President Obama News Thread

[larvidchr]

Originally Posted by robuzo

Oh, YEAH? Well, we have some really cool nuclear submarines and supercarrier groups, so even if I do need a triple bypass and can't pay for it I know I am safe from attack by the USSR!

By the way, some of that stuff might be for sale soon, and I think Denmark should reward itself by buying a nice Ohio-class, fitting it up with windows, and giving everybody in the country an underwater adventure tour. You could even paint it yellow, or whatever color suits the undersea Viking.

What a lot of good that will do you rotting in your grave, and flexing your muscle when you loose an argument is really hard after rigor mortis set's in, but at least you will be freed from your cold war time fears.

And thanks for your kind offer, but we have evolved and prefer brains for brawn.

Heard in an elevator - "Going down sir?" no thanks I'm not American

[robuzo]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

What a lot of good that will do you rotting in your grave, and flexing your muscle when you loose an argument is really hard after rigor mortis set's in, but at least you will be freed from your cold war time fears.

And thanks for your kind offer, but we have evolved and prefer brains for brawn.

Heard in an elevator - "Going down sir?" no thanks I'm not American

How about if we throw in some vintage B-52s? And, if you order now, we'll throw in South Carolina.

[larvidchr]

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[robuzo]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

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Then again, maybe you don't want South Carolina, at least until we figure out what to do with all the inbred white folks:
The Reality-Based Community
Only 20-25% of white Southerners give the factually correct answer to the true-false question: "Barack Obama was born in the United States."

This is a good example of what the social-science methodologists call "interaction effects."

Non-white and Latino Southerners are no less likely to get the right answer than are non-whites and Latinos in the rest of the country. So it can't be something in the water, or the effects of the fried-meat-white-bread-and-boiled-veggies culinary culture of the South.

And whites in the rest of the country also do fairly well on the question. So it can't be evidence of a cognitive deficit correlated with melanin and carotene deficiency.

But somehow the interaction of whiteness and Southerness produces deep and abiding ignorance. Perhaps it's Vitamin D poisoning due to the effects of intensive exposure to sunlight among people with little capacity to tan. Or just the effect of seeing a member of the despised under-caste elevated to the Presidency, and grossly outperforming his white Southern predecessor.

[larvidchr]

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And if you ask blacks anywhere in the US if OJ was innocent 90% will most probably answer yes , in a country where the sentence "In Good we trust" has such importance it is no surprise to us Europeans that pig ignorance is prevalent in whites and blacks alike.

As stated previously, thanks but no thanks, you stew in your own fat and we'll keep ours.

This concludes the negotiations. Have to prepare for a last night out whoremongering with Nedwalk and the boys before he goes back home

Have a nice one

[Norton]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

last night out whoremongering with Nedwalk and the boys before he goes back home

He's prone to cry a lot just prior to leaving. Try and have fun anyway.

[robuzo]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

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And if you ask blacks anywhere in the US if OJ was innocent 90% will most probably answer yes

That is almost certainly not true- wouldn't 50% be a bad enough exxageration?- and it is a non-sequitor. And even so, it isn't innocence that is the issue, most people agreeing with the verdict would likely say he wasn't proven guilty. Of course, there are likely others who think a black man should be able to kill a white person once in a while, 'specially if it's some white bitch stealing their men (I heard essentially that from a black woman married to a white man (a friend of mine); talk about things that leave you speachless). The Jewish kid was just collateral damage, and, well, Jewish. Anyway, keeping OJ out of jail, at least for a while, was a good way of making sure the survivors were compensated. Of course, it has been tough for him to work given he is not resting until he finds the actual killers.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

n a country where the sentence "In Good we trust" has such importance it is no surprise to us Europeans that pig ignorance is prevalent in whites and blacks alike.

I don't think it is "Good" that Americans pretend to trust in, at least not as much as they do in the country's innocence.

And it is a paradox that such "pig ignorance" is so widespread in a country that remains a leader in medical and information tech innovation, not to mention financial innovation (regulation-loophole-location), which I don't think I need remind you Europe bought into lock, stock, and barrel (not feeling the wind from Iceland at all in Denmark?). OK, maybe only the first two innovations, to which we might add aviation and space techs.

Goldman Sachs is back in the black, right? OK, that is not so great, but maybe now that Obama has paid the piper he can do a Roosevelt and turn on them and pull off some kind of miracle- more like Moses rather than the Son o' God. At any rate, I think we are fucked, and if there are Europeans who think they are going to weather this storm easily with America underwater, well, best of luck, hope you are right, because a healthy Europe will be a good ally for the US in getting out of this. I'd rather have Europeans coming in and buying up America cheap than the Chinese or Nippon (who are also hoping against hope that the US pulls through). We are in this together- even in the wars, now that German soldiers and airmen are actually fighting for the first time since the unmentionable- unlike the Danes, who weren't afraid to mix it up in the former Yugoslavia. Of course, Captain America had to come in and sort that out, eh? The US has brains and brawn, along with a whole lot of reckless and stupid, I'll grant you.

By the way, the Chairman of Deutsche Bank said recently that the next wave is coming, so grab onto something that floats.

Have fun!

[Jet Gorgon]

55555555555 fek, I love you guys. Can you sell Oregon and California, too? The Chinese would take them.

[Norton]

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Can you sell Oregon and California, too? The Chinese would take them.

Yes better sell now or the Chinese will really just take them. Jet knows, shes a BC resident.

[bsnub]

I feel so sorry for the people who pump this sorry thread. Its only two sad sack souls. What never do acid as a child?

