But what Creationists believe is that God did the 7 days and he rested bit...then the Adam and Eve bit (so we can get "original sin" in there right off the bat) and that the Earth is really only 10,000 years old.
If they wish to believe this, that is their choice. As is the choice of the people that say the Earth is flat, and that we didn't really go to the Moon. These people are totally and completely free to believe this, to talk about it and to argue about it. Free speech and all that. I bow to them. I respect them. They're standing up for what they believe and that's fine.
But when they start putting this non-sense in my sons school books, then we've got a problem. They argue that children should be getting both sides so they can choose which to believe. Well, this is about science, not beliefs.
Then the Creationists, if they succeed in gaining a foothold into school science books shouldn't have a problem with other Creation theories. Like the Hindu and Buddists views on creation. Right? They shouldn't have a problem with that...right? What about Native American folklore? They should throw that all in the science books also...so that the children can decide for themselves which is right. But no, sorry...it's only the Judeo/Christian creation their only interested in.
...what he wants is to be in the spotlight. Deny him the pleasure of seeing his name all over the net.
It amazes me that when people want someone or something to go away, they put a spot-light on it and almost guarantee it won't go away...much like religious fanatics condemning a movie or TV show, they're basically making more people want to watch.
Some things should be ignored and left to decay. Unless a REAL lawsuit is issued forth from these lawyers he draws as like a weapon.
and recycled paper is really a scam...do you realize the polution that recycling paper causes from just getting the ink off the paper...the sludge it creates?
Actually, recycling itself is a scam...except for aluminum cans. It's actually cheaper and more cost effective to get aluminum from recycling than it is from hauling it out of mother Earth.
Look at the average DVD, it's what...about 20 bucks give or take a few bucks plus or minus. OK, some are 30 bucks but most are around the 20-24 dollar point.
Ok...let's take an average hollywood movie that cost today around 50 million give or take to produce. Some cost upwards to 100 million. And that's just from producing the movie itself, not including the marketing for it. Yet the DVD, where they make a ton of cash from, costs only 20 bucks when it hits the stores. 20 bucks.
The RIAA claim that the CD's cost so much because they spend so much on the artists, the promotion, the artwork etc etc so the price point is 17 bucks for a CD with 72 minute of music. Now I KNOW a music CD doesn't cost 50 million dollars to produce and market. No way NEAR that amount.
This is just blatent money-grubbing bastardship in it's prime. I how can they possibly defend themselves with this?
Actually, they do tell the truth without any lies. It's the paper of record.
Are you refering to the reporter that was making up human interest stories? As I recall, the NYT jumped ALL over this and THEY were the ones that found out, they were totally upfront and open about it and do you honestly think they are going to let this happen again? I mean really. Take off your tin-foil hat please. They're not out to get you.
The NYT is called everything by everyone. They're called liberal by you, yet the liberals call it too conservative. Which one is it?
Also, what "liberal news sources" do they "only" quote? The AP? UPI? Reuters? Where do you get YOUR news from? Fox? Lol
Over at the CSMonitor they have a nice page that has links to different sites like The Times of London and the New York Times and their takes on this story.
we don't know that...could be the attorney was fishing for this kind of thing. You never know.
But come on...a 149 device that went belly up after a year? You buy a new one. Now, if it was like 500 or 1000 you have a case, but this?!?! This is nonsense.
I'm a history fanantic. I crave it. I ooze it. So I do understand that wars in the past were a needed and justified evil to move forward. Many wars did move the timeline backwards, but over the long course of time, they've generally been an means to an end.
But that's the past. I try to think that we live it somewhat enlightened times, (a nativity that I'm sure future historians would laugh at) in which war and military action are the absolute last resort. But this war in Iraq was not a last resort. We have proof now that Bush was talking about invading on his SECOND DAY in office.
