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mur'phon

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Posted in: Getting to know each other
  mur'phon
02-23-2009, 4:04 PM
#1253
Or just get Opera, that way you can claim you didn't give in to pressure:xp:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Getting to know each other
  mur'phon
02-17-2009, 2:34 PM
#1235
Where is Rev when you need him... Ahem, welcome to the forums. All newcomers are kindly asked to run rampant, spread anarchy across the boards, (within the forum rules of course, so don't kill me Jae) and just make utter fools of themselves as is pr...  [Read More]
Posted in: "22 Christian families to be executed in Afghanistan"
  mur'phon
03-04-2009, 1:30 PM
#33
As futile as it might be, someone saving people from one disaster is still saving people, people as in living breathing human beings who are probably enjoying being saved. Compare the guy who doesen't fight the little battles. He won't save any peopl...  [Read More]
Posted in: Theoretical shortage in chocolate causing large scale riot
  mur'phon
02-16-2009, 2:48 PM
#19
Riots in the rich world? Pfah, when the recession have only claimed one government, how many will fall to cocoa riots? Riots in the poor countries who depend on cocoa export? This could very well happen, on the bright side this would mean any countr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-19-2009, 10:35 AM
#18
Jae: It is far easier for corruption to flourish in closed rather than open markets. It's far harder for a beurocrat to demand a bribe to let goods into the country when the law say all gods are alowed to enter. Sure, it'll still exist, but it is har...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-18-2009, 11:53 AM
#14
CommanderQ: I hate to ask this, but do you know what free trade is? If yes, please elaborate on your points as they arenæt making much sence at the moment....  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-18-2009, 10:44 AM
#12
Just point out any rules you find scary, some might not be as bad as you think....  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-18-2009, 9:55 AM
#10
Considering that governments are doing little to nothing about it atm, I'm not seeing the big problems. Later of course you could add a suitable tax for foreign products not meeting local regulation, which would admitedly hamper free trade, if implem...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-18-2009, 9:23 AM
#8
Free trade is partly responsible for the loss of middle-class jobs in America. Yet how many higher payd jobs haven't it created in return? To give two easy examples: When high-tech firms (an area the US have an advantage in) are able to export to ot...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
02-18-2009, 4:41 AM
#6
Surely mur'phon you understand the whole thing about products proudly being made in your country. Any nation should feel that way. I understand why people feel pride, but I don't, I find it irrational to value a product more simply because it is mad...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
01-28-2009, 11:06 AM
#3
Well, obviously, it is sorta part of the "free" in free trade:)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Free trade?
  mur'phon
01-28-2009, 10:48 AM
#1
Now that more and more countries are limiting free trade, I figured it would be a good time to hear everyones oppinion on free trade. Personally I'm in favor of it, but I'm interested in seeing what you think....  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening
  mur'phon
01-22-2009, 12:31 PM
#72
No, we're talking about killing a human being, the umbillical cord you could make that argument, but not about a baby, we are not property of our parents, they are our legal guardians until we come of age, but we are not property. Sorry for not maki...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethickz - Autism screening
  mur'phon
01-22-2009, 11:56 AM
#70
To be blunt the attempt by the Nazis to eradicate Jewish People was also a group of people's choice, and they also used laws. They did, however in this case, depending on your view they are either doing it to their kids, or it is simply a consequenc...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  mur'phon
02-01-2009, 7:38 AM
#88
My advice is to leave the philosopher's gods to people who like to beat their heads against a wall... We're kavarites, it's what we do best:D...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-28-2009, 8:01 AM
#166
Theoretically we should be coming out of a recession, but Bush helped to delay the inevitable(which in turn made it worse) through government action. The problem with Bush wasn't government action, it was that he flipped a coin before doing things....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-23-2009, 2:53 PM
#151
Read up on Keynesian economics, though your question was strictly how to expand government without having the money....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-23-2009, 1:09 PM
#149
Yes, the stimulus contains a lot of things which give the wrong incentives, not work, and not work at the right time. However, with the current situation being as bad as it is, the economy is still likely to need the boost once it hits, even if it ha...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-08-2009, 2:40 PM
#138
Still, it's not as if they won't weasel around any laws, my points still stand....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-08-2009, 12:28 PM
#136
Why would he fail at passing a law capping wages? It's a popular measure especially with democrats but also many republicans. It's a wonderfull bill to support, popular with the people, and it won't have any effect in practice. Besides, from what I k...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-05-2009, 4:54 PM
#134
Sportsmen does something important, they make a lot of money for their owners. Money which they make because we are willing to pay, directly or indirectly to watch them. If they make ridicolus amounts of money, it is only because we let them. Is it f...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
02-03-2009, 3:12 PM
#128
Here's the jist of why things cost so much. In a purely free-market, capitalist economy, there's no restraint on competing corporations to monopolize and compete, meaning they can make twice as much stuff at half the quality for twice the money, and...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
01-31-2009, 6:32 PM
#114
If the bill was a good bill there would have been Republicans voting for it, but it is nothing more than Nancy Pelosi's spending spree on Left-Wing agenda. Read the bill, it actually have a fair bit of tax cuts and other conservative godies in it. A...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
01-31-2009, 2:37 AM
#106
PastramiX: Then tax only the wealthy, the real ones who deserve to be taxed for their massive amounts of wealth. As far as I'm concerned, the poor are still getting poorer while the rich are still getting richer, which is completely backwards, IMO....  [Read More]
Posted in: The Official Obama debate thread.
  mur'phon
01-30-2009, 3:16 PM
#95
Of course, hey; he's a politican, they always corrupt everything. Fixed ..and I'm sure that those tax cuts will be for the wealthy, much like it was for Bush. While, yes, the wealthy will benefit more (it is hard to cut taxes without this happenin...  [Read More]
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