1,352 Forum Posts by "Commander-K25"
At 3/25/02 12:58 AM, Piro-O-Nero wrote:
Hmmm...
I noticed that half of your replies are just a bunch of quotes, links, and book reviews that don't really address what the other person is saying. Am I the only one who sees this as odd? It's like you don't have many words of your own.
Replying with a quote from the bible is particularily sad. Especially when it's in response to how narrow minded some Christians are.
Read Slizor's topic, God - Part 2 for my full argument.
At 3/25/02 05:36 PM, Slizor wrote:All this discrimination they talk of happened in Hollywood, one of the liberal meccas, a sweltering enclave of leftists. THEY"RE ADMITTING THAT LIBERALS ARE/HAVE BEEN RACIST! They don't even recognize that this is essentially what they're saying, though. It's great.!!!OMG! You know the main problem with Commander's argument is he views Hollywood as liberal, however LIBERALS DON'T! That would mean thay are not admitting they have been racist. Also, just to add, (even if)Hollywood is liberal now, doesn't mean it was then.
Hollywood is liberal. Think about all the actors that go around pimpin' for dollars for all those liberal, eco-causes.
At 3/25/02 05:17 PM, Slizor wrote:
You are grossly oversimplifying. I am talking about super-spacetime, where the laws of physics do not apply just like a singularity point in a black hole. This plane of uber-reality would literally have anything and everything in it. Many people object to the notion of God because there is no way to describe him in terms of science, namely physics. He cannot be described because he exists on the super-spacial, super-temporal plane where the quantum decisions take place. Why not, means that since every possibility is played out in this over-reality into which all other realitites and universes fit, God must exist because he is a potential quantum possibility.If I follow your reasoning he would exist there, but only COULD exist in this universe.
If he exists on a super-spacial, super-temporal plane, then he could control the quantum wave-fucntions that decide the course of reality. Quantum physics proves that nothing is really real until something observes it, something requires feedback, whether it is you looking at it or a computer detection device, (of course, you have to look at the device to read the results, the possibilities mount).
If he exists on this plane, then he could control the wave-functions and literally shape the course of reality, giving him omnipotent power.
At 3/25/02 12:25 AM, Anarchy_Penguin wrote: I'm so tired of people making stupid little "ohh this is a silly joke about the diffrences bewteen girls and boys". It was funny in Middle school. It's funny on the Man show. It's not funny when you do it. You arn't funny.
I don't even watch the Man Show.
One thing I notice, how all these people are now talking about all the racism in the past and how black actors were discriminated against but now they're getting their rightful recognition. All this discrimination they talk of happened in Hollywood, one of the liberal meccas, a sweltering enclave of leftists. THEY"RE ADMITTING THAT LIBERALS ARE/HAVE BEEN RACIST! They don't even recognize that this is essentially what they're saying, though. It's great.
At 3/24/02 11:46 PM, Anarchy_Penguin wrote:It's always dangerous to a right wing, when people express their opinons freely.
"When Americans oppose America, it is not always courageous and sacred; it is sometimes dangerous."
-Rush Limbaugh.
I oppose the content, not the fact that he expresed it. I don't agree with the Indian Wars but, hey, it's history, get over it. What's done is done.
You get all these leftists who like to keep dwelling on this stuff because it makes them feel good, like they're counter-culture rebels or something, opposing America. Big deal. I don't care, and nobody else really does.
"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians
called America before the white man came,
an Indian said simply 'Ours.'"
-Vine Deloria Jr.
At 3/25/02 01:12 PM, Slizor wrote:
The Welfare states in Europe are not a failure at all, apart from the NHS in England, which is being reformed. Fidel Castro's ideas were not communist. The USSR made itself into a superpower in very few years, got the first man in space and fought nearly the entire German army. All this from a country with a 1% literacy rate.When has history shown that?Things like Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" program, the extremes of socialism, the USSR, Cuba. Welfare states in Europe, where you get massive taxes and abominable socialized medicine.
Fidel sure leaned the wrong way if he wasn't communist. Hmmm, all the nationalization and government control...