Time would have taken out Saddam...just as Castro's time is almost up. Time is not a luxury we can afford though in this very costly war. Costly not only in terms of real cash while we're in the middle of the worse deficit in our history...but costly in terms of military strength.
Think about this and see if you feel safer now: with a major chunk of our military over in Iraq...with our reserves and National Guard units being called up to go...what would happen if a REAL crisis were to break out somewhere in the world? What if North Korea were to cross the 48th parallel and invade South Korea? What if China decided to show that Taiwan really belonged under there thumb? Would we be in a position to do anything? Would our allies come to our aid after we've bullied them with the Iraqi war? I don't know.
Really, I can't see the guy actually filing this...I'm sure it was his attorney that got ahold of him and saw "class action" written all over it and is just using this poor slob as a springboard.
Class action lawsuits are for attorneys, not clients.
Ah, you mean by the long term Saddam would have finished all those WMD's he was making. The vast piles of which we found and...oh, wait a moment.
If your guess is that history will prove that the war was worth it, what does that mean to the people that died in it for no reason? Let's say for a moment that the 100,000 civilian number is BS. Ok, I tend to agree with that based on how they conducted the research. Let's cut the number down to just 3 people. 3 Iraqi civilians. A man, a woman and a child.
They're dead now. They had nothing to do with the war, they had nothing to do with Saddam nor his Republican Guard...yet a bomb from the US that invaded their country killed them. Was the war worth it for them? Ok, cheap shot...war is never worth anything for the dead, that's a given. But how long in the future will "history" prove that it was worth it? Was the war in Vietnam worth it? We lost that one...and the one we're in now isn't going so good yet. Iraq is in a state of fiasco at the moment. Anything can happen there and it points toward civil war...what with the Sunni stating they're not going to participate in the elections, which throws a good 1/3'rd of the population into the "we don't recognize the new government" catagory....you have over 500,000 Republican Guard soldiers now unemployed and mixing in with the population...you have the general citizens hating us now.
All this for what? WHAT? So tell me, WHAT will history say about all this and how long will that take? 100 years? 1000 years?
Is there anyone around today from the Roman empire that can say "see, told ya so".
How many of those 100,000 civilians were involved in attempts to attack American troops? How about the hundreds of thousands of people who are now free from tyranny in Iraq under Sadam's regime?
Interesting...so we were there to help.
Ah, so if another country...say China for instance...were to send troops to America to "help" us we would just lay down our arms, and welcome them with open arms? I mean, they're just trying to help right?
And if by "free from tyranny" you mean "all out civil war" then yeah, that's really something!
Over how long a period? This 100,000 number, if true, was only over a year and a half.
But what do numbers mean? We didn't go to war with Iraq because Saddam was killing his own people...hell, we're kinda cool with that really. Look at Stalin, Cambodia, North Korea....the only thing really thrown at them was harsh language and "you guys cut it out"...but we didn't do anything with the millions...yes, the number with the 7 digits in it...of people murdered. Even up to 1979 in the killing fields of Cambodia under Pol Pot. So please, Saddam is an amatuer when it comes to killing his own people.
With those 100,000 dead....200,000 if you include Falluja according to the article, don't you sleep better at night here in the US, knowing that we're safer now?
Bush says it's a success in Iraq! We got rid of the dictator...so the Iraqi people should just bow down to us and totally accept democracy and throw roses and chocolates to our soldiers who are helping to make their country safe!
So if by "success" Bush means "total fucking fiasco" then yes...it was a success.
then the/ignore command must have just been placed in because when I tried it yesterday it was 'unknown'. But then again, I did submit a/bug report on that. And Arenanet being who they are and with experience in such matters, I'm sure they knew they left out that part. But due to the nature of the game itself, it's easy to update on their end. Which is nice.
It's been what, 2 years since they announced it? I'm really looking forward to it. But I certainly haven't built up my expectations for this, having been let down too many times (can you say SWG?)
WoW, HL2 and LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth are the big 3 I'm waiting for. But here this past week, while I heard of Guild Wars, I never really looked into it.
