The only place in Europe if not the world that looks remotely like a democracy is Switzerland.
Everything else is a sick sham where the plebs get to pick which colour to vote for between parties who have pretty much the same policies. Not that it matters because as soon as they get into government they do what the hell they want anyway.
The UK government is insolvent in all but name and the only thing they can think of is getting rid of a few benefits. It truly is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic well after it has struck the iceberg.
If anyone has any pounds saved then buy anything with it, gold, silver, bricks and mortar, farm land, other currencies (swiss franc, aussie dollar, canadian dollar) anything that will store value as the only way the UK is ever going to pay off its debt is by massive I mean 1970's style massive inflation. This child benefit cut is a tiny tiny tiny step in the right direction but look at the fuss that is happening over it.
No modern country has got itself out of the financial hole that the USA and Western Europe are in now without a major war.
Anyway on that cheery note I shall end :twisted:
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. Lenin
It has always been this way.
Obama is the biggest empty suit ever to get elected to high office, he makes Jimmy Carter look competant.
Obama won previous elections by getting opponents thrown off the ballot box or by getting court orders to open opponents sealed divorce records to use in a smear campaign. That is why they are now after Romneys tax records as Romney is a dull, tee totaller and happily married.
Obama got the most money ever donated by Wall St but somehow people think he is a man of the people. He has spent millions of dollars in legal fees keeping all his previous records sealed and has still not produced a full written birth certificate (personally I could not care less where he was born)
Obama has made more gaffes than Bush did, has played far more golf than Bush did and racked up more debt than all previous presidents put together. Thanks to a friendly media these facts are nowhere to be found on TV, let alone the truly awful BBC coverage of US politics.
Obama got elected because he was black and could read a teleprompter. When you think about it, it is a very sobering thought that the masses can be so easily led.
27 year old army officer (pilot at that trust me most of us are like that :twisted: ) gets drunk and parties after being at Top Gun training at Miramar.
Yes that really is a news story.
Only issue here is why the protection officers allowed camera phones in the room and after the pics were taken why did they allow poeple to keep their phones.
A poorly educated and ignorant populace is easier to control and lead around by the nose. The dumbing down of education has been going on for decades where now only those with the money can get a top class education either by going to public school or spending a fat wedge of dosh on a house near one of the few decent state schools.
As for thick or ignorant? Sorry but some folk are thick and no amount of PC thought or language will change that fact.
My standards tend to be directly inversely proportional to how horny I am!! :twisted:
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There is little point in carrying on this thread as we shall not agree. I will end in saying that the world is full of numpties and when it comes to "evolution" and "civilisation" they can and often do go straight out the window when it comes to sex.
Man is an animal with emotions and no amount of pretending otherwise will alter that fact.
For it to be sex something other than fingers or toes has to go inside :twisted:
No threats? Just off the top of my head we have......
The EU is an undemocratic monolith that has no mandate from the people of Europe, every time they have allowed a vote they have lost but then ignored it. It is going through an economic crisis that could very well leave the whole thing in tatters with nations such as Greece, Spain and Italy all ripe for dictatorship or military coup.
The banking crisis that started in 2008 is still going on and the last time there was a banking crisis like this it led to World War Two.
Argentina is sabre rattling about "Las Malvinas" and all of South America including the massive country of Brazil is on their side.
Russia is a mafia state run by billionaire oligarchs who could turn off gas and oil supplies at the drop of a hat.
Egypt has just installed an Islamist government and will now be taking a much harder line on all issues. They can close the Suez at a moments notice
Iran is still an ongoing problem run by religious fanatics who want the bomb
China is looking to take over as the world largest economy and the USA will do anything they can to prevent that happening, with potential flashpoints in Korea and Taiwan
We are still at war in Afghanistan
Pakistan is a failed nuclear state with a population of 170million people many uneducated and very hostile to the West
The UK is not self sufficient in energy and food plus water in the South East is at its supply limits (thankfully its poured down this month)
Am sure there are other threats too but these are enough to be going on with. I heard a quote last week that this year is similar to 1913 in that we have no clue whatsoever what next year will bring.
Just another in a long line of left wing hypocrites whose attitude is do as I say not as I do. Champagne socialists really are the lowest of the low!
