At 11/28/09 02:20 PM, Stoicish wrote:

I know a lot of the liberal criticism of GW was blow out of proportion pretty much the same way it has been for Obama, but dammit I sure as hell know nobody was calling for the violent overthrow of the Presidency.

Sad.

no, but there are many instances of people openly fantasizing about his death.

At 11/27/09 11:03 AM, pr0ded wrote:

or you could read my post over again, maybe realize not all people derive their enjoyment from money, don't care about "he (not her)who dies with the most toys wins"

to each his own. just because someone disagrees with you, doesn't mean they're wrong.

maybe realize its all the result of social conditioning

or personal choice. is my self education in music and japanese language and culture a result of social conditioning? I'd hope not, since I play jazz bass.

and realize a lot of your toys are useless, fleshlights, jewelry

Fleshlight? I had to look that one up. that's kind of.... ugh... wow. However, if you enjoy that kind of thing, then I suppose, that's you. and useless? thats a matter of opinion really.

that the materials to produce them limited, and your delusional way of life is unsustainable

well then, in your mind, what is the "correct" way to live? communal farming?

At 11/27/09 10:49 AM, pr0ded wrote: attract advertisers only for 2 little spaces?

every time you click a link or refresh a page you get hit with 2 advertisements. it adds up when you got several hundreds of people clicking links all day. simple to understand.

because you have a delusion that sitting on your ass doing nothing is wrong, while sitting and pushing buttons is acceptable, where that is a job

Oh I get it. you wanna sit around doing nothing all day and expect people to hand you everything you want? get real, world doesn't work that way. The train does not jump off the tracks out of compassion for the cow that won't get off the tracks.

"you aren't worth my time cause you're a talentless hack"

art is a sucky job isnt it,

butthurt because someone turned down your art?

At 11/27/09 09:32 AM, pr0ded wrote:

and a lot of those jobs are useless

give specifics.

You think Tom Fulp maintains newgrounds for the sake of his its users? Of course not, he does it to attract advertisers and hence make profit.

how do you know this

you see the advertisement at the top and bottom of the screen? there you go. Also, if there was nothing to be had from the website, he wouldn't maintain it.

in reality, you're all parasites that take more than you give, which is shit, and "work" that is shit, or useless

I would dignify this with a retort, but you're not worth it. you're just some mentally deranged know nothing that is mad at the world because your job sucks. or perhaps you're butthurt that you gotta go to school still. get over it, or better yet. jump off a cliff and do the world a favor. at least your rotting corpse can fertilize some grass somewhere and be useful.

we should have the freedom to create useless product, at the cost of the environment, its freedom!!

what exactly is useless that you're raging on about? did mommy make you take your vitamins this morning and they taste nasty?

and we'll make it desirable with television, that is how we create your reality that have you think its OK

......

At 11/27/09 02:20 AM, BrianEtrius wrote:

At 11/26/09 08:06 PM, Proteas wrote: Also; a picture from this past Saturday when we were out pumpkin shooting. I realize I'm a chunk, but remember, I'm a chunk with a gun. >:-D~

GHASP

Bad trigger discipline!

I thought someone like yourself would have better discipline, even if the safety's on.

look closer, his finger is behind the trigger, not on it.

ANYWAYS

It's 11 o clock, I'm somehow back in my apartment, I'm full, somewhat drunk, and listening to Lady Gaga.

eww. Lady GaGa? you can do better than that.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY THANKSGIVING

Father Time is the best thief ever. he steals everything from everyone.

At 11/27/09 03:24 AM, Grimm51 wrote: What do you all think?

I think you need to thicken your skin and learn how business works.

Here in America, you are worth your efforts to better yourself. if you play through school and get a job flipping burgers at McDonald's. that is your own fault, not the fault of those who studied their asses off in school, got a fine education, then advanced themselves beyond burger flipper.

they are not the parasites, the parasites are the ones who sit in their asses all day, bitch and moan about someone keeping them down as they go to Burker King and never give a thought about going back to school or any kind of an education, or at least learning a trade, like carpentry ot welding.

At 11/26/09 11:18 PM, ArrowLance wrote:

An important question is what is even meant by 'big' and 'government'? Government of and for who?

