Because he says insane things like that the president can suck his machine gun, or that if Obama gets reelected he'll be in prison or dead.
What, precisely, is insane about that? Not being arch, I genuinely want to know if there's any valid reason why a man voicing his opinion would be considered an insane act.
Granted, those aren't the most intellectually sound statements ever, but I've heard worse; my current favorite is, "We must sacrifice our freedoms to protect our freedoms." No, seriously, someone said that to me as recently as today. Really.
I get the feeling that "crazy" in this debate can be translated to "holds an opinion I strongly disagree with."
"How is it you didn't notice that he's gone crazy? He fits right in with the deranged wingnuts who ruined the Republican party."
How is it that you can make such a broad generalization and still consider yourself sane? You should, as any sane person should, know that generalizations are defacto falsehoods, because to generalize is to assign specific factors to non-specific groups, and thus are highly inaccurate statements.
Anyway, I always knew the definition of insanity to be, "performing the same action over and over, while expecting a different result." By that definition, every single person who supports either of the major parties, expecting Candidate A to be functionally different than Candidate B, is off their nut.
Or maybe because he crapped his pants to get out of going to war.
Real patriot there.
OK, so maybe not the most patriotic thing to do, but is it really crazy? I mean, have you any desire to enter a combat zone?
Dickhead is a label I don't necessarily disagree with, just can't understand where this "crazy" nonsense comes from (actually, I do - calling someone crazy marginalizes them, and makes it easier to ignore everything they have to say, regardless of how sane it may be).
OK, keep in mind that I'm being rather abstract here:
What makes a thing obsolete? That it isn't a commonly used item anymore, or that its usefulness has become non-existent?
Take, for example, the carrier pigeon - once considered 'obsolete' due to the invention of telecommunications equipment, I can see the medium coming back into vogue in wake of the new knowledge that governments the world over are monitoring our every word over the aforementioned modern channels. Today, you can't send a message along electronic media without it being intercepted, somewhere, by someone other than the intended recipient; however, you can tie a coded message to a bird's leg and be reasonably confident in the message reaching it's intended recipient without interception and decoding (international and relay flights notwithstanding).
Thus, that which was obsolete becomes useful again, bringing us back to the initial philosophical quandary: What makes a thing obsolete, anyway?
I've wondered this for some time now - what, precisely, makes Ted Nugent so "crazy?" Because he's a firm defender of the 2nd Amendment? Or perhaps because he's concerned about illegal government activities such as domestic spying and summary executions without due process?
Oh, I see - he's supported Republicans in the past. So, not so much "crazy," as "doesn't agree with my opinion 100%..."
If you didn't fund schools based on attendance, then how else would you do it? (and this is a serious question)
I would use a combination of metrics to determine where the funding is needed most, rather than basing a schools fiscal security on a single factor, which in the case of attendance becomes a vicious cycle: funding goes down, so the quality of education goes down, so attendance goes down, so funding goes down, and so on and so forth.
What blows my mind is how they went from charging a premium for the automatic, to making the automatic standard and charging a premium for the standard transmission.
"Oh, you want a manual gearbox with a simple mechanism that will ultimately save you money on fuel and maintenance? Yea, we charge extra for that."
I can't recall a single point he's made that I thought was interesting enough to remember. Shaky premises get developed not entirely rigorously ending with a sweeping conclusion that will never, ever be implemented. 2/10.
Not to mention, my experience is that he is incapable of handling the slightest criticism, evidenced by many of the childish and nonsensical responses given in the thread I linked to in my last post.
Personally, I think you're being quite generous with your 2/10.
Even though all I would get from the course was a certificate of completion, I felt cheated and like I'd wasted a lot of my time for what was otherwise a good course.
Hell, I'm still waiting on my certificate for the Intro to Music Production class I successfully completed 3 months ago...
What your stance? Mongo not understand poorly formatted sentence structure.
Lol, sorry, can't help but bust your balls.
Read what AC said.
Did - your response doesn't seem to have anything to do with their comment. Are you sure you didn't mean the parent (DKlineburg's) post? Or can you expound a bit and give some context?
The USA Federal Government will give you an all-expenses paid vacation to the water treatment facilities at Guantanomo Bay.
