I'm sorry to have started this silly discussion. To be honest, I realize now, that I am being just the oppossite of what I believe in. Some kind of patrotism, or no, call it nationalism, which is scary.
I'm sorry...
(I know I have said some dumb shit)...
It's okay, It's okay
You don't have to run and hide away
It's okay, it's okay
I love you anyway
2007: Pearl Jam concert in Düsseldorf (21. June)
2007: Chris Cornell concert in Kristiansand (2. July)
2007: The Who concert in Kristiansand (4. July)
He's not interested in facts or historical facts. Not exactly a spokesman for self-awareness, either.
Apparently, his mind is pre-occupied with visions of cock-sucking and big, stiff missles with red-shiny heads dropping down on Iran or whatever country he hates the mostl, this week.
Textbook crypto-fascist imo.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
america could drop a nuclear weapon on switzerland, bring back slavery, and imprison infants and some americans would still say "fuck yeah, we are #1, look how free we are"!!!!
america could drop a nuclear weapon on switzerland, bring back slavery, and imprison infants and some americans would still say "fuck yeah, we are #1, look how free we are"!!!!
america could drop a nuclear weapon on switzerland, bring back slavery, and imprison infants and some americans would still say "fuck yeah, we are #1, look how free we are"!!!!
You know, you're right. Some probably would. And they are just idiots. Every country has them, it's not fair to judge a whole country on the actions/thoughts of some.
You know, you're right. Some probably would. And they are just idiots. Every country has them, it's not fair to judge a whole country on the actions/thoughts of some.
no he's not right. there is no one in this country that would approve of any of the ridiculous things he mentioned.
how about some good? we done any of that around the world?
Nah.
Almost single handedly ended both world wars.
Got Iraq out of Kuwait.
Spent hundreds of billions in humanitarian aid (tsunami relief, poverty, aids in Africa, Darfur, etc)
Took Noriega out of power.
Jazz.
Allowed their citizens the freedom to uselessly post on message boards such as this without the threat of censorship. Go to Pakistan or China and make a thread about how useless the government and country are. See how long your posting career lasts.
Allowed millions of immigrants into our country over time, which is what our country has been based upon since its inception.
But I mean, other that that what else? Clearly we've done nothing to help the world over time.
We've made mistakes. So have every country in the world. When another country gets in the power seat like the US is in right now, let's see how they react. I don't condone all of our actions, and I am vehemently against the war in Iraq and our current administration, but for the love of god...our country as a whole (especially over time) is not some big monster leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Spent hundreds of billions in humanitarian aid (tsunami relief, poverty, aids in Africa, Darfur, etc)
Took Noriega out of power.
Jazz.
Allowed their citizens the freedom to uselessly post on message boards such as this without the threat of censorship. Go to Pakistan or China and make a thread about how useless the government and country are. See how long your posting career lasts.
Allowed millions of immigrants into our country over time, which is what our country has been based upon since its inception.
But I mean, other that that what else? Clearly we've done nothing to help the world over time.
We've made mistakes. So have every country in the world. When another country gets in the power seat like the US is in right now, let's see how they react. I don't condone all of our actions, and I am vehemently against the war in Iraq and our current administration, but for the love of god...our country as a whole (especially over time) is not some big monster leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Jazz!! Chicago gets the credit for that one! good post, glad to see someone gets it.
1. Which Nation spent millions of dollars to send two men to the moon, then sent 10 more people, before they realised it was just a barren rock?
2. In which country do chainsaw manufactures find it necessary to put disclaimers like "do not attempt to stop the saw whilst it is activated with your hands............................
3. How about the American that phoned up his computer manufacturer to say that his cup-holder had broken? "Cup-holder? What cup holder??" "Well, you push a button on the front and it comes out. And when I put a cup of coffee in it, it broke." Once again, for the yanks; It was actually his CD drive. Duh.
4. Who has to write "London, England" along the bottom of all their films when they show a shot of Big Ben, or "Paris, France" when shown a picture of the Eiffel Tower?
5. Which country makes you fill in a questionnaire asking questions like "were you in or around the area of Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945?" Or "are you entering the United States with the intent of committing criminal or terrorist activities?" Before granting a Visa?
