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Do you care about your life? Serious serious stuff

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slimbruddah
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READ THIS:


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/24991066/bushs_final_fu/print

If you think this is "too long" of a read, I am sorry for you.


Now, I know most people, will read this and just think angry hateful thoughts towards Bush. Bush is a tool. He is being used.

There are people trying to make your country hell on Earth. You need to recognize this.

We have all been brought up in an ignorant, egotistical, capitalistic, narrow-minded, violent society. We have all been taught to take certain actions in certain situations.

We have lost sight of something every living creature on Earth is born with. Natural instinct.

Now, I do not mean to force views, or be all "conspiracy" crazy." But this is becoming easier and easier to see day by day.

We are basically in the initial stage of a tidal wave consisting of the BIGGEST WORLD EVENT IN HISTORY.

This tidal wave will build and build, get bigger and bigger. Eventually it will reach the white cap, and come crashing down with huge amounts of destruction.

I am describing the hate towards your own government. This hate will build. You will be let down again, and again, and again, causing you to lose all faith in your "democracy". (Starting with the bailouts... FAIL)

We have entered the world's worst economic crisis in history, AFTER being stuck with the worst president in history.

We have the first black president with the most amount of pressure a president has ever experienced.

There shall be millions with no jobs. No money. No medical help for those who cannot afford it.

Gun laws are trying to be pushed to allow firearm possession in any area imaginable. (This, also in a society full of violent, gun loving, video gaming, movie watching people.)

They want people to rise up in anarchy. Or more so force people to have to resort to this.

They want our "violence loving" to take control. Making the majority of people to resort to what they have been taught. As in protect your family with your firearm. If the governments the enemy, well, I think you can imagine.




Please just look around yourself. Look around.

TV

MTV,(ha music...), full of beautiful rich people on reality TV. Uh, reality TV. And what else... oh, more beautiful people on reality TV.

NEWS - Fear fear fear. Fear this, fear that. Trust no one. Everyone is the enemy. Terrorists are everywhere. Blah blah blah.

VIOLENT SHOWS, adult cartoons (family guy, American dad. Thanks fox!)- Played on television mid-day. Allowing children of all ages to watch. But with satellite, hey, watch whatever show you want any time of the day little Timmy!

VIDEO GAMES - Kill kill kill. You have 10 year olds running down crowds of people like it aint no thang in GTA 4. Yea, sure is a healthy practice for any mind...

PORN - Biggest entertainment industry on the planet. Hmm, beating off to a 2D image of two people having fake sex. Bet that has great repercussions on the mind. Oh yea, and it's the easiest thing to find for free.

MONEY-

Ever notice those dudes with the sickest clothes, most money, get some of THE best looking girls? (easy way is to push drugs... which is a "nice idea", forced upon all suburban and city kids due to mainstream rap. "I party, I use to deal, I have mass money, I get the hottest girls. I'm the best, flyest guy alive! It's all-da-same blah blah blah)


This is all part of every single one of our lives. We have all been brought up, trained by media, to allow this massive event to take place.

Just look at your own thoughts from the third person. You can realize this.


I'm really sorry for being all, "horrible things are coming!". But this is just getting more and more blatantly obvious. The media is slowly giving out little teasers.

It's like pieces to a puzzle, one day we will all come to the point where we acquire the right amount of pieces, to see a picture of what will become. And we will all hate it. This is when shit is supposed to hit the fan.

Disorder will start with the lower class and work it's way up.

Discuss. No ignorant name calling please. No need to attack each other, no uselessness.




Dec 14 2008 12:59AM
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Campeador
Posts: 7516 - Karma: -1,227
And what makes you think you know any more about how to live life than I do?

You are egotistical and you need to get over yourself, just the fact that you feel the need to "guide" connotes that you are better at thinking than everyone else. Why else would you feel the need to do something as ambiguous as "guide". Who are you guiding may I ask? No one, because the fact of the matter is that you are nothing more than a string of opinions and supposed predictions.
Dec 16 2008 4:56AM
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M+M
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hahaha boulder could be the only school whos local magazine has a one page column advertising for this weeks "top headies" or some sort of fashion like that, where it discuss' the pros and cons of that weed, i love it



but yeah - our nation is turning to shit, and no obama can give us "all the change we need", just cause someone can talk well doesnt mean our economic crisis is cured, but yes he will probably help
Dec 16 2008 11:38AM
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rhcp
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 18
I'm not going to get into a huge argument with you about your post.  This quote, however, is very wrong.  Notice I said REAL wages.  Real wage is equal to the nominal wage (what you are talking about) over the price level of the time, or W/P.  This puts the wage workers get into real terms.  So, you are wrong.  REAL wages have increased, and it has nothing to do with inflation.  Inflation is nominal.
Dec 16 2008 1:33PM
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fujarome
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people need to stop preaching like this. Especially using a source that is in my opinion, less credible than the onion because the onion at least takes real facts and twists them to make fun of the subject.

