Hip-Hop cultureI totally agree, damn them negros.
Deep down the other countries know we aren't bad either.That or the fact that we know you could start a nuclear war and actually win. You're not bad, just really bloody dangerous.
Every time they need help, they ask US. And we always help.Right, so you guys decided to help out in a few world wars. We probably couldn't have done it without your cannon fodder. But could you please just stop milking the whole bloody affair? Some of us here are trying to get on with it without stomping third-world countries into a bloody pulp and then letting the survivors buy our stuff.
This is the first age of the world where the most dominant country is the good guy. We don't invade people to take their land. We don't commit genocide. We protect the peace.Cough. I mean, really. Cough. You don't take other people's land (anymore) because it's not profitable. Sure, you don't commit genocide, good one. At least we know you're not run by full-fledged psychopaths. Protect the peace? You protect yourself by starting wars.
Yes, Dubbya Bush has done alot of damage to the credibility of the U.S. but the kewl thing about our country is that every 4 (or 8 if there is a re-election) we get a new leader with a new vision and things that were wrong before can be made right.Almost every developed country got that, and your elected the moron twice. Furthermore, all your presidents have pretty much the same vision. Really, all you ever do is pick between fascist nationalistic fundamentalist and lame nationalistic fundamentalist.
Hip-Hop culture
[Masta Ace]
I wish the president would stop lyin'
Black babies stop cryin'
And young brothers stop dyin'
I wish the police would stop killin'
Politicians a stop stealin' and actin like they not dealin'
When they know they got bricks in the street
At the country club fixin' to eat
I can see em' now
I wish we'd get this shit figured out
And stop goin' the trigger route
And actin' all niggered out
On the block with the nine cocked
I wish we'd try and stop, (what?) stop wishin' for the prime box
I wish she wasn't so obsessed with death
Tell me is it cuz we blessed with less?
I don't know really
I wish the world was safer, I'm scared to travel abroad
That's why, I travel with the Lord
I wish the cabs would stop for me in the rain
I know you wanna call me insane, I'm a dreamer.
[Edo. G]
I wish my pops didn't die when I was seven years old
If there's life after death, is heaven this cold?
I wish I could wipe the tears of all the cryin' mothers
Wish new york niggas didn't start flyin' colors
I wish my people stop avoiding the truth,
BET stop poisoning youth
We need changes for teenagers as they go through phases
More than just a concrete jungle the world got green acres
I wish I'd been more diligent
Smart cats rhyme militant the rest rhyme ignorant
I wish the world didn't give us funny looks
Think we all just dummies and crooks
Athletes and entertainers singin' hooks
We need more black babies, that's in the books
I wish God could take away the pain
I know you wanna call me insane, I'm a dreamer.
[Edo. G]
I wish I didn't get searched when I come through customs
I wish Christians stop beefin' with Muslims
Wish the poor didn't have to take welfare
Wish America had universal healthcare
Cuz there aint' no help here, in a country where we don't fight fair
The American dream becomes a nightmare
It's all hype here, and on this track my soul I might bare
I wish Bush just get outta office
Before he start world war three and try to off us
It won't cost him, but it'll cost us
And right now, believe me you lost us.
There isn't anything wrong with America that a change in President won't fix.
That or the fact that we know you could start a nuclear war and actually win. You're not bad, just really bloody dangerous.
I do respect the traditional American system (pre-1940s America) that had a more hands off apporach to the running of the nation, and inspiring rather than indoctrinating certain values in thier populace. Today things are much different. I think its a long way back to a sane and stable America though.
also, this situation CANNOT be changed by a new administration, and it WILLL NOT be changed by the next administration or the one after that. you guys seem to put a lot of faith in obama, but just because he is a democrat, doesn't mean that he doesn't have corporate interests. (though certainly less than hillary) bill clinton was a democrat too, and he approved nafta, which was one of the most harmful treaties in recent american history.
america is getting dumber because religion is becomming more and more popular because of the internet mostly (internet is mostly christian)Holy shit you're right! (http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=atheist&word2=christian)
america is getting dumber because religion is becomming more and more popular because of the internet mostly (internet is mostly christian)Source?
