The future of the United States includes...

[Scataphagos]

Quote from Misthos:

"... My conclusion is that we need a strong third party candidate that is just and moral and scares the crap out of Congress - a kind of "de facto-not de jure- benevolent dictator" in the mold of Teddy Roosevelt.

Good post. The kind of thing every American should reflect upon..

Except for the "strong" part, I think we had a shot at that in Ron Paul. (It wasn't be he is "personally strong", but rather he was not promoted as the leader of the Republicans to have enough juice to be perceived as strong.)

 

[Scataphagos]

Does anyone remember when America was "the home of the free and the brave", and "the land of opportunity"?

What is it now? Fascist government and socialized transfers of wealth... Presidents taking it upon themselves to remake the country to serve their self-aggrandizing goals? Congress doing whatever the Hell they like in spite of opposition by the citizenry?

 

[Trader666]

And what's pathetic are the self-entitled, self-absorbed, know-it-all losers like you who still live with their parents, haven't gone beyond high school, are unwilling to do what it takes to be successful and come here to whine about how bad they have it. Grow up little boy.

Quote from Sandybestdog:

Yea it’s funny around here when the likes of Trader666 and such start in on these threads. After they pretty much admit this generation has it harder, they start this “oh quit you’re bitching, why don’t you take a trip to Central America and see the poverty there and you’ll realize how good you have it.” I always tell them that I hope they are not a lawyer because that is the lousiest argument I have ever heard. No we shouldn’t compare the economy to what our parents had, we should be grateful we have food and clean water. Hmmm that’s makes a lot of sense.

 

[Trader666]

You should have gone beyond high school because your internet education has totally failed you.

Quote from Sandybestdog:

What risk is there to the lender? If you take a $100 bill out of you pocket, go and Xerox it and hand it to me as a loan and I don’t repay it, what have you lost? 5 cents for the paper? There are no real assets being lent, it is all created out of thin air. The lender will keep the interest from the loans paid back and then just “write off” all the bad loans.

 

[ByLoSellHi]

Quote from Scataphagos:

Does anyone remember when America was "the home of the free and the brave", and "the land of opportunity"?

What is it now? Fascist government and socialized transfers of wealth... Presidents taking it upon themselves to remake the country to serve their self-aggrandizing goals? Congress doing whatever the Hell they like in spite of opposition by the citizenry?

It's the land of "I really need to buy cheap shit, so I'll go to Wal-Mart, buy stuff that costs 1/2 as much as quality stuff, that's made in China, breaks in 6 months, because saving $1.75 on a crescent wrench gives me a raging boner, and then the spillover effects of millions of Americans doing the same thing basically means that American will lose its manufacturing base and hundreds of thousands of small businesses, which are the major employers, and unemployment will head for 18% and higher, but I'll never stop buying cheap shit, even when I can't afford it, because the government is going to save us all printing money. Eventually, I'll fill out an application to work at Wal-Mart when the company I now work for closes down."

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[MaklodaSux]

Quote from Trader666:

And what's pathetic are the self-entitled, self-absorbed, know-it-all losers like you who still live with their parents, haven't gone beyond high school, are unwilling to do what it takes to be successful and come here to whine about how bad they have it. Grow up little boy.

Well your generation raised these pieces of shit, so blame yourself nutball. My brother and I both have hard-earned college degrees and have good lives ahead of us, simply because of adequate and unselfish parenting and our own hard work. The friends I have who are fucking losers like you talk about, are usually the result of the parenting 'skills' of 'successful' parents like yourself.

 

[Trader666]

I didn't raise anyone like that, "nutball," and why would you have friends who are "fucking losers" if you're not one yourself?

Quote from MaklodaSux:

Well your generation raised these pieces of shit, so blame yourself nutball. My brother and I both have hard-earned college degrees and have good lives ahead of us, simply because of adequate and unselfish parenting and our own hard work. The friends I have who are fucking losers like you talk about, are usually the result of the parenting 'skills' of 'successful' parents like yourself.

 

[MaklodaSux]

Quote from Trader666:

I didn't raise anyone like that, "nutball," and why would you have friends who are "fucking losers" if you're not one yourself?

cause they're pretty fun to party with.

 

[drcha]

Please stop making generalities. I'm concerned about the younger generation painting all boomers with a broad brush. I decline to accept responsibility for the piggish image attributed to my generation. I did not vote for Bush, Reagan, or any of the others who spent all this money, pissing it away on foreign wars, welfare recipients and oil. I do not and have never owned an SUV or a house too large and expensive for my requirements. I don't have any consumer debt, and never have. I don't buy anything unless I have the cash to buy it.

I'll bet there are plenty more out there like me. Speak up!

 

[Trader666]

You're not in a position to correct drcha or anyone else. If one wants to see what a total assclown you are they can read back from this point where you showed that, not only are you clueless, you can't admit when you're wrong: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2388683#post2388683

I'll give you an even better generalization... the absolute worst thing that baby boomers did was to produce "generation me." And you personify the worst attributes of that generation.

Quote from Mom0/pH0x:

i think you mean to say generalizations... and yes, it is a generalization... an accurate one. of course not all baby boomers are responsible, not all baby boomers contributed to all of the constituencies of the quagmire the nation now finds itself in. but overwhelmingly, and as a generation, they did...