In civilized countries, people talk, discuss, argue and settle disputes.    Also, people make mistakes while driving on highways.    Defensive driving lets you take care of it and move on.

shooting happens as much as here. There are third world countries without an effective government where these sort of things happen but generalizing shooting as third world problem is a big mistake.

to live where there is no violence. Move to a first world country then, whichever that is in your opinion...

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1) Learn what "third world" actually means, use the term correctly.

Pick one. There's plenty to choose from.

Do you know what third world country means? It is not what you think it means.

Who think they need guns to protect them, their family and their property are not only uneducated and uncivilized, they are barbarians of the 21st century. Not lot difference between them and the barbarians beheading people in the Middle East.

I ve got a masters in structural engineering, served 4 yrs 2 in Iraq and believe firearms are a fundamental right, have been since 1776. Just because you don't want or need one you don't have the right to try and take my rights.  

Moving to Australia in May 2015.

you have real knowledge which comes only from big picture critical thinking. The question is whether owning a gun is fundamental right or not. The question is, does it need to be controlled for the good of the society.

Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.

He might enjoy it ....depending, of course, on how big the door knob is.....the bigger the better, no doubt.

AU just renounced global warming demands of o'bama. Pretty third world if you ask me.

Aware being the operative word.

Well I will be watching CNN in Melbourne and will contact you guys when you have the next mass shooting!    I will double up on my drink at the bar watching the dead bodies being removed!

Moving Melbourne, Australia in May 2015.   Will be watching CNN for the next mass shooting.

That is right, I have picked Melbourne, Australia.  May 2015.

Taking away our 2nd Amendment would only reduce us to an ENSLAVED and despotically ruled "third world country".

he only moving he is doing is to a different trailer park.  

Mass Shooting in W. Virginia!    Second Amendment activist shoots Government buildings in Austin TX.  Wanted to attack churches and anything and everything that moves!   LOL.

In your opinion, which country is doing an overall better job than us, and why?

If there is another country that we could model ourselves after, which country would that be, and once again, why?

Mass shooting roundup for you!   W. Virginia and Austin, TX.   In Austin the guy says he belongs to a white supremacist group a.k.a.  "USAISIS" and he shot Government buildings and wanted to hit churches and other public places.   He says he is "USA version of Boko Haram".

You are only worth talking about, not to.

My question, that you ignored BTW, was directed at RRO, not you. Now go crawl back in your hole Hadji, along with bigfatgirl.

If we were are on the gold standard, how would the Fed fight a recession, or put the brakes on an overheating economy? Look at Greece. No, they're not on the gold standard, but if you look the Euro, and if you like the Euro concept, then I guess you'd love the gold standard. Remember 2008/9? What was happening to Greece, and to a lesser degree Portugal, Spain and Italy? Greece couldn't print money because they are a member of a fixed currency union. What the hell happened, besides the fact that Greece doesn't make anything of value, except olive oil (lol).  A gold standard would put the Fed in a similar predicament.  

You naturally are championing unfettered capitalism and debt economy because you and the finite privileged few are making a killing with it. But the current wealth disparity in the US is proof enough that the system innately SUCKS!
 
  3/4 of the ads on TV are now investment brokers, up-start colleges(all offering government backed loans), and predatory lenders. And whereas 30yrs ago one needed to go to Las Vegas to gamble; now there is a casino within 30 miles of everyone. Capitalism at root is a gamble, and as I have said to GaGambler on more than one occasion "not everyone is a 'gambler' by nature". I personally take offense at the TV ad showing a new father wearing a typical "Blue collar" shirt and holding infant twins finding solace "gambling" his hard earned money on the stock exchange. There is and will always be an investment class and a worker-bee class; but the "Investment class" should not be the ONLY one to enjoy wealth/security. A person who is innately a 'saver' rather than a 'gamer' should have the same chance at a happy life. But when the best return for a CD or savings account is 1.5% and the rate of inflation thanks to a debt based economy is 1.5% or more there is no impetus for the 'saver'.  

