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Charles Martin2 said:
A little snippet from Cacic's autobiography!!
briskbison55 said:Wait, where and when did you actually correct me? In any thread? Any topic at all? Don't get ahead of yourself here.It's not my fault if gym class was your favorite subject back in school...
We had gym class with girls too, so if that wasn't your favorite subject, man, you really had it rough :-)And legal experts were the ones mentioning probation... and I highly doubt your knowledge of the law is any better than your knowledge of physics, so... basically nothing.
You won't find an American lawyer anywhere mentioning probation for an offense where someone drove into someone else and killed two people. You wouldn't hear that here, but our justice system doesn't care about that in this case.Nobody is saying there wasn't a collision, it's just being argued that we need to determine the exact speed...
The speed isn't even the point, and it doesn't change the fact that a collision happened with fatal consequences.People like you think a seventh grader could figure this out... it's honestly laughable... though it does show your level of understanding of the subject...
You've started throwing around technical terms now, maybe just slow down and actually read what I'm writing. You'll see that you're very careful when it comes to judging a killer who shares your ideology, but you're incredibly quick to judge anyone who isn't on the party list.
Lisa Gray94 said:Don't talk nonsense... if you actually have data to back that up, go ahead and post it, and then maybe you can offer an apology.
Generally speaking, as far as I know, the government stays on top of its payroll obligations. I don't know about specific payment delays elsewhere, but I know that in one of the federal departments, it's never more than 45 days.
What do you think the actual turnaround is for a giant like Walmart? How much time they get under contract versus how long it actually takes them to pay their suppliers?
briskbison55 said:Look, I’ll give you two examples—one guy is actually a member of your party and the other is the Governor of the Federal Reserve. If anyone is being insulting here, it’s you, honestly, with this constant trolling and just dodging anything that doesn't fit your little narrative. This person is basically like a bull charging blindly at a rag; they aren't budging an inch from what they were taught.
Quincy:There it is, the Democrats have finally completely fallen apart at the seams :-) Now they’d probably just ignore all our international treaty obligations and tell the Democrats to go back to where they came from. Come on, seriously, I know terms like 'agreement,' 'initialing,' 'signing,' or 'ratification' might be a bit confusing for you folks in the Democratic Party, but once obligations are taken on, they have to be honored. Why weren't you crying foul when the Republican Party was signing it? There was a full debate in Congress and the Democrats agreed that homes needed to be rebuilt for all the victims.
"The Libertarian Party is absolutely appalled by the implementation of this three-billion-dollar program meant to return housing to people who lost their residency rights, especially while the country is struggling through such a massive economic recession. 'If those funds had been redirected toward job preservation, so many American citizens wouldn't be stuck on unemployment lines,' said Libertarian Party leader Daniel Smith."
He pointed out how the program was passed back in August 2006 when, according to him, the administration decided—based on an agreement between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party—to allocate housing to those who lost their residency rights because they hadn't used the properties for over six months. He mentioned these are people who left America in 1991, went 'to the other side,' and actively participated in the war against America.
So, what about investing in manufacturing? Should we just hand that over to the Democrats instead...
Quincy:Same answer as before. You keep broadening the topic, and I just can't think of anything because I feel like we've already stretched this one way too far.
And yeah, certain generals were convicted and extradited for things that have nothing to do with Storm... so who’s to blame for that?
Doesn't that totally undermine the whole argument about the defensive war?
briskbison55 said:Wait, hold on, what exactly are you blaming the Republican Party for here? Just finish your thought so I can figure out if you're being dense or if you're just trolling me.
Quincy:Then where do you get the nerve to defend those points today, coming from someone who was totally on board with that mess back then? :-)
Honestly, I don't really care who did what or who agreed to what...
Austin Gonzalez13 said:So you just love our exchange rate policy, don't you? It’s just great when you're already starting out 15% more expensive because of the currency fluctuations.
Lisa Gray94 said:..but do you honestly believe the government is to blame to such an extent that your boss can't handle rising overhead or variable costs, dropping demand, a surplus of labor, or a total lack of market liquidity? 🤷
briskbison55 said:skegro once said out loud in public—basically calling both the lightweight and the church official bluff—that the debt to the IMF was paid back perfectly, and that when he handed over the keys on his way out, the treasury was actually sitting in the black. And those two guys actually backed him up. So, I guess... what exactly are you talking about here?
briskbison55 said:I mean, look, Ljube Jurcic and Zeljko Rohatinski are out there claiming your arguments don't hold any water at all. They’re really digging in their heels on that one. But... I don't know, maybe you should just keep going? I guess it isn't exactly news, though. It’s not like this is the first time you’ve sort of lost your way or gotten turned around. Just, uh, keep at it, I suppose.