Do you feel left out? You post but never say anything. I am so glad that I am not the one that had the bad trip. Sucks to be you. Haters.

[Panda]

Wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese dont have a back up plan to move in and buy up big chunks of USA with their $US reserves when it all goes pear shaped and the $US drops drastically in value.
We could see a whole new set of labels on products, -- "Made in USA, -- owned in China".

[Panda]

Originally Posted by bsnub

I feel so sorry for the people who pump this sorry thread. Its only two sad sack souls. What never do acid as a child?

Do you feel left out? You post but never say anything. I am so glad that I am not the one that had the bad trip. Sucks to be you. Haters.

Ho hum.. you again. Probably one of the worst troll attempts I have ever seen.

[Jet Gorgon]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Careful there you two, care to look at the US GDP against the European Union GDP, who are the "weenie" now?.
Checking my Grandchildren, my Children and myself it seems we do not carry a debt to the state that it will take generations to pay back, and that is with Uhh So all the 55555555's aside I'm seriously afraid the joke is on you



Ps. I really do feel sorry for you though.

Um, how much are your tax rates again? And how much is a beer? I heard the Scandies resort to taking ferry rides between countries so they can afford a pint.
Last Dane I knew in Thailand made "disability" benefits of Bt60,000 or so a month -- couldn't work coz of a bad back, but he seemed to ride his motocyc OK and I only saw him suffer from his daily hangovers. Yep, nice system.

Originally Posted by Norton

Yes better sell now or the Chinese will really just take them. Jet knows, shes a BC resident.

I can't decide who's taken over, the Chinese or the Koreans. Depends on the neighbourhood. Many kimchee counties now, and if you have a shop in one of their strip malls, get ready to move when your lease expires, unless you want to see your rent rise ten times the current payout. Take your life in your hands when you walk across one of their parking lots, too.

[helge]

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Um, how much are your tax rates again?

Around 40% and up. Let the broader shoulder carry the burden. Have some deduction posibilities.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

And how much is a beer?

In shops from 12 Baht and up. Anyway cheaper than Thailand. In Pubs from 90 Baht and up. (33cl) Doesn't come with semi-naked girls

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

I heard the Scandies resort to taking ferry rides between countries so they can afford a pint.

Not Danes. We go North American, and drive the Vehicle to Germany, and there we do not pay the recycling fee.
I work with Germans and we buy cheap beers for them in Germany,cause they can't.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Last Dane I knew in Thailand made "disability" benefits of Bt60,000 or so a month -- couldn't work coz of a bad back, but he seemed to ride his motocyc OK and I only saw him suffer from his daily hangovers.

Not easy to getaway with that these days, cause every hand is needed, or atleast was 6 month ago. He could be an Alcoholic, that it was convenient to get rid of. (Outsoursing ?)

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Yep, nice system.

I don't know, but its ours. We are more pussy-like than you. Haven't got what it takes to see neighbours or friends ending up in the gutter, and then we would have to ruin ourselves to help them out, so we go "Dutch". Egoisme ?. You prefer the other system; so vote for that. No need to worry bout us

[Jet Gorgon]

^ Interesting. I thought prices, taxes were much higher. Mebbe other Scandi countries?

[helge]

Oh, Denmark IS expensive, because people has a somewhat fair pay. So, it all evens out.
Vat = 25% and the shocker is the 180% registration tax on Motorvehicles. We have the oldest cars in EU

It is about redistributing wealth. A danish writer, poet, priest and politician, named Grundtvig, said in the 19 century:

"Then have we in prosperity taken it far, when a few have too much, and even fewer too little".

(In danish it rhymes)

[Jet Gorgon]

^ Gulp. That's alot of VAT and car fees. (I thought we had it bad in BC at 13%). C'mon, how much for a head of lettuce and a kilo of moo?

[helge]

^ I'll check it out tommorow

[Norton]

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Ps. I really do feel sorry for you though.

Denmark spends 6.9% of it's GDP on health care and you guys cover everyone! The US is at 17% GDP and 46 million with no insurance.

Our much revered Congress seems perplexed at formulating a health care bill which cuts costs and covers everyone. Maybe they don't know this is something that is already in place and proven in several countries.

We really need some help so thank you for your sympathy but would you be kind enough to send a copy of your health care program rules and structure to the US Congress. Express mail please. I will personally reimburse you.

[Jet Gorgon]

^ Them Danes are hardy folks and never ask for elective surgery?


The organisation and financing of the Danish health care system was evaluated within a framework of a SWOT analysis (analysis of strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) by a panel of five members with a background in health economics. The evaluation was based on reading an extensive amount of selected documents and literature on the Danish health care system, and a one-week visit to health care authorities, providers and key persons. The present paper includes the main findings by one of the panel members. The dominance of tax financing helps to achieve control over the level of health care expenditure, as well as securing equity in financing the services. The reliance on local government for financing and running health care has both advantages and disadvantages, and the split between county and municipal responsibility leads to problems of co-ordination. The remuneration of general practitioners by a mix of capitation payment and fee for services has the advantage of capping expenditure whilst leaving the GPs with an incentive to compete for patients by providing them with good services. The GP service is remarkably economical. The hospital sector displays much strength, but there seem to be problems with respect to: (i) perceived lack of resources and waiting lists; (ii) impersonal care, lack of continuity of care and failures in communication between patients and staff; (iii) management problems and sometimes demotivated staff. The relationship between patients and providers is facilitated by free access to GPs and absence of any charges for hospital treatment. The biggest threat is continuation of avoidable illness caused by poor health habits in the population. The biggest opportunity is to strengthen public health measures to tackle these poor health habits.
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