In a sense during much of the USSR's history it had a relatively small government. But if you mean power wise, it was not all bad. Although it used it's power to eliminate those who it saw as a danger to the revolution, it had great success in industrializing, and don't forget, defeating Fascism.

communism is also what brought USSR to the ground. the government control of everything seems like a fantastic idea, but those who worship the golden altar of communism forget 1 major thing. A person's decision making is limited to his knowledge. Not many politicians know much about things like farming, and what people want and need in different parts of the same country, or even state. You tell me, in Louisiana, to grow a crop that doesn't do well in hot and humid environments, and I'm going to question your sanity.

but then again, things like logic are fallacies and only the almighty government knows what is best for you, despite what you may think or believe.

At 11/26/09 11:12 PM, Warforger wrote:

Indeed

that pic sums it up PERFECTLY.

I can stand listening to any of em, on either side. all they do is shout down the opposing views, or use the exact same lines on everyone, over and over again. gets old quick. I do like Rush Limbaugh though, he's not nearly as bad. Not to mention Limbaugh has an odd sense of humor that I can appreciate.

don't forget what happens when too much government is involved. Just think USSR, or North Korea, or Nazi Germany, maybe even Zimbabwe. things tends to not work out very well.

At 11/26/09 08:49 PM, wrathofmannix wrote:

Too bad about the whole football team thing.

i thought it was kinda comical myself. "we don't need controversial figures in the NFL."

what?

you know proteas, if you worked out hard enough, you could be an absolute beast with a frame like that.

At 11/26/09 06:58 PM, freddorfman wrote:

No that means they will be getting more air time (if not all) . Truth is an Ambigious word O'er at Faux News

you know, every time i see "faux news" or "fixed news" it makes me wanna backhand the poster through the internet. unfortunately.. that is impossible. reminds me of kids and their brain dead Chuck Norris crap.

At 11/26/09 07:04 PM, aviewaskewed wrote:

And it'll be for the same reason you mentioned before: Votes. The latino population tends to turn out in good numbers and are very much of the mindset it seems that amnesty should be granted.

pretty much. both parties want the latino vote. it'll just be a matter of which party decides it would be in their best interest to pass the bill. I'm amazed the democrats haven't tried to pass it, since they have a majority in both houses and in the white house.

meh, unless the citizenry get into nothing short of a massive uproar over this, the government is going to shrug its shoulders at the information and continue to press ahead with their climate control legislation. The truth should never get in the way of more government control... in their minds at least.

I hope it turns into a huge deal and a full investigation digs in deep and shows the truth. if these people were destroying data to prevent it from being released, then there is obviously a reason as to WHY this data is being destroyed. If the data was supporting their theory, then they would have been more than glad to release it instead of destroying it.

At 11/26/09 06:14 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: But like Korriken said, I just can't see politicians with the guts enough to risk their elected office to make that happen.

there are some out there, but not enough to bring about change. we'll see illegal immigrant amnesty before we see gay marriage.

kind of dull in here... let's kick things up a notch.

ahem... Rush Limbaugh.

*dons his flame proof suit*

At 11/26/09 04:36 PM, Centurion-Ryan wrote:

That's a very mature and accurate generalization you made there.

indeed. of course, both sides play the same game.

you forget one thing. even a representative democracy's representatives have to answer to their constituents, which is the people. If the people vote something down, then their representatives go over their head and make it law anyway, they won't be representing their people for long.

and we all know how much politicians like their positions of power.

At 11/26/09 10:20 AM, Proteas wrote: I woke up this morning and the house was in the mid-to-lower 60's after an over-night low in the 40's.

sounds like heaven to me.

At 11/25/09 10:30 PM, Hybridization wrote: Because people wanted the first black president not a smart one. But, then again, republicans have had their irrational grip on government for awhile.

they may have elected a well educated half black man, but he doesn't know jack shit about running anything. he shoulda stayed a law maker. at least there voting present isn't so detrimental.

At 11/25/09 08:00 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote: "Cutting down on mistakes and lies..."

Holy Jesus tap-dancing Christ, no greater euphemism for bullshitting has ever been used in history of broadcasting.

apparently, you've never heard the term "hope and change"

all the indians and all the pilgrims were sitting around on the first thanksgiving. an indian looks to a pilgrim and says, "In the future, your descendants will exploit this occasion as an excuse to get drunk, gorge themselves on food, and play grabass football in the back yard.

how right he was.