Quincy:I mean, we just don't have an economy. Period. And honestly, if you’re going to sit there and lecture me about how we should have prepared for this crisis... well, go ahead. Please. Enlighten the rest of us. I guess if you do that, maybe you'll finally snag a Nobel Prize or something. Just saying.
I mean, honestly, comparing us to the UK just feels... I don't know, kind of ridiculous? It’s like comparing apples to oranges. Our whole economic setup is built on totally different foundations than theirs, so it makes sense that we would have approached crisis prep differently too. We aren't them, you know? I guess it's just a different playing field entirely.
Quincy:So, Mason was out there tearing him apart, you know? Mostly bringing up those reserve funds and stuff, but that’s really a whole different conversation entirely... I mean, honestly. But then, in a bit of a twist, Mason actually stepped up and admitted he was wrong. I guess things change. Maybe he just realized he overstepped. It's weird, right? Anyway...
I mean, that Rohatinski guy you’re talking about... when he was actually trying to warn everyone that a crisis was coming, Sanders and Šuker just brushed him off and called him clueless. It's just... I don't know, maybe it's just another perfect example of how totally unprepared they were for everything hitting the fan. Just shows you, I guess.
I guess... I mean, if you look at what Quincy was saying there... maybe? It’s just one of those things where you wonder how we even got here, I suppose. It feels like everything is shifting so fast, almost like when we were all watching the coverage during Desert Storm, you know? That sense of something massive happening right under your feet. Anyway, I'm just thinking out loud. Maybe I'm overthinking it, too. Or maybe not. It's hard to tell sometimes.Look, I’m saying this again... just ask our colleagues over at the Republican Party if you aren't sure. I know you probably will, obviously, but if you're just choosing to ignore all those threads where we actually sat down and talked about this stuff? Man, I really won't be pointing it out to you anymore. I mean, seriously.
Go ahead and deny it all you want... I mean, really, deny it as much as you need to... but that cooperation agreement was already signed back in the 90s. Even then, they were handing over generals. So, I guess... maybe they just started the whole smear campaign against the Democrats a little bit before that actually happened.
I guess... I mean, if you look at what Quincy said, it really makes you think, doesn't it? It’s just one of those things where you start down one path and suddenly you're somewhere else entirely. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but there's something about the way this is unfolding that feels... I don't know, significant? In a quiet sort of way. Anyway, I was just sitting here thinking about it, and I felt like I had to say something. It's all very strange, honestly.I mean, you should just go ahead and ask those party buddies of yours to explain exactly what Racan signed over at the Westin that day... and maybe they can tell you why the Netherlands decided to stage that whole blockade against us right then, too. Honestly, you don't even have to bother explaining yourself later after all this nonsense, just... yeah, just disappear, I guess. :-)
So, I wanted to ask you something... like, just thinking out loud here. If Desert Storm itself isn't prosecuted, and if it turns out that only people like Norac, Glavaš, and those guys are convicted... I mean, would that change things for you? Like, would that basically tear down the whole argument that the war was strictly a defensive struggle for the nation? I guess I'm just wondering how you'd see that.
briskbison55 said:That’s interesting... I know a ton of people who run their own businesses; everything from design firms to software dev, consulting, PR, you name it. Everyone is doing pretty well for themselves, honestly. They all seem to be expanding year after year, and they're always scratching their heads wondering why others aren't jumping into sectors where there's a massive shortage of experts. So, who's really holding you back from growing? I guess it’s kind of silly to blame the government for absolutely everything.
Quincy:I mean, we messed things up a long time ago, but that doesn't change the fact that this crisis hasn't wrecked us the way it would have if we were a more developed nation. Like, what could actually happen to us? Will foreign-owned banks just hike up interest rates? And then what? If they lose their customer base, they lose it. There's really no way.
And yeah, a country that doesn't export much—let alone rely heavily on exports—isn't going to get hit by a global recession nearly as hard as you're trying to make it out to be.
We basically tripped ourselves up; we didn't even need a recession to cause us trouble.
briskbison55 said:you know why that coalition lost the election? because their entire platform was basically just one highway project at a time, and that was right when they realized they'd spent more than half their term just bickering amongst themselves. Honestly, the Republican Party barely had to lift a finger to take over. Now they're complaining about calling the IMF, but even Račan called the IMF back in the day. They whine about highways while they were actually building much more expensive ones. And so on, and so forth... it's all just one big mess. Though, I guess nobody on their side got hit by it either because, like I said before, it's all the same old story—everyone is looking out for each other.
