Dakryn's Batshit Theory of the Week
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Mathiäs;8876211 said:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/most-dangerous-neighborhood-america-top-25-list-cincinnati-1
And I said that Springfield contained the 13th most dangerous neighborhood. I did not say that the city itself is the 13th most dangerous. Still, to say that it is a low crime area is untrue. It's still probably not nearly as bad as the neighborhoods I go through in Chicago though.
Anyways, i think living even remotely close to a dangerous area is a good reason to own a gun.
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damn, give her about 4 years12-year-old girl hauled off in cuffs after doodling on school desk with marker
Hilariously absurd, though I wonder if it had something to do with the fact that she's...
...absolute jailbait?
wait, wat
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Doubt anyone besides maybe vihris would bother watching the vid so I won't post it, but Dr Mercola interviewed Ron Paul and during the interview Ron Paul mentioned that he had tried to introduce the idea of a "private option" for health care. Basically a individual tax credit for health care. He said it was ignored because the main focus here is insuring that this would not give government control of the types of health care.
Just goes to show that politicians don't care about reforming health care as much as lining the pockets of their particular health insurance and ************** buddies.
Just goes to show that politicians don't care about reforming health care as much as lining the pockets of their particular health insurance and ************** buddies.
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Chinese hawks call for cold war with US
I find it amusing at the end they offer a rebuttal from some ignorant Chinese writer who said that China wasn't "as rich" as America. That guy obviously doesn't understand the relationship between lender and borrower.
I find it amusing at the end they offer a rebuttal from some ignorant Chinese writer who said that China wasn't "as rich" as America. That guy obviously doesn't understand the relationship between lender and borrower.
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If anyone could start a cold war with us, it is China. They own a massive amount of our treasury debt, and they are among the nations using their savingsto buy up the worlds gold reserves.
They also have the production facilities that we no longer have. The US really only exports food and R&D (ideas) these days.
They also have the production facilities that we no longer have. The US really only exports food and R&D (ideas) these days.
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I'm of the firm belief that China would stomp the shit out of us in combat. I'm not saying we suck by any means, but let's face it - one country would be more than willing to nuke another to extinction... and we know what country that is. Furthermore, let's talk size of military; China itself boasts a 4:1 population advantage over us, with a whopping 7,024,000 military units (counting Active, Reserves and Paramilitary forces), whereas the U.S. has 3,385,400 units. You may bring up our superior weaponry (and let's face it we have awesome shit), but China isn't underpowered by any means; we must also remember that even a good chunk of our current forces overseas have crap armor and supplies (especially when compared to the private firms that were over there). If we can't even supply (or worse, won't) many our guys and gals with basic armaments, how the hell would we plan to supply them in an all out war with China?
Looks like we need to get cracking on more unmanned war machines, like the recently created heavy armored tank treaded gatling gun, or EATR (a robot that is capable of consuming biomass to keep itself running).
Looks like we need to get cracking on more unmanned war machines, like the recently created heavy armored tank treaded gatling gun, or EATR (a robot that is capable of consuming biomass to keep itself running).
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rms
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that war would be retarded as it would be who could bomb who more and not manpower
It would be like the movie War Games... there are no winners so it's not winnable...
But in a conventional war it's not who has the most troops but who has the better strategy. Sadaam/Iraq had a large military in his heyday but got their asses kicked twice by us because they were poorly trained and had poor strategy. Just to use an example.
Leonidas and his 300 (as well as their allies) did not do too bad themselves til they were betrayed. To use another example.
Oh Sarah, you silly girl, just go away and stop embarrassing yourself already lol :
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93375?fp=1
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93375?fp=1
The United States will not ever begin launching our nuclear arsenal for the sheer fact that if we any one of those weapons heads towards China, then Russia will become instantly aggressive - especially with fallout added into the equation. Other countries in the surrounding region may actually come to China's aid because of their strong financial backing (especially in regards to the U.S.'s current financial crisis). China, being not only diabolical, but not having anyone who can stand against them on the opposite side of the world, would more than likely have no problem launching against United soils if it really came down to a push-shove contest (the likes which we haven't seen in a long time, but on a lesser scale).
@RMS
Did you not read the part where I specifically mention we are completely outnumbered in by sheer military numbers? Not all military units magically gain the "bombs" template to use.
And as a side note, America is fucking terrible at choosing when and where to fight - as demonstrated by the last forty years of warfare. Wars of attrition have had terrible outcomes and always end not in victory, but in exhaustion and insolvency. Yeah, we spend the most money on defense - do you know why? Because of the exorbitant cost it takes to make said machines and weaponry IN AMERICA. Paying our people to make classified shit is expensive, and it's one of the few sectors of work where we don't import (can't trust other countries with our private crap). Do you know why most CIA operatives and Secret Service spy's turn to private sector work instead of continuing their work with the government? The pay SUCKS is why, and that is also the leading reason why spy's have actually turned their coats.
America hasn't used strategy in warfare in a very long time. We have generals who have spent decades studying the art of warfare, only to be unable to act as they see fit due to political struggles between the damned branches of our government (specifically the "broken branch" aka Legislature). Our lack of strategy was most notable in Vietnam, where failure to bomb supply trains was not due to lack of intelligence, but to discord amongst politicians at home (some felt they were smarter than the military leaders and decided to not bomb said lines, thus extending the length of the war for a good period of time).
Do we have fantastic technology? Yes
Do we have a strong military (as in training/tactics/etc)? Yes
Is our military allowed to actually use strategy freely to win wars? No
Do we, as of now, have an underequipped military? Yes
Does the United States, as a leading superpower (even in all it's current turmoil) have far more to lose by unleashing a nuclear arsenal on another nation than China Does? Yes!
Is the United States completely in debt to China? Yes
----Yeah, if we unleashed our arsenal on China they would be obliterated, but there is hopefully no way of that happening (and vice versa). but even if China were to launch its VASTLY SMALLER arsenal our way - all they have to do is hit a few specific targets and our entire economy would hit the shitter. China's authoritarian regime is unrelenting, and they hardly care what the UN thinks (or most of the world for that matter, as long as it doesn't dampen trade that is): they have one of the longest list of human rights violations and are at all times using cyber-warfare in both the public and private sector to gain information and establish niche's where they might - and they do this OPENLY. The U.S. would never admit to such things, because we have far more to lose on an international stage.
Hypothetically, if we were to have each country meet in their current conditions, I feel China would win due to the insane amount of bullshit that has dug its claws into the way the U.S. system operates. We cannot win a war of attrition with China, and if we tried it would be suicide. Stealth and subterfuge would be the only way, and as I already pointed out we have enough problems with that as it is.
