I've done lots of escort quests, and they are all truly annoying. There is one which is very different. its a timed escort quest. There's a Turtle in Tanaris who wants you to help him find his wife. you have 30 min to lead him diagonally across Tanaris. Seems easy, but he moves at standard speed, so if you have speed buffs on your boots you have to be carefull not to lose him. plus, you have to try and avoid running into too many bad guys. Since I'm not a healer, I have to regen Health after most battles, so, that added time to the quest. In the end, I managed to accomplish it with about 5 min to spare, but it was a heck of alot more fun than following another dude at his pace. (especially the fscking mechanical chicken in Feralas, a pox on his non-existent soul.)
Being fairly new to WOW (only 49 so far, haven't done ZF or winterspring yet) One of the funnier quests I've done on it was the piping quest in the Deeprun Tram on the Iron Forge side. and its repeatable, so anytime you wish to annoy someone with the irritating piping music you can go down and do it over and over....:)
To bring this full circle, Richard Feynmen had this advice to say about picking up women. "How to get a girl you meet at a bar to sleep with you? Just ask her "Will you sleep with me?" Before you waste money buying her drinks. She most likely will."
Ira
Well, I'm a particle physicist and I believe that the concept of a 6000 year old earth (or universe for that matter) is so ludicrous as to defy logic. The only way you could possibly believe that is if you believe that the creator created the universe so as to be at that particuarl state 6000 years ago. It would have been much easier for him (or her or whatever) to have created it 19billion years ago, and then sat around for 18,999,994,000 years until it reached that state and then say, "Ok, time begins right... wait for it.... NOW!" assuming that the big bang occured 6000 years ago is just plain wrong. Sorry, but the stuff thats out there could not have made it to those distances in less than 19 billion years, give or take a few billion years.
Personally, I'd feel better if fundamentalists instead said something like, God created the universe whenever the Physicists said it began, and shaped its creation to bring about the earth as it currently stands throughout that time. Then they get their God, they get their creationism, they get their divine province, but they don't look like idiots to those of us who know better.
"God doesn't play dice with the Universe" - Albert Einstein "God doesn't play dice with Albert Einstein" - the Universe (only Poker)
So, let me get this straight. You are saying that in 1981, the USSR was doomed. How old are you? were you even alive in 1981? Did you hear about the Moscow Olympics of 1980?
Maybe I'm buying into undeserved hype, but when I think back to the beginning of the 1980's, I remember a very strong USSR which was very much the threat to the world stage and to the US in general. Maybe it was all a sham, but me and the rest of the American Public don't recall it that way.
Even if you believe Scott Shane, this doesn't answer the question of Why the Soviet Economy was crumbling. "But it's the specter of SDI that apparently had become a major fixation in the minds of both the Soviet strategic defense hierarchy as well as Gorbyachev himself." from "The Fall Of The Soviet Union: Whys And Wherefores" http://www.raleightavern.org/lovell.htm kinda points towards Reagan's SDI as one of the reasons for this Economic collapse. Another point made was that something like 15-16% of Russia's GNP was being spent on defense by the end of the 1980s. by contrast we were spending something like 5-6% of our GDP http://www.truthandpolitics.org/military-relative- size.php and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russi a/mo-budget.htm.
so, care to say that the USSR was going down anyhow? It sure didn't feel like that to me in 1981.
The answer is that he has TONS of options. first off, this last time he's gotten out of jail, he's probably on parole, which means he has a parole officer. Secondly, there are lots of jobs for those with no experience and no skills. For example, my son recently took a job at a local garage as an assistant. This was his first job. The guy who owned the garage would have been just as happy to give it to your middle aged ex-drunken criminal. As long as he shows up for work each day, this man could rebuild his life. When (not if) he falls off the wagon, misses his parole appointment, and winds up back in prison, the state has so far paid only the cost of the parole board.
Some companies actually go out of their way to hire ex-cons for the purpose of helping them rehabilitate. Many of these companies are run by ex-cons who have rehabilitated themselves or gotten help from another.
Your system gives him a college education, possibly housing and food, all on the governement dole. Does it make him more or less likely to want to work for a living? Does it make him more or less likely to rehabilitate themselves? I would answer "Less likely" to both questions. Plus it would cost ALOT of money for an issue that most people find distasteful (giving ex-criminals stuff).