As for the USSR, sure they became a superpower, on the backs of the common people. The average Russian citizen probably doesn't care whther he starves on a Siberian commune because he's, "building a great nation," he starves nonetheless.
The "socialist dream," it was not, unless you were one of the ruling elite. Even during the great famines in the 1930's they kept sipping their champagne and caviar while the poor starved. Even in the 80's, remember the bread lines?
I didn't say that. You made it up. Saying that one group of people are hard-working doesn't mean that you think another group is lazy.It clearly implies it, or else there would be no need to include it.
It is a phrase included to emphasize the point that the money this tax money that the government takes was earned through their work. It is to emphasize the point that it is their money, not some politician's.
Hypothetical:
You're unemployed because you lost your job. Tough break, huh? So Washington mails you unemployment checks. Would you rather: A) Immediately go out and find a new job that can actually afford a decent life, or B) Sit around for 6 months, eating dog food.
Hypothetical 2:
You're poor, always have been poor, dropped out of highschool and you're living in the ghetto. So because politicians feel "sorry" for you, they throw you a couple of quid. Woohoo!
Given this free money, do you think you would go get a better ecucation or a job?
What they need is trade skills programs and remedial education.I agree, and also those people need jobs to go to. You know what? We could also try reforming the education system so this doesn't happen in the first place!
Standardized testing and more school evaluation and accountability on the way, courtesy of Bush.
At 3/24/02 11:19 PM, Superabound wrote:At 3/24/02 10:25 PM, fire wrote: I know I am it looks awsome and blood as hell also looking forward to soilder of fortune 2
Yeah, the only bad thing about it is since its on GameCube, instead of shooting the zombies you have to throw fluffy kittens at them.
Also, all the blood has been replaced with melted candy juice.
Hmmm. That's an idea, what would Gamecube do to good games?
Quakémon - Gotta frag em all!
Mario Gear Solid - Tactical Mushroom Action
Ocarina of Honor: Zelda Assault
At 3/24/02 11:26 PM, Neo-Falconrath wrote: For those of you who don't know, Penny Bain is one of the enemy of Newgrounds. She claimed Newgrounds was a main cause of the Columbine shootings. What an Idiot.
Anyway, What is she up to these days?
Trying to kill off Newgrounds again?
Anyone know?
Just Curious.
BC Institute Against Family Violence
She's the Executive Director. Her e-mail address is listed there if you want to send her a little message.
At 3/24/02 10:43 PM, FemmeFatale wrote:At 3/24/02 09:58 PM, _altr_ wrote: Sausage?Buffet.
Where is that from? Disturbing...
At 3/24/02 11:07 PM, Superabound wrote:At 3/24/02 10:52 PM, Commander-K25 wrote: Here's a thought:
"When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking."
-Elayne Boolser
The only reason thats true is because women arent in control of any armies.
If they were, theyd nuke someone just because they bought the same pair of shoes as them.
SO GO TO HELL, ELAYNE BOOLSER!!!!
Whoever you are =P
Hmmmmm...
"Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too."
-H. L. Mencken.
At 3/24/02 06:12 PM, AdAmBoMb wrote: MONKEYS
Stop the spamming madness!
Here's a thought:
"When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking."
-Elayne Boolser
At 3/23/02 11:46 PM, Echo_NY wrote: Bell Labs say that they have transfered 2.56 terabits a second over 2,500 miles.
2.56 terabits = 2,560 gigabits
Here's the article - http://www.msnbc.com/news/728182.asp?cp1=1
Hmm, I think it's about time I'd get myself a 2.56TB line
And I'm still using 56K, (*SOBS*), it's more and more obselete by the minute. Maybe if I grease my modem a bit...
At 3/24/02 02:33 PM, plantaTREEordie wrote:At 3/24/02 01:10 PM, Testerline wrote:it's a damn shame to live in a country that claims to be the leader of the free world and then bleeds freedom for all it's worth. so i burn the flag as a statement that goes over the heads of cattle but if the state had their way, i'de be imprisoned for my beliefs, that's not freedom..that's fascist. 'they didn't need it anyway'....yep..thats just what a fascist would say.At 3/24/02 12:34 PM, plantaTREEordie wrote: AMERICAit wasnt stolen it was claimed
i walk on stolen land.
the indians didnt need it anyway
Ahhh, self-righteous America bashing.
