North Korea

my joke is that hippies will support industries life alternative medicine and other things, while making arguments against corporations. In the end, ya, ok, lefties don't support corporate plutocrats more than conservatives do.

I was being tongue in cheek, though, I'd point out that just because corporations were dumping money into the Tea Party movement doesn't mean it didn't represent an honest feeling in a percentage of the counrty. It got far more attention than it was worth in the end, in terms of the results of the election, but I'd bet most local tea party organizations were started by someone who was some dyed wool republican than a corporation.

I saw an AJE townhall debate where some guy made thie point, and, I suppose, he could have been a corporation plant, but, idk, it sort of made sense to me.

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I don't think of "big corporations" when I think of "alternative medicine". Mainly its small scale health food stores and the like.

I know, i'm not saying that the tea party isn't composed of actual anti-corporate protesters. It is. What's baffling is that these anti-corporate protesters are rallying around in support of the republican party, which is completely against their interests. Like, "anti-corporate" and "dyed wool republican" should almost be an oxy-moron.

Originally posted by King Kandy
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I don't think of "big corporations" when I think of "alternative medicine". Mainly its small scale health food stores and the like.

Its a billion dollar industry at this point

off the top of my head, sure, I can't name what the top corporations in supplying homeopathic medecine is, but you can bet they are raking in the dough

Originally posted by King Kandy
I know, i'm not saying that the tea party isn't composed of actual anti-corporate protesters. It is. What's baffling is that these anti-corporate protesters are rallying around in support of the republican party, which is completely against their interests. Like, "anti-corporate" and "dyed wool republican" should almost be an oxy-moron.

oh, no, I hear that completely. The people and interests that they rally behind are the same that have been stacking the deck against them for years. And with the money all these interests spent on making it an election issue, people thought they might actually get some sway with the republican party. I'm sure the fact that it didn't happen wont convince these people the republicans are any worse for them, though.

Originally posted by King Kandy
I don't think of "big corporations" when I think of "alternative medicine". Mainly its small scale health food stores and the like.

lol

Back to the actual topic, it seems that South Korea's government is in a rather odd situation for this day and age, where restraint from going to war is an unpopular decision.

Well they did just get shelled.

A recent report on the subject of South Korea's response:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/world/asia/28island.html

If there's any country in the world that absolutely needs the shit kicked out of them, it's North Korea. I say S. Korea should cut loose and handle their business.

It just keeps getting worse apparently:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/11/28/china-calls-urgent-talks-north-korea/

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
If there's any country in the world that absolutely needs the shit kicked out of them, it's North Korea. I say S. Korea should cut loose and handle their business.

The reason that South Korea has been so reluctant is that Inchon and Seoul are both in range of a conventional assault.

I still think that if things keep going the way they are it'll take the destruction of a South Korean city to make SK go to war.

What does the nukes have to do with my post? 😂

Originally posted by Omega Vision
The reason that South Korea has been so reluctant is that Inchon and Seoul are both in range of a conventional assault.

They should just dig a massive tunnel from Seoul to an area that's out of range, then taunt NK into attacking the empty city.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
What does the nukes have to do with my post? 😂

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
They should just dig a massive tunnel from Seoul to an area that's out of range, then taunt NK into attacking the empty city.

and no other city to go

this isnt gonan escalate further though

Which is a shame, really.

not really...

The North would overwhelm the south too quickly for a real counteroffensive, meaning that SK depends on its NATO allies to defend it. As we have seen before, China will not allow NATO forces to defend SK without supporting NK.

Regardless of how involved which powers are, Pacific Asia would be destabilized seriously if there were any full scale conflict between North and South.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
They should just dig a massive tunnel from Seoul to an area that's out of range, then taunt NK into attacking the empty city.

Originally posted by inimalist
not really...

The North would overwhelm the south too quickly for a real counteroffensive, meaning that SK depends on its NATO allies to defend it. As we have seen before, China will not allow NATO forces to defend SK without supporting NK.

Regardless of how involved which powers are, Pacific Asia would be destabilized seriously if there were any full scale conflict between North and South.

Nah, breh. America swoops in to N. Korea, much to China's protest, we effortlessly steam roll Korea's military and hang Kim Jong and leave South Korea to handle the tattered remains of North Korea. America's morale soars at it's first solid victory in a decade. China bitches and gives us the finger, our economy tanks from losing China's trade and outsourcing, forcing us to create goods ourselves; millions of American jobs are created. China declares war on America and we firebomb their country. All those weapons we built during the cold war that were about to reach their expiration date are used, saving our investment in conventional warfare weaponry from being useless. China's overpopulation problem is fixed. Osama Bin Laden commits suicide from the major setback and Al Queida dissolves. Simultaneously the Somalians realize that what they're doing is wrong and embrace Christianity.

All the dominoes fall into place and the goal is scored. Checkmate. 🪩

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Nah, breh. America swoops in to N. Korea, much to China's protest, we effortlessly steam roll Korea's military and hang Kim Jong and leave South Korea to handle the tattered remains of North Korea. America's morale soars at it's first solid victory in a decade. China bitches and gives us the finger, our economy tanks from losing China's trade and outsourcing, forcing us to create goods ourselves; millions of American jobs are created. China declares war on America and we firebomb their country. All those weapons we built during the cold war that were about to reach their expiration date are used, saving our investment in conventional warfare weaponry from being useless. China's overpopulation problem is fixed. Osama Bin Laden commits suicide from the major setback and Al Queida dissolves. Simultaneously the Somalians realize that what they're doing is wrong and embrace Christianity.

All the dominoes fall into place and the goal is scored. Checkmate. 🪩

well, im convinced

One of the perks of American schooling. We think pragmatically.

all the dominoes do seem to fall into place. You could almost say America has no choice but to invade NK, if not for us, but the children.