Greece is the wordFollow

That's the Mexican Dream as well. It's kind of hard to pull off in New York, what with the costs of living, but you can stuff a bunch of people in an apartment up in Yonkers and take the train.

And here I'd thought you kept you cat's food and litter box next to your keyboard

And you have to know what those vectors are before you can calculate that sum, right?



Except that what's being drawn backwards isn't the same thing that's being propelled forward. A more accurate ancient war analogy would be that in order for 100,000 citizens of your kingdom to survive the barbarian hordes, 10,000 of them must suit up for battle and fight them. And while we can certainly say that the net result is a savings of lives, it's kinda relevant to recognize the numbers who lost their lives so that result could occur.

The danger in failing to recognize that is that while we may be willing to sacrifice those lives in that situation, we might not be willing to in a situation where the number of civilian lives at risk are not so great. Assuming that "going to war" is always going to result in a net positive of lives saved is a mistake in that situation, right?

Same deal with assuming that "the economy" is going to be improved as a result of taxation. Taxes always take away money from the economy, just as warfare always takes lives. While the end result might be "better", it is pure folly to fail to recognize the components of what you're doing when assessing whether a given action is a good one.



Lol... Have you ever handled money? Failing to understand this is the cornerstone of how short change scams work. Idiots who don't realize that the "you give me $500 so I can release $1M, and I'll give you $500k back" means that they are first losing money are the ones who get scammed. You couldn't have picked a worse example btw. Of *course* you are losing that money when you exchange it. That's why you do so at a reputable location and pay close attention to how much you hand out and how much you get back.


I'm frankly not sure why you're arguing this. It's doubly silly when were talking about a situation where largely one group pays the extra taxes, and a completely different group reaps the benefits of those taxes. Looking at the whole is kinda unfair to those who are paying the taxes, isn't it?

Moe, why can't more conservatives be smart like you? I don't agree with half of what you say, but damn I like the way you say it.

For both our sakes I will pretend that this post never happened.

F I S T I N G

Then comes Gbaji stylin' in his Zoot suit

Contrary to what Sean Hannity tells you every day there is a way to present your ideas in such a manner as to not sound like a complete moron. You should maybe take a look at making your message accessible to people who don't like to f'uck blood relatives.

Well I'm glad we're finally settled on who tells you what to think.

Debo,



Sure beats Pelosi, Reid, Feinstein, and Obama. What am I saying; they don't tell you what to think, they don't have to and they know it. They simply do whatever the f*ck they want with the knowledge that whatever they do they will continue to receive the votes of mind numbed half wits like yourself.

It's the only factor *I* bring up because it's the factor that is consistently ignored by those with whom I'm conversing. If 9 times out of 10, when a discussion of government programs to help <insert needy group here> fails to mention that by doing so, we're going to have to raise taxes on <insert some other group here> I'm going to point out that missing component of the equation.

I end out always talking about this one aspect, not because I fail to see the whole picture, but because I'm debating with people who refuse to acknowledge that one part.

A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with, a-hole.

Spreading false grammar conventions should be a capital offense.