It's just a shame if some people actually fall for the spin about those "tough measures" being the reason they lost the election.
briskbison55 said:Honestly, that’s just nonsense. I mean, in the UK, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs and entire companies went belly up, but here? We haven't seen anything on that scale at all. And now you're trying to sell me this political demagoguery. Look, as we discussed before regarding this topic, the experts don't agree with the silly points you're making. Even the major analysts aren't buying it. My god, who are you even listening to? :-)
Quincy:I guess if things had gone differently—like if certain leaders hadn't been sidelined by illness—we might have been in the European Union already. The neighbors wouldn't have said a word, and all those wet, delusional fantasies from random losers would have stayed just that: fantasies.
That's true, back when the Financial Times was the main thing, the European Union was nothing more than a pipe dream... let alone opening up chapters... it was pure science fiction...
Quincy:Maybe the political party you worship so much can answer all of this once you guys finally stop being so blinded by red tape and emotion.
I'm just mocking the logic where they constantly try to blackmail us with stuff related to Desert Storm, yet when it comes to joining the European Union... it's almost funny where that logic was before the signing of the Declaration... back then, weren't we told there was no European Union without signing it?
Quincy:Just ask the former President what he actually signed. Just that. Then maybe you can come back and laugh about it if you still find it funny.
And if memory serves, during the Financial Times era, an agreement was signed with The Hague, and generals were being extradited... so much for the idea that the defense war wasn't being called into question...
briskbison55 said:I mean, I don't think any administration since the 90s is actually to blame for the fact that we aren't producing anything or exporting much—it's more like we just encourage imports and grow stuff nobody even wants. That's really the point I was trying to make before... I guess it's not really the state's job to micromanage and develop everything. Once the legislature sets the rules, it's all on the entrepreneurs, right? I mean, why else do you think the top 200 families basically run both American domestic and foreign policy? And then we just sit here and laugh whenever someone tries to call it out, instead of relying on those old-school relics from previous regimes to somehow "save" us.
briskbison55 said:I mean, you're still blaming the current administration for a global crisis, but okay, whatever. My point stays the same though—we've never actually had more opportunities than we do now, whether it's for jobs, education, traveling, or stuff like that.It's just like how people said everything would grind to a halt if we didn't allow intervention during Desert Storm...
Exactly. Reagan wouldn't let anyone question the defense effort, but Clinton did. And, well, look—the gridlock happened. Have you actually finished reading up on how much of a mess Clinton's leadership was?
briskbison55 said:Well, just like you, we’re all stuck here because of this storm and lightning. It's crazy.
Quincy:Then why didn't Ivica Račan just let the results be released then? :-)
Who actually started that rumor and made everyone believe that America only needs 200 wealthy families while the rest of us are just nothing?
I guess Franjo Harmon was actually right about those "nobodies." I mean, if you just look around at all these self-proclaimed geniuses and big thinkers... you know, the ones who act like they're the smartest people in the room now that the battle—both the real kind and the diplomatic kind—is over... but before yesterday, they were basically hiding out in their basements.
briskbison55 said:Look, if you’re going to talk about people's families like that, you're being a total jerk. People don't just "pass away" out of nowhere. Besides, the war actually wrapped up five years before Franjo died, and honestly, nobody ever pointed fingers at the sacrifices made or blamed anyone for aggression until after he was gone. Even Haris Silajdzic has said that Vesna Pusić’s claims about Franjo running an aggressive policy toward Canada aren't quite right. I mean, I’d say America was the first to recognize them, anyway.
Quincy:It's all about how people are wired, I guess. Marshall built this entire system and the way everyone thinks. We haven't really shaken that mindset off even today, and looking at how things are going... maybe we won't anytime soon.
If the government is stealing and wasting money—which they are, both then and right now—what does Josip Broz Marshall have to do with any of that?
briskbison55 said:Well, if that's the case, then I guess we really don't have anything to talk about. I mean, almost all our issues today are tied back to that old era and the mess it left behind in our current political landscape.
briskbison55 said:I mean, honestly, Americans have never had it better or lived more comfortably than they do right now. Seriously. Anyone trying to argue otherwise is just being loud and ignorant, I guess. Like, look at the grocery stores—there's more variety than ever, and there are options for every budget at every turn. You remember, Austin Gonzalez13, back when you couldn't even get a basic loan from the bank? Yeah, well, I definitely remember.
hiddensurfer17 said:I doubt it. He’ll probably just buy himself an acquittal.