how many states does perry win in this scenario?

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double dip UE 11 pc...arab spring spawns several radical islamists states including Egypt...NASA loses space station

go

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I say at least 45

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NASA loses space station

Perry would personally lead a mission into space to look for it.  When he returns, he wins 538 electoral votes.  He also has super powers from the cosmic rays.

He doesn't have to look for it, God will tell him where it is.

hopefully, you two are joking and I don't have to explain what is meant by "NASA loses space station"

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arab spring spawns several radical islamists states including Egypt

that won't happen sorry bro... eschatological visions will have to wait another day or two

yo, my eschatology doesn't require Sharia law, so stop acting like an ignorant ass just because you can't handle the reality of Arab Spring giving rise to a rash of Islamic states ruled by Sharia Law.

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the relevant point is the co-opting of "revolutionary" movements and state structures in the mid-East by US/NATO that all but ensure the rise of pro-Western/Israeli neoliberal client states.

what?  the Egyptian street isn't exactly a fan of the US, why would they care what the US thinks about the way they are going?

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no streets particularly like the US.  in the mid East this all but reaches consensus and with good reason.  but regardless, this is little disincentive for US state planners to expand their scope of domination, and often go so far as to provide client states with an extremely limited but genuine modicum of political democracy, civil rights, etc. that can serve as a steam valve for popular discontent.  Iraq is an example of this method having largely failed as it requires a permanent colonizing force of 50k, extremely expensive stuff and not duplicable on a large scale.

it failed because Islam is not compatible with the idea of peaceful coexistence with other humans, even other Muslims.

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Mods, please retitle this thread "jmfcst Wet Dream Scenario." I don't even want to know how many sheets he went through.

Perry is hardly my wet dream

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Mods, please retitle this thread "jmfcst Wet Dream Scenario." I don't even want to know how many sheets he went through.

Perry is hardly my wet dream

It wasn't so much Perry as the rest of the scenario.

actually, I have vested interest in the healt of the economy and the health of the space station (what the Arabs do many or may not affect me)...so it is not my dream. 

I am an American, you commie. 

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you forgot to add "Obama replaces White House Chapel with Islamic Prayer Room" to your fantasy

I listed 3 things:
1) double dip UE 11 pc...
2) arab spring spawns several radical islamists states including Egypt..
3) NASA loses space station

number 1 is very much in the realm of possibilities...as is number 2, though to a lesser extent in the short run...but number 3 is a bit far fetched, but the odds increase if the ISS has to be abandoned due to the failure of the Russian rocket a week or so ago (the Russian life boats attached to the ISS are only certified for 6 months in space).

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I listed 3 things:
1) double dip UE 11 pc...
2) arab spring spawns several radical islamists states including Egypt..
3) NASA loses space station

3.  Nobody cares...

I think you are wrong JJ, for even though it doesn't directly impact people's lives, it would be hugely symbolic, and a direct result, of the choices Obama has made in failing to secure America's position of leadership.

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I listed 3 things:
1) double dip UE 11 pc...
2) arab spring spawns several radical islamists states including Egypt..
3) NASA loses space station

3.  Nobody cares...

I think you are wrong JJ, for even though it doesn't directly impact people's lives, it would be hugely symbolic, and a direct result, of the choices Obama has made in failing to secure America's position of leadership.

It is something nobody thinks about out there some place.  It is the International Space Station, not USA #1 Space Station, nor the Ronald Reagan Memorial Space Station.  The symbolism just isn't there for most people.

I think Americans will care that $150B spent by US taxpayers on the space station just burned up in the atmosphere simply because Obama wanted to save a couple of billion.  And now not only do we have no way to get into space, we now gots no where to go even if we hitched a ride with the Russians