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You just blew HC's mind, KH. Now, he's going to be so confused like KH said he did some good but all I heard from (wherever; daddy?) is Carter was the worst president ever!
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
albie, he doesn't need daddy telling him that Carter was the worst president ever. The fact is that presidents get tied to the conditions of their time. They end up being seen as responsible not only for the direct results of their own policies, but the policies of other branches of government, of previous governments and of external events (whether those are domestic economic events or actions or conditions in other countries)
When you subscribe to that philosophy, Carter really does appear to be the worst president ever.
Sometimes the two are inseparable, of course. In the case of Obama, how the hell are we supposed to know what effect he's had on the length and severity of the current recession? There are a number of reasons to believe that this one was going to be a doozy no matter who was in office. Did the fiscal stimulus do much, if anything, to reduce the severity? Did it actually make things worse by crowding out more beneficial private investment and consumption? Did the administration's foray into regulating the health care industry and financial services increase perceived regulatory risks and costs enough to substantially dampen private investment? I don't know the answers to these question, and as far as I can tell, neither does anybody else.
Carter wasn't particularly charismatic, our military became (or at least was) a joke under him, he had a handful of successes but overall didn't do much to improve the perception that he was doing it all wrong.
And yeah, Nixon's price controls were absolutely godawful. I don't blame Carter for that one bit.
As for the two being inseparable, to the extent they are inseparable, it's better to hold the president accountable than nobody, even if it isn't anyone's fault. He needs to have the incentive to do the best he can.
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Now granted, I was born in the 80's so I never knew the Carter presidency but Carter seems to me to have been a genuinely nice guy. Maybe that's not the same as charismatic and maybe that's not what you want a leader to be like but Carter just strikes me as a fundamentally honest, straight-forward, and good-intentioned president. He may have been ineffective but any 'worst president' should have a questionable moral sense and be a smarmy politician, right? LBJ and Nixon did more but they were closer to the latter than Carter was.
And why the military became a joke under Carter, HC? Anything you say about it being weaker or perceived to be weaker in the late-70's would probably have much more to do with Vietnam than anything Carter did.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
What is charisma good for? How would it make any government policies more effective? Or does having a charismatic president make some sort of huge difference in how people go about their lives? Obama is definitely more charismatic than Bush, but I don't behave any differently.
our military became (or at least was) a joke under him,
More like the US military was the strongest in the world before, during and after his presidency.
he had a handful of successes but overall didn't do much to improve the perception that he was doing it all wrong.
Okay, so you're saying that since he's perceived as bad, he's bad.
As for the two being inseparable, to the extent they are inseparable, it's better to hold the president accountable than nobody, even if it isn't anyone's fault. He needs to have the incentive to do the best he can.
Maybe we should take responsibility for our country's failings instead of looking for a scapegoat.
Sure, Carter's a genuinely nice guy. A genuinely nice guy who is so naive that he managed to get his book recommended by Al Qaeda and thinks that North Korea just wants peace. He's crazy.
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I doubt they want peace as the status quo suits them fine. Peace would make it hard to blame outsiders for their plight and the natives would get restless.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
I don't think even North Korea knows what North Korea wants. Possibly the thought hasn't even entered their heads, as they seem almost as trapped by the present situation as we are. They have to keep extorting aid out of us with their nuclear program or their government/country will collapse.
Now granted, I was born in the 80's so I never knew the Carter presidency but Carter seems to me to have been a genuinely nice guy. Maybe that's not the same as charismatic and maybe that's not what you want a leader to be like but Carter just strikes me as a fundamentally honest, straight-forward, and good-intentioned president. He may have been ineffective but any 'worst president' should have a questionable moral sense and be a smarmy politician, right? LBJ and Nixon did more but they were closer to the latter than Carter was.
And why the military became a joke under Carter, HC? Anything you say about it being weaker or perceived to be weaker in the late-70's would probably have much more to do with Vietnam than anything Carter did.
The end of the draft, insufficient funding, and poor leadership at many senior levels including the President were the major reasons why the american military was in steep decline during the Carter presidency. After training with and against them on many occasions during that time I can say with all honesty that the army and marine units we faced were pathetic at small unit tactics and that the equipment they used was not well maintained.
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