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Reply to "Caint Suck that Bullet Back Into the Gun" in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well Dr. Guy, I agree, this is an entirely valid point you make. AG should walk the walk.

Reply to Tragedy of the commons explained: Why socialism doesn’t work in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]Define "socialism" and tell me how it differs from the economic system a typical family (two parents, two or three children) practice in their own household (or in Greek: their "economy").[/quote] Leauki, All political systems have their grand theory, stating how they would work in a pure environment untainted by culture, religion or past events. Basically, how they would work in a vacuum. This is the big problem with ideology in my mind, as man has never lived in this u

Reply to GOP Presidential Candidates Have NO Clue! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Ah, COL Gene... I can always count on your copious use of bold and underlined rage to stir the pot!

Reply to 5 Hours of Light per Day and Dropping in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks Dr. Guy. I've been here three years now and am loving it. Anyone who actually wants to come up here to see the place is more than welcome and would be thrilled to show you around. Although if you did come in winter you'd also have to take a ride on the dogsled and go for a trek out on the ice road, just to say you've done it!

5 Hours of Light per Day and Dropping in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Tonight I was watching an episode of one of my favourite shows and part way through I became incredibly happy. I couldn't quite put my finger on it as to why, and then it suddenly dawned on me. I was feeling good because the scene on the TV was of a bright sunny day in Florida. It was the fact that I was watching this sunny day on TV and it suddenly brought back memories of being in the sun on a warm day,&

Reply to Tragedy of the commons explained: Why socialism doesn’t work in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Is socialism in a pure form possible? Absolutely not. But neither is capitalism! There is a third option, which is called a "mixed" economy. It is this third option that is always attacked by both the Friedmanites and the Marxists because it's considered a mutt breed of ideologies. Funny thing is, I think it works best of all the systems. True laissez faire capitalism is a system of prescribed misery for the majority of the people, as is a totalitarian socialist state. If you meet i

Reply to What can I say? I’m a taker in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]The frustration of Christmas shopping madness and resultant frenzy and the fact that most leave purchases to the very last minute, does not really grant the buyer time to be original or thoughtful. Jesu-birthday or not, you could always undo your ba-humbug and share with lesser mortals.[/quote] Heh heh. Truth be told I am all for gift giving but not of the monetized/purchased variety (this includes anything bought and sold or gift cards). This is not because I am a scrooge, but b

Reply to The Golden Compass in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Just throwing in my two cents here... I saw the movie this weekend with some friends, completely oblivious to the whole "evil ulterior atheist motive", which I found out about the following day much to my surprise! Truth be told I really enjoyed the movie. If the books are heavily anti-religion then it didn't spill over into the movie. If there was anything that the movie conveyed it's that people should think for themselves and not buy into groupthink. Regardless of your religious or p

Reply to FDA Under Funded in Politics JoeUser Forums

The fact that the FDA's budget has been steadily shrinking is one thing that is not in dispute. The other is that many of the people who run the FDA (who were appointed by the Bush Administration) are in a clear cut conflict of interest as many of them have vested interests in the very corporations that the FDA is supposed to be policing! Did you know that the European Union gets higher quality meat from U.S slaughterhouses than U.S based customers? This is because the EU as a collectiv

Reply to Fieldcraft 101 in Misc JoeUser Forums

Absolutely wonderful story, loved it! I'm sure I haven't spent even a fraction of the time you ever did in uniform, but I do remember my first 'time'. We were on a two week LET (land environment training) and our warrant officer was pissed off at us so decided we would be spending the whole day practicing section attacks in full NBC gear. Our platoon and one other were assaulting a trench line and it had been four days since I had taken a dump. So anyways, as we were in the middle of the as

Reply to America, The Last Hope of the World in Misc JoeUser Forums

have to say that this is some of the most hysterical, paranoid nonsense I've yet read on JU. The act relates to alien unlawful combatants, not to citizens. Yes, it's conceivable its powers might be misused - but that's true of any act of government. Any act, any government. No system is perfect, and no system is completely invulnerable to misuse. But there is no trace

Reply to The Irony of Political Correctness in Misc JoeUser Forums

You're "fat" because, yes, you are different than the majority.....so there's a need to call it "fat". Inside our minds, we can understand that there's very little difference between average weight people and fat people......but in language, we need to differenciate. Just to be pedantic I'd like to point out that approximately 2/3 of north Ame

Reply to Officially Old! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Gid, sorry to hear about the gout. In regards to the joint pain, are you taking any supplements? Due to the amount of running I do I put my joints through hell and so take a supplement called "lakota"- a co-worker of mine with really bad arthritis (we call him the human barometer, as he can always tell us a day before a big weather change is coming)got me sold on lakota, he swears up and down that it helps his arthritis and I've found it significantly decreases my rebound time. It has glucosamin

Reply to Coldest Winter in 15 Years... in Humor JoeUser Forums

Indeed it is Dr. Guy! Another balmy morning today at -30 celsius (-45 with the windchill) it's easier to throw on the parka and snowpants and walk to work rather than let the car warm up for 10 or 15 minutes. I think this year they will be planning on sending 10,000 truckloads up to the diamond mines, the road could definitely be opening earlier than planned if we keep up weather like this.

