Will DDO remain up during a Great Depression or Revolution?

[TreknaQudane]

Which Tennessean? Because depending on which one I can tell you if it is a major city or not, because several of those who came from tennesse had cities named after them, for assisting in our independance from mexico.

And why do you despise Texas? Did you know we are the Techinlogical Backbone of the nation now?

I'm pretty sure it's you not Texas they have issue with.

[TiranBlade]

I'm pretty sure it's you not Texas they have issue with.

If they want to hate me, they can it's thier choice, all I am trying to say is that if Texas and any other States decided they were going to Secede they will do so.

I'm not saying I am for or against it. I am just stating the facts on that.

[TiranBlade]

And this arguement has been educational for both my knowledge of Government and History, so thanks for giving me a reason to research those things I didn't know.

Anyways, getting back on Topic, I hope we don't go into a Depression or Revolution. I would rather just play DDO and not have to worry about wiether or not it will be gone if such an event starts.

[Kiranselie]

Which Tennessean? Because depending on which one I can tell you if it is a major city or not, because several of those who came from tennesse had cities named after them, for assisting in our independance from mexico.

And why do you despise Texas? Did you know we are the Techinlogical Backbone of the nation now?

Though on the Tech Backbone part haven't seen the numbers myself, but that is what I have heard in passing.

Sam Houston, might have heard of him.

I had thought Stephen Austin was another, but he came from Missouri.

And as far as the technological backbone of the nation. . . . The fine folks as Marshal Space Flight Center, Redstone Aresenal, United Launch (Formerly Lockheed-Martin and Boeing whom both have major R&D centers in Huntsville AL) and countless others on the cutting edge of military and aerospace technology might have issue w/ that.

[transtemporal]

Oh man, the guy on the street corner was right.

"The end is ni" Lol

[phillymiket]

Oh man, the guy on the street corner was right.

"The end is Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing " Lol

Fixed that for you

[Morningfrost]

Nothing is bad about that, if you ignore the rest of her. There's nothing wrong with her at all, if you prefer high morals over high intelligence. The reason many people dislike her is that they perceive her as being to far to the extreme--all morals and very little intelligence.

/sad

Wanna try a country with a president who is neither smart nor moral?

[Zippo]

Good luck w/ that. How'd it work out for ya'll the first time around, you know being and "independent republic" and all. Doubt 30,000 Tennesseans would show up to save you from an invading army this time around, not to mention all from the other states at the time. Just sayin. . . . .

Well that goes back to what I was saying before. Given the current situation and state of the Union it would not be unfathomable for a state or states to secede in such a fashion. I do believe should a state like Texas decide to remove themselves from the Union, that at least a few others would also take measures to remove themselves from the Union as well. Just my opinion, but I think it is a possibility

[Arkat]

...all I am trying to say is that if Texas and any other States decided they were going to Secede they will do so.

No. In order for a state to secede from the United States, it must be successful in its attempt. If it is unsuccessful (because it was "convinced" militarily or otherwise), then it never really seceded in the first place.

I love Texas dearly (my mom was from Dallas) but I guarantee you that as long as the United States is able to prevent it, Texas would fail in any attempt to secede.

As far as your Declaration of Independence argument goes, the right to abolish the government because it has grown tyrannical is reserved for the PEOPLE and not to individual States. But that document was written BEFORE the U.S. Constitution. And from the Government that was created by the Constitution's viewpoint, what the Declaration says no longer applies to it. Why? Because there are provisions in the Constitution itself to change it (thus, in theory, the Federal Government) lawfully and peacefully (See Article V of the U.S. Constitution).

Now, having said all that, do I think "We the People" have the right to abolish a tyrannical government? Yes, through constitutional means. Do I honestly believe that's very realistic? I'm beginning to doubt that more and more. How about abolishing the Government through extra-constitutional means? The constitutional scholar in me says, "No." However the philosopher in me says, "Hell yes!" The Declaration of Independence reflects some basic God-given rights of all men (and women), which certainly include the right to abolish a tyrannical government by revolution.

Which part of me (and everyone else) is actually correct? That depends on who wins should a state or states declare their independence from the U.S. If the secessionists are successful, the philosophers (Declaration of Independence) are correct. If the US Federal Government manages to force the secessionists to abandon their attempt at independence, the constitutionalists will be correct.

The lesson here is if you're going to try to secede, it's no joke and you'd better be successful.

[Tarnoc]

/sad

Wanna try a country with a president who is neither smart nor moral?

wasnt that the BUSHs?

[flynnjsw]

wasnt that the BUSHs?

Oh give me a break, there were Presidents much worse than either one of them could ever be. When we have someone like some Foreign Presidents are/were, then you can complain. Until then, keep your Bush hate in check.

[sultanica]

Trouble at the US/Can border
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJ34o6PLhI

wow just wow

=(

[Chai]

Oh give me a break, there were Presidents much worse than either one of them could ever be. When we have someone like some Foreign Presidents are/were, then you can complain. Until then, keep your Bush hate in check.

Bush did alot of things these "foreign" leaders do, the nightly news just didnt doctor it all up to make him a "terrorist" like it does 'foreign" leaders who do the same things.

I think Kat Williams had Bush pegged in Pimp Chronicles. Hit that nail right on the head.

[Grosbeak07]

Trouble at the US/Can border
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJ34o6PLhI

wow just wow

=(

You don't have to be Canadian to get that kind of treatment at that crossing.

[Eladiun]

Trouble at the US/Can border
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agJ34o6PLhI

wow just wow

=(

Every body knows the Zombie apocalypse starts in Canada we must be vigilant.

[flynnjsw]

Bush did alot of things these "foreign" leaders do, the nightly news just didnt doctor it all up to make him a "terrorist" like it does 'foreign" leaders who do the same things.

I think Kat Williams had Bush pegged in Pimp Chronicles. Hit that nail right on the head.

So he did some of the same things as say Hussein did to his own people? How about Milosevic? I mean granted, the media paints everything with their own opinion, and their opinion is colored mostly by their own greed, but come on.

[Zippo]

Bush did alot of things these "foreign" leaders do, the nightly news just didnt doctor it all up to make him a "terrorist" like it does 'foreign" leaders who do the same things.

Such as?


1630hrs CST, still waiting for some sort of answer.


It is 1640hrs CST 21 May 2010 and still waiting for an answer, although I'm going to guess you don't have one which would be why we haven't been endowed with your apparent knowledge on this subject.

[sultanica]

PPT Invoked Rule 48 Today, DOW Would Have CRASHED

The New York Stock Exchange is invoking “Rule 48,” which suspends a requirement for designated market makers to show premarket prices to help smooth the opening, for the second time this month. The move thus far has been rare, but seems to be becoming not so rare these days amid the recent volatility. NYSE has no specific threshold for invoking the rule, but tends to use it following big moves in stock futures.

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010...arket-opening/