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Are you a Democrat, Republican or Southern Conservative ???
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
Question: How do you tell the difference between
Democrats, Republicans And Southern Conservative?
The answer can be found by posing the following
question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Glock cal .40, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.
What do you do?
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Democrat's Answer:
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor? Or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
What does the law say about this situation?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kindof message does this send to society and to my
children?
Is it possible he'd be happy with just killing me?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted? We need to raise taxes, have a paint and weed day
and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
This is all is so confusing! I need to debate this withsome friends for few days and try to come to a
consensus.
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Republican's Answer:
BANG!
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Southern Conservative's Answer:
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG! click.....(sounds of reloading).
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG! click
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the
Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?"
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Las Vegas, NV 89193
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The true sign that we are heading into fascism is being exhibiting by these morons and their brainwashed ilk. The page is linked to a neo-conservative website that features articles by Annd Coulter, that fat idiot disk jockey who went to Guantanamo to disprove the torture allegations, and Michael Fumento (of the so-called "U.S. Civil Rights Commission--a freaken joke if there ever was one), who must be a shitty lawyer given the way he spins the Pew Hispanic research poll. He claims that nobody has achieved success in the United States without assimilating. Obviously this guy has his head so far up his ass, he has noticed all of the Hispanic musicians (Carlos Santana only spoke English until about the 1980s), actors, athletes, and middle class professionals from Latin America who've done pretty well without assimilating. Wow, are these people that ignorant and reactionary? (head up ass says "Yes!")
The true sign that we are heading into fascism is being exhibiting by these morons and their brainwashed ilk. The page is linked to a neo-conservative website that features articles by Annd Coulter, that fat idiot disk jockey who went to Guantanamo to disprove the torture allegations, and Michael Fumento (of the so-called "U.S. Civil Rights Commission--a freaken joke if there ever was one), who must be a shitty lawyer given the way he spins the Pew Hispanic research poll. He claims that nobody has achieved success in the United States without assimilating. Obviously this guy has his head so far up his ass, he has not noticed all of the Hispanic musicians (Carlos Santana only spoke English until about the 1980s), actors, athletes, and middle class professionals from Latin America who've done pretty well here without assimilating--to say nothing of all the middle class gente who live comfortably in barrios in L.A., San Antonio, and Miami without having to speak a word of English. This is not to say that Hispanics should not ever learn English or teach it to their kids (Its called acculturation, not assimilation---Wow, are these people that ignorant and stupid? (head up ass says "Yes!")
Drawing a distinction between "assimilation" and "acculturation" doesn't lead to anything except a lot of split hairs. A Chicano who can't speak Spanish is not "assimilated". Maybe in his or her fantasy, sure, but, if you can still distinguish them from "everyone else", then they haven't been assimilated. They are still in a category.
When someone is assimilated, you cannot easily distinguish them as a group. White people are several European ethnic groups that have assimilated into whiteness. African Americans, even as they are distinct from other Black people, are many tribes of people assimilated into one grouping.
All this resistance to assimilation makes me think of the Borg of Star Trek. The Borg, or cyborg, was a giant cube full of cyborgs wired together into a super-race. At the time when it was part of the story line, a lot of people thought they represented Japan, because at the time Americans were feeling "invaded" by Japanese cars (or something). Some others think the Borg are communists.
In retrospect, the Borg seem more like a large office building floating in space -- the concept reflects the anxiety people have about losing their individuality to an organization. The Borg's multi-cultural humanoid workforce are wired together via computer networks. They go anywhere, and assimilate planets into their company. The Borg are multinational corporations, and most Borg, I bet, are Americans.
Resistance to assimilation isn't futile :-) It's very necessary, and noble, and takes many forms.
There are some interesting stories about the Borg at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg
> borg represented Japan / "invaded" by Japanese cars
that's an interesting concept as the borg being representative of any culture - I always saw them much like you as simply bureaucracy with no particular cultural leanings
as to being invaded by Japanese technology in the automobile that was always a good thing since Japanese cars were better in many ways - fuel economy, reliability, ergonomics.
And poorer in few ways, replacement part costs, crash resistance.
Since American designs have taken a similar trend on mostly the bad points the differences have all but disappeared - but then again I'm no expert on cars since I have no direct interest in them (I follow design changes in electronic systems, ignition, features, security, factory installed radios, etc as a minor issue)
Electric cars are a different story - I actually made wire harnessing for the GM and Honda electric cars mandated by California law in the late 90's while working for AES...
But back to star trek I am guilty of thinking of ferengi as jews, klingons as blacks, and vulcans as orientals..
I consider these attitudes technically racist however :)