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Glenn Beck on the End Game: The New World Order
It was called the US dollar.
Now, it's crumbling, and people are wanting to dump their reserves in favor of another one.
Which one should they pick? The Euro is the most likely choice, but from what I read the EU is expecting the value of the Euro to drop now too.
Now is a good time to talk about whether or not we should establish a global currency, since a lot of countries want to change the makeup of the currency reserves they have.
I take it Glenn and deedub are opposed. Personally, I don't have any particular aversion to the idea, though I'd go through any proposed plans to ditch the dollar with a fine-toothed comb, as would every economist in the world.
Personally, I don't see how global free trade doesn't lead inevitably to global trade regulation, global courts, global banks, and eventually a global legislature and executive.
I think much is made about the use of the phrase "new world order", as if the three words are capitalized, and refer to a specific, secret plan that all nations' leaders are working towards.
To that I say hogwash.
Big businesses have big sway in this free-market world though. If they all agree it's a good idea, nothing you or I say will stop it.
John McCain's Keating Five Problem In 97 Seconds
It's also an early echo of our current economic crisis.
MarineGunrock and NetRunner interviewed in 1992
That unibrow still gets me all kinds of chicks. So does the sexy voice. Like moths to the flame, baby, moths to the flame.
Actually in '92 I was too young to vote. I did support Clinton, but all I knew about him was from watching the debates. He was the only one who was actually answering the questions, and giving specifics instead of generalities.
The pot smoking thing seemed kinda cool to me too.
Mostly I remember how little it mattered to me who the President was. Back then, with the Cold War seeming all but over, it just didn't seem to me that there were problems in the world that could compare with my need to a) get a car, and b) get laid.
I figured whoever it was, they probably wouldn't screw things up too bad.
Palin Abused Power but did Not Violate the Law
Abuse of power is unlawful according to Alaska state law.
*news
*lies
John McCain: Dazed and Confused *BONUS FOOTAGE*
McCain Supporter Calls Obama Hooligan; McCain Agrees
That's what makes my heads spin about the morons thinking Democrats are socialists.
If you were the Prime Minister Now.. Worst interview ever!
"If you were the Prime Minister today, what would you do differently?"
To which he responds "What time period are you asking about?" because he's focusing on the tense of the verb -- like you would in French -- and being confused by the past tense being used together with "today", because it implies a continuous period of time from an unknown point in the past through today (again, assuming French is your first language).
Still a huge gaffe, but it's a linguistic issue, not a truckload full of stupidity issue (like certain GOP VP candidates).
McCain finally doing the right thing.
Things have just been so horrible for so long, and these guys just seem to keep doubling down on how inhuman they act. To see McCain not just relent, but say "You can trust Senator Obama" gives me hope that America isn't dead after all.
I don't think it's a sign that they're going to stop doing what they've been doing, I don't think it redeems him for what he's been doing, and his history certainly gives me reason to think this personal change of heart is self-serving and not an ethical objection.
But for a little while, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, because I want to believe that maybe, just maybe, there's some shred of humanity in these people.
McCain Supporters in Bethlehem, PA
McCain Called "Liar" By Supporter
My biggest hint? The "USA, USA, USA" chant is a standard Rovian thing for covering up protesters' chants.
Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Financial Crisis Cartoons
*politics
*comedy
*news
William F. Buckley's Son Endorses Obama (Election08 Talk Post)
The McCain-Palin Mob
There are some violent people on both sides as well, but Obama isn't saying "McCain will start a nuclear war with Russia", he isn't saying "he's going to rape the natural resources of the earth", he isn't saying "he will imprison and torture anyone who he feels like".
He isn't trying to incite our violent tendencies. If anything, he's trying to cool them, and get us to understand that disagreements about policies should not prevent us from getting along.
McCain is sending out Palin and his other surrogates to tell people that Obama is risky, unknown, dangerous, hates America, hates its values, and may be involved in violence against our government. That's not subtle. That's not a dog whistle, it's a fog horn.
These two parties are not being run by the same kinds of people. They're not equally evil -- they're not even remotely in the same category.
For your Pre-Debate Consideration (Blog Entry by Farhad2000)
I'm not sure how that paper came to those numbers, because there's not nearly that big a difference in their estimate of the deficit.
Also, once you start looking at the line items, and make fair guesses about what they're making up ($114bn for "Unspecified Spending Cuts" is a good one to look at on McCain's plan, for example), they both look like big spenders.
To some degree, I think people shouldn't take these numbers as gospel -- I'd love to see the same analysis done on Bush's campaign promises in 2000, and compare it to the actual values.
However, a plan like this gives you a good idea, in numbers, what kinds of things these candidates care about, and how they would want to change the budget.
After all, the budget needs to pass through Congress.
Don't Vote (Unless you live in Florida or Ohio) (Election08 Talk Post)
Larry Craig's Senate seat is up for election -- vote LaRocco for US Senate!