Source?i don't
I've always viewed the internet as a very strongly leftist demographic. That's the idea I've always had, no matter which community I went to (and I've been active in them since somewhere in 1997). The majority of the (somewhat serious and active) internet users may be christian (but I refuse to believe this so easily), but at least the majority should also be open-minded about it.
i don'tYou're right, I'm not good with conputer
i don't think he's serious
Maybe if we were a little more intellectual and educated, then we wouldn't be as religous.Or you'd be Deists.
Maybe if we were a little more intellectual and educated, then we wouldn't be as religous.
I think that (apart from obvious shit like health care, gun laws, the broken two party system, etc.) one of the biggest things wrong with the US is that it's the only country in the world that constantly tells itself that it's the greatest country in the world and with the greatest people in the world. So many politicians do this (even the good ones) and it has always kind of bugged me in a way. Maybe some Americans should stop telling themselves that they're so great and start acting like it (not blowing up brown people is a start).
A rejection of socialism on a misled moral basis is what's wrong with America. Mind you America has been one of the most libertarian nations on earth unp until WW2, and things for Americans functioned well up until then. America worked best when no one was in chrage, and the government and army was small. It was the hypercapitalism/hyperpatriotism fueled by the Cold War and a Kennet/Reganist world view (every other nation is insane except ours) that has poisoned the American culture in the minds of other nations and its own populace as to thier ignorance of the world and the belief in the saving grace of thier own system when they can't even afford to go to the hospital when they get sick.
I do respect the traditional American system (pre-1940s America) that had a more hands off apporach to the running of the nation, and inspiring rather than indoctrinating certain values in thier populace. Today things are much different. I think its a long way back to a sane and stable America though.
The thing about the 2 party system is, it doesn't HAVE to be 2 party. We the people have the power to vote for anybody we want. And there are a dozen major canidates every 4 years. There is the socialists, the libertarians(sp?), the green party, the reform party, I'm sure I'm missing some. The problem isn't the 2 party system. The problem we VOTE for only Rep. or Dem.
We have the power to change how things work, we just don't. The closest anyone has come in the last few decades was Ross Perot in '92 when he got 10 percent of the pop vote.
wrong. it doesnt have to be two party because if it was three party the most amount of people that could be happy is 34%, which leaves alot of people pissed off. also, most of the goals of third parties are just to have the bigger parties take up the flag for their cause.
And yet you still have 50% of the people pissed off which leads back to my argument that the entire country is split down the middle. Why is it that we have parties in the first place? Is it not enough to vote for somebody because *gasp* they have good ideas? I vote conservative because I'm in the military and democrats INSTANTLY shaft the military because this is how shit works. Despite voting conservative, I'm pro-choice... but I'm also against gun control. WHERE THE FUCK DOES THIS PUT ME?? A conservative who's pro-choice or a liberal who's against gun control is instantly ignored by the public because it goes against the stereotype we hold about the different parties. The whole point of a government is to provide to the people the means to provide for themselves (IMO) but instead this government only provides the means to half the people and shafts the other half.
Shit doesn't add up.
Maybe if you were a little more intellectual and educated you'd realise that people are religious because they fucking choose to be not because there's no other options. You don't wake up and say "HOLY SHIT I WANT TO BE A THEIST" it's something that happens naturally. You can bring up the "well, i was raised so and so" argument but people like that aren't really religious they're just following what their parents are saying. People who grew up in a faith based family that became atheist are no different than people raised in an atheist family that became theist. It's a personal thing and I never understood why dumb fucks who consider themselves "educated" never got that.It seems that those that are more intellectual and/or devoted to science tend to be less religous than otherwise speaking. Of course, this certainly isn't always the case. I guess that I'll stop now before I get flamed any more.
hahahahahaha, MARCUS IS A BLACK REPUBLICAN.
you should be ashamed of yourself.
