Dyschordant: Well, I did just eat a whole lamb.....but I suppose I could take you to school.

Homer, don't fill up on bread!

The famous Homer becomes a truck driver episode.

ThreeLittleSmurfs No, its that warped sense of reasoning that breeds terrorism. It not the United States job to feed the world. We do plenty. Im more worried about all the kids that live here in America that dont get enough to eat. We should keep some money IN the US. Bleh Blah Bloo.

TLS: Actually, we don't live in a democracy. We live in a democratic republic. So please shut the fark up.

Wasn't there a "King of the Hill" episode where Bobby ate the big steak at some restaurant?

It was called the "Ole something" when John Candy had a big steak in The Great Outdoors

Is it 6 pound before cooking or after?

"I bet I could eat it"

dem·o·crat·ic Pronunciation Key (dm-krtk)
adj.

2. Of or for the people in general; popular: a democratic movement; democratic art forms.

fark that,

In Richmond, VA. Far down w. Broad St, is a place named Saddlewhites. They have had a 9-pound burger on the menu since the mid-eighties. I've never attempted to eat one, but I've seen one and that motherfarker is BIG

There's a world of difference between a democracy and a republic.

In a democracy, we would vote on all issues directly.

In a republic, we elect a body of legislators to make policy.

The US is the latter. Learn the difference.

People are starving to death all over the world and you can order a 6-pound hamburger in the USA, figures...

Which is why it's actually a good thing that I live in the USA... I would very much dislike living in a country where I couldn't gorge myself sick if I so chose to. It'd be nice if the whole world was like that, but, hey, it isn't. Maybe that'll change soon, but it isn't. And it isn't sad to celebrate your affluence, either. (This coming from a person who isn't even near "affluent" in any true sense of the word.

Maybe you should start giving a damn, poverty and oppression are the very things that breed support for terrorism...

Don't forget fanaticism. Fanaticism feeds terrorism much more than anything else. 'Cause, remember, there are terrorists who have been neither poor, nor oppressed.

With enough ketchup and a drink, great things can be accomplished.

The really easy way to do it, would be to just sit there a long time. Go in the morning, and take your time. Last I heard there was no time limit to one "sitting".

I know I can eat a couple boxes of spaghetti, but meat is different and I'd like to try it someday.

Boobies, it's not upto the United States to feed the world. But it is your responsibility when American corporations rob third world nations of their wealth and land, leaving them without the means to fee themselves. And it is the direct responsibility of the American government for creating and supporting institutions like the WTO and IMF and the World Bank that facilitate the American plunder of other's wealth.

Don't create a situation them back out on fixing it...

you'd better be drinking light beer...

Yeah, like Osama Bin Laden, whose family are oil billionaires. Real oppressed people, there.

Thalyi and Heart burn, you seem to have failed to read what I wrote, I said "support" for terrorism, I did not say the terrorists themselves were poor.

TLS: I have news for you. Boobies could back out of the World Bank and the WTO and all, and it wouldn't make one bit of difference. Blaming every American individually for the actions of our corrupt, inept government isn't fair at all.

Clarkins: I was just thinking about the 96 oz. steak from that movie.
"You mean I have to eat the fat and gristle?"

Okay, cool. Lemme make sure I'm straight on this... are we talking terrorists in general, or are we talking specific terrorists? Because the causes and those who support them are totally different from one group to another to another.

And while I'm on the subject, I suppose all those billions of dollars we give out in foreign aid are just another example of us raping the third world? Riiiiiiiiight.

HeartBurnKid, I'm not blaming people that actually realize what their government is doing overseas, merely the ones that either:

1. Vote for Democrats/Republicans.
2. Those that remain silent and allow these things to continue.

It just so happens that that is 99% of Americans.

03-14-02 02:23:52 PM ThreeLittleSmurfs
Boobies, it's not upto the United States to feed the world. But it is your responsibility when American corporations rob third world nations of their wealth and land, leaving them without the means to fee themselves. And it is the direct responsibility of the American government for creating and supporting institutions like the WTO and IMF and the World Bank that facilitate the American plunder of other's wealth.

