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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Patriotic songs: Which ones are your favorites?

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Whitney Houston sings the national anthem before Super Bowl XXV in 1991 in Tampa, Florida.

By Tony Sclafani, msnbc.com contributor

Patriotic songs. They?re as common to the Fourth of July as cookouts, fireworks and record heat. And who doesn?t love a patriotic song?

Well, quite a few people actually. They include critics of Toby Keith?s ?Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)? and anyone who has flinched while sitting through a celebrity-damaged rendition of ?The Star-Spangled Banner.? Other would-be anthems that aren?t always popular include Lee Greenwood?s ?God Bless the U.S.A.,? recently banned in an elementary school for supposedly being ?offensive,? and Martina McBride?s ?Independence Day,? a female empowerment anthem recast out of context as the jingoistic theme song of Sean Hannity?s radio talk show.?

As patriotic songs go, what one person considers a tribute to America can come off as clich? to another. Yet when these songs strike the right chord it?s hard to deny their power.

One of the most powerful is also one of the oldest, ?America the Beautiful,? originally written as a poem back in the 19^th century. Scads of country singers have covered it, but the rendition that has become the standard is the gospel-infused one by Ray Charles, which he recorded in 1972. Expect to hear it if you tune into PBS?s live broadcast ?A Capitol Fourth.???

As much as celebrities get criticized for mangling the national anthem, the live rendition by Whitney Houston in 1991 set the standard for how the song should be sung and was popular enough to go platinum. An earlier version by Marvin Gaye also showed that with the right voice, the song can be transcendent. Jimi Hendrix?s legendary Woodstock instrumental version?-- considered irreverent at the time?-- made the tune seem majestic in a way few could have imagined.

Bruce Springsteen?s ?Born in the U.S.A.? sometimes gets mistakenly lumped in with patriotic songs. But even though its fist-in-the-air chorus gets ?em singing along in the stadiums, the verses tell of a veteran of the Vietnam War whose life has fallen apart, making it one of the Boss? most subversive tunes. John Mellencamp?s ?Pink Houses? came out around the same time and is more a heartfelt celebration of the heartland.

Springsteen has also been known to cover Woody Guthrie?s ?This Land is Your Land,? another song that isn?t quite as patriotic as people perceive it to be, yet has become a sort of ?people?s national anthem.? It was purportedly written as a more humanistic response to Irving Berlin's bombastic ?God Bless America.? Had Guthrie lived longer, he?d probably be amused at the way he succeeded in knocking Berlin?s song off its perch, since his is the one you hear more of these days.

Some songs that people consider patriotic are really just protest songs that focus on the country, such as Bob Dylan?s ?With God on Our Side? and the Grateful Dead?s ?U.S. Blues.? More to the point are a handful of more recent country songs, notably Brooks & Dunn?s optimistic ?Only in America,? about opportunity (like the Jay and the Americans oldie), and Trace Adkins? ?Arlington,? about a fallen soldier.

Few lists of such songs mention the nearly forgotten would-be anthems of the Reagan Era that were once considered contenders. Anyone remember Bob Seger?s ?American Storm? (a Top 20 hit in 1986) or Prince?s ?America,? which just missed the Top 40 in 1985? Oldies fans are sure to be familiar with hits that were patriotic by virtue of the fact that they retold historical tales. What else would you expect from songs titled ?The Battle of New Orleans? and ?PT-109??

What patriotic songs make you proud to be an American?-- and which ones have we missed? Tell us about it on our Facebook page.

Tony Sclafani is an arts and culture writer whose first book is due out next year. His writing can be seen at www.tonysclafani.com.

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Source: http://entertainment.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/03/12527557-patriotic-songs-which-ones-are-your-favorites?lite

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Masters and the Rating System

The Rating System

First, I need to explain the rating points, which determine how good or evil you are.?

In DBT, we?ve decided that there needs to be ?points? to decide how evil someone is. That gives us something to count to see who deserves training with certain masters and who don?t. It also decides where you go when you die, which is very important to this forum. At first we tried to use the rating system integrating in the forum, but now you?ll see a rating statistic inside of your profile. Let me explain the basics.

