All Posts by keltic1701

Fudruckers (sp) makes a good burger but they are a bit pricey. But I also like BK, Checkers and Wendy's burgers as well. I use to have a roomie that never ate anyones burgers but his own. He was so afraid of getting food poisoning from meat that he use to cook his burgers until they turned in hockey pucks!

Don't mean to rain on your parade but I would keep a close eye on him from now on. It may be cute when your 4 year old son raids you bank account to buy a video game but I'm wondering if it will be as cute when he's 16.  lol

Originally posted by LondonMagus

Sci Fi  : BladeRunner, Alien Resurrection, The Day the Earth Stood Still

Anime : Hellsing Ultimate, Ghost in the Shell - Innocence , Full Metal Alchemist - Conqueror of Shamballa

Horror : Interview with the Vampire, Resident Evil,  Fallen

Action : Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Red Dragon, Hannibal

Heroic : V for Vendetta, Batman Begins, Mystery Men

Hard to pick just one, but "Hellsing Ultimate III" is possibly my current favourite.

Not trying to dis you London, but why did you like "Alien Resurrection"? To me the whole series when down the tube after "Aliens" and AR was the worst of the lot. Well...until the AvP movies come out.
 

Originally posted by Vemoi

Originally posted by Zhaust

*Clears throat* I normally don't post in threads like this, or on any forums in general, but I felt the need to provide some insight and some historical facts for the Palin pundits to chew on.

Let me start by saying that I voted for Barack Obama. I also have the honor of saying that I knew him at one point in time, when he was the professor of one of my classes at the University of Chicago. Barack Obama is as intelligent, insightful, and well spoken as he appears in print and media. I have listened to him speak for hours on subjects that would bore anyone with a pulse to tears, but somehow he injects his own enthusiasm into his lectures and captures your interest with his words. He is also the smartest man I have ever met, and was once president of the Harvard Law Review.

I have never met Sarah Palin, but I have watched her extensively during her campaign. She strikes me as a woman who is not very intelligent, and her only political skills seem to be her wink and her "holier than thou" attitude which is strikingly similar to President Bush's. Every time she makes a statement I can't help but compare it to a contestant answering the "final question" in the Miss America pageant. Furthermore, she has a sub-par education, stumbling from community college to state school to community college before finally receiving a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

I find it scary that the Palin pundits can stand up and defend this woman with a straight face.  I want a president who is smart above all things (not Karl Rove smart, not evil genius), and clearly Barack Obama trumps Sarah Palin in that regard. Need I say more?

I will leave you with a history lesson. The year was 1932. America had been feeling the effects of the Great Depression for over 3 years. Tired of Herbert Hoover's ineffective efforts to keep America from spiraling even deeper into Depression, Americans clearly stated "enough is enough" by electing a democrat by the name of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the greatest american president imo) to the presidency. Roosevelt almost singlehandedly brought America out of the great depression with aggressive government in the form of the first New Deal. The New Deal created many of the socioeconomic programs that have fallen to crap during the Bush administration, such as Fannie Mae, the FDIC, and the SEC. His second New Deal created the Social Security system, which has also taken a dump during the Bush administration. The second New Deal also created the National Labor Relations Act, which allowed workers to organize into unions and is the reason many americans have 5 day work weeks, paid vacations, pensions, healthcare, and overtime.

During this time period, many right wing groups criticized the programs of Roosevelt as being "socialist", just as they are doing to Obama today. So rest easy my friends, this has all happened before. Obama has both the brains and the will to be another Franklin Roosevelt, and can easily bring this country out of this recession. If Roosevelt could singlehandedly bring a country out of a much greater economic crisis than the current one, then Obama can do the same, in my belief. He reminds me more of Roosevelt than any single president since.

On a side note, Ronald Reagan couldn't fill the space of a pimple on Roosevelt's ass. He was that insignificant, he was.

 

Here we go again with the "Highly intelligent" I know several "intelligent" people who don't have a lick of sense.  Every time I see an intelligence post, I think European first and then someone going to college because, both know everything.

You still believe FDR brought the country out of depression!? Give me a break. What he did do is saddle us with programs that still haunt us to this day. Luckily WWII happened for him. Is that how Obama is going to get the economy going?

