First Obama, now us?

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First Obama, now us?

Postby empath » 08 Feb 2010, 09:46

You, yeah YOU - right there, reading this:

Did you know that you're in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Metcarfre » 08 Feb 2010, 10:03

Hey, we already won Person of the Year.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby empath » 08 Feb 2010, 10:05

Yeah, kinda makes sense; the Internet creates avenues of communication and understanding between people, regardless of location or background or ethos. It's a great tool to help bring us together.

Kinda like one of George Carlin's plans to abolish war: "Peace Through Formal Introductions" where everyone on the planet is forced to greet, shake hands with, and remember one distinguishing feature every other person on the planet. The rationale would be - if we knew 'the enemy' we wouldn't be able to wage war on them. "What, the Armenians? No way - I know those guys!"
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Metcarfre » 08 Feb 2010, 10:09

"...They make a mean Gharsi khorovats!"

Man, I've read too much about Armenians. Comes from reading Vonnegut.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Master Gunner » 08 Feb 2010, 11:05

Wait, according to that article former peace laureates can nominate people. That means that if we won, the internet could nominate people in the future. ...I'm not sure if that's a good idea.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Metcarfre » 08 Feb 2010, 11:22

The next year it'll be Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day, "On the condition that they make babies."
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby InsaneFool » 08 Feb 2010, 11:23

Master Gunner wrote:Wait, according to that article former peace laureates can nominate people. That means that if we won, the internet could nominate people in the future. ...I'm not sure if that's a good idea.


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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby 2stepz » 08 Feb 2010, 11:55

metcarfre wrote:The next year it'll be Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day, "On the condition that they make babies together."



Fixed.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Metcarfre » 08 Feb 2010, 12:03

... Which is what I meant, but good call.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby kkief02 » 08 Feb 2010, 12:29

2stepz wrote:
metcarfre wrote:The next year it'll be Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day, "On the condition that they make lots of babies together."



Fixed.

Fix'd again.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Wraith » 08 Feb 2010, 18:30

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Nobel Price stopped meaning ANYTHING the moment they even CONSIDERED giving it to Al Gore for making a damned Power Point presentation.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Bananafish » 08 Feb 2010, 18:42

Wraith wrote:I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Nobel Price stopped meaning ANYTHING the moment they even CONSIDERED giving it to Al Gore for making a damned Power Point presentation.


*sends tens of thousands of mercenaries to iran & iraq*

*predator bombs civilians*

*keeps gitmo open*

*literally gives a speech to nobel committee attempting to justify all of this*
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby InsaneFool » 08 Feb 2010, 18:51

You did all those things? That is quite the resume you've got.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Wraith » 08 Feb 2010, 18:54

Bananafish wrote:
Wraith wrote:I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Nobel Price stopped meaning ANYTHING the moment they even CONSIDERED giving it to Al Gore for making a damned Power Point presentation.


*sends tens of thousands of mercenaries to iran & iraq*

*predator bombs civilians*

*keeps gitmo open*

*literally gives a speech to nobel committee attempting to justify all of this*



???

Who did this?
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Bananafish » 08 Feb 2010, 18:58

b. obama~

you really should've seen the speech though, you need some serious balls to justify a war while accepting a nobel peace prize. b-b-b-but he gave the money to charity!

oh yeah

*is going to actually increase DoD spending*
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Arius » 08 Feb 2010, 18:59

Bananafish wrote:
Wraith wrote:I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Nobel Price stopped meaning ANYTHING the moment they even CONSIDERED giving it to Al Gore for making a damned Power Point presentation.


*sends tens of thousands of mercenaries to iran & iraq*

*predator bombs civilians*

*keeps gitmo open*

*literally gives a speech to nobel committee attempting to justify all of this*

I missed the parts in bold.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby The Laughing Man » 08 Feb 2010, 19:09

Might as well. I mean, if Obama can win, anyone can. Seems like they just hand them out nowadays.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Bananafish » 08 Feb 2010, 19:16

Mercenaries
Obama Has 250,000 'Contractors' Deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan and is Increasing the Use of Mercenaries

A couple of years ago, Blackwater executive Joseph Schmitz seemed to see a silver lining for mercenary companies with the prospect of US forces being withdrawn or reduced in Iraq. “There is a scenario where we could as a government, the United States, could pull back the military footprint,” Schmitz said. “And there would then be more of a need for private contractors to go in.”

When it comes to armed contractors, it seems that Schmitz was right.
According to new statistics released by the Pentagon, with Barack Obama as commander in chief, there has been a 23% increase in the number of “Private Security Contractors” working for the Department of Defense in Iraq in the second quarter of 2009 and a 29% increase in Afghanistan, which “correlates to the build up of forces” in the country. These numbers relate explicitly to DoD security contractors. Companies like Blackwater and its successor Triple Canopy work on State Department contracts and it is unclear if these contractors are included in the over-all statistics. This means, the number of individual “security” contractors could be quite higher, as could the scope of their expansion.

Overall, contractors (armed and unarmed) now make up approximately 50% of the “total force in Centcom AOR [Area of Responsibility].” This means there are a whopping 242,657 contractors working on these two U.S. wars. These statistics come from two reports just released by Gary J. Motsek, the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Program Support): “Contractor Support of U.S. Operations in USCENTCOM AOR, IRAQ, and Afghanistan and “Operational Contract Support, ‘State of the Union.’"


More

There are currently 121,000 US contractors and 68,000 US troops in Afghanistan.

As a result of the coming 'surge', another 30,000 troops and 56,000 contractors are expected.



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 575883.ece

Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan today, the first such strikes since Barack Obama became president and a clear sign that the controversial military policy begun by George W Bush has not changed.

Security officials said the strikes, which saw up to five missiles slam into houses in separate villages, killed seven "foreigners" - a term that usually means al-Qaeda - but locals also said that three children lost their lives.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8366376.stm

Guantanamo closing delayed,pointless rhetoric, blah, blah

Haha, the conservatives can't call him out because he's basically Bush at this point and it would mean them admitting that Bush was wrong as well.

haha kill me, obama extending bush tax cut

“A working couple making $250,000 is barely making ends meet,” he said, adding, “If you have a partnership or an S. Corporation you are definitely affected… As professionals or shop owners or restaurant owners, you get hammered.”


“A working couple making $250,000 is barely making ends meet,”
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Bananafish » 08 Feb 2010, 19:29

♥hOpe♥*~~

sorry, i'm gonna go do my philosophy homework. night
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Wraith » 08 Feb 2010, 19:45

Bananafish wrote:b. obama~

you really should've seen the speech though, you need some serious balls to justify a war while accepting a nobel peace prize. b-b-b-but he gave the money to charity!

oh yeah

*is going to actually increase DoD spending*


Priceless.

"Change" huh?




Hows that working out?
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby Arius » 08 Feb 2010, 19:48

Because Congress doesn't exist, right. I completely forgot they were a fictional entity.
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Re: First Obama, now us?

Postby tak197 » 08 Feb 2010, 23:02

Speaking of politics, when did Sarah Palin become such a twatbag? I VOTED for THAT? Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and Incest, I'm glad I'm registered independant. Now all the parties can battle each other and I can sit back and say "I'm not with them", like a mother with children having temper tantrums.
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