6. In what country would a person invent a new sport, then think to himself "I know, I'll give this sport the same name as another sport, even though it is far less appropriate for this sport than the other sport, which already has the name."
7. On the subject of sport, the "World series" which only Americans are allowed to enter.
8. Who thought "I know, lets invent a weapon that is so powerful, there is no way to defend against it, that's powerful enough to destroy whole cities in one go." Oh, and "that will make the area unfit for habitation for years after it has been used, and, in fact will end up giving people in this country cancer, and other unpleasant diseases."???? Eh?
9. "Duck and cover."
10. When shop assistants, or maybe people working at Mac Donald's come and ask "may I help you sir?" or whatever, only in America do you really get the feeling that the person really would like to help you. Rather than anything else they could be doing, they would prefer to be right there, helping you.
11. All Dollar notes are the same, except for the number, meaning that it's impossible for blind people to tell them apart. Also, what is a "Dime" worth? It doesn't say on the coin. Are you somehow just supposed to know? Is it obvious? It isn't to me...
1) Boy, traveling into outer space and landing on another entity sure is bad for mankind.
2) EVERY single country in the world has stories about product labels like these. I've seen far worse in Europe, Japan, China, etc.
3) How about urban legends?
4) Gee, you got me on that one. I'll call Spielberg right now and get the 411.
5) No response to this one. Just stupid...
6) This coming from a citizen of a country whose ancestors used to kill people and then use their skulls for beer steins.
8) Along with the USSR, we just had the means to make A-bombs first. Look at all the copycats now...they would have gotten there on their own eventually.
9) See #5
10) See #9 and #5
11) We all know what dimes are worth, and blind people get along just fine.
Thanks for playing. I want parting gifts.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
You can begin by looking at 4 key events - The battle of Moscow, The battle of Stalingrad, the battle of Kursk, and the battle of Berlin. Each of these battles eclipsed D-day ten-fold. And in each of these battles more soldiers and civilians were killed than the U.S lost in the entire war.
Yeah but the key to the Russian/German battles is that both sides lost innumerable amounts of soldiers and it took its toll on both sides. The key to D-Day and the war in the Pacific is that the war took a definite swing towards the allies past that point. I think you are confusing numbers and sheer volume with outcomes.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
You know what is so god damn sad? We can't vote for the president in USA. The president of your country will eventually decide how my future will be. I never voted Bush, but our soldiers are now in Afghanistan.
Thats messed up...
well even us in the country don't really vote for the president with the electoral college.......or look at 2000 for that matter when the courts decided that stupid bush would be president
Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
i do believe the russian winter had something to do with germany losing WW2... and by the way, being on then allied side of WW2 doesnt wash our hands of all the bad things done by our government
Got Iraq out of Kuwait.
it is easy to ignore our cozy relationship with that brutal dictator for the decade leading up to that...
Spent hundreds of billions in humanitarian aid (tsunami relief, poverty, aids in Africa, Darfur, etc)
our foreign aid as a % of our GDP is very poor compared to most western countries
Took Noriega out of power.
he was on the cia payroll for crying out loud... again, it is easy to overlook the cozy relationship for the years prior to "removing" him...
Jazz.
dont forget rock and roll my friend! and hip hop
Allowed their citizens the freedom to uselessly post on message boards such as this without the threat of censorship. Go to Pakistan or China and make a thread about how useless the government and country are. See how long your posting career lasts.
the censorship being done in china is being done by american companies such as yahoo and google... and perhaps you have missed the whole data mining issue involving our telecom companies and the NSA
Allowed millions of immigrants into our country over time, which is what our country has been based upon since its inception.
listening to all the anti mexican immigrant hatred lately i would say we may be losing that... but hopefully not
But I mean, other that that what else? Clearly we've done nothing to help the world over time.
who ever said that? honest self reflection doesnt mean you just focus on the positives good friend...
