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U.S.A Congratulations

The_RipperThe_Ripper
edited July 2012 in General Chat
Congratulations from Spain to U.S.A citizens for your Independence Day!!!

Enjoy your day, buddies! ;)

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  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited July 2012
    Enjoy your weak ecconomy and trillion dollars of debt, from Australia.
  • KuroShiroKuroShiro
    edited July 2012
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    Enjoy your weak ecconomy and trillion dollars of debt, from Australia.

    Considering the overall state of the world economy at the moment, that's sort of like throwing stones from one glass house at another.
  • ted12ted12
    edited July 2012
    ...Ummmm....

    ...Thanks?
  • ne_zavarjne_zavarj
    edited July 2012
    USA . A country that still wears diapers compared to Hungary . :D
  • FriarFriar
    edited July 2012
    Why is it that the 4th of July is like the one day on the us Calender, where the date is positioned correctly?
  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited July 2012
    KuroShiro wrote: »
    Considering the overall state of the world economy at the moment, that's sort of like throwing stones from one glass house at another.

    Yes but our relative economic stability means I can laud it over you.
  • JohroJohro
    edited July 2012
    They may not have money, but they do have guns. Keep that in mind.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited July 2012
    You're #1! :-)
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2012
    America-Suing and Nuking since forever :D
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited July 2012
    Given that the majority of the debt is internally owed, it's not a big problem.
  • JohroJohro
    edited July 2012
    Still, I believe over 4.5 Trillion isn't. Not a big problem. lol
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited July 2012
    Johro wrote: »
    Still, I believe over 4.5 Trillion isn't. Not a big problem. lol

    It technically isn't when looked alongside GDP and revenue assets. Unlike Greece, America has natural resources and manufacturing capabilities that can be used to pay off the debt. The biggest problem is, honestly, politicians that are slowing down the debt payoff due to squabbling.
  • JohroJohro
    edited July 2012
    They have the manufacturing capabilities, yes. The problem is, they're not doing it. Natural resources are another story, as America uses much more than they can ever produce. There was one exception... which I cannot remember off hand(cattle?), but in the end, they use more. It seems pretty insurmountable when they try to put a 10 year plan or whatever in. Perhaps, picking it apart country by country is a better method. Okay, next year let's wipe out our debt to Switzerland and Canada. Smaller debts, achievable goals, why not? Sure, you can't announce that sort of thing, but it looks better on paper in the end.

    ...and happy 4th folks. Seriously.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2012
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  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited July 2012
    ^Not pictured Captain Britain going toe to toe with him for round after round, Captain America just went for the knock down. Grumble grumble.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited July 2012
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    ^Not pictured Captain Britain going toe to toe with him for round after round, Captain America just went for the knock down. Grumble grumble.
    We can't win for losing in that regard.

    If other countries are at war with each other and we do involve ourselves, we're looked down upon for it.

    If other countries are at war with each other and we refuse to involve ourselves until we are directly attacked and it is forced upon us to do so, we are looked down upon for it.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited July 2012
    I enjoy the 4th of July celebrations for the most part, but I'd be lying if I didn't cringe at every firework that gets set off. I just can't enjoy it, knowing that all over America every little town/group/gathering is setting off a similar array, releasing just as many clouds of smoke off into the atmosphere. Seriously, it was difficult to breathe after the show.

    Yeah, it's just one day, and I probably shouldn't make such a deal about it, but it's a day were I remember that people won't consider future environmental implications as long as there's shiny explosions.

    So I spend another 4th, feeling guilty about having participated.
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited July 2012
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    ^Not pictured Captain Britain going toe to toe with him for round after round, Captain America just went for the knock down. Grumble grumble.
    Also don't forget Captain Canada, Captain New Zealand, Captain Russia, Captain France, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera... I appreciate America helping us out back then, but it was a World War in the truest sense of the word. Not to mention Independence Day not having anything to do with that anyway.

