God Bless The U.S. of A.

[Anansi-Sama]

It's self explanatory.  I'm just posting this to say that the U.S. kicks extreme ass.    

[Plague Bringer]

[black adder9]

yes, u can have ur war hungry bush and other crap politics, dont be a bloody lamer..

[f0rqu3]

will you post some pics of extreme asses?

[Hydra]

i watched a stand up once. quite funny, his words not mine (more or less):
-"usa says it always is trying to unite the world, well they have"
-"really, whats it called?"
-"the rest of the world"
-"hu..."
-"yea, we even have our own flag"
-"really, wats it look like"
-"oh, its the same as yours... but, on fire"
-"oh..."

dont think he ment to be insulting or any thing, but quite funny (more funny if you see it)

[treminator]

Why should there be flames? Only children play with fire.  God Bless America indeed, and Canada, and Brittain, and ...

[n00b pl0x]

i watched a stand up once. quite funny, his words not mine (more or less):
-"usa says it always is trying to unite the world, well they have"
-"really, whats it called?"
-"the rest of the world"
-"hu..."
-"yea, we even have our own flag"
-"really, wats it look like"
-"oh, its the same as yours... but, on fire"
-"oh..."

dont think he ment to be insulting or any thing, but quite funny (more funny if you see it)

I like it

[erisco]

It's self explanatory.  I'm just posting this to say that the U.S. kicks extreme ass.    

Now, economically, indeed. However, please don't tell me you are laughing over the thousands of lives lost just because the USA is "kicking ass". That would be terrible desensitization.

[rdizzle]

I love my country and all, but don't bring your fucking god into the discussion; cause no one likes a freak who talks about his imaginary friend all the time.

[Plague]

It's self explanatory.  I'm just posting this to say that the U.S. kicks extreme ass.    

Now, economically, indeed. However, please don't tell me you are laughing over the thousands of lives lost just because the USA is "kicking ass". That would be terrible desensitization.

Economically, the governments debt is at  8.8 trillion (now that's some fucking money, no?) and continues to rise. Manufacturing continues to shifts to countries with cheaper production, and buyouts from oversea's companies are threatening the stability (if that can be applied here, more like hanging-on-the-cliff-edge fragility) of the US producers.  Exports are low, imports very high.  The day that the US has to pay a call loan to a major American lender, such as Japan, you guys are fucked.

[KobraKaine]

Economically, the governments debt is at  8.8 trillion (now that's some fucking money, no?) and continues to rise. Manufacturing continues to shifts to countries with cheaper production, and buyouts from oversea's companies are threatening the stability (if that can be applied here, more like hanging-on-the-cliff-edge fragility) of the US producers.  Exports are low, imports very high.  The day that the US has to pay a call loan to a major American lender, such as Japan, you guys are fucked.

So wrong.  I don't want to get too involved in this discussion, because I think it's so laughable.  I am, however, inclined to correct a few errors here and there.

Plague, are you familiar with the term "stocks and bonds?"  Take any economics class, and you will become intimately familiar with the term.  The United States debt is almost entirely a debt to their own people.  (And corporations.)

Pretty sure we don't owe Japan anything.  (except for maybe Nagasaki and Hiroshima...    )

[Stof]

I like how that thread can be found very close to that other one:

http://www.tremulous.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4386&start=30&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Interesting don't you think?

[Anansi-Sama]

I love my country and all, but don't bring your fucking god into the discussion; cause no one likes a freak who talks about his imaginary friend all the time.

  Ah, an atheist.  Now I could spend my precious time arguing with you about the existence of God, but since His existence must be taken on faith, that would be pointless.  Allow to just say this.  When I die, if I am wrong, I will simply cease to exist.  I have lost nothing by believing in God and Heaven and Hell, because according to atheism, I am merely an accidental collection of chemicals and electricity anyway.   But when you die, when you are proven wrong, you are still going to have to bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.  Then you will go to hell and burn forever.

