[Zeronet]

Originally posted by CODEDOG ND


1.  TEXAS 0WNZ!!! (b/c I'm from Texas)
2.  Bush not all that great but politicians are politicians better than Gore, (rant: Second Amendment 0wnz!, Abortion is Murder!)
3.  World Government would 0wn but it would probably have to be a swift and decisive thing.  Say, UN ppl vs Non-UN ppl if you don't join you DIE!!!!  

TEXAS?! Holy cow, you know what comes from Texas dont ya?! j/k

[CODEDOG ND]

damn aint no queer...

[Setekh]

Originally posted by CP5670
ah I see; tradition?

(if I give my views on this I'll be blasted by everyone else, so I will be quiet here :D )

Lol, yep, tradition. It's not exactly easy to chuck out a head of state, either.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by Mr. Vega
P.S. I'm also Texan, but I'm not republican and hate Bush, so please don't flame me for that.

How about a medal, a cookie, and a pat on the back?
I hate Bush too, he really pisses me off. I mean, who thinks that a president should have drunk driving arrests going on in everybody in his family? And he only went to Yale because his dad went there and is so rich! (then he got a C average!)

[CODEDOG ND]

bah everybody has problems of some sort...but I like my 2nd and anti-abortion.  

[CP5670]

How about a medal, a cookie, and a pat on the back?
I hate Bush too, he really pisses me off. I mean, who thinks that a president should have drunk driving arrests going on in everybody in his family? And he only went to Yale because his dad went there and is so rich! (then he got a C average!)

LOL yeah, Bush is a real idiot (literally); it is sometimes almost comical to hear the mistakes he makes during his speeches and some of the really crazy stuff he says during interviews. I think what he is doing so far in response to events is good, but anyone else could have done it just as well.

Check this out: http://www.bushmilitaryblunders.com/ (yes, he actually said all of that stuff )

Lol, yep, tradition. It's not exactly easy to chuck out a head of state, either.

hehe, head of state? Does the queen/king/whatever actually have some power or is it just a title?

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by CP5670



hehe, head of state? Does the queen/king/whatever actually have some power or is it just a title?

Possibly, due to loopholes never removed..

[Corsair]

Originally posted by CP5670
Check this out: http://www.bushmilitaryblunders.com/ (yes, he actually said all of that stuff )

It's so true!

And when will these presidents learn that it's nuclear and not nuculer?

[CODEDOG ND]

hey now most ppl from Texus tawk like this.  Luckily I don't.  That's like making fun of people from Virginia and Arkansas.

[Snakeseyes]

Originally posted by CP5670


LOL yeah, Bush is a real idiot (literally)...

It's not very funny when an idiot like him has the power to destroy the world.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by CODEDOG ND
hey now most ppl from Texus tawk like this.  Luckily I don't.  That's like making fun of people from Virginia and Arkansas.

Even if you're from Texas...
Not everybody says nuculer in Texas. I know some people from there they talk pretty normally except for that strange sounding Midwestern drawl
Us New Englanders, we talk normally!

[wEvil]

Originally posted by Zeronet


You may of saved the continentals but the British won the battle of britian. Im very Patriotic but for no other reason than love of country(England namely, but it applies to Britian as well, its funny how some people think Scotland and Wales are just counties ). I always have a Union Jack in my pocket around school(its funny when someone borrowed it, stood up in class and started signing god save to queen).

this country SUCKS!!!!

the tax is astronomical (40% income tax, 17.5% Sales, 80% petrol!!!!!!!), and the entire place is falling to peices (NHS, higher education system and voter apathy are just a few examples).

Plus that and the fact all the pubs close at 11:30pm

[CODEDOG ND]

Originally posted by Corsair

Even if you're from Texas...
Not everybody says nuculer in Texas. I know some people from there they talk pretty normally except for that strange sounding Midwestern drawl
Us New Englanders, we talk normally!

I don't say it, you mostly get that in deep south of Texas(either that or they can't speak English at all)

New Englanders speak wierd with the T's mostly and some other words that get annoying.  But at least you don't talk like the Brit with the miss pronounation(sp) of Aluminum(sp?).

