class warfare

debt (which MOST Americans have to get into, to get by) is a slave's collar

the American Dream and Freedom are political propaganda that don't actually exist

if you get riled up about someone "attacking" Freedom or the American Dream... but don't get riled up about the living conditions/opportunities available to your fellow citizens... you've drank the Kool-Aid and have sold your own freedom for fanaticism

for all you religious Republicans... instead of worrying about handouts, instead of not even bothering to consider them handups.... read some scripture : Matthew 25:31-46

when considering that passage, and the religious nature of the party... where do you think the real priority lays? Christianity or Capitalism? which God do they pray to? The one up in heaven or the one on the dollar bill?

>> ^jmd:

Looks like cops and a dose of Mr Obvious.
The war on drugs is because a significant part of the population does not want drugs in their country. Now is it having a huge impact on us because of our poverty rates? yea.. if anything it is a holocaust on the dollar bill. The more we spend on drug wars, the more people that get poorer. There isn't a GOOD ending to this scenario.. either we stop fighting it or it will eventually makes us broke.. how ever...
Still doesn't stop the fact that we don't want these types of drugs around, or the people that use them. Find a different country if you want to shoot up. A country I can't go around without seeing people overdosing in front of me is not a country I wan't to live in.


I took your advice, rounded up all the drug users, quickly organized them for a mass exodus, and gleefully watched as they ratified amendment after amendment into their own system of government. I take no credit in this feat, as the combination of their GEDs and generations of unchecked family abuse paved the way. If their government fails they can always move to Liberia and die in a torrent of AIDS and more AIDS. Thanks for the advice, fuckface.

Although it's counter-intuitive the case of Portugal suggests that you are less likely to see people overdosing in front of you under legalization than prohibition. Does this alter your views?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization
>> ^jmd:

Looks like cops and a dose of Mr Obvious.
The war on drugs is because a significant part of the population does not want drugs in their country. Now is it having a huge impact on us because of our poverty rates? yea.. if anything it is a holocaust on the dollar bill. The more we spend on drug wars, the more people that get poorer. There isn't a GOOD ending to this scenario.. either we stop fighting it or it will eventually makes us broke.. how ever...
Still doesn't stop the fact that we don't want these types of drugs around, or the people that use them. Find a different country if you want to shoot up. A country I can't go around without seeing people overdosing in front of me is not a country I wan't to live in.

What country do you live in?

I've done loads of drugs for about 25 years and I have yet to see anyone "overdosing in front of me".

PS: it's not *your* country. It's everyone's, including the people who like to do drugs. The problem isn't drugs, it's an unusually harsh penal system that is unlike anything in any other western society. You've got to ask yourself one very simple question: Are Americans 100x more horrible than citizens in other western democracies, or are our policies harsh and unrealistic?

>> ^jmd:

Looks like cops and a dose of Mr Obvious.
The war on drugs is because a significant part of the population does not want drugs in their country. Now is it having a huge impact on us because of our poverty rates? yea.. if anything it is a holocaust on the dollar bill. The more we spend on drug wars, the more people that get poorer. There isn't a GOOD ending to this scenario.. either we stop fighting it or it will eventually makes us broke.. how ever...
Still doesn't stop the fact that we don't want these types of drugs around, or the people that use them. Find a different country if you want to shoot up. A country I can't go around without seeing people overdosing in front of me is not a country I wan't to live in.

>> ^jmd:

Looks like cops and a dose of Mr Obvious.
The war on drugs is because a significant part of the population does not want drugs in their country. Now is it having a huge impact on us because of our poverty rates? yea.. if anything it is a holocaust on the dollar bill. The more we spend on drug wars, the more people that get poorer. There isn't a GOOD ending to this scenario.. either we stop fighting it or it will eventually makes us broke.. how ever...
Still doesn't stop the fact that we don't want these types of drugs around, or the people that use them. Find a different country if you want to shoot up. A country I can't go around without seeing people overdosing in front of me is not a country I wan't to live in.


This is a fine example of the sort of fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of drug use and addiction that keeps this war on the poor so profitable.

Looks like cops and a dose of Mr Obvious.

The war on drugs is because a significant part of the population does not want drugs in their country. Now is it having a huge impact on us because of our poverty rates? yea.. if anything it is a holocaust on the dollar bill. The more we spend on drug wars, the more people that get poorer. There isn't a GOOD ending to this scenario.. either we stop fighting it or it will eventually makes us broke.. how ever...

Still doesn't stop the fact that we don't want these types of drugs around, or the people that use them. Find a different country if you want to shoot up. A country I can't go around without seeing people overdosing in front of me is not a country I wan't to live in.

