Spain going down the gutter

[Sixxxxer]

Pretty much, I sure as hell wouldn't want to be there.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

When it comes to European countries, if you can walk to the beach and dip your foot in the Mediterranean...just expect economic nonsense.

My GF is Greek and people who are still in Greece are the laziest people on the planet. We actually noticed the Greek Consulate's hours in SF were from 10am-2pm. I joked that if you want something done there then you need to expect them to take 1/2 hour to get open, 15minutes of work (maybe), 15 minute smoke break, 2 hour lunch, 15 minute work (maybe), 15 minute smoke break, 30 minutes to close. Her father needed to do something at the Greek consulate once and he described it just like that.

But if I lived in a beautiful place like Greece I wouldn't do shit. It's also why I never understood how people can go to college in Southern California. USC students must have a 6 year track for an associates. I'd be at the beach daily.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings x100... or more...

I'd almost theorize that if we can't put armed soldiers at an embassy in a country that shot down US military aircraft 30 years ago and is ran by Islamic thugs who gained power by killing anything that moved that our White House isn't protected at all. But I doubt it.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

I'd almost theorize that if we can't put armed soldiers at an embassy in a country that shot down US military aircraft 30 years ago and is ran by Islamic thugs who gained power by killing anything that moved that our White House isn't protected at all. But I doubt it.

Another example of how we protect the decision makers and throw the people whose job it is to live with and enforce said decisions to the wolves.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Those are some pretty trendy clothes for somebody dumpster diving...

I saw a squeegie kid begging for change while wearing a $500.00 Joe Rocket motorcycle jacket, here in Toronto.

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

My GF is Greek and people who are still in Greece are the laziest people on the planet. We actually noticed the Greek Consulate's hours in SF were from 10am-2pm. I joked that if you want something done there then you need to expect them to take 1/2 hour to get open, 15minutes of work (maybe), 15 minute smoke break, 2 hour lunch, 15 minute work (maybe), 15 minute smoke break, 30 minutes to close. Her father needed to do something at the Greek consulate once and he described it just like that.

But if I lived in a beautiful place like Greece I wouldn't do shit. It's also why I never understood how people can go to college in Southern California. USC students must have a 6 year track for an associates. I'd be at the beach daily.

If the people with the money in Greece would actually pay their taxes, then maybe Greece wouldn't be in such bad shape now. Businesses don't pay their taxes. Private citizens dodge their taxes. How do you sustain the levels of social programmes that they have, if you don't have any government income?

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

How do you sustain the levels of social programmes that they have, if you don't have any government income?

Wait for a hurricane, tsunami, volcano, eathquake, dubstep gangnam style, or other natural disaster to hit, then ask America for money.

OH yeah, the people from Greece with money don't live in Greece. They live in America.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Wait for a hurricane, tsunami, volcano, eathquake, dubstep gangnam style, or other natural disaster to hit, then ask America for money.

OH yeah, the people from Greece with money don't live in Greece. They live in America.

The people you're talking about generally pay their taxes. There are lots of people, in Greece, who have money but don't pay their taxes.

[Kaneman]

The richer we become the more freedom we seem to lose. Perhaps this isn't such a bad thing...or won't be 100 years from now....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=wsfwmzAZgOw

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

The richer we become the more freedom we seem to lose. Perhaps this isn't such a bad thing...or won't be 100 years from now....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=wsfwmzAZgOw

Ever read Huxley's "Brave New World"?

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Ever read Huxley's "Brave New World"?

No, should I?