Reply to America, The Last Hope of the World in Misc JoeUser Forums

Great article! One thing I'd like to comment on: All Persons Are Endowed By Their Creator With Inalienable Rights . Are you aware of the military commisions act of 2006? Basically it states that the U.S government does not have to provide legal rights to anyone they deem to be a terrorist. Sounds great right? Well, how do they determine if you're a terrorist? Basically this act makes it so that all they have to do i

Reply to Coldest Winter in 15 Years... in Humor JoeUser Forums

heh heh- whereabouts are you? Here in Yellowknife it's a balmy -31, at least the ice road will be in earlier than normal!

Reply to Democrats The ENEMY Within in Politics JoeUser Forums

Tee hee! Moderateman forgot to list my favourite contender for president as an enemy. I hope Kucinich gets in personally, and you didn't name him, so I'm glad to see that he's okay in your books. In all seriousness, you have nothing to worry about if either Hillary OR Obama get into power. They'll still pursue the same overall goals as the Bush administration with just a little bit of window dressing to make it look like they're different. They might readjust a few billions

Reply to Has Bush sold us a bill of goods? in Politics JoeUser Forums

In regards to brand names, I see this election as the ultimate in corporate adverstising- it's already been decided that voters will have two possible choices. Coke or Pepsi (democrats or republicans) In regards to each party, you will have your choice of the prime candidate to be either diet or regular. The media and talking head pundits have already declared that the democratic candidate WILL be hillary or Obama. Neither of which I agree with, albeit as a foreign observer

Reply to Is GW a lemon? in Politics JoeUser Forums

What do you disagree with? That one cannot hide one million bodies without leaving traces of mass graves or furnaces? Who said anything about hiding the bodies? My problem is that there is no definitive body count because, well, no one is really counting. Reporters can't really go out on their own and investigate, and it has been verified that the Iraqi government has been, how shall we say, "massaging" the data on their morgue numbers. And that's just t

Reply to MODERATEMAN ON VACATION in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well Maybe the Smirking Chimp will give him a 24 hour pass with security provided by the secret service as a great man of his stature deserves. I mean everyone knows that the twin towers bombing was an inside job, because steel and concrete cannot melt with fire and the way they fell showed it was a controlled explosion. It was part of the plot for Bush to exert his power and take over the oil in the middle east!!@! Yes, now you're finally getting it

Reply to MODERATEMAN ON VACATION in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thank you, but I would appreciate the President of Iran and the Ayatollah of same, along with the President of Syria, the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and of course the guest of honor Osama bin Laden granted safe passage. Now that's a party! I believe one good sit down dinner and we can solve all the problems happening in the middle east. Well, I can get the first 5 above but I'm afraid Osama can't make it, he's currently vacationing in the basement of th

Reply to America's future expansion in Politics JoeUser Forums

Oh dear Gods!!! Cikomyr, don't give them any ideas! We want them to think that we're a bunch of dog-sledding igloo building beatniks, then they'll ignore us If we joined the union 1) Equalization payments between provinces would be gone. This would mean billions in lost funding for the maritime provinces, Quebec and Manitoba. Alberta, Ontario and BC would be rolling in the dough.<b

Reply to MODERATEMAN ON VACATION in Politics JoeUser Forums

Moderateman, I'm so proud of you! I'm gonna call up my good friends Fidel and Hugo and we'll come over for a little party, how about that????

Reply to Is GW a lemon? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Arrgghh, damn you JU!!! (shakes fist in anger) Leauki, please believe me when I say that I spent the last half hour composing my response to you, only to click on "post comment" to get a wonderful URL error. Suffice it to say that I respectfully disagree with you and look forward to picking your brains as we obviously have differing viewpoints. Remember, it is th

Reply to Is GW a lemon? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Oh Leauki, and here I thought we were getting along so well! I do not know you, and make no pretenses to say otherwise. You don't know me or anything about me, and yet are quick to call me an idiot and say that everything's my fault. I don't think you're an idiot, and I'm not going to start making assumptions. I have no problem with you insulting me, but I would prefer to debate these things instead of devolving into name calling and finger pointing. I'm just trying to have a constructive conver