I call shenanigans! Bush has the worst national security record since Pearl Harbor, and he's considered one of the most conservative presidents since Reagan. I think some liberal policies, which tend to lead to a stronger economy at home and better attitudes toward the US abroad, would dramatically increase our national security.
"better attitudes toward the US abroad"? I quote this twice because I disagree. Now, granted we've had 2 Democratic administrations (Clinton and Carter) and 5 Republican Administrations (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Bush) since 1970. Carter, despite how much of a statesman he became after leaving office, was a disaster both at home and abroad. Clinton oversaw a great rebirth in the economy, but its kind of difficult to give him credit for it. In fact the greatest growth came while he was most distracted by impeachment hearings. Nixon had his ups (China) and downs (Vietnam) in foreign policy and was pretty much a disaster at home. Bush elder and Reagan, in many ways, were unmatched in our foreign policy. But they had their ups and downs on the home front as well.
I'm of the firm belief that the economy is wholly independent of who sits in the white house. The feeling that if we elect a Dem, we'll have more money in the future or that if we elect a Republican, we'll have more money in the future, I think that that feeling is not only simplistic, but just plain wrong. Our domestic future is determined by our domestic present, and not who we elect.
I think the question of whether democrats or republicans are "better" at foreign policy may be a myth related to Carter's problems. Clinton was no saint (either on a personal level or otherwise) but he wasn't a complete disaster on foreign policy (maybe I'll get flamed for that statement).
The issue of who makes the US more liked world-wide has nothing to do with our actual foreign policy. (at least I hope not). I, as an American citizen, have no interest in making the US popular to other countries. I don't want it to be necessarily feared, though that is effective in many cases. The US is the richest and most powerful country in the world. We have armed servicemen on all 7 continents and a strong naval presence in all 4 oceans and in most major seas (like the Mediteranean, Baltic, North Sea, etc...) Are we the worlds policemen? yes and no. We are when it is in our interest to be so. In other cases we are content to let well enough alone. When the UN sends in troops, a good portion of these troops are American soldiers with American hardware. The Korean war was a UN engagement. As was Somalia and Bosnia. The first Gulf War was as well.
In many parts of the world, the US will never be popular. With the government, that is. I noticed on my trips abroad that as an American citizen, I was always treated with friendship and smiles. Of course, that is fairly limited, as I've never been to Africa or the Middle East. I was particularly taken with the way that Chinese citizens were in awe of me as an American and were always quick to say how cool they thought the US was. I guess my point here is that most people in other countries like America, despite what the media wants us to think, just like most people in America support Bush, despite what the media wants us to think.
Back on-topic, the "broadband for all" promise only matters to geeks, really. It will be great for the country, but most people aren't going to change their vote over it. When Al Gore championed the internet in the mid-80's and created the funding necessary to create the WWW technology and services, it took over a decade for it to improve worker productivity and the economy, but still led to ridicule for Gore and the Democrats.
Gore may have "championed the internet" but even if he did, and was ridiculed for it, the US congress had very little to do with the success of the internet. In fact, I'd say that the reason that Gore was crucified for his self-aggrand
as on who also believed that Iraq had both Chemical and nuclear weapons in 2003, I decided to look up the answer to that. The answers I've gotten so far are:
1) before ODS (Operation Desert Storm) Iraq had Nuclear weapons, Chemical weapons and Biological weapons. 2) during ODS all or nearly all of the capability to produce, refine, or use these weapons was destroyed, either through US bombing or from inspectors. 3) after ODS and before OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) the US had poor intelligence as to the Iraqi production capabilities of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological weapons, so it was easy for them to assume that Saddam's saber rattling about having such weapons was true. 4) now, after (or during) OIF, the truth is that we think that there was no Nuclear or Chemical weapons capability in Iraq, (though the materials to make chemical weapons were certainly there), and there is some question as to where alot of Biological weapon stockpiles were.
Japanese steel? is there such a thing? Is Iron actually mined in japan? one site listed minerals found in japan as: copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver.
I supposed they could mean japanese scrap steel. But almost every country has scrap steel.
There's actually a huge difference. a) Cable companies are regulated because there is no direct competition between them. b) Cable companies are providing access to other people's entertainment.