Okay, I'm done.....for now duh duh dunnnn.

http://videosift.com/video/Five-Dollar-Bill-feat-Jack-Benny-Mel-Blanc-Don-Wilson

Bullshit.>> ^shinyblurry:

He rose from the dead 2000 years ago. When Jesus comes back to judge the world, everyone will have something to answer for. What matters is whether you have forgiveness of sins, and a personal relationship with Him.
>> ^shagen454:
If Jesus ever came back from the dead he would not be happy. At the top of his list would be conservative fundamentalists who try to inspire ignorance, hatred and intolerance. They teach obedience to greedy corrupt religious icons and politicians that worship the dollar bill. And people like bobknight, QM and SB vote their own people into a path of hate and submission. Good luck fighting the good fight.... PFFFFFFFFF. Think for your fucking selves for once.

He rose from the dead 2000 years ago. When Jesus comes back to judge the world, everyone will have something to answer for. What matters is whether you have forgiveness of sins, and a personal relationship with Him.

>> ^shagen454:

If Jesus ever came back from the dead he would not be happy. At the top of his list would be conservative fundamentalists who try to inspire ignorance, hatred and intolerance. They teach obedience to greedy corrupt religious icons and politicians that worship the dollar bill. And people like bobknight, QM and SB vote their own people into a path of hate and submission. Good luck fighting the good fight.... PFFFFFFFFF. Think for your fucking selves for once.

If Jesus ever came back from the dead he would not be happy. At the top of his list would be conservative fundamentalists who try to inspire ignorance, hatred and intolerance. They teach obedience to greedy corrupt religious icons and politicians that worship the dollar bill. And people like bobknight, QM and SB vote their own people into a path of hate and submission. Good luck fighting the good fight.... PFFFFFFFFF. Think for your fucking selves for once.

>> ^oritteropo:

The U.S. does have a dollar coin, it's just that a lot of folk are weird about it... except the politicians who make the mint strike more and more of them to celebrate their own favourite famous people. They really like them.
I don't think you'll find many Aussies or Kiwis who will disagree with the rest of your comment though
>> ^spoco2:
About time... and for the love of all that is cute and furry, America, follow suit. Oh, and while you're at it, switch to $1 and $2 coins.
And make your paper money plastic
And different sizes and colours so that people can tell them apart, even blind people. Seriously, what the hell is it with having a wad of bills that may be $1 or $10 or $100?
US money is seriously retarded.



Oh, I know they do, but what they don't do is just stop printing the bills... The US Government has this weird aversion to making a decision and sticking with it.

Government: "We will go Metric like the rest of the world"
Some random idiot: "No we won't, that's infringing my rights to keep measuring in an insane manner"
Gov: "Oh, ok, yup, right you are"

Gov: "We're going to stop printing dollar bills and pressing pennies"
Another yokel: "You will not, that's infringing my personal rights to be provided with pennies by my government"
Gov: "Oh, ok, right you are"

It's insane, and it's things like that which keep the US back. They never seem to want to enforce some decision that'll upset a minority (in an unreasonable way) for the greater good.

A stack of $100 dollar bills totaling one trillion dollars will make a pile 568 miles high...that is twice the height of the International Space Station. Since Obama came into office, we have 15 of those piles of cash.

Four more years of Mr. Obama will bury us all...in debt.

Mr. Romney, of course, has a record of financial responsibility, but you don't like him for...whatever your reasons are.

Five dollar bills will go away when they are worth a penny.

>> ^Fletch:

Never really been a fan of NDT. Those who say he is the next Sagan just piss me off. I find him preachy, overly dramatic, and somewhat of an attention whore. Just something about his delivery, I guess. I don't disagree with him, necessarily. I just don't care for him.
And his whole "don't say we can't afford it" spiel was comparing the current NASA budget to a dollar bill, not a future manned Mars mission. When you understand that, his rant falls flat. I understand the point he was trying to make, but his conclusion had nothing to do with it.


I think he could be the next closest-we've-got-to-Sagan but yeah he's a bit too enamoured with himself, or maybe a better way to put it is that his persona seems a bit overly cultivated to me... like he's an actor.

Never really been a fan of NDT. Those who say he is the next Sagan just piss me off. I find him preachy, overly dramatic, and somewhat of an attention whore. Just something about his delivery, I guess. I don't disagree with him, necessarily. I just don't care for him.

And his whole "don't say we can't afford it" spiel was comparing the current NASA budget to a dollar bill, not a future manned Mars mission. When you understand that, his rant falls flat. I understand the point he was trying to make, but his conclusion had nothing to do with it.