"When Americans oppose America, it is not always courageous and sacred; it is sometimes dangerous."
-Rush Limbaugh.
At 3/24/02 06:15 PM, Slizor wrote:The government's role is not eliminate poverty, or be "compassionate" because that is simply not advantageous to the greater good. History has shown that, experience has shown that, yet in the short-run, it looks good to foster social programs and "redistribute wealth" and it is so often doneWhen has history shown that?
Things like Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" program, the extremes of socialism, the USSR, Cuba. Welfare states in Europe, where you get massive taxes and abominable socialized medicine.
All that does is hurt hard-working middle class Americans trying to get by.Ah, so poor people are lazy, of course!
I didn't say that. You made it up. Saying that one group of people are hard-working doesn't mean that you think another group is lazy.
It does even less good for the people that the money is supposed to help. Instead of lifting them out of poverty, it gets them addicted to and dependent on government handouts.Can anyone say "baseless"?
Hypothetical:
You're unemployed because you lost your job. Tough break, huh? So Washington mails you unemployment checks. Would you rather: A) Immediately go out and find a new job, or B) Sit around for 6 months, (or whatever the length is now), and live off the public dime, the money of taxpayers.
Hypothetical 2:
You're poor, always have been poor, dropped out of highschool and you're living in the ghetto. So because politicians feel "sorry" for you, and they say you're entitled to something, you get social security, unemployment, whatever.
Given this free money, do you think you would go get a better ecucation or a job?
What they need is trade skills programs and remedial education. Help people to help themselves, Throwing money at the problem fixes nothing.
Some of my views on the role of government that I took the time to write out.
The Four Pillars of Government, by Commander-K25 (aka The Commander)
At 3/24/02 07:54 AM, Slizor wrote:
Apparently anything that doesn't mesh with your views is "propaganda." I won't point out the mass hypocrisy of your own arguments in light of this belief.No propaganda is something which tries to allign sides.
"They ask how it is possible for American youth to even consider lending comfort and aid to the Osama bin Ladens and the Saddam Husseins (and the Communists before them)."
This clearly does that. Chomsky however does not. He points out things that have been underplayed. Chomsky is not the thesis, he is the antithesis to the media.
Propoganda - noun, (prop•a•gan'da), any systematic, widespread, deliberate indoctrination or plan for such indoctrination: now often used in a derogatory sense, connoting deception or distortion.
(Source: Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged, Second Edition, pg. 1442)
Chomsky is not an antithesis. That is propaganda, it is your opinion and that of many leftists. My opinion ans that of conservatives is that he is a misguided demagogue who spins the truth for his own purposes. The evidence just happens to support us. The mainstream media is not anti-Chomsky, some are just as far left as he is. Even if he is, being an "underdog" or antithesis doesn't make you right.
At 3/23/02 07:21 PM, Jinmu13 wrote:At 3/23/02 11:38 AM, Vash-The-Stampede wrote: BIRTHDAY KITTY FOR ME!w00t, kitteh (why am i typing like that?)
Bigger kitty:
At 3/22/02 07:07 PM, Slizor wrote:
It is an editorial that says that Chomsky takes a one-sided approach to things. He reports on the Cold War as if the USSR didn't exist or wasn't a factor in interpreting US and NATO actions.And the author you directed to me does exactly the same, but for the US.
"The 2 million-man Red Army continued to occupy Eastern Europe until the end of the Cold War forty years later, and for every one of those years it was positioned in an aggressive posture threatening the democratic states of Western Europe with invasion and occupation."
There were masses of NATO troops at West Germany's border, threatening the Democratic states of Eastern Europe.(Sidenote: East Germany was caled Democratic when it wasn't, sounds like America to me.)
