...which is why I expect it to come down soon.
They'll probably want to bury this in some dark hole so nobody can make any cracks about it.
--Patrick
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They'll probably want to bury this in some dark hole so nobody can make any cracks about it.
--Patrick
Same Meme, but make it the Capitol. And unlike the pyramids, it was actually built by slaves.
Um... the pyramids WERE built by slaves.
GasBandit
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Of course not, they were built by ALIENS.
/ahem
Anyway, there's some hub bub about slaves not having built the pyramids, after all.
http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/pyramids-tombs-giza-egypt.htm
They were built by well paid conscripted labor. They were the farmers that had nothing to do during the summer, so they worked on the first pork-barrel project to keep unemployment down.
TAKE DOWN THIS MONUMENT TO ENTITLEMENTS!!!!!!!
No, they were built by paid laborers. There are a number of tombs near the pyramids that were for common people, with jars of beer and bread for the afterlife. To be buried near the pharoah in such a way was an honor which would almost certainly not have been granted slaves. There is also evidence that the workers ate meat (which was rare for common folk at the time) and were well-supplied and well-treated.
Now, the city of Ramses II was very probably built using slave labor, with a large number of Israelites. The two getting conflated is responsible for the myth of the slaves building pyramids.
Also, slaves in the ancient world =/= slaves in the U.S. In many cases, totally different rules and levels of treatment.
That would require the two parties to work together.
GasBandit
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The scariest, most destructive things that happen to our nation come about via agreement between the two major parties.
Of course, bitter squabbling and a refusal to do anything while serious problems occur is a much better option.
GasBandit
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If the problem is a room is a disgusting, stinky mess, and one party wants to wall up the room while the other just wants to burn the house down, then yes, I'm content to have gridlock.
Dave
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There's gridlock and then there's congress. With gridlock, there's at least some movement. With congress there has been none. The country has not gone forward because of anything congress has done in almost 8 years. Basically since Obama took office and the right decided they'd rather scuttle the ship than let a black man be the captain.
GasBandit
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Actually, a fair amount of Obama's problems have come from his own party.
And, of course, don't forget that for his first two years, Democrats held the house and senate.
But no, it's gotta be because republicans are racists. Totally.
fade
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I don't necessarily think they directly come from racism so much as that (D) next to his name. I don't think it helped in subtle ways. There was a fair amount of intentional blockage. The Republicans weren't even slick about it. They came right out and said it.
Though in truth, I believe the objective of both parties was to collaboratively buy time, and essentially wait out the economic crisis, knowing that that was the most powerful weapon they had against it. I've known enough consultants (including a good friend who was hired by Jindal because he was a Democrat) to know the amount of gaming that goes on to steer the public right where whey want it.
Though in truth, I believe the objective of both parties was to collaboratively buy time, and essentially wait out the economic crisis, knowing that that was the most powerful weapon they had against it. I've known enough consultants (including a good friend who was hired by Jindal because he was a Democrat) to know the amount of gaming that goes on to steer the public right where whey want it.
Man, a whale with washboard abs...
Wasn't that the entire joke to begin with? I mean... Biff was literally living in a skyscraper/casino. The entire joke was that he was Donald Trump.
Huh. I always thought Pansexuals were those folks from Chicago.