WOW is its own game. If you are banned, go play Eve, or Everquest II, or Guild wars. The point is that its not exclusive and they have competition. Since they didn't like what you were doing, they dumped you, and now you have to go give your money to one of their competitors.
Plus, Just think of what that poor Windchaser was feeling. He keeps healing himself and fighting and healing himself and fighting and his opponent won't leave him alone. For HOURS! that's just mean....
your response number 1 has a question. Here's the answer:
They could have made more. If they were pushing for a christmas release they could have produced enough so that when christmas came around people could actually buy one. If so, I might have bought one for my kids. But when it wasn't possible then, now 3 months later, I probably won't ever buy one, simply because my kids have moved on. Now all they want is a PS3. So, when the PS3 comes out, what, I should buy them a 360 just so they think I'm a jerk right?:)
since so few of us poster's read the articles, I noticed a throw in at the end of this one that caused major spewage:
"The 360 is proving to do just about everything right while Sony has offered nothing but cryptic promises."
now that's taken out of context, but its not even hyperbole. Its just flat out wrong. The 360 so far has done nothing right except come out first. Lets list the things they did wrong:
1) Under produced so that only 1% of the people who wanted one got one in initial release. 2) Under produced so that only 5% of the people who wanted one got one in the SECOND release. 3) No decent games. 4) that whole "broken" thing where you spent $800+ after waiting forever and it doesn't work. that went over REAL WELL. 5) did I mention that when it came out almost no one actually got one. 6) No decent games. 7) they were Microsoft. but of course, they can't help that.....
so either you are being sarcastic or foolish. I'm thinking sarcastic. the problem is that sarcasm rarely works when you don't know the person involved. also, in situations where the recipient may only have time to skim the letter, the meaning is basically what he wants. So, your letter is seen as a letter of support.
I remember this one guy who (in the Sims) invited a bunch of people to his house for a party, started the music and all, and then once the guests were there built a moat around the house so no one could leave. Then he just watched the people die........
"To save people during Katrina, we had to...move them. Failing that, we had to...move them later. Failing that, we had to get food and water to them."
Well, it wasn't exactly that simple. first, before we could move them, there was the whole, "convince them to stop shooting at us" part. Then there was the "convince them to leave part" then, failing both of those, there was the "convince them to stop stealing TV's and shit from their neighbors who were smart enough to leave" part. Finally, there was the "find them" part as many people were trapped in their own attics by rising water.
I cannot believe that this tripe was not only unchallenged, but modded "Insightful".
First off, we have this claim: "We have a President that has failed at every single thing he's done." Well, I can say he did two things successfully (got elected and then got re-elected) so there's an outrageous lie. But lets go on:
"We've gone from disaster to disaster" right, so nothing else has happened in the last 5 years. really. hmm.... it must suck to be a 5 year old. after all, your entire life has been one disaster after another.
"we lost the World Trade Center" Sorry, we didn't *lose* the WTC. It was blown up. A group of determined terrorists, who were well financed and fairly well organized managed to perform three acts of unspeakable terror on one day. They had planned (from what I've read) at least 3 others, which were thrwarted. (The plane which was heading for the capital but crashed in Pennsylvania, and at least two attacks on the west coast which were thwarted by the fact that the terrorists forgot about time zones and the airports were closed before they could attack). But of course this was Bush's fault because he, as president, is all knowing and all seeing.
"we lost New Orleans" Really? I saw in the news that Mardi gras went off in New Orleans just a week or so ago and the NBA is going to be playing in New Orleans very soon (possibly even today). Sounds like the town isn't exactly dead.
"we lost Bin Laden" We got the other guy though, Hussain. and the best thing about that is that he's being tried in Iraq. The fact that we can't capture a single guy who's been keeping a low profile and has good friends who's pocketbooks look like the US treasury doesn't suprise me at all. But then again, that's Bush's fault. Of course if we'd caught him, then it would have cost to much and that would also be Bush's fault. Let me guess, you don't like him do you?
"we are losing every day in Iraq" we are? last I saw Iraq was struggling to put together their government. Read much history? The US wasn't built in a day. In fact, it took 2 years after the War for Independence ended before there was a Constitution. And 13 years after the Declaration of Independence. The fact that Iraq's government isn't stable doesn't suprise me. But it would be irresponsible for us to pull our backing for the regime just because we don't like who they elected.
