Marblehead Posted May 4, 2014 As for your statement that he was the driving force for getting the US into the war,... you seem to have forgotten the helping hand the Japanese gave you at Pearl Harbour. Â Â No, I haven't forgotten that. It was instigated by my government. We threatened the Japanese and they decided to take action first. Britian had broken the Japanese communications code and they told the US that the japanese were on their way East, likely to Hawaii or the US mainland. The US took no defensive action except to send its aircraft carriers out on maneuvers without any escorts which is never, ever supposed to be done. The US government willingly took the loss so we could join the war against Germany. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 4, 2014 Vote for Apech! Â Â I will lead you forwards into the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 4, 2014 I will lead you forwards into the past. Back when life was less complicated. Sounds good to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 5, 2014 Just doing a self check ...  Eh? Errr not sure. Pffft no time for it. What? For those bastards ... We'll just have to agree to disagree.  ..well I'm waiting to be asked .... After your above answers, don't hold your breath… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThisLife Posted May 5, 2014 No, I haven't forgotten that. It was instigated by my government. We threatened the Japanese and they decided to take action first. Britian had broken the Japanese communications code and they told the US that the japanese were on their way East, likely to Hawaii or the US mainland. The US took no defensive action except to send its aircraft carriers out on maneuvers without any escorts which is never, ever supposed to be done. The US government willingly took the loss so we could join the war against Germany. Â Â Thanks for that unusual piece of information. That analysis certainly hasn't had a lot of 'air time', as I'm reasonably familiar with World War II history, and I've never come across that view before. Â If the US knew the Japanese were coming, why didn't they have all their forces deployed and on high level alert, so that when the Japanese struck, US losses wouldn't be so great, and damage to the future enemy would have been maximized ? If the US government's aim was purely to join the war against Germany,.... then being prepared when Japan attacked would still have been justification for joining. Â I'm afraid the logic of that theory doesn't seem to bear much examination. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks for that unusual piece of information. That analysis certainly hasn't had a lot of 'air time', as I'm reasonably familiar with World War II history, and I've never come across that view before. Â If the US knew the Japanese were coming, why didn't they have all their forces deployed and on high level alert, so that when the Japanese struck, US losses wouldn't be so great, and damage to the future enemy would have been maximized ? If the US government's aim was purely to join the war against Germany,.... then being prepared when Japan attacked would still have been justification for joining. Â I'm afraid the logic of that theory doesn't seem to bear much examination. Ever watch the movie "Toro! Toro!"? Â Did you know that the Japanese attache's who were carrying the written declaration of war from the Japanese to the Americans were intentionally detained so that they could not deliver their paper to the US government before the Japanese attack and therefore the US could claim that the attack was a sneak attack? Â If there had been any preparation in defense then it would not have been a sneak attack. Â The American people were totally against getting involved in another European war. The government needed a really good reason to get the peoples' support for entering the war. Â And my government recently did the same thing in Iraq. First they tried to blame 9/11 on the Iraqi's but that didn't work. So they then created the lie about weapons of mass destruction. That worked. We declared war. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted May 5, 2014 Â I will lead you forwards into the past. Â "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." ( L.P. Hartley). Â You just lost a voter man. I aint moving abroad for anyone. I like it here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." ( L.P. Hartley). You just lost a voter man. I aint moving abroad for anyone. I like it here! Â Â When I become leader I promise to do nothing. Â It won't be easy. Times are hard. There's always temptation to get involved with issues and actually do work of some kind. But together ... together, we can aim for the highest and you can build a shining city on a hill. Because I believe in the peoples of TaoBums ... I believe in the good, honest, hard working, salt of the earth TaoBums. And it is therefore my honour to declare my candidacy for Leader so that I can rule over you and you can shower me with praise each day. And thus I can spend my first 100 days in complete indolence and sensory gratification. I thank you. (applause) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) OK I'm back on board but I want a job when you take over. Consigliere or such. Edited May 5, 2014 by GrandmasterP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 OK I'm back on board but I want a job when you take over. Consigliere or such. Â I'll give you Finance and Marblehead can be Secretary of State ... how's that? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 5, 2014 When I become leader I promise to do nothing. Â It won't be easy. Times are hard. There's always temptation to get involved with issues and actually do work of some kind. But together ... together, we can aim for the highest and you can build a shining city on a hill. Because I believe in the peoples of TaoBums ... I believe in the good, honest, hard working, salt of the earth TaoBums. And it is therefore my honour to declare my candidacy for Leader so that I can rule over you and you can shower me with praise each day. And thus I can spend my first 100 days in complete indolence and sensory gratification. I thank you. (applause) I will change my previous statement and nominate Apech for TaoBums administrator! Praise... uh, we'll see. