Barihawk

Lenin64, socialist-capitalist-liberalist-anarchist-individualist-communist. Based on a few opinions you read by a person it's hard, but apparently every person can be "classified" Do me! I'd actually be surprised if you were right.

Bluelancer, the government has no control over the major media. I'm willing to bet that aside from putting them at gunpoint, there's really nothing they can do. Media organizations have better lawyers, and a feeling of invincibility. They not only use language to make our enemies seem weaker (as you say) but they use this to make them look like radical freedom fighters or victims of a powerful aggressor. Hurricanes are given those terms not to make them look weaker, but to make them easier to say! "Hurricane 10005 left a tide of destruction in New Orleans" is a lot less sexy than "Hurricane Katrina left a tide of de..."

As I understood though, Quebec is trying to become a country of it's own and has considerable public/political backing. No such endeavour is happening in the U.S. at the moment. No real reason for it, though. Unless you count California falling into the ocean in 30 years. At the moment all the states are happy with their powers (although they shouldn't be :evil: ). So the only separating in the works now is California taking a dip.

Because the human race of 6.5 billion people inevitably fall within the two categories of 'liberal' or 'conservative', 'democrat' or 'republican'. No, not only two. Tons of political and social definitions out there. But it is the liberal movement (especially the media) to assign politically correct language. I remember when WMD was Nuclear bombs or Biological weapons but the media had to assign a sexy buzzword. Roadside bombs? IED, of course. It's in the interest of the liberal media (and yes, the media is liberal...even FoxNews) to sell the news. So they have to create hype over things. PC is one of those things.

I want a creole funeral. Lots of good food, music, remembering the good times. And I prefer the traditional style of burial. I will pick out the lot by the time I am 45, and have the whole damn thing paid for by 50. It really takes some of the emotional edge off when you have it planned. Just don't overplan the funeral though.

What does "mucking" mean? Mucking About = Screwing Around

What makes it even more amusing is that it's the liberal organizations who are clamping down on political correctness. Of course, I have a lot to say about organizations like the NAACP (like how they refuse to support black politicians who don't agree with their beliefs).

22 4 years I will keep playing until I get bored.

Ok, I see what you are getting at. You are talking about nullifying laws that have been passed in the past, not laws that are in the process of being ratified. In that case, yes...it's illegal.

I did not mean to flame. However, knowing the difference between a Republic and a Democracy is integral to civics. If you polled the vast majority of Americans, of the above they would pick Democracy as the type of government the U.S. has, but they are wrong.

I am amazed at the sheer number of people in this thread who are going to fail high school civics. The states are 50 individual governments held together by one Federal government. That's why we call it the United STATES. The role of the federal government is to relegate interstate commerce, protect the states, relegate international commerce, provide a unified foreign diplomatic front...etc. Basically gelling the 50 individual governments together. The 10th Amendment, last Amendment to the Bill of Rights: All states are granted any power not defined by the Constitution. To the OP: States can currently nullify any law. Two-Thirds of all 50 states must ratify any new Federal Law. We already have 50 small armies. See the National Guard. Most of our troops in Iraq are Guardsmen, which means that the States are fighting the war, not the Fed. If they are not getting those powers, the Federal government is violating the 10th Amendment. That's the role of the Federal government. Say Tennessee wants to send goods to Kentucky. Without the Fed, they might have two different currencies, have different ideas of what money is worth, levee huge tariffs. That's how the Fed relegates Interstate commerce. And yes, I am conservative. I believe the 50 states should have more powers. The Federal government is already interfering too much (no thanks to Bush) and any liberal President is only going to make it worse.

I think they should. The 10th amendment gives the states any powers not listed in the Constitution. However, the Federal government is denying states many powers that are not in the Constitution.

You know, you might be surprised at how many Christians believe in the evolution theory; my dad, the Christian, included. :wink: I personally believe in Creation, but also in Survival of the Fittest. Many people just unfairly state that we abolish the thoughts of Evolution in general.

Nadril, I'd love to go look through the dozens of threads that have dozens of pages of holy war to satisfy you, but why bother. You don't even read the ones in this topic. My comments were directed to the off-topic forum in general, not this specific thread. What now? Where in the world did I ever state that Warrior was the brunt of that comment?

You think that, but this is the internet. You can draw a line and say "this is the bottom of the barrel" and people will find a way to go lower. Thank places like 4chan and the like.

