He didn't quit! Can't you people read?
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Has Ron Paul Quit?
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With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter. What part of "fight on in every primary and caucus remaining and at the convention" did you people parse as "I quit"?
The "fight on" or the "every primary and caucus and at the convention" part?
I'm sure the religious right of the U.S. wouldn't mind seeing homosexuality being a crime punishable by law. What do you mean by "would"??? http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/usa.htm
Just because something has been currently corrupted & abused, doesn't mean in it's original form it wasn't useful. Subjugating the masses was indeed useful at one time.
for a current large organized religion, as practiced, islam is by far the most brutal. That's because Islam is practiced in retarded societies. Christianity was just as brutal when its parent society was at their level of development, so was judaism.
It isn't the flavor of religion that makes the difference, it's the evolution of the society around it.
Who is Zarathustra? Nietzsche's fictional Character? I also didn't say all men, just "Almost without fail." Also, regarding Hippocrates, it's a bit odd to to select people from before ~0 A.D. About Ghandi, from what I've read I understand he did a lot of good, but I'll also mention, he was very religious. 1- You are ignorant, look it up. 2- "Almost without fail", your mother is a whore. See, I used a modifier, so you can't argue the merit of the affirmation! Ta-daa! 3- It isn't, you're the one limiting your sample to christians, not me. 4- He may have been very religious, but wasn't christian at all. I see you've moved the goal post from "christian" to "nondescript religious". Sucks to be you.
You see the difference between murdering filmmakers and trying to change science curriculum as one of...greater sophistication? What a fascinating moral philosophy! Yes. Instead of using a blunt instrument, they use courts and politics. The intent is the same (force their religion onto others), but the methods are more sophisticated in one instance.
Or were you implying that Christians involved with trying to affect science curriculum would murder the science teachers if they thought they could get away with it? Exactly.
Where do people get this stuff? And how are there even two people out there that think it's "insightful"? The news, and because they are aware of the world around them, rather than believing blindly in what their priest/preacher/rabbi/imam/shaman told them to believe.
Almost without fail you'll find the most influential men and women who brought about significant positive cultural change were worshipers of Christ. Zarathustra, Ghandi, Hypocrates, etc.
So, to correct your insufferably biased thought: If you only look at social change in Christendom, you'll find that they were mostly Christian. Whodathunk, huh?
I dare say you couldn't fill a block with violent Christians and any given time. The Inquisition, the crusades, the conquistadors, the witch hunts of new england...
in Islam, the extremists are almost the majority of the members. Your ignorance is boundless.
I, however, take great offense at Islam being likened to Christianity. Lets see, one is the bastard offspring of Judaism, and the other is the bastard offspring of Judaism... no, no, you're right, they are totally unlike each other. No similarity at all.
"listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs, that's what informed our decision to extend the availability of XP initially, and what will continue to guide us" -- a somewhat strange response given that the vast majority of people signing the petition ARE Microsoft customers! Serfdom is the socio-economic status of peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery seen primarily during the Middle Ages in Europe. Serfdom was the enforced labour of serfs on the fields of landowners, in return for protection and the right to work on their leased fields.
Instead of plowing a field, we're moving bits and bytes.
Microsoft listens to the lords and barons, not to the serfs (barring a massive uprising and the occasional symbolic act of obligatory good faith). The topic is "Microsoft petition", the reply is in the form of a metaphor.
Reply "I don't get it" instead of downmoding, sheesh.
Brings a whole new meaning to free software then:P. We who use it are the freemen, our great barons and lords who write our software kind and generous and our system of monarchy, much like Sparta has two great kings, Linus and RMS. Linus is more of a mason than a spartan:)
"listening first and foremost to feedback we hear from partners and customers about what makes sense based on their needs, that's what informed our decision to extend the availability of XP initially, and what will continue to guide us" -- a somewhat strange response given that the vast majority of people signing the petition ARE Microsoft customers! Serfdom is the socio-economic status of peasants under feudalism, and specifically relates to Manorialism. It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery seen primarily during the Middle Ages in Europe. Serfdom was the enforced labour of serfs on the fields of landowners, in return for protection and the right to work on their leased fields.
Instead of plowing a field, we're moving bits and bytes.
Microsoft listens to the lords and barons, not to the serfs (barring a massive uprising and the occasional symbolic act of obligatory good faith).
I think Iran is actually a democratic country so the people there have just as much opportunity to vote their leaders out of power when they don't agree with their actions as the US does.
It's all too obvious that anything the Bush regime says about Iran is entirely motivated by their apparent desire to invade it and is likely to be just as baseless as the things they said about Iraq when they wanted to invade that. No part of that is flamebait. Read the FAQ, people. It's informative, insightful, and partly wrong on some factual geopolitical details, but not on the interpretation.
The Bush administration did lie about Iraq (proven fact, check for yourselves if you didn't know that already), why anyone would believe they wouldn't do the same about Iran escapes me. But if you feel you need to defend your country's honor, don't downmod people pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. Do something constructive instead.
