Maybe the U.S.A. should just tax the rest of the world.
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Perhaps you shouldn't elect so many of them to public office, then.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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Not a very gracious winner...Scooter wrote:It's not my problem if you insist on making shit up and then are incapable of being man enough to admit you were wrong.
Is that lack of integrity common among U.S. citizens, or is it just you?
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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If your opinion was worth more than used chewing gum stuck to the bottom of a shoe, I might consider pretending to care.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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Gob don't know that it's fear exactly. but there is no denying there is bad out there not everyone is as civilized as ya'll.Gob wrote:No one would deny this.Keld Felspar wrote: Without a strong US military world presence yer militaries would have to work a lot harder.
I wish I knew who we were all so fearful of, or at least who the Americans here are so fearful of.Keld Felspar wrote:Ya'll prolly would fall immediately after the US fell but ya wouldn't be THAT far behind.
No not even us if hat makes ya feel better, but remember right now we're still here.
By the way what prize do you get when ya win an argument?
I'll never win one just curious...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Yer such a card...Scooter wrote:If your opinion was worth more than used chewing gum stuck to the bottom of a shoe, I might consider pretending to care.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Canadians.Gob wrote:I wish I knew who we were all so fearful of, or at least who the Americans here are so fearful of.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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But we in the region see no reason to fear our neighbours, so why we should pay Andrew's "we have decided to be sacred on your behalf" tax, is a mystery to me.keld feldspar wrote: Gob don't know that it's fear exactly. but there is no denying there is bad out there not everyone is as civilized as ya'll.
No not even us if hat makes ya feel better, but remember right now we're still here.
Why, you decide who is banned this week.keld feldspar wrote:By the way what prize do you get when ya win an argument?
I'll never win one just curious...
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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keld feldspar wrote:Yer such a card...Scooter wrote:If your opinion was worth more than used chewing gum stuck to the bottom of a shoe, I might consider pretending to care.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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Crickit on a crisp no wonder he was so mad and he was such a smart kid too.Why, you decide who is banned this week.
But you know me Captain Jocularity, I'll pass...
Oh wait he won
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Allow me to direct your attention to the northeast:But we in the region see no reason to fear our neighbours,
More pictures here:
This article is not meant to be an indepth technical analysis. It is simply meant to graphically display the enormous amount of ship building activity that has been going on in the Chinese shipyards for the last several years and what they are producing. The pictures of the shipyard activity speak for themselves. Pictorial sections on current training by the Red Chinese with their new vessels and pictures of the already commissioned vessels are also included. Please see the annual updates of these pages (The latest is the 2009 Update) for further, more detailed information.
The shipbuilding pictures come from various online sources that include tourists, business travelers, Chinese citizens, offical Chinese pictures, and enthusiasts. They are current and represent the unprecedented Chinese buildup, where the PLAN is bulding and/or acquiring an amazing fourteen new modern major combatant classes simultaneously, with multiple copies of each ship being built, either simultaneously, or in series production. Those classes include:
Type 051C, Shenyang Class DDG, new area air defense destroyers
Type 052C, Lanzhou Class DDG area air defense destroyer. Phased array radar, VLS. Aegis like battle management
Type 052B, DDG, Guangzhou DDG, general purpose guided missile destroyer
Proj 956, Hangzhou DDG, imported Russian Sovremenny destroyer
Type 054A, modern and very well armed general purpose guided missile frigate with VLS missiles.
Type 093, SSN, new nuclear powered attack submarine
Type 094, SSBN, new nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine
Type 039, Song class SSK, ddvanced diesel electric attack submarine
Proj 636, Yuanzheng SSK, imported advanced Russian Kilo diesel electric attack submarine
Yuan Class SSK, new advanced diesel electric attack submarine with Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) capabilities
Type 072-III, LST Large Amphibious assault ship
Type 071 LPD Very Large Amphibious assault ship
Type 2208, Guided missile Littoral Combat Craft, Advanced, stealthy, wave-piercing catamaran. Type 074A LST Medium, modern amphibious landing craft.
In total, the Communist Chinese have added over ninety-five new major combatants to their fleet over the last twelve years, with more currently building, and more in line behind that. They have modernised their facilities and produced new, large, modern automated shipyards as well. The US Navy continues to build new modern designs as well, but in the same time period has shrunk the total number of major combatants by forty-six. It is a significant occurance when one considers the trend.
http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/planbuildup.htm
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IF the Chinese do have any intentions of conquering Australia, in the not too distant future you will simply not be enough of a power to do anything about it.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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That's a very debatable point.
Think ICBM.
Think ICBM.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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The US is to the NorthEast of us, they've got even more ships and stuff. We should be more afraid of them, as Andrew says, it's only the fact that they are all round good eggs which stops them taking over world shipping and starting WWII!Lord Jim wrote:Allow me to direct your attention to the northeast:But we in the region see no reason to fear our neighbours,
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Ohh duh....The US is to the NorthEast of us
I wonder if alcohol dementia is contagious....
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Which the Chinese won't have because they are such good sports that they want to keep it a fair fight???dales wrote:That's a very debatable point.
Think ICBM.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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We'd be a little late for that...starting WWII!
I believe the Krauts beat us to it....
You remember, Poland and all that....it was in all the papers...
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We'll paintScooter wrote:Which the Chinese won't have because they are such good sports that they want to keep it a fair fight???dales wrote:That's a very debatable point.
Think ICBM.
smiley faces on the warheads.Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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LJ we've already invaded Australia under the guise of joint partnership.
They may have more to fear from us than the PRC.
Winning hearts and minds...
They may have more to fear from us than the PRC.
Winning hearts and minds...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Pics of Slim Pickens...dales wrote:We'll paintScooter wrote:Which the Chinese won't have because they are such good sports that they want to keep it a fair fight???dales wrote:That's a very debatable point.
Think ICBM.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Dignitaries and veterans have begun arriving in Darwin ahead of commemorations to mark 70 years since the city was attacked by the Japanese.
Events will be held this weekend to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the port city.
Japanese aircraft launched two attacks on Darwin on February 19, 1942, killing about 250 people.
Basil Stahl, 89, was a sapper in a survey unit at the time and says he remembers the day like it was yesterday.
"We were just having morning tea and this wave of silver planes came over, way up in the air," he said.
About a thousand people, including some war veterans, will attend a lunch at the Darwin Waterfront today.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Governor General Quentin Bryce are expected to be among those attending a ceremony at the cenotaph.
One of the US Navy's most powerful warships has docked in Darwin as part of the commemorations.
The destroyer USS Chafee calls Pearl Harbour in Hawaii home.
It is currently on deployment in the Pacific and has already travelled to Guam, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines.
There are 307 crew on board the 150 metre guided missile destroyer.
The crew will represent the US Navy at Bombing of Darwin events throughout the weekend.
US Ambassador Jeffery Bleich will arrive in Darwin tomorrow and will lay a wreath in memory of sailors on the USS Peary who lost their lives when the ship was sunk in the Japanese raids.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-17/2 ... ng/3836450
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”