It's important to point out that McCarthy was right - there really were Communists in the State Department. I grew up thinking McCarthyism meant chasing after ghosts. He must have been seeing commies in his Froot Loops at breakfast. Come to find out, he wasn't conducting a witch-hunt: his accusations were accurate.
Let's move forward as a society recognizing facts where they exist and revising history as necessary to correct myths. Particularly long-treasured myths that feed an incorrect narrative. This is very destructive, as we have seen recently. Facts are the only antidote for this sort of demagoguery.
Is that REALLY your argument? Your man isn't as bad as literally Bu$hitler? Seriously? That's what you're falling back to? See, this is why Obama is such a fuckup. He represented hope and change to millions of people. He was going to get into office and run the most transparent administration ever.
He hasn't done so. In fact, it is readily apparent to all observers that he is simply incompetent for the office of President. He can't do the job. He is regularly outfoxed by the likes of third-rate powers such as the Egyptians, the Turks, and the Tea Party. How do you NOT rack up wins against these sorts of opponents? The President that he should be compared against is not literally Bu$hitler, but the modern standard for failure: Jimmy Carter.
The only ways to reduce the BS would be mass-murder of roughly 10 million of the voters from one side or the other, or centralize power more
I love how the Left has come to the conclusion that mass murder and dictatorship is necessary to get what they want, just like the Nazis (no Godwin). Now that the conclusion's there, all that's lacking now is the will, eh? Frightening beyond all belief. How has it come to this?
Oh, you right-wing nutbags will stoop to any excuse to criticize Obama. He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and he won't stop starting wars. Do you even realize how insane you sound to the rest of the world? Obama is a good man, he's in a very difficult situation and nutbags like you need to stop criticizing him. Seriously, fuck you.
Because understanding the difference between what get said inside the echo chamber that is [Belgium / Zaire / China], and what gets said outside of [Belgium / Zaire / China] might actually help you understand that [Belgians / Zairians / Chinese] only see the world through their own lens. And they're frequently clueless as a result.
You sure you're as worldly as you think you are? It's really ignorant to assume that the whole world thinks like you do.
Uh, hello genius, capitalistic enterprises can't hire people with no skills. You know how many welfare recipients can't even show up to work on time?
I also can't help but notice the problems were all on the school's side...alternative communication methods could have been used, but darn it it's just too hard! (for us)
We must eradicate capitalism and the free market! Forward to equalism! When everyone's income will be considered decent by a Pakistani bricklayer.
How are we still giving this right-wing extremist good publicity? Is it because he had a few good books 70 years ago? Seriously...look at what he actually said! It's all like this:
"The society that values the artist over the plumber merely because art is more noble, has neither good art nor good plumbing."
The idea that one can compare artists and manual laborers in the same sentence is ridiculous. Don't believe me? Want to hit that -1 moderation button? Go ask the same question in any artists' colony. Anyone can learn plumbing, it isn't even an art, it is a trade. Ideas like Heinleins' are simply outdated.
Oh, very well-informed. There really were Communists in the State Department, and they really did mean to use their position to overthrow the US government. Look up the archives of the Soviet Union, it's all there. They were taking orders from Moscow. For real.
I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit. In 1998-99, there were definitely a plethora of insightful posts contributed by smart people. There weren't even user-ids. Everyone just rejoiced that there was this cool science-based weblog out there. Then, it started getting popular, and what do you know, suddenly every single thread had some idiot claiming "First Post!" (which was a driver for the moderation system BTW). Huh...this is right about the time you joined...maybe you were part of the problem?
So this is what Slashdot might have been when you joined but it was not always ever thus. Stop lying. No, seriously, stop telling people that your way is always right. It's not, and you need to stop saying it.
How can this be? I was just informed on Slashdot, today, that government is the best system not only for weather forecasting, but for everything. Please tell me this is not true, and restore my faith in the U.S. federal government. I don't want to start questioning things...I don't know where that might end up, and that scares me.
Bones is an American crime comedy-drama television series that premiered on Fox in the United States on September 13, 2005.