We've made mistakes. So have every country in the world. When another country gets in the power seat like the US is in right now, let's see how they react.
not a believer in the "well they would be worse" mentality... we are the superpower currently. and we need to do much better
I don't condone all of our actions, and I am vehemently against the war in Iraq and our current administration,
good!
but for the love of god...our country as a whole (especially over time) is not some big monster leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
some would argue that... native americans, south americans, central americans, mexicans, middle easterners, asians... ask them how they feel about this... i bet you get a different answer. take a trip to Vietnam or Chile and tell them all the good we have done
dont get me wrong, i love living here... but i think we have become an aggresive empire that uses war and the military to achieve goals for our elite interests... and that must stop. period.
dont ever be afraid to call out your government for its heinous acts, that is how this country was formed after all. dissent is how this was all created, and dissent is how we will be able to progress into the 21st century and beyond
for example... a husband that buys his wife flowers every day, yet beats her once a month is still a bad husband... you cannot ignore the negative actions... especially the negtaive actions of our own government
dont ever be afraid to call out your government for its heinous acts, that is how this country was formed after all. dissent is how this was all created, and dissent is how we will be able to progress into the 21st century and beyond
I am the first to speak out against our government. But this thread was about how completely vile the US is and always has been, and I take offense to that. I'm just merely pointing out we've done our fair share of good as well.
the censorship being done in china is being done by american companies such as yahopo and google... and perhaps you have missed the whole data mining issue invlolving out telecom companies and the NSA
Yahoo and Google have to comply with China's laws. And considering I'm essentially a data warehouse & mining analyst, trust me that the NSA/Telecom issue is not lost on me.
some would argue that... native americans, south americans, central americans, mexicans, middle easterners, asians... ask them how they feel about this... i bet you get a different answer
Depends on what angle you take when you ask the questions I suppose. Like I said, we are not guilt free. I'm merely pointing out that this supposedly atrocious country is not entirely evil.
he was on the cia payroll for crying out loud... again, it is easy to overlook the cozy relationship for the years prior to "removing" him...
We make mistakes and then try to rectify them. We also had a relationship with the bin Laden family before we realized the direction they had taken. Let's not forget Brian Wilson taking in Charles Manson. It happens.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Not to worry, we are all safe as long as there is daylight... the sun's rays will protect us.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
I have to say that Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Harris, Red Garland and Jack McDuff; certainly make a good argument. Since we are on the subject of Jazz.
But let's not forget my favorite kind of Jazz. Jazz with a nice helping of bluesy cream!!!!
Here is another way to look at things. The US is awesome enough that its mistakes can affect the world. USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
The fact is that it was won by all the allies, and any one country wouldn't have achieved it. Our history books down here in Australia naturally concentrate on what our country did because its our history, but that doesn't mean it was more important overall. Without the big contributions of the US, Britain and Russia and the contibutions of smaller countries and not forgetting things like the French Resistance it wouldn't have been achieved.
And who wins wars anyway?
"If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war"
Dylan 1963
Now I'm livin' out here on the beach,
but those seagulls are still out of reach.
The fact is that it was won by all the allies, and any one country wouldn't have achieved it. Our history books down here in Australia naturally concentrate on what our country did because its our history, but that doesn't mean it was more important overall. Without the big contributions of the US, Britain and Russia and the contibutions of smaller countries and not forgetting things like the French Resistance it wouldn't have been achieved.
And who wins wars anyway?
"If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war"
Dylan 1963
It's called inflated head pass the kool-aid syndrome.
It's bad enough to read about, but even more pathetic to witness in social environments.
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
Yeah but the key to the Russian/German battles is that both sides lost innumerable amounts of soldiers and it took its toll on both sides. The key to D-Day and the war in the Pacific is that the war took a definite swing towards the allies past that point. I think you are confusing numbers and sheer volume with outcomes.
Any serious historian knows that the battle of Moscow, and even more so, Stalingrad, were the turning points of the war. To say otherwise is just plain stupidity and ignorance. D-Day is almost an irrelevance compared with Stalingrad.
9 out of 10 German soldiers killed in World war 2 were killed in Russia.
But America almost single handedly ended both world wars?
Your comment is ridiculous.
i do believe the russian winter had something to do with germany losing WW2.
And Germany's defeat in the East had nothing to with the Russian counter-offensives and their encirclement of the entire German 6th army at Stalingrad, or their routing of the germans at Kursk, or their capturing of Berlin?
