US versus China for world position

Congratulations to Germany for a fine World Cup! :-)

@empireman:

Where I live would be the spot where the war will first start, So I would have the choices of being a slave or a part of a resistance group. I would choose to fight the evil commies.

same here…

If you guys havent read this list it is hilarious!!!  :lol:
Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order.

Not allowed to play “Pulp Fiction” with a suction-cup dart pistol and any officer
Not allowed to add “In accordance with the prophesy” to the end of answers I give to a question an officer asks me
Not allowed to add pictures of officers I don’t like to War Criminal posters
May no longer perform my now (in)famous “Barbie Girl Dance” while on duty
Not allowed to let sock puppets take responsibility for any of my actions
Not allowed to let sock puppets take command of my post
Not allowed to ask for the day off due to religious purposes, on the basis that the world is going to end, more than once
“Napalm sticks to kids” is not a motivational phrase
Not allowed to trade military equipment for “magic beans”
Not allowed to sell magic beans during duty hours
Not allowed to quote “Dr Seuss” on military operations
Not allowed to yell “Take that Cobra” at the rifle range
Not allowed to quote “Full Metal Jacket “ at the rifle range
An order to “Put Kiwi on my boots” does not involve fruit
An order to “Make my Boots black and shiny” does not involve electrical tape
May not pretend to be a fascist stormtrooper, while on duty
May not wear gimp mask while on duty
May not bring a drag queen to the battalion formal dance
Must not use military vehicles to “Squish” things
If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it

The list goes on and is one of the funniest things I have ever read, link below
http://skippyslist.com/list/

@Jennifer:

Interesting.  That’s in order on the list under the map, I presume?

I’d have expected New York to be in the top 5.  Illinois I figured would have been much lower.

Yea I also thought New York would be at a much higher position too.  I wasn’t surprised to see my home state California to be at the top.  Stuff there is pretty expensive.  :-(

Yes its on my top 5 movie list post!

This was broadcast on Soviet television in the late 70’s and the effort spared no expense for extras because they used actual Soviet soldiers and the budget was basically unlimited. The portrayal all the Germans and Soviets is extremely good. The sets are very realistic and the battles consist of perhaps 10,000 or more soldiers, plus hundreds of tanks ( the germans are mostly tiger 1’s and some decent mockups of elephant and panther).

all the battlefield combat scenes are panoramic which is IMO the only way to film a war movie. You can literally see the 10,000 soldiers.

5 movies were presented

Stalingrad ( 2 parts)
Kursk
Operation Bagration
Assault of Berlin

however no english subtitles of this exist. My girlfriend has to translate for me ( shes from Odessa). You wont find any copies of this with english either. I have tried for many years to do this but to no avail. I own all these movies and they are amoung my favorite of all time.

It will cost you at least 100 bucks for the set of movies, unless you rent them from a russian video store and make copies.

wow, I remember Moses from back in the day. :-)

I think it is fantastic.  A private citizen doing what they feel is right.

Makes much more sense than charity at gun point via taxes.

hmmmmm, the US government paying for every familys morgage

3 people per family,300 000 000 people in the US, 100 000 000 familys, 300 000$ home, 300 000x100 000 000= 30 000 000 000 000$

thats a lot of money!