The Basics

- If you have a positive rating you go to Heaven. If you have a negative rating you go to Hell. If your rating is at 0, decide where you want to go.
- When you die, you get a halo, and may lose every single item you hold if it?s not in a capsule case, apart from zenny and clothing.
- No matter where you're going to go, you must still travel along Snake Way and report to King Yemma. That's a must when dead.
- If you were killed by a power energy blast, some or all of your items will be destroyed. It's up to you on how to RP your items being destroyed.
- Dragonballs, for the purpose of this RP, are entirely indestructible, and so will never be destroyed.

Rating Points

- If you are in Otherworld with 50 Rating Points, you can trade it all in for one day (a real day) of life.
- If you are in Hell with -50 Rating Points, you may escape off to the world of the living for a day.
- When you come back to life, your rating points return to 0.
- Whenever the Rating Points are at 50 (or -50) you're able to come back to the living world for a day of your choice. There are also special ways to earn Rating Points:

- Attacking a planet. - 15 Rating Points
- Cause a slow, painful death. Make your opponent suffer. - 8 Rating Points
- Betray an ally/minion. - 10 Rating Points
- Convert someone (Cause them to trade their + points for -, or turn 'em Majin). - 10 Rating Points
- Kill someone with positive Rating Points. - 10 Rating Points
- Cause random acts of destruction. - 5 Rating Points
- Fight someone with positive Rating Points. - 5 Rating Points
- Steal from anyone. - 2 Rating Points
- Show apathy toward someone. ? 1 Rating Point

- Help another Planet. + 15 Rating Points
- Show mercy to a fighter. + 8 Rating Points
- Sacrifice yourself to kill a villain (Failure). + 10 Rating Points
- Sacrifice yourself to kill a villain (Success). + 20 Rating Points
- Save an ally. + 5 Rating Points
- Kill someone with negative Rating Points. + 10 Rating Points
- Help anyone. + 2 Rating Points
- Fight someone with negative Rating Points. + 5 Rating Points
- Go a day without violence (sparring excluded). +2 Rating Points

There IS no limit to the points you can get. Remember that. Also, the points are distributed by admins only. Never touch that stat.

Special Training

This will explain the special training that is needed to learn certain techniques. You?ll also see attacks from the DBZ universe in this topic that weren?t on the Attack List. All trainers require a certain number of rating points.

Earth Trainers

Master Roshi
Special Requirements: Must be a good character.?
Special Item Required: Porno Magazine.
Rating Points Needed: +25.
Teaches?
Kamehameha(Tier 1): Turtle Hermit's signature attack, initiated by channeling your latent energy into your cupped hands, concentrating your Ki into a volumized, spherical mass of energy. The result when thrust forward is a potent beam of Ki. Does 15% Damage; Takes 6% BP from User.
Item given: Nimbus Cloud, if rating points are +50.
BP gain: 100 BP; each time you return to train, the BP gain rises by 25.

Master Roshi (2)
Special Requirements: Must be a good character and have learned Kamehameha from Master Roshi.?
Special Item Required: None.
Rating Points Needed: +70.
Teaches?
Double Kamehameha(Tier 2): The Double Kamehameha is an attack utilized for combat against multiple enemies. Channeling your latent energy in the same manner as the original ability, you are able to release a Kamehameha Wave from both of your hands. Does 25% Damage; Takes 12% BP from User.

Master Roshi (3)
Special Requirements: Must be a race that had no transformations, trained with Mr. Popo for Adrenaline, and must have a certain BP. Takes two days to learn Pump Up.
Teaches
Pump Up: Master Roshi?s signature technique that causes the muscle mass and BP to increase. BP x 10. (Needs 320,000 BP to learn.)

Tao Pi Pi
Special Requirements: Must be neutral or evil and spend 350 zenny.
Rating Points Needed: 0 to -25.?
Teaches?
Dodonpa(Tier 1): An instant Ki beam fired through the index finger capable of piercing anything in its path, though the attack is small and can?t be charged it can be instantly fired. Does 7% Damage; Takes 1% BP from User.
-After training with him 5 times- Killing Finger(Tier 1): A physical attack that Tao Pi Pi specializes in. By thrusting one?s finger into an opponent with lightning fast precision, you may pierce into the target?s flesh. Does 7% damage and causes progressive damage; takes 2% BP from User.
BP gain: 100 BP; each time you return to train, the BP gain rises by 25.

