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  1. Wrath of Dagon
    Cisco lays off 6000 after calling for amnesty, guest workers : http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/14/Cisco-Slashes-6-000-Jobs-After-Pushing-More-Amnesty-Guest-Worker-Visas
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    I'm well aware of it. Illegal immigration is not the only issue that worries me, there's almost nothing that's going on that I like. Our economic policies are far from stable and sound, they're better characterized as suicidal. After all, great empires have fallen before, in fact always, so there's lots to be concerned about even if right now you could still say we're in great condition compared to the rest of the world. Edit : You could visit Detroit to see some Democrat lead destruction. Haha what? You sure there, chief? You know how there's only a finite amount of money, right? You know that to make the poor less poor, the rich would necessarily have to give some of that up, right? What we're talking about here is you, an American right-leaning (I assume) Republican, clearly and openly advocating that the "American system" is all about resource sharing as opposed to naked capitalism. It's a see saw, for one side to be high up, the other side has to be low down. Otherwise, if you balance everybody in the middle, you've got socialism. It might not be what you want to project America's system as being, but that's a whole hell of a lot different from it not actually being America's system. That's about as ignorant a statement on economics as I've ever seen, it actually sounds like satire. "Finite money" has nothing to do with anything, nor is it finite. The important thing is as a market economy grows, everyone who participates in it benefits. Some get more out of it, some get less, but everyone's lot improves.
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    Got to love the wisdom of our government : http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-adviser-jihadists-caliphate-absurd_802853.html?utm_campaign=Washington+Examiner&utm_source=washingtonexaminer.com&utm_medium=referral
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    Wolfenstein. What a douche decision not to give a check point when they know you're likely to die. Taking much longer than it should, might give up at some point.
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    Cool, I forgot that was in the works.
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    You're right to a large extent, it's a contributing factor, especially among the younger people. Then again, we don't need 2 Democrat parties. But immigration and demographic trends are a huge factor also. Edit : For example, in Texas the cultural issues are not a problem, it's still quite socially conservative. But the demographic changes mostly wrought by illegal immigration are a huge factor, and I am convinced will make Texas Democrat and ruin it like they ruined so many places within the decade. I don't think you understand why people value the Constitution so much. It's not that's it's a holy relic, is that it's the Supreme Law of the land, and when you ignore it, you undermine the rule of law, which is mankind's greatest achievement. The reason people admire it so much is not from religious feeling as you claim, but because it is still the best human attempt to guaranty liberty and justice for all. If there are problems with the Constitution, it has an amendment process which has been utilized many times, it just requires broad national consensus.
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    Yeah, the "world" kind of wishes hitler has succeeded. Most of UN human rights resolutions are against Israel, completely ignoring all the other paragons of human rights.
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    That assumes that the rich want to keep the poor poor. But why should they? It's not clear that they do, it's never been the American system. I'm happy the way things are, I'm not sure I'll be happy the way they will be soon. The leftists are slowly but surely destroying this country, at least that's my belief. As far as the improved living conditions, that's mostly the result of technology and capitalism, the political system only comes into play to the extent it hinders the former.
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    Here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy It's not that dictatorship is superior to democracy, the argument is that a democracy will devolve into a dictatorship anyway. I think democracy would work better if there was a qualification for voting, like you have to pay income tax to vote. Voting used to be limited only to property owners, it seems to me making voting universal has actually hurt democracy.
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    All that shows is that foreign workers work cheaper, not that there are no Americans willing to take those jobs. It's the same situation with H1B visas. Am I the only one who finds this type of perspective hard to believe? The lack of effectiveness to implement proper immigration reform or control is really about the Democrats staying in power? It's been that way for decades. It's working too, even Texas will turn Democrat within 10 years, Republican party is dead even if they don't know it yet. Gaza border is very secure, true Hamas managed to build a bunch of tunnels in secret, but they've now been destroyed. Attacks across that border are very rare. Also our border only has to be about 90% secure, not 100% secure like Israel's. Edit: "Osama Bin Laden" crosses US border : http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/08/11/watch-osama-bin-laden-illegally-crosses-the-texas-mexico-border/
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    Lifetime Hardware Sales: Wii - 101.04 million PS3 - 83.01 million 360 - 82.63 million Lifetime Software Sales By Platform: Wii - 921.30 million 360 - 897.70 million PS3 - 835.52 million OK, that's units, but not dollars. The Wii was supposed to have a very low attach rate, non-gamers would buy it as a fad, play the enclosed games a few times, then put it back in the box and never look at it again, which has certainly been my observation. The number of units probably includes the free games included with the Wii, which wasn't so much the case with other consoles.
