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Reply to New Battlestar Galactica delivers on its promise to be crap in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Another reason I say it was total crap: The characters were universally unlikeable. In the original, all of the characters were good guys. They were different in different ways but they were people that you rooted for. In the new one, I couldn't help but think that the Cylons were just putting thise sad sacks out of their misery.

Reply to 15 Common topics debated on the Internet in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Regarding flaming: Bloggers on JoeUser can always remove a flame post. I'm used to being flamed. :) I agree that citing sources is important when debating contentious issues. Which is something I really should write a blog about because I tend not to use sources when the information is commonly available. I.e. not commonly available in the sense that it's on some website but commonly available as in anyone who has researched the topic or even read a single book on the subjec

Reply to 15 Common topics debated on the Internet in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Regarding #11: Yes, about 30,000 more people died immediately from the attack on Tokyo than from the atom bomb on Hiroshima. But the real story takes place beyond that where there was lingering and horrific deaths well beyond that. Radiation is nasty, but the US used a type of jellied petroleum for maximum damage in Tokyo and created super fire storms with them. But the after effects were massive contamination of the water and soil in Tokyo which Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not experien

Reply to Congress'Top Visionaries in Politics JoeUser Forums

Socialism = Visionary?

Reply to Don't misunderstand the American character in Politics JoeUser Forums

Need to add a killfile option to JoeUser. I enjoy reading thoughtful and educated views from those on the left. But a lot of the nonsense I'm seeing posted by some of the far left people here lately sounds like some of the idiocy you'd find on Democratic Underground or some other left wing fringe site. If people can't bother to look up basic facts on Saddam's regime they shouldn't be spouting off crap like "The USA put him in power.." or

Reply to Class Warfare: or telling it like it is? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Stickler on stats? Do you really need to read a statistical analysis to see that the average home is much larger than it was in 1950? That we consume far more "stuff" today than we did in 1950. Why is obsesity such a problem today and not in 1950? Because we're poorer? Good grief. Open your eyes.

Reply to Cheyney's Haliburton in Politics JoeUser Forums

. And once again we see why the left is getting more and more marginalized.

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

There are entire websites dedicated to pointing out Michael Moore's tendancy to invent his own facts. We're not talking mere distortions, we're talking outright fabrications. I sure haven't heard any libel suits against them.

Reply to 15 Common Opinions Debated in the United States in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

don't read too much into a title. In other words, don't get lost into semantics.

Reply to Brad's New Year's Resolutions in Blogging JoeUser Forums

doh. It's https://www.stardock.com/products/polmachine

Reply to 15 Common topics debated on the Internet in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Obviously anything I say is my opinion. Secondly, unlike Michael Moore, I'm not paid for my opinions so I'm not going to go and list which books and sources I used. If you disagree with one of my points, just say which one you disagree with and I can elaborate. Thirdly, I opened up Joeuser to all people to use so that people could write about anything they want. I am glad for people to write about whatevery they want. I don't get frustrated with OTHER people, I get frustrated

Reply to The Enemy Within: The Neocon Hijacking of America in Politics JoeUser Forums

lol. Every crazed left wing conspiracy theory put into one crazed argument.

15 Common topics debated on the Internet in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

One of the more frustrating aspects of the Internet is also one of its strengths - it is the great equalizer. People from all walks of life can get together and debate about anything. It is frustrating because often times you find yourself debating on some issue you're an "expert" on with some high school kid who has no idea what they're talking about. I will be debating a legal point or making a business argument only to find myself trading posts back and forth with some ki

Brad's New Year's Resolutions in Blogging JoeUser Forums

It's important to set goals for yourself. Pretty much everyone knows that and yet so few people actually sit down and articulate specific things they want to do. Every New Years people come out with "resolutions". Often times these resolutions are just not realistic. "Lose 25 pounds". That's easy to promise. But is it realistic? I'm a big believer in setting bunches of very easy goals that take only a little effort. I'd be the one to say "Lose 5 pounds" as a resolution for exam

Reply to Happy New Year! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Don't assume responses to emails guys, I get hundreds per day. But if it is pressing, go ahead and resend it, I miss some because of the overflow.

Reply to Good Bye Year2003 in History JoeUser Forums

I find the whole concept of sovereignty baffling when you're dealing with a dictator. What exactly made Saddam Hussein the sovereign leader of Iraq? What special, magical, protection should he have enjoyed?

Reply to Class Warfare: or telling it like it is? in Politics JoeUser Forums

You might want to research your topics a bit more. Where do you get these stats? Upward mobility has vastly improved in the past two decades thanks to the advent of low overhead capitalism such as the Internet. Credit today is much easier than it was 40 years ago, risk is much less, and the amount of capital needed to start a venture is much less. As for Joe Six pack, the 900 square foot homes of the 50s have given rise to 1500 to 2000 square foot homes. The standard of living

Happy New Year! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Out with the old, in with the new. Happy New Year!

Reply to Lord of the Rings: Aragorn, Numenor, Elrond, and Galadriel in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Trent: Good point -- to an extent. My reading has been that most of the Dundean at this point are NOT pure blooded.

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Mach: Michael Moore invents facts. He is in a league of his own.

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sorry AJ but you just eliminated any credibility you might have had with that last comment. Just yet another idealogue.

Reply to Good Bye Year2003 in History JoeUser Forums

You mean the children that Saddam was murdering? Those children? Better to be tortured and killed by a sadist than risk losing one's "honor" to being able to build a democratic country? I am sure there were people sad about Nazi Germany's passing too. Sheesh.

Reply to Americans are humans in Politics JoeUser Forums

I hear a lot of talk here about world war two and fascism, though what about Vietnam? Remember, the war America LOST. What about it? I don't recall the US invading North Vietnam. I don't recall the US nuking North Vietnam. How much more restraint could the US have shown there? Its restraint is why it "lost". <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=cent

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Any time you are using info from Michael Moore you should beware. He has very little credibility and makes up much of his "facts" IMO.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic Version 1.1 Released in Press Room JoeUser Forums

You know, pretty much every major figure in the world has "some" tie to the United States. So what? Stalin owed his existence to aid from the United States in WW 2. Does that make the US at fault for all the things the Soviet Union did? What about Mao who received some legtimacy from the United States when it got him and Chiang (forgot his whole name) to negotiate? Does that make the US complicit in all the deaths Mao caused? The question really should be, if not the US, t