Ah yes! We all know that Europeans and intelligent, well educated people and especially intelligent, well educated European people are people that should not be trusted. Well said!
 

Originally posted by Zindaihas

Whoops, here she is again.  The incredible disappearing governor.  I'm so sad she's been forgotten since the election.

Yeah, back again. Just like herpes. Besides, her 15 minutes aren't over yet.

Originally posted by Ekibiogami

Originally posted by keltic1701

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

i am ashamed to live in america now that obama will be our next leader

i mean he was not even born here and look at his friends.

obama will be the end of freedom in america and end america as a whole

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out"

"Let me help you pack"

"Then leave"

"America...love it or leave it"

Remember those cute little catch phrases when Democrats complained about Bush being elected. Karma is a b*itch. Ain't it?

 

Yeah the similarities of Bush and Obama are scarry.. they are even Trickling down to the supporters ;p

Yeah....right. Separated at birth no doubt. I can't and won't speak for all the supports but I've been waiting 8 years to feed those words back to those who originally said them. Like a bit of salt with that crow? I think it's all out of my system now.....ummmm .....yup....all out.

Originally posted by Ekibiogami

Originally posted by keltic1701

Originally posted by Ekibiogami

Originally posted by Slythe

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

i am ashamed to live in america now that obama will be our next leader

i mean he was not even born here

Would you have felt this way about McCain as well? He was not "born here" too, you know. He was born in the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone. If you think I'm joking, look it up.

 

 

This.

And Unless im wrong I havent seen any headlines that Obama has released his Birth Records.. So we shal see there.

Are you still stuck on the birth record thing? Talk about grasping for straws...

 

Are you Still just Free passing Obama? Talk about sad.

Are you still concerned about a non-issue? That's not just sad...that desperate. And no, no one is free passing anyone. So far everyone seems to be happy with what Obama is doing as far as his transition. Even many Republicans seemed pleased. The only people who aren't happy are a small and insignificant group who never seem to be happy with anyone or any thing. That is the true definition of sad.

Originally posted by Ekibiogami

Originally posted by Slythe

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

i am ashamed to live in america now that obama will be our next leader

i mean he was not even born here

Would you have felt this way about McCain as well? He was not "born here" too, you know. He was born in the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone. If you think I'm joking, look it up.

 

 

This.

And Unless im wrong I havent seen any headlines that Obama has released his Birth Records.. So we shal see there.

Are you still stuck on the birth record thing? Talk about grasping for straws...

Originally posted by iwantmyswg

i am ashamed to live in america now that obama will be our next leader

i mean he was not even born here and look at his friends.

obama will be the end of freedom in america and end america as a whole

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out"

"Let me help you pack"

"Then leave"

"America...love it or leave it"

Remember those cute little catch phrases when Democrats complained about Bush being elected. Karma is a b*itch. Ain't it?

This came from a article on Yahoo!. Most of the names were pretty silly but the last one was very informative.

6. ADOLF

Memories of death camps and fascism have kept parents from christening their kids Adolf for quite some time. But one unlucky youngster acquired the name in 1949. He was the son of William Patrick Hitler—the dictator’s nephew, who moved to America in the 1930s to fight against his uncle. It isn’t clear why William preserved the name, but his four sons (including Alexander Adolf Hitler, now 57) made a pact to never have children in an effort to stunt der Fuehrer’s family tree at its branches.

It was that last line that I thought was very interesting. I never knew that the remaining members of the Hitler family made a pact to end the bloodline.

Here is the rest of the article.

blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/20573.html

Originally posted by tvalentine

its a shame, its surprising how a 34 male cant get out of the way of the crowd, i mean i could see an old person being trampled and die. But the guy was so young, i dunno though, once i see a crowd of angry minorities wanting to get into the store i would make a break for it.

You've obviously never been in an out of control mob before. A stampede of people can kill you as much as a  stampede of cattle can. Most likely he just didn't see it as a possibility until it was too late. It's easy for us in hindsight to say we should have seen it coming but another when it actually happens to us and we never imagine that it could happen. I'm sure this poor guy never thought he would be trampled to death by a heard of overeager Christmas shoppers. This sort of thing really scares me as to how the value of human life has taken a backseat to our pursuit of  material things. I really think our obsession with having the newest and latest junk has blinded us to the basic belief that people are more important than acquiring things.

