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The Dates 2017 and 2019.......

posted 11 years ago by Camelot_2000
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will be here in just a few short years. I remember watching this movie way back in the 1980s and wondering what I'd be doing in the decade it takes place. Now I know.

The more I study it, the greater the puzzle becomes.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

[–] hulkamania 11 years ago

It is really freaky how much it looks like what is happening is going to come true in the opening text. We do seem really close to a collapse thanks to Bernanke printing non-stop money, too many takers, and the Obamas living like royalty. It should happen any time soon once the government gets guns out of people's hands.

[–] member-id 11 years ago

The obamas living in royalty. Man, you are ridiculous. You do realize the collapse started in 2008, you know before he was president, and was caused by a billions of dollars war that should never have happened(sadaam should have been taken out when the 1st bush went there) and the takers you mentioned(bankers, politicos, ceos, etc.)

[–] hulkamania 11 years ago

The obamas living in royalty. Man, you are ridiculous. You do realize the collapse started in 2008, you know before he was president, and was caused by a billions of dollars war that should never have happened(sadaam should have been taken out when the 1st bush went there) and the takers you mentioned(bankers, politicos, ceos, etc.)

You really don't think the Obamas live in royalty. You must not read articles about them. Like the fact Michelle Obama needs 26 servants and aides for her. You don't find that number ridiculous at all? Plus she has a hair and make-up artist for her. The last number of most personal aides for a first lady was three for Hilary Clinton. You really don't think this number of personal aides is over the top, uncool, or wasteful? IT seems Mrs. lard-ass Obama can't do much on her own.

She also constantly shops on taxpayers money. Here is proof: http://www.examiner.com/article/michelle-obama-spending-sprees-with-ta xpayer-money-continue The lamestream media tries and paint her as a rebel. But let's face it, if Barack was a Republican, she would be ripped a new one for all the mooching of taxpayers money like what happened to Nancy Reagan.

She also holds constant parties at the White House on taxpayers dime. Let's not forget she and Barack go on costly vacations. Like the trip to Africa that costed 800 million. IF this isn't living like royalty I don't know what is. Here is how much the bitches trip to Ireland cost us. http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/06/michelle-obama-spending-your-money-o n-unnecessary-irish-vacation/

Before you bring up Bush, at least he spent the vast majority of his vacations at home. So we were mostly paying for the security. It was mostly a retreat if you ask me since he worked out of there.

Blaming George W. Bush does not excuse the fact that Barack was continuing the wars in Iraq and elsewhere. SO much for his promise that he would pull out Iraq. Not only did he continue the wars, but Obama out-did the spending by all the previous presidents for him. So mush for the change Obama had in his slogan.

To clarify, I was talking about a different kind of takers. You know the 47% percent on a hand-out who don't pay any taxes. Mitt Romney was right. He never stood a chance against so many people living on a hand-out. But you are right though that CEOs, bankers, and politicos also are a kind of taker too.

[–] member-id 11 years ago

I didn't know about all the taxpayer money, so touche. Its funny you mention the 47% and mitt romney because him and the other 1% are all in that category with there charity dinners and auctions, foundations and trusts; if you have a lot of money and a good accountant, you can deduct almost anything. But economists are bad too; undocumented workers good for the economy, with an unemployment rate of actual americans at like 18 %. Oh and the problem I have with the war is two fold firstly to do with the mission being accomplished in 04, and the ridiculuseness of that when the facts were quite to the contrary. We had to stay there because of how fd up everything was and make sure desert storm part 3 stormier desert. Secondly, the idea that buying things was good for the war effort; no bond sales, no rationing, just buy buy buy. Who does that help? Let's see, financial institutions(with the tax breaks), large businesses(with tax breaks), and the manufacturers(mostly chinese or another foreign country), none of that helps finance a war.