Shaolin Monk
Rating Points Needed: - 10 to + 50 rating points.?
-After training with him 10 times- Ki Control (Speciality Technique): The Shaolin Monks will teach you peace of mind. Once attaining the state known as Fudo Shin, one can lower the BP used by an attack by 2%. Can only be used four times in battle. (Also gives permanent control of Destructo disk, allowing it to follow an opponent for one turn AFTER it?s released.)
Item Given: Spiritual Enlightenment ? Gives 10 + rating points once used.

Korin
Special Requirements: Climb Korin?s Tower in a day and beat Yajerobi (BP: 850) using just melee.
Rating Points Needed: Any above -15 Rating Points.
Item Given: Senzu bean (1).
BP Gain: 200 BP and bonus BP for beating Yajerobi. (Only get a sensu bean and absolutely no BP for beating Yajerobi after the first time)

Korin (2)
Special Requirements: Completed a training session with a master. Take a day of training with Korin.
Rating Points Needed: Anything above -10 Rating Points.?
BP Requirement: 5500
Teaches
Zanzoken: After-image technique. Takes 3% BP from User.

Mr. Popo (1)
Special Requirements: Have completed at least two training sessions and not be a race that has transformations; must have a certain power level. Takes one day to one day to learn Adrenaline, three days to learn High Tension, and five days to learn Max Power.
Teaches
Adrenaline: This ability increases the adrenaline that pumps through you, honing your strength, your speed, your stamina; must have a power level of 140,000 to learn. BP x 5.
High Tension: Pushing the body beyond its limits eventually throws you into a higher state of being. Must have a power level of 640,000 to learn and have trained with Roshi for Pump Up. BP x 15.
Max Power: Transcend to the greatest state of your power. 1,200,000 BP needed to learn. BP x 20. (If you?re a race without a fourth transformation, you can train to learn Max Power.?

Mr. Popo (2)
Special Requirements: Pass 5 training sessions from any of the masters, go fight three minions of Baba, and then defeat Mr. Popo. (He transforms into you; has your BP, moves, and transformations.?
Quest
Fighters of the past! Z Warriors: You?ll be sent into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber (without gaining bonuses) to fight one of the Z Warriors from Dragonball Z.?
Villains of the past! Might of Evil: You?ll be sent into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to fight some of the villainous people from Dragonball Z.
Completion
Upon defeating 2 Z warriors and 2 villains, you?ll gain your first pass into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Mr. Popo can then be trained with normally for BP boosts of 200 whenever you win.

Planet Namek Trainers

Guru
Special Requirements: Protect three Namekian villages from destruction (By a player, not an NPC).?
Rating Points Needed: 125+.
Teaches
Unlocked Potential: Permanently increases your BP by 12%.
The Dragonballs!: If you manage to reach 125 rating points, he?ll not only teach you about the dragonballs, but he will give you two of Namek?s Dragonballs. (If your character didn?t know about their existence, now he/she will. If all of the Dragonballs are already taken, Guru will tell you which members hold them.)

Lord Slug
Special Requirements: Find the evil Lord Slug?s spirit on Planet Namek.
Quest?
Spirit?s Revenge: Kill 1 Saiya-jin and 1 Namekian player.
Completion
Lord Slug imparts onto you knowledge of how to build a Namekian space-craft. Takes three days and 5000 zenny to build.

Namekian Village Elder

Special Requirements: Saved at least 2 Namekian villages.
Rating Points Needed: Neutral or positive.
Teaches
Mystic Regeneration: This ability, when passed on to someone that?s not a Namekian, allows regeneration of progressive damage. Can only be used twice and cannot restore lost limbs like a Namekian.
Namekians get: A BP boost of 300.

