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Ami Kawabata

(ah-me not ay-me!)

Join date: 13 Oct 2005

Posts: 56

01-27-2006 12:36

From: Sanstrom Laxness

But why should a Auto maker buy parts from a Japan, Korea, Germany etc when there is a small business 2 miles down the road who makes or can make the same item. What I'm saying is...take care of your family before going to a stranger.

It's cheaper and keeps the cost down. The small business down the road may charge $500 for a part since it is a small operation making only a few hundred of the part while the German manufacter may be making tens of thousands of the same part and is selling the item for $2. The money saved then can usually be invested in something else like making more factories that assemble the parts to make the automobile.

The U.S. can import some maufactured goods from Japan/Germany while they do the same with the others since each country may concentrate on different products. The problems occur when a nation imports too much of said goods while not finding enough market for its products abroad.

Keeping the cost down can also and often mean that we as consumers pay less also.

On the other thing...I say trillions easy because building 2 B2 bombers cost over a billion $. Plus not only do you have to find and deport all those people you have to be on constant watch for new illegals. With tens of thousands of people patrolling the borders and the coastlines. It will take a coast guard that would be many times larger than the current Coast Guard. We are talking of something that is going to take decades....maybe something that has no end in the forseeable future. Only way illegal immigration would end is when the situation in the U.S. gets worse than that of the countries that the illegals are coming from.

Unfortunately all these rules and regulations would in effect make the U.S. into a government that is not a capitalist society and more toward a dictatorship that wants to control every element of people's lives.

Juro Kothari

Like a dog on a bone

Join date: 4 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,418

01-27-2006 15:55

If I were President:

- legalize all drugs and control them through regulation and taxation
- legalize and regulate prostitution
- increase funding for education by at least 100%
- increase funding to replace our aging infrastructure
- reduce military presence outside U.S. borders
- increase funding for space exploration/research
- shift power away from coal/oil to more renewable resources and explore new (and much safer) nuclear technologies
- shred the Patriot Act
- increase CAFE standards for all vehicles
- outlaw 'pork' in D.C.
- rework or get rid of immigration lotteries/quotas
- shift foreign aid to countries that actually need it
- stiffer penalties for white-collar crimes. no more 'resort' prisons.
- release anyone serving time for non-violent drug charges
- outlaw death penalty and replace with 'banishment'
- create 1000 sq. mile place of banishment in Nevada desert

I'm sure there's more.. but that would be a place to start.

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Joy Honey

Not just another dumass

Join date: 17 Jun 2005

Posts: 3,751

01-27-2006 16:12

From: Chip Midnight

Thanks for reminding me. I'd also outlaw the use of the word czar to describe any office or position in the US government.

Oh, and I'd also make appending the word "gate" onto the end of any other word for purposes of naming a government scandal punishable by death.

I'm with Teeny, Chip. When are you running for President? You've got MY vote

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You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen

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Teeny Leviathan

Never started World War 3

Join date: 20 May 2003

Posts: 2,716

01-27-2006 20:12

From: Juro Kothari

If I were President:

- create 1000 sq. mile place of banishment in Nevada desert

Nevada? Where they keep Vegas? Why use Nevada? If the "banished" get loose, they can gamble, get a tan, and spend some time in a legal brothel. Yeah, being "banished" to Nevada would be a real bitch, right?

We have big ol' Alaska, which has even bigger expanses of nothing. Ship them way up north, so if they get out, they have no casinos, sun or hoes to entertain them. If they leave in winter, they freeze. For part of the summer, they have no cloak of darkness to hide in. If you are gonna banish someone, send them to a state where men are real men, women are real women and wild bears are real wild bears.

Jeffrey Gomez

Cubed™

Join date: 11 Jun 2004

Posts: 3,522

01-27-2006 20:34

This pretty much sums things up:

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001561.html

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Chip Midnight

ate my baby!

Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 10,231

01-27-2006 20:57

From: Joy Honey

I'm with Teeny, Chip. When are you running for President? You've got MY vote

Probably right after monkeys fly out of my ass

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Joy Honey

Not just another dumass

Join date: 17 Jun 2005

Posts: 3,751

01-27-2006 21:43

From: Chip Midnight

Probably right after monkeys fly out of my ass

Kewl! You got my vote for sure!

