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At 10/23/06 09:30 PM, TheMason wrote: <arrogance>No, see by reading you can gain knowledge...through knowledge your chains of ignorance will be broken...pick up a book or just listen to those of us who obviously know what we're talking about.</arrogance>

Lol there's a funny psychology behind the fact you openly stated "arrogance" yet it somehow made your statement seem... not-so arrogant :/ I can't pull that kind of thing off, I think. I've actually wanted to become a mason for a couple years now because I happen to like foundations I've read outside the Masonic temple a few blocks away from my house. My uncle also happens to drive a truck which says "ToB1Ask1" so I asked him but he's not one... it was the previous owner ;\

At 10/23/06 09:26 PM, Grammer wrote:

At 10/23/06 09:01 PM, MortifiedPenguins wrote: The League name is Newgrounders.

Password is wade.

I made an account, and I can't find the league. I tried using the search, but it didn't work

It's somewhere orbiting around page 32 in the entire league listing. You'll know you're close when you see the leagues starting with "n"

Can't... draft.... too many.... errors... damned fantasy congress >:/

At 10/23/06 09:00 PM, TheMason wrote: I've been right here friend! You've just been doing a terrific job with the classical history; lets me focus on the current history/events!

That's so mushy and heart-warming at the same time, it just brings a tear to my eye. I think I'm not the only person who feels left out with all of the detailed historical references going around though, ah well sucks for me.

At 10/21/06 08:49 PM, cellardoor6 wrote:

At 10/21/06 08:46 PM, mofomojo wrote: Ridiculously long and pathetic rant.

Don't ever speak again, ever.

That was a very good comeback... not <.<' great I feel like Borat now...

At 10/23/06 07:47 PM, Kasualty wrote: 1 world
1 race
no god
no poverty
no war
~infinite exploration

In order to have no war, no poverty and no God, you would have to have no necessity. The former arises out of necessity and to eliminate necessity is impossible because it is that same necessity which allows us to conduct infinite exploration. Thus your philosophy is a paradox.

At 10/23/06 08:34 PM, UnusQuoMeridianus wrote: well if she insists as much as this woman did then chances is are she had it on at the time of the crime so eh.

Yup that's the one! The one with the black scarf, she robbed me! *4 confused women in black scarves turn to one another*. You might as well say "the one with the hair" or "the one with the arms and legs."

At 10/23/06 08:15 PM, troubles1 wrote: Are you telling me that you don't see any reason why this should not be allowed in a court of law?

Holy shit they're prosecuting imperial troopers too now?! Well it was about damned time! >:/

At 10/23/06 01:59 PM, ImmoralLibertarian wrote: Now your just pulling shit out of your ass.

I don't see what's so offensive to the Muslims in your country about a white X and the color blue... I just don't. Am I missing something here?

I wouldn't put it past some people to try and taint Obama's character. Earlier in the CNN program there was some footage of a debate between Hillary Clinton and her oponent (didn't catch his name but I'm sure ya'll seasoned politics junkies know who) and her opponent actually had the gall to strike a low blow by talking about her appearance. He said something along the lines of how she used to look back then and how Bill could have chosen her, you know, personal things. So anyway I'm bringing that up because I wouldn't put it past opponents to try and degradate Obama's image on whatever premises possible.

At 10/23/06 07:58 PM, ImmoralLibertarian wrote: Wow....this page is the same year as the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

10 more pages bro :P

I've been thinking... are we going to celebrate page 1776 or just let it go like every other numberf? :P

At 10/23/06 05:32 PM, stafffighter wrote: Yule Ball, I'm not a hard core Harry Potter fan but I have enjoyed the movies movies and books and respect the die hards with every drop of my comic book training. I'm taking this party so seriosly that I'm wearing a tie that isn't a clip on.

Nah I enjoyed the books books more than the movies movies :/

At 10/23/06 04:24 PM, dalmvern wrote: I think a comedian can do a really good job as long as he has a good cabinet. Thoughts?

Not true. Bush had a very impressive cabinet in 2000, where the hell are they now?
You've been watching Robin Williams aye?

There's a lot of talk about Obama coming from the left side recently. He might be a better candidate than Hillary Clinton they say. However, I'm watching CNN at the moment and they said it would be easier for the Republican party to attack Obama because according to the New York Times: he has a "slender resume" little experience in international policy and he's black. So yes I can see a problem there. I personally have not looked into Obama's political experience or where he stands on the issues so I will refrain from making a definite conclusion about him.