Planet Vegeta Trainers

King Vegeta (Elite Profile)
Special Requirements: Must be a Saiya-jin, must have already been sent to another planet. You also must have killed people in order to gain his approval.
Special Items Needed: You must still have your tail.
Rating points needed: Have at least -50 to +50 Rating points.
Quest
Control Your Rage: King Vegeta won?t begin training a Saiya-jin without first teaching them how to control their Oozaru form. Normally, when a Saiya-jin transforms, they have little control over the beast; they can only do physical attacks and mouth blast. If you manage to defeat 3 low-ranking Changeling Minions, he?ll teach you how to control it so you can use ALL of your attacks in Oozaru form.
Teaches
Saiya-jin?s Endurance (Specialty Technique): When this is taught, NOTHING happens when your tail is grabbed and it?s even harder for even a bladed weapon to cut through. ? Takes a day to learn.
Execution Beam (Tier 1): A violent uproar of Ki rushes from the palm of your hand, bee-lining right into the enemy. ? Takes two days to learn and a PL of 6000 to learn.
Omega Blaster (Tier 2): King Vegeta?s perfected version of the Gekiretsu Madan. Instead of using both hands, he lifts one hand up and releases several streams of potent Ki that ALSO fire along with a straight volley of Ki Blasts. Must have Gekiretsu Madan. ? Takes three days to learn and a PL of 50,000.
BP Gain: Battle Power increase of 200 every two completed training sessions with King Vegeta.

Planet Ize Trainers

Emperor iz (Elite Profile)
Special Requirements: Prove yourself worthy by fighting Emperor Ize. He chooses who to attack through reports of everyone?s actions.
Rating Points Needed: None. Mostly evil characters are accepted though.
Teaches
Level 2 Custom Attack: Emperor Ize shares certain aspects of his abilities to teach a player a second custom attack; an evolved version of their first.?
Items Given: Royal Sword is given sometimes, or other Royal Equipment.?

Planet Yardrat Trainers

Yardrat Elder
Special Requirements: Stranded on Yardrat and you must not be there for any evil intent.
BP Required: 150,000.
Teaches
Instant Transmission: Instant Transmission is a technique that comes natural to those of the Yardrat race. It allows one to transmit their physical form throughout the universe to a person whom the user knows. It has no limit as to how far it can transport you. Takes 5% BP from User inside and outside of battle.

Konats Trainers

Tapoin (Elite Profile)
Special Requirements: Must complete certain special events (Explained later).
Rating Points Needed: +300
Quests
Great Hero; Prove your worth: The Great Hero, Tapoin, does not believe you are truly a hero. In fact, having no way of knowing your intent, he engages you in battle. Take him down to 50% of his BP.
The Ocarina: Now that he believes you are a hero, Tapoin sends you to his Konatsu-jin village to retrieve the Ocarina. Once you arrive, a Cultist steals it and leaves behind five of his kin to stop anyone from giving chase. Defeat them.
The rest of the quests will be sent after you complete the first two.
Items Given: Unknown.
BP Gained: Unknown.

Otherworld Trainers

Coming soon; as will more trainers for other planets.

"Posts? Oh, damn it. Is this something telling me not to double post or some shit? You've got to be kidding me."

Ha. I double post when RP'ing by myself. This is in no way an explanation on what you can and can't do with posts. Instead, it's on the relevance of posts and what they can do for you (And I lied. There will be some "Can't do's" involved). But befoe I get started, know that we'll never have it where posts will give BP. That one's out of the question.

Zenny/Jobs/Etc

All posts do is show how active you are in character, and let you reach new heights such as transformations, jobs, and special training. That's right. Posts will effect when you get transformations, when you get raises in jobs, and obviously training (as explained in the mechanics earlier).

Zenny is increased by 15 for each post, which doesn't seem like much. Honestly, 15 really is nothing, but can add up after a while. Thing is, Out of Character posts are not applicable for a zenny boost and neither are battles. This is mostly because we don't want anyone spamming the forum to gain Zenny, or fighting non-stop. Emphasize on Role-Playing, okay?

Jobs offer a daily increase on the zenny earned. The type of jobs that you're able to take will be explained in another topic, but just know that you can get raises to gain even more zenny a day.?

Transformations are also going to succumb to posts. Instead of the regular needs for transformations, there will also be a needed post count in order to gain it. Why? Well, I'm not interested in watching someone train every day and not RP to get a transformations. That's why training posts will also not count for a zenny bonus.?

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RolePlayGateway/~3/bx_9-o2nR38/viewtopic.php

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Ants farm root aphid clones in subterranean rooms

ScienceDaily (July 2, 2012) ? The yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus, farms root aphids for sugar (honeydew) and nitrogen (protein). In turn these species of aphids have developed distinctive traits never found in free living species such as the 'trophobiotic organ' to hold honey dew for the ants.