Now those Canada's they speak it perfectly, so lets go bomb'em somethin.  


wEvil would you like to live in North Korea?  

[RoachKoach]

tell me if im wrong, but isnt the sense of patriotism most obvious in Asian countries. I think its got to do with the fact that they r some of the oldest nations, and have all had a patch of terrible history that followed a even more glorious past, that they r all now struggling to re-attain that lost respect, and this drives them to be intensely patriotic, the knowledge of a glorious past. We all think how great we were. Also, Asia is possibly the most embattled part of the world, that tends to keep morale and patriotic feelings high.

I'm from India , as u might have noticed, and its the continuous fighting with neighbouring Pakistan, lack of trust in the Chinese for their epic backstab of 1962 , and the fact that no one in particular likes us, except for Russia, that has hardened us and makes our soldiers fight to hold every inch of land that makes up our country. Their ferocity in combat is magnified cos of the fact that large portions of our land are occupied by our neighbours,China and Pakistan.

Regarding US patriotism and 9/11, i think US citizens have always been patriotic, just that 9/11 showed them that they were not safe as they thought they were, and opened their eyes to the problems of the world. A certain paranoid reaction kicked in, which isnt patriotism, its fear and hatred, not very correct emotions, and im glad its fading away.

[RoachKoach]

btw , which countries r u guys from, where u have to go join the army?

[CODEDOG ND]

He's American I think

[CP5670]

Yeah, Asian countries do have long histories which their people are proud of, but India seems to be the big exception there IMHO with regards to patriotism. The poverty issues are probably a major factor; the terrorist groups take advantage of that when recruiting new members. They basically find the poor people and offer them some money to fight; the people are already struggling to make ends meet and decide to fight against their country for a small amount of money.

India has had a long history of being too "soft" with its enemies. A recent example is Mohandas Gandhi (who I personally think was one of the worst men in recent history), but the trend goes back for thousands of years. This probably is related to the Hindu philosophy of tolerance and such, but it doesn't work in the practical world. For example, when Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan in 1979, I think that India should have taken Pakistan right there; any other nation in the same situation would have done just that.

Regarding US patriotism and 9/11, i think US citizens have always been patriotic, just that 9/11 showed them that they were not safe as they thought they were, and opened their eyes to the problems of the world. A certain paranoid reaction kicked in, which isnt patriotism, its fear and hatred, not very correct emotions, and im glad its fading away.

I agree there; this surge of patriotism probably stems from a fear of the unknown rather than true love of country. (serves the same purpose as religion in this respect) It should die down soon enough though.

The funny thing is that almost nobody in the US had ever heard of Osama bin Laden or al Qaeda before September 11, but they had been involved in a number of atrocities against the US since 1990. (1993 WTC incident, US embassies in Sudan and Kenya, USS Cole, etc.)

BTW I have also heard that "nucular" thing a couple of times; I think it is more of a mispronounciation than an accent. Coming from a guy like Bush though, it isn't really surprising.

[RoachKoach]

yeah , we should have wiped pakistan out in '71, but unfortunately for us, the US at that time was a big freind of Pakistan, and they didnt like what was happening, so much so that they moved their carrier group into the bay of Bengal, within striking distance of the battle zone in the east.

and also u must forget China, they just love Pak for some reason i cant understand

[Setekh]

Originally posted by wEvil
this country SUCKS!!!!

the tax is astronomical (40% income tax, 17.5% Sales, 80% petrol!!!!!!!), and the entire place is falling to peices (NHS, higher education system and voter apathy are just a few examples).

Plus that and the fact all the pubs close at 11:30pm

Wow... even I know that's pants...

[CODEDOG ND]

Originally posted by RoachKoach
yeah , we should have wiped pakistan out in '71, but unfortunately for us, the US at that time was a big freind of Pakistan, and they didnt like what was happening, so much so that they moved their carrier group into the bay of Bengal, within striking distance of the battle zone in the east.

and also u must forget China, they just love Pak for some reason i cant understand

Bah, stupid forgien policy, just b/c we are a permanent memeber of the UN we thinks we are the ****...stupid really