Do you feel safe here as an American?

I will say that it's possible something similar came from Franklin -

he is 1738, known to have written a similar proverb: "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power."

Regardless of who said it, the point still holds true - Be careful of what you're giving up under the guise of safety.

None of that sounds terribly official: 'researchers believe?'. Some researchers also believe that the Americans never landed on the moon.

And the only reference I could be bothered to Google:

AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)
QUOTATION: Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
ATTRIBUTION: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, November 11, 1755.—The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Leonard W. Labaree, vol. 6, p. 242 (1963).

Anyway, I'm just enjoying playing both sides of the American/anti-American argument. See post #135. It's fun to wind up as many people as possible.

Wouldn't it have been somewhat easier for you to "Play" pro/-anti American games by staying in the aforementioned country and talking with your neighbours/friends/kindergarten colleagues etc . .?

Nah, I came here with the exclusive purpose of joining an expatriate chat forum and aggravating easily aggravated folk such as yourself. Way more fun than staying home. Plus I love paying 45% income tax.

Humm... I doubt it...

it's so much easier to rile people up when you have an international community to go to war with - in addition to those of your own place.

Plus, whether in the US or here, GG's neighbours tend to think that she's a terrorista.

I rather like polluting Germany with my putrid American presence. I'm slowy teaching the country how to barbecue properly. It's my calling.

Bahh. I think we just need to build a wall around those suitcases, Kaydeck. It'd solve ALL the problems.

Hey Dan - with real bbq sauce - or are you just talking "grilling"?

I unfortunately only have a verticle smoker here. Thinking of getting an offset model custom built but haven't got around to it. Still get a decent product from the verticle. Do my own rubs and sauce. Y'all come by, ye'heah?

Ahhh now you're talkin. Didyaeatyet? CanIhassome? PLEEESZZZEEE?

LMAO. Mr. Superiority complexed aka inferiority complexed guy, the word "misspelling" is not written with a hyphen. You write like a fucktard so that shows us that you learned English in a German school and you are probably German. You are not in a position to question my English cause I went to American schools and I have an American pass.

Haha, other issues aside and at the risk of spilling worms all over the formica, neither of those represent glowing indictments of ones ability to speak the language. Do you read TT at all, missus?

You mean "passport" maybe?

Goodness me. Miss lifeisabuffet most certainly has not had any for a while has she . . . Prostitution IS legal here dear, go and buy a cock.

Got deviled aiggs too. ;-)

Ha. Ha. Ha. If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person in Toytown . .

dunn yer daawwg gettum . .?? When I think of you I am always reminded of your one-dollar coin

Ellipsis requires 3 periods in succession, not two. Furthermore, ellipsis at the end of a sentence with no sentence following should be followed by a period.

I do Mr. Keydeck. What's your point?


I mean passport. Wow you are so intelligent!!!


Piedman. Why should I buy a cock if I can get it for free? Usually men who say stuff like this to women are desperate for a fuck.

Do I do some boring VAT shit or stay here and watch MissThing here throw all her toys?
Shall I start a poll?

I think you should unzip your pants and shuffle your balls. It would be a great pastime activity for you.

I'll leave that to my boyfriend thanks.

*pops popcorn while wondering how this got soo off topic...*

Hope to be popping more than corn with boyfie later.

Can we go back to bashing Americans? Thanks.

lifeisabuffet - You are without a shadow of a doubt one of the most amusing individuals who has ever had the misfortune (Did I spell that correctly??) to stumble in to an intellectually superior forum. Eyes down and retreat would be the most logical conclusion to this foray of yours . ...Good luck with that, and thank for your tim-bit... (Worries about hyphenation of last word . .)

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You are a girl? You sound like you grew a cock between your legs.


Sure this is SUCH an intellectual superior forum! I mean look at the content.

That and the terror threat will subside on inauguration day 2009. Now if we can just get those in power to impeach his and Cheney's ass, it could be sooner.

No, but that doesn't stop him from having boyfriends.

Wow, you've got pretty strong opinions about LiaB and this forum for having just joined Toytown three hours ago.

Keep dreaming. Surely you recall the embassy bombings in 1998 and the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, just to cite two examples.

Having joined only recently is not a precursor to having been reading this for a long time. . is it?

GG, it must be someone who is using a second account.

I'm amazed that you actually believe that.

No, Piedman, it's not, but it is unusual to see a newbie charging in so aggressively. Even long-time lurkers generally proceed with a bit of caution.

As mentioned, I'm just enjoying randomly dipping into this thread and seeing who I can irk. So many easily riled people, it's kept my Friday afternoon entertaining.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati...otorcade06.html

ROTFLOL -

Fake motorcade tweaks Aussie security for Bush


If only it were for real... Some terror threat, some security...

If I didn't believe that, then I would be a sad sack like you. I will never give up hope that better days are ahead.

Okay so he likes the top of the backside.

Oh my! We're in campaign mode...

OK then, you're right, as soon as a Democratic candidate is elected the terrorist threat will magically subside.

If only it were that easy.

I know the lyrics to early Kylie, let's put it that way.

No, no, no, no, no LIAB. ONLY the defective ones. There ain't that many rejects, but they know who they are.

I'm considering buying a house in London, shitting myself and selling it. Whaddayafink?

That don't mean shit. In my imagination there is no, eh, something or other. It's probably hesitation or confrontation or something.

Are those the lyrics Mr. Deck?

Not being in any way a Kylie expert, which song?

No, it is not that easy. However, it is a start and even you cannot deny that. Either America says "We want to rejoin the world" or it says "Fuck you". In layman's terms, that is pretty much it.
Look, I already told you what would happen to McCain and you didn't believe me. I am telling you now that to elect a Republican would send a signal to the world that we will continue down the road of self absorption and possibly destruction while electing a Democrat will send the world a signal that perhaps we were a little off course in the last 7 years and we are ready to make amends.
The whole thing depends on the foreign policy issues which will not elect a President (Americans don't give a shit about foreign policy although they should), but those of us who actually know anything should consider the number 1 priority in deciding. We can defeat terrorism with policy, not guns. If you don't know that, then you are a lost cause.

Where's the profit in that eurovol?

One might imagine that it is in the pockets of some UK companies. To wit:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_...M1rgnQdCblNYhAF

EDIT: eurovol, I think now would be a great time to enunciate just what specifics of foreign policy you think should be carried out by the next US administration, seeing as your post just above was very vague.

. Right, off you go, have a chat to the extremist, including those that say "Submit to Sharia law and we will stop the bombings".(A quote taken from a muslim bloke that talked (ranted) to Jack Straw and is resident in the UK). They are bound to listen to you.

Just think, Fox could run the "Top 10 Stonings chart", more entertaining than baseball or the NFL. I am sure that there is more. Close the Trachten shops and open the Burkha shops, your wife will look great in one and another bonus, no women drivers, no women working (you may even get promoted given this scenario and be able to afford a decent home and car, you never know....the list goes on)

It takes an IQ above what most have to figure that one out, but profit is there to be had. Unfortunately, the world is hamstrung by mental midgets who haven't a clue how to make friends and influence enemies.