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc benway Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) I'll give you Finance and Marblehead can be Secretary of State ... how's that? Nah, Marblehead will be renamed Chauncy and will be Head Gardener. Edited May 5, 2014 by steve 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 5, 2014 I'll give you Finance and Marblehead can be Secretary of State ... how's that? You might want to reconsider that proposition. Hehehe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted May 5, 2014 Nah, Marblehead will be renamed Chauncy and will be Head Gardener. And I could manage the care of the Koi fish in the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Mamorial. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 You might want to reconsider that proposition. Hehehe. Â Â i thought you'd like to handle foreign affairs ... you know trips to Paris and Rome ... catch a show, drink some wine, trip down the river at night, maybe some how's-your-father afterwards if you're lucky ... if you don't like that idea I could offer you Homeland Security ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C T Posted May 5, 2014 i thought you'd like to handle foreign affairs ... you know trips to Paris and Rome ... catch a show, drink some wine, trip down the river at night, maybe some how's-your-father afterwards if you're lucky ... if you don't like that idea I could offer you Homeland Security ... Â What next on the table? Chief of Staff, (glorified) Butlers' Division, Buckingham Palace? Â I'd settle for official time-keeper at the next Olympics. Think you can wrangle that, Mr A, sir? I love Rolex timepieces. Perpetually accurate, they say. Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 What next on the table? Chief of Staff, (glorified) Butlers' Division, Buckingham Palace? Â I'd settle for official time-keeper at the next Olympics. Think you can wrangle that, Mr A, sir? I love Rolex timepieces. Perpetually accurate, they say. Â Â Â I'd like you as Culture Secretary ... we'll call it the Ministry of Happiness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manitou Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) I think I'd like to be Sergeant at Arms and close the transom windows with a long pole, and lock the door after the council meetings. Beyond that, I too vow to Do Nothing. Edited May 5, 2014 by manitou 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owledge Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) So what makes a true leader? what are the virtues one needs in order to be one? Was reading vol 18 of the MLP comic omg omg omg awesome and hade to ask this question. 1 May ask that question. But 1 does not have to if 1 openly embraces MLP as their teacher. Â Â Be a pony or be a phony. Edited May 5, 2014 by Owledge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owledge Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Thanks for that unusual piece of information. That analysis certainly hasn't had a lot of 'air time', as I'm reasonably familiar with World War II history, and I've never come across that view before. Â If the US knew the Japanese were coming, why didn't they have all their forces deployed and on high level alert, so that when the Japanese struck, US losses wouldn't be so great, and damage to the future enemy would have been maximized ? If the US government's aim was purely to join the war against Germany,.... then being prepared when Japan attacked would still have been justification for joining. Â I'm afraid the logic of that theory doesn't seem to bear much examination. Â What they did back then has a striking resemblance to what they did on 9/11. Criminal leaders know that the masses are stupid, thus they re-use the same old tricks again and again. They are time-tested and have been used for thousands of years at least. Â BTW here's another of the many, many, many things not taught in mainstream education: The USA had concentration camps during the war. They detained all US citizens of Japanese descent in those camps and even forced them to work, like detained criminals. The Allied forces only appear less gruesome than Nazi Germany because history is written by the victors. Every country has different means to do their atrocities and different means for covering them up. Churchill committed war crimes - mass murder. Henry Kissinger is another crook of roughly the same caliber. The majority of people are practically drowning in an ocean of propaganda bullshit. Edited May 5, 2014 by Owledge 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrandmasterP Posted May 5, 2014 But, now you come to Apech and you say -- "Capo give us jobs" -- But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call him Godfather. Instead, you come into his thread on the day his daughter is to be married, and you, ask him for jobs, for favours! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 But, now you come to Apech and you say -- "Capo give us jobs" -- But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call him Godfather. Instead, you come into his thread on the day his daughter is to be married, and you, ask him for jobs, for favours! Â Â Hey! All a my life I give you nothing, and still you ask for more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted May 5, 2014 I think I'd like to be Sergeant at Arms and close the transom windows with a long pole, and lock the door after the council meetings. Beyond that, I too vow to Do Nothing. Â Â You would have to wear all black, a frilly white collar and stockings. If you accept the dress code then the job is yours. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owledge Posted May 5, 2014 (edited) Hey! All a my life I give you nothing, and still you ask for more. The great thing about nothing is that it fits in everything.  ↑ This is so deep that anybody could drown in it. ↑ Edited May 5, 2014 by Owledge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
