TobiasFunke

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaach

i got a nice chuckle from this. thanks, tobias.

"I'm here to talk about serious cutting of the budget to save this country for generations to come...and that is getting rid of NPR" - Politician X

Good point.
 
 
"Soooo ... André.  How are you and your boys planning on bringing about death to America?" 

Ya Byrd should have been in YK's landfill.

I am always wary of defecit cutting plans that just look at "earmarks" or "military" or whatever.  True cutting is only going to happen when everything is examined, parsed, weeded out and dealt with in a healthy manner.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
meaning it will never happen.

Not if they want that lobby job they worked so hard for.

My biggest problem with this thread is the blanket statements about Muslims. When I traveled to Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Muslim population rates, I felt more than welcomed. In fact, many people wanted to take pictures with me and were extremely nice to me.
I do think that largely had to do with the development of the country itself. Indonesia is by no means a first world country but Jakarta and a few of the other major cities are much more developed and therefore refined. As an example, for anyone who saw or read Lone Survivor he gave a map to one of the villagers who then WALKED it to the military base. Many of these countries are hundreds of years behind us in many aspects of life.
I'm sure the rebuttal will be something to the effect of, "religion is the major cause of this gap." That could be absolutely true. Look at the Dark Ages in the past for another example of religion getting in the way progress of a society. With that being said these countries have had "leaders" forced down their throats for decades. It would be hard to say that a lot of these dictators acted in the best interest of the country as a whole.
I'm fed up with the generalizations. I do think religion, every religion, has caused rifts and sometimes conflict throughout history. It's one of the reasons why I'm not the biggest fan of organized religion. There are, however, other factors here besides religion that have caused these groups to appear. Arch touched on ISIS. I would defer to the, most likely, only member here who actually lives in the Middle East.

I'm sure he'll say he was joking like he was about India being in the Middle East.

You make it seem like ISIS is all gathered on some hilltop waving their hands up and down. They're embedded into the civilian population which is why it's not easy. They could probably be taken out in a matter of days but that would mean mass civilian casualties... way more than the number of ISIS fighters.

Holy ****, I would have lost my shit when he played Fairies With Boots and The Wizard

ISIS just needs to work on the arson.

10% is a nice round number, eh? The odds are greater that you'll die at the hands of a cellphone worshipper on the 405. Or a rosary toting cartel member.

"They" is an awesome word.

There were. France banned the wearing of burqas for security reasons, and this kicked the whole thing off.

She's kind of a bitch man. No thanks. I'm most interested in where Jamie's story will go next.

They actually offered me the job today. Not sure if I want it though. I have until tomorrow to decide. I read online that they have huge turnover rates and administration fires teachers (this is a charter school) to cover their butts. That explains why a school with only 300 kids is hiring 11 teachers mid year.

I'm not, but if I lose my job my ex is.

I thought your answer was perfect. Almost throwing it back into the principal's face. Hope you get the job happybat.

I don't want some tin-horn dictator telling me what movie I can see and I certainly don't want some extremist group telling me what I can read in a newspaper.
I hope that every newspaper in the world runs the cartoons from Charlie Hebdo to let those responsible know that they have not succeeded.

#bostonparisstrong

More angry presbyterians, I assume?

Where the love for the chef?