At 11/24/09 11:37 AM, awkward-silence wrote:

I really never understood this argument. You are essentially saying the evidence trumped up and presented by the executive branch fooled the legislative branch. Therefore the executive branch can't be blamed.

I just can't imagine the situation a lot of people seem to take. It's not like Bush had a hand in fabricating false evidence.

On a side note today begins the hearings of the UK inquiry into the legality of the Iraq war, I'll be interested in the results.

as if anyone has cared what the uk thinks or says in the last 50 years?

CNN

34,000 troops? for once I can say Obama did something right. Good job President Obama, for not completely bending to the will of your lackeys, but instead listening (for the most part) to your general, even if it did take 3 months to do it.

At 11/24/09 05:07 AM, kraor024 wrote: Starting the Iraq war under faulty intelligence.

truth be told, the intel fooled enough of congress to vote for the war as well, so you can't really blame him.

Stem cell veto.

Patriot act , to be fair I have to blame all but one member of congress for this as well.

all but Mary Landrieu.

Taking the deficit from 17 billion dollars a year too 1.3 trillion dollars a year.

2 wars will do that to you.

The 1.35 trillion dollar tax cut, that pretty much did nothing.

proof?

No child left behind, I have a long list of problems resulting from that policy.

most everyone has issue with no child left behind.

"Enhanced interrogation techniques"

They worked, didn't they?

There's more but those are the major problems.

Hamidon. pfft. all you need is a fat kid or two and tell em its Jello.

At 11/21/09 02:36 PM, ohbombuh wrote:

1. reopen Gitmo for obvious reasons.

What's that? A closed-down restaurant? (Trying to portray the "average" voter here.)

Those that don't know by now, I don't think they would care anyway.

4. Media blackout of terrorist executions. if someone in the military leaks information about the execution, he will be charged with treason. There will also be no paperwork on the execution.

I oppose censorship! Freedom for the people!

matter of national security.

5. Failure is not an option.

What about an absence of success? Could we settle for that?

I don't see the difference.

7. Health care reform. Only after an exhaustive study...

Didn't have time to read that one.

me neither.

9. gay marriage. state issue.

I read that every time it's been put up to the voters, it's been rejected. Why not just go ahead and scrap the whole premise? And besides, if people had a gay marriage in one state, would it be recognized in another? How do we decide?

as far as recognition goes.... state issue. if the people of the state don't want it, the federal government has no right to force it on them.

12. California will be expelled from the union.

Can we send out Utah too?

Sure, while we're at it, let's nuke Massachusetts.

13. Lethal injection will be replaced by either being thrown off a cliff, or the condemned will have to fight in a gladiator style ring,

At least we wouldn't have to watch reality TV.

Thank god for that, right?

14. If information is leaked, the CEO of the media company will be charged with treason if he does not give the source of the information and will be executed.

That's censorship again! Grr...

15. Happy hour will be declared a national treasure.

Hooray!

3 cheers for good beer!

16. Guns and ammunition will also be declared national treasures.

Are they too precious to use?

Nah, if the French can declare body odor to be a national treasure, and people can still stink up the place, then you can use your guns. I'll even declare February to be Gun History Month.

I consider 17 an unlucky number.

18. Mardi Gras will be a national Holiday.

As long as I get the day off school and work.

with the parades in the streets, you wouldn't be able to get to work if you wanted to.

19. "art" class in schools will be required to actually teach art.

Opposed. I'm a terrible artist and couldn't handle the grade dip.

And such is why art class needs to teach actual art.

both sides do the same thing. Nancy Pelosi used to say that Dissent is the greatest form of patriotism... until Obama got elected. now dissent is the lowest form of racism/treason/unpatriotic/etc.

At 11/21/09 12:00 PM, doubleone wrote: Although I don't agree with Al Gore or Global warming, I do think he somewhat knows what he's talking about. But the Earth photoshop thing does make me wonder.

I dunno, Bernie Madoff 'knew' a lot about investment, and look how that ended.

One must be very careful when approaching someone with a vested financial interest in anything, they will do/say anything to make themselves look good and to lure people in to their schemes. And considering the amount of money Al Gore has made off of the whole deal so far, I would think it safe to say that he most certainly has a vested financial interest in seeing cap and trade implemented.