"We watched over days while Katrina slowly destroyed New Orleans and, just like on 9/11, he did nothing, nothing at all" What did you do? did you give anything? did you drive to Louisiana and try and rescue someone? Did you even pay attention, or did you just listen to what idiots were saying. For example, did you know that the Governor of Louisiana sent FEMA workers home AFTER Katrina hit but before the levees broke believing that the levees wouldn't fail. And then failed to call FEMA back immediately? But again, its Bush's fault. His fault that the Hurricane even hit. and that it strengthened by some 100 MPH in the 2 days just before hitting New Orleans.
On the 26th of August it went throught the florida keys and had just upgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Hurricane with 75 MPH winds. on the 27th its winds were 100 MPH and it was moving directly west. By the 28th it hadn't moved far but was still gathering strength. Then all of a sudden, it makes a 90 degree turn north, gains 65 MPH in winds (from 110 MPH to 175 MPH) and crashes into Louisiana, florida, Mississippi, and Alabama. By August 31 it was gone. not just through New Orleans, but dead. We're talking 5 days from the Florida keys to hitting the gulf coast to dying IN TENNESSEE. Not something easy to
Just to announce this to the world and to kill its discussion just as quickly. The Jews had no hand in killing Jesus. If they had, they would have done it themselves and not gotten the romans to do it. The Romans had plenty of reasons to kill Jesus on their own without bringing the Jews into it.
I know I want something new to explore. My kingdom for a Shadowrun/Battletech hybrid:)
Me, I want something new from the PCGames Mechwarrior series. Maybe a Mechwarrior Online? or even some kind of MMORPG for Battletech. Start as either Inner sphere or clan (clan are harder to level, IS have IS mechs and weapons initially and only clan stuff at really high levels).
Slashdot Mirror
I've done lots of escort quests, and they are all truly annoying. There is one which is very different. its a timed escort quest. There's a Turtle in Tanaris who wants you to help him find his wife. you have 30 min to lead him diagonally across Tanaris. Seems easy, but he moves at standard speed, so if you have speed buffs on your boots you have to be carefull not to lose him. plus, you have to try and avoid running into too many bad guys. Since I'm not a healer, I have to regen Health after most battles, so, that added time to the quest. In the end, I managed to accomplish it with about 5 min to spare, but it was a heck of alot more fun than following another dude at his pace. (especially the fscking mechanical chicken in Feralas, a pox on his non-existent soul.)
Ira
Being fairly new to WOW (only 49 so far, haven't done ZF or winterspring yet) One of the funnier quests I've done on it was the piping quest in the Deeprun Tram on the Iron Forge side. and its repeatable, so anytime you wish to annoy someone with the irritating piping music you can go down and do it over and over.... :)
Ira
To bring this full circle, Richard Feynmen had this advice to say about picking up women. "How to get a girl you meet at a bar to sleep with you? Just ask her "Will you sleep with me?" Before you waste money buying her drinks. She most likely will." Ira
Well, I'm a particle physicist and I believe that the concept of a 6000 year old earth (or universe for that matter) is so ludicrous as to defy logic. The only way you could possibly believe that is if you believe that the creator created the universe so as to be at that particuarl state 6000 years ago. It would have been much easier for him (or her or whatever) to have created it 19billion years ago, and then sat around for 18,999,994,000 years until it reached that state and then say, "Ok, time begins right... wait for it.... NOW!" assuming that the big bang occured 6000 years ago is just plain wrong. Sorry, but the stuff thats out there could not have made it to those distances in less than 19 billion years, give or take a few billion years.
Personally, I'd feel better if fundamentalists instead said something like, God created the universe whenever the Physicists said it began, and shaped its creation to bring about the earth as it currently stands throughout that time. Then they get their God, they get their creationism, they get their divine province, but they don't look like idiots to those of us who know better.
"God doesn't play dice with the Universe" - Albert Einstein
"God doesn't play dice with Albert Einstein" - the Universe (only Poker)
Ira
Fine. one fine. back in 2003. They levied one fine 3 years ago. The only reason its at issue is that CBS is re-running the episode.
I for one think that this is terrible. Reruns!! icky.
Ira
(for gods sake, come up with some new teenage orgy scenes and stop re-running the old ones....)
