Political Compass

For those interested, I found another article on this topic.  The Pakistan army believes the attack was on purpose, that more are planned and that they plan to deploy air defense systems along the border.  Some comments are made by low level officers where plausible deniability exists by higher ups.  This comment was made by Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, director general of military operations to a Senate committee on defense.  The other articles were from the BBC, this one from Canadian media.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2011/12/09/19100636-reuters.html

Read Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan or Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind if you want some good reading.

Two words:  Alberto Gonzales  :lol:

@Jermofoot:

I didn’t know it was illegal to live in one state and have a license plate from another, at least under certain circumstances.  I call BS on that part.  You can buy a car from someone in another state, and have the license plate until it needs to be renewed.

Actually no.  I most states you are required by law to transfer the pate within 30 days of your change of residence.  This is usually not strongly enforced, except in states where Property Tax is levied on vehicles.  There they tend to be a bit picky about it since it means cash for the government coffers.

@ZimZaxZeo:

Now, I dig your logic … and I would add simply that the people of the American nation either have to be for democracy, and this can only be universal democracy, or they have to be against it. Perhaps this Kaplan is using some seige mentality “warrior” reasoning that prefers to avoid messy things like differences of opinion between nations, in favor of having a nice, neat, manageable world where the US gets all the goodies while five billion other people can live under dictators and totalitarian regimes.

I totally agree with you (your arguing with a universal democracy), that’s why i find it …. in german you’d call it “perfide”, having one thing, but for your very own and selfish interest not wanting that others have it, especially when it is regarded as a common “good”.

BTW, we didn’t have an India thread this far AFAIR. And even though it still may be (i wasn’t there) a tolerant nation, i fear that fanatism might rise there, though i hope it does not.

Animist. Definitely Aniimist!

But I agree with Yanny…
@Yanny:

Communism and Socialism, and in some cases Imperialism are economic systems, not politcal systems. Two polls would be better suited, 1) What is your favored economic system and 2) What is your favored form of Government.

Zs,
Catchy tune! The wailing zither touched my heart, but the subtlety of the bagpipe bridge and fade made me weep to no end. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

REALLY, A Meocracy would work best. However I do not have the power to enforce my meocracy over every other individual’s meocracy. So the world will have to do with second best, if they can figure out what that is. I cannot.

Candyman67,
Thanks! I thought of that and then let it slip from my mind. Guess I was a little tired and distracted(not to mention lazy, ZZZZZZZZ.)

Yanny,
It’s been done this way since it started.

Do you really think that with, let’s say, a 1 to 10 vote majority in the US House of Reps. any party in power wants to throw away their majority? Give it time and it will happen… say in California as businesses and citizens tire of paying increased taxes to pay off a 36 BILLION $ debt.

What are we to do? Create a 5 member panel in each state to gerrymander their states and another one for the US redistricting?
Let’s see…each committee must consist of 1 registered Democrat, 1 registered Republican, 1 unaffiliated conservative, 1 unaffiliated liberal and 1 unaffiliated moderate.
But who determines what an unaffiliated moderate is? Who represents the first time voters? What about states where there are 1 registered Democrat, 1 registered Republican, and 3 unaffiliated liberals? What about the Libertarian or Green Party representation?
Think of the permutations with only 5 members on a panel! AAARG! You do the math.

I henceforth declare myself an independent! Heh! Heh! Heh!