Artemis~

I love jokes. Coincidentally, I also love poems. Here is my favorite one. *clears throat* Roses are red Violets are blue I suck at writing poems Penis. That's all I've got.

I'll send you a trumpet *player* along with it, since they're all jerks. Merry early Christmas to you!

Actually, school here in georgia gets out may 25th. I'm in color guard, so I have band camp all summer. Yaay.

Originally Posted By: Soul of Wit Originally Posted By: Artemis~ I'm usually the very last one to shout "conspiracy!"... Well, you can't say that anymore. Guess not. Now I have to dress up as a hippie, wear colorful clothing and be surrounded by a cloud of weed smoke 24/7.

Osama dead, no troops lost, quick burial at sea according to Islamic tradition... Something's a bit fishy here if you ask me. I'm usually the very last one to shout "conspiracy!" but I have a feeling that Obama's leaving something out here. Imo he's probably not actually dead. The U.S. probably has him in custody somewhere.

As much as I would love to be the chick sitting behind her computer screen to come up with the solution to world hunger, I don't think that I'll try that one. Quote: Can you qualify this statement in any way? They have hot guys and rice.

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba The point being, it could go to the hungry people here in the good 'ol US of A. Dikiyoba sees. And how, exactly, do you propose to do that? Wave a magic wand? Sounds good! Nah, just kidding. We actually have a proven system to accomplish that. 1. Take food. 2. Find hungry people. 3. Give hungry people food. 4. Repeat. Quote: Here's the problem. While I can understand this kind of "set our own affairs in order first" type of thinking, the fact is, the percentage of people in the US in real, serious need of food, that would stave if they did not receive aid, is vastly in terms of number and percent than numbers in other countries. North Korea, for instance, is a country where millions would literally starve to death if we stopped sending them food aid. Farm subsidies < millions dead. Can't argue with that one. I'm just too lazy to argue with the rest.

Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba We subsidize our farmers because we grow too much food, not too little. Dikiyoba. The point being, it could go to the hungry people here in the good 'ol US of A. Oh goodness, American infrastructure. Lol xD

Originally Posted By: Dantius Technology, I doubt, simply because of the fact that the US military spends about a kajillion dollars on R&D in order to stop countries from surpassing us in technology, or at least in technology that could prove to be a threat to our security. Plus, it's easy to score high on the HDI when you're a tiny country with a very homogeneous and xenophobic population, like many high-scoring European countries are (Switzerland, for example). While the US may be somewhat xenophobic, we're certainly neither small nor homogeneous, so we tend to have problems ensuring that our citizens have thigh highest standard of living possible, because the government has decided that some things are more important than that, like security and infrastructure and so forth. Good point, though according to definition a country's HDI is measured by life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living compared to countries worldwide. A country's size doesn't affect these things too much, perhaps resource wise though. Japan has technology that we won't hope to see for years here in America, yet they're small. But also, Cambodia is small too and fairly under developed. Perhaps if we didn't spend a crapload of money sticking our nose into other country's buisness, we'd have a higher standard of living. I know that sounded harsh, but we have homeless and starving people right here, I don't think we can afford to spend money on other countries right now. The US actually gives away extra food to other countries (not saying this is a bad thing, just inefficient) when we have to subsidize our farmers. Just a thought!

Moral #2: Google is your best friend. For future reference, most walkthroughs mention how to do the little things if you utilize search engines.

Imo, I'm american and I still don't think we're the bomb-dot-com. Most European countries actually surpass us in technology and are higher are the human development index scale. I don't think the US has much on China anyways.

Originally Posted By: Tirien Originally Posted By: FnordCola ... Vahnatai Shapers... -Rallys the angry mob, hands out pitchforks and torches, and prays to the Nine-Headed Cave Cow for assistance- If you have free pitchforks and torches to hand out, you already have more than the nine headed cave cow wants you to. He's too busy to help our kind.

Sometimes I feel like the only weirdo who is in high school, but still haves my friends drive over to frolic in the snow with me. Please tell me that I'm not the only one so that I can redeem myself. D:

Wow sharx, you're still here? *applauds* I miss your fanfic!

My philosophy is, If 2 people know about it, It's no secret. Same thing with oral secrets, not smart.