Whine & Cheese

Yeah, we killed them...but only after we helped them come to power in the first place. If we had just left things alone, much of the Middle East would probably be a lot safer and hate us less. The Kardashians are artists? If that's what art has fallen to, I grieve for our children. New Zealand has no indigenous, poisonous animals, IIRC.The fact is, except for unnecessary military might, the US has fallen in every rank that matters (to most people) such as health, happiness, longevity, and standard of living.The fact that we can blow up the world does nothing for me if I'm dead long before I would otherwise be in another country, and struggling just to eat while I am living.

There is zero proof that we aided Saddam Hussein, or trained Osama Bin Laden to fight the Russians? Really? The overall image of America, during the past decade, was one of a bully. Most people don't envy bullies. If people envy America, it is for the ability of people to enter the country and make something of themselves...and ability that is not really a reality any more. So people from countries that are worse off than America want to come here. But how many immigrants do you see from Norway? That's the onyl criteria you need to be considered an artist? Does that mean any criminal who makes the news, or Dateline is an artist? Happy Meals are only a threat if I give them many of them, which I don't plan to do, so they're no threat at all.What I am worried about is their mental development. Calling the Kardashians artists degrades the value of the word art. Have you ever seen Brazillians at a soccer game?And speaking of happiness, you need to take into account not just the thousands who go to football games, but the thousands or millions who contemplate suicide every day. And 3 hours of happiness at a football game can often be an attempt to escape the horribleness that is the rest of their lives.So believe what you will. I'll believe the polls done over a wide spectrum of citizens to determine the voerall happiness of a country. That's how you rank a country. Not me. Considering we spend more than we need to on our military, and that almost all of the wars we've ever been in have been at our instigation, I'm less inclined to think that's a good thing. The bully who's bigger and stronger may be feared, but he doesn't have many friends, and is often depressed when not in a crowd. Yes there are. Believe me.

There's more than wiki available. To what extent did Saddam Hussein receive aid and support from the United States? - US - Iraq War - ProCon.orgShow me a liberal media (with the possible exception of MSNBC) and maybe I'd believe this. There's more people in the world than the ones we happened to liberate. But ask the family members of the innocent Iraqis we killed how they view us. Same for Afghanistan.Then ask most Europeans. Ask most Asians. It was easier and safer, in the later half of the past decade to say you were Canadian when abroad than American. Not that you were really in danger, but people would treat you much better if they thought you weren't American. Thankfully, that's changed a bit. And Obama and the ending of the wars has much to do with that. No, we usually have very good reasons for invading other countries...usually that they're going to stop selling us whatever it is we buy from them at a cheap price in an attempt to make their countries more prosperous. Can't have that, bananas might cost 25 cents more per pound. Why should they think like us? Are we the arbiters of morality and goodness? If so, is only because we have a larger army? Does might make right? Being attractive does not an artist make. I've not seen ehr dance. This may be true, but go to any club, there are tons of people who can dance. I'd not consider this to be the makings of an artist unless its something you dedicate your life to. Again, not the makings of an artist...a mogul or businessperson, maybe. So does Paris Hilton, for very liberal usages of the word "sing." Maybe something artistic? She was awarded a TV show because she's attractive and rich. Much the same reason much of the "housewives" on the various "Real Housewives" shows and the Jersey Shore But you can't argue they're not happy or having fun. As for Soldier Field, the people are enjoying themselves, but they're also freezing their asses off. I'm not happy when I'm shopping, why would anyone else be? Well, the Packers went 15-1, so they came the closest to "beating everyone." The winner of the Super Bowl is only the team that won their last 3 (or 4) games. Hardly everyone. Thus proving my point. The rest of the world (the Packers) is a better place to be. We have money (though less and less), that means people will ask us for some of it. It doesn't create friends, just moochers. Firstly, the ones at McDonald's are succeeding in feeding themselves. That doesn't mean the success didn't come without a struggle. At the very least, they had to walk to their cars to get there.Secondly, the people who are really struggling wouldn't be at McDonald's would they? If they can't afford to buy food, standing in front of a Micky D's would be pretty torturous.