It seems that those that are more intellectual and/or devoted to science tend to be less religous than otherwise speaking. Of course, this certainly isn't always the case. I guess that I'll stop now before I get flamed any more.
Directed to everyone:
If you were going to interview the President, not George Bush, but the President in general, what serious questions would you ask (about the current state of things)? What response would you want (what response would YOU give)? What would you do if you were President?
And this is not for any work or school related project, so don't feel like I'm asking you to do an assignment for me. Just subject matter I am interested in.
I like my money. The last thing I want is someone coming into office and screwing me out of my pay but that also means I have to vote for some backwater fucktards. You see how dumb this is???
well what I'm confused about is why you think military pay would be cut down.
the majority of defense spending is for corporate entities to make faster jets we don't need etc, I'd think it would be political suicide to be the president who GOT RID OF soldier's benefirts.
Unfair representation.
Our system of government classifies Americans as either one of two things:
1: A liberal
or
2: A conservative
There's absolutely no fucking inbetween. You cannot be religious yet be pro-life. You cannot accept homosexual marriages yet demand a quota on immigrants. Everything we do and the people that represent us must be either on the left or right, never the middle. We cannot vote on a single bill, it has to be compounded with several other bills and voted at once. The president has little power to change any one thing because there's 50 people who are split down the fucking middle about it. We're the most diverse country in the world but we're so fucking confused about our heritage that we choose to ignore it. Those that do embrace their heritage, embrace the extremist side of it and completely forget that EVERYONE except the Natives moved here on a boat. There's too many politicians that represent America and not enough politicians that represent the people.
How do we fix this? Completely change our system of government... but that won't happen anytime soon. Personally, I favor socialism but every politician in America is bat shit afraid that any talks of foreign government will completely and utterly topple the very foundation this country has built up for itself.
God forbid a poor underdeveloped communist country should continue to exist. They may one day destroy a leading superpower!
Maybe if you were a little more intellectual and educated you'd realise that people are religious because they fucking choose to be not because there's no other options. You don't wake up and say "HOLY SHIT I WANT TO BE A THEIST" it's something that happens naturally. You can bring up the "well, i was raised so and so" argument but people like that aren't really religious they're just following what their parents are saying. People who grew up in a faith based family that became atheist are no different than people raised in an atheist family that became theist. It's a personal thing and I never understood why dumb fucks who consider themselves "educated" never got that.
I think that (apart from obvious shit like health care, gun laws, the broken two party system, etc.) one of the biggest things wrong with the US is that it's the only country in the world that constantly tells itself that it's the greatest country in the world and with the greatest people in the world. So many politicians do this (even the good ones) and it has always kind of bugged me in a way. Maybe some Americans should stop telling themselves that they're so great and start acting like it (not blowing up brown people is a start).Hey wasn't this how N- whoops Godwin's Law never mind. But yeah, if the majority of people in any given democratic were actually trying to be nice, humanity as a whole would be a lot better off.
Unfair representation.
Our system of government classifies Americans as either one of two things:
1: A liberal
or
2: A conservative
There's absolutely no fucking inbetween.
wrong. it doesnt have to be two party because if it was three party the most amount of people that could be happy is 34%, which leaves alot of people pissed off. also, most of the goals of third parties are just to have the bigger parties take up the flag for their cause.
That's bullshit. There have been presidents in the past from the Federalist party, the Whig Party, The Torrie Party, it's a 2 party system now because people will only RECENTLY pick Republican or Democrat. This is a trend that's only been within the last 50 years or so.
We CAN pick someone else, we just don't.
yeah, but back then it didnt matter who you elected because presidents did nothing. up until FDR the presidency didn't really have any power and there were maybe a handful presidents (Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt along with the other trust busters and Woodrow Wilson) that ever actually did anything. Not to mention that the parties you mentioned probably don't even exist, so I hardly see the relevancy.man who taught you american history
There isn't anything wrong with America that a change in President won't fix.I have lived in the U.S. for a lengthy amount of time and I certainly don't think that the U.S. is the best country in the world and I believe there are many things that can be fixed. For instance the school system where about no-one goes to college and responsibility for own learning is unheard of. Even college students need to be assigned homework before they even bother to do work.