"On a side note, Ronald Reagan couldn't fill the space of a pimple on Roosevelt's ass. He was that insignificant, he was."

Reagan is dead and it looks like his policies are not long for this world either. Reagan may be God to the GOP but he'll just be another Presidential side-note in 20 years where FDR will be remembered with the likes of Washington and Lincoln. 

Originally posted by BaronJuJu

This is why I've moved all my shopping online during this time of the year. No lines, no fuss, good deals and it gets delivered to me. Beats standing in line at 1am to watch folks get in a fist fight over some meaningless piece of crap that they would have never given a second look before, but now would kill over because its 30% off so they can five it to Uncle Louie that they haven't spoken to in 10 years.

 

 

Who would have thought that shopping online could now save your life?  I'm the same, what little Xmas shopping I do is done entirely online just to avoid the shopping warriors!

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death

It continues to amaze me how people can act like a horde of charging barbarians looking to sack Rome during the season of "goodwill towards men". Maybe people should concentrate more on the goodwill part rather than if they are going to be the first ones to get their hands on a Wii. And people wonder why I've lost faith in Christmas.

Originally posted by Fishermage

Originally posted by declaredemer

Originally posted by Fishermage

Originally posted by declaredemer

Originally posted by Fishermage

neo-conservatism, as people are defining it here, is a more centrist conservatism than traditional conservatism.

 

LOL.  Where did you hear that from?

 

And you are saying that

1. Bush is not a neo-conservative;
2. Bush is a centrist;
3. Bush is a pragmatist;
4. Bush is like Obama; and
5. Neo-consevartism is more centrist than conservatism?
   • You said, "as people are defining it here," what people?

 

I want to keep this straight.  Am I wrong about your claims numbered (1) through (4)?

Why do you have to continually chop up my words and destroy context of every statement?

Sir, you are not a victim.

 

I am convinced you either:

1. Refuse to answer simple questions;
2. Cannot answer simple questions; or
3. Do not understand concepts of neo-conservatism, centrism, and pragmatism.

I do not think you know what you are talking about.  I am serious. 

 

 

I answered every one of your questions. Please refrain from the personal attacks and context-dropping.

No! No! No! You didn't! Is it even possible for you to answer these questions? All you have done is engage in linguistic evasive maneuvers and changing or dropping the subject to avoid the questions. You told me to go hunt for the posts when I said your claims were bogus and that everyone has given ample explanation against your claims. You are the one with the outrageous claims so it's on YOU to prove yourself not prove what is plain to everyone else. I know the world is round and there is enough evidence to prove my claim so I don't have to gather proof for someone who believes the world is flat. You are the one ( the only one) flying in the face of convention wisdom so the burden of proof falls on you! Answer the man's questions or concede the debate.

Originally posted by Fishermage

Originally posted by keltic1701

Originally posted by Fishermage

Originally posted by declaredemer

It is difficult.  It really is.  It is at least difficult for ME to take anyone (anyone) seriously who thinks Bush is (a) like Obama, (b) a centrist, and (c) a pragmatist.

 

We all love the United States of America.  We cannot re-engineer history by manipulating the definitions of centrism and pragmatism to fit the Bush Administration.  If we love America, we must be honest about the ideology of the Republican-domination and Bush Admin:  neo-conservative. 

 

Bush a centrist.  He he he.  Good grief.

 

Aside:  I like Bush insofar that I would rather have a beer with Bush than Gore or Kerry. I might want to have a class of wine with Kerry and a cup of tea (organic) with Gore, notwithstanding.

How is Bush not a centrist?  This is twice you have answered with an appeal to ridicule. how about actually making a case?

I define Centrism by what it is not -- Ideology. Bush is no ideologue, and never was. he was and is acenter/right guy and that was how he governed.

You are simply believing the myths generated by the media and his enemies. PROVE the myths you believe if you can.