To sum it up for you, if I'm wrong, I lose nothing.  If you're wrong, you lose everything.  I think my side of the bet is actually less risky in the long run, even though it means I have to run into assholes like you whilst in the world of the living.  

[Stof]

Btw, wouldn't using the name of a major african god make you burn in hell later ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi Just asking

And when you have the time, the Neil Gaimannovel Anansi boys is very good, read it.

[Anansi-Sama]

Btw, wouldn't using the name of a major african god make you burn in hell later ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi Just asking

And when you have the time, the Neil Gaiman novel Anansi boys is very good, read it.

No, using the name won't send me to hell.  And Anansi Boys is really good.   Actually the name Anansi is my pen name because of my Ashanti heritage.   It's pretty gnifty.  My mom's name is the same as a popular children's book's protagonist, Charlotte the Spider.  She uses the spider as her symbol when she's marking books that she's lending to her friends and stuff.  So that makes me "son of a spider".  Anansi is a spider.  Cool connection there, huh?  Then my mom has always said she is probably Ashanti, from the limited information she has about her heritage.  Where do Anansi legends originate?  The Ashanti.  I'm a storyteller, and Anansi is Keeper of the Stories.   I figured that there was no more fitting a pseudonym for me than Anansi.

Also, it is debated whether Anansi is actually an African god in their mythos, or if he is a character similar to Hercules- son of a god, so just a man, but with unnatural abilities.   He is the son of the sky god Nyame, according to the stories, and he was such a pain in the ass  :wink: that Nyame turned him into a spider.   But good question anyway.  I was waiting for someone to bring that up.  Neil Gaiman is a genius, is he not?

[Anansi-Sama]

i watched a stand up once. quite funny, his words not mine (more or less):
-"usa says it always is trying to unite the world, well they have"
-"really, whats it called?"
-"the rest of the world"
-"hu..."
-"yea, we even have our own flag"
-"really, wats it look like"
-"oh, its the same as yours... but, on fire"
-"oh..."

dont think he ment to be insulting or any thing, but quite funny (more funny if you see it)

I may not agree, but that's worthy of a few chuckles.  I clap.

[rdizzle]

But when you die, when you are proven wrong, you are still going to have to bow and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.  Then you will go to hell and burn forever.

I would rather burn in hell then serve a vindictive god who punishes those he creates for not being capable of knowing his existence.  And as a bonus, hell does not exit, god does not exist, and Jesus was a man who died, so I ain't got a lick off a pixie stick to worry about.

[NiTRoX]

I would rather burn in hell then serve a vindictive god who punishes those he creates for not being capable of knowing his existence. And as a bonus, hell does not exit, god does not exist, and Jesus was a man who died, so I ain't got a lick off a pixie stick to worry about.

Don't worry son, god still forgives you.

P.S. = If you die and find out that hell really exists and you're going there, meet me by the front gate

[Plague Bringer]

Atheism is a religion in its own.

Kinda.

NiTRoX, if I see you there, I will thouroughly kick your ass.

I am an athiest, to a degree; I do not follow any religion, I follow my own god, not your god. I do believe in spirits and the like, I should say demons, and I do believe in a god, just no god written in any bible or text.

[sleekslacker]

atheist:

one who believes that there is no God. (atheism)


religion:

a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices pertaining to supernatural power.


atheism != religion

[Plague Bringer]

Waited till I post to contradict what I said, huh?

I'll say it again, bastard.

sleekslacker,

You call us immature, yet you continue to personally attack us and ridicule us, what is your problem? You say this sin't slander, but infact it is.

You must be at the mental age of a preschooler.

Hypocryte, stubborn, bullheaded, and biased are all words that could be used to describe you.

For the last time, fuck off.

For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, I am referring to his signature. That is a publicly posted portion of a private message. The key word in "private message" is "private". You and NiTRoX apparently do not have the capasity to understand that.

