Wrath of Dagon

Who said that?

30% of the country is conservative, someone's got to represent them. Having said that Republicans are completely routed and almost irrelevant right now. Their come back depends on the Democrats completely mucking everything up, which I can't root for either because it'll be disastrous for the country. Anyway, this looks like 1976 all over again, which is interesting because that's when I got here.

Yes, unions are much weaker in the US than in Europe. The only place they've been gaining is among government employees, of course that may all be about to change so they can do for our economy what they've done for GM.

No you wouldn't, because they make a lot more profit in US from a given drug than the rest of the world.

Way to fall for propaganda. How is the management going to get you to reveal how you're going to vote or have voted when the ballot is secret and federally supervised? Amazing how easy it is to brainwash people, it's happening all over again. The secret ballot is the cornerstone of democracy, an open ballot election is no different than a Soviet election, so no Enoch, it's not an extremist label. The graph you posted shows cloture votes increasing sharply in 1970, certainly way before Geoge HW Bush ever became president. Why don't you actually read that article, the history of the filibuster is quite a long one, as I said.

I heard hand sanitizer is really toxic.

No, I didn't say US does all the research, I said the US market is what makes that research profitable.

You might not agree with Labour unions for some reason or another, but there's nothing Stalinist about them. Perhaps this is an area you need to do some research on. Taking away the secret ballot is what's Stalinist, you're the one who needs to do some research. Cloture used to be a last a resort, the 'nuclear option' and the ultimate threat to force compromise on bills. No longer. Again, where are you getting your info, the filibuster is a long standing tradition in the Senate, it is the primary reason why change takes a long time in the US. Enoch, I have to disagree, EFCA is the number one legislative priority for unions, and what good is it to have a Democrat that doesn't vote their way? True, they can't very well support a Republican, but there are options in the primary, and certainly they could withhold cash and volunteers. I agree it's not a sure thing though, as they don't have all the cards.

Where a company is headquatered means nothing in a global market, what matters is where most of the profit is made. From your link

Well, that's his current position, but as a Democrat he'll be a lot more dependent on unions for campaign cash and volunteers, so it may just require some small cosmetic changes to get him to flip again (he was for it last year, when it had no chance).

Let's not foget currently US subsidizes drug research for the entire world, because US is pretty much the only country drugs can be sold for full price, thus making back the research investment.

The Employee Stalinist Choice Act just got a lot closer to passing. And what, cloture used to be rarely used? Where the hell to you get your info Krezack?

That's right, our new paradigm is borrow money like there's no tomorrow.

Almost no one can afford a private security detail following them everywhere, and besides without law enforcement a society can't function, which would affect even the rich. Also I'll point out it's not like we have people dying in the streets because no one will treat them.

The difference between police and universal healthcare is that everyone needs police protection, while UH only benefits those who can't or won't buy their own insurance. What's fascinating to me is that people in other countries care so much about US social programs, while US could care less what anyone else does.

What if you choose to put on your commando outfit and just walk around in it? Is everybody supposed to react appropriately? Seems like a lot of extra work.

That's my point, if they didn't display carried weapons, this issue wouldn't arise. Anyway, there's a bigger issue, if he wears a commando outfit in the middle of the street, that doesn't make sense either.

Anything and everything. That's not an answer at all. I don't see what was wrong with IW's story, characters and setting.

I don't get the new obsession of displaying all the weapons the PC carries. Are they also going to show him carrying all his other equipment in a satchell?

What would you expect them to do better?

Actually our population is as healthy as anyone's, and most health problems are due to overindulgence, not anything else. Other things which play into this, we're bankrupt, we spend more on defense than anyone else by far, 50% of healthcare costs occur in the last few weeks of life, we have a huge non-productive underclass, we have Medicaid which pays for the poor, Medicare pays for the old, VA pays for veterans, and many localities but not all have a very extensive public health system. I believe something like half of the population is already on public healthcare.

DX3 probably won't be as good as IW (most likely a shooter with some RPG leveling) but it might get a better reception since people are now conditioned not to expect the original.

The problem with the US is that we have an extremely corrupt government and a population that always wants to have its cake and eat it too. So although there's definitely a healthcare crisis, I'm very pessimistic that government intervention will improve the situation. You only have to look at the Medicare fraud rate to see that.

It doesn't make it harder, and it doesn't matter that you critisize them. They'll just keep doing what they're doing, no matter what.

The government says now is a good time to take a vacation in Mexico.