The main problem is how people in other countries view America. The fact is, the people who migrate here and actually spend a lengthy amount of time here are nothing but thrilled out of their minds to be living in the greatest country in the world. It's the people who don't live here who just see us on their news, or in the newspaper, or in propaganda videos who get this warped view and end up hating us.
That's bullshit. There have been presidents in the past from the Federalist party, the Whig Party, The Torrie Party, it's a 2 party system now because people will only RECENTLY pick Republican or Democrat. This is a trend that's only been within the last 50 years or so.Your an American and you don't even know your own system. In the U.S it's worthless to vote for another candidate and that has been proven severall times in the past. If you are going to get any votes you need to get above 50%/majority in a state and if you don't then you will not get a single vote from that state. I will give you an example.
We CAN pick someone else, we just don't.
man who taught you american history
you have clearly demonstrated you do not know/understand how american politics worked in the 18th and 19th century, so dont try to pass off his argument as being irrelevant.
man who taught you american history
you have clearly demonstrated you do not know/understand how american politics worked in the 18th and 19th century, so dont try to pass off his argument as being irrelevant.
That's bullshit. There have been presidents in the past from the Federalist party, the Whig Party, The Torrie Party, it's a 2 party system now because people will only RECENTLY pick Republican or Democrat. This is a trend that's only been within the last 50 years or so.
We CAN pick someone else, we just don't.
haha how can you defend this post: (???)There has been a two party/one party system since George Washington. Not a single time has a third party won an election, the only times when it switch is for instance if a party divides itself. One of the parties will die and there are two parties left. The reason is because it's impossible to have three sucessful parties in the U.S.
after he says there has only been a two party system for half a century~
Mr. Kernaghan, but yeah maybe he was just wrong. I am open to admitting I'm wrong, but either way, you can't say that politics now is what it was then so saying "we elected third party canidates over 100 years ago under completely different circumstances" isn't really proof that a third party candidate could realistically be elected now.
Calling the Federalist, Whig, Torrie, etc parties "Third parties" just shows your ignorance. They weren't third parties back then. It was NOT a Republican and Democrat dominant system back then. Republican/Democrat dominant politics is RECENT. You REALLY need to educate yourself before you go ranting on a forum.
Calling the Federalist, Whig, Torrie, etc parties "Third parties" just shows your ignorance. They weren't third parties back then. It was NOT a Republican and Democrat dominant system back then. Republican/Democrat dominant politics is RECENT. You REALLY need to educate yourself before you go ranting on a forum.
The reason that NOW it is just Republican and Democrat getting votes is because we only vote for those two. If we voted as a country for let's say the Green party and Nader then the Green party would be one of the dominant parties in the future. It's not set in stone people! It changes over time. The Democratic Party didn't even exist in the beginnings of our political system. And before anyone says it, no I'm not voting for Nader. It was an example.
What's wrong with America? The 10% that are idiots seem to shout louder than the 90% of intelligent people can combined. Just look at this thread.
I think what's wrong with America, is that there is a lack of maps > >lol
CNN is notorious for reporting on non-news items, like one time a few years ago when they reported that Marlon Brando had, before his death, recorded dialogue for an animated movie that nobody has heard about since (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bug_Man). They were all "OMG, deceased famous actor playing the role of a woman!" WHO CARES?! It's not news, they only ran it because he had just died and the whole thing was slightly to the left of conservative.
They do this all the time and nobody even remembers these things
Well in CNN's defense they have to fill in 24 hours worth of programming every day. And when your channel is nothing but news, you gotta report everything lol.I explicit explained to you that a third party could never win an American election. It doesn't matter how popular it becomes, it will never win an election because the American system is designed to keep third parties out. If you are ignorant about the American system, then at least listen to people who knows. A vote for a third party is a wasted vote and it will make the party you support the least win. Would you vote for a party that would make the party you support the least win? Also when enviroment becomes popular, then the Democrats will support action, actually they do allready.