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Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin

You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen

Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant

Felix Uritsky

Prime Minister of Lupinia

Join date: 15 Dec 2004

Posts: 267

01-28-2006 01:02

Hmm, let's see...

1. All-new cabinet, with people who aren't corporate lapdogs
2. Campaign contributions from corporations will be illegal, and legislators will be barred from having contact with lobbyists outside working hours
3. Healthcare costs will be tightly regulated
4. Some sort of limits on corporate salaries
5. Two words: Gay marriage
6. Tighter environmental protection regulations
7. More national forests and wildlife preserves
8. No more Patriot Act
9. Drastic military cuts
10. Patch things up with the UN
11. Legalize some drugs and prostitution, subject to government regulation
12. Visit Australia
13. Poke LL to improve SL
14. Make it easier for post-op transsexuals to change identity
15. Significantly harsher hate-crime legislation, with protection that can be extended beyond codified definitions if provided with probable cause
16. Find out who really killed Kennedy
17. Allow Land Rover to import the Defender in its current form
18. Raise minimum wage

That's all I can think of for now. Not that I have a snowball's chance in hell of ever becoming president, but

Felix Uritsky

Prime Minister of Lupinia

Join date: 15 Dec 2004

Posts: 267

01-28-2006 01:03

Hmm, let's see...

1. All-new cabinet, with people who aren't corporate lapdogs
2. Campaign contributions from corporations will be illegal, and legislators will be barred from having contact with lobbyists outside working hours
3. Healthcare costs will be tightly regulated
4. Some sort of limits on corporate salaries
5. Two words: Gay marriage
6. Tighter environmental protection regulations
7. More national forests and wildlife preserves
8. No more Patriot Act
9. Drastic military cuts
10. Patch things up with the UN
11. Legalize some drugs and prostitution, subject to government regulation
12. Visit Australia
13. Poke LL to improve SL
14. Make it easier for post-op transsexuals to change identity
15. Significantly harsher hate-crime legislation, with protection that can be extended beyond codified definitions if provided with probable cause
16. Find out who really killed Kennedy
17. Allow Land Rover to import the Defender in its current form
18. Raise minimum wage

That's all I can think of for now. Not that I have a snowball's chance in hell of ever becoming president, but it's fun to dream

Juro Kothari

Like a dog on a bone

Join date: 4 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,418

01-28-2006 02:09

From: Teeny Leviathan

Nevada? Where they keep Vegas? Why use Nevada? If the "banished" get loose, they can gamble, get a tan, and spend some time in a legal brothel. Yeah, being "banished" to Nevada would be a real bitch, right?

Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip.

Or, maybe just buy Greenland.

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pacman Schnook

Registered User

Join date: 5 Jan 2006

Posts: 19

01-28-2006 06:05

could send them to groom lake and have there arses prodded with stealthy cucumbers

Teeny Leviathan

Never started World War 3

Join date: 20 May 2003

Posts: 2,716

01-28-2006 07:50

From: Juro Kothari

Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip.

But, where is the fun in this? If a "banishee" escapes, he dies in the desert, and scavengers pick his carcass to the bone. On the other hand, in Alaska, the "banishee" might just meet up with a big ol' Kodiak Bear, and get chased before he gets mauled. I can almost hear Yakety Sax playing in the background. Now thats comedy gold and just deserts all rolled up into one.

Juro Kothari

Like a dog on a bone

Join date: 4 Sep 2003

Posts: 4,418

01-28-2006 11:07

From: Teeny Leviathan

But, where is the fun in this? If a "banishee" escapes, he dies in the desert, and scavengers pick his carcass to the bone. On the other hand, in Alaska, the "banishee" might just meet up with a big ol' Kodiak Bear, and get chased before he gets mauled. I can almost hear Yakety Sax playing in the background. Now thats comedy gold and just deserts all rolled up into one.

Hahahah!

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Paolo Portocarrero

Puritanical Hedonist

Join date: 28 Apr 2004

Posts: 2,393

01-28-2006 12:19

From: Juro Kothari

Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip.

Or, maybe just buy Greenland.

North Dakota would do in a pinch.

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Amber Stonecutter

Bruxing Babe

Join date: 13 Sep 2005

Posts: 296

01-28-2006 17:00

From: Juro Kothari

Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip.

