1 Here's a special one.

2 Rusty, how can you be so sure they were mennonites? Haven't the Amish been particularly feisty as of late?

3 >>>"Hot infidels get 20 years for Mary-J smuggling while terrorist masterminds get 3 for murdering hundreds in this 'Moderate' Islamic state." More proof that there's no reason at all why we shouldn't target every single islamic country on the planet with our nukes.

4 Well, I'm not exactly 'down' with nuking anybody---call it my Western sensibilities for respect for individual human life--but neither am I under any illusion that these countries are our friends. They are merely allies of convenience.

5 Rusty, we didn't nuke the Soviets, but it was a really good idea to make them think we would at a moment's notice.

6 Yeah, no country wants to be real friends with the big, bad, mean rascal picking on smaller countries that kick it in the ass and run. They just want protection and don't understand it makes them targets for the countries fighting the rascal.

7 True, I agree Carlos.

8 Yup, no one here will ever agree with me. Well, greg occasionally, but apparently he's not a very respected character. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn, 23:45...

9 Another full score for the religion of tolerance and peace Fatwa issued against blogging

10 >>>"Hot infidels get 20 years for Mary-J smuggling while terrorist masterminds get 3 for murdering hundreds in this 'Moderate' Islamic state." Don't buy any goods from Indonesia or support their tourist industry. This is a country run by pigs who greedily accept charity from the west but treat us with contempt.

11 "Tiny minority of extremists riot against cheese-eating-surrender-monkeys." Is there one, even one French territory that isn't effed up? A Finn, It appears you've been hanging around here long enough to figure out that as long as you keep berating us, even in a fashion less annoying than Greg, determined to show us your intellectual superiority, you're not going to get any converts. You can tout the benefits of social-ism and however you do things over there all you want. Has it occurred to you that any number of us may simply reject some of your ideas? Because I can direct you to a few blogs and sites out there that will give you that pat-on-the-back if you so desire. I have no problem with someone interjecting with their viewpoint. Just don't expect that others are going to agree with you because you think you've got it all figured out and we're just too dumb to see it.

12 lol, So now finn is suddenly a socialist. I think not.

13 Centrism rulz! It just needs a sosialist twist to keep the "poor" people happy. Yes yes, many (most?) of you reject some (most?) of my ideas and ways of doing things, fine by me.

14 Finn, it's not that we reject your ideas, it's just that you have none. You make about as much sense as a football bat most of the time. You seem fairly intelligent, but you're too young and have no experience of the world, so you have no standing with us, as most of us are twice your age I would guess. Don't take it personally, but in twenty years, if you have gotten out and seen some of this great, dirty, wonderful, dangerous world we live in, you may understand. Oh, another thing, when America has to invade Europe, again, to save you from barbarian hordes, again, try to remember that "we told you so".

15 We seem to be in the barbarian hordes side usually (sided with Mongols when they offer us half the loot from Novgorod, bribed people to get rid of Sweden and go to Napoleons side, with Germans in both WWs), so you would probably be fighting us as well, not saving. Yeah, I do make as much sense as a football bat, but even a football bat could be a good idea if you think out side the box for a long time. You don't need to follow the rules of the game just because you're used to seeing the game played in a certain way. That kind of thinking prevents the games evolving. Or create your own game based on the good parts of old games.

16 Hmm... I'll make my own idea of how the game of politics should be played right now: Wars: - always assassinate when dictators appear - get approval from UN to invade the assumeably chaotic country that lost it's dictator as peacekeepers - make sure the people you're invading think you're running things better and with less casualties than the dictator did to avoid resistance - rebuild fancy, replace their old leaders with your people and you've got yourself a nice colony Politics: - switch to an economy dominated by services, power plants, research and managing your countrys companys abroad - spend time and money in making sure your production facilities abroad are worker safe and free of questionable issues, get loads of publicity to this so you don't have to help underdeveloped African countries, that will cost way more - have only a minimal relation with the big country, this gets you in good relations with the rest of the countries, especially those completely reliant on it (lucretive business opportunity: paying the same it pays, but offering more of the trade price to their governments) - if your people are happy, laugh at the people saying things aren't that great in your country, if not, make sure everyone thinks you're paying the changes needed from your own pocket - make 5-year contracts about what you produce and what others produce for you with other countries, offers economic stability and makes money less important - make sure to change the laws so that the same guy can run for president as many times as he wants after you've made the people happy Crime: - use prisons as factories (extremely lowcost workers), change speeding tickets and less-than-years in jail into community service (more lowcost workers), don't make downloading copyrighted movies and music made in the big country with which you have minimal relations illegal (happy entertained regular cost workers) - raise penalties for crimes targeted towards your people (feeling of security) Social security: - pay way more to people who work to an older age, so people work too long and retire so close to death you don't have to pay 'em much - make rehabilitation nonvoluntary after more than a year of addiction or drinking, since people with messed up lives cost a lot and don't pay taxes - monopolize alcohol and medication industries - make health care better, bigger and more advanced, so the old peoples votes guarantee your victory Freedom of speech: - make sure all things written against you get edited to a ridiculously offensive and anti-your-countryan, so that the people writing those look like idiots - have people crashing sites writing against you in the internet, but only exactly after they insult some other country on their site, preferrably the big country, so they will certainly be blamed - fund TV and radio, so they aren't at least against you, even if they will be trouble Education: - try to have as little social studies as possible, since young people discussing about politics often tend to concentrate on things others don't want to say out loud and comparisons between you, Hitler and Stalin will stay in their minds for a long time - make sure they teach religion same way in grade school as they do in higher levels of education, because the deception uncovered after the grade schools 'Jesus good, Christians peaceful'-nonsense makes people link things in your rule

17 Maybe it's the Gyromitra esculenta talking, but that seemed better the second time I read it, so I'm going to start quoting this as my political agenda for my future legal tyranny.