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QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 11:56 AM) It's quacks like this that give people like me, and the people I work with, a bad name. Yup. /I HEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAALLLLLL you!!!!!!!!! Benny Hinn (after the people attend the workshops on what to do on stage). I know this one first hand.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 06:23 AM) I think over the years we tend to think the Founding Fathers are infallible and have infinite, timeless wisdom. What would you think of the leader of a new country, with a relatively weak military, if they stupidly instigated a war with a superpower with the world's most powerful military, ended up getting a bunch of people killed, and made no real tactical or strategic gains from it? James Madison awaits your answer. They did exactly that in the first place, so I don't know what your point is. They had a hell of a lot more wisdom then we do now, with our "me, me, me, I, I, I" (including our president) attitude. We don't think 30 seconds beyond our actions today, unless it's to "redistribute our wealth" and how we're going to do it. The founding of this country was aboslutely against that. They wanted a place where the individual could choose what it is they wanted. Today, we have to pay for everyone else's stupidity. That makes their wisdom a whole lot better then ours.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 10:16 PM) There's a difference between make a gaffe here and there and being consistently stupid. You know, I hadn't thought of it that way, but Joe Biden and Sarah Palin make quite a pair... Joe Biden is the male Democrat equivalent of Sarah Palin.

As my post said, there has to be a middle ground. Why? When you take the low road, and don't publicly go out there and do what you need to do in the right way, it does empower a certain element of not standing up for what you need to stand up for. Now, I know Rex is going to come in here and say he's hitting the perfect tune, and you are too, and he's going through the back channels asserting what he needs to. But I don't believe it, quite frankly. Not by some of the stuff that's happening and the way it is. I do think that Cheney and Gu91an1 needs to STFU, though. They aren't in the loop anymore, and that alone is enough.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) He can screw anything he wants so long as his policies make sense and he's got some good ideas (which I think he does). He's clearly the best name on that list. But that's not saying much. Yea, but being a hypocritical douche doesn't help his cause at all.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) I'm getting really tired of the Republicans acting like Al-Qaida's hype men. Frankly, their panic and consistent overreaction makes for successful terrorist attacks. Getting on TV and cowering like a p**** (while pretending to sound tough) is the exact opposite of helping. Isn't this the home of the brave? f***ing act like it or remove that line from the national anthem. Wut? Right? It goes both ways, and there is a realistic middle ground somewhere.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 05:06 PM) Gingrich is honestly really smart and capable, but it's hard to ignore how much of a flaming hypocrite and disgusting human being he is. Did people just... like... forget? It wasn't even that long ago. But Bill Clinton is the same way! Ugh. With Billy, everyone knew he was whoring. Newt b****ed about the whoring, talked about how bad Billy is, and was doing it at the same time. Go screw a tree, Newt.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 04:19 PM) He had to negotiate a new deal and the new deal says he hosts for an hour. Such garbage. Leno is a big asshole.

It is always weird to see videos of stuff like that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 04:21 PM) Gingrich is a very smart dude, who has had some good ideas. He's also a raging asshole, though. Which is why he needs to go back into his hole. He's Cheney-esque in his assholishness.

The best method of bowling is the southsider2k5 method. The drunker you get, the higher the score. And you don't get a really good score until you're puking.

And here we thought you were serious.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 03:18 PM) Pawlenty the only one from that list I really like. I don't. And Daniels is a snake oil salesman too. That list just flat out sucks.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 11:54 AM) http://finance.yahoo.com/news/December-ret...ml?x=0&.v=9 "Government Saves".

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 10:07 AM) LOL, this canard again. Time for me to be the one to call it quits here. I'm out. Yep. Government is the only solution. "Government Saves".

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) Brett Favre? Zing!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) Go to the Dem thread if you want to discuss that. I posted them for you. Gracias.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) And, here's the much expected Limbaugh one. Obama's just helping to improve his standing with the "light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country". Audio at site, check it out for yourself. Meanwhile, here's the Fox Nation article: Okay, it's true, re: the Fox heading, right, wrong, or indifferent (not stating my opinion of when he should have done what, because honestly, it's a moot point). And the whole thing is mocking Harry Reid, so whatever... I'm sure Limbaugh is a racist machine now. Gotta keep up those appearances.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:23 PM) Government isn't inherently corrupt and believe it or not ethics compliance etc. is really taken seriously... but it's a massive, sprawling bureaucracy and there's a lot of times where the right hand doesn't have a clue what the left is doing but the public expects the pinky finger to be able to touch an eyelash at the drop of a hat. It just can't. But a large corporation probably functions the same way actually. Sure they do - they're both bureaucratic as hell. But whenever you remove a motive for shareholder return and counter it with no accountability what so ever (OMG, the VOTERS, 90% of which have no clue and just want the government to give them what they want... OBAMAMAMA's GOT THAT STASH!!! LOLERZZZ!!!) other then deficit spending and a printing press in the basement of the White House and Capitol Hill, the motive to get things in line (shrink, whatever) just disappeared right out the window, and corruption becomes much more "behind the scenes" because people don't have a clue how it works. In a corporation, you become worthless if corruption is found. Not the government. That's been the point.

Let's not and say you did. It doesn't belong in this thread.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:10 PM) That makes my brain hurt, but it isn't even close to the stupidest thing to come out of that man's mouth. On that we agree.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 09:07 PM) Switch around government and corporations and you've got yourself the core of modern conservative ideology. "Government ruins everything! Corporations will save us all! We need to end government as it exists!" Both sides are going to screw you over. At least with government, you get a vote. Who do you work for? You think your vote is better then a company you work for? Just using that as an example. Go to work for the government, private sector be damned. Rice fields for everyone! (yes, Kaperbole ™ ) You people honestly think that government is less corrupt and is more responsible then the private sector? NO ONE has said that corruption doesn't exist on both sides of the fence. But, it kills me to see that you all think there's some pious intent of government.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 08:40 PM) Again, what is your evidence they don't make money? Its the 3rd time I have asked. Nothing is stated about retained earnings because those aren't considered in their estimates. As far as profitability having zero to do with a valuation of a business, wow. If Ford was making a billion dollars a year wouldn't they be valued higher than they are right now? After all if they liquidated everything they owned, they would have some cash. nevermind. already addressed.

The New Madrid 1812 quake (just thinking of the one I hear about all the time for 1812), or Haiti in 1812?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 04:04 PM) That's sort of a normal pattern for a quake this large. Rule of thumb, everything is logarithmic. So, you set off a magnitude 7, you get of the order of 10 magnitude 6 events, 100 magnitude 5 events, 1000 magnitude 4 events, as aftershocks before all is settled. Of course, that also leaves the small probability of another magnitude 7, but that's usually unlikely. Things get really interesting, for example, if you set off a magnitude 8 event in the L.A. area, and you wind up with 5 or so aftershocks that are magnitude 7 events on their own. I don't think I have ever heard that before. Did that happen with Northridge, for example? I guess we're so programmed in to the "first one" or the "big one" that we don't realize that the aftershocks are that numerous. I knew there always were some, but not to that extent. That's mind boggling, actually.