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  1. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Of course he claims to have worked for minorities, but Bush and his father only worked for one set of minorities: the filthy rich. The truth is, he doesn't care about poor people, and a lot of minorities happen to be poor.

    Seriously, though, whatever the reason he said it, it is pretty pathetic for him to claim that is the worst thing that happened during his presidency.

  2. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    If you don't know, why bring it up?

    Let me quote you:

    Well, as you try so hard to convince us that Obama has had more death threats than Bush.. I can't help but think "maybe thats because he is doing a worse job?"

    You can't help but think? Sounds different from "I don't know." We both know what you were doing there. Don't try to weasel out of it. You just don't like being called out on it.

  3. Re:Any universities offering courses in Futurism? on Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Holy Crap! This man is the real deal! Did you see what he did there, folks? He predicted the future!

  4. Any universities offering courses in Futurism? on Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seems like a lucrative field. I bet I could do it! Let me think, ah, in the future... Nope. I got nothin'.

  5. Re:I've never been sick on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe he was recently acquitted of all charges, so, ah, you know, must not have actually been him peeing on that fourteen year old in his sex tape.

  6. Re:Almost new information on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 1, Informative

    Uh not to nit pick, but this study is far from useless, and your smug, supercilious "Now if this study was well done and had some control groups, say other forms of cleaners, we might learn something we didn't already know." appears to be a poorly paraphrased version of what the scientists themselves actually said. Pointing out things the scientists themselves say does not make you wise.

    Plain and simple, you did not understand what you read, you said a control group with different cleaners was needed. This was not a study of cleaners.

  7. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Are you saying it could imply that he is doing a worse job, or are you implying it? Rather than implying it, you could clarify and say "I think the fact that Obama is getting more death threats is an indication he is doing a worse job than Bush." or something. I bet you won't say that, because you know it to be false, and you don't want to sound like an idiot. I bet you will keep on implying it, though, because you don't like Obama.

  8. Re:Two completely different claims on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 1

    While I agree with you thatother studies have shown that being too clean has negative effects on the immune system, this study has absolutely nothing to do with that, and thus the headline is completely misleading.

  9. Re:Almost new information on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now the article suggests that it could either be caused by the hygiene or the chemicals used in the cleaners.

    Now if this study was well done and had some control groups, say other forms of cleaners, we might learn something we didn't already know.

    The article suggests what now? Did you read it? No. You did not read the article. Do you know how I know you did not read the article? Because I read the article, and it suggests nothing of the sort. This was not a test of soaps and cleaners. And you know what? I'm not going to tell you what the article actually says. If you want to know why you are wrong, and why you are not smarter than a science reporter, let alone an actual scientist, go read the article.

  10. Re:I've never been sick on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 1

    R. Kelly posts on Slashdot now?

  11. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Bush ordered that banner. After the carefully staged photo op, the Navy sent it back to him saying, "We don't want this It isn't ours, so we are giving it back to the rightful owner."

  12. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    You know the Navy sent that banner back to Bush saying "It's not our banner, we don't want it, so we are sending it back to its owner." Pretty damn funny, IMHO. I wonder if they will put it in the Bush Museum, I mean, it is a legitimate banner and he must be very proud of it, so why not? Haha, yeah. That's not gonna happen.

  13. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Are you saying Obama is doing a worse job than Bush, or just implying it, so you don't look like a total fool? Don't be so wishy washy, if you think Bush was better than Obama, say so.

  14. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Make that list or shut up about it. Stop insinuating things and not backing them up. Your ultra conservative world view is not shared by most Americans, what you are saying is 'common knowledge' is accepted by only a small minority.

  15. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's odd how people feel strongly when someone starts a war which hundreds of thousands of people. What's up with that?

    Simplistic platitudes make the world go 'round, i.e. "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

    And THAT was the one thing he felt bad about. Kanye West saying that was, in Bush's own words, the worst thing that happened during his presidency. The. Worst. Thing. Not Katrina. Not wars, not economic collapse, not friggen' 9/11. That one sentence from Kanye was, according to our ex president, the worst thing. That says everything about what a narcissistic, sociopathic egotist the man is.

  16. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    Put up or shut up, give us an actual Pelosi quote that is crazy. You say,

    not everyone who disagrees with you is either nuts or evil.

    and yet you treat everyone who disagrees with you as nuts, or evil. Hypocrite much?

  17. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    If Tea Partiers are strongly libertarian, why do they try to elect social conservatives like O'Donnell who want to legislate christian morality? Government out of the boardroom and into the bedroom sounds Republican, not libertarian. You may not like Pelosi or her policies (or, more likely, your imaginary versions of same) but she is no wingnut. I challenge you to find something really crazy she has said. And supporting socialism is not "crazy," it is a policy position you disagree with.

  18. Re:A little friendly advice on Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh, hey, sure, because implying that women are all gold diggers is funny. My joke: +5 funny. AC's joke: +1. Who is funnier? That's right, say my name. Soun's your daddy.

  19. Re:Another Slashverisement for HighGear Media? on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Or, I can continue to point out whenever I see these kinds of things. Oh look, people moderated me 'insightful.' They must find my actions helpful and informative. Unlike your lame "media empire." Fuck off, corporate shill.

  20. Re:Could be a problem on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 4, Informative

    Small nitpick, wooden shipbuilding techniques before ~1800 required long pieces of wood for the strakes, and specifically curved pieces of wood for the scantlings. Shorter pieces worked too much at sea, making the ships hog and sag, and creating leaks. A typical third rate 72 gun ship of the line required over 5,000 old growth oak trees to build. Finally, thirty years was the service life discounting rebuilds, which could extend the life of a ship to double that, or more.

    I have heard the theory that Britain wanted American wood for ships in other places before this. We have a type of oak, White Oak, that is particularly suited to shipbuilding due to its strength and resistance to splintering.

  21. Re:In Soviet Russia... on Is Linux At the End of Its Life Cycle? · · Score: 1

    I agree. However, "holding people responsible for their illegal or harmful actions" means different things to different people. In fact, this is the crux of my disagreement with libertarians. I believe we need laws outlining what constitutes harm, otherwise known as "government regulations." For instance, damage to the environment harms everyone. Paying people less than a living wage harms those people. Denying people an education harms them, and society in general.

    In fact, most of what our present government does could be considered "holding people responsible for their illegal or harmful actions." Reducing government regulations, and decreasing the size of government in general, means more opportunity for the powerful to harm the weak.

  22. Another Slashverisement for HighGear Media? on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First off, this article appears ripped straight from the UK Guardian. Secondly, what's with all the promotion of HighGear Media sites recently? Slashdot is not your megaphone, guys, lay off.

  23. A little friendly advice on Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't know what women find attractive, but I know what they don't find attractive: whiny, bitter, desperate misogynists.

    Seriously, if you find yourself getting angry at women in general because you haven't gotten laid in a while, you need to fix that shit, pronto, or you'll never get laid again. You are broadcasting the message, "Other women don't find me attractive, and I'm pretty sure you won't either," and most women will pick up on that loud and clear. Even women who like abusive guys don't like whiny, bitter, desperate abusive guys.

  24. Re:Error in research... on Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That’s just my heart pumping harder in anticipation of all the artery-clogging food I’m about to eat. Increased blood flow everywhere... now hands off my junk!

    You flying this holiday season? Then I'm afraid it will be hands all over your junk.

  25. Re:Hey honey... on Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive · · Score: 4, Funny

    I believe baby powder was the odor most arousing to women, although you could probably use fresh babies if you don't have any powdered.