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I not only bought Overlord, but I bought a 360 controller just for it. I'm good with money c/d. I saved 20 on the controller by buying the regular XBox 360 controller and installing the driver via Windows Update. USB Human interface device lol

I'm merely saying that your presence is a portent that the rest of us are DOOMED, Mr. Cthulhu.

I didn't say you were doomed.

DOOMED!

With the rate of the human population is growing, that is not a problem. What are we, India? In the US, we're not experiencing the same population boon.

That is the ideal but the ideal never truly happens. Let's compare this with your suggestion. Socialism's purpose is to ensure collective wellfare. This is the ideal. The ideal never truly happens. What do we end up with? Government doing everything you claim the medical industry will do on their own. While the consumers don't even have a tiny fraction of power. As long as consumers have choice, they have power. Socialism will take away that choice, and power, completely and leave nothing.

The whole purpose of capitalism is to give consumers power in the market.

I'm tempted to side with Sand. He has what I think is a Doctor Who reference in his signature. It shows he has culture.

yeah, right. hehe... taks I guess I'll accept that. I've been messing with you since "conglomoneofascidictatorialism." I wanted to see how far I'd have to go before you just stopped arguing. You didn't even blink at the mention of Roswell. edit: not taks

It's easy to figure out. In any system there should be variation. If there isn't, then there's only one logical conclusion. Control. The government is preventing either preventing people with opossing views from getting these positions (most likely) or is preventing people in these positions from having opposing views (not impossible).

money that's already been taken from me. it's not a matter if the government has enough money already, since it came from the people paying the most taxes in the first place (of which i am included). an no, btw, the US does not already have enough tax income to pay for everyone's health care. medicare/medicaid is already measured in the hundreds of $B, full health care for everyone would be measured in the $Ts. taks The US government has far more money than it lets on. If they cut into their blag bag proft (drug traffiking) or started releasing some of the advanced technologies they gained from Roswell, it would be easy to make the difference between $B and $T.

15? How big is your estate? edit: not taks

Might just be browser differences. not taks

i've said nothing contrary to freedom. in fact, my personal policies are all about freedom: live and let live (or die, such as it may be). requiring me to pay for your insurance (you simply as a rhetorical object of the statement) infringes upon my freedom. taks A lot of people like to say that and it sounds good, it really does. But then when you think about it more, you realise that the government already gets enough money to do this already. The only reason it doesn't is because it wants to enact out the passive genocide disenfranchised and poor.

The underline doesn't show up in yours.

It's not a joke. It's a subtle parody of US congolomoneofascidictatorialism. I want you to think about that. not taks

Raining off and on since yesterday in Wylie, Texas. I'm trying to teach my cat that when it sounds like raining, it's raining. It was pouring heavily last night and he was begging to go outside. I open the door, he sees rain, he flips out and runs away from the door. 5 minutes later, still raining heavily, he's back at the door begging to go outside.

Why does taks hate freedom? not taks

You got trolled, BURN! I wouldn't mind the check though.

it is very easy to contest that. linux and mac are both genuine, and MS is really, really, really afraid of linux. taks When it comes to home computing, Linux practically does not exist. When it comes to gaming, both Linux and Mac do not exist. Not in the literal sense, but it might as well be.

World Health Organization? I believe Cuba is 39. Don't quote me, though. not taks

Modern: Microsoft Historically: Carnegie Steel and they did what that was bad for consumers? MS got slapped down for actually breaking the law, btw, and like it or not, they offer the best product in the world (and they never had a monopoly anyway), and carnegie actually offered low prices on steel. that was why they got so big in the first place... the world was buying. kudos to the mention of AT&T. that would have been easy to pounce on. taks All of this is beside my point. My point is whether or not competition exists. Whether or not what Microsoft does is offer "the best product in the world" and are doing what is best for the consumer is beyond either you or I to accurately analyze. However, it is difficult to contest that the OS market lacks genuine competition.

I only have one question. Why does Guard Dog hate America? :'(

The way was awesome. Sure, it's a definite cliffhanger, but after what happens it begs Galvatron to be in the sequal. I don't know how they'll work that, though.

Oh sure, be nice and say "sorry." How am I supposed to stay angsty and unreasonable against that?! I knew that's probably what was going on. You probably have this kind of debate a lot and come to expect it. But at the same time I like being an ass and working against people's expected patterns.