Prove that he is a centrist. And I don't mean by compairing him by an right right-wing measuring stick. Every way you have measured his policies have been from a far right perspective. A perspective like that would make Stalin look like a centrist . Try defining his policies from a truely central perspective and it becomes plain to anyone that Bush is anything but a centrist. The simple truth is that Bush is dislikes by everyone, both Right and Left except for an extremly small minority, because his ineptitude has lead this country to  domestic ruin and made us the laughing stock of the world. You may not see it that way but to us on planet Earth, that IS how it really is.
 

I proved it up above. I am not far right, so I don't know what you are talking about. One views a centrist by looking at what a right wing person would do, what a left wing person would do, IF they were ideologues. Bush is not that at all.

Bush is disliked by everyone BECAUSE he is neither left nor right. If he were true to conservative principles, the right would love him. He was not, so they dislike him too.

I made my case, and you haven't disproved it -- merely told me I don't live on planet earth (appeal to ridicule again, like Declaredemer). How about show how the things I mentioned are NOT centrist, or showing other factors that disprove what I say.

If you have a case, make it.I've made mine, and all you've done is question the planet I live on.

 

 

You have proven nothing, made no case other than being tenacious in your opinion. An opinion that you mistaken for fact. And that alone shows you have little or no connection to reality either by circumstance or by choice. Myself and many, many others have made our case (and much more elegantly than I ever could in many examples) in countless post in the past. You simply choose to discard or outright  ignore them since they don't fit your views. You restate the same opinion over and over and over again just using different words. That ISN"T an argument. You have convinced yourself that your argument is sound but the fact is you really don't want to see things as they really, really, are. If you want to live in a bubble, much like Bush did through his time in office, that's your choice. Knock youself out. It's a free country and you have the right to stick your head in the sand if you so choose to. But don't try to fool the rest of us who know better into believing your fairy tale. 
 

Originally posted by Fishermage

Originally posted by declaredemer

It is difficult.  It really is.  It is at least difficult for ME to take anyone (anyone) seriously who thinks Bush is (a) like Obama, (b) a centrist, and (c) a pragmatist.

 

We all love the United States of America.  We cannot re-engineer history by manipulating the definitions of centrism and pragmatism to fit the Bush Administration.  If we love America, we must be honest about the ideology of the Republican-domination and Bush Admin:  neo-conservative. 

 

Bush a centrist.  He he he.  Good grief.

 

Aside:  I like Bush insofar that I would rather have a beer with Bush than Gore or Kerry. I might want to have a class of wine with Kerry and a cup of tea (organic) with Gore, notwithstanding.

How is Bush not a centrist?  This is twice you have answered with an appeal to ridicule. how about actually making a case?

I define Centrism by what it is not -- Ideology. Bush is no ideologue, and never was. he was and is acenter/right guy and that was how he governed.

You are simply believing the myths generated by the media and his enemies. PROVE the myths you believe if you can.

Prove that he is a centrist. And I don't mean by compairing him by an right right-wing measuring stick. Every way you have measured his policies have been from a far right perspective. A perspective like that would make Stalin look like a centrist . Try defining his policies from a truely central perspective and it becomes plain to anyone that Bush is anything but a centrist. The simple truth is that Bush is dislikes by everyone, both Right and Left except for an extremly small minority, because his ineptitude has lead this country to  domestic ruin and made us the laughing stock of the world. You may not see it that way but to us on planet Earth, that IS how it really is.
 

Originally posted by modjoe86

Originally posted by keltic1701

I would also like to put in Science Mystery Theater 3000 for honorable mention for all-time best comedy. Such a simple idea for so many laughs!

 

My roommates and I just started downloading and watching these again.  The Pod People episode was alot funnier under the influence of Longbottom Leaf. The show was basically funny a third of the time, but they threw about 30,000 one-liners at you, so you laugh about 10,000 times in an hour and a half.

 

Oh, and current: South Park or The Office

All time: South Park or The Office.

Honorable mention to my current favorites: Moral Oral

Without a doubt! "Longbottom Leaf" makes even the most mundane things seem funny. Add that to a goofy show like MST 300 and it will definitely up the laughing factor!

I would also like to put in Mystery Science Theater 3000 for honorable mention for all-time best comedy. Such a simple idea for so many laughs!