Plus the facts he conveniently ignores, the prosperity of the nations the US defended and their independence today as compared to the poverty, desitution and corruption in former Soviet nations.Why were the nations rich? Because America gave them money. Why? To stop the communists taking over. Why weren't the Communist countries rich? Because they had been devasted by WW2, and their occupiers(Russia) had just fought the entire German army.
"Communism was an expansive system that ruined nations and enslaved their citizens"
Please, oh please bring me some decent sources. It bores me to read through this mindless propaganda.
"It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason as to administer medication to the dead."
-Thomas Jefferson
Apparently anything that doesn't mesh with your views is "propaganda." I won't point out the mass hypocrisy of your own arguments in light of this belief.
At 3/23/02 12:29 PM, implodinggoat wrote: If you were a white guy from south africa and you moved to the United States would you be an African American?
No, then you're just "white"
We're never going to be a truly united nation until the people drop the hyphens. No African-Americans or Hispanic-Americans or Asian-Americans, just Americans. Do I call myself Swedish-American or English-Americna since that's where my ancestors came from? No, of course not. I can understand the want of minorities to have an "identity" and that's a good thing, to a point. You also must accept new ideas and customs is you wish to truly be a part of the greater society.
At 3/23/02 12:49 PM, Slizor wrote:
You're missing the point. America did not become a superpower through sheer determination and hard work, it was because the rest of the world was involved in a war(this is in reference to both wars, the three years is about WW1) and America wasn't.
We became a superpower because we had been constantly growing westward and industrializing. Our time had simply come and the nation was reaching maturity. We didn't engage in bloody wars of nationalism with European neighbors. We had a large area of land to ourselves and we developed it. In Europe, things were more cramped so aspiring nations that wanted to expand colonized overseas and fought for tiny tracts of land on the continent.
At 3/23/02 12:23 PM, Slizor wrote:
A lot of these labs are working for research grants. When a politician comes along and gives you a million dollar grant to prove global warming, the chances are is that you're going to find plenty of evidence to fit the conclusion that you have in your mind.It would be much more likely that the person with a million dollars would be trying to disprove global waring then trying to prove it.
Not so. All the so-called "big," "bad" oil companies and other "polluters" would never bother to pay for such a study because nobody would take it seriously. Environmentalists have convinced both politicians and the public, and nobody would take a report about the insufficient evidence and very shaky basis for the theory of human-caused global warming, if they even saw the study, since the mostly lef-leaning mainstream media wouldn't cover it or give it any serious attention. Have you ever really seriously considered one of these such studies? Question answered.
Do you know who pays the most for research in grants and funds? The government! Democrats love global warming because it gives them a chance to regulate more and put more things under control of the, oh so efficient, government. They leverage special issues like the environment to advance the leftist agenda.
"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy."
-Thomas Jefferson
Another point, ever notice how they always glaze over and dismiss any wrongdoings or scandals by these people yet conservatives get hounded at for any little misstep. For example, when news of Jesse's affair and "love-child" came out, we heard about it briefly and then nothing more. When Bush ran for office they constantly brought up his past alcoholism even though he gave it up years ago and makes a point of not even drinking socially.
At 3/22/02 07:16 PM, Slizor wrote:
Did you even read my whole post or just that line?I managed to sum your post up into one line. Actually two words "Why not?"
You are grossly oversimplifying. I am talking about super-spacetime, where the laws of physics do not apply just like a singularity point in a black hole. This plane of uber-reality would literally have anything and everything in it. Many people object to the notion of God because there is no way to describe him in terms of science, namely physics. He cannot be described because he exists on the super-spacial, super-temporal plane where the quantum decisions take place. Why not, means that since every possibility is played out in this over-reality into which all other realitites and universes fit, God must exist because he is a potential quantum possibility.
At 3/22/02 07:11 PM, Slizor wrote:Scientists say we don't have that power.Other scientists oppose this idea. This is all the argument will come down to. One scientist says this, another syas something different.
One piece of highly touted evidence is a petition signed by about 125 scientists saying global warming is a man-made problem. What is not reported on is the petition signed by 1,250 scientists saying the evidence is inconclusive and that it would be wrong to say that global warming is man made in face of the lack of evidence.