The link led to a quote from the former director of the CIA. I'd consider him a pretty good source. Actually, the creators of South Park are pretty Libertarian, not really liberal.The Daily Show and Colbert are liberal, I'll give you that, but those are all entertainment shows. The "liberal media" supposedly refers to biased reporting in news shows. If there's a bias, it's generally pro-conservative and pro-access. Their answer would be emotional, too, not logical, so I wouldn't consider that if you won't consider mine. Not in much of Europe. There are two ways to change our reputation in the Middle East. Respecting them and showing them we're not a bunch of assholes, which will take considerably longer than two years.Or turning the whole region to glass so there are no more people in the area to dislike us. This could take considerably less than two years, assuming the Republicans gain control of the entire government. However, this would probably make our reputation in the rest of the world go down a peg or six. From the Great Conspiracy Theorist himself, this is a compliment. Yes, and "our way of life" includes cheap bananas and oil. (See Nicaragua) Your way or my way? I agree that my way is right and yours isn't, but somehow, I'd bet you want to make them think your way. When you succeed, are you going to invade the rest of us, too? There, I fixed it for you. I hate shopping. Gives me hives. But the Packers beat the Giants first, meaning the Giants beat themselves, which really isn't something they should be showing on network TV. Is the same "winning" that Charlie Sheen was talking about? If so, maybe they just need more Tiger Blood.

Ok, you do that. I'll just assume you're lying about your actual beliefs here. Aren't gay and liberal supposed to be synonyms? And what about a gay liberal Jew, which type of media would he create? And if two wrongs don't make a right, what about three? Wow, we agree...mine is right and yours is wrong. Woohoo! I agree that this is the only way that works to make an entire region of individual people stop hating us. However, there is only so much of the planet you can turn to glass before the planet decides to eat you while you're meditating to figure out what it wants... Both of which have tomatoes which we often get from Mexico, and beef which we get from Venezuela or Australia. I foresee a war "down under" if beef prices rise too much. Except for the KC Chiefs, who beat the Packers without first losing to them, So wouldn't that make the Chiefs the best team?/shudder But so could any country with enough nukes...Israel, India, Pakistan, France...I guess, using your logic, since we already beat France once (sort of), just like the Packers beat the Giants, the fact that France could beat us, thus beating everyone we've beaten, including themselves, they are the winners. Right?

What, you mean completely losing the premise? I mean, what kind of "office documentary" would run for 7 years? At leas the UK version kept themselves honest.

I don't deny that it's successful, but the premise of the show, that of it being a documaentary of office life, just doesn't make sense considering the sheer length fo time the supposed documentary has been running.I like Steve Carrell, and even occassionally watch reruns, but you have to admit the premise makes no sense any more. I like Gervais too. His version of The Office was more British oriented, I'll admit, but it stuck to the premise much better. It was more consistent.As for deeper involvement with the characters, once again, this is supposed to be a documentary about working in an office. Deeper involvement is another inconsistency with the premise. What about Red Dwarf? It ran for 9 seasons in the UK. The American version didn't get much past the pilot.Or Doctor Who...I'm not a huge fan, but considering its been on the air for longer than any American TV show except for Soap Operas, it would seem to be the "best" TV show.

Yes, I know it's fake, but the length of the show just exposes the fact that its fake. When a parody hits you over the head with the fact that its not real, it loses its parodic credentials.Spinal Tap is a mockumentary, and you know what? It sticks to the format of a real documentary and just inserts ridiculous elements. If Spinal Tap became a film series, it would quickly lose the novelty of the idea and become stale. Then the authors are lazy. If they wanted it to run long, they could have come up with a premise that fit a long running show, or even made it a plot point or something. You DO know that Ricky Gervais was one of the executive directors of the US version, right? I figured that, you're more of a Keeping Up With The Kardashians person.

Like I said before, when parody goes on too long, it becomes stale. I'll bow out now and let you continue with Oni Tap 6 on your own.

Or you could get off your ass, train like there's no tomorrow, and drink an entire swimming pool full of alcohol. You might not make it out alive, but, by God, you'd have made history and won your country some of the prestige it so rightly deserves!

It's not really training if that's your normal level of activity. You need to take it up a notch. Order 4 rounds, but drink them in the same amount of time as you would have 3, and stay as long as you normally would. That'll be a 33% increase and when you can work your way up to swimming pools, you'll be doing Slovenia proud.

Nope, it was even more mundane. Jesus got there first, you see, and noticed on the chalkboard menu that they were serving water. He shook his head, sighed, and walked over, erased "Water" and replaced it with "Wine." Thus, he changed water into wine.