Wasn't a group put together to pull troops out of Iraq by 2008. I clearly remember FAB0L0US talking about it... I believe ti was him. Such a group to perform such a task would suggest the administration is aware this war will not be won and their best bet would be to do what was done in Bosnia.

Here's the topic http://www.newground../topic.php?id=585041

At 10/21/06 04:41 AM, JMHX wrote: Since when does either party have any ideas?

LOL! Well there was the attempt at social security reform, then there was talk about medicare reform. Direct opposition in the bi-partisan system has put an end to any of that though. Hm... I wonder what the Conservative people in here think about Bush's plan to privatize social security...

At 10/21/06 04:38 AM, FAB0L0US wrote: It just snowed here in Boulder for a couple of hours earlier. The mountains are gonna be so awesome tomorrow. Its gonna be packed as hell with only 2 mountains open in our area and only a few of those runs on those mountains open but I am looking forward to the snow alot. AND IN OCTOBER!! What awesomeness. This is gonna be a hella good season, I can feel it.

Dude... you are seriously rubbing it in my face right now. Lol I haven't had real good snowboarding conditions in almost two years! Last year was shitty. Getting down the slope was dangerous and scarry-yet-thrilling because it was inside a cloud and there was a total whiteout from time to time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed we get conditions similar to yours. I might end up moving to Colorado for that reason and lower housing someday. :)

At 10/21/06 12:23 AM, Luxury-Yacht wrote: Just because Bush is a horrible president and his approval ratings are low means that the republicans will suffer in the midterms. Even though they AREN'T the president, the people will see that they are of a common party, make an instant correlation between them, and vote as if every republican senator is a mirror image of Bush.

Bi-partisan polar opposition sucks in that sense. Both parties may have good ideas in them but because both parties have their share of knuckleheads they will remain at odds with one another, thus puting a damper on decision-making.

At 10/20/06 10:22 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: Late October and the runs are already starting. Good sign for the season. I am happy.

<:'( damn you and your kick-ass rockie mountains. It probably won't snow in the mountains near Los Angeles until we're well into December >.< curse you global warming! Last year was terrible, hopefully some of your Colorado powder charm rubs off on us :D

At 10/21/06 02:33 AM, troubles1 wrote: Don't take it that I want any Innocent people to ever be put in a situation were they would have harm done to them needlessly. But I understand that it is an unfortunate fact, that there will be the unfortunate few that will suffer, for the outcome of a secure America. And a safer and Democratic middle east.

Yes but you're not exception to the law. If your country saw you as an enemy for whatever reason, you'd have no right to ask for a trial because habeas corpus would not exist. Then you might be subject to torture or coercive interrogation by your own country no less :(

It's very difficult to reach a compromise when lives are at stake. I'd go a bit on the pro-life for this one. Abortion most-definitely should NOT be used as a form of contraception. If you got knocked up, too damned bad >:/

A woman should only have the last option of abortion if her life is at stake, the child's life is at stake (born a vegetable) or it was an act of rape.

At 10/21/06 02:46 AM, troubles1 wrote: Well I am glad you see the correct way that it is the illegal immigrants and minorities who commit the most crime in our country, and then bitch about wanting more rights when they are to stupid to realize that they are in our country were we speak English and the fact that they are illegal means they get no rights, and it it also shows the lack of intelligence and pure disrespect when they bring another country's flag to protest for citizenship's in our country. our parents and grandparents worked for social security. some dirty lice ridden foreigner has no right to there the money they need for retirement.

Bah such a run-on sentense :( I've always said the problem with immigration isn't they want to endure a gauntlet of horrible conditions to get here, it's that their home government is fucked. One of the biggest things which pissed me off about the immigrant demonstrations in the U.S. earlier this year was that they are able to protest so united and in such a powerful form yet they CAN NOT DO IT in their own countries to fix their broken systems of government and their easy-to-bribe unethical officials. What gives?! If countries such as Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala did not have such fucked governments and people in power, the citizens would actually have more incentive to stay.

At 10/21/06 03:49 AM, dySWN wrote: No, Katrina was more the fault of poorly-trained civil engineers than anyone else. Why the frank would anyone consider NOT making the levees bigger and stronger once it became apparent that the state is sitting in a place where tornadoes, tropical storms, etc are frequent? As an engineering student, I demand a good wrench-slapping of those who lacked the foresight to do their static homework well enough.

