# Across the entire World... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007 "2010-07-17T07:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/41 "2010-07-18T01:48:04Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I’m sorry to have to be the one to break this to you, but the Soviet Union doesn’t exist anymore. I thought you should know, it being one of the biggest events in human history and all. And in China and especially North Korea, you don’t really have a choice regarding your salary. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/42 "2010-07-18T01:58:22Z")
Screed. needs. more. periods. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/43 "2010-07-18T02:09:32Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not only that, but The Culture Club broke up! WHAT?! :eek: Nooooooooooooo! You mean, no more Karma Chamelon? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/44 "2010-07-18T04:23:10Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > WHAT?! :eek: Nooooooooooooo! > > You mean, no more Karma Chamelon? ☹ It came and went, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/45 "2010-07-18T04:26:34Z")
> [@Rayne\_Man](#): > > For your information the “British Empire” ceased to exist round about 1945. It’s now called the Commonwealth. And Hank Paulson is retired. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/46 "2010-07-18T05:07:57Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I’m sorry to have to be the one to break this to you, but the Soviet Union doesn’t exist anymore. I thought you should know, it being one of the biggest events in human history and all. Really? One of the biggest? You think so? I don’t know if I’d say _that_. I mean, it was basically just a dissolution of a federation of independent states. Not that big a deal, I think, against the backdrop of all of human history. What? Just trying to get this thread on track about _something_. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/47 "2010-07-18T05:16:59Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Really? One of the biggest? You think so? I don’t know if I’d say _that_. I mean, it was basically just a dissolution of a federation of independent states. Not that big a deal, I think, against the backdrop of all of human history. > What? Just trying to get this thread on track about _something_. Meh, what the heck, why be so narrow. If history is any indication **Lurking Guest** will never reappear in this thread so we can take it anywhere we want… Resolved: Cookies are GOOD! Discuss… ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/48 "2010-07-18T05:21:11Z")
I agree!! Sgt. Pepper? Lonely% Heart(s) Club Spades Diamond Band-Aid. [Dig?] Look, It’s simple people. Simple Simple Simple imple Do you want the BANKS! THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS? The Joooooooooooooz… It’s simlple pimple imple gimpy. Capitalism. Socialism. Fascism. Montanism. Hierarchicalism. You-name-it-it’s-broken ism I’m sorry, but the CONGRESS [mans!] only working 100+20+0 days per annum? Bull-HONKY!!! I only work 120 days in the year, baby-cakes. That’s yer Das Kapital-ism. HowDoYouHaveTheNerveToCallItHealthCareWhenYouDoNotCareForMyHealth??? DiDyou C the FnorDs? WHY AM I TYPING THIS POST??? #@#@@#@@##@@##@Who are the brain police@#@#@##@#@@#@#@#@##@#@#@$@# I cant BEE-LEAVE you guys don’t know the reason for the season is the federal reserve geithner-cum-timothy-greenspan (green=the one-eyed monkey) into-thewoods the night the night, into the woods, for witch it stands, one bastion of witch they will never take: our pee-room. MY SISTERS!! To night we will see why we were told. WHo we were told by, and to which Massachusettes is the real (brand of cheese) is the real (milk) the real (pork rinds?) Massachusettes. How many massachusettes does it take to chute! chute! chute! It’s the Shoop Shoop Song, and it’s coming for you. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/49 "2010-07-18T05:40:11Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > I agree!! **Jamaika a jamaikaiaké** , can we PLEASE stay on topic.. Cookies - good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/50 "2010-07-18T12:27:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It came and went, sorry. I guess the whole, “You come and go, you come and go” thing should have tipped me off. D’oh :smack: > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Really? One of the biggest? You think so? I don’t know if I’d say _that_. I mean, it was basically just a dissolution of a federation of independent states. Not that big a deal, I think, against the backdrop of all of human history. Well, ok. One of the biggest events in human history in the 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/51 "2010-07-18T12:41:27Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Really? One of the biggest? You think so? I don’t know if I’d say _that_. I mean, it was basically just a dissolution of a federation of independent states. Not that big a deal, I think, against the backdrop of all of human history. While “all of human history” may be a stretch, I’d certainly consider the end of the 45-year-long Cold War to be somewhat of a big deal. I can’t think of anything else in my lifetime that reshaped the world to such an extent. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/52 "2010-07-18T17:43:43Z")
