Divorce rate stats are fun to play with. Here's another way of looking at it:
Roughly 66% of first time marriages last until one, or both, partners die. Thus the 33% who get divorced once are also fairly likely to get divorced a second time.
Yeah, Gates is such an asshole for putting up $900 million for fighting malaria. It's all part of his ploy to destroy the world!
Like he really needs to provide a "job" for his father. It's not as if his father even needs to work. While most people would just sit on their asses for the rest of their lives, Gates' father is actually working toward doing a lot of good.
Grow up. Being fervently anti-Gates is ignorant at best.
What I find humorous about LGF readers and Kos readers is that they point at each other as being crazy nutcases. LGF's anti-muslim tyrades go a little far at times, and most non-conformists are routinely chastised. On the other hand, if you don't worship at the alter of BushLied(Tm) and BushSpied(Tm) over at Kos, you have a chance at being banned. While not the most informative conversation, many people find talking in an echo chamber to be very reassuring and affirming.
Here's a reverse example. Conservative Politican A posts on LittleGreenFootballs. A pretty far to the right site. On the discussion his post starts people start discussing nuking Mecca (or something else).
An easy ad: "Politican A posts on LGF. LGF discusses nuking Mecca. Should we trust Pol A to correclty guide our policy?"
Now reverse it. Liberal Pol B posts on Daily Kos. In the discussion someone calls the troops baby killers, stormtroopers, and nazi thugs (all of which I've seen on there, and worse).
An easy ad: "Pol B posts on Kos. In his discussion the troops were called Nazis. Pol B doesn't love our troops."
Am I saying this is the way things should work? No. But right now this is how it does work.
Great ads? Perhaps I'm confused Yes, you seem to be.
but I don't understand why assholes
Why in the world is attacking me necessary? I really don't get it.
like you have this knee-jerk reaction to go negative on pols addressing online communities full of people actively participating in a debate on issues affecting the country.
The point was that I believe that a lot of the discussion on DailyKos (which I read most days and participate in some) is pretty far left. Many (most?) of the time far enough that it might damage a politicans image by engaging in it. I wasn't claiming that was right.
Or is it just because conservatives are so fucking dumb
I being serious here: where's this anger from? And why do you think swearing helps strengthen your statements?
that they actually believe that by addressing a particular audience a speaker endorses everything every individual member of that audience says.
No, I don't think anyone is dumb. My point, which you clearly didn't understand or just didn't read, is this:
In general politicians need to be very careful where they post.
I then went on to explain why. There are conservative sites, like, say LittleGreenFootballs, that I have never seen a politican post on, and wouldn't expect one too. There are other sites, like Redstate, that politicans have. Redstate, although fairly conservative, has a pretty good self moderating forum that discourages idiotic posts and also has a good ongoing debate with a good group of liberals.
I would like to applaud all moves by current democrat politicians, including Kerry, to try to appeal to the readers of sites like Daily Kos and Democratic Underground. It'll really make for some great ads.
In general politicians need to be very careful where they post. Some/most people on Daily Kos may be are pretty fair to the left and still sane and intelligent, but there are plenty of extremely anti-american, anti-capitalist users and comments on there that no US politican (outside of the bay area) would want to be associated with.
It should also be noted that every single one of his articles takes pot shots at repubs and especially the Bush admin, whether they are warranted or not. This one was no exception. The law is portrayed as being pushed through the congress by those tricky freedom hating republicans, even though it was approved unanimously.
As a regular reader of his it gets rather annoying and distracting and it diminishes the effectiveness of the arguments he tries to make.
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Divorce rate stats are fun to play with. Here's another way of looking at it:
Roughly 66% of first time marriages last until one, or both, partners die. Thus the 33% who get divorced once are also fairly likely to get divorced a second time.
Yeah, Gates is such an asshole for putting up $900 million for fighting malaria. It's all part of his ploy to destroy the world!
Like he really needs to provide a "job" for his father. It's not as if his father even needs to work. While most people would just sit on their asses for the rest of their lives, Gates' father is actually working toward doing a lot of good.
Grow up. Being fervently anti-Gates is ignorant at best.
Doh... my tags where cut off by slashdot. That really changes the meaning of that post. Oh well...
The difference is that "backdoor" to most apple users means something quite different.
