American vs Filipino

[B_J 2,752]

Were's Darren?

He's busy filming a new reality show:

Culture Wars - American vs. Filipino

[TiklingGuy 211]

It wouldn't suprise me! They give anyone a reality show these days! American culture is infested with it!

[thinkerlove0212 158]

Probably because when someone is referring to differences, they're comparing things? And since he's comparing Americans and Filipinos, "American vs Filipino" is entirely appropriate. Or did really think it always meant "against"?

You have to follow his history on the boards and his past... He seems to chose words and topics for his pleasure on here

[thinkerlove0212 158]

He's busy filming a new reality show:

Culture Wars - American vs. Filipino

very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thinkerlove0212 158]

Were's Darren?

He has been offline for 2 days...the suspense is killing me with his reality show...cant wait for his next episode. He seems to come on late at night..nobody watching, Gretchen asleep....

[TiklingGuy 211]

He has been offline for 2 days...the suspense is killing me with his reality show...cant wait for his next episode. He seems to come on late at night..nobody watching, Gretchen asleep....

VJ should have a reality video thread based off of thread posts giving personal thoughts on the thread! i would give a personal interview just like on reality shows. I like Darren, regardless how others feel. He puts everthing on the table and it takes a sac to do that!

Edited June 1, 2012 by Paramedic(918)

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

VJ should have a reality video thread based off of thread posts giving personal thoughts on the thread! i would give a personal interview just like on reality shows. I like Darren, regardless how others feel. He puts everthing on the table and it takes a sac to do that!

I watched a movie the other day with the wife, called Mail order Bride. I did not know it was not a true reality thing until the end.

But I agree with you don't be a wuss puss if you need to speak your mind.

[Hank_ 9,174]

VJ should have a reality video thread based off of thread posts giving personal thoughts on the thread! i would give a personal interview just like on reality shows. I like Darren, regardless how others feel. He puts everthing on the table and it takes a sac to do that!

Or he is clueless in Phoenix... and that doesn't take a sac... ignorance is not bliss even though some think it is.

[Darnell 8,478]

I guess I don't live in the right part of the country.

You should move. San Antonio is a nice place.

[Darnell 8,478]

Darren! What Gretchen cook for breakfast yesterday? How's her cooking skills coming along? Have you gotten a good source of dried sardines there in Arizona ?

[rlogan 2,036]

In the Philippines, you expect your children to support you in your old age out of a sense of obligation. In America, you expect the government to steal the money from your children and grandchildren for you.

Oh my GOD - what excellent "hypocrisy alert"!! Because so many Americanos have commented derisively about Filipino children supporting their parents in retirement! So yeah, the social security system in the USA! Not one penny in the bank. It is just a tax on young working people - a regressive tax - and every penny of it is spent. Not just on retirees either - what is left over after retiree payments is stolen by the current government to pay for the military industrial complex and bankers. The so-called social security trust fund has a bunch of IOU's in it because all the money has been spent. What that means is the children are not only going to pay for the retirees in the future, but also pay back all the money borrowed from the social security system to fund the wars.

But this is a light-hearted thread so... Filipinos like rice. Americans think they are the Master Race, have the right to rule the entire world, and are bankrupting themselves in that futile hubris.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Darren! What Gretchen cook for breakfast yesterday? How's her cooking skills coming along? Have you gotten a good source of dried sardines there in Arizona ?

Dried sardines are easy, just pop a tin open and lay them on the sidewalk for about an hour, or wait 'til afternoon and the time cuts down to 30 minutes.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Oh my GOD - what excellent "hypocrisy alert"!! Because so many Americanos have commented derisively about Filipino children supporting their parents in retirement! So yeah, the social security system in the USA! Not one penny in the bank. It is just a tax on young working people - a regressive tax - and every penny of it is spent. Not just on retirees either - what is left over after retiree payments is stolen by the current government to pay for the military industrial complex and bankers. The so-called social security trust fund has a bunch of IOU's in it because all the money has been spent. What that means is the children are not only going to pay for the retirees in the future, but also pay back all the money borrowed from the social security system to fund the wars.

But this is a light-hearted thread so... Filipinos like rice. Americans think they are the Master Race, have the right to rule the entire world, and are bankrupting themselves in that futile hubris.

The SSI fund has a bunch of IOUs because Lydon Baines Johnson and his cronies stole all the money from SSI to balance the budget while he was in office, leaving the IOUs behind (and it became a way of "doing business" every since). SSI was very solvent before that! And still would be...

FYI the people on SSI today paid into the fund ALL their working lives... if the SOB... errrr LBJ hadn't stole it all things would be fine.

Edited June 4, 2012 by Hank_Amy

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The SSI fund has a bunch of IOUs because Lydon Baines Johnson and his cronies stole all the money from SSI to balance the budget while he was in office, leaving the IOUs behind (and it became a way of "doing business" every since). SSI was very solvent before that! And still would be...

FYI the people on SSI today paid into the fund ALL their working lives... if the SOB... errrr LBJ hadn't stole it all things would be fine.

The Unified Budget Act of 1968 was rescinded by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. Even though the BEA expired in 2002, with majorities in both houses of Congress, and Obama as President in 2008, the Democrats reinstated PAYGO rules, and then they corrupted those rules in a lame duck session in 2010. That brings us to the current mess, that can't be fixed, unless the Senate passes a budget, something Senator Reid has prevented from happening for the last three years, the first year leading to that extra-Constitutional session just before Christmas 2010, where they extended the Bush Tax Cuts, and created an $850 billion slush fund.

[Hank_ 9,174]

The Unified Budget Act of 1968 was rescinded by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. Even though the BEA expired in 2002, with majorities in both houses of Congress, and Obama as President in 2008, the Democrats reinstated PAYGO rules, and then they corrupted those rules in a lame duck session in 2010. That brings us to the current mess, that can't be fixed, unless the Senate passes a budget, something Senator Reid has prevented from happening for the last three years, the first year leading to that extra-Constitutional session just before Christmas 2010, where they extended the Bush Tax Cuts, and created an $850 billion slush fund.

They may have recinded the ACT in 1990, but by then they didn't care, they had totally drained SSI by then, leaving behind IOUs... which is why they never want to talk about SSI hoping everyone forget the government owes SSI billions!!