Its a trap - Admiral Ackbar
So, let me get this straight. You are saying that in 1981, the USSR was doomed. How old are you? were you even alive in 1981? Did you hear about the Moscow Olympics of 1980?
- size.php and http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russi a/mo-budget.htm.
Maybe I'm buying into undeserved hype, but when I think back to the beginning of the 1980's, I remember a very strong USSR which was very much the threat to the world stage and to the US in general. Maybe it was all a sham, but me and the rest of the American Public don't recall it that way.
Even if you believe Scott Shane, this doesn't answer the question of Why the Soviet Economy was crumbling. "But it's the specter of SDI that apparently had become a major fixation in the minds of both the Soviet strategic defense hierarchy as well as Gorbyachev himself." from "The Fall Of The Soviet Union: Whys And Wherefores" http://www.raleightavern.org/lovell.htm kinda points towards Reagan's SDI as one of the reasons for this Economic collapse. Another point made was that something like 15-16% of Russia's GNP was being spent on defense by the end of the 1980s. by contrast we were spending something like 5-6% of our GDP http://www.truthandpolitics.org/military-relative
so, care to say that the USSR was going down anyhow? It sure didn't feel like that to me in 1981.
Ira
Bull.
The answer is that he has TONS of options. first off, this last time he's gotten out of jail, he's probably on parole, which means he has a parole officer. Secondly, there are lots of jobs for those with no experience and no skills. For example, my son recently took a job at a local garage as an assistant. This was his first job. The guy who owned the garage would have been just as happy to give it to your middle aged ex-drunken criminal. As long as he shows up for work each day, this man could rebuild his life. When (not if) he falls off the wagon, misses his parole appointment, and winds up back in prison, the state has so far paid only the cost of the parole board.
Some companies actually go out of their way to hire ex-cons for the purpose of helping them rehabilitate. Many of these companies are run by ex-cons who have rehabilitated themselves or gotten help from another.
Your system gives him a college education, possibly housing and food, all on the governement dole. Does it make him more or less likely to want to work for a living? Does it make him more or less likely to rehabilitate themselves? I would answer "Less likely" to both questions. Plus it would cost ALOT of money for an issue that most people find distasteful (giving ex-criminals stuff).
Ira
all that and the downfall of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc.
Ira
No, the Germans did that. Norway too....
Ira
"better attitudes toward the US abroad"? I quote this twice because I disagree. Now, granted we've had 2 Democratic administrations (Clinton and Carter) and 5 Republican Administrations (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush, and Bush) since 1970. Carter, despite how much of a statesman he became after leaving office, was a disaster both at home and abroad. Clinton oversaw a great rebirth in the economy, but its kind of difficult to give him credit for it. In fact the greatest growth came while he was most distracted by impeachment hearings. Nixon had his ups (China) and downs (Vietnam) in foreign policy and was pretty much a disaster at home. Bush elder and Reagan, in many ways, were unmatched in our foreign policy. But they had their ups and downs on the home front as well.
I'm of the firm belief that the economy is wholly independent of who sits in the white house. The feeling that if we elect a Dem, we'll have more money in the future or that if we elect a Republican, we'll have more money in the future, I think that that feeling is not only simplistic, but just plain wrong. Our domestic future is determined by our domestic present, and not who we elect.
I think the question of whether democrats or republicans are "better" at foreign policy may be a myth related to Carter's problems. Clinton was no saint (either on a personal level or otherwise) but he wasn't a complete disaster on foreign policy (maybe I'll get flamed for that statement).
The issue of who makes the US more liked world-wide has nothing to do with our actual foreign policy. (at least I hope not). I, as an American citizen, have no interest in making the US popular to other countries. I don't want it to be necessarily feared, though that is effective in many cases. The US is the richest and most powerful country in the world. We have armed servicemen on all 7 continents and a strong naval presence in all 4 oceans and in most major seas (like the Mediteranean, Baltic, North Sea, etc...) Are we the worlds policemen? yes and no. We are when it is in our interest to be so. In other cases we are content to let well enough alone. When the UN sends in troops, a good portion of these troops are American soldiers with American hardware. The Korean war was a UN engagement. As was Somalia and Bosnia. The first Gulf War was as well.