Do you honestly believe the personality types that would open fire on a government drone would willingly submit themselves for detention in an illegal government torture facility? Or that the feds would be able to 'disappear' people in a town that is 100% hostile to their presence (i.e., without compliance from local law enforcement)?
To some folks, the phrase "give me Liberty, or give me Death" is more than just words they're forced to hear in history class.
And that's a good thing, despite all the hand-wringing and attempts at demonization.
wrt to Colorado; tired of being governed by coastal state refugees a set of rural counties in Northern Colorado are pursuing statehood.
No, a few people in those rural counties are pursuing it. And they're fucking nuts if they think anything will come of it, because guess where all the water for their crops comes from?
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Because he says insane things like that the president can suck his machine gun, or that if Obama gets reelected he'll be in prison or dead.
What, precisely, is insane about that? Not being arch, I genuinely want to know if there's any valid reason why a man voicing his opinion would be considered an insane act.
Granted, those aren't the most intellectually sound statements ever, but I've heard worse; my current favorite is, "We must sacrifice our freedoms to protect our freedoms." No, seriously, someone said that to me as recently as today. Really.
I get the feeling that "crazy" in this debate can be translated to "holds an opinion I strongly disagree with."
"How is it you didn't notice that he's gone crazy? He fits right in with the deranged wingnuts who ruined the Republican party."
How is it that you can make such a broad generalization and still consider yourself sane? You should, as any sane person should, know that generalizations are defacto falsehoods, because to generalize is to assign specific factors to non-specific groups, and thus are highly inaccurate statements.
Anyway, I always knew the definition of insanity to be, "performing the same action over and over, while expecting a different result." By that definition, every single person who supports either of the major parties, expecting Candidate A to be functionally different than Candidate B, is off their nut.
Or maybe because he crapped his pants to get out of going to war.
Real patriot there.
OK, so maybe not the most patriotic thing to do, but is it really crazy? I mean, have you any desire to enter a combat zone?
Dickhead is a label I don't necessarily disagree with, just can't understand where this "crazy" nonsense comes from (actually, I do - calling someone crazy marginalizes them, and makes it easier to ignore everything they have to say, regardless of how sane it may be).
OK, keep in mind that I'm being rather abstract here:
What makes a thing obsolete? That it isn't a commonly used item anymore, or that its usefulness has become non-existent?
Take, for example, the carrier pigeon - once considered 'obsolete' due to the invention of telecommunications equipment, I can see the medium coming back into vogue in wake of the new knowledge that governments the world over are monitoring our every word over the aforementioned modern channels. Today, you can't send a message along electronic media without it being intercepted, somewhere, by someone other than the intended recipient; however, you can tie a coded message to a bird's leg and be reasonably confident in the message reaching it's intended recipient without interception and decoding (international and relay flights notwithstanding).
Thus, that which was obsolete becomes useful again, bringing us back to the initial philosophical quandary: What makes a thing obsolete, anyway?
I was afraid somebody did vote for Ted.
Luckily it's somebody else.
Unfortunately, it seems he is nearly as crazy.
I've wondered this for some time now - what, precisely, makes Ted Nugent so "crazy?" Because he's a firm defender of the 2nd Amendment? Or perhaps because he's concerned about illegal government activities such as domestic spying and summary executions without due process?
Oh, I see - he's supported Republicans in the past. So, not so much "crazy," as "doesn't agree with my opinion 100%..."
Oh get real. What are the odds of finding a security exploit in the Windows kernel?
Yea, it would probably be a lot easier to just buy a couple off a rogue NSA agent.
Lol, well worth the read.
is it a prison or a school?
What with the security checkpoints, lockdowns, forced searches of student property without permission...
That's a damn good question.
Actually, it sounds like an airport.
Except that nobody is forced by law to go to an airport.
Does seem an interesting way to deliver multiple explosive charges over a small area.
is it a prison or a school?
What with the security checkpoints, lockdowns, forced searches of student property without permission...
That's a damn good question.
If you didn't fund schools based on attendance, then how else would you do it? (and this is a serious question)
I would use a combination of metrics to determine where the funding is needed most, rather than basing a schools fiscal security on a single factor, which in the case of attendance becomes a vicious cycle: funding goes down, so the quality of education goes down, so attendance goes down, so funding goes down, and so on and so forth.
