I would hardly say we 'failed.' We simply didn't agree with this stupid treaty, which is designed only as a wealth transfer device. And, Russia did not sign it because of an abiding desire to do right by the environment; it was blackmail, pure and simple, by the EU. As of 9 months ago, when I was living there, Putin was saying no-way, no-how, because he (rightly) figured it would cost Russia too much money. Guess the balance sheet of what they'll gain in their new EU deal will more than make up for their Kyoto losses.
I still don't get why liberal means pussy, yet conservative doesn't mean poorly educated white trash.
Lets take Condi Rice as an example, and compare to your definition.
Black. Hmmm, nope.
Has a PHD. Hmmm, nope.
Top class lady all the way. Hmmm, doesn't fit either.
So, we have a highly educated, classy black woman, who calls herself a conservative. How, exactly, does your 'poorly educated white trash' definition fit?
It was in an average, suburban house in small-town California. There is a split in America, and it will destroy the nation before it is healed.
In the meantime, might I suggest you pick somewhere - anywhere - and leave? We don't need douchebags here trying to turn the US into 'Little France' while the rest of us do the work that has made this country great.
it just means you're being so stupid that most won't bother with you.
Then point out what I said that was stupid. Or can't you, because it was right on the money, if a little smart-assed in format?
You really should stick to exposing the gaping holes in your actual education, and just forget completely about trying to employ formal logic
Since you haven't the slightest idea of my educational background, I can't really respond to this dig; however, my logic was sound, and you have not responded to it because you can't. Easier to attack me. That's cool. Just makes me realize how lame slashholes can be.
Go back to wiping shit off retarded kids
Hahah, ok, back in the little bus, you little monkey! Snack time!
Are you sure you're a nurse, and not a dental hygienist?
Yep, pretty sure. I hope so anyway, I've been doing it for 10 years.
While genetic disorders suck, inbreeding, as practiced by the Saudis, for example, is not always bad. It has benefits as well as risks, which are only 1 or 2 percent greater for first-cousing mating compared to non-consanguine couples
I can only tell you that you should go read the literature about this statement. You are completely wrong on all counts. I've mentioned earlier that the ACP has 'found' that one incidence of consanguineous birth has only 1-2% greater incidence of genetic defect. The whole point of the post, troll, is that if this occurs for generation after generation, ad nauseum, you end up with genetic defects. That's a fact, hope it doesn't cause you too much stress.
and it is absurd hyperbole to state that it'll never be found elsewhere, no matter what
No, it is fact. There are genetic defects which are limited to certain groups; sickle cell disorder and cystic fibrosis, for example. But these are not confined to these groups. I have taken care of a black child with CF, and a white child with SCD. But there are genetic disorders which are confined to certain groups. In fact, there are genetic disorders in Saudi Arabia (well, the whole of the peninsula) which are confined to specific families/tribes. We knew that if we had an admission with certain disorders/defects, it would be from the al-Otaibi family.
So, basically, everything I said was acurate, and everything you said was bullshit.
Your debating tips notwithstanding, my arguments are valid, and you still have not responded to them, or to Twirlip's good refutation of your bogus statements.
Can't help but notice that you completely ignored the meat of the message in favor of cradling your wounded ego. As far as knowing you aren't crazy, well, aren't crazy people the last to know?
You do know where we inherit our mitochondria, right? For a health care worker, you seem to be pretty ignorant of basic reproductive science.
Uhm, no, re-read the post, trollboy.
Right, because only Iraqis fuck their cousins to that degree. You don't have to actually see the rest of the world to know what it's like, right? You just know. How utterly parochial.
?? You are a jackass. I wrote of something I witnessed; go read the literature. The Arabian Peninsula is well known for the variance of genetic defects which are direct results from consanguinity. I've never worked anywhere before where part of the preprinted admission assessment of a patient was a 'yes/no' checkbox: Are parents cousins?
Try this link; I have met Dr. Nadia Sakati (one of the doctors who described/named this particular syndrome) and attended lectures she has given on the prevelence of genetic metabolic disorders among Arabs directly resulting from consanguineous relationships. And no, I don't have to see the rest of the world - the medical literature speaks for itself. Sorry if that disturbs you, but hey, as a troll, you probably have a little cousin-fucking in your non-nonbranching family tree, so I can see how my very accurate message could wind you up.
Wow. You must have been reading a lot different stuff than most sane people over the course of the past 10 years. How, exactly, were the sanctions working? How were inspections working when the inspectors got kicked out every time they tried to inspect?
Lets just look at it logically, if you are able.
1) Around the time of gulf war uno, Hussein had a WMD program. There was never any dispute of this, it is fact, and it was admitted. Part of his agreement to end the war was that he would dismantle it, and he would allow inspections.