Don't create a situation them back out on fixing it...



Blah, blah, blah, belly-ache, belly-ache, belly-ache.


Using a thread about a big-ass burger to slam America is pretty pathetic, even from a Canadian.

Hey, here's an idea:

When Canada starts donating half of what the United States does in foreign aid, to our allies as well as our enemies (because, oh, won't somebody please think of the civilians), then Smurf boy can start talking again.

Do you have ANY idea how much more luxury the people of this nation could live in if we stopped supporting the majority of foreign nations on this planet? If instead of just throwing our money away, we spent it on ourselves? How much domestic hunger and hardship could we eradicate? But we don't, we spend it on ungrateful sacks of shiat like yourself and all the other garden spots of this planet. Because you know what would happen if we didn't? You and everyone else would complain. How DARE the US keep its wealth for itself.

I'm lucky in that I don't live in poverty, but I'd bet a lot of people that DO live in poverty in the US would have a bit of pride knowing that their going without more government assistance feeds people elsewhere. It's just the kind of nation we are, something you as a Canadian only wish you could achieve.

Then don't blame me, I vote Libertarian.

Damn, replies come so fast on Fark, it's like debating 100 people at once...

HeartBurn, the USA, the worlds richest country, gives out 0.1 % of it's GDP in foreign aid. European countries and Canada and Australia etc... give upwards of 0.7%, so don't gimme that crap about Americans dishing out aid (Especially seeing as it's their instituions that are creating the problem in the first place)

*Those aren't the exact figuers, I can go dig them up for you if you like

Then go dig them up. This I gotta see.

An it isn't that hard to find a pathetic Canadian.

Put some Alanis on and deal.

ThreeLittleSmurfs:Shut the fark up. It's idiots like you that give us Canadians a bad name.
Go back to indymedia of whatever other sewer hole you crawled out of.

BoCoMoFo---
Dude, you should have blacked out the whole picture...

GET IN MAH BELLLAYH!!!

If you eat this burger, you are supportig terrorism.
[/sarcasm and dismay at how quickly this thread turned to shiat]


Carrion - good one!

Ok, gimme a few minutes.

Mr. Poo...

It's (was) Satterwhites in Manakin-Sabot and it was called the Monster Burger. You had to call ahead of time to have it ready by the time you arrived. And if you finished the whole thing yourself, it was FREE!!!

Threelittleassclowns,
Actually, living in a democratic country means I get to VOTE and have my voice heard, along with everyone else. What ends up happening is not that each of us gets his/her way with government, but that government is run with ALL of our opinions heard.

And your poverty ain't my fault, so just go fly your plane into a mountain or something and finish yourself off you baby killing clown.

This is a job for..... Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayoshi !!!!

Threelittleassclowns,
Actually, living in a democratic country means I get to VOTE and have my voice heard, along with everyone else. What ends up happening is not that each of us gets his/her way with government, but that government is run with ALL of our opinions heard.

And your poverty ain't my fault, so just go fly your plane into a mountain or something and finish yourself off you baby killing clown.

This is a job for..... Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayoshi !!!!

This will be my last post, I don't want to give Canadians a bad name, believe me 99% of Canadians would disagree with everything I am saying right now.

"The United States devotes less than half a percent of its budget to foreign assistance. And it ranks dead last among donor countries when aid is calculated as a fraction of national wealth. It gives just one-tenth of 1 percent of its gross domestic product. Just a sliver of that tiny bit goes to the world's poorest nations."
-Mineanopolis Star-Tribune

"With less than two months to go before a crucial UN summit on global poverty in Monterrey, Mexico, US officials are trying to neuter the draft declaration which calls for rich countries to raise the amount they spend on helping the 2.8bn people who live on less than $2 a day. The conference, which is strongly backed by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, has been called to discuss ways of helping poor countries reduce poverty, cut infant mortality and provide universal primary education. But the US is seeking to delete any mention of the internationally agreed development goals and of the suggestion that rich countries should meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of national income on aid. Washington is already one of the least generous donors - despite being the world's largest economy - devoting just 0.1% of national output to its international aid effort. "
-Guardian of London

YESS!!!

