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Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 15:49 Profile #37 quote: Leadership is a fine trait in an administrator for the sort of person who needs to be led, I suppose. As someone who has personally seen several city councils and school administration entities with no leadership ability, I can attest to how quickly things will go to hell. There's a reason the city of Spokane built a big parking garage thinking it would stimulate their economy, and it's not because we have a mayor who is a great leader... And that's only the beginning... -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 15:31 Profile #35 quote: I think this site will sort some issues out You know, Bush actually supports a lot of the same things Clinton did, don't you? And that if you look at economic issues, they really aren't that different? It's supprising what people miss when they hate someone. I remember seeing two (shock) CNN articles a while ago, one saying, under the Clinton administration "unemployment plummets to 6%" citing how much ass Clinton kicks, and then another under the Bush administration saying "unemployment skyrockets to 6%" citing how crappy of a job Bush does :rolleyes: . I may not like Clinton, but at least I don't pretend he was trying to destroy the world when he was in office. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 15:23 Profile #34 You can't represent both sides at once, you know! The point of a leader is to make decisions, and if you can't make a decision without second guessing yourself, or subverting yourself later, you have no place in charge of anything. If you do that, even if you make the right decisions, you end up changing your mind later and screwing them up. And look at all the great leaders in history, they were all able to make their decision and stand by it. And really, it's insane when people talk about "destroying" Iraq. People complain that Americans don't know anything about other countries, but the lack of knowledge people all over the world show about Iraq is disgusting. In Iraq, the government had a habit of, when people left the country, were suspected of wanting to leave the country, were suspected of talking to people in other countries, got to much power in the Iraqi gov't/army, someone didn't like you, etc, etc, taking their family, and starting with the youngest (i.e., CHILDREN) raping, and then killing them in front of the other family, one by one, until they were all dead. Boys and girls, children and adults. And in Iraq, as in many other countries like it, people often live with their extended families in one house--parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews, grandkids. I hardly call overthrowing that government "destroying" a nation. And that's not even the worst things they've done. I'll leave it to you to research the rest. And this was all stuff that had been going on for some 20 years, there. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
SEGA Genesis in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 15:07 Profile #4 I haven't played much Sega, but from what I have seen, I like SNES better. Now-a-days, you can find SNES (and Sega) emulators on the internet to play their games on your computer if you can't get an SNES where you live. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Quote on charisma. in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 14:48 Profile #20 Hitler was definately charismatic. At least, as much so as you can get while speaking German, where everything you say sounds like you're commanding someone to kill all of the kittens in the country. Though he was really helped out by the really bad situation in the country at the time. But there have been plenty of perfectly good people who were very charismatic, too, as well as plenty of good and bad people who weren't. But we do need to be careful whith leaders who are charismatic, because we are more likley to let them do things we would not otherwise have let them do. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
SEGA Genesis in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 14:39 Profile #2 Oh, oh, absolute best game for SNES, EVER, Chrono Trigger. Anyone who doesn't agree with me is required by law to be shot. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 14:30 Profile #30 If you don't support Bush, you can't have actually seen all of the interviews / debates with Kerry. I think the reason so many non-Americans don't support Bush is that they were not as saturated with him as we were. There are only so many times I can hear the phrase "I absolutely might have" without flying into a homicidal rage. Not to mention he could consistantly contradict something he says in the same sentance, that takes some skill. And on somewhat of a side note, I've seen Bush's wife several times on talk shows like Leno, and she seems like a genuinely nice, caring person, and does a lot of work for charaties and everything. Kerry's wife is just a ***. Seriously. And I used to like Kerry before he started running, too! I liked him for some of his many views that he evidantly had two of. Fortunately, I paid enough attention to see him saying the opposite of things he'd said that made me like him in the first place. Also, if he'd really have wanted to win, all he would have had to do was have his wife have a press conference saying "If Kerry isn't elected, no more ketchup." There would have been record turnout. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00**
