acptulsa

Hiya!

I saw you tried to pm me, so I cleared some space for ya. I'll be out of the office for a while, but see you in the by and by. Prolly in 2 hours or so. ~hugs~

O I C

Say wut? I didn't get what you wrote there.

I forgive you.

just so you know, when a thread is started in the guest subforum (even by a member) it has to be approved before its publicly seen, so Yes I Am A Liberal is telling the truth

Since when is the "We got a badass over here" meme "gay"? It's been all over the interwebz for many moons and it's used by all sorts of folks. There are several samples in the various "bestest picture thread evarrr"-s.

The reason I have no use for monarchies is it's complete pot luck what you get. If your generation gets a Victoria, you could be in worse shape (assuming her advisors aren't lying to her about what they're doing), but if you get an Ivan the Terrible you're screwed. I prefer a system that at least holds out hope for nonviolent revolution, whether people are generally smart enough to use it or not.

And I'm pretty sure you meant neither Bismarck nor the kaiser.

Chancellor von Bismarck
[IMG]President von Hindenburg

Bismarck
[IMG]Hindenburg

That help get the rust out of your history? 'Cause those who get rusty on history are liable to re-live the bad parts...

You're right, I should have said the Kaiser, not Bismarck. :/ (My WWI history is rather rusty...I do remember Hitler suffered from mustard gas inhalation during that war and a bunch of other factoids) Yeah, monarchs have been somewhat fascist in certain occasions, but they always had incentive not to destroy their subjects' economy or their own respective societies as presidents and prime ministers or even legislators do. (such elected officials almost always leave office very wealthy and almost never face justice for their misdeeds) Generally speaking, the best to worst scale goes- voluntary association with government>hereditary monarchy>monarchy>classical republicanism>modern constitutionalism>democracy etc.

"Can you not see that he's talking monarchy" (per your rep message) No, he was talking about National Socialism. Hitler was not a monarch at all. He nationalized industry and introduced a sort of fascism to Germany. If you read Hitler, he had no intention of taking the responsibility of a monarch. He was in fact critical of Bismarck, who was closer to a monarch than Hitler. (though he did try to stay in Otto's good graces while he was alive)

Glad I could help you out on that trebuchet thang

Wasn't it you who was looking for a site or a video on what has historically happened after a government disarmed their populations, and you finally found it? I think it was you and I searched, but it seems like RPF's search function isn't working too well lately. Many times, I just do a google search and find it faster, but not today! If it was you, and you come across it, will you please bump it or PM me back? Thanks!

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Gave lethalmiko a non-lethal +rep for his one positive suggestions post in the thread.. Messed with his head i bet as he thinks I don't like him...,,heh

no problem!!

hey, tulsa... i dunno what thread you are referring to in regards to the photo of my President and his First Lady. and, by all means-- you always have my blessing to post anything i've posted where you see fit!!!!!

i was thinking "that's really random" until the end of the song. hahaha!!

as far as that thread-- this is a HUGE issue for the "evangelicals". i keep coming across it (interwebz and face to face). i'm trying to figure out how to get over the repulsion and craft my response in a positive manner. i'm not there yet, at least interwebz-wise, so i have conceded (as my thread in the vent declares).