justincredible;1476599 wrote:I like the folks (okay, I actually hate them) that will respond to complaints about our daily drone murders overseas with things like "well, that program was started under Bush, so..."

I'm all "And you hated that guy, right? Considered him a war criminal, right? WHY THE **** DO YOU NOT THINK THE SAME THING ABOUT OBAMA?!"

****s. All of them.

I respond in like with the ol' "Muslims are killing people but Christians used to as well remember the Crusades" talk. So if the Christians were wrong then, and the Musloms are doing the same thing now, doesn't...that... ...make? The Muslims wrong too????? And it's right about that point that I get called an extremist or xenophobe.

From what I can tell, so many (far TOO many) try to fight for their team. Unfortunately, their team is (R) or (D), instead of (T) - Truth. Grow a backbone instead of a wishbone people!!!!!

Oh yeah...

cruiser_96;1476756 wrote:Oh yeah...

the entire world is fucked up dude.

hasbeen;1477023 wrote:the entire world is fucked up dude.

I'm moving to an island and eating fish and drinking coconut juice the rest of my life.. fuck it

SportsAndLady;1477316 wrote:I'm moving to an island and eating fish and drinking coconut juice the rest of my life.. fuck it

From the people I know who have the means to move wherever they want, it seems most are going to Costa Rica. Living is cheap, but nice. The government is set up somewhat similarly to this one (originally, anyway), but a lot of it is moot anyway, because as long as you're not making waves, there is very little enforcement. Live, and let live ... more or less.

O-Trap;1477756 wrote:From the people I know who have the means to move wherever they want, it seems most are going to Costa Rica. Living is cheap, but nice. The government is set up somewhat similarly to this one (originally, anyway), but a lot of it is moot anyway, because as long as you're not making waves, there is very little enforcement. Live, and let live ... more or less.

Other than, you know, a social security administration, a universal, primarily government-run health care system coupled with, all in all, a strong welfare state, stricter gun control laws than in the United States, comparatively strong tax administration, a central bank controlling interest rates, a currency that can float within a certain range...

O-Trap;1477756 wrote:From the people I know who have the means to move wherever they want, it seems most are going to Costa Rica. Living is cheap, but nice. The government is set up somewhat similarly to this one (originally, anyway), but a lot of it is moot anyway, because as long as you're not making waves, there is very little enforcement. Live, and let live ... more or less.

Papa Fish is strongly considering chucking it all and heading for Costa Rica. Hopefully he does it...Christmas down there would be farking sweet.

BoatShoes;1477866 wrote:Other than, you know, a social security administration, a universal, primarily government-run health care system coupled with, all in all, a strong welfare state, stricter gun control laws than in the United States, comparatively strong tax administration, a central bank controlling interest rates, a currency that can float within a certain range...

Sooo, it's tough to determine whether the takers would have it better there, or here.

BoatShoes;1477866 wrote:Other than, you know, a social security administration, a universal, primarily government-run health care system coupled with, all in all, a strong welfare state, stricter gun control laws than in the United States, comparatively strong tax administration, a central bank controlling interest rates, a currency that can float within a certain range...

I think you missed the latter part of my statement. Little of much of what you're talking about is enforced. Or, at least, it's easier to remove oneself from much of the system.

QuakerOats;1478090 wrote:Sooo, it's tough to determine whether the takers would have it better there, or here.

Basically. Same framework. Less enforcement.

BoatShoes;1477866 wrote:Other than, you know, a social security administration, a universal, primarily government-run health care system coupled with, all in all, a strong welfare state, stricter gun control laws than in the United States, comparatively strong tax administration, a central bank controlling interest rates, a currency that can float within a certain range...

O-Trap;1478130 wrote:I think you missed the latter part of my statement. Little of much of what you're talking about is enforced. Or, at least, it's easier to remove oneself from much of the system.

Can't hunt your own food. Go to Costa Rican jail if you have two guns. Hard to get health care without embedding into teh socialism. But you can smoke weed with no one hassling you. I'd bet you'd have more tangible freedom in Colorado...just not as great of weather (IMHO).

BoatShoes;1478314 wrote:Can't hunt your own food. Go to Costa Rican jail if you have two guns.

LOL! No ... you really don't. I'm pretty sure every person I know who has moved down there (5-6) is what you would probably call a "gun nut," sans one. This is a perfect example of the kind of law on the books that gets enforced about as strictly as the speed limits in the US. It's a law, but nobody REALLY has to follow it, and it's not really ever enforced strictly.

BoatShoes;1478314 wrote:Hard to get health care without embedding into teh socialism.

Not at all, as it turns out. Private practitioners down there, who rely primarily on a small clientele of word-of-mouth contacts do pretty well, and for those who prefer health care to be particularly adept in emergencies, they seem to be sought after over the cattle being herded through the emergency rooms of the public hospitals.

BoatShoes;1478314 wrote:But you can smoke weed with no one hassling you. I'd bet you'd have more tangible freedom in Colorado...just not as great of weather (IMHO).

I couldn't say. Never lived in Colorado. As for the weather, I suppose that's a preference thing.

MEMES!

ernest_t_bass;1478347 wrote:MEMES!

That's a meme, right?

O-Trap;1478363 wrote:

That's a meme, right?

You're*

*then

Con_Alma;1478534 wrote:*then

Indeed.

justincredible;1478533 wrote:

This totally brought the lulz.

Con_Alma;1478534 wrote:*then

Also, from frame 3 -- *physically
And frame 6 -- *I'll

If one wishes to be a Grammar Nazi, one should be thorough. OR BURN IN HELL!!!!

Heretic;1478583 wrote:This totally brought the lulz.



Also, from frame 3 -- *physically
And frame 6 -- *I'll

If one wishes to be a Grammar Nazi, one should be thorough. OR BURN IN HELL!!!!

It was patronizing the previous correction. Try and follow along.

Con_Alma;1478589 wrote:It was patronizing the previous correction. Try and follow along.

When things are as clear as the fog in The Mist, that can be difficult.

Con_Alma;1478589 wrote:It was patronizing the previous correction. Try and follow along.

Nope. You missed the other corrections. You fail at internet.

Con_Alma;1478589 wrote:It was patronizing the previous correction. Try and follow along.

Wouldn't that be "Try to follow along"?