And for the poster above who gives the usual slashdot antiwar rant... of what use is a Maglev is some asshat blows it the hell up? IRAQ HAS NEVER ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9-11
the world has moved on since the 80s. Well, back in the 80s, he was saying it would be a bad idea to invade Iraq. Boy, he sure was wrong! Man, how foolish of him to still believe that!
*sigh*
Stop arguing that his ideas COULD be bad, and listen to those ideas so you can know for real. Can't believe you need to be told something this obvious.
5 in similar area in a short time is hardly "conspiracy theory". It's fact.
The conspiracy theories question WHY the lines were cut, not that they were.
They weren't cut, it was all the same ship's anchor. 5 times. In different seas. Or haven't you heard the official "not a conspiracy" theory of why the lines are down?
Because "cut" sounds so much more menacing and hostile "cut" is the common term used for a disconnected line. Dismissing every "conspiracy" as automatically false is an act of profound stupidity.
First off America is pretty war weary (to put it lightly), I really doubt trying to push another war though is a great political move. Occupy the waters off Iran's shore. Take position in the bordering country to the east. Take position in the bordering country to the left.
What's the next move, now that they are surrounded? That's right: Attempt to replay the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Invading Iran has been on the agenda all along.
I think Iran is actually a democratic country so the people there have just as much opportunity to vote their leaders out of power when they don't agree with their actions as the US does.
Iran is an Islamic Republic, meaning its government is half democratic and half unelected asshats.
Iran WAS a democracy, until the CIA and the British military intelligence organized a coup and replaced their democracy with a subservient monarchy.
The Bush administration has demonstrated time and time again that they want control over the media. It takes an idiot to believe the contrary.
How many more man-whores disguised as journalists will it take for you to accept the truth? I mean a literal male prostitute was employed to lob softball questions at your president, do you really think the white house gives away press passes without background checks?
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The "fight on" or the "every primary and caucus and at the convention" part?
Christianity was just as brutal when its parent society was at their level of development, so was judaism.
It isn't the flavor of religion that makes the difference, it's the evolution of the society around it.
2- "Almost without fail", your mother is a whore. See, I used a modifier, so you can't argue the merit of the affirmation! Ta-daa!
3- It isn't, you're the one limiting your sample to christians, not me.
4- He may have been very religious, but wasn't christian at all. I see you've moved the goal post from "christian" to "nondescript religious". Sucks to be you.
teachers if they thought they could get away with it? Exactly. Where do people get this stuff? And how are there even two people out there that think it's "insightful"? The news, and because they are aware of the world around them, rather than believing blindly in what their priest/preacher/rabbi/imam/shaman told them to believe.
So, to correct your insufferably biased thought: If you only look at social change in Christendom, you'll find that they were mostly Christian. Whodathunk, huh?
Nope, most people are fooled and don't see that at all.
Instead of plowing a field, we're moving bits and bytes.
Microsoft listens to the lords and barons, not to the serfs (barring a massive uprising and the occasional symbolic act of obligatory good faith). The topic is "Microsoft petition", the reply is in the form of a metaphor.
Reply "I don't get it" instead of downmoding, sheesh.
Instead of plowing a field, we're moving bits and bytes.
Microsoft listens to the lords and barons, not to the serfs (barring a massive uprising and the occasional symbolic act of obligatory good faith).
It's all too obvious that anything the Bush regime says about Iran is entirely motivated by their apparent desire to invade it and is likely to be just as baseless as the things they said about Iraq when they wanted to invade that. No part of that is flamebait. Read the FAQ, people.
It's informative, insightful, and partly wrong on some factual geopolitical details, but not on the interpretation.
The Bush administration did lie about Iraq (proven fact, check for yourselves if you didn't know that already), why anyone would believe they wouldn't do the same about Iran escapes me. But if you feel you need to defend your country's honor, don't downmod people pointing out that the emperor has no clothes. Do something constructive instead.
IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9-11
Boy, he sure was wrong! Man, how foolish of him to still believe that!
*sigh*
Stop arguing that his ideas COULD be bad, and listen to those ideas so you can know for real.
Can't believe you need to be told something this obvious.
The conspiracy theories question WHY the lines were cut, not that they were.
They weren't cut, it was all the same ship's anchor. 5 times. In different seas.Or haven't you heard the official "not a conspiracy" theory of why the lines are down?
Dismissing every "conspiracy" as automatically false is an act of profound stupidity.
Take position in the bordering country to the east.
Take position in the bordering country to the left.
What's the next move, now that they are surrounded?
That's right: Attempt to replay the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Invading Iran has been on the agenda all along.
Iran is an Islamic Republic, meaning its government is half democratic and half unelected asshats.
Iran WAS a democracy, until the CIA and the British military intelligence organized a coup and replaced their democracy with a subservient monarchy.The Bush administration has demonstrated time and time again that they want control over the media. It takes an idiot to believe the contrary.
How many more man-whores disguised as journalists will it take for you to accept the truth? I mean a literal male prostitute was employed to lob softball questions at your president, do you really think the white house gives away press passes without background checks?