Forgive me. Perhaps "persecution" is a better word than "flaming." Coming from a man who has been raised in the Church his entire life, I was never explicitly told the Creation story by parents or a teacher until adolescence, at an age where I can form my own opinions. Which is what my parents did, and what I plan to do. It happens often enough. "Ignorant" is the most common insult thrown. Even when insults aren't given, passages are often worded to insinuate it. Vis-a-Vis, I talk about religion and I am accused of being a backwards bigot.

Considering that the origional post was pretty much stating that teachers should not teach bias, and then someone popped in saying that evolution should not be taught because of the bias as well. It's within the topic still. He was trying to say that evolution should be taught because it doesn't contain bias, considering it is a fact. Funny, I know you wouldn't have responded to Blue that way if it was about any other topic that happened to go off topic, Bari. Sorry, I come from a school district and state where origins are simply not taught. Survival of the Fittest, yes, but not total evolution. To be honest, high school kids are not old enough to maturely debate such things. Same goes for abortion or gay rights. Believe it or not, you aren't fully grown up. Neither am I. I still have three years to go before I get a bloody decrease on my car insurance, because they still consider me a kid. However, Bluelancer's post went a little beyond talking about Evolution in the classroom, and more into religion and politics. And about your last comment. I've always said that when it's off-topic. I, for one, am sick of every other post becoming religion flaming. It seems to happen in many topics, and we've thankfully had a drought.

I think they should have the right to speak, but I am not clear on UK Free Speech laws. Here in the US you can say whatever you want, as long as it's: A) True; B) Is not libel or slander.

For Fred's Sake, Bluelancer. As a moderator you should know better. Take a look at your post, and take a look at the original post of the topic. Evolution...PETA. Not exactly a good match. And all parties talking about evolution or debating it are in the wrong. Stay on topic!

My only complaint with this article is that it's only a few hours of testing. You should have weeks at least before you make any solid claims.

How did it fail in most areas? There's a few items or sets that the GE doesn't have, but once prices adjust (which takes time) then everything will be hunky-dory. The vast majority of items I've tried to sell have just sat on the exchange until I canceled them. Sure, it's good for common items, but they were easy to buy before also. Not saying this is a bad update, but it "needs refining" as the saying goes. ;) Give it a break, it may take a few hours or days. Supply vs demand works out to more than price.

I have 47 prayer pots (4) in there for the lowest price available. Knock yourself out.

Good question. I actually did a history paper on whether or not the mass bombing raids by the RAF on Germany could be justifiable. Franky, no, not if the targets were non-military and not if the war was coming to an end (as it was when we started fire-bombing places like Dresden). The bombing is too indiscriminate. Complain to the thousands who died during the Blitz. The Germans pretty much just lobbed railroad rounds and rockets across the bay with no real targets. Plus, carpet bombing was the norm for the time. Precision bombing was not accurate enough or able to be applied to large targets at the time. Even the venerable Norton bombsight was only accurate to a few hundred yards. And about the Japanese bombings: 82% of the blast to Hiroshima and 93% of the Nagasaki blast hit military targets only. In both cities, the damage accounted for less than a quarter of the entire city. We did not flatten the entire civilian population. In addition, the long-term effects of radiation were not studied enough. You could also say the same for the Japanese policy of putting dense civilian populations next to military targets. Interesting stuff. It suddenly makes the bombings a little less 'child of satan' and a little more justified. Do you by any chance know of any accurate general shistory sites where you can look this kind of stuff up? I'd look at the Department of Defense, they are the ones with the info. I went to an aerial museum earlier in my new hometown and they had an exhibit on the bombings because one of the guys on the Enola Gay was a homeboy. But I don't really care to reveal where that is.

I bought two sports coats for $150 dollars. Without the tags, they would have been over $350.

I will have the traditional family Methodist wedding. Do you? Do you? I now pronounce... My younger sister has the record for longest wedding in the family, at 28 minutes from music starting to the kiss. Simple ceremony, held in whatever church my bride and I choose. No more decoration than a few flowers behind us and on the pews. Music for the procession will be either Pacebel's Canon in D or Beethoven's ode to joy, both to be done by a small string ensemble. Despite the ceremonial and religious aspects of marriage, it's important legal-wise. Imagine having to pay two sets of taxes. Even if it's just getting a judge to stamp a license, marriage is preferable.