Presenting…the common man’s perspective. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > WHY is it that the Tim Geitners and the Obamas and the folks in China and the Middle East and in Russia and in China and in the British Empire keep ON deceiving their populations about what is going on in the world? Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > And why do we keep giving credence to their estimations of the ‘hoi piloi’ of the world… > > We "lesser folks’… > > SUCK up every..single..explanation of the Tim Geitners in the United States of America…and every single explanation of British Petroleum about the gushing of oil into the Gulf of Mexico… Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > While we watch…every. single. person. In every. single. Country. With every single access to money and power…tell us how to ‘think’ how to ‘react’ how to ‘feel’ about voting…while being convinced of, and counting on, the ‘Stupid Masses’ of EVERY country working and working and working and working to get into the six-figure demographic. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > Capitalism. > > The VIRTUE of this form of Economics is to keep the Masses convinced that if they keep working Harder, Longer, and with more Focus, that 'THEY MAY TOO, ONE DAY, BECOME MILLIONAIRES, > > Socialism won’t work. > Communism won’t work. > > The HARD PART is to keep the ‘Common’ folk beyond the Sarah Palins and the Mit Romneys and the Barak Obamas and the Newt Gingriche’s and the Pat Buchannans and the “Meet The Press”(es) and the Tim Geitners and the Larry Sommers and Ben Bernankes and the Alan Greenspans and the ‘Lovers of Ronald Reagan’… Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > ALL of these folks deciding what is ‘right’ for the American people. > > They ALL have a great big FAIL. > > Our Congress People (whomever is serving right now) are irremdiably compromised. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > They have all sold themselves out in an effort to keep their ‘Small Businesses Supported by The American People In Their Senate and House Offices’ …to stay there. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > There will come a time when the folks who work physically in the houses of the wealthy and those who work on roads and in schools and on police forces who will ‘wake up’ and see they are being ‘screwed’ by their ‘betters.’ > > Jesus Christ Citizens! > > Can you imagine in YOUR job that you can MANDATE, legallyyour “Benefits”? > > Your Heallth Insurance? Your Retirement Income? Your Wages? Your Vacations? Your days-on-the-job? > > THIS is what your Representatives in Congress can do. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > They have ‘Small Businesses’ in their Offices in Congress. > > And WE support them > > The Bastards ‘work’ about 120 days a year and have US, the TAXPAYERS, support their Offices, their Privileges, their Entitelments… and they TRULY BELIEVE that they DESERVE the billions of dollars that we ( the taxpayers) pay into their Offices in Congress. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > They work and work and work and work to HANG ON TO their ‘Small Businesses’ in the Congress. > > Their Staffs (paid for by the Taxpayers) their Offices (paid for by the Taxpayers) > > Well… > > Who ARE these folks? > What are the ‘Deals’ they are making with the huge multi-national Corporations that will ‘keep them in Congress’? Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > We are getting screwed. > > We simple, common, every-day folks who pay taxes and look in shock upon the ultra rich who seem to be making decisions for all of us, the World over. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > Capitalism. > > What BETTER way to convince folks that ‘YOU, TOO can become a Billionaire!’ > > Let’s spread this out, all across the Globe… > > Work. Work. Work. Become more Productive. Word HARDER. Work FASTER. Work more Productively. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > In the ‘Eyes’ of these effers…there is no other way to keep the masses more productive and more “Hungry” than Capitalism. > > ‘They’ (the Masses) will work longer and harder and with more passion if they feel that they, too, can have a ‘good’ boat…a ‘nice’ house…and 'beat their effin “RIVALS” in the “POSSESSION” wars. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > American workers understand this: The United Arab Emerits, The Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia, Tawain, China, North Korea, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Austrailia, India, Japan, and ANY group of workers on the Continent of Africa are ALL willing to work for LESS than you are. > > These privileged “Representatives” (for whom their offices and staffs are paid for by the American People every single day of their representation) don’t seem to “get it.” Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > They spend 80% of their effing time trying to raise funds to stay “In Power” in whatever office they hold. > > WTF? Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > They know what a good deal they have. > > Bernie Sanders. > Al Franken > Al Grayson > Elizabeth Warren > > Perhaps these four people have the best interests of the American people in mind. > > Even THEY know how much the poor American taxpayers are being screwed. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > Obam. > Mitt Romney. > Newt Ginrich. > Sarah Palin. > (And WHOMEVER challenges Obama…) > > The “BAD GUYS” are: Alan Greenspan; Ben Bernanke, Larry Summers; Tim Geitner; Hank Paulsen…and yet…THESE are the men who continue to determine the Finances of this Country. > > Wake up. > Wonder. > Get these effers OUT of our daily lives. Meh. > [@lurking\_guest](#): > > Does anyone wonder why Tim Geitner does NOT want Elizabeth Warren advocating for the Populace? > > EFF these multi million/billionaire folks. > > Let’s get back to basics. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/53 "2010-07-18T19:17:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Screed. needs. more. periods. I could’ve used a little more cowbell. Really explore the posting space this time. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/54 "2010-07-18T20:11:48Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Presenting…the common man’s perspective. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. > > Meh. Exactly. Sheeple, the lot of you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/55 "2010-07-20T02:04:48Z")
> [@lurking\_guest](#): > > Is this sentiment so startling difficult to comprehend because my posts don’t fit some acceptable criteria? No, it’s startlingly difficult to comprehend because it’s just a random list of words which make no sense when placed together in that order. Seriously, man, if nobody understands your post, the problem isn’t “everyone else”. You don’t have to be Shakespeare; you just have to be understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/56 "2010-07-20T02:06:56Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > I agree!! > > Sgt. > > Pepper? > > Lonely% > > Heart(s) Club Spades Diamond > > Band-Aid. [Dig?] > > Look, It’s simple people. Simple Simple Simple imple > > Do you want the BANKS! That is awesome! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/57 "2010-07-20T15:34:22Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > Could someone write me a Cliffs Notes version of that lengthy diatribe, please? The OP dislikes capitalism, politicians and proper formatting of paragraphs. He is fond of ellipses. I think I got all the essentials. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/58 "2010-07-20T16:55:52Z")
I’ve just started a book called “Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism.” A quote from this book: > [@](#): > > As a result, the commitment to “limited government” and “laissez-faire” capitalism turns out to be not so much a principled defense of individual liberty as an arbitrary privileging of the interests of those with money to invest (whom we may refer to, for convenience, as “the wealthy”). The right-wing call for “less government” therefore becomes a call to “keep those programs that benefit the wealthy - scrap everything else.” And this simply doesn’t qualify as a political philosophy. When spoken in the mouths of the privileged, it’s just a fancy way of saying, “More free stuff for me, less for you.” Page 43, “Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism” by Joseph Heath. Copyright 2009, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. I think that’s the kind of capitalism our **Lurking Guest** is railing against. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/59 "2010-07-21T17:22:11Z")
to the OP, Cool story bro. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007/60 "2010-07-22T21:35:02Z")
Change of subject, but I think that it would be a real shame to ban this guy. He is the most interesting poster that I have seen in a while. Sort of reminds me of good 'ol Justthink. This board has really been missing the crazy that used to make it so interesting. When is the last time we had a good rock in the box I burning your dog thread? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/across-the-entire-world/547007.md?page=4)