And say what you want, but we don't need a revolution, we don't need any major changes. People are overreacting. This is the world...shit changes, it always has an always will. So we're hitting a rough patch right now, we don't need to overthrow governments or anything like that. I don't mind that my life might not be 100% what i want it to be because the world will have changed by then. But of course, it could change back and we could all end up super rich.

And i dunno about this whole "real love and peace" concept, because it would never work on a wide scale. If you ran a government like that, one day you'd open your eyes and realize 1/2 your country left a few years ago, and the other half is occupied by an army that just kind of slowly moved in.
Dec 16 2008 2:11PM
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An10a_Eng
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horrible things are coming..obama won
Dec 16 2008 4:10PM
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lloyd_christmas
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inflation can be a function of GDP growth over time, which is measured in real terms....but whatever
Dec 16 2008 5:20PM
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rhcp
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No.  Inflation is a completely nominal measure. 
Dec 16 2008 6:07PM
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lloyd_christmas
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Ya, but GDP growth accounts for real change in prices and wages (Chain Price Index does not).  I understand it's nominal, but some economists use GDP growth as an indicator for what they deem inflation.  Silly argument anyway....whatever.

Dec 16 2008 6:27PM
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Sno.
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This is not true. In fact, the Ego, Fear, Hate and Greeg are probably the reason the media exist.
Dec 16 2008 6:31PM
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Sno.
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I've only read half of this thread so far, I'll get to the rest later--

but to the thread poster...no hate, being totally honest here... you sound like you dropped E a couple of days ago and now your on that semi-high emotional roller coaster of thoughtful depression where your serotonin levels are all messed up...if you haven't done drugs recently, then you may just be depressed. 

Dec 16 2008 6:35PM
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Sno.
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word, and word.
Dec 16 2008 6:41PM
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Sno.
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I agree with what Salcedo said earlier about you being self righteous and egotistical. You're not exactly the first person to think of these things.
Dec 16 2008 6:50PM
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ThaLorax
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Although the statement you quoted was a bit vague, what you said isn't entirely true either.  Sure, I'll give you that, since the 1800's wages have risen overall, but more recently than the past 200 years, wages have not been increased fast enough to keep up with inflation.  Wages have declined since it's peak in the early 70's.  Also a recent development is that real wages are not increasing fast enough to keep up with overall productivity, which usually rise together, be it fast or slow.  Real wages have increased since the 1800's but have decreased in the past 30 years, partly due to the faster rise in inflation  than wage increases.  Even if wages were to be increasing fast enough, there are many more expenses that eliminate the majority the wage increases.  Now we have to pay for cars, gas, heating, water, medal insurance, car insurance, house insurance, increased taxes, electricity and many other things that make wage increases irrelevant, or at least bare minimum.

This is an interesting statement from the NY Times article "Real Wages Fail to Match a Rise in Productivity"

"Average family income, adjusted for inflation, has continued to advance at a good clip, a fact Mr. Bush has cited when speaking about the economy. But these gains are a result mainly of increases at the top of the income spectrum that pull up the overall numbers. Even for workers at the 90th percentile of earners — making about $80,000 a year — inflation has outpaced their pay increases over the last three years, according to the Labor Department."
Dec 16 2008 8:29PM
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rhcp
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Out of the three people that disagree with me concerning inflation, how many of you hold an economics degree, are economics majors, or have even taken an intro class?

I only want to know so when I explain when finals are over I know how much to put into the explanation.
Dec 16 2008 8:45PM
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SEABURN
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I agree^

you're too preachy, we all know the world is in the shitter, just try to make the biggest difference you can, while loving life. Oh, and shredd whenever possible
Dec 16 2008 9:20PM
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Campeador
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I'm an econ major, but I say why bother waste your time. If they're too stupid to know the difference between nominal and real, while still trying to look like they know what they're talking about in terms of US and world economics then their opinion is already irrelevant.
Dec 16 2008 9:44PM
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lloyd_christmas
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i fit 2 out of the 3

anywho i think we're saying different things, or were taught differently.  i wouldn't bother quoting you if i wasn't sure of what i was saying.  don't bother with a lengthy unless it really makes you feel better. 

...and i know the difference between real and nominal, and i'm pretty sure my opinion is relevant...don't be an asshole. (not you, the other guy)
Dec 16 2008 10:36PM
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lloyd_christmas
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*lengthy explanation, sorry
Dec 16 2008 10:38PM
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