Taxes!

[vt_maverick]

Was that the sound of Osteo's head exploding I just heard? Lol...

[Marlin]

Was that the sound of Osteo's head exploding I just heard? Lol...

Not sure why, that's what he wanted to hear. From where I sit, it all makes sense. Until someone can show me numbers/facts proving otherwise, my views are not likely to change. Touchy feely sensitive emotions aren't gonna do it. Like we say in the military, "Hope doesn't get **** done."

[Osteomata]

Not particularly, because it became somewhat clear during this and other discussions that this was pretty much Marlins view. Inhereant white cultural superiorty, tolerance of others so long as the don't get uppity, and dismissing criticism of any of that as merely touchy-feely overly sensitive PCness. Par for the course.

Was that the sound of Osteo's head exploding I just heard? Lol...

[VXR]

Not particularly, because it became somewhat clear during this and other discussions that this was pretty much Marlins view. Inhereant white cultural superiorty, tolerance of others so long as the don't get uppity, and dismissing criticism of any of that as merely touchy-feely overly sensitive PCness. Par for the course.

did you mean to finish with a golf term? Either way THATS funny...

[Marlin]

Not particularly, because it became somewhat clear during this and other discussions that this was pretty much Marlins view. Inhereant white cultural superiorty, tolerance of others so long as the don't get uppity, and dismissing criticism of any of that as merely touchy-feely overly sensitive PCness. Par for the course.

No, not white cultural superiority, but rather, the culture that did best superiority, just so happens it was white. What other culture has done as well? Hispanic, certainly not or else we wouldn't be having this discussion. African, nope, even with one of the richest continents in the world, as far as natural resources, it just isn't happening for them, nor is it going to. Arabic, they would be notta without their oil reserves. Asian, perhaps, but we got them on the resources tab, so that would be our primary competitor in the big picture. Their sense of honor and pride is much higher than ours on the whole. Strangely enough, their immigrants aren't flooding the prisons or draining the social safety net programs...huh, who woulda thought?
What other culture has the ability and the empathy to play world police, feed the children, save the world. Even when I disagree with it, we are still the only culture to do it time and time again, regardless of our own problems. Our military spends more time building and supporting than we do killing and oppressing. No other culture in the world can say that.
So once again, other than "its not fair, thats close minded", provide me with some tangible data to show otherwise. Show me what good it does for the nation to embrace this onslaught of cultural integration. Perhaps it will get us to Mars, who knows, maybe they can drive a taco truck....lol. Sorry, I thought of that last one, and it made me laugh. "Hola Martianos, taco, burrito, churro, chiclet?"

[Osteomata]

I would say you have a very short historical view. Lots and lots of non-white cultures have achieved empire, long lasting stability, and vastly superior technology, and even some white ones would not exactly have been considered totally white just a few decades ago. In the historical scheme of things US dominance is a short thing, even western european dominance. Just ask the British, Spanish, and Prussian empires about the long march. When one looks to the future, an awful lot of futurists see an Indian, Chinese, and Brazilian rise to superpower status. You might note those are not "white" by the standards you are using. Other than this, you earlier rant about assimilation is deeply flawed. Study after study shows that Hispanics assimilate at the same rate as other historical minorities. Talk to a second generation Latino and his Spanish is already degraded. Third gen and they prefer English and many completely struggle to speak Spanish at all.

No, not white cultural superiority, but rather, the culture that did best superiority, just so happens it was white. What other culture has done as well? Hispanic, certainly not or else we wouldn't be having this discussion. African, nope, even with one of the richest continents in the world, as far as natural resources, it just isn't happening for them, nor is it going to. Arabic, they would be notta without their oil reserves. Asian, perhaps, but we got them on the resources tab, so that would be our primary competitor in the big picture. Their sense of honor and pride is much higher than ours on the whole. Strangely enough, their immigrants aren't flooding the prisons or draining the social safety net programs...huh, who woulda thought?
What other culture has the ability and the empathy to play world police, feed the children, save the world. Even when I disagree with it, we are still the only culture to do it time and time again, regardless of our own problems. Our military spends more time building and supporting than we do killing and oppressing. No other culture in the world can say that.
So once again, other than "its not fair, thats close minded", provide me with some tangible data to show otherwise. Show me what good it does for the nation to embrace this onslaught of cultural integration. Perhaps it will get us to Mars, who knows, maybe they can drive a taco truck....lol. Sorry, I thought of that last one, and it made me laugh. "Hola Martianos, taco, burrito, churro, chiclet?"