2009-11-08, 11:53 | Link #4602 | |
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Correction: That's what the media does in countries like the United States, where "freedom of expression" trumps sub judice.
Moving on... It will be a battle the humans will never forget...
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2009-11-08, 14:20 | Link #4604 | |
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Spoiler for Have they thought of shipping baby boars to be sold on J-list? They can make cute pets. :p:
And if the economic minister is any smarter to intervene, I predict a price freefall of pork on the world market.
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2009-11-08, 14:35 | Link #4605 | |
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Japanese protest against US base
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2009-11-08, 14:47 | Link #4606 | |
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The fringe as you call it, are in the majority, and make up not just Republicans, but Independents and Democrats. Those that are for smaller Government at least... The Fringe group, are the ones in Power right now, who are completely going against the wishes of the voters.
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2009-11-08, 15:49 | Link #4607 | |
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2009-11-08, 16:14 | Link #4608 | |
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2009-11-08, 16:18 | Link #4609 | |
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2009-11-08, 16:25 | Link #4610 | |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...#ixzz0R5CLNK7j http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...iew-lo-res.jpg http://forums.corvetteforum.com/poli...obamacare.html http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/...arty091221.jpg http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/...y0912mkhsm.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3nODc3Dog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sjvc6baor8 Found these just using my favorite forum. I could find all sorts of other links for proof if you want it Vexx. While the media was reporting 70k protesters, the video and pictures prove just how ridiculous that number is.
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2009-11-08, 16:37 | Link #4612 |
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Seriously... have you ever been around 100K people? a million? Laypeople have a remarkable tendency to overestimate. 80,000 people in a stadium for a football game is huge... multiple that by 10+ stadiums and it is beyond most people on the ground to grasp.
Just to be clear... I think the gay rights march in DC was also seriously overestimated in size. And then in the final analysis.... assume a million people concerned enough to show up. Allow for 10:1 ratio in complaining customers versus those who just don't come back as businesses do.... that's still 10 million people. The population of the US is around 300 million. That's about 3%? Not saying there aren't a lot of legitimate concerns and a real fear that both sides of the aisle purely speak for the corporate overlords and not the people.... but a march says a lot less than people might think -- it just tends to reinforce their notion that their view is the Truth.
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2009-11-08, 16:59 | Link #4613 | |
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And I can't believe you don't see the significance of a 1 million + person march on D.C., let alone all the other marches going on around the country. These marches have been going on for months. It wasn't just a one day, one place event.
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2009-11-08, 17:20 | Link #4614 |
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^A million plus people protesting didn't end the Vietnam war (in fact, they hindered the end of the war considering the "silent majority" grew to hate protestors); a million plus protestors didn't guarantee gay rights or abortion right; the constant protests during G-20/G-8 conferences do very little if anything; and a million plus people (which did not occur, no matter how much you wish it to be) will not change anything in regards to the stimulus package or health care (I say this for both sides, not just the "tea baggers" or the "Guy Fawkers"), etc. Protests are great for showing that people care, but they are not reflective of anything in regards to the country as a whole. Protests do very little in politics, elections are all that matter.
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2009-11-08, 17:25 | Link #4615 |
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Even if that number you cited was accurate, and it likely isn't, 1.5 million people in a nation of over 300 million IS a fringe, especially when you consider said people were bussed in from all over the country, and the whole thing was heavily promoted by fox news. So I stand by my statement. It's a fringe movement that does not even represent a majority of the right wing let alone Americans as a whole. If anything the recent elections should have been a sign of that as the democrats managed to gain a seat that had been republican since the civil war thanks to the tea party types running their own candidate on a third party which split the vote and the republican victories in Virgina and New Jersey were from candidates who ran more centerist campaigns.
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2009-11-08, 17:28 | Link #4616 | |
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Actually I am surprised that people would actually go on a protest en-masse. Over here, there is no mass protest other than one which is attended by anime figurines over the past decade, even the locals chicken out from a "protest zone" set up courteously by our government at the IMF forum a few years back. P.S At that number, if the protesters are better disciplined, given spears and shields and sent to Afghanistan, it would scare the living daylights out of the Taleban.
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2009-11-08, 17:34 | Link #4617 | |
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2009-11-08, 17:35 | Link #4618 | |
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The 3rd party candidate had only been around 30 days and only lost by 3%. Hell the GOP Leaders in NY hand-picked their nominee, the voters didn't even have a say. Hoffman will win as a Republican in 2010 in that district. Count on it. After seeing all of the pictures, I can't believe the responses in here. -shakes his head- I post links, and all I hear from you is opinions.
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2009-11-08, 17:45 | Link #4619 | |
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Also your pictures do not support claims of 1.5 million people. You're off by an order of magnitude. And once again, even if that was right, 1.5 million people is still a fringe in a nation of over 300 million.
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2009-11-08, 17:47 | Link #4620 | |
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Kamui is just viewing it from another perspective. Don't discredit him for that.
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