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and go out on a limb and call bullshit on you. The prototype of the ignorant scientist predates 2005. In fact, it predates 1905. Look at the doctors of 1801-1901. There were people - fully steeped in the scientific method - who went around murdering adults because they were convinced, absolutely convinced (as you are) that their way was right. Anyone who doesn't listen must be religious, or ignorant, or just plain stupid. Doctors went around visiting patients after dissecting cadavers (illegally obtained from grave-robbers BTW) and then stuck their hands into women's vaginas (without washing obviously...washing hands was unscientific) and then openly wondered why so many women died in childbirth.
Scientists are the opposite of creatives. Creative people have new ideas, subvert normality, and generally piss people off. Scientists can do nothing but work from what came before. They are inherently conservatives. You don't believe me - I know it. Try this - take your precious "scientific minds" to a party of creatives and watch how fast they are torn apart. They'll be ejected from the party by popular consent by the second hour. Sorry for your kind, you just don't mix with creatives.
You obviously have had little contact with left-wing thought. You religious people are nothing more than monsters. You yourself don't believe, otherwise you would have capitalized God (you right-wing nutbags are remarkably consistent about such weird thingees). Moreover you Christians drink wine in church, how can you say you're not allowed to go to bars? Those are Muslims - you know, your enemy. Go kill 'em, rah rah rah!
Have you considered what you're lacking is culture? What's the ratio between churches and museums? Not good, I'll bet!
You live in flyover country. It's an intolerant place where people hate other people because they don't look like them. Let me guess - you're white. That's why you feel comfortable in this hostile environment. Why don't you ask your kid's Chinese teacher what she feels like, enduring constant sexual harassment and racism in your town?
Oh, you won't be doing that, because it will shatter your ridiculous right-wing political views. Face it, your kind is going down. Another 20 years of immigration in Americaland and your kind will be in the minority, and you CAN'T FREAKING STAND the fact. Music to the world's ears.
The Right has been anti-federal government for ages. The problem is, as soon as they start talking, they get shouted down by a Left that states that any opposition to the government is racism. It's all part of the "we have always been friends with Eurasia" philosophy of the Left that Orwell parodied in 1984.
LOL. The space programs weren't "much more than dick-waving". They were capitalism vs. communism, writ large for the whole world to see. Had the communists won the space race, it would have been proof positive that their way was better, socialism was inevitable, we'd better all change to their ways, etc. etc. etc. But the bad guys won so we shit on their accomplishment and great victory in the war of ideas.
the guy who fantasizes about a woman he has a crush on without taking action.
Yeah, you realize in the real world we call these men "creepy" and call the police on them, or fabricate false rape charges should one ever make a move? Because they disgust us.
Yes, because slavishly following Europeans makes for SUCH a good country. Look how well it's worked elsewhere!
Seriously, if you have such a gigantic hard-on for Euros, I suggest you move there. Six months of residence should convince you that perhaps they aren't right about everything. And if it does? Just stay there and spare the rest of us your whining. You'll be happier among your own kind.
Now you know what it's like for the rest of us to read pages full of left wing jargon. Sucks, doesn't it? Can't take a dose of your own medicine. So, so typical.
Of course, we know now that McCarthy did not engage in "witch hunts" at all. There really were communists in the State Department, and they really did mean to use their position to overthrow the government. Sorry to have to make you re-write your history like that, but inconvenient facts must be accepted. Or is that one of those nitpicky rules for the little people that never applies to ourselves?
I love how you totally ignored the content of the article (and the author's rank ignorance...how are "education, healthcare, and other social goods into the home through immersive, innovative applications" going to be delivered...what the hell are they, even? What is this healthcare application that requires fiber otherwise it won't work?
Instead, it seems this was just another platform for a left-wing narrative to air itself out. America is bad, spreading despair, murdering hope, and hoping for the worst. How about some on-topic conversation? About these social goods that require fiber?