2)He stopped allowing inspections. Do you think that Hussein, a wild madman if there ever was one, would actually think, "Fuck these inspectors up the ass, I want them out of here. Oh, and as soon as you get those guys out, get rid of all these biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs, I'm sick of looking at 'em, and I want to use the money on a new gold bidet."
3)For the past several years, the left and the Muslim Arab world have been bitching about the sanctions. "oooooh, " they'd moan, "look at all the kids dying in Iraq, it's because of those nasty Yanks and their sanctions." What should have been done? Just cowtow to Iraq's refusal to abide by their agreements? Mr. Anan, I didn't know you were a slashdot reader!
Not completely out of the question; Saudi Arabia and indeed the entire peninsula makes West Virginia look tame in the inbreeding department. Marrying your first cousin is highly encouraged there. If you and your cousin have a kid, no problem, according to the American College of Pediatricians. Rinse and repeat a few thousand times, and you have big problems. While working there in a pediatric intensive care unit, I saw problems that resulted from genetic abnormalities directly related to 'consanguinity' (nice word for cousin-fuckin') that I will never see again, no matter where I go in the world. Interesting, but very, very sad.
I can't imagine them selling a single copy. I lived in Moscow for 6 months, and at several market areas near some Metro stations, any software you wanted could be bought. Compilation CD's with 10's of thousands of dollars of software. I also laughed out loud when I read that Jack Vallenti (sp?) had praised Russia for the excellent progress it was making in stopping movie piracy; at the time I read this, I was holding a stack of DVD's in my hand that cost about US $2 each. And these weren't purchased at under the counter, nudge-nudge wink-wink places; these were storefronts whose only business was selling compilation CD's, DVD's, and CD's full of MP3's (ripped at a very respectable bitrate too). Once when I was trying to talk up Linux and BSD to a Russian friend and mentioned the price, he laughed, and said, "David, this is Russia, all software is free here."
Sorry for the long ramble; it just struck me as funny. Kind of like Carrier announcing it was going to start selling small fridges at the South Pole or something.
Nothing you posted had any proof of him being AWOL. You still don't get it - a person can't simply make something up and say it, and then expect people to not only take him seriously, but to expend effort defending against his stupidity. I don't think Kerry ever screwed his neighbor's cat, so don't twist this around, but if I said he did, and then said, "I have friends who saw it, " then later said, "Not one person can say he was not screwing the cat on such and such day," then I sound like a crackpot and Kerry owes me no answers or explanation. Not much else was said about Bush's being AWOL - some people wondered about it, then tried to make it an issue, then tried to get people to come forward to make it an issue - and it all failed. It is a non issue - before and after the forged cBS documents.
Bush wasn't AWOL.
You have shown no proof that he is, when the burden of proof is on you.
Anyone else feel an eerie flashback when Burkett mentions "Ramirez?" I keep hearing James Earl Ray blaming Raoul for killing King. What is it with these crackpots that they have to blame Hispanics for their shit?
No, the burden of proof is on you. All information points to the fact that he did, in fact, complete his duty and get an honorable discharge. You say otherwise. Fine. You must prove this. I can't just say, "Hey, did you ever stop beating your wife?" and then demand that you prove that you have.
You wouldn't suggest, would you, that his teeth were on base but that he was not?
Um... I almost hate to bring this up. I seem to remember from when I was a kid, my grandpa's teeth being in a margarine container on the bathroom sink... and HE WAS IN BED AT THE TIME!!!
I think he's got us on the dental records thing, someone call Rather.
Ain't it a pisser there's no proof. Funny how some people will believe anything bad about a politician they don't like, despite proof, yet won't believe something like, oh, say, the FACT that al Qaeda and Iraqi intelligence folks had meetings before 9/11, or the FACT that Iraq had WMD which they shuffled from spot to spot while inspectors were in the country, and more than likely moved them to Syria during the enormous lead-time before the war. I mean, they did exist (this was proven in GWI), Hussein didn't destroy them, and now they can't be found.. Geee, where could they be?
The worst Democrat is better at jobs and growth than the best Republican
Wow, isn't this the biggest pile of horseshit I've ever seen.
Democrats increase taxes. This decreases purchasing and voluntary productivity. They increase regulations on businesses (so do the Repubs, but the Dem's have it down to an art), which slows business and makes it cost more.
Clinton was fortunate to be at the helm when the internet dot.com boom hit. The economy did well in spite of, not because of, anything Clinton did.
And the worst thing about it is, even though that was proven waaaay back when it came out to be %100 Unadulterated Bullshit (Parve), it remains, proudly, in CBS's history of the VietNam war video library.