After the first couple of minutes of "oh wow, pretty" wore off, I learned that it was a kind of boring game while I was playing the World Wide Event that's going on now. I'm talking...snoozer.
But that's a game in progress, so perhaps it will get better and better over time, but it's mainly a haven for Diablo regects at the moment. They REALLY need an/ignore command in that game.
...but when I went to read the article at Linuxworld , the formating of the web page was all over the map.
Now, I'm using Firefox...which I would think Linuxworld...being to promote Linux and such...would be formated in a way that Firefox/Mozilla wouldn't have a tough time reading. Yet, when I open the page in Internet Explorer, everything is fine.
Why is this? What's really going on over at Linuxworld? Is everything over there put together on Linux/Apache and other open source apps?
You mean there's more than that nice set of eyes to her? Oh man, I must never have noticed that before!
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Here is the reasoning behind the US being so low on the chart...according to the article:
"Violations of the privacy of sources, persistent problems in granting press visas and the arrest of several journalists during anti-Bush demonstrations kept the United States (22nd) away from the top of the list."
What you really wanted was for one of us liberal "First Amendment" ACLU-types to get offended by your flamebait post and respond in insulting, hostile and/or crass terms, proving your moral superiority. I'm not going to give you the satisfaction.
Then you go ahead and DO respond as a "First Amendment" ACLU-type! Don't you see the irony in that?
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You're thinking logically...stop it.
But what Creationists believe is that God did the 7 days and he rested bit...then the Adam and Eve bit (so we can get "original sin" in there right off the bat) and that the Earth is really only 10,000 years old.
If they wish to believe this, that is their choice. As is the choice of the people that say the Earth is flat, and that we didn't really go to the Moon. These people are totally and completely free to believe this, to talk about it and to argue about it. Free speech and all that. I bow to them. I respect them. They're standing up for what they believe and that's fine.
But when they start putting this non-sense in my sons school books, then we've got a problem. They argue that children should be getting both sides so they can choose which to believe. Well, this is about science, not beliefs.
Then the Creationists, if they succeed in gaining a foothold into school science books shouldn't have a problem with other Creation theories. Like the Hindu and Buddists views on creation. Right? They shouldn't have a problem with that...right? What about Native American folklore? They should throw that all in the science books also...so that the children can decide for themselves which is right. But no, sorry...it's only the Judeo/Christian creation their only interested in.
Pot...meet kettle.
...what he wants is to be in the spotlight. Deny him the pleasure of seeing his name all over the net.
It amazes me that when people want someone or something to go away, they put a spot-light on it and almost guarantee it won't go away...much like religious fanatics condemning a movie or TV show, they're basically making more people want to watch.
Some things should be ignored and left to decay. Unless a REAL lawsuit is issued forth from these lawyers he draws as like a weapon.
Ok...another thing I never thought of.
And sorry, never saw anything on Slashdot about this, even though as you say it's been talked about a "million times".
John Wayne - American (on his medal of freedom)
and of course:
"Rooster Cogburn : I aim to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. What'll it be?
Ned Pepper : I call that bold talk for a one eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn : Fill your hands, you son of a bitch."
and:
Rooster Cogburn : You can't serve papers on a rat, baby sister. You gotta shoot him or let him be.
and recycled paper is really a scam...do you realize the polution that recycling paper causes from just getting the ink off the paper...the sludge it creates?
Actually, recycling itself is a scam...except for aluminum cans. It's actually cheaper and more cost effective to get aluminum from recycling than it is from hauling it out of mother Earth.
Look at the average DVD, it's what...about 20 bucks give or take a few bucks plus or minus. OK, some are 30 bucks but most are around the 20-24 dollar point.
Ok...let's take an average hollywood movie that cost today around 50 million give or take to produce. Some cost upwards to 100 million. And that's just from producing the movie itself, not including the marketing for it. Yet the DVD, where they make a ton of cash from, costs only 20 bucks when it hits the stores. 20 bucks.
