You Americans would be pissed no matter who one.
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You Americans would be pissed no matter who one.
Me, I'm just pissed that Michele Bachmann won. Seriously, holy crap - friggin' Ms. Joe-McCarthy-Reincarnated. At least she's not in my district - which actually, come to think of it, is kind of a shame - it would've been great to get to vote against the bitch.
Closing thoughts:
http://backonthestreets.ytmnd.com/
Almost. I'm saying that every one here whos bitching about Obama would also be bitching if McCain won. There's no pleasing you guys. At least in Canada, after an election nobody complains this much. We say "Oh well, maybe next time", here it's all "OMG it's the end of the world!".
Well, the truth is, this all goes back to about the mid-90s, where the Republicans got sick of playing fair and decided to rally behind fear-mongering to take Congress. They really latched on this idea of convincing people that liberals are destroying America. It was an overwhelming success, and they've been using it ever since. However, ultimately, I think this race was a final judgment on that brand of politics, and if the Republicans are smart, they'll abandon it.
And to be fair, elections have always had a lot of tension associated with them, but it really wasn't until the mid-90s Republican coup that your really saw this bitterness and nastiness that manages to carry itself past election day. And don't get me wrong - I'm not saying the Republicans are entirely to blame, because both sides these days really get into this "end of the world" business, but the Republicans were the first to figure out how to use it to get votes. Just my take on the whole thing, in terms of why we no longer just suck it up and accept it.
So who won the 'pick the states' contest?
Well, when's the last time Canada had a leader elected that made Canada invade a country and spend billions of dollars you didn't have?
Valga
I never said that. My point is that good ol' Bush ran the country deeper into debt and who's going to pay for it? Well you can't expect lower and middle class people to pay for it. When you make the majority of the money you can afford to pay the majority of the taxes. The real people who should see their taxes increase is not you Valga, if you really are upper-middle class. It's the people making millions and millions. People like executives of big companies.Quote:
The top 12% pay 74% of the taxes for all sorts of the 'free' services that you take for granted, but you've convinced yourself that somehow you're getting the short end of the stick with regard to tax burden. Surely it must be fair to take more money from these people because everyone is equal and deserves the money just as much regardless of effort and ability.
Btw, your wealth hasn't been leaving to me. Next I too am a big supporter of gun rights.
Yoshiman, it does make a difference to have a gun on you. While it's true if someone comes out of no where intent on killing you, there is not a big chance of a good outcome unless they miss while you ready and fire your weapon back. But there are other possibilities where someone might threaten you but you still have an opening to draw and use your weapon. Also, death is not instant upon being shot, if someone was going to shoot you, there's still the possibility you could draw your weapon and shoot back and kill them too, or perhaps you will be a better shot and kill them while you are just wounded.
While you're all discussing the possibility of firearms being outlawed, I'm still here pissed off that I can't own a flick-knife. *rage*
Flick-knife? I have a butterfly knife, a big "flick" open type knife, and two swords. None of these things were restricted. The two knives came from a local mall infact. Where do you live where you can't have a knife? Ofcourse here there is a restriction on the length of the blade if you carry a knife.
Is mighty_darknut under 18? There may be knife restrictions depending on age in some areas.