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Make your predictions for the next four years

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Gutter Snipe, Nov 7, 2012.

  1. thumbs

    thumbs Contributing Member

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    Donny, it's not a wish. It's a prediction. If you don't know the difference, then it's your problem. BTW, you only fear what you suspect might be true.
     
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    I give that prediction the same odds as the world ending on Dec 23 2012.
     
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    I respect your opinion and your odds. However, if you are giving odds, you cannot be completely sure I am wrong.:)
     
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    Anything can happen, I could have millions this week after I win the lotto.:grin:
     
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    I think I'm with you now.
     
  6. thadeus

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    thumbs if you're trolling folks, then you're doing an excellent job. Some of the things you've said recently have been borderline crazy, so this appeared to me as just another step in the progression toward total-bat-nuts-****ing-insane.

    With that being said, a full-on class war would happen before people would succumb to eating others pets to prevent starvation. We'd be lynching the rich in the streets before any of us was forced to eat your dog.

    Maybe you should be more worried about that situation?
     
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    I grew up on Alfred E. Newman -- "What, me worry?" The doomsday preppers may be on the right track, but I'll never be one of them. If I can't shoot a deer or a pesky squirrel, how am I going to shoot another human being, even in the defense of my home?
     
  8. vlaurelio

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    you are already one of them in thought
     
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    No, with the exception of knowing how I will deal with the situation, I am not stocking food, water, booze, gasoline, getaway gear, weapons, ammunition or sundries ... except toilet paper, of course.
     
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    Ya, so he's trollin...
     
  11. Buck Turgidson

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    No, I fear people like you, easily the dumbest individual I've seen on this bbs (or in real life) in the past 36 hours.
     
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    No, he's going to kill himself and kill his dog so as not to be starved to death and eaten by the cannibiliberal hordes.
     
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    Fear? For detailing a scenario that may well come true? Are you sure you don't wear panties because they seem to be bunched.:grin:

    As I wrote earlier to DonnyMost about my prediction: One only fears what one suspects might be true -- or likely.
     
  14. Commodore

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    http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=9860

     
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    I hope not, but what about it would you dispute?
     
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    Whether by inflation or more regulation, costs are going to rise. Electricity is going to go up. The costs of running a business are going to go up. The value of your money is going to go down. How well prepared are you for a poor economy? I hope you have less debt than the government does.

    And anyone who makes a statement that a small business owner who lays off employees is doing it because he is greedy is on freaking crack. Starting and running a small business is a high-risk endeavor that is primarily done to make money. Hiring more employees is done because you think they will help you make more money.

    You don't fire said employees out of greed, you do it because of fear and an understanding of a changing business climate.
     
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    I predict by 2016 there will be so many people on welfare, living off of the government that the Democrats will never lose an election again. Their goal will be realized. Heck I have a TERRIBLE back. I could get on disability very easily. Not that people need "real" excuses to get on disability. If you can't beat them join them.

    Seriously, I have no doubts this country is going belly up financially in the future (that may or may not happen by 2016). Why should I bust my ass working when so many others don't.

    Unfortunately, I am not wired that way. I will continue to work and bust my ass to help pay for those who don't. I will also keep voting for sane politicians. I actually hope the Republicans give Obama whatever he wants on the tax code.
     
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