The RIAA claim that the CD's cost so much because they spend so much on the artists, the promotion, the artwork etc etc so the price point is 17 bucks for a CD with 72 minute of music. Now I KNOW a music CD doesn't cost 50 million dollars to produce and market. No way NEAR that amount.
This is just blatent money-grubbing bastardship in it's prime. I how can they possibly defend themselves with this?
Actually, they do tell the truth without any lies. It's the paper of record.
Are you refering to the reporter that was making up human interest stories? As I recall, the NYT jumped ALL over this and THEY were the ones that found out, they were totally upfront and open about it and do you honestly think they are going to let this happen again? I mean really. Take off your tin-foil hat please. They're not out to get you.
The NYT is called everything by everyone. They're called liberal by you, yet the liberals call it too conservative. Which one is it?
Also, what "liberal news sources" do they "only" quote? The AP? UPI? Reuters? Where do you get YOUR news from? Fox? Lol
Come on, I don't have time for this garbage.
Over at the CSMonitor they have a nice page that has links to different sites like The Times of London and the New York Times and their takes on this story.
Find the coverage here.
we don't know that...could be the attorney was fishing for this kind of thing. You never know.
But come on...a 149 device that went belly up after a year? You buy a new one. Now, if it was like 500 or 1000 you have a case, but this?!?! This is nonsense.
Come on.
I'm a history fanantic. I crave it. I ooze it. So I do understand that wars in the past were a needed and justified evil to move forward. Many wars did move the timeline backwards, but over the long course of time, they've generally been an means to an end.
But that's the past. I try to think that we live it somewhat enlightened times, (a nativity that I'm sure future historians would laugh at) in which war and military action are the absolute last resort. But this war in Iraq was not a last resort. We have proof now that Bush was talking about invading on his SECOND DAY in office.
Time would have taken out Saddam...just as Castro's time is almost up. Time is not a luxury we can afford though in this very costly war. Costly not only in terms of real cash while we're in the middle of the worse deficit in our history...but costly in terms of military strength.
Think about this and see if you feel safer now: with a major chunk of our military over in Iraq...with our reserves and National Guard units being called up to go...what would happen if a REAL crisis were to break out somewhere in the world? What if North Korea were to cross the 48th parallel and invade South Korea? What if China decided to show that Taiwan really belonged under there thumb? Would we be in a position to do anything? Would our allies come to our aid after we've bullied them with the Iraqi war? I don't know.
But in the end, I hope my fears are unfounded.
Really, I can't see the guy actually filing this...I'm sure it was his attorney that got ahold of him and saw "class action" written all over it and is just using this poor slob as a springboard.
Class action lawsuits are for attorneys, not clients.
Ah, you mean by the long term Saddam would have finished all those WMD's he was making. The vast piles of which we found and...oh, wait a moment.
If your guess is that history will prove that the war was worth it, what does that mean to the people that died in it for no reason? Let's say for a moment that the 100,000 civilian number is BS. Ok, I tend to agree with that based on how they conducted the research. Let's cut the number down to just 3 people. 3 Iraqi civilians. A man, a woman and a child.
They're dead now. They had nothing to do with the war, they had nothing to do with Saddam nor his Republican Guard...yet a bomb from the US that invaded their country killed them. Was the war worth it for them? Ok, cheap shot...war is never worth anything for the dead, that's a given. But how long in the future will "history" prove that it was worth it? Was the war in Vietnam worth it? We lost that one...and the one we're in now isn't going so good yet. Iraq is in a state of fiasco at the moment. Anything can happen there and it points toward civil war...what with the Sunni stating they're not going to participate in the elections, which throws a good 1/3'rd of the population into the "we don't recognize the new government" catagory....you have over 500,000 Republican Guard soldiers now unemployed and mixing in with the population...you have the general citizens hating us now.
