A woman president

[DoesntMatter]

NOTE: I am officially done giving out free thanks in this thread. I was trying to work my way out of a poor thanked-to-thanks ratio

I have an exam tomorrow and need to cover an entire chapter still

[Mish]

You are forgetting the fact that many of these Presidents werent actually country leaders. Presidential systems are different in different countries. USA is one of the rare one with its presidential power, just like Russia. Of course, there are tons of 3'rd world countries also, probably, but those aren't important right now.

Since you mentioned Russia Boobaa, I would like to bring to your attention a millitaristics and expansionist Russian head of state. A leader who waged war with Ottoman Turkish empire winning major battles and securing access of Black sea annexing entire state of Crimea from the Turks. Won the war with Sweden. Invaded and partitioned Poland (With Germany and Austria) and played a big role in a whole range of other millitary victories for Russia at the time.

Who was this millitary genuis? It was no other than Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_great[/url]

[IndiReloaded]

To be honest I actually like China. They deal with a lot of the same shit we do

And yeah, Japan definitely had the spread a decade ago. They ended up in a better place than being a superpower though, at least in my opinion.

Yes, but Canadians don't fundamentally believe, in our hearts, that we are a superior *race* to Americans.

[anachronistic]

in a way I would have NO WAY reached on my own

This is the shitty part of the education system I am talking about.

[Junket]

Meh. You know something, Fras? You should read up on West Virginian coal miners. See what they went through as little as a generation ago. See what happens when the bossman makes all the rules.

You can't trust people with absolute freedom.

Far as I'm concerned, if you have more money you can afford to give more. Big deal. And every child, regardless of how shitty their parents may be, has the right to food, shelter, education and medical care. I don't much care about adults. Once you hit 18 if you don't want to work, fine. Starve or die from exposure. Just do it away from the public eye.

I am pro-state regulation.

I am anti-federal regulation.

If states make their own laws, at least this way, people have a place to move to (within their own country), if they don't like their state's regulations.

There needs to be some level of regulation, or standard, but the federal government will not, and cannot do it better than each specific state can.

[anachronistic]

Haha, this one goes out to all the people that think women aren't fit for combat.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w84E6cmuuGU&feature=related[/ame]

[starbuck]

I watched it three times

[boobaa]

It's called welfare.

Bitch.

Means lazy lowlifes have nothing to worry about because the state will take care of them.

What do you know about Louisiana?

What do you know about Pennsylvania?

New Jersey?

or New York?

How about California, or Illinois?

This country is only going to become more socialist on a national level once the democrats take the stage.

Universal health care.

More taxes for the rich, and less for the middle class.

Means they're going to try to even the odds, which really means degrade society with more systems.

Angry eh?

Capitalism it is. Nothing more. Capitalism can be unwealthy too, I didn't mention welfware. Oh, did you realize your country runs on immigrants?


And I don't know anything about Illinois or Louisiana, etc and frankly I don't care.

[anachronistic]

Angry eh?

Capitalism it is. Nothing more. Capitalism can be unwealthy too, I didn't mention welfware. Oh, did you realize your country runs on immigrants?


And I don't know anything about Illinois or Louisiana, etc and frankly I don't care.

Oh shut the f&%ck up.

[Lipp]

Won the war with Sweden.

I'd call it "Repelled the Swedish invasion" Otherwise it sounds as if we actually lost something. Yes, yes, completely irrelevant but I felt like being picky.

[DoesntMatter]

Who was this millitary genuis? It was no other than Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_the_great[/url]

Heinz Guderian was a smart military leader, not Catherine the Great

[boobaa]

Oh shut the f&%ck up.

You are a smart person.

[Mish]

Heinz Guderian was a smart military leader, not Catherine the Great

They are two different roles, Guderian was a general, Catherine the Great was Empress / commander in chief. I thought this thread was about the later?

[bluesummer]

This is the shitty part of the education system I am talking about.

I agree with you on that. If you need to be spoon-fed everything you learn from a prof, you're not as brilliant as you think.

I only attend my lectures when absolutely necessary....usually I self-teach, and I still get A's.

Oh, and I think it is completely fair to elect a female president and have her have a say in military dealings. There ARE women in the military too. Also, like Gribble said, I think a woman is more likely to care about the people she sends into war. A man in power is more likely to see them as warm bodies going in and taking one for the team.

[shh!]

Maybe it depends on the classes you are taking... I don't think there is much of a comparison between let's say English and organic chemistry, for example.