Rather is such a dick. I mean, the guy knew - KNEW - these memos were bullshit; and he ran the story, and now is just saying 'Ooops, sorry, we now find we can't verify these.' Not, "We apologize for lying," or anything like that. Why? Because he is a completely partisan ass-hat.
Iraq is hardly a quagmire. Yes, there are Islamofascists killing people there, usually unarmed people as chickenshit dickheads usually do. But quagmire is simply an inaccurate term to use. Soldiers who are there, and Iraqi bloggers, tell a whole different story than you hear on the "news."
But he did fulfil his duty. This is fact. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. He obtained 54 points when only 50 were needed for that year; he did his duty as ordered.
IF YOU CARE SO MUCH, then mod accordingly and quit bitching like a liberal grad student
Still didn't answer my post. Or, rather, confirmed my suspicions of Slashholes moding posts such as the parent (no politics or rudeness in it)down just to be dicks, instead of responding intelligently as to why they disagree with them. I posted an opinion. A well founded one, one you basically confirmed - that of out of control mod'ing. So, how's about this- I'll ignore the rest of this thread, and you can too (or not) and then we'll all have bread and circuses, m'kay?
Which Bush policy is driving the country into the ground? Since the US economy was taking a nosedive before Bush took office, and dove a little harder before even one of his economic incentives went into effect, then really plummetted after 9/11, which maybe could/maybe couldn't have been avoided if Clinton had done a proper job protecting us, then I'm not sure what you're getting at.
But then, you don't either.
Clinton increased our taxes. This gives us less to spend. Bush decreased our taxes. Not only is this right, for it is our money to begin with, not the governments, but it gives us more to spend. As Clinton himself told other nations as advice to encourage development. Not really an adequate argument against that, I'm afraid.
(I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls, but he was so *cute*!)
First, I am not pro-hardOCP. I am just anti-stupid.
Second, I am not pretending it was factual; it was factual. I did read the article, and I presume you have, too. Does it not bother you that the "company" received mail at a Mailboxes, ETC. type place for 8 months, after securing some $25 million in funding? That when they did claim to get an office, someone checked and it was vacant? Dude, all these things SCREAM scam; factor in the fact that the CEO has a history of such shadiness, and it was a vital piece serving the public interest, not a hatchet piece. I'd hope such activities would always be brought to the attention of people who might think of investing or purchasing something like this.
Third, your remark on suing in Texas was hardly a neutral observation, you made your own assumptions, which you have the right to do, but please, don't call it neutral and insult our intelligence. And that remark didn't make sense anyway - Kyle lives in Texas, Infinium had a business presence in Texas - where the hell should Kyle have files suit? Alabama? I'm in Texas, and if I want to sue Cocacola, I'm doing it right here.
You keep calling it a hatchet piece. It was not. As others have posted, and you keep ignoring for whatever lopsided reasons you may have, the first article wasn't that critical. Infinium got nasty, so HardOCP responded. Infinium threatened to sue, so HardOCP sued first to push the issue.
Yes, they sued in texas. And why not? I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Kyle is in Texas; Infinium certainly was at the time the suit was filed.
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I would hardly say we 'failed.' We simply didn't agree with this stupid treaty, which is designed only as a wealth transfer device. And, Russia did not sign it because of an abiding desire to do right by the environment; it was blackmail, pure and simple, by the EU. As of 9 months ago, when I was living there, Putin was saying no-way, no-how, because he (rightly) figured it would cost Russia too much money. Guess the balance sheet of what they'll gain in their new EU deal will more than make up for their Kyoto losses.
Black. Hmmm, nope.
Has a PHD. Hmmm, nope.
Top class lady all the way. Hmmm, doesn't fit either.
So, we have a highly educated, classy black woman, who calls herself a conservative. How, exactly, does your 'poorly educated white trash' definition fit?
So, basically, everything I said was acurate, and everything you said was bullshit.
I rule.
Your debating tips notwithstanding, my arguments are valid, and you still have not responded to them, or to Twirlip's good refutation of your bogus statements.
Can't help but notice that you completely ignored the meat of the message in favor of cradling your wounded ego. As far as knowing you aren't crazy, well, aren't crazy people the last to know?
Try this link; I have met Dr. Nadia Sakati (one of the doctors who described/named this particular syndrome) and attended lectures she has given on the prevelence of genetic metabolic disorders among Arabs directly resulting from consanguineous relationships. And no, I don't have to see the rest of the world - the medical literature speaks for itself. Sorry if that disturbs you, but hey, as a troll, you probably have a little cousin-fucking in your non-nonbranching family tree, so I can see how my very accurate message could wind you up.
Lets just look at it logically, if you are able.
1) Around the time of gulf war uno, Hussein had a WMD program. There was never any dispute of this, it is fact, and it was admitted. Part of his agreement to end the war was that he would dismantle it, and he would allow inspections.