A lot of these labs are working for research grants. When a politician comes along and gives you a million dollar grant to prove global warming, the chances are is that you're going to find plenty of evidence to fit the conclusion that you have in your mind.
At 3/17/02 04:24 PM, Slizor wrote:
The fact is, we can infact "snap" the Earth's climate. We can wipe out everyone on the planet. We have that power with nuclear weapons. Who is to say we don't have that power with pollution...
Scientists say we don't have that power. As of right now, we have climate records for, say, the last 400 years. That is about 1/10,000,000 (1 x 10^-7) of the total history of the Earth. Here's a challenge, pick out the number one factor of climate change from the list below:
-Solar magnetic cycles.
-Sunspot cycles.
-Meteorite impacts.
-Changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
-Changes in the angle of tilt of the Earth upon its axis.
-Shorter duration 'wobbles' of the Earth upon its axis.
-The rotational velocity of the Earth's core.
-Land-use changes (e.g. forests to cities; savannas to forests; hedges to open fields).
-Vegetation, agricultural, and industrial fires.
-Volcanic eruptions.
-Tectonic movements (e.g. of the Earth's plates and continents).
-Changes in oceanic circulation patterns (e.g. ocean currents, El Niño/La Niña effects).
-Changes in the salinity of the oceans.
-Changes in ice-sheet stability.
-Changes in atmospheric water vapour.
-'Natural' variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane.
-Human-induced emissions of carbon dioxide and methane.
-Emissions of other greenhouse gases.
-Other causes.
-Feedback links between all of the above.
These are just a few of the factors, yet we have the audacity and arrogance to say that we, man, can change it all by driving our SUVs around. The Industrial Revolution took place less than 150 yrs. ago, a miniscule fraction of the Earth's lifespan yet we have such a distorted sense of time and out own importance that we think we can destroy this world that quick.
What follows is scripture but is very relevant, I assure you, and even an atheist would agree. It just about sums it up.
Ecclesiastes 1:4-11
One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever. The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, And hastens to the place where it arose. The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again. All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us. There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
At 3/22/02 03:44 AM, NightHawk092401 wrote:the only people that get pissed off at these things are those like biseor. why? because he is missing the nickels and dimes taken from his yearly income to fund these awareness programs? not likely, but thats a common excuse.Excuse me, did you ever think that maybe the reason get pissed off at things like black history month is not that they discriminate...
my guess is, that he was brought up to discriminate. or maybe some mexican stole his lunch money at recess.
we may never know.
Exactly. A great picture on Biseor's Big Black Lies feature, a black protester holding some sign about slavery, caption: "Nice picture, but how about getting a job rather than protesting if you're so poor."
At 3/22/02 11:24 AM, Slizor wrote:
Read that second link I posted earlier. Read it all. And yes, it is properly sourced and quoted.On the contrary, it is not properly sourced. For example
"History has shown that the Cold War, the formation of the postwar western alliances and the mobilizing of western forces -- was principally brought about by the Soviet conquest of Eastern Europe."
This is an opinion, not a fact. The entire text is full of opinions. It is basically a rant complaining that Chomsky does not include all the information, but nothing does.
It is an editorial that says that Chomsky takes a one-sided approach to things. He reports on the Cold War as if the USSR didn't exist or wasn't a factor in interpreting US and NATO actions. Plus the facts he conveniently ignores, the prosperity of the nations the US defended and their independence today as compared to the poverty, desitution and corruption in former Soviet nations.
Not to mention Grenada. Chomsky really does a great job covering that one. Hmmm, the evil US just invades an island for fun and conquest. Some of the FACTS included in Horowitz's piece dispute that. Horowitz does include fatcs, not just opinion. You seem to be blind to any conservative evidence.
At 3/22/02 11:54 AM, Slizor wrote:
You may ask, why should there be any reason for such a God to exist but the answer is, Why not?The question should never be "Why not?", but instead "Why?". Because something is possible it does not make it so. There is a possiblity that tomorrow, when I wake up, I will be a giraffe. We'll wait and see if it happens.
Did you even read my whole post or just that line?
