(December 12, 2015 at 12:16 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:

(December 12, 2015 at 12:12 am)Minimalist Wrote: But how much didn't they catch?

Probably a crazy amount. I still don't know who all these people are smoking this shitty Mexican weed are.

High school kids saving their lunch money.

(December 11, 2015 at 1:15 am)Tiberius Wrote:

(December 10, 2015 at 2:45 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: But the protocols that made it work efficiently were brit Tim Berners Lee's.

Not true. The US invented the Internet and the protocols which make it work. Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web, which sits atop the Internet, and is the most widely used part of it, but he didn't have anything to do with inventing the Internet or Internet Protocols at all.

If the Internet was a road system, the US built it and painted all the lines on it to make it easy to drive on. What Berners Lee did was invent a really popular car that people can use on the road system.

I bow to your superior knowledge of all this computer and retreat back into my lonely cave.

(December 11, 2015 at 4:38 pm)alpha male Wrote: Yes, America is the greatest country. The proper movie clip to watch is the John Goodman "Fuck you" speech from The Gambler.

Have you lived in any other country?

If not then how do you know?

(December 11, 2015 at 4:38 pm)alpha male Wrote: Yes, America is the greatest country. The proper movie clip to watch is the John Goodman "Fuck you" speech from The Gambler.

This reference is precisely why Trump has a commanding lead in the GOP primary race; the inability of yokels to understand exactly what's being said. Goodman's character had two main points about being in the position of 'fuck you'. All you seemed to hear was 'America' and 'fuck you' resulting in your euphoria. Back to his two points:

1. The first was setting up a position of 'fuck you' when one comes into $2.5M. What followed was prudent advice on how to live the rest of one's life not beholden to others. Nowhere was there a claim that the 'American Dream' was intact and the $2.5M was available to anybody or gained through perseverance.

2. He was also very specific regarding the birth of the U.S. regarding the position of 'fuck you'. This alone is what was exceptional about the U.S., imperfect as it was (the imperfection is proven by the need for the Civil War). You 'American Exceptionalism' warriors only offer potential as collateral for the loans you wish to secure. 

Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Franklin and others would be ashamed of what their effort has become. Lincoln was a force of nature and a worthy successor. Brokaw's Greatest Generation are equally worthy of our adulation as exceptional; however, we've pretty much cocked things up since then. We're capable of so much more.

(December 11, 2015 at 10:53 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:

(December 11, 2015 at 10:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Spotted this on a blog...and having no will power whatsoever could not resist!

As an American, I don't understand... what's wrong with bacon?

It saddens me that you think that is bacon.

(December 12, 2015 at 6:41 am)Kaiser Wrote: It saddens me that you think that is bacon.

Yeah - what is up with over-cooking the living f*** out of bacon? I mean - streaky bacon cooked into a crisp may be fine to sprinkle on a salad, or garnish some scallops - but for breakfast?

I like my bacon a little crispy round the edges, but not too crispy. Too crispy fucks the wonderful flavor up IMO

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(December 11, 2015 at 5:10 pm)KUSA Wrote: We invented the AR15.

ah, yes, the weapon that killed more Americans than the AK-47.

(December 12, 2015 at 12:56 am)KUSA Wrote:

(December 11, 2015 at 10:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Spotted this on a blog...and having no will power whatsoever could not resist!

It's actually more like this.

This is why fire arms should be unsafe and would go off randomly Just sitting there.   It would certainly make America greater.

Btw, the red wine is out of place.

Btw, another thing that makes America great is the fact that the word "tactical" elicit orgasms in half the population, where as the word "strategic" would draw only blank stares.