US GDP (and GDP per capita), US as only remaining superpower, but we still have limited government.
Tom Send a noteboard - 29/09/2014 03:07:55 PM
I know that some postage-stamp countries in Europe rank higher in subjective "quality of life" surveys, but most of them can afford to spend so little on defense because of the US and its historical protection of their independence. The US has the highest GDP and highest GDP per capita (I know some people say China beat us on the first part but the math is bad and everyone knows it). It remains the only superpower in the world. And despite its power it has remained a representative democracy.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Scotland voted No!
- 19/09/2014 08:14:21 AM
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I had hoped that when push came to shove they would think instead *NM*
- 19/09/2014 03:32:22 PM
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As am I.
- 19/09/2014 07:39:29 PM
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They need to have four states along US lines with a Federal government.
- 21/09/2014 12:02:21 AM
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Naaaaaah, let's not
- 21/09/2014 01:02:00 AM
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The current US gridlock is not a one-sided matter.
- 22/09/2014 01:11:03 AM
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He's also the president
- 23/09/2014 03:33:54 PM
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Of course they should be able to do that. The system was desinged so they can
- 24/09/2014 05:38:48 PM
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I'm sure it was designed like that
- 25/09/2014 07:16:16 PM
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for all the pissign and moaning it has worked for over 200 years
- 26/09/2014 02:30:39 PM
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It's not working *NM*
- 27/09/2014 03:16:59 AM
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working better then any other system out there. *NM*
- 29/09/2014 01:12:10 PM
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On what basis do you make that claim? *NM*
- 29/09/2014 02:48:08 PM
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US GDP (and GDP per capita), US as only remaining superpower, but we still have limited government.
- 29/09/2014 03:07:55 PM
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Yes, and democracy is an awful system
- 26/09/2014 04:07:00 PM
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How on earth do you figure that?
- 21/09/2014 08:53:31 PM
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Oh, actually I like the multiple state idea better
- 22/09/2014 01:09:12 AM
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Eh. The UKIP is populist more than anything else.
- 22/09/2014 07:02:10 AM
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I fail to see that.
- 22/09/2014 05:16:08 PM
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Populism is not (only) in the positions, but also in the rhetoric and the details.
- 22/09/2014 09:02:26 PM
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Your ancestors are rolling in their graves, Scots! 
*NM*
- 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM
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*NM*
- 20/09/2014 11:40:26 PM
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Which ancestors? The ones who signed the Act of Union probably aren't. *NM*
- 22/09/2014 01:11:48 AM
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They're probably in hell *NM*
- 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM
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*NM*
- 22/09/2014 02:49:09 AM
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Hell is an independent Scotland, is it? I agree. *NM*
- 22/09/2014 05:09:54 PM
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Actually, Hell is any kind of Scotland
- 23/09/2014 11:07:50 PM
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Well, they were colonized by wankers, so what does that make them?
- 29/09/2014 03:02:07 PM
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