1) Message boards : Politics : Shoe throwing (Message 848306) Posted 2 Jan 2009 by darthvader Post: If Sadaam had been thinking when we threatened to invade he would have surrendered to the authority of the UN and allowed all the inspections they wanted. Hell, better to give up part of your sovereignty than to let the US war machine take a bite out of your ass. Especially when you have nothing to hide and your involvement in 9/11 was a total fabrication. The leadership of the US are a bunch of idiots. From the Greek, idiot, meaning, 'one who has no knowledge of reality'. It took Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz 20 years to lose the war in Vietnam. How long do you think it will take us to lose this war?

2) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Pain Department (Message 847992) Posted 2 Jan 2009 by darthvader Post: Pain is a great motivator

3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : What Is Your Weather Like? (Message 847989) Posted 2 Jan 2009 by darthvader Post: Orlando FL Envy me, Surface Dwellers.

4) Message boards : Politics : Philisophical question (Message 829571) Posted 12 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: Where else can I have this much fun a 3:00 in the morning? Thanks for the laughs guys!!!!!

5) Message boards : Politics : Philisophical question (Message 829462) Posted 12 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: Let me know when you ask a question that is philosophically valid. Until then, leave the practice of Philosophy to the professionals.

6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Armistice Day / Remembrance Day / Veterans Day (Message 829253) Posted 11 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: What Veterans Day means to me. My strongest feeling is guilt, followed by remorse. Then comes the pain of grief and the anger of being betrayed. Yes, I am a Veteran. A decorated Combat Veteran who fought enemies this country did not need to have. Who lost friends because of incompetent leadership. Who destroyed a nation and a people because our politicians and our public believe they can use us to have what they want. When it would be cheaper and easier to live in peace. I could tell you stories, but why bother. We are forgotten. Americans are gluttons for power. This is the defining act of your national character. You do what gives you power. You sacrifice us on the Almighty Altar of the Economy. You bury us. You lower the flag twice a year. You forget us. And you look for ways to use the next generation so you can have what you want. And still I want to fight. To take back my country from those who believe we are supposed to die so they can have what they want. Because I do not want the dream to be forgotten.

7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : The Last Person To Post Wins # 73 A Rainy Holiday Tuesday.................... (Message 829247) Posted 11 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: This is stupid. Well, maybe not stupid. maybe just kinda stupid. A little stupid? Not totally, absolutely, completely stupid, BUT I mean, GOSH, it sure seems stupid. Ya know.

8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Hospital Visit (Message 829244) Posted 11 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: Now you're talking! That's right! There is no turning back! Stay strong Brother! You have the power! Songs come from the heart! Not from some alcohol induced euphoria! You will sing with a new voice! And the world will beat a path to your door!

9) Message boards : Politics : Swear words get their day in high court (Message 829152) Posted 11 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: So, the Supreme Court may be deciding to empower the FCC with the ability to render punitive measures against Broadcast Network Television if expletives are not deleted on live telecasts. I think the Supreme Court has already ruled on this matter in the past and will cite its previous opinion. It went something like... NO, the FCC does not have the power to penalize a Network or private citizen for content which may be found to be profane by some viewers. The FCC is not a Court of Law, it cannnot conduct trials, it cannot take punitive measures against anyone. It is a government agency in the Executive branch of the Gov't. Its powers are limited to requesting that the Justice Dept take action if a statute governing the use of vulgar, obscene or pornographic language is violated. It has been a while since I studied the law, but I think that is what was said in the past. What I always did in college was to speak my punctuation. We had a guy who believed he was the reincarnation of St Augustine in our philosophy class. You can just imagine the s*** he came up with. So I would say, "Well comma parentheses St Dumb*** end parentheses comma your thesis on original sin requires a belief that God has made a prejudicial judgment against all mankind. I find this unacceptable." When people objected I reminded them that parenthetical expressions are never actually said aloud. The faculty loved it!

10) Message boards : Politics : Obama - A New Hope? (Message 828860) Posted 10 Nov 2008 by darthvader Post: Obama got my vote! Heck yeah! Put a brother in the White House! The sad truth of the matter is that nothing will truly change so long as the people who run this country believe, "We use the military to have what we want." This is why we invaded Iraq, a country whose total population had less to do with 9/11 than the Faculty and Administration of Embry-Riddle University. "A nation that has no shame can have no honor." -- Wolfram Von Eschenbach Still, I'd reenlist if I weren't so old and fat. I know Obama wouldn't screw me over the way George Bush did.

11) Message boards : Politics : Fun with Economics in One Lesson!! (Message 777184) Posted 2 Jul 2008 by darthvader Post: Has anyone here ever read Marx? If so, for ten points, differentiate between the body of laws and policies known as Reaganomics and the Economic Principles of Karl Marx.

12) Message boards : Politics : Biofuels are ruining the Economy (Message 761908) Posted 2 Jun 2008 by darthvader Post: Like, am I the only one who has heard of engines that run on compressed air? Or putting blue lasers in your muffler to turn exhaust into industrial diamonds? Or generating electricity at sub orbital platforms and microwaving it to receiving stations on Earth? Dudes! Like, I don't even try to stay informed anymore and I know all kinds of cool stuff.

 
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