New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that over half of ant mounds contained only one of the three most common species of aphid, and two thirds of these has a single aphid clone. Even in mounds which contained more than one species of aphid 95% of the aphid chambers contained individuals of a single clone.

Aphid farming by ants is considered to be mutualistic. The ants cultivate and protect the aphids which in turn provide food for the ants. In farming mutualism, monocultures may reduce competition and are perhaps the result of husbandry (caused by the ants selecting the best aphids for their needs).

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, University of Groningen and Rockefeller University used DNA microsatellite analysis to look at the genetic similarity of the three most common species of root aphids (Geoica utricularia, Tetraneura ulmi, and Forda marginata) within L. flavus nests, soil samples within nests, and single aphid chambers.

Results indicated that while there was considerable aphid diversity within the 7 km test site at all sampling levels (ant mound, soil sample and chamber), monocultures occurred more frequently than expected. 52% of mounds and 99% of aphid chambers contained a single species and 60% of these contained a single clone. When multiple species or clones existed in the same mound they were kept separated.

Aniek Ivens, who led this research, explained, "Although two years later most ant mounds seemed to contain the same clones, two mounds had gained new clones of their species. It is possible that either these aphids have been brought in or that they were previously at a very low level in the mound and missed during an earlier survey."

The combination of underground nesting, aphid clones, and very low gene flow between aphid populations has allowed L. flavus to evolve an unusual form of symbiosis. Miss Ivens continued, "In a parallel with human farming methods this most likely gives colonies the possibility to actively manage the diversity and abundance of their livestock -- allowing maximal honeydew yield from mature aphids that are kept under optimal conditions of phloem feeding and ant care. Ants also secure dietary protein by eating the excess of young aphids, and replacement of their honeydew-producing livestock when adult aphids become less productive."

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HBO treats 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood' to new seasons

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

S.Africa: Texas student attacked by chimp improves

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Obamacare to unleash crushing new taxes, trillions in debt, huge job losses, and it doesn't even cover natural medicine

(NaturalNews) By now, we all know the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate portion of Obamacare by declaring it a "tax." This is, in essence, a declaration that the federal government now has unlimited power to force consumers to spend some (or even all) of their take-home pay on various products, services or even intellectual property that they have no interest in buying in the first place. It is a concentration of economic power in the hands of the federal government, and it suddenly ends economic liberty in America (http://www.naturalnews.com/036329_Obamacare_Supreme_Court_economic_fr...).

It's also the largest tax increase in the history of the United States. By upholding Obamacare's individual mandate as a "tax," Chief Justice Robert just labeled President Obama the largest tax increase President in the history of the country! (http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2012/06/roberts-labels-obama-a-tax...)

And yet President Obama himself declared the individual mandate was NOT a tax. Here's the video: http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video?id=8620606

And here's the transcript of his interview with George Stephanopoulos:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2009/09/obama-mandate-is-not-a-t...

But now, of course, Chief Justice Roberts has declared it IS a tax, after all. Thus, Obama's key legislative achievement has become the single greatest legislative deception in the history of America.

How much will this new tax cost you? The Washington Post has published a handy online calculator:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/what-health-bil...

It shows that the new tax begins in 2014, then ramps up to its maximum penalty at 2016, at which point you are taxed year after year until you cave in and buy into the monopoly Big Pharma health insurance scam. This is, for the record, the largest tax increase in history. And it's for a system of medicine which is a Big Pharma monopoly that doesn't even give consumers the freedom to choose natural medicine or alternative therapies!

The high court's ruling leaves in place 21 tax increases in the health-care law costing more than $675 billion over the next 10 years, according to the House Ways and Means Committee. Of those, 12 tax hikes would affect families earning less than $250,000 per year, the panel said, including a "Cadillac tax" on high-cost insurance plans, a tax on insurance providers, and an excise tax on medical device manufacturers. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/republicans-ruling-fo...)

Now that Obamacare's penalty is a "tax," not a "fee," Mr. Obama is breaking a 2008 campaign pledge not to raise taxes on Americans earning less than $250,000. This new "tax" will hit across the economic spectrum, despite his campaign declaration that health care should "never be purchased with tax increase on middle-class families." Now, Mr. Obama and congressional Democrats have enacted the largest tax increase in history.
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/curl-roberts-to-the-r...)

