Time for gamers to get political!

Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Or you could just submit to us now, so we don't have to starve you out for resources. :lol
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Haha, unlikely. Right now you rely on us for resources. If you're not willing to play ball, then all I can say is have fun powering California, transporting oil from alaska, finding an oil resevoir as big and close as the Albertan oilfields, and importing meat, bread, clean water, and softwood lumber across an ocean. I hear the Uzbekistanian beef is pretty succulent this time of year... :lol
 
Well, none of that would matter, because we could annex the world (without having to wipe out entire cities to make resources available), if you guys would just realize our obvious superiority, and welcome the chance to join us. :lol
 
It's not the greatest in the world, but we do have a national health care system, which is the big step to overcome. With it in place we can work towards improving it as time does on. Even though it is a bit of a quagmire at the moment, I would rather have this health care system than none at all. It is nice to know that no matter what happens in the future, I'll always receive medical attention should I need it.

I wish I could say the same thing for dental attention... :lol
 
stealth toilet said:
Try being in another country and watching the American elections take place knowing how much their policies will affect the rest of the world.

It doesn't seem fair that only one country's populace gets a vote in an election that has such far reaching ramifications.
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It's not that cut and dry. It seems that of late many politicians don't care much what the people think. They play the part to get elected, and then they do what they want after that. President Bush and Congress get a low approval rating? No problem. Take a few hundred billion dollars that would best be suited for paying off the national debt and give it to people so they will re-elect them. Pay no mind that the "tax rebate" money is going to drive up inflation and do little to "stimulate" the economy.

So no, we don't get much say in these "far reaching" policies.
 
Dart said:
It's not that cut and dry. It seems that of late many politicians don't care much what the people think. They play the part to get elected, and then they do what they want after that. President Bush and Congress get a low approval rating? No problem. Take a few hundred billion dollars that would best be suited for paying off the national debt and give it to people so they will re-elect them. Pay no mind that the "tax rebate" money is going to drive up inflation and do little to "stimulate" the economy.

So no, we don't get much say in these "far reaching" policies.
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Well, we're the ones who are choosing the politicians, who disregard what we want, so we are kind of choosing the people who choose to ignore us.
 
Homicidal Cherry53 said:
Well, we're the ones who are choosing the politicians, who disregard what we want, so we are kind of choosing the people who choose to ignore us.
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True. But it seems that as of late, we are picking the lesser of the two evils in each election. Candidate A is a liar and a cheat, while candidate B is a cheater who lies all of the time.

Man, I hate politics... ::)
 
Dart said:
It's not that cut and dry. It seems that of late many politicians don't care much what the people think. They play the part to get elected, and then they do what they want after that. President Bush and Congress get a low approval rating? No problem. Take a few hundred billion dollars that would best be suited for paying off the national debt and give it to people so they will re-elect them. Pay no mind that the "tax rebate" money is going to drive up inflation and do little to "stimulate" the economy.

So no, we don't get much say in these "far reaching" policies.
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I'm over-simplfying, I know, but it would be nice to at least get a vote. No matter how insignificant it actually is, at least it would be something.
 
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