Presidential Debate Part II
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The UK is less corrupt than the US because the US hasn't been dealt a killing blow to it's delusions of empire.
Also, because the US is the greatest debt and funny money economy in the history of the world. The US government spends money it doesn't have, will never have, and can never pay back. You'd be corrupt too if you could get away with that.
America is still flying relatively high, but when it crashes, you won't want to be in the same hemisphere. It's going to be very ugly.
Also, because the US is the greatest debt and funny money economy in the history of the world. The US government spends money it doesn't have, will never have, and can never pay back. You'd be corrupt too if you could get away with that.
America is still flying relatively high, but when it crashes, you won't want to be in the same hemisphere. It's going to be very ugly.
sixthcutuan said:
Don't forget movies...
Red Road (2006) - IMDb
Good flick. Fucking depressing though.
And, y'all never explained why the ACLU isn't a "real source."
We have plenty of CCTV cameras here, it seems to me. They're mostly used to produce traffic tickets and revenue for the local municipalities. My unfailing reaction when I see them is the desire to grab a shotgun and blow the fuckers away. I guess that's another manifestation of "a completely different system of thinking." Or something.
guerilla said:
Teetering empire, willfully ignorant populace, millions of guns, thousands of nuclear weapons, extremely divided culture, and self-entitlement beyond belief. Add an abrupt collapse in standards of living and you have a recipe for a shitstorm, no doubt. If I didn't have elderly parents to think about, I'd probably move to Paraguay.
Maybe the aliens will come back and save us. One can hope.
agreed.
There are a lot of innocent people rotting in jails in this country that there made to believe that nonsense.
The Innocence Project - Know the Cases: Browse Profiles
these cases is probably 0.00001% of whats there. And these are mostly serious cases, even dead rows.
a lot of DAs, detectives are out to get SOMEBODY, very few care if they get the right man or not.
Combine that with the ridiculous way jury duty is handled in this country and you dont need to do shit to end up doing a long stretch in jail.
watched part of the debate and there discussion came off as autistic ramblings felt like i just tuned in to the special ed junior high debate team
I can't believe no one mentioned the most important part of the debates last night...we got a new meme.
Binders Full Of Women
This is only the tip of the iceburg, too.
After this, you have to consider how frivolous we are with our lawsuits these days. If you own property, and any schiester out there can see it, then you are a walking target for a lawsuit where he can try to take it with the help of the courts... And sometimes those go wrong and one or the other party can wind up in jail.
Don't even get me started on horrible property laws where citizens get get arrested for bad people doing bad things or having accidents on their property... (Even without them knowing!)
But then there's the stuff you really gotta worry about: Bad federal Policy.
Case #1: The war on terrorism... Spawning the Patriot act, the NDAA, and of course the TSA, that shit has got to go. Orweill himself would be shocked at the things governments do to their own citizenry today in the name of the war on terrorism.
Case #2: The war on drugs. If you like to imbibe on a leaf from time to time, an offense that has historically been dealt with exactly like alcohol use by the laws around the world for centuries, you are now a felon facing hard time in prison if caught.
I could go on with this shit all day long. People like Scococo giving their approval to the system that does alllllllllllllllll of the above on a daily basis NEED TO GO. They don't realize that they ALONE are perpetuating the violence by being the only ones who approve of it.
Ignorance really is bliss though, I suppose. Up until the day they drone your ass... But you can die happy in ignorance, right?
If I didn't believe in the NAP I'd suggest we make people like that the target of our rage.
It's not just belief though. The NAP is the only rational way for people to interact if our goal is peace and happiness.
If your goal is misery and danger, then violence is the way to go.
Some people choose that path. Instead of recognizing them as a threat to society at large, we typically make them our leaders and give them absolute power over our lives.
Funny you mention that, I was talking to my dad about that this afternoon. I watched the second half of the debate last night, and while the commentators were describing it as 'fierce' and 'aggressive' while I found it painfully boring. I thought it must have just been a cultural difference.
If you watch PMQ's on the right day over here, you will see them getting very wound up. It's still all bullshit, but at least it's occasionally entertaining bullshit.
That is exactly my situation, although you don't need to live in Paraguay. You just need residency, it never expires, so once you have it, you file taxes in Paraguay, and you travel around the world. Paraguay doesn't tax income earned outside the country
That said, IANAL or IANAA
You complete me. Seriously.
Do you specifically like Paraguay? I'm hearing a lot more good things about it these days...
But of course! This is wickedfire, as they say.
Paraguay FTW! Easy breezy ... not even a physical needed! A 2nd or 3rd passport can be yours for under $5k (actual costs $2k deposit, round trip air fare, hotel and some fuck off money). Assuming you execute all the paperwork yourself. A bit more expensive if you use an agency, but not needed.
The nitty gritty to apply for Permanent Residency:
-Must deposit $2k in a Paraguay Bank -refundable
-Your Birth Cert
-Marriage/Divorce Cert
-8 2x2 photos - 4 front 4 profile
21 days after you're awarded Perm Residency you can apply for naturalization and a passport.
What's needed:
-Curriculum stating your education, work experiences etc.
-Original Passport copy
-Original Birth certificate copy
From what I've read, you have to renounce your current citizenship to take on Paraguayan. Do you know otherwise?