[Tipsy]

Originally Posted by Static

I don't need a source when I fully understand the natural progression of human psyche and logic. You know this too.

Let me use the stereotypical black criminal. Coming from a broken home, mainly with no father with just a mother struggling to keep them alive, sometimes not even having a mother that good to care for them. They look towards their friends, now assuming all the friends are older and into crime the young meandering boy looks up to them and wants to be them and in turn becomes a "victim of circumstance."

Now that is not always the case but mainly that is how street gangs get their numbers. Bloods, crips, Mexican mafia, Mexican Noestra familia, all those gangs bassically brainwash little kids(young teens)into that lifestyle.\

While their are other types of criminals it is that generalization of criminal that overrun our prisons and take our tax dollars.

Or rather than trying to be harsher on the criminals we could fix our education system and give people an option to actually escape poverty and feeling there is no other option. Personally, I feel the less excuses the government has to harm any citizen the better.

Originally Posted by Static

Even before the war illegal immigrants were pouring in. Our country itself is too overly compassionate, we don't see a problem until it properly presents itself and usually it is too late.

I think instead of border patrol we have immigrant hunters. Look for the immigrants all across the southern line and clean from the bottom up deporting all those who do NOTHING for the country. Because lets face it, there are some illegal immigrants who don't speak English but still help our country run.

Either that, or we could use our resources to secure the boarder and then try to integrate the immigrants into the economy without being a burden to the nation (such as their usage of social programs) by having domestic economic reform. If we had a freer economy immigration wouldn't even be a problem and I'd gladly compromise on giving amnesty in return for massive economic reform in terms of a change/removal of a lot of regulation.

Originally Posted by Static

Well lives lost are a staple of what makes humanity what it is. History has shown while humanity presses on it loses it's number. I am not saying their deaths should be brushed off but war is war and its what happens.

I can't say much other than I disagree with your opinion. I view that as what makes us not human.

Originally Posted by Static

But if we look at it from a futility stand point American's with all our money just help the africans to make ourselves feel better because 10 dollars a month goes a long way for %0.0008 of the population. (a number i pulled out my arse but you see my point i assume)

I think the money in foreign aid given by the government should be given back to the taxpayers and it should be the choice of individuals to use their money how they see fit, be it giving it to Africa, another charity, spending it on themselves, or whatever. Maybe it's useless, then again I support the notion that people should use their money

Originally Posted by Static

We are too high in power as Americans(political part of USA) to just say what we really need to do.

We need to wipe out every single piece of Terrorist trash until there are none left. But that in itself is futile. The terrorist are natural cowards. Blending into the crowds until they feel a target is big enough to go AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BoOM!

How I see it, I'd put the priority of safety for Americans before the priority of "wip[ing] out every single piece of Terrorist trash" and the first can be accomplished better with our resources at home.

Originally Posted by Sakuhta

But seriously, what Tipsy said is generally correct. What people don't understand is that the United States is in a desperate NEED of a recession. The dollar NEEDS to drop so that we can increase domestic production and begin to step up our exports once more. If things go further down the road they are currently in and it goes too far, we'll get to a point where we depend entirely on foreign imports and the dollar will stagnate to a point where the European market will not need us anymore. If we let the dollar drop out now, we can increase the strength of our domestic economy and the next time the dollar resurges as the global currency (it will have a massive fallout once OPEC changes to the Euro) it will be stronger than ever and more resilient to foreign crisis.

The only thing currently standing in our way of banning OPEC from using the dollar and dropping into a much needed recession is our dependence on foreign oil. $12 a gallon will not be pretty, we desperately need to develop better technology to retrieve the massive amounts of oil in the Canadian tar pits, and we need to retract many of our land preservation acts and begin to drill oil on the East and West coasts, and most of all Alaska. There is plenty of oil in these areas and the national reserve to hold us until we can completely rid ourselves of the need for crude oil on a national level.

I personally wouldn't go that far because I think it is possible, with the right government action, to both avoid the recession and help the economy, but what you're saying is probably the more likely course because of how wonderful our government is.

Originally Posted by Roach Of Discord;

The color of you is for angels.