Seriously, it's kind of disgusting that so many people in the West are so completely ignorant of the achievements of the Ivans in World war 2. It's also kind of insulting to the 30 - 40 million Russians who died in the war, compared with 400,000 Americans.
I wasn't posting about why Japan never attacked the Soviet Union, but rather why the Soviets never supported their Allies in the theater of the Pacific leaving the UK and America to fight a two front war. And then that the Soviets jumped in two days after Hiroshima after the war was over in all practical terms for their own gains.
It just seems odd that while many of the Allies were fighting in campaigns all over the globe that the Soviets were pretty much only fighting for their own best interests until it became convenient for them to enter the Pacific theater. It seems odd that a country would totally respect a neutrality pact with a country that was at war with its Allies. If the Soviets never would have attacked Japan at the end I wouldn't even have brought it up.
The Soviets also cooperated with Germany in the invasion of Poland in 1939 and only after Germany invaded them in June 0f 1941 did they join the Allies.
I mean there was more to WW2 than just Europe.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that they were busy destroying 3/4's of the German army on the Eastern front?
9 out of 10 German soldiers killed in World war 2 were killed in Russia.
But America almost single handedly ended both world wars?
Your comment is ridiculous.
wars arent won by numbers of soldiers lost. your blind hatred for america seems to get in the way of the reality of the war
wars arent won by numbers of soldiers lost. your blind hatred for america seems to get in the way of the reality of the war
Alas...ignorance abounds.
Fascist's unite!
Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
Comments
I'm sorry...
(I know I have said some dumb shit)...
You don't have to run and hide away
It's okay, it's okay
I love you anyway
2007: Pearl Jam concert in Düsseldorf (21. June)
2007: Chris Cornell concert in Kristiansand (2. July)
2007: The Who concert in Kristiansand (4. July)
Textbook crypto-fascist imo.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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awwww shucks. you big lug you.
:rolleyes:
You know, you're right. Some probably would. And they are just idiots. Every country has them, it's not fair to judge a whole country on the actions/thoughts of some.
no he's not right. there is no one in this country that would approve of any of the ridiculous things he mentioned.
Nah.
Almost single handedly ended both world wars.
Got Iraq out of Kuwait.
Spent hundreds of billions in humanitarian aid (tsunami relief, poverty, aids in Africa, Darfur, etc)
Took Noriega out of power.
Jazz.
Allowed their citizens the freedom to uselessly post on message boards such as this without the threat of censorship. Go to Pakistan or China and make a thread about how useless the government and country are. See how long your posting career lasts.
Allowed millions of immigrants into our country over time, which is what our country has been based upon since its inception.
But I mean, other that that what else? Clearly we've done nothing to help the world over time.
We've made mistakes. So have every country in the world. When another country gets in the power seat like the US is in right now, let's see how they react. I don't condone all of our actions, and I am vehemently against the war in Iraq and our current administration, but for the love of god...our country as a whole (especially over time) is not some big monster leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
1) Boy, traveling into outer space and landing on another entity sure is bad for mankind.
2) EVERY single country in the world has stories about product labels like these. I've seen far worse in Europe, Japan, China, etc.
3) How about urban legends?
4) Gee, you got me on that one. I'll call Spielberg right now and get the 411.
5) No response to this one. Just stupid...
6) This coming from a citizen of a country whose ancestors used to kill people and then use their skulls for beer steins.
7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Series
8) Along with the USSR, we just had the means to make A-bombs first. Look at all the copycats now...they would have gotten there on their own eventually.
9) See #5
10) See #9 and #5
11) We all know what dimes are worth, and blind people get along just fine.