Or, maybe just buy Greenland.

Leave em' in bat country... that'll teach em'.

If you were President..
Ami Kawabata (ah-me not ay-me!) Join date: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 56	01-27-2006 12:36 From: Sanstrom Laxness But why should a Auto maker buy parts from a Japan, Korea, Germany etc when there is a small business 2 miles down the road who makes or can make the same item. What I'm saying is...take care of your family before going to a stranger. It's cheaper and keeps the cost down. The small business down the road may charge $500 for a part since it is a small operation making only a few hundred of the part while the German manufacter may be making tens of thousands of the same part and is selling the item for $2. The money saved then can usually be invested in something else like making more factories that assemble the parts to make the automobile. The U.S. can import some maufactured goods from Japan/Germany while they do the same with the others since each country may concentrate on different products. The problems occur when a nation imports too much of said goods while not finding enough market for its products abroad. Keeping the cost down can also and often mean that we as consumers pay less also. On the other thing...I say trillions easy because building 2 B2 bombers cost over a billion $. Plus not only do you have to find and deport all those people you have to be on constant watch for new illegals. With tens of thousands of people patrolling the borders and the coastlines. It will take a coast guard that would be many times larger than the current Coast Guard. We are talking of something that is going to take decades....maybe something that has no end in the forseeable future. Only way illegal immigration would end is when the situation in the U.S. gets worse than that of the countries that the illegals are coming from. Unfortunately all these rules and regulations would in effect make the U.S. into a government that is not a capitalist society and more toward a dictatorship that wants to control every element of people's lives.
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	01-27-2006 15:55 If I were President: - legalize all drugs and control them through regulation and taxation - legalize and regulate prostitution - increase funding for education by at least 100% - increase funding to replace our aging infrastructure - reduce military presence outside U.S. borders - increase funding for space exploration/research - shift power away from coal/oil to more renewable resources and explore new (and much safer) nuclear technologies - shred the Patriot Act - increase CAFE standards for all vehicles - outlaw 'pork' in D.C. - rework or get rid of immigration lotteries/quotas - shift foreign aid to countries that actually need it - stiffer penalties for white-collar crimes. no more 'resort' prisons. - release anyone serving time for non-violent drug charges - outlaw death penalty and replace with 'banishment' - create 1000 sq. mile place of banishment in Nevada desert I'm sure there's more.. but that would be a place to start. _____________________
Joy Honey Not just another dumass Join date: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 3,751	01-27-2006 16:12 From: Chip Midnight Thanks for reminding me. I'd also outlaw the use of the word czar to describe any office or position in the US government. Oh, and I'd also make appending the word "gate" onto the end of any other word for purposes of naming a government scandal punishable by death. I'm with Teeny, Chip. When are you running for President? You've got MY vote _____________________ Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant
Teeny Leviathan Never started World War 3 Join date: 20 May 2003 Posts: 2,716	01-27-2006 20:12 From: Juro Kothari If I were President: - create 1000 sq. mile place of banishment in Nevada desert Nevada? Where they keep Vegas? Why use Nevada? If the "banished" get loose, they can gamble, get a tan, and spend some time in a legal brothel. Yeah, being "banished" to Nevada would be a real bitch, right? We have big ol' Alaska, which has even bigger expanses of nothing. Ship them way up north, so if they get out, they have no casinos, sun or hoes to entertain them. If they leave in winter, they freeze. For part of the summer, they have no cloak of darkness to hide in. If you are gonna banish someone, send them to a state where men are real men, women are real women and wild bears are real wild bears.
Jeffrey Gomez Cubed™ Join date: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 3,522	01-27-2006 20:34 This pretty much sums things up: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001561.html _____________________ ---
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	01-27-2006 20:57 From: Joy Honey I'm with Teeny, Chip. When are you running for President? You've got MY vote Probably right after monkeys fly out of my ass _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Joy Honey Not just another dumass Join date: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 3,751	01-27-2006 21:43 From: Chip Midnight Probably right after monkeys fly out of my ass Kewl! You got my vote for sure! _____________________ Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin You have delighted us long enough. - Jane Austen Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence. - Ashleigh Brilliant