In many parts of the world, the US will never be popular. With the government, that is. I noticed on my trips abroad that as an American citizen, I was always treated with friendship and smiles. Of course, that is fairly limited, as I've never been to Africa or the Middle East. I was particularly taken with the way that Chinese citizens were in awe of me as an American and were always quick to say how cool they thought the US was. I guess my point here is that most people in other countries like America, despite what the media wants us to think, just like most people in America support Bush, despite what the media wants us to think.
Gore may have "championed the internet" but even if he did, and was ridiculed for it, the US congress had very little to do with the success of the internet. In fact, I'd say that the reason that Gore was crucified for his self-aggrand
Reminds me of an old joke about how each branch of the military responds to a simple word like, "secure"
Tell an Army or Marine Officer to secure a building and they will bring in a platoon with automatic weapons.
Tell an Air Force officer to secure a building and they will install a new firewall into the network lines.
Tell a Navy officer to secure a building and he'll turn off all the lights and lock the doors.
(please excuse if I got the joke wrong, I'm doing it from memory....)
Ira
as on who also believed that Iraq had both Chemical and nuclear weapons in 2003, I decided to look up the answer to that. The answers I've gotten so far are:
1) before ODS (Operation Desert Storm) Iraq had Nuclear weapons, Chemical weapons and Biological weapons.
2) during ODS all or nearly all of the capability to produce, refine, or use these weapons was destroyed, either through US bombing or from inspectors.
3) after ODS and before OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) the US had poor intelligence as to the Iraqi production capabilities of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological weapons, so it was easy for them to assume that Saddam's saber rattling about having such weapons was true.
4) now, after (or during) OIF, the truth is that we think that there was no Nuclear or Chemical weapons capability in Iraq, (though the materials to make chemical weapons were certainly there), and there is some question as to where alot of Biological weapon stockpiles were.
Source of this is http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/iraq_wmd_2004/
Ira
Japanese steel? is there such a thing? Is Iron actually mined in japan? one site listed minerals found in japan as: copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver.
I supposed they could mean japanese scrap steel. But almost every country has scrap steel.
Ira
There's actually a huge difference. a) Cable companies are regulated because there is no direct competition between them. b) Cable companies are providing access to other people's entertainment.
WOW is its own game. If you are banned, go play Eve, or Everquest II, or Guild wars. The point is that its not exclusive and they have competition. Since they didn't like what you were doing, they dumped you, and now you have to go give your money to one of their competitors.
Plus, Just think of what that poor Windchaser was feeling. He keeps healing himself and fighting and healing himself and fighting and his opponent won't leave him alone. For HOURS! that's just mean....
Ira
your response number 1 has a question. Here's the answer:
:)
They could have made more. If they were pushing for a christmas release they could have produced enough so that when christmas came around people could actually buy one. If so, I might have bought one for my kids. But when it wasn't possible then, now 3 months later, I probably won't ever buy one, simply because my kids have moved on. Now all they want is a PS3. So, when the PS3 comes out, what, I should buy them a 360 just so they think I'm a jerk right?
Ira (non-troll)
since so few of us poster's read the articles, I noticed a throw in at the end of this one that caused major spewage:
"The 360 is proving to do just about everything right while Sony has offered nothing but cryptic promises."
now that's taken out of context, but its not even hyperbole. Its just flat out wrong. The 360 so far has done nothing right except come out first. Lets list the things they did wrong:
1) Under produced so that only 1% of the people who wanted one got one in initial release.
2) Under produced so that only 5% of the people who wanted one got one in the SECOND release.
3) No decent games.
4) that whole "broken" thing where you spent $800+ after waiting forever and it doesn't work. that went over REAL WELL.
5) did I mention that when it came out almost no one actually got one.
6) No decent games.
7) they were Microsoft. but of course, they can't help that.....
Ira
so either you are being sarcastic or foolish. I'm thinking sarcastic. the problem is that sarcasm rarely works when you don't know the person involved. also, in situations where the recipient may only have time to skim the letter, the meaning is basically what he wants. So, your letter is seen as a letter of support.
Ira
I remember this one guy who (in the Sims) invited a bunch of people to his house for a party, started the music and all, and then once the guests were there built a moat around the house so no one could leave. Then he just watched the people die........
disturbing actually.....
Ira
does this mean I can't start a guild for men with small penises and women with small breasts? I could call it the "Teenie Weenies and titties"....
on another issue, I recently saw a female night elf who was in the guild Knee High Knights. that offends me (as a Gnome Warrior).