Karma and Bush, and also the WTC in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 27 2005 06:13 Profile #22 quote: 5 karma for you [Wink] go Bush [Big Grin] ha ha ha he won ha ha Bush is great! He's actually pretty smart, despite what people say, although he can be a little dopy, sometimes, but it's no worse than peoples' parents' dopyness. Not the best public speaker, though. Although, I have to admit, that despite being a very smart person, I would not do nearly as good of a job speaking as he does. And he can fly a fighter jet, how awesome is that? Flying a jet isn't something easy to do, either, for one, they don't let any random person hop in a multi-million dollar fighter jet that you can blow into pieces if you aren't careful. You know, it's not like driving a bus. And this way, when the aliens invade, he can fly a fighter jet to attack the alien ships, while someone else uses their mac laptop to upload a virus into their computers. :D -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Woah Crazy!! in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 22:57 Profile #120 quote: You know, this could take place in a supermarket. Both lard and sugar are common baking ingredients I think they'd be a little confused if you pick up a 10lb bag of sugar and are like, "hey, you dropped your name tag!" -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 17:55 Profile #29 quote: Here's what I find unbelievable Light sabers? The force? That it's set far into the future with intersteller travel and blasters and clone troops? The robot armies? quote: the struggle of loyalties Anakin goes through when he realizes Palpatine is a sith lord. (Was making Palpatine a sith lord truly necessary? I have to wonder - it just seems far-fetched.) Oh. quote: If he was willing to tell the council that Palpatine was a sith lord, he's bright enough to know that the result is going to be the ineluctable destruction of either the Council or Palpatine's government, and that Palpatine's government is in the wrong. Yes, but the point is that he's torn between doing what he knows he is supposed to do and what he wants to have happen, even though he knows that contradicts his other goals. quote: Yes, there's the Padme element, but he has to know she's on the jedi council's side - and that by taking Palpatine's side, he will lose her anyway. He also knows that she will die if he stays on the Jedi's side, and that he's already broken the Jedi rules because he knocked up the former queen of naboo. So even if he does do the right thing, he still will be expelled from the Jedi Order. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 17:48 Profile #28 Yeah, it was definately better than the first two. I think they could have showed the stuff with Luke and Leia before showing Vader and the Death Star, but I didn't think it was too bad the way it was done. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 16:27 Profile #25 quote: What was interesting was that I felt sad when Anakin turned over to the dark side, but after a while, I just thought of Anakin as a hateful person. Yes, I'm glad someone got the point of that! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 14:01 Profile #22 quote: Cute little lizard men who are surprisingly similar to negroids errr... What black person is watching Jar Jar Binks and says "Those bastards!! That's ME!!!"? Seriously, if I were black, I'd be more offended that people think that represents black people than that Lucas made them act like that in the film. quote: battle anonymous faces of bland greed while perhaps the two most flippant Jedis in the galaxy chop things in half with almost as little motivation than is visible through their dialogue. Well, they did try to kill them first... I mean, maybe you'd act differently if a robot with a laser gun walks up to you, ready to kill you, but I'm chopping it in half if I get the chance. quote: we're given is sociopolitical snapshots which we're supposed to keep track of on our Star Wars chessboard It's hardly complicated... Let me summerize: Palpatine bad, Senate stupid, Naboo good, but on Palpatine's side because they don't know he's bad. quote: Other than that, you're left with "cute little kid gets really lucky multiple times," It's the force man, haven't you been paying attention? quote: Yoda fighting with lightsabers Yoda is awesome, thank you. quote: and geekboys jerking off to Padme And Padme is hot, thank you! :D -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Capitalism ho! in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 13:50 Profile #66 quote: There is no inherent value in a dollar bill except for what it represents. Not entirely true, it use to be (can't remember if it still is) that US money was backed with gold. So however much money is printed, there's a corresponding pile of gold sitting somewhere, and some countries still do this. So in that sense, there is some inherent value to it. (And I'd rather carry around a $20 bill than $20 worth of gold bricks!) quote: Something I always thought was odd: If it's illegal to destroy US currency, why do so many places have those machines that squash pennies into interesting pictures? Because there are some laws they don't really care about! If you're really sure you want to destroy your own money, go ahead and do it! It would only be a problem if massive numbers of people started getting $20s $50s and $100s from the bank and burning them all :) . I don't think there's ever been an FBI bust of people squishing pennies. quote: However, the US could give Hawaii to Japan as payment. The US bought Alaska, Florida, and the Lousiana Territory, didn't they? No reason they could sell land too, as far as I know. They could do that, but I think most Hawaiians would probably be pretty offended! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Coffe or Tea? in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Sunday, May 22 2005 13:39 Profile #92 quote: Yes, because those are all third-person singuar. English still has vestigial tense in the third-person singular (he runs, they run) and in the verb to be (I am, we are, he/she/it is) Yeah, that's right. But it's not nearly as bad as it could be. quote: And memorizing our spelling is generally far more heinous than remembering arbitrary gender. Yes, English spelling can suck! But I still think it's better than remembering random genders. quote: And since Anglo-Saxon was the linguistic ancestor of our language, these are the only words that can be said not to have been borrowed from other languages. Anglo-Saxon came from somewhere, you know! In taking German, I noticed that a lot of our irregular verbs seem to be pretty much the same as their German counterparts. In fact, a whole lot of English words in general are pretty much German. Other than that we've got words from Latin, Greek, and, well, pretty much every other language that's ever existed! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Coffe or Tea? in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Saturday, May 21 2005 23:40 Profile #85 quote: Even though English is probably the hardest language to learn, it's also pretty flexible, and you don't need to worry about insulting people by saying "Yo es bonito" to a girl. I think English is pretty easy. You don't have to remember if the table, or the tv, or a pencil is supposed to be called he, she, or it. That takes out a whole lot of memorizing! It also makes conjugation easy, because if you'd like to use a verb with your table, you have to know what gender it is. Another reason it's easy, He is, she is, it is. He runs, she runs, it runs. There's a lot of not changing that goes on here. Although we do have a lot of things like verbs that are irregular, that's because they come from other languages, so it's not like non-english speakers can complain because their word doesn't follow the rules! :P I took 3 quarters of college German, which is about as close to English as you can get, and never could get the hang of having like 9 different ways of saying "the." I'm happy with one, thank you. -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Woah Crazy!! in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Saturday, May 21 2005 22:37 Profile #117 quote: Pick up a pack of sugar that actually says, "sugar" on it and say, "You dropped your nametag!". Make sure it's not one of those bags of artificial sugar when you do that! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Saturday, May 21 2005 13:13 Profile #17 I thought it was really good. Probably the best of the first three. There were some parts I didn't like, but Yoda still freaking kicks ass. He's awesome. I would say more, but people here haven't all seen it! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
SpiderWeb Glitch III in Tech Support
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 20 2005 00:29 Profile #7 I get that 'member profile corrupt" message sometimes, too. It seems to work fine again later on, though. Sometimes I get it when I'm not logged in at all, too... -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
i shuda posted this when.. in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 20 2005 00:20 Profile #13 those people didn't get into that mine by themselves! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Wha?! in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Friday, May 20 2005 00:11 Profile #22 You don't have to actually buy software to make PDFs. The program I use to write math and physics papers (ok, homework, when I feel like using it) is called LaTeX, which is free, and it can compile (yes... compile) documents you type into PDF format. Though there's probably something better that can do it for free for non-technical writing! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Capitalism ho! in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Thursday, May 19 2005 23:52 Profile #39 I'm really old, in July I'll be 21! I can't believe how unbelievably old that is! :P I really need to get working on that immortality potion... -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Are people inherently amoral? in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Thursday, May 19 2005 17:25 Profile #15 amoral immoral evil There's a difference! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Are people inherently amoral? in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Thursday, May 19 2005 15:05 Profile #13 It doesn't mean a lot to make sweeping generalizations like that. Like most things else in nature, these things are described by a bell curve. Some people are asses, most people are okay, and some people are really nice. But the bad people tend to do more harm, and make themselves more noticed, because it's easier to do very bad things than very good ones. Case & point, someone holds a door open for you, you don't go off and talk about it to your friends later; someone slams it in your face, and you do! -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00
Drakefyre, Mariann, Jeff, Linda.. you're all dead. in General
cfgauss Warrior Member # 4590	written Thursday, May 19 2005 14:55 Profile #85 German chocolate cakes are awesome. One of the best things ever. However, they have nothing to do with Germany. You probably can't even buy them in Germany. A real German cakes are probably filled with alcohol, like their candy. Their delicious, delicious, candy.... -------------------- I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw Posts: 103 \| Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00

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