A security flaw in an Apple product? That's Inconceivable!
True... but man... come on - they're Romulans!
It really wasn't any of that. But what does it matter? I can't find my post anymore.
;)
Now, I end my post with a snarky aside:
Has Kos rendered the Democratic Leadership Council toxic yet?
Sorry...
Your post would fit in perfectly at Kos. Here it just looks like the inane ramblings of a 13 year old.
Well, I made the mistake of posting a quote from Clinton discussing the threat that Iraq posed to the US in a discussion of BushLied(Tm) ;)
What I find humorous about LGF readers and Kos readers is that they point at each other as being crazy nutcases. LGF's anti-muslim tyrades go a little far at times, and most non-conformists are routinely chastised. On the other hand, if you don't worship at the alter of BushLied(Tm) and BushSpied(Tm) over at Kos, you have a chance at being banned. While not the most informative conversation, many people find talking in an echo chamber to be very reassuring and affirming.
He was also attacked by conservative catholics as well as that school has a fairly anti-catholic slant to it.
I'm being totally honest when I say: Please become _more_ involved with the DNC. Thank you.
Here's a reverse example. Conservative Politican A posts on LittleGreenFootballs. A pretty far to the right site. On the discussion his post starts people start discussing nuking Mecca (or something else).
An easy ad: "Politican A posts on LGF. LGF discusses nuking Mecca. Should we trust Pol A to correclty guide our policy?"
Now reverse it. Liberal Pol B posts on Daily Kos. In the discussion someone calls the troops baby killers, stormtroopers, and nazi thugs (all of which I've seen on there, and worse).
An easy ad: "Pol B posts on Kos. In his discussion the troops were called Nazis. Pol B doesn't love our troops."
Am I saying this is the way things should work? No. But right now this is how it does work.
Great ads? Perhaps I'm confused
Yes, you seem to be.
but I don't understand why assholes
Why in the world is attacking me necessary? I really don't get it.
like you have this knee-jerk reaction to go negative on pols addressing online communities full of people actively participating in a debate on issues affecting the country.
The point was that I believe that a lot of the discussion on DailyKos (which I read most days and participate in some) is pretty far left. Many (most?) of the time far enough that it might damage a politicans image by engaging in it. I wasn't claiming that was right.
Or is it just because conservatives are so fucking dumb
I being serious here: where's this anger from? And why do you think swearing helps strengthen your statements?
that they actually believe that by addressing a particular audience a speaker endorses everything every individual member of that audience says.
No, I don't think anyone is dumb. My point, which you clearly didn't understand or just didn't read, is this:
In general politicians need to be very careful where they post.
I then went on to explain why. There are conservative sites, like, say LittleGreenFootballs, that I have never seen a politican post on, and wouldn't expect one too. There are other sites, like Redstate, that politicans have. Redstate, although fairly conservative, has a pretty good self moderating forum that discourages idiotic posts and also has a good ongoing debate with a good group of liberals.
I would like to applaud all moves by current democrat politicians, including Kerry, to try to appeal to the readers of sites like Daily Kos and Democratic Underground. It'll really make for some great ads.
In general politicians need to be very careful where they post. Some/most people on Daily Kos may be are pretty fair to the left and still sane and intelligent, but there are plenty of extremely anti-american, anti-capitalist users and comments on there that no US politican (outside of the bay area) would want to be associated with.
So he's a libertarian. What's your point?
Tinfoil hats are 2 for 1 at Costco today.
Actually, calls to assassinate people are routinely wiped from slashdot and user information is turned over to the secret service.
Don't worry, I'm sure the study was only partially funded by federal money...
beautiful. best. mod. editorializing. EVAR!
It should also be noted that every single one of his articles takes pot shots at repubs and especially the Bush admin, whether they are warranted or not. This one was no exception. The law is portrayed as being pushed through the congress by those tricky freedom hating republicans, even though it was approved unanimously.
As a regular reader of his it gets rather annoying and distracting and it diminishes the effectiveness of the arguments he tries to make.
I may have used a lot of commas, but they were all used correctly. On slashdot that should get me a medal, not a snide comment ;p
Laws like this will, in the long run, make the freedom of speech stronger, not weaker.
The first time this is challenged in court it will be struck down, thus setting another precedent for online freedom of speech.
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