I saw that Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayoshi guy on some show the other night. He broke the world record of hot dog eating by eating 50 hotdogs w/ buns in 12 minutes. And he only weighs like 100 or so pounds. Japan is better at EVERYTHING!!!

You should have seen the looks on all the fat American competitors...they were like WTF?

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

How in the hell did a story about a bigass hamburger turn into some convulted discussion about government, foreign policy etc.
And ONLY ONE person commented on that damn picture from BoCoMoFo. That was just nasty.

OK, so maybe we don't give out as much foreign aid money as we can... but I'll bet that our 0.1% dwarfs your 0.7%.

Clarkins: I'll tell you exactly how it happened... because a certain somebody decided that a 6-lb hamburger is a perfect example of "American decadence and arrogance" or something like that.

Employee found in backroom :P

why can't we all just get along

Back in reality:

Guess what boys? Everybody in the world has a shot at the big time. What, US was given some special advantage way back in history? Don't think so!

Natural resources? Try Africa, USSR (gee, wonder what they did wrong?), Middle East, Canada. Technology? Look at the histories of China, Japan, Africa.

Wake up, Polyanna--the world is a competitive place. And I refuse to apologize for playing a competitive game and winning. In fact, kicking farking ass, according to your whining.

We bust ass, we kick ass, and we win. For this we're supposed to be ashamed? Fvck you!

why can't we all just get along

Back in reality:

Guess what boys? Everybody in the world has a shot at the big time. What, US was given some special advantage way back in history? Don't think so!

Natural resources? Try Africa, USSR (gee, wonder what they did wrong?), Middle East, Canada. Technology? Look at the histories of China, Japan, Africa.

Wake up, Polyanna--the world is a competitive place. And I refuse to apologize for playing a competitive game and winning. In fact, kicking farking ass, according to your whining.

We bust ass, we kick ass, and we win. For this we're supposed to be ashamed? Fvck you!

You know, I think that this message, given by Canadian TV news man Gordon Sinclair, is quite appropriate here:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.

Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.

The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?

Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - - not once, but several times - and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.

I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

HeartBurnKid,

Canada DID NOT donate the recommended 0.7% in 2000. They donated 1.7 billion, or 0.25% of their GDP. The USA did in fact donate 0.1% of our GDP, or 9.5 billion.

First place was Japan, which donated 15 billion, or 0.35% of their GDP. So, according to Canada boy, Japan's not doing enough, and neither are we, even though our two nations dwarfed everyone else's donations, because the percentages aren't high enough.

Of course, Canada was 17th place as far as the percentage goes, and the USA was 22nd. Kind of like the pot calling the kettle black, eh, except that our 0.1% does far more than their 0.25% every would. And, this doesn't include US funds spent in food aid, support for allied governments, peacekeeping, etc. With all that factored in, we're easily number one.

HeartBurnKid,

Canada DID NOT donate the recommended 0.7% in 2000. They donated 1.7 billion, or 0.25% of their GDP. The USA did in fact donate 0.1% of our GDP, or 9.5 billion.

First place was Japan, which donated 15 billion, or 0.35% of their GDP. So, according to Canada boy, Japan's not doing enough, and neither are we, even though our two nations dwarfed everyone else's donations, because the percentages aren't high enough.

Of course, Canada was 17th place as far as the percentage goes, and the USA was 22nd. Kind of like the pot calling the kettle black, eh, except that our 0.1% does far more than their 0.25% every would. And, this doesn't include US funds spent in food aid, support for allied governments, peacekeeping, etc. With all that factored in, we're easily number one.

"Get in me belleeee"