war in Iraq. Got it?
Edited by Taralom, 31 July 2010 - 01:39 PM.
Posted 31 July 2010 - 03:00 PM
I'm no expert, but if the internationl oil pool gets larger from the previously untouched oil from Iraq, wouldn't that make gas prices lower for everybody? Including the US?So where is all this oil you proposed we have? Iraqi oil goes into the international pool as does all world oil. Do you think the US is getting some kind of subsidized price on oil? No it isn't happening. We don't get cheaper oil because we have troops in Iraq. But if someone repeats a lie long enough, than people will believe it and repeat it.Fuck yeah!If this war is even remotely unbalanced as an online strategy game, I'm rage quitting before Afghanistan spams more Ivans.
You guys got the oil, the weapons and friggin' nukes. Combine those three with the fact that the world fears the U.S. and tries to stay on it's good side (i.e. the Dutch Parliament) and you've got yourself a foe that knows no equal. However, because of the fact that you take oil and other resources that do not belong to your nation, groups like Al Qaeda keep on popping out of the ground like weed. And because of the fact that the former U.S. president tried to get his name all over the history books, Dutch, French, Brittish and of god knows how many other nationalities soldiers die in battle. What does the average european tax payer get out of this expensive war? Nothing. Zero. Nill. Okay, we remain friends with the U.S., but I don't really see the point in that. What does the U.S. citizen get out of this war? Cheap gas, to keep on driving around in those HUV's.
Sorry for ranting on about this. Please don't take this personal.
We are not getting cheaper gas here in the US because of the war in Iraq. Got it?
Edited by Matias, 31 July 2010 - 05:23 PM.
No fuel left for the pilgrims
Posted 01 August 2010 - 11:23 AM
I suppose it should but my gas hasn't gone down.I'm no expert, but if the internationl oil pool gets larger from the previously untouched oil from Iraq, wouldn't that make gas prices lower for everybody? Including the US?
I don't think he lied, I think he was dumbly advised and misinformed. Even Oliver Stone portrayed that in his movie "W" and he hates Bush. So if Oliver hates Bush and didn't call him a liar why should the rest of us?If not, why ARE you there? Why did Bush lie about nuclear weapons to go to Iraq? Don't tell me he didn't lie, because he most certainly did.
I'm wondering if any nation intent on invading another needs to actually have a reason.They had no intel whatsoever that proved the presence of nuclear weapons, and I think in the case of invading a country proof is, especially when said country is run by a man empowered by the USA a few years before, a very, very necessary thing to have.
Well how do I know anything is true about anything? Let's not create a conspiracy without SOME proof...And how do you know that the USA is in fact not stowing away oil? Because your extremely subjective media tells you so? Because you read it on some right-wing internet blog? How do you know?
I wanted to reply to this but couldn't find anything all that conservative in the last paragraph. Maybe I'm missing something.Oh, and about your incredibly populist article; if you really think its got good points, then dear god you are clueless. I especially like the last paragraph, it's amongst the most terrible American conservative reasoning I have ever burned my eyes on.
What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians? ' I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!
YOU can help it get there!!!
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Posted 02 August 2010 - 12:30 AM
Even Oliver Stone portrayed that in his movie "W" and he hates Bush.
Posted 02 August 2010 - 07:03 AM
Posted 02 August 2010 - 09:55 PM
"I give you private information on corporations for free and I'm a villain. Mark Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he's 'Man of the Year.'" - Assange
Posted 03 August 2010 - 07:58 AM
I suppose it should but my gas hasn't gone down.I'm no expert, but if the internationl oil pool gets larger from the previously untouched oil from Iraq, wouldn't that make gas prices lower for everybody? Including the US?
Posted 03 August 2010 - 09:23 AM
Posted 03 August 2010 - 04:36 PM
I hope you voted in the recent elections for a political party who didn't want to cut in the hypotheekrenteaftrek (mortgage tax deduction)? It's basically the same story.I don't understand why they want to tax people with higher incomes more. Tax is a percentage, so it's already more if you keep it the same for everyone.
Posted 04 August 2010 - 02:52 AM
I believe the point is to tax "everyone according to his ability". The cost of living is not measured in percentage, but fixed. So poor and rich people pay the same amount of money for the same bread, not some percentage of their income. So after you subtract the cost of all the basic needs, the rich people will have disproportionate amounts of money left.I don't understand why they want to tax people with higher incomes more. Tax is a percentage, so it's already more if you keep it the same for everyone.
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Sieben Elefanten hatte Herr Dschin
Und da war dann noch der achte.
Sieben waren wild und der achte war zahm
Und der achte war's, der sie bewachte.
Posted 04 August 2010 - 09:02 AM
You know, apart from the world's highest suicide rates.Then again, people in Scandinavia don't seem so sad, so maybe it can work.
Posted 04 August 2010 - 05:23 PM
You know, apart from the world's highest suicide rates.
Edited by duke_Qa, 04 August 2010 - 05:24 PM.
"I give you private information on corporations for free and I'm a villain. Mark Zuckerberg gives your private information to corporations for money and he's 'Man of the Year.'" - Assange
Posted 04 August 2010 - 09:53 PM
The garage down the road from me is now charging 119.9 pence per litre.
Posted 05 August 2010 - 09:59 AM
I've seen motorway service stations at 128.9, but I found out yesterday that the Esso garage in West Wycombe is 112.9 at the moment. I wonder how they've got everything so much cheaper.Compared to what I've seen in London that's a bargain. I've seen 124.9 in some stations towards the center of London but as you head out it drops down to 120.9
Man, I guess I was wrong. So if that's so far from the truth, why does everyone think it's the case? Seriously, I've heard that loads of times from a wide variety of sources, so what's the deal there?Such generalizations makes me want to kill myself... or wiki for DAH TRUTH!
43th Denmark, 39th Norway, 34th Iceland, 29th Sweden and 14th Finland(Finland is a pit of despair and alcohol anyway ). The US is 41st and the UK is 66th, but it varies greatly within the different domains. Considering the large amount of winter-gloom and cold, I'd say we are more mentally balanced than your average European/American
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