Every 20 Years...

[BTs_GhostSniper]

I'm confused. Are you trying to say that Kennedy, Reagan, and Jr. are the ONLY presidents that have done some bold shit? I would tend to disagree. Every president has the "balls to do things that he feels are right, whether or not anyone else thinks so."

No, I didn't say they are the ONLY Presidents, I was just referring to the 20 year paradox that happens when a President is elected in a year ending in 0.  Those three Presidents had something in common that they all lowered taxes, which boosted the economy, they all faught against downsizing the military, and they all boldly stood up for this country when the shit hit the fan (Cuban Missile Crisis for Kennedy, Out-Spending the Soviets by Reagan which ended the Cold War, and the War on Terrorism for Bush).

Also, there is a neat little paradox for Presidents elected in years ending in 0.  For instance, nearly every President elected in a year ending in 0 has either been assasinated, or has had an attempted assasination that nearly succeeded.  Of those who were not assasinated, all others died in office.  The first instance of this was William Henry Harrison who was elected in 1840 and died in office of pneumonia and bilious pleurisy. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860...and was assasinated in 1865.  Then James Garfield was elected in 1880 and was assasinated the next year.  In 1900 William McKinley was elected President and was later assasinated.  In 1920 Warren Harding was elected President.  He died in office from ptomaine poisoning and then pneumonia.  The next President in this list is Franklin Roosevelt who was elected in 1940 and died in office in 1945.  Then there is John F. Kennedy elected in 1960 and assasinated in 1963.  Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980 and was nearly killed by an assasins bullet.  George W. Bush was elected in 2000.  Many astrologers believe that he will follow the trend.

I don't believe in astrology.

Peace.

-GhostSniper the Aries Out.

[Cutter]

i saw that episode six, it was great! did you watch the bill maher show this week? apparantly john kerry thinks he's black.  he actually said this..."President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second."  

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/08/politics2044EST0776.DTL

and after seeing that pic you linked us too...

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Christian fundamentalists are crazy first of all.  They take every idea in the bible to an extreme literal meaning.  An example of this is that in the bible it says that people that are homosexual should be killed.  Christian fundamentalists try and kill these people sometimes....now that is crazy.

I'm not crazy.  They do not take every idea in the bible to an extreme literal meaning.  Show me where in the Bible it says that people that are homosexual should be killed?  I've been studying the Bible probably since before you were born.  I've memorized much of 6 different versions of the Bible.  In those different interpretations, I cannot for the life of me recall the Bible saying to kill homosexuals.

As for Bush, what a dumbass.  He is so focused on completing what his father couldn't do it is not even funny.  Here's an interesting fact for you, our school systems are suffering and heres the reason why...456 billion dollars invested in the military, 50 billion in our school system.  Another dumbass thing Bush did is mess up the problem in Israel/Palistein that Clinton was so close to ending.  Good one Bush.  O and our economy, one of the best ever while Clinton was in office..  look at the charts and as soon as Bush gets in the lines start to go down down down.

lol....problem in Israel/Palistein that Clinton was  so close to ending?  You mean the problem that has been going on since Biblical Times?  Sorry, but I think you need to read the book of Revelation and realize that the Israel/Palistein problem wont end until the world does.

As for all the money that the U.S. spends on the military and not on education....would you like to keep being able to use the education system that we have?  Because if you stop spending on the military just who the hell is going to defend your freedom to go to school.

You need to drop out of school.  You are an idiot and college really isn't going to help that.

-GhostSniper Out.

[cO.Kuza]

What really ticks me off about Bush is that He says the all popular quote "United we stand" He dose a pretty shitty job of that. pretty much half the nation hates him and half likes him..Thus creating tension between the 2 parties.  George has also done wonders to the eduacational system..not to mention the enviornment..I have to stop or else ill start punching things.

[cO.Kuza]

You need to drop out of school.  You are an idiot and college really isn't going to help that.

-GhostSniper Out.

If george keeps running things the way he is it wont be his choice to drop out or not...

[c| Spetsnaz.]

lol....problem in Israel/Palistein that Clinton was  so close to ending?  You mean the problem that has been going on since Biblical Times?  Sorry, but I think you need to read the book of Revelation and realize that the Israel/Palistein problem wont end until the world does.

One point I actually agree with you about .

["Sixhits"]

i saw that episode six, it was great! did you watch the bill maher show this week? apparantly john kerry thinks he's black.  he actually said this..."President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second."  

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/03/08/politics2044EST0776.DTL

and after seeing that pic you linked us too...

Heheh. Yah, Kerry wants to be the second black president.

Wft, Kerry?

I guess no one speaks perfectly ...

["Sixhits"]

Christian fundamentalists are crazy first of all.  They take every idea in the bible to an extreme literal meaning.  An example of this is that in the bible it says that people that are homosexual should be killed.  Christian fundamentalists try and kill these people sometimes....now that is crazy.

I'm not crazy.

You sure?


;-)


Just picking on ya.

[:MoD: ..alias...]

Oh BFG....

How I wub you now.
I could not have spoken with a clearer voice =)
I think Bush and Bin Laden might actually be brothers.
But its not confirmed just yet.
But just you wait and see.

[iroc38927]

Does anyone here use newgrounds.com they have a cool site.

