How pathetic. These are the same people who think everyone can get along and refuse to believe that there are people out there who will do what they can for power
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If the American military appears able to win victories at low cost, war might become a preferred instrument of diplomacy rather than an instrument of last resort. This situation would lead to an unhealthy militarization of American foreign policy
My God! He's right!! We've been drunk on our own power all along!
In addition to this, I propose we:
Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha, cha!
Any other comment I could make in this thread would start a flame war... as might this one, just on the virtue of its being here.
*sighs and shakes her head*
There there Azz... it'll be ok...
No, Really. Bite me.
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Big_Mac probably says this to all the girls:
The whole reason the US gets ANY respect is for thier military.
More or less, yeah.
We're too diverse and not old enough to have any real culture, our pop culture is eclipsed and overwhelmed by Japan's and who knows how many others.
We are, essentially, a warrior nation. [ 11-13-2002: Message edited by: Maradon XP ]
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Ford Prefect Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Any other comment I could make in this thread would start a flame war... as might this one, just on the virtue of its being here.
OMG FLAEM!!!!!
[ 11-13-2002: Message edited by: Star Collective ]
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From the book of Big_Mac, chapter 3, verse 16:
geez, if the US did that, they'd be Canada, just not as cool. The whole reason the US gets ANY respect is for thier military.
Yeah, it has nothing to do with being the largest economy in the world.
Or the fact that our currency is pretty much the de facto international currency.
Or the fact that we're the world's oldest democracy.
Or any of that trivial shit--it's just the military.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about dark elf butts:
Yeah, it has nothing to do with being the largest economy in the world.Or the fact that our currency is pretty much the de facto international currency.
Or the fact that we're the world's oldest democracy.
Or any of that trivial shit--it's just the military.
Yeah...I forgot about all that.
I withdraw my statement of agreement
Our economy is slipping...
To fix that...
You need to spend money.
Wait, I don't have money to spend
I need to get money
Get a job!
Every other place has been downsizing due to this economy...
SO SPEND MONEY!!
...
(ps, wish me luck for applying at another place to watch the kids! hehe)
I just make catch 22's for the fun of it. We'll survive.
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Aanile probably says this to all the girls:
Our economy is slipping...To fix that...
WE NEED TO RAISE TAXES!!!
The economy's actually on an up-turn, though. And the slip is more consumers lacking confidence than any fundamentals.
Investors losing confidence after the corporate scandals haven't helped, either.
It'll get better, though, if we don't increase government spending too much.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
i havent even read it, but ive heard these arguments before. stupid then, stupid now
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Bloodsage was naked while typing this:
Yeah, it has nothing to do with being the largest economy in the world.Or the fact that our currency is pretty much the de facto international currency.
Or the fact that we're the world's oldest democracy.
Or any of that trivial shit--it's just the military.
Our money is a standard simply because we're the top of the heap for now. Last I looked, most other units were listed as more than 1 USD. Japan being the largest opposite there. 
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Bloodsage had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Good luck getting a job.The economy's actually on an up-turn, though. And the slip is more consumers lacking confidence than any fundamentals.
Investors losing confidence after the corporate scandals haven't helped, either.
It'll get better, though, if we don't increase government spending too much.
Thanks! I love takin care of kids!
I agree on the scandle parts.. oi vey.
I know it'll get better. We've had ressetions before, and we survived.
Mara I know they wanna tax the net.. I remember having an artical about that sent to me..
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/dev/null was naked while typing this:
Our money is a standard simply because we're the top of the heap for now. Last I looked, most other units were listed as more than 1 USD. Japan being the largest opposite there.
Then again, Japan doesn't have anything smaller than a yen - they're not too far behind us, value-wise.
It really makes you look good there, Azizza.
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/dev/null was listening to Cher while typing:
Our money is a standard simply because we're the top of the heap for now. Last I looked, most other units were listed as more than 1 USD. Japan being the largest opposite there.
I may be misunderstanding you, but it doesn't matter how many units of one currency another currency is worth at a given moment. What matters is the change in that number over time.
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Vorbo Goatboy Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Then again, Japan doesn't have anything smaller than a yen - they're not too far behind us, value-wise.
yeah, thats why low amounts of Yen(1, 5, 10) are in coins like our Pennies, Nickles, and Dimes
The big amounts(100, 1000, 10000) are like our Dollars, Ten Dollars, and Hundred Dollars.
Comparing Yen to Dollar is retarded, and makes their economy seem like crap.
Comparing Yen to Penny is more logical, and gives the appropriate look.
I think the exchange rate is like, 1 dollar = 128ish Yen.. Haven't checked in awhile. [ 11-13-2002: Message edited by: Skaw ]