You're about to get gang-banged, my suggestion: don't come back.

[Kaleo]

Let's all flame the US gun laws.

Americans, you have the freedom to shoot each other!

[Stof]

Btw, wouldn't using the name of a major african god make you burn in hell later ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi Just asking

And when you have the time, the Neil Gaiman novel Anansi boys is very good, read it.

No, using the name won't send me to hell.  And Anansi Boys is really good.   Actually the name Anansi is my pen name because of my Ashanti heritage.   It's pretty gnifty.  My mom's name is the same as a popular children's book's protagonist, Charlotte the Spider.  She uses the spider as her symbol when she's marking books that she's lending to her friends and stuff.  So that makes me "son of a spider".  Anansi is a spider.  Cool connection there, huh?  Then my mom has always said she is probably Ashanti, from the limited information she has about her heritage.  Where do Anansi legends originate?  The Ashanti.  I'm a storyteller, and Anansi is Keeper of the Stories.   I figured that there was no more fitting a pseudonym for me than Anansi.

Also, it is debated whether Anansi is actually an African god in their mythos, or if he is a character similar to Hercules- son of a god, so just a man, but with unnatural abilities.   He is the son of the sky god Nyame, according to the stories, and he was such a pain in the ass  :wink: that Nyame turned him into a spider.   But good question anyway.  I was waiting for someone to bring that up.  Neil Gaiman is a genius, is he not?

He he, good pseudo choice indeed. Well, watch out for the birds then

[KobraKaine]

Atheism is a religion in its own.

Kinda.

NiTRoX, if I see you there, I will thouroughly kick your ass.

I am an athiest, to a degree; I do not follow any religion, I follow my own god, not your god. I do believe in spirits and the like, I should say demons, and I do believe in a god, just no god written in any bible or text.

Doesn't that make you more of an agnostic?

[Plague]

Economically, the governments debt is at  8.8 trillion (now that's some fucking money, no?) and continues to rise. Manufacturing continues to shifts to countries with cheaper production, and buyouts from oversea's companies are threatening the stability (if that can be applied here, more like hanging-on-the-cliff-edge fragility) of the US producers.  Exports are low, imports very high.  The day that the US has to pay a call loan to a major American lender, such as Japan, you guys are fucked.

So wrong.  I don't want to get too involved in this discussion, because I think it's so laughable.  I am, however, inclined to correct a few errors here and there.

Plague, are you familiar with the term "stocks and bonds?"  Take any economics class, and you will become intimately familiar with the term.  The United States debt is almost entirely a debt to their own people.  (And corporations.)

Pretty sure we don't owe Japan anything.  (except for maybe Nagasaki and Hiroshima...    )

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=2265
http://www.house.gov/tanner/press108-101.htm
And, something I think even you will be able to read and comprehend;
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/

[sleekslacker]

Actually the US of A owes China the biggest debt. Can't remember the figure.

[KobraKaine]

http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=2265
http://www.house.gov/tanner/press108-101.htm
And, something I think even you will be able to read and comprehend;
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/

The first link is a year old and quotes a church... I'm sure they have lots of insight into our national debt...  :roll:

The second is even 3 years older than the first, and is an estimate for the debt from 2003.

And the third?  Once again, old news posted by a noncredible source.

I will agree with you, however, that the recent war in Iraq HAS caused us to up our spending, and thus our debt.  It is, however, (and I restate myself again) much more a debt to individuals and corporations inside the US than a debt to foreign countries.

For the future I suggest citing current books written by authors with sufficient knowlege on the topic, rather than just cruising google looking for ammo.

[Plague]

Actually the US of A owes China the biggest debt. Can't remember the figure.

http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt  

[KobraKaine]

http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt  

Half of those numbers are decreasing, if you'd take the time to actually look at the site.  And with a little over half a trillion as our largest foreign debt, it hardly proves a point.

[sleekslacker]

Hmm you're right there . Fact: USA has trillions of debt.