That's true, however, didn't the city of New Orleans, namely the mayor request help from the government to fix the levys before they broke? I distinctly remember talk about this all over the news... or was I wrong :\

At 10/20/06 11:01 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: Yeah, Ive read about the bubble before too. To my knowledge, it has not yet burst yet. It may be slowing but it hasnt burst yet. If there are people who say otherwise, I havent read it yet.

Hm I've family investing in real-estate and friends working in real-estate firms. They all agree the bubble is letting out pressure at a pretty fast rate. People are already beginning to lose property and values are on the decline, especially here in expensive-ass overrated California. It is expected prices will drop even lower next year ranging from 7-9% decreases in some areas by 3rd quarter of 2007 and down 15% in Nevada alone by spring 2008.

At 10/21/06 03:33 AM, dySWN wrote: EnragedSepiroth, I usually don't resort to angry words, but being forced to scroll through about ten pages of utterly biased meaningless shit is really not the way I wanted to end my day. In fact, I'd go so far as to demand that you give me the last several minutes of my life back.

Dude I said in the beginning before the article even began "it's a long read... skim through" and the fact you read through it acts as a disclaimer that you knew you were in for a long read because it said so in the beginning. I know it's a long-ass read if you're one of those readers who sits down and soaks up every word, so I apologize for posting such a long ass article. Never again.

At 10/20/06 07:19 PM, FAB0L0US wrote: This was a laughable essay. It looks all nice and reads well but it is laughable. The parts I read were riddled with fallasies, contradictions, and untruths. To highlight how every conservative is jumping ship from the Republican party because they arent conservatives and then say the problem with the Bush administration is their conservativism is FUCKING STUPID.

Hey I didn't write it. I agree with you it is fallible and worst of all, it has zero citations >:/ that just plain pissed me off. I just wanted to put it up to see how people would react to it. I'm glad you took something out of the essay, whether it be destructive or constructive criticism. I say that with no sarcasm.

The medicare system, FEMA and the situation in Iraq are in the current state they are in because of the administration's politics. That's probably one of the few statements I find truthful in this article. We'd not be in Iraq if this administration were not in power, the medicare system had less issues under clinton and FEMA never had problems assessing a disaster. I'm sure someone's going to argue somehow FEMA could not respond properly to the New Orleans Katrina disaster because of the magnitude of it. Even then, there was a huge lag of days in getting people out of the area, but that's a whole other can of worms so I'll stop there with FEMA and Katrina.

At 10/20/06 06:42 AM, cellardoor6 wrote: Well it seems that Canadian officials are the reason that this man was captured. According to the article

Ah, right you are.

But what I think is weird is that Syria cooperates with the US

... that's just weird. Why is the U.S. letting Syria do its dirty work? That's like China sending a S. Korean to N. Korea... wtf... *is boggled again* damn I'm sleepy -.- later.

I propose changing the name to Mexico II. It's sad but true :o

At 10/20/06 07:04 AM, cellardoor6 wrote: It would be comparable to me using an article or exerpt from a book written by Ann Coulter and using it as a reference to attack liberals.

Ew, you're right, I feel dirty now, lol.

You really just want attention don't you?

No, I knew this article was biased, but that's not the point. What I want is to see if people can cut through the bias and see the article does carry some truths. It's obviously spun in a very liberal manner but what I found interesting on it is the ideology behind conservatism. It creates a paradox when the people in office are people who are against their own jobs... I mean... doesn't that defeat the purpose of them being in office in the first place? It's cool for people to be independent and to be able to responsibly govern themselves, I can live with that. But in times of economic, environmental and/or social catastrophe it would be nice for them to know they have a fully-functional, cohesive and agreeable government to lean on.

At 10/20/06 06:31 AM, cellardoor6 wrote: This threat is about the stock market, not the affect that interest rates have on the consumer patterns in the country. You also seem ignorant of the fact that the interest rates affect investments alot less than higher tax rates do that would be in place if Democrats had their way. The tax cuts are the biggest contribution to the good market status right now, you can ask anybody who is involved in the stock market and they'll tell you so. That is of course if they aren't democrats.

Right and you have your typical conservative anti-tax statements. What's wrong with paying your government? Ok I can see a problem with paying the current administration so... scratch that.

I'll give you the reason that tax affects stocks. Interest rates are much more important when it comes to bonds and other investment tools with higher security and less risk.

However you should know the S&P500 is the actual noteworthy index because it tracks the 500 most-profitable and consistent corporations whereas the Dow only tracks 30. The S&P has been doing good recently because of the bull-market we've had and yes your lovely tax breaks. Happy? :D