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    EU and NATO member renounces democracy : http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/08/07/the-mask-is-off/ Edit: Also http://www.lorencollins.net/tytler.html
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    You agree that criminal migrants should be stopped, how will that be achieved without border control? They turn to crime because of the culture bred by dependency, and because of hopelessness. Having access to entry level jobs would be a huge influence for the better. As far as everyone having to pay minimum wage, prices would increase a bit, but your argument is for the well-to-do to benefit from exploitation. Securing the border wouldn't magically get rid of all illegal labor immediately, but it would start a restoration of the rule of law in this country. Not arguing against that, but training for jobs you can't compete for doesn't make much sense either. I'm not sure where I said to make undocumented workers legal citizens. Far from it, I want the US and Mexico to work with each other so that we can tap the labor force our economy relies on. Many undocumented workers split time between the two countries, again they come here for the opportunities that are available. They have communities and families in both countries, and so the meager salaries that they are afforded help sustain a larger group. It is incredibly communal. Here is another interesting idea about our border, if you are interested. I guess an argument can be made US and Mexico should de facto become one country, but I don't see the benefit. Anyway something like that should be democratically decided, not be done by fiat. We don't have a labor shortage in this country, certainly not an unskilled labor shortage, so importing more labor from abroad doesn't make sense. If they did work here they'd have to be given the same wages and working conditions as Americans, otherwise you're just exploiting people. Also Mexico isn't the only source of illegal immigration by far. Btw, going back to your farm worker argument, Cesar Chavez organized the (legal) farm workers for better pay and benefits, and that was back when Americans were working the fields. Of course all those gains have now been destroyed by the overwhelming employment of illegals.
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    I don't think the Wii won if you consider game sales, which is after all what consoles are all about. Too lazy to actually look up numbers though.
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    Whoever wins the previous console generation becomes super arrogant and loses the next generation because of it. Happened to Sony with PS3 and now to MS with Xbone. (Well, Sony lost with PS3 in the US, may be not worldwide).
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    They'd harvest the fields if those jobs paid enough. Of course when welfare benefits exceed the rewards of hard work, rationally you would choose the former. And harvesting the fields isn't the only jobs illegals are taking, it's virtually all unskilled jobs, which would otherwise be entry level jobs people could get training in. Instead American citizens are encouraged to become dependent on the government, causing immense social problems and rotting our society from within. If you open the border to all who want to come here, we'll soon be overwhelmed and dragged to the level of the countries they're trying to escape to start with. Not to mention once they're legal, they'd be eligible for the very same welfare benefits, or are you going to let their poor hungry children starve because the mother with 20 children can't find work in our cruel capitalist system? Edit: Even if you just want to keep criminals, weapons and drugs out (weapons actually flow the other way, not that it shouldn't be stopped also), you still have to secure the borders, something the government simply refuses to do in spite of all the laws. If that was done, then we could democratically decide what level of legal immigration we want to allow, but I guess since the general populace is too stupid, you don't believe things should be decided democratically either.
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    It's funny that the people who most support raising the minimum wage also support illegal aliens taking American jobs, working for sub-minimum wage and not paying taxes, something that low-skilled American workers have no chance of competing against. "Hey, you deserve a living wage, but guess what, you can't actually have the job that would give you a living wage, because we gave them all to the illegals."
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    That's not what I said.
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    I've been reading historical English novels, and it's funny how the issues they were dealing with are the same ones we're still dealing with; like the one I'm reading now has a stock market bubble in 1820's, and it sounds exactly like early 2000's. Truly the nature of man never changes.
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    So what's so complicated? You just explained it perfectly, except it's not easy to come legally, too many people want in, sometimes the wait is as long as 20 years even for people with family here (not that's it's our problem, improve your own countries, we're not responsible for everyone). Its funny but with the drain on your countries resources and fact you guys have really large numbers of illegal immigrants this comment is the last thing I would expect to hear from you? What are you going to tell me next, you support the Democrats? I was being sarcastic. But thanks to the Lightworker, we now have open borders, so yeah. Edit: Border Patrol agent murdered by illegal aliens in front of his family : http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/08/09/TX-Attorney-General-Obama-Administration-has-Blood-on-Its-Own-Hands
  21. Wrath of Dagon
    Well, the rest of the world sucks, so yall can just come here, no problem.
  22. Wrath of Dagon
    Yeah, well, it's no use to discuss things with conspiracy theorists. Any evidence is just more evidence of the conspiracy, kind of like global warming. The issue is whether it was Hamas or some other terrorists. Anyone who thinks Israelis killed their own kids are on a different astral plane anyway.
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    Hamas cell leader arrested and confesses to the totally non-Hamas kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers : http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/08/05/Big-Bummer-for-NY-Magazine-Israel-Announces-Arrest-of-Hamas-Operative-Responsible-for-June-s-Kidnap-and-Murder-of-three-Israeli-teens
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    I want proof. Here you go : http://archive.adl.org/israel/israel_sbarro.html If you don't believe my source, you can google it yourself. They're Muslim Brotherhood, the mother of all jihadists. They consider the existence of Israel to be occupation. Similarly Boko Haram and ISIS are fighting to achieve Muslim domination over all others.
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    But, but, Rostere says all Arab terrorism is Israel's fault. They happily sent suicide bombers to intentionally kill children. The majority of Palestinians wildly celebrated those attacks and even made recreated bombing scenes for the population to admire.
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