Nope, it was the CDC throwing the nurse under the bus. They didn't want to look incompetent, so they blamed the victim. Shocking and disgusting, but then again what do we in 2014 expect from our government? Competency?
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It's important to point out that McCarthy was right - there really were Communists in the State Department. I grew up thinking McCarthyism meant chasing after ghosts. He must have been seeing commies in his Froot Loops at breakfast. Come to find out, he wasn't conducting a witch-hunt: his accusations were accurate.
Let's move forward as a society recognizing facts where they exist and revising history as necessary to correct myths. Particularly long-treasured myths that feed an incorrect narrative. This is very destructive, as we have seen recently. Facts are the only antidote for this sort of demagoguery.
Is that REALLY your argument? Your man isn't as bad as literally Bu$hitler? Seriously? That's what you're falling back to? See, this is why Obama is such a fuckup. He represented hope and change to millions of people. He was going to get into office and run the most transparent administration ever.
He hasn't done so. In fact, it is readily apparent to all observers that he is simply incompetent for the office of President. He can't do the job. He is regularly outfoxed by the likes of third-rate powers such as the Egyptians, the Turks, and the Tea Party. How do you NOT rack up wins against these sorts of opponents? The President that he should be compared against is not literally Bu$hitler, but the modern standard for failure: Jimmy Carter.
The only ways to reduce the BS would be mass-murder of roughly 10 million of the voters from one side or the other, or centralize power more
I love how the Left has come to the conclusion that mass murder and dictatorship is necessary to get what they want, just like the Nazis (no Godwin). Now that the conclusion's there, all that's lacking now is the will, eh? Frightening beyond all belief. How has it come to this?
China is currently engaged in banning small engines from cities due to the fact that they're massive polluters.
China does not observe daylight savings time. Its stupid because it gets light at 430 in the morning in the summer, and the Sun is down by 730.
Oh, you right-wing nutbags will stoop to any excuse to criticize Obama. He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and he won't stop starting wars. Do you even realize how insane you sound to the rest of the world? Obama is a good man, he's in a very difficult situation and nutbags like you need to stop criticizing him. Seriously, fuck you.
Because understanding the difference between what get said inside the echo chamber that is [Belgium / Zaire / China], and what gets said outside of [Belgium / Zaire / China] might actually help you understand that [Belgians / Zairians / Chinese] only see the world through their own lens. And they're frequently clueless as a result.
You sure you're as worldly as you think you are? It's really ignorant to assume that the whole world thinks like you do.
Uh, hello genius, capitalistic enterprises can't hire people with no skills. You know how many welfare recipients can't even show up to work on time?
I also can't help but notice the problems were all on the school's side...alternative communication methods could have been used, but darn it it's just too hard! (for us)
We must eradicate capitalism and the free market! Forward to equalism! When everyone's income will be considered decent by a Pakistani bricklayer.
The idea that one can compare artists and manual laborers in the same sentence is ridiculous. Don't believe me? Want to hit that -1 moderation button? Go ask the same question in any artists' colony. Anyone can learn plumbing, it isn't even an art, it is a trade. Ideas like Heinleins' are simply outdated.
Oh, very well-informed. There really were Communists in the State Department, and they really did mean to use their position to overthrow the US government. Look up the archives of the Soviet Union, it's all there. They were taking orders from Moscow. For real.
So this is what Slashdot might have been when you joined but it was not always ever thus. Stop lying. No, seriously, stop telling people that your way is always right. It's not, and you need to stop saying it.
How can this be? I was just informed on Slashdot, today, that government is the best system not only for weather forecasting, but for everything. Please tell me this is not true, and restore my faith in the U.S. federal government. I don't want to start questioning things...I don't know where that might end up, and that scares me.
Bones is an American crime comedy-drama television series that premiered on Fox in the United States on September 13, 2005.
Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and go out on a limb and call bullshit on you. The prototype of the ignorant scientist predates 2005. In fact, it predates 1905. Look at the doctors of 1801-1901. There were people - fully steeped in the scientific method - who went around murdering adults because they were convinced, absolutely convinced (as you are) that their way was right. Anyone who doesn't listen must be religious, or ignorant, or just plain stupid. Doctors went around visiting patients after dissecting cadavers (illegally obtained from grave-robbers BTW) and then stuck their hands into women's vaginas (without washing obviously...washing hands was unscientific) and then openly wondered why so many women died in childbirth.
Scientists are the opposite of creatives. Creative people have new ideas, subvert normality, and generally piss people off. Scientists can do nothing but work from what came before. They are inherently conservatives. You don't believe me - I know it. Try this - take your precious "scientific minds" to a party of creatives and watch how fast they are torn apart. They'll be ejected from the party by popular consent by the second hour. Sorry for your kind, you just don't mix with creatives.
You obviously have had little contact with left-wing thought. You religious people are nothing more than monsters. You yourself don't believe, otherwise you would have capitalized God (you right-wing nutbags are remarkably consistent about such weird thingees). Moreover you Christians drink wine in church, how can you say you're not allowed to go to bars? Those are Muslims - you know, your enemy. Go kill 'em, rah rah rah!
Have you considered what you're lacking is culture? What's the ratio between churches and museums? Not good, I'll bet!
You live in flyover country. It's an intolerant place where people hate other people because they don't look like them. Let me guess - you're white. That's why you feel comfortable in this hostile environment. Why don't you ask your kid's Chinese teacher what she feels like, enduring constant sexual harassment and racism in your town?
Oh, you won't be doing that, because it will shatter your ridiculous right-wing political views. Face it, your kind is going down. Another 20 years of immigration in Americaland and your kind will be in the minority, and you CAN'T FREAKING STAND the fact. Music to the world's ears.
Really? Really? Slashdot uses metric units, and THIS is how you reply? With mockery? (not that you have any other way to respond)
The Right has been anti-federal government for ages. The problem is, as soon as they start talking, they get shouted down by a Left that states that any opposition to the government is racism. It's all part of the "we have always been friends with Eurasia" philosophy of the Left that Orwell parodied in 1984.
LOL. The space programs weren't "much more than dick-waving". They were capitalism vs. communism, writ large for the whole world to see. Had the communists won the space race, it would have been proof positive that their way was better, socialism was inevitable, we'd better all change to their ways, etc. etc. etc. But the bad guys won so we shit on their accomplishment and great victory in the war of ideas.
the guy who fantasizes about a woman he has a crush on without taking action.
Yeah, you realize in the real world we call these men "creepy" and call the police on them, or fabricate false rape charges should one ever make a move? Because they disgust us.
Seriously, if you have such a gigantic hard-on for Euros, I suggest you move there. Six months of residence should convince you that perhaps they aren't right about everything. And if it does? Just stay there and spare the rest of us your whining. You'll be happier among your own kind.
Now you know what it's like for the rest of us to read pages full of left wing jargon. Sucks, doesn't it? Can't take a dose of your own medicine. So, so typical.
Where did this off-topic verbal diarrhea come from? Who was talking about politicians? The topic here is ebola. WTF?
Of course, we know now that McCarthy did not engage in "witch hunts" at all. There really were communists in the State Department, and they really did mean to use their position to overthrow the government. Sorry to have to make you re-write your history like that, but inconvenient facts must be accepted. Or is that one of those nitpicky rules for the little people that never applies to ourselves?
The mask is starting to come off now, isn't it?
I love how you totally ignored the content of the article (and the author's rank ignorance...how are "education, healthcare, and other social goods into the home through immersive, innovative applications" going to be delivered...what the hell are they, even? What is this healthcare application that requires fiber otherwise it won't work?
Instead, it seems this was just another platform for a left-wing narrative to air itself out. America is bad, spreading despair, murdering hope, and hoping for the worst. How about some on-topic conversation? About these social goods that require fiber?
Nope, it was the CDC throwing the nurse under the bus. They didn't want to look incompetent, so they blamed the victim. Shocking and disgusting, but then again what do we in 2014 expect from our government? Competency?