OK, I liked your post, but this:
Really don't want to stop? Haul a trailer with a generator that has a huge gas tank in it.
Is probably the best damn thing anyone has said to me all week. Thank you, Firethorn, you just made my day!
The real frustrating thing is if you want a manual-transmission full-size truck. They don't exist anymore, at all.
Yes they do, but only in a base trim model V6 with no tow package, accessories, etc.
Which basically means what you said, since we all know a V6 in a full-size is one of those jokes that's not funny.
What blows my mind is how they went from charging a premium for the automatic, to making the automatic standard and charging a premium for the standard transmission.
"Oh, you want a manual gearbox with a simple mechanism that will ultimately save you money on fuel and maintenance? Yea, we charge extra for that."
Dicks.
I like the Q3 myself - basically the same thing as a VW Tiguan, but with a diesel option. Man, do I love that little diesel engine...
What does a stoner government do with anything for that matter !!
"Duuuuude... Citizen 432B61 just ordered some pizzas! We gotta legislate ourselves some of that action! But first, pass the ClogginBong this way..."
OK, so I admit I know precisely dick about Dutch government, but I can't resist an opportunity to make fun of stoners.
I can't recall a single point he's made that I thought was interesting enough to remember. Shaky premises get developed not entirely rigorously ending with a sweeping conclusion that will never, ever be implemented. 2/10.
Not to mention, my experience is that he is incapable of handling the slightest criticism, evidenced by many of the childish and nonsensical responses given in the thread I linked to in my last post.
Personally, I think you're being quite generous with your 2/10.
I wonder; what's the probability that the class was just very poorly structured/taught?
I'm guessing it's non-zero; that might help explain the dismal pass rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costs
Regardless of how often they offer the class, he'll never get back the hours he already put in.
Even though all I would get from the course was a certificate of completion, I felt cheated and like I'd wasted a lot of my time for what was otherwise a good course.
Hell, I'm still waiting on my certificate for the Intro to Music Production class I successfully completed 3 months ago...
Is it? I can't tell if it's owned by the government or owned by the individual members of the community. (Yes, there IS a difference.)
Yea, but supposedly it's a government of, by, and for the People, so theoretically they're the same thing here in 'Merica.
Theoretically.
...except that this small town is in Canada, not the US of A.
What, you mean we haven't annexed that territory yet? Shit, no wonder maple syrup is still so damn expensive...
Is it? I can't tell if it's owned by the government or owned by the individual members of the community. (Yes, there IS a difference.)
Yea, but supposedly it's a government of, by, and for the People, so theoretically they're the same thing here in 'Merica.
Theoretically.
You do realize that it my stance, right?
What your stance? Mongo not understand poorly formatted sentence structure.
Lol, sorry, can't help but bust your balls.
Read what AC said.
Did - your response doesn't seem to have anything to do with their comment. Are you sure you didn't mean the parent (DKlineburg's) post? Or can you expound a bit and give some context?
Isn't attacking the government with guns protected by the constitution ?
Or is it only the brandishing and talking about that is protected ?
Attacking? No.
Defending ourselves from? Abso-fucking-lutely. Nice try with the spin, though.
It's probably a twofer.
The town of Deer Trail will give you $100
The USA Federal Government will give you an all-expenses paid vacation to the water treatment facilities at Guantanomo Bay.
Do you honestly believe the personality types that would open fire on a government drone would willingly submit themselves for detention in an illegal government torture facility? Or that the feds would be able to 'disappear' people in a town that is 100% hostile to their presence (i.e., without compliance from local law enforcement)?
To some folks, the phrase "give me Liberty, or give me Death" is more than just words they're forced to hear in history class.
And that's a good thing, despite all the hand-wringing and attempts at demonization.
wrt to Colorado; tired of being governed by coastal state refugees a set of rural counties in Northern Colorado are pursuing statehood.
No, a few people in those rural counties are pursuing it. And they're fucking nuts if they think anything will come of it, because guess where all the water for their crops comes from?
The aquifer, just like everybody else.