    As for the fireworks, are people allowed to set those off themselves? Because over here we have a stupid New Year's Eve tradition where people are allowed to do that. Year in year out, eyes get blown out, fingers get blown off, not to mention animals getting stressed, and yet nothing is done to prevent it (i.e. if people must have fireworks, why not just organize a few professional shows?).
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited July 2012
    Haggis wrote: »
    As for the fireworks, are people allowed to set those off themselves? Because over here we have a stupid New Year's Eve tradition where people are allowed to do that. Year in year out, eyes get blown out, fingers get blown off, not to mention animals getting stressed, and yet nothing is done to prevent it (i.e. if people must have fireworks, why not just organize a few professional shows?).
    It depends on the state. In New York, it's illegal to buy, sell, own or set off fireworks (sparklers used to be legal, but even those are illegal now).

    In Pennsylvania, it's legal to sell fireworks, but illegal to own or set off fireworks. So, only people with out-of-state licenses can buy fireworks in Pennsylvania. Strangely, they also can legally sell fireworks in PA to people from states where fireworks are illegal, such as NY. That leads to police roadblocks on the PA/NY border near the Fourth of July, so police can search cars for fireworks illegally brought into the state.

    Sometimes it even depends on the specific county, or even city, within the state. For example, fireworks are legal in Harris County in Texas, but illegal in the city of Houston (which is part of Harris County).
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited July 2012
    Crazy... we do have a similar situation here; in Belgium, some types of heavier fireworks are allowed to be sold which are illegal here, so people go there to buy fireworks and hope they don't get caught. Personally, I don't really like fireworks (except the pretty rockets from afar), and I'm of the opinion that it should never be handled by amateurs.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited July 2012
    Personal fireworks are illegal in California, I think, but people down south just cross the border to Mexico and buy them there. It's kinda stupid really. I mean, it's fairly obvious when you set off a firework and when it's illegal to do so, you've just alerted everyone that you just did something illegal.

    I guess most people figure that on the Fourth of July, the cops will be too busy anyways.
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited July 2012
    Yeah, if everyone is doing it, the police aren't likely to notice. Plus, over here at least, there are always things like vandalism, fights, and arson around New Year's Eve, so those require more attention than fireworks, no matter how dangerous those can be (they have to actually close up mailboxes here to prevent people from blowing them up).
  • puzzleboxpuzzlebox Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2012
    Jennifer wrote: »
    It depends on the state. In New York, it's illegal to buy, sell, own or set off fireworks

    You wouldn't know it with all the people setting things off until 3am last night.

    Jennifer wrote: »
    (sparklers used to be legal, but even those are illegal now).

    Really? That seems like a step too far in nannyism, although I guess in vast enough quantities they might be a bit dangerous. At one point we had a huge stash of sparklers (bought for birthdays etc and then never used). We decided to let them go in a literal blaze of glory. Stuffed about a dozen packets worth upright in a glass jar, lit one as a fuse and stood back. The whole thing went up in a 12 ft column of sparks/fire. It was quite impressive.

    Hmm, Wikipedia says that 3 deaths were attributed to such things in 2008. Maybe that was not the best idea ever.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited July 2012
    Haggis wrote: »
    Yeah, if everyone is doing it, the police aren't likely to notice. Plus, over here at least, there are always things like vandalism, fights, and arson around New Year's Eve, so those require more attention than fireworks, no matter how dangerous those can be (they have to actually close up mailboxes here to prevent people from blowing them up).

    Well, it's more like there are official shows that are allowed and if there's a few extra fireworks that go off during the show, nobody is going to really notice.
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited July 2012
    I'd LOL if there were a federal ban on fireworks. Plenty of more important things for the government to deal with.
  • Juicius MaximusJuicius Maximus
    edited July 2012
    Fireworks are illegal here in LA. Having said that, I spent the evening in Boyle Heights, watching the most epic, chaotic, panoramic, non-stop fireworks "display" I've ever seen, til about one in the morning.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited July 2012
    Apparently, the best display was in San Diego. Three barges of fireworks... all went off at once in a glorious fifteen second show.
  • Juicius MaximusJuicius Maximus
    edited July 2012
    That was glorious, but I sort of wish it had been intentional, like that one-note White Stripes show in Canada
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited July 2012
    It's sad that people can't just take a simple good will wish for a good holiday, without bringing in their personal negative politics.
  • The_RipperThe_Ripper
    edited July 2012
    I... I've only wanted to wish a good day. :o
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited July 2012
    The_Ripper wrote: »
    I... I've only wanted to wish a good day. :o

    I know buddy, I know...... :P
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