In memory of

freindlyfired
freindlyfired Posts: 297
edited September 2008 in A Moving Train
SCOREBOARD

US
2,998
4,721 and counting...


VERSUS


THEM
1,255,026 and counting...
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  • lowbudgetlush
    lowbudgetlush Posts: 612
    To quote Burke from revenge of the Nerds "F - off, Nerd!"

    I know that this isnt constructive at all but sometimes i just wonder about people. If we are such an "evil empire" leave the country. Because no matter who is the next president some shit will stay the same.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    damn they have over a million points? shit we'll never catch up now. i thought our basketball team was supposed to be good this year.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,249
    freindlyfired wrote:
    SCOREBOARD

    US
    2,998
    4,721 and counting...


    VERSUS


    THEM
    1,255,026 and counting...

    I can gaurantee you one thing those numbers are going to increase for a Looooonnnnnnggggg time to come.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    Any eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    lowbudgetlush wrote:
    To quote Burke from revenge of the Nerds "F - off, Nerd!"

    I know that this isnt constructive at all but sometimes i just wonder about people. If we are such an "evil empire" leave the country. Because no matter who is the next president some shit will stay the same.

    this is so ignorant ... "love it or leave it" .... c'mon ... you want us all to be blind sheeple, and believe everything your told, and not question your leaders when you think they've done you wrong?


    than again, if you're going to quote revenge of the nerds, kind of expected.
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  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    I have vested all the emotion of this date that I can.
    I have rode the rollercoaster of hate, fear and pity all I want.

    I will never forget 9-11 and those that acted so heroically that day but I can no longer service it emotionally....

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  • lowbudgetlush
    lowbudgetlush Posts: 612
    jimed14 wrote:
    this is so ignorant ... "love it or leave it" .... c'mon ... you want us all to be blind sheeple, and believe everything your told, and not question your leaders when you think they've done you wrong?


    than again, if you're going to quote revenge of the nerds, kind of expected.

    I dont want people to be blind sheep at all. It just seems that people care more about the sick, dead that are in other countries and not our own.

    And i agree using a Revenge of the Nerds reference was poor on my part, i was trying to interject some humor.
  • FiveB247x
    FiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    “This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism on command, senseless violence and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism.” Albert Einstein

    “Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.” William Shakespeare


    lowbudgetlush wrote:
    I dont want people to be blind sheep at all. It just seems that people care more about the sick, dead that are in other countries and not our own.

    And i agree using a Revenge of the Nerds reference was poor on my part, i was trying to interject some humor.
    CONservative governMENt

    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    freindlyfired wrote:
    SCOREBOARD

    US
    2,998
    4,721 and counting...


    VERSUS


    THEM
    1,255,026 and counting...

    What does the THEM figure represent, exactly? I find it impressive that you've got it down that precise, though ...
  • freindlyfired
    freindlyfired Posts: 297
    I care about Americans so much so that I know that each year 18,000 Americans die because they dont have health care. Thats 6 times the death toll of 9/11, each and every year.

    I know that one out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night.
  • lowbudgetlush
    lowbudgetlush Posts: 612
    FiveB247x wrote:
    “This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism on command, senseless violence and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism.” Albert Einstein

    “Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.” William Shakespeare

    Obviously two of the most brilliant minds in history.

    Call it patriotism if you want, but i think if you are a citizen of the United States you would want your country to be the best it can be. Such as helping the sick, homeless etc..

    For instance Oprah made that girl school in Africa. Dont you think that maybe that money should have been used to teach the less fortunate of this country?

    I have no problem donateing and helping out other countries, I just feel if you are an american then the well being of the u.s. should come first & if you are japanese then japan comes first & so on & so on.
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    lowbudgetlush wrote:
    Obviously two of the most brilliant minds in history.

    Call it patriotism if you want, but i think if you are a citizen of the United States you would want your country to be the best it can be. Such as helping the sick, homeless etc..

    For instance Oprah made that girl school in Africa. Dont you think that maybe that money should have been used to teach the less fortunate of this country?

    I have no problem donateing and helping out other countries, I just feel if you are an american then the well being of the u.s. should come first & if you are japanese then japan comes first & so on & so on.

    So when you don't agree with your country because you think it sucks and doesn't do shit to help its people, you tell them to leave?

    I don't get that.

    Anyway... America and the Western world are rich. A lot of countries have social programs for the poor. Even the poorest people of the state can get into school, at least I hope so.

    Many African countries don't have schools, not enough anyway. People starve and die on the streets, they don't have medication, they don't have access to a doctor...

    I guess my point is the well being of everyone comes first with me. It doesn't matter what the nationality is... people in need are people in need.
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  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Collin wrote:

    I guess my point is the well being of everyone comes first with me. It doesn't matter what the nationality is... people in need are people in need.


    I'd agree to a point. People in Africa and other places that experience war, famine, natural disasters, and other atrocities need and should get whatever help that we can afford to give them only if it doesn't come at the expense of people suffering here.

    That also being said there are many people in this country that think they are entitled to hand-outs and that they are owed something. A majority of these people are able bodied but refuse to work. They are poor for a reason, because they are lazy. No other country on this planet gives one the opportunities to succeed as the USA. Yet I've seen it time and time again, certain people going grocery shopping, loading up two carts, paying with a LINK (foodstamp) debit card, and loading up the food in their Navigators. That is what needs to stop so we are able to help people that actually do need it.

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