Ira
Yes you are! you are definitely intolerant. If I want to go onto general chat and sell cars, then I should be allowed to!!!!!!
<tounge planted firmly in cheek>
Ira
"To save people during Katrina, we had to...move them. Failing that, we had to...move them later. Failing that, we had to get food and water to them."
Well, it wasn't exactly that simple. first, before we could move them, there was the whole, "convince them to stop shooting at us" part. Then there was the "convince them to leave part" then, failing both of those, there was the "convince them to stop stealing TV's and shit from their neighbors who were smart enough to leave" part. Finally, there was the "find them" part as many people were trapped in their own attics by rising water.
Ira
I cannot believe that this tripe was not only unchallenged, but modded "Insightful".
First off, we have this claim: "We have a President that has failed at every single thing he's done." Well, I can say he did two things successfully (got elected and then got re-elected) so there's an outrageous lie. But lets go on:
"We've gone from disaster to disaster" right, so nothing else has happened in the last 5 years. really. hmm.... it must suck to be a 5 year old. after all, your entire life has been one disaster after another.
"we lost the World Trade Center" Sorry, we didn't *lose* the WTC. It was blown up. A group of determined terrorists, who were well financed and fairly well organized managed to perform three acts of unspeakable terror on one day. They had planned (from what I've read) at least 3 others, which were thrwarted. (The plane which was heading for the capital but crashed in Pennsylvania, and at least two attacks on the west coast which were thwarted by the fact that the terrorists forgot about time zones and the airports were closed before they could attack). But of course this was Bush's fault because he, as president, is all knowing and all seeing.
"we lost New Orleans" Really? I saw in the news that Mardi gras went off in New Orleans just a week or so ago and the NBA is going to be playing in New Orleans very soon (possibly even today). Sounds like the town isn't exactly dead.
"we lost Bin Laden" We got the other guy though, Hussain. and the best thing about that is that he's being tried in Iraq. The fact that we can't capture a single guy who's been keeping a low profile and has good friends who's pocketbooks look like the US treasury doesn't suprise me at all. But then again, that's Bush's fault. Of course if we'd caught him, then it would have cost to much and that would also be Bush's fault. Let me guess, you don't like him do you?
"we are losing every day in Iraq" we are? last I saw Iraq was struggling to put together their government. Read much history? The US wasn't built in a day. In fact, it took 2 years after the War for Independence ended before there was a Constitution. And 13 years after the Declaration of Independence. The fact that Iraq's government isn't stable doesn't suprise me. But it would be irresponsible for us to pull our backing for the regime just because we don't like who they elected.
"We watched over days while Katrina slowly destroyed New Orleans and, just like on 9/11, he did nothing, nothing at all" What did you do? did you give anything? did you drive to Louisiana and try and rescue someone? Did you even pay attention, or did you just listen to what idiots were saying. For example, did you know that the Governor of Louisiana sent FEMA workers home AFTER Katrina hit but before the levees broke believing that the levees wouldn't fail. And then failed to call FEMA back immediately? But again, its Bush's fault. His fault that the Hurricane even hit. and that it strengthened by some 100 MPH in the 2 days just before hitting New Orleans.
on a side note, I am simply shocked by the rapidity of this storm and its behavior. Here is a link to tracking data on Katrina http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at200512.asp ?imgfeature=image&textfeature=track
On the 26th of August it went throught the florida keys and had just upgraded from a Tropical Storm to a Hurricane with 75 MPH winds. on the 27th its winds were 100 MPH and it was moving directly west. By the 28th it hadn't moved far but was still gathering strength. Then all of a sudden, it makes a 90 degree turn north, gains 65 MPH in winds (from 110 MPH to 175 MPH) and crashes into Louisiana, florida, Mississippi, and Alabama. By August 31 it was gone. not just through New Orleans, but dead. We're talking 5 days from the Florida keys to hitting the gulf coast to dying IN TENNESSEE. Not something easy to
Just to announce this to the world and to kill its discussion just as quickly. The Jews had no hand in killing Jesus. If they had, they would have done it themselves and not gotten the romans to do it. The Romans had plenty of reasons to kill Jesus on their own without bringing the Jews into it.
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