Felix Uritsky Prime Minister of Lupinia Join date: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 267	01-28-2006 01:02 Hmm, let's see... 1. All-new cabinet, with people who aren't corporate lapdogs 2. Campaign contributions from corporations will be illegal, and legislators will be barred from having contact with lobbyists outside working hours 3. Healthcare costs will be tightly regulated 4. Some sort of limits on corporate salaries 5. Two words: Gay marriage 6. Tighter environmental protection regulations 7. More national forests and wildlife preserves 8. No more Patriot Act 9. Drastic military cuts 10. Patch things up with the UN 11. Legalize some drugs and prostitution, subject to government regulation 12. Visit Australia 13. Poke LL to improve SL 14. Make it easier for post-op transsexuals to change identity 15. Significantly harsher hate-crime legislation, with protection that can be extended beyond codified definitions if provided with probable cause 16. Find out who really killed Kennedy 17. Allow Land Rover to import the Defender in its current form 18. Raise minimum wage That's all I can think of for now. Not that I have a snowball's chance in hell of ever becoming president, but
Felix Uritsky Prime Minister of Lupinia Join date: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 267	01-28-2006 01:03 Hmm, let's see... 1. All-new cabinet, with people who aren't corporate lapdogs 2. Campaign contributions from corporations will be illegal, and legislators will be barred from having contact with lobbyists outside working hours 3. Healthcare costs will be tightly regulated 4. Some sort of limits on corporate salaries 5. Two words: Gay marriage 6. Tighter environmental protection regulations 7. More national forests and wildlife preserves 8. No more Patriot Act 9. Drastic military cuts 10. Patch things up with the UN 11. Legalize some drugs and prostitution, subject to government regulation 12. Visit Australia 13. Poke LL to improve SL 14. Make it easier for post-op transsexuals to change identity 15. Significantly harsher hate-crime legislation, with protection that can be extended beyond codified definitions if provided with probable cause 16. Find out who really killed Kennedy 17. Allow Land Rover to import the Defender in its current form 18. Raise minimum wage That's all I can think of for now. Not that I have a snowball's chance in hell of ever becoming president, but it's fun to dream
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	01-28-2006 02:09 From: Teeny Leviathan Nevada? Where they keep Vegas? Why use Nevada? If the "banished" get loose, they can gamble, get a tan, and spend some time in a legal brothel. Yeah, being "banished" to Nevada would be a real bitch, right? Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip. Or, maybe just buy Greenland. _____________________
pacman Schnook Registered User Join date: 5 Jan 2006 Posts: 19	01-28-2006 06:05 could send them to groom lake and have there arses prodded with stealthy cucumbers
Teeny Leviathan Never started World War 3 Join date: 20 May 2003 Posts: 2,716	01-28-2006 07:50 From: Juro Kothari Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip. But, where is the fun in this? If a "banishee" escapes, he dies in the desert, and scavengers pick his carcass to the bone. On the other hand, in Alaska, the "banishee" might just meet up with a big ol' Kodiak Bear, and get chased before he gets mauled. I can almost hear Yakety Sax playing in the background. Now thats comedy gold and just deserts all rolled up into one.
Juro Kothari Like a dog on a bone Join date: 4 Sep 2003 Posts: 4,418	01-28-2006 11:07 From: Teeny Leviathan But, where is the fun in this? If a "banishee" escapes, he dies in the desert, and scavengers pick his carcass to the bone. On the other hand, in Alaska, the "banishee" might just meet up with a big ol' Kodiak Bear, and get chased before he gets mauled. I can almost hear Yakety Sax playing in the background. Now thats comedy gold and just deserts all rolled up into one. Hahahah! _____________________
Paolo Portocarrero Puritanical Hedonist Join date: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 2,393	01-28-2006 12:19 From: Juro Kothari Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip. Or, maybe just buy Greenland. North Dakota would do in a pinch. _____________________ Facades by Paolo - Photo-Realistic Skins for Doods > Flagship store, Santo Paolo's Lofts & Boutiques > SLBoutique
Amber Stonecutter Bruxing Babe Join date: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 296	01-28-2006 17:00 From: Juro Kothari Have you seen the middle of Nevada? It's a wasteland - nothing but treeless, scrub-brush covered mountains and valleys - blazing hot in summer and bitter cold in the winter. Las Vegas is a very small part of Nevada - way down at the souther tip. Or, maybe just buy Greenland. Leave em' in bat country... that'll teach em'.

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