How the Americans have been ripping off the world

Interesting article about how the Americans have been effectivly engaging in imperialism by taxing the world for the last half century, and how a solution from Iran can help restore some fairness.

It starts with a lie.

the economic foundation of every single empire is the taxation of other nations.

Most empires have been built on trade, not taxation.

Loada bollox written by someone with no knowledge of economics who keeps harpiing on about breaking currency away from specie like it's a bad thing.

The dollar was stable, hence people accepted it. The country could support the economy. It is no longer; the Euro is much more stable and big enough that more countries are now turning to it.

woof.

...ok not even going to get involved.

Go on Blitz, you know you want to...

yes leave this one alone. Someone want to hijack it?

Yeah, and if you are female get caught talking to another male to whom you are not related, then you have to marry them. great idea.

what shall we hijack it with?
any ideas?

apparently al-jazeera has aired a new audio tape of osama bin laden

really BG? In what city is that in?

Are you talking to me?

woof.

I heard al-jazeera is actually owned by the FOX network.

What sucks about this sort of logic, economics aside--and I couldn't speak for that--is how some people, when they perceive faults on one side, attempt to make a case for another side that is at least as bad, if not worse. Even assuming US policy is designed by a bunch of malicious bastards, there's nothing to say that Iranian policy isn't designed by equally malicious bastards.

Tis why the old Dem/Republican thang doesn't work on me. It's crap. Too many people fall for the either/or rhetoric. As if there were but two options.

First thing we do, let's jail all the politicians. I don't care what country they come from. We can put them all in the same building and let them take all their aggression out on each other there, where they are far away and can do the rest of us no harm.

There's no logic in this thread, dear Topsy dear Topsy
There's no logic in this thread, dear Topsy no logic

Then hijack it dear Perdido dear Perdido dear Perdido
Then hijack it dear Perdido dear Perdido hijack it

With what shall I hijack it? dear Topsy dear Topsy
With what shall I hijack it? Dear Topsy with what?

Right, bored of this already

so whatever happened to the feature that enabled you to see who is being ignored. I presume you can still ignore people?

@perdido

that's the law in Iran. I had a friend who was there visiting relatives and was in the car with a cousin or something and they were worried about getting caught and being married at the police station.

Is it really that easy to get married in Iran?

I'm naked.

Papa Geno, the more of your posts I pay attention to, the more I vote for you to run the world.


Fuck me though dude, you ain't getting my vote to ever run light entertainment on TV: Put them far away from us is fine, but me and Hazza have already copyrighted out Bush vs Saddam TV pay per view fight night. (Is Saddam a politician? Is Bush??)
You run the world, but give your outcasts to the don riina entertainment network please. I wanna become the new opium of the masses.

@dr: Not to sound too much like a politician here, but I do believe in working together to reach an acceptable compromise on matters such as these. Clearly, I failed to impress upon you that this prison will be equipped with state of the art filming technology and a fullly equipped studio. I think we can work together on this.

And no, I should absolutely NOT be put in charge of light entertainment. But you could probably talk me into tossing a Minister of Arts position your way.

I just wish american fast food was cheaper here as it is the United States. Then I could justify going there.

A horse walks into a bar and the barman says "why the long face?"...

Good book about global empire

Big surprise (not). Kza != logical. Put another way, Kza = ~(logical).

Moreover, if you come to Software 202, you'll understand the following:

if (poster = Kza) & (topic = Politics) do
begin
filter(post, 'bullshit');
with post do
begin
hijack(thread);
get(beer_of_choice);
get(munchies);
SitBackAndEnjoy;
end
end

Moreover, if you come to Software 202, you'll understand the following:

if (poster = Kza) & (topic = Politics) do
begin
filter(post, 'bullshit');
with post do
begin
hijack(thread);
get(beer_of_choice);
get(munchies);
SitBackAndEnjoy;
end
end

edit: Grrrr... forgot to run DisableWhiteSpaceEater...

Hey I didnt write the article, nor really expressed any agreement or otherwise with it. I did find it interesting though and suspected others on TT might too.

You can use the "code" tag to wrap code and preserve whitespace etc.

I just wish they had the best american fast food here instead of the worst.

Yeah. Like In N' Out. And Baja Fresh. And Rubio's.

I couldn't get beyond this:

From Wikipedia

Call me old-fashioned, but there is a need for facts to be quoted when establishing an argument.

and taco bell.

It's all Bernays' fault, and his uncle Freud obviously... The birth of the consumption empire...

Ahhh...man I am Jonesin' for some T.Bell. I think that would be a great addition!!

You're not the only one. Maybe we could franchise it.

You mean Taco Hell? Well I will admit nothing is like finishing off a night off beer drinking with 4AM burritos.

See, even just a burrito and taco stand would suffice

Thats whats great about Dominos. Horrible pizza but when your stoned and its 1AM they will deliver. I miss that. Our local Dominos had us on file and we had our pizza usually in 15 min(we always tipped fat also) steaming hot. Always regretted in the morning though(just like Taco Bell).

Taco Bell's pretty nasty. Baja Fresh & In 'N Out are the bees knees though. Ever look at the bottom of an In 'N Out drink cup?

They're alright, but I honestly don't understand the hype. My hubby loves 'em, too, but I really don't see how they stand out.

Taco hell?!? Are you people nuts? That's like eating plastic Mexican food (though a Mexican pizza while sloshed at 4am isn't too bad).

Quizno's rules.

Usually I'd agree with that, but I have just discovered Jersey Mike's... and quizno's cannot hold a candle to it. They cut the meats and cheeses from blocks right when you order it. Kept fresh in a fridge and sooooo good. As for the mexican food in germany, I ended up making my own stuff because I couldn't find anything worth 2 euro cents. As bad as it is, Taco Smell would blow away the crap I've had in munich (well, probably in more than one way...).

I agree Taco Hell would be better than some of the Mexican places here.

Well, until they open a Cali Mike's, I guess I'll be forced to remain one of the uninitiated. It does sound nice, though.