For the record, under the precedent now set by the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal government can simply order you to engage in whatever commerce the government chooses. All they have to do is create a penalty for refusing to go along with their order, and characterize the penalty as a "tax."

Ron Paul gets it. He understands the simple truth that the government has no power to compel people to engage in commerce. "The insurance mandate clearly exceeds the federal government's powers under the interstate commerce clause found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution," writes Ron Paul. "This is patently obvious: the power to 'regulate' commerce cannot include the power to compel commerce! Those who claim otherwise simply ignore the plain meaning of the Constitution because they don't want to limit federal power in any way. The commerce clause was intended simply to give Congress the power to regulate foreign trade, and also to prevent states from imposing tariffs on interstate goods. In Federalist Paper No. 22, Alexander Hamilton makes it clear the simple intent behind the clause was to prevent states from placing tolls or tariffs on goods as they passed through each state -- a practice that had proven particularly destructive across the many principalities of the German empire." (http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul799.html)

Obamacare is going to absolutely shred the infrastructure of our medical system, it is going to send health insurance premiums soaring, it is going to dramatically expand the size and the scope of government, it is going to fundamentally alter the relationships between doctors and their patients and it is one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history. Not only that, it is also going to add about a trillion dollars to our national debt over the next decade. So no, the Obamacare decision is not good news. Obamacare was one of the worst pieces of legislation in American history, and now we are stuck with it.
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/15-reasons-why-the-obamacar...What are the political ramifications of all this? Obamacare remains widely hated by much of the U.S. population -- at least the portion of the population that actually works for a living -- and this Supreme Court decision will likely ruffle even more feathers of taxpayers who are tired of being pick-pocketed by the federal government at every turn. While most people don't mind paying some reasonable level of tax to the feds, having the government invade your take-home pay and start forcing you to spend it on things you may or may not want is another thing entirely.

Because of the backlash against this law, it seems almost certain that this Supreme Court decision will play right into the hands of Mitt Romney, who will now make repealing Obamacare the centerpiece of his election campaign. He has already stated, in the Weekly Standard, "If We Want to Get Rid of Obamacare, We're Going to Have to Replace President Obama." (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-if-we-want-get-rid-obamaca...)

But even if Obama is replaced in the White House, the damage has already been done. With its decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has set a precedent of government control over private paychecks, and that precedent has fundamentally crushed economic freedom in America and opened the door to limitless taxes for everything imaginable. King George III couldn't have done it better.

Nevertheless, based on this decision I now predict a sweeping victory for Republicans in the 2012 elections as a backlash against Obamacare. I'm not saying I support Romney or the Republicans, because I think all politicians are crooks for the most part, and I agree with Gov. Jesse Ventura that the two-party system is largely just two criminal gangs jockeying for power on how they can exploit the people they claim to represent. Whether it's DemoCRIPS or ReBLOODlicans in power, they're all political gangstas.

Even if Romney takes office next January, actually repealing Obamacare would be almost impossible to achieve, by the way. Unraveling bad laws is far more difficult than getting them passed in the first place. It would take a true taxpayer revolt to pull it off.

We may be headed for that sooner than you think, by the way. With this decision to seize control of the money right out of your own paycheck, the moral collapse of the U.S. government is now complete. Once this "tax" starts to come due, many taxpayers will be in a state of near revolt. That, coupled with the economic collapse heading our way from the EU, will bring many Americans to a point of financial desperation.

It is from such conditions that, historically, revolutions emerge. And that's assuming we even make it to 2014 when the Obamacare tax is supposed to be levied on the American people. By some estimates, the U.S. government may suffer a crushing financial collapse between 2012 and 2015. If the government collapses, Obamacare and all the other bad laws go down with it: the Patriot Act, the DMCA, the NDAA, and so on. That's the one interesting thing about human history: Every time governments become too large, too bloated and too deeply invested in crushing liberty, the People eventually rise up against the injustices and take their country back, starting with a clean slate (which eventually becomes corrupt a few years later, of course).

It is the cycle of human civilization... the rise and fall of civilizations. We are living in the time of the fall of the American empire, and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Hope you're ready to live in "interesting times," because we all have a front row seat to history in the making.

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