School shooting prevented in SLC, by a student who did not have a gun!    Are you having fun yet!

You got my vote! That is the most intelligent articulation of what's going on in this country I have read in a long time. May I borrow your talking points? The whole system has been rigged for a long time to encourage borrowing. My bank's savings accts. are bringing .05% when I asked last month just for laughs.

Outsourcing!    That is because an average American's IQ is 30 to 40 percentage lower than an average Korean, Chinese or an Indian.

Your 2nd to the last sentence in the 2nd paragraph says it all. You are a garden variety progressive. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but your utopia is probably the lily white Northern European Scandinavian countries. They do a fairly good job at creating an egalitarian society that you want, but I doubt that you can scale that model to a country our size that is not as homogeneous or educated like ours. Fair warning, none of them are on the gold standard, and they have a huge debt burden providing cradle to grave support.

Would it pay to invest more than $25/week? What about a lump sum? I may be "progressive" but that does not make me closed minded or un-teachable.  

Maybe you could explain to him how going back to a "gold backed dollar' and eliminating the federal reserve would mean that we would no longer have any "monetary policy" what so ever. Which would mean that when countries such as China dump their currency in order to gain advantage in trade, we would no longer have ANY weapons left to fight with.

You did such a great job with index funds, I am sure you can explain this simple concept to RRO in terms that he can understand.

An Index fund basically tracks the performance of a market benchmark. You can find Index funds that track the S&P, DOW, NASDAQ, Small Cap companies, all the way to specific industries like energy, consumer staples, real estate, etc. There are thousands of them. Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab and others have the these "passive" Index funds, plus the management fees are very inexpensive, i.e. 0.10 or 0.20 on an annualized basis. These passive funds consistently out perform the so-called "active" manage funds, i.e. mutual funds, plus the mutual funds management fees average about 1% on an annualized basis.  

and the gold standard is the last thing Progressives would want. I'm confused why he is even addressing it. To me, the European economic model, specifically the Scandinavian countries is a captivating model for Progressives, but they don't realize it can't work in the U.S.  

This is one I can actually agree with. The public, especially the American public has a very short memory. The moment we have cheap energy all funding and demand for energy efficiency goes right out the window.

It is obviously beneficial to both the oil and auto industries to keep their customers addicted to their respective, but related products.

Now if I could only explain to you in terms that you could wrap your arms around how and why the Federal Reserve is a necessary evil and how dismantling it would be disastrous to our economy, leaving us virtually defenseless to the currency manipulations of other countries.

but I am on record advocating many things that are arguably against my own self interest, like continuing to allow fracking by "big oil" in shale fields and advocating more drilling on public lands which are completely against my own self interest.

Truth be told, a POTUS like Obama is precisely what's in my best interest. If we had a POTUS who had encouraged our own energy development instead of doing everything to stifle it, we might have $50 oil by now. and that DEFINITELY would not be good for me. lol

That said I agree that the time to improve and perfect these new sources of energy is BEFORE a crisis, not during one. but we both now the American consumer is fickle and has a very short memory, I bet you gas guzzling SUV sales are about to go through the rood again, and pretty soon we will have $100 oil along with $4 gas all over again.

As the saying goes "don't blame the player, blame the game" I don't cause these things to happen, but can you really blame me if I position myself to profit off of them when they happen anyhow?

Simply for reasons of I know NOTHING about international finance and currency manipulations of other countries, and that I respect your opinion I'll give it to you that the "Federal Reserve is a necessary evil"

Are you having fun yet!   So, what next?    See priests giving sermon wearing an AK47?

Nothing hit my ass but this poor pastor got hit by bullets flying from a gun!   Are you having fun yet?     What next in your country?    Priests giving sermon wearing AK47 and 400 round magazines!

Yes Europe; Italy or Germany
U.S. is the Roman Empire reincarnated and has lost all wars since 1950.
The arrogance planning to defeat Mr. Isis.
They are only Isis #1.