And back on the sub-topic of 3rd parites. Yeah I actually COULD see the Green Party eventually becoming a major player. People are just now realizing the importance of the enviroment and how screwed up we are making it. And people like Dubbya Bush have gone a long way in helping to destroy it all so who better to take us into the Green Age than the Green Party? :P
As far as I know though (cuz of the lack of info about other candidates) I'm not even sure there IS a Green Party rep. Is it Nader again?
On a side note, how easy would it be to start up a chain letter thru email for someone wanting to be president. It would travel all over the country many times over and I'm sure alot of dumb people would vote for him/her just for shits and giggles.
I explicit explained to you that a third party could never win an American election. It doesn't matter how popular it becomes, it will never win an election because the American system is designed to keep third parties out. If you are ignorant about the American system, then at least listen to people who knows. A vote for a third party is a wasted vote and it will make the party you support the least win. Would you vote for a party that would make the party you support the least win? Also when enviroment becomes popular, then the Democrats will support action, actually they do allready.
If they changed the system and the representatives is distrubuted after how many votes you get, instead of how many states you get majority in, then the U.S. would have severall third parties.
No one goes for a walk for the hell of it anymore.
So bascially you are saying that you vote for the big 2 only because everyone else does it. So you would jump off a bridge if everyone else did that too I guess. I'm sorry if I actually believe we should vote the best candidate and not just who we are SUPPOSED to vote for. That's why third parties don't get votes. It's not because they aren't better, it's because people like you are apathetic and lazy and don't give a shit if things stay the same year after year after year. If people thought like you in the past, we'd still have slavery and women wouldn't be able to vote. Changes occur when people are brave and determined enough to take ACTION.I don't think you followed my reasoning. I said you should vote for the big 2, because if many thought like you, you would make the party you support the least win. The reason isn't because of the bandwagon, but because the American system is old and not working probably and Americans refuse to fix it.
No one goes for a walk for the hell of it anymore.I do too.
No one goes for a walk for the hell of it anymore.
Also if you are poor in the U.S. you will end up in horrible schools, the colleges will weight down your GPA, because you went to a bad school and your school didn't offer any AP courses. Even if you get to a good college you will meet tons of problems, you have to take up more than a million dollar in loan because the college prices are extremely high. The previous high school has probably skipped a lot of the syllabus or you don't need to understand the material to achieve a high grade and then you will fail and have to leave the college.
That is untrue. I am poor as shit, but I managed I find a program where I could attend community college for free while I was in high school! They paid for my tuition and textbooks and I immediately jumped on this opportunity and in the past four years of high school, I was able to complete 80 units of college for no cost, and even after that, I have tons of opportunities to get good money through government grants like FAFSA and scholarships. Sure, its not enough, but its enough to get my by. The problem is, America is a very open-ended country. You are free to fail miserably or do amazing well. You have a lot of chances to prove yourself, but the issue is, at least in the education system, most people don't care enough to take on these chances or they just don't know about it because there is so much to consider and a lack of organization.You must remember that not everyone are as fortunate as you and can attend the university for free or is capable of following university courses. I'm not saying that poor people have no chances to become rich, but it's much harder. If you were rich you would probably attend one of the top universities now. It is true that they give less funding to public schools in bad areas. Why they do that is a good question?
[America] is getting dumber because religion is [becoming] more and more popular because of the internet mostly (internet is mostly [Christian])Wow wut? Being an atheist is trendy nowadays. I don't think that was the case a few centuries ago.
Wow wut? Being an atheist is trendy nowadays. I don't think that was the case a few centuries ago.I wonder why that would be the case.
And ironically the one thing that would stop me from getting into a university is because I am of Asian descent. :rolleyes: And because there are so many Asians in colleges, there needs to be leeway for those "poorer" minorities!