[a_Dingo]

Its times like these that I must say thank god for being born in Australia not the USA.

Having said that Australia is being quite a good lap dog to the USA at the moment, but I wont go into that here.

As an outsider looking in, I see a country that is prepared to ignore its own values for what I can only guess are internal political reasons.

A good example is what is happening to the detainees in Cuba. They are being held outside American law, and being held without the benefit of international law. Even the lawyers acting on behalf of the detainees (US Military lawyers this is) say that the detainees will not get justice.

Now is this a President standing up and doing things or is this a country that is prepared to thumb its nose to the world because they are the only superpower left?

Me, I just am happy that I live in a small little country down the ass end of the world.

[th.Sentinel]

As for all the money that the U.S. spends on the military and not on education....would you like to keep being able to use the education system that we have?  Because if you stop spending on the military just who the hell is going to defend your freedom to go to school.

You need to drop out of school.  You are an idiot and college really isn't going to help that.

-GhostSniper Out.

Gs, if there was a lot more invested in education, ppl would get better education, wich makes 'em better negotiaters. It seams to me violence is your only solution. But violence only creates more violence. Look at palestina.

In belgium (that's the little dot somewhere near the UK and france) we invest in our military, but we invest more in our education (still not enough though). The main reason we don't get threads from other country's is because we try to stay friends with most of the surrounding countrys by negotiating.
I know you guys negotiate too, but the fact you use your military as your flag towards the rest of the world isn't gonna help your image get better.

To me violence is only good to defend in extreme matters, other conflicts should be handled by negotiating.

[Toxic::Joka]

Gs, if there was a lot more invested in education, ppl would get better education, wich makes 'em better negotiaters. It seams to me violence is your only solution. But violence only creates more violence. Look at palestina.

In belgium (that's the little dot somewhere near the UK and france) we invest in our military, but we invest more in our education (still not enough though). The main reason we don't get threads from other country's is because we try to stay friends with most of the surrounding countrys by negotiating.
I know you guys negotiate too, but the fact you use your military as your flag towards the rest of the world isn't gonna help your image get better.

To me violence is only good to defend in extreme matters, other conflicts should be handled by negotiating.

Heeyee, heeyee. You go girl

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Heeyee, heeyee. You go girl

Oh damn, and all this time I thought Sentinel was a MAN!    

[th.Sentinel]

I am, but Joka and I are just good friends

 

You know Belgium is worlds biggest beer exporting country in the world since last week! Now that is something to be proud of!

[PLOPje]

OMG we are? yay I am proud now.
And ghostsniper whats is the importants thing that you know how to use a gun or that you know how to read and write?
In the first part you will have people killing everybody because they dont know better and in the 2nd one you will be drinking belgian beer with your ennemies.
Many say keep your ennemies close not wipe them out.

People like you create only more war and are a dangere to everybody
making weapons to avoid war is the most stupid thing ever.
I dont think the cold war stopped because both countries are still trying to have more weapons then the other one.

And you say you are a christian fundamentlist... well islam fundamentlists blow themself up so he what do you do? I dont think you are a fundamentlist you just want to think you are one. You go to church every week? You never use condoms? You support everything the church says? Bush is no fundamentlist either he just says like every american president "god save america" and thinks he is better then the rest of the world

[BFG]

As for all the money that the U.S. spends on the military and not on education....would you like to keep being able to use the education system that we have?? Because if you stop spending on the military just who the hell is going to defend your freedom to go to school

Ghost please tell me why you feel that America needs the largest military force in the world to *cough* protect your freedom *cough* so you can be eductated? Funny but last time i looked there isn't a single country in the rest of the world with a Military force even half the power.... Yet they don't seem to have this amazing need to "defend your freedom to education".....

[BTs_Mysterio]

This thread is rated PG for Patriotic Garbage.

What more can I say, whenever I see "United we stand" or "Protect your freedom" in a thread, I tend to become a bit nauseous.

[BTs_GhostSniper]

Ghost please tell me why you feel that America needs the largest military force in the world to *cough* protect your freedom *cough* so you can be eductated? Funny but last time i looked there isn't a single country in the rest of the world with a Military force even half the power.... Yet they don't seem to have this amazing need to "defend your freedom to education".....

Hmm, let's see, so the next time that Europe breaks out into war, and all you guys over there want to call on the United States to be your peacekeeper, we could just say no, sorry, we don't have the military power to support such an endeaver.  Boy, World War II would have really sucked for you guys if America had taken that attitude on.  Seems to me, Europe wants to bitch about America's power all the time, but when the shit really hits the fan over there you sure are glad we have a large military.

Peace.

-GhostSniper Out.

[alaric]

Holy shit guys, careful you don't step in the bull-shit. Ghost, I thought you had a history degree or something. If you do, I'd seriously start to doubt it's validity.

The united states DID NOT have a large military prior to WWII, like your post implies. In fact, I think we were ranked 13th as far as size and it was one of the most outdated in the world.

The absolute most amazing thing about the US involvement in WWII is the speed at which our economy was able to switch into war production and take us from a tiny military to the largest, most powerful military the world has ever seen.

So you see, it's entirely possible to keep a small peacetime military and STILL be able to bail out the euros the next time they have a domestic.