2)He stopped allowing inspections. Do you think that Hussein, a wild madman if there ever was one, would actually think, "Fuck these inspectors up the ass, I want them out of here. Oh, and as soon as you get those guys out, get rid of all these biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs, I'm sick of looking at 'em, and I want to use the money on a new gold bidet."
3)For the past several years, the left and the Muslim Arab world have been bitching about the sanctions. "oooooh, " they'd moan, "look at all the kids dying in Iraq, it's because of those nasty Yanks and their sanctions." What should have been done? Just cowtow to Iraq's refusal to abide by their agreements? Mr. Anan, I didn't know you were a slashdot reader!
Not completely out of the question; Saudi Arabia and indeed the entire peninsula makes West Virginia look tame in the inbreeding department. Marrying your first cousin is highly encouraged there. If you and your cousin have a kid, no problem, according to the American College of Pediatricians. Rinse and repeat a few thousand times, and you have big problems. While working there in a pediatric intensive care unit, I saw problems that resulted from genetic abnormalities directly related to 'consanguinity' (nice word for cousin-fuckin') that I will never see again, no matter where I go in the world. Interesting, but very, very sad.
Sorry for the long ramble; it just struck me as funny. Kind of like Carrier announcing it was going to start selling small fridges at the South Pole or something.
Bush wasn't AWOL.
You have shown no proof that he is, when the burden of proof is on you.
And those are the facts.
Anyone else feel an eerie flashback when Burkett mentions "Ramirez?" I keep hearing James Earl Ray blaming Raoul for killing King. What is it with these crackpots that they have to blame Hispanics for their shit?
No, the burden of proof is on you. All information points to the fact that he did, in fact, complete his duty and get an honorable discharge. You say otherwise. Fine. You must prove this. I can't just say, "Hey, did you ever stop beating your wife?" and then demand that you prove that you have.
I think he's got us on the dental records thing, someone call Rather.
Ain't it a pisser there's no proof. Funny how some people will believe anything bad about a politician they don't like, despite proof, yet won't believe something like, oh, say, the FACT that al Qaeda and Iraqi intelligence folks had meetings before 9/11, or the FACT that Iraq had WMD which they shuffled from spot to spot while inspectors were in the country, and more than likely moved them to Syria during the enormous lead-time before the war. I mean, they did exist (this was proven in GWI), Hussein didn't destroy them, and now they can't be found.. Geee, where could they be?
Democrats increase taxes. This decreases purchasing and voluntary productivity. They increase regulations on businesses (so do the Repubs, but the Dem's have it down to an art), which slows business and makes it cost more.
Clinton was fortunate to be at the helm when the internet dot.com boom hit. The economy did well in spite of, not because of, anything Clinton did.
But, I'm feeding a troll, bad on me.
Rather is such a dick. I mean, the guy knew - KNEW - these memos were bullshit; and he ran the story, and now is just saying 'Ooops, sorry, we now find we can't verify these.' Not, "We apologize for lying," or anything like that. Why? Because he is a completely partisan ass-hat.
Iraq is hardly a quagmire. Yes, there are Islamofascists killing people there, usually unarmed people as chickenshit dickheads usually do. But quagmire is simply an inaccurate term to use. Soldiers who are there, and Iraqi bloggers, tell a whole different story than you hear on the "news."
But he did fulfil his duty. This is fact. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. He obtained 54 points when only 50 were needed for that year; he did his duty as ordered.
But then, you don't either.
Clinton increased our taxes. This gives us less to spend. Bush decreased our taxes. Not only is this right, for it is our money to begin with, not the governments, but it gives us more to spend. As Clinton himself told other nations as advice to encourage development. Not really an adequate argument against that, I'm afraid.
(I know, I shouldn't feed the trolls, but he was so *cute*!)
Second, I am not pretending it was factual; it was factual. I did read the article, and I presume you have, too. Does it not bother you that the "company" received mail at a Mailboxes, ETC. type place for 8 months, after securing some $25 million in funding? That when they did claim to get an office, someone checked and it was vacant? Dude, all these things SCREAM scam; factor in the fact that the CEO has a history of such shadiness, and it was a vital piece serving the public interest, not a hatchet piece. I'd hope such activities would always be brought to the attention of people who might think of investing or purchasing something like this.
Third, your remark on suing in Texas was hardly a neutral observation, you made your own assumptions, which you have the right to do, but please, don't call it neutral and insult our intelligence. And that remark didn't make sense anyway - Kyle lives in Texas, Infinium had a business presence in Texas - where the hell should Kyle have files suit? Alabama? I'm in Texas, and if I want to sue Cocacola, I'm doing it right here.
Yes, they sued in texas. And why not? I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that Kyle is in Texas; Infinium certainly was at the time the suit was filed.