All this for what? WHAT? So tell me, WHAT will history say about all this and how long will that take? 100 years? 1000 years?
Is there anyone around today from the Roman empire that can say "see, told ya so".
How many of those 100,000 civilians were involved in attempts to attack American troops? How about the hundreds of thousands of people who are now free from tyranny in Iraq under Sadam's regime?
Interesting...so we were there to help.
Ah, so if another country...say China for instance...were to send troops to America to "help" us we would just lay down our arms, and welcome them with open arms? I mean, they're just trying to help right?
And if by "free from tyranny" you mean "all out civil war" then yeah, that's really something!
Over how long a period? This 100,000 number, if true, was only over a year and a half.
But what do numbers mean? We didn't go to war with Iraq because Saddam was killing his own people...hell, we're kinda cool with that really. Look at Stalin, Cambodia, North Korea....the only thing really thrown at them was harsh language and "you guys cut it out"...but we didn't do anything with the millions...yes, the number with the 7 digits in it...of people murdered. Even up to 1979 in the killing fields of Cambodia under Pol Pot. So please, Saddam is an amatuer when it comes to killing his own people.
With those 100,000 dead....200,000 if you include Falluja according to the article, don't you sleep better at night here in the US, knowing that we're safer now?
Bush says it's a success in Iraq! We got rid of the dictator...so the Iraqi people should just bow down to us and totally accept democracy and throw roses and chocolates to our soldiers who are helping to make their country safe!
So if by "success" Bush means "total fucking fiasco" then yes...it was a success.
then the /ignore command must have just been placed in because when I tried it yesterday it was 'unknown'. But then again, I did submit a /bug report on that. And Arenanet being who they are and with experience in such matters, I'm sure they knew they left out that part. But due to the nature of the game itself, it's easy to update on their end. Which is nice.
It's been what, 2 years since they announced it? I'm really looking forward to it. But I certainly haven't built up my expectations for this, having been let down too many times (can you say SWG?)
/ignore command in that game.
WoW, HL2 and LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth are the big 3 I'm waiting for. But here this past week, while I heard of Guild Wars, I never really looked into it.
After the first couple of minutes of "oh wow, pretty" wore off, I learned that it was a kind of boring game while I was playing the World Wide Event that's going on now. I'm talking...snoozer.
But that's a game in progress, so perhaps it will get better and better over time, but it's mainly a haven for Diablo regects at the moment. They REALLY need an
Um...no...I was applying the word "irony" to the actual meaning of the word, "irony" in the context that his post was ironic.
And it wasn't a bummer...
Also, why did I put "also" at the start and end of that first sentence also?
Also the recent movie Primer was made for about $7000 also.
Why is 7000 the magic number though? Interesting...
...but when I went to read the article at Linuxworld , the formating of the web page was all over the map.
Now, I'm using Firefox...which I would think Linuxworld...being to promote Linux and such...would be formated in a way that Firefox/Mozilla wouldn't have a tough time reading. Yet, when I open the page in Internet Explorer, everything is fine.
Why is this? What's really going on over at Linuxworld? Is everything over there put together on Linux/Apache and other open source apps?
Just find it interesting...
You mean there's more than that nice set of eyes to her? Oh man, I must never have noticed that before!
Here is the reasoning behind the US being so low on the chart...according to the article:
"Violations of the privacy of sources, persistent problems in granting press visas and the arrest of several journalists during anti-Bush demonstrations kept the United States (22nd) away from the top of the list."
Christy Canyon does have a nice set of eyes though.
Lol, this is even funnier than the parent!
What you really wanted was for one of us liberal "First Amendment" ACLU-types to get offended by your flamebait post and respond in insulting, hostile and/or crass terms, proving your moral superiority. I'm not going to give you the satisfaction.
Then you go ahead and DO respond as a "First Amendment" ACLU-type! Don't you see the irony in that?
Irony, the most sublime of the humors.