Thanks for playing. I want parting gifts.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Yeah but the key to the Russian/German battles is that both sides lost innumerable amounts of soldiers and it took its toll on both sides. The key to D-Day and the war in the Pacific is that the war took a definite swing towards the allies past that point. I think you are confusing numbers and sheer volume with outcomes.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
well even us in the country don't really vote for the president with the electoral college.......or look at 2000 for that matter when the courts decided that stupid bush would be president
it is easy to ignore our cozy relationship with that brutal dictator for the decade leading up to that...
our foreign aid as a % of our GDP is very poor compared to most western countries
he was on the cia payroll for crying out loud... again, it is easy to overlook the cozy relationship for the years prior to "removing" him...
dont forget rock and roll my friend! and hip hop
the censorship being done in china is being done by american companies such as yahoo and google... and perhaps you have missed the whole data mining issue involving our telecom companies and the NSA
listening to all the anti mexican immigrant hatred lately i would say we may be losing that... but hopefully not
who ever said that? honest self reflection doesnt mean you just focus on the positives good friend...
not a believer in the "well they would be worse" mentality... we are the superpower currently. and we need to do much better good! some would argue that... native americans, south americans, central americans, mexicans, middle easterners, asians... ask them how they feel about this... i bet you get a different answer. take a trip to Vietnam or Chile and tell them all the good we have done
dont get me wrong, i love living here... but i think we have become an aggresive empire that uses war and the military to achieve goals for our elite interests... and that must stop. period.
dont ever be afraid to call out your government for its heinous acts, that is how this country was formed after all. dissent is how this was all created, and dissent is how we will be able to progress into the 21st century and beyond
for example... a husband that buys his wife flowers every day, yet beats her once a month is still a bad husband... you cannot ignore the negative actions... especially the negtaive actions of our own government
I am the first to speak out against our government. But this thread was about how completely vile the US is and always has been, and I take offense to that. I'm just merely pointing out we've done our fair share of good as well.
Yahoo and Google have to comply with China's laws. And considering I'm essentially a data warehouse & mining analyst, trust me that the NSA/Telecom issue is not lost on me.
Depends on what angle you take when you ask the questions I suppose. Like I said, we are not guilt free. I'm merely pointing out that this supposedly atrocious country is not entirely evil.
...however we also send doctors, humanitarian workers, etc on a larger scale than most countries.
We make mistakes and then try to rectify them. We also had a relationship with the bin Laden family before we realized the direction they had taken. Let's not forget Brian Wilson taking in Charles Manson. It happens.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
*splashes holy water on jlew*
Not to worry, we are all safe as long as there is daylight... the sun's rays will protect us.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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But let's not forget my favorite kind of Jazz. Jazz with a nice helping of bluesy cream!!!!
no they dont...
what a terrible answer and justification for their complicity and direct involvement in suppressing people and freedom
no one is forcing them to do business in China... there are some things more important than profit
They do what they have to do to stay up and running in a country with over a billion citizens. It's not justification, it's reality.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
WW3! WW3! WW3! WW3!
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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The fact is that it was won by all the allies, and any one country wouldn't have achieved it. Our history books down here in Australia naturally concentrate on what our country did because its our history, but that doesn't mean it was more important overall. Without the big contributions of the US, Britain and Russia and the contibutions of smaller countries and not forgetting things like the French Resistance it wouldn't have been achieved.
And who wins wars anyway?
"If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war"
Dylan 1963
but those seagulls are still out of reach.
Happy New year!
It's called inflated head pass the kool-aid syndrome.
It's bad enough to read about, but even more pathetic to witness in social environments.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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Any serious historian knows that the battle of Moscow, and even more so, Stalingrad, were the turning points of the war. To say otherwise is just plain stupidity and ignorance. D-Day is almost an irrelevance compared with Stalingrad.
I think you're just confused.
9 out of 10 German soldiers killed in World war 2 were killed in Russia.
But America almost single handedly ended both world wars?
Your comment is ridiculous.
And Germany's defeat in the East had nothing to with the Russian counter-offensives and their encirclement of the entire German 6th army at Stalingrad, or their routing of the germans at Kursk, or their capturing of Berlin?
Seriously, it's kind of disgusting that so many people in the West are so completely ignorant of the achievements of the Ivans in World war 2. It's also kind of insulting to the 30 - 40 million Russians who died in the war, compared with 400,000 Americans.
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that they were busy destroying 3/4's of the German army on the Eastern front?
wars arent won by numbers of soldiers lost. your blind hatred for america seems to get in the way of the reality of the war
Alas...ignorance abounds.
Fascist's unite!
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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( o.O)
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