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I know this may sound weird, but... who is Uncle San? Was he based on someone real? He's sort of a character used by propaganda, right? I'm not trying to sound ironic or critical here, I really don't know, I was curious about it.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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he was based on a guy named sam that all i know
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He's somebody's uncle too probably.
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He was probably a very patriotic old man who dressed with the american flag colors, and for some weird reason, "wanted you".
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Er.. I have never understood Uncle Sam either. I don't think he was based on a real person. It is hard for me to understand how advertisers thought back then! It makes no sense. Why would some old guy dressed in the Flag Colors make people more likely to join the military?

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It was an odd mentality back when Uncle Sam was devised. And, no, I'm pretty sure he wasn't based on a real person either.
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2004 MTV movie awards
U.S Patriot Act
Peoplw who throw out recyclble materials
Ditec commercials
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What? You hate the US Patriotic Act? Are you really Jimbo?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Its pretty much the only thing I am against Bush on. While I love the way he is handling taxes and the war the Patriot Act is based on a faulty belief that protection much come at the expense of cival liberties. So yeah I hate all unconstitutional acts. More on the list

Removing under God from Pledge of Allegence
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Higher taxes
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So, there is still good in you, Jimbo! Come to the liberal side!


Ok, things I hate (I dont think I ever listed it on this thread):

Myself
People waking me up for no reason
Being with bad company on a saturday night (I'd rather be alone)
Pork and Lamb (only eat beef meat)
Maionese on a sandwich or a burger
Banks
Intolerant people, homophobic or racist
Conservatives who yell out instead of politly discuss
Liberals who are liberals just for the fun of it (as most of hollywood actors)
The republican party
95% of what's on TV
Bad movies
Greedo shooting first
Myself
Working under preassure or stress
Flowers
Dentists and doctors
Guns
Ramones and AC/DC
Jet Li's modern movies (well, it's included on "bad movies")
Having to buy freaking petrol to ride my car (I want an eletric or hydrogen one)
Waiting in lines
Not being able to rent the movie I want when I go to the video store
Myself


Uh guess thats it, I'll come up with more later
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Im a homophobe. I hate gays. Do you fucking hate me? nananana
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No, I just pity you.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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By the way it was Liberals who removed God from the Pledge of Alligence.
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Uh... no, they did not... It was not changed and it won't be, as far as I've read, and I belive it was some atheist lunatic who decided to sue in order to change it.
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I heard about that guy...what a nutbag. As for the homosexuality thing, I don't hate gays, but I do disagree with their lifestyle choice. Some would think that's pretty much the same thing, but I find them two separate stances (though some use the disagreement with lifestyle as a stepping board to hatred).

Now, Ric...I think you're making a broad generality about hating the Republican Party in general. I'll admit, I'm a registered Republican, but I can say that I hate the way the Republican Party has become. I'm fed up with it, but I feel that running away from it and denying my association with it just because of somebody like George W. Bush isn't worth it. I'm a moderate Republican; I lean conservative on some things, liberal on others. Sometimes, I stay towards the center. I frown upon ultra-conservative Republicans just as much as I do ultra-liberal Democrats. I've been frustrated during my first year of college life, because everyone views it hip to be one or the other, and I hate that. I am against the war, incidentally, and have been longer than John Kerry has . And, as you can tell by my signature, I'm a Nader supporter.

Sorry for the political rant, though I don't feel it was really radical or anything. I just wanted to make you realize that not everyone in the Republican Party thinks alike (though you probably already knew that).

I might as well contribute something (er, someone) I dislike while I'm here, and this ties into the whole 'Republicans have been given a bad name' spiel: Pat Robertson. I'm a Christian, and I can't stand the guy. He's such a hypocrite, and has way too much political sway for a religious leader.
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Originally posted by: jimbo
By the way it was Liberals who removed God from the Pledge of Alligence.
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Uh... no, they did not... It was not changed and it won't be, as far as I've read, and I belive it was some atheist lunatic who decided to sue in order to change it.
For jimbo to say they removed God from the Pledge was jumping the gun. They only tried to remove it.

ricarleite: It was indeed an "Atheist Lunatic" that decided to sue over it, but it was the left-coast 9th Circus (Circuit) Court of Appeals that overturned an earlier decision against him.
It was announced today (or was it yesterday) that the Supreme Court is dropping the case, which also overturns the earlier appeal.

It seems that Mr. Atheist, since he does not have legal custody of the child "he was trying to protect," he cannot legally represent her. Its all in the link below:
Yahoo! News: Pledge Story
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Galahad_Skywalker - I should have been more specific, sorry. I should have said "I hate the ultra-conservative war-loving right". I should also mention some of my local political hate, but I thought you guys wouldn't understand any brazillian references I'd make, and I decided not to.

starkiller - I did not know that, as I've only read a brief text on yahoo.com about it. Can't belive they actually considered doing it. I'm agnostic, and I wouldn't mind saying any God-related pledge, or athem or anything.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Galahad_Skywalker - I should have been more specific, sorry. I should have said "I hate the ultra-conservative war-loving right". I should also mention some of my local political hate, but I thought you guys wouldn't understand any brazillian references I'd make, and I decided not to.


No need to apologize, Ric. I took no offense to it. And unfortunately, I wouldn't understand any references you made to Brazillian politics, and since politics are different elsewhere, I can understand. And I wasn't saying you weren't right--there is an 'ultra-conservative, war-loving right.' We're just not all that way.
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I hate ignorance.

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
I hate ignorance.


Ignorance is bliss
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things I hate
(in no particular order)

evil
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
New York Yankees
New York Mets
LA Lakers
Larry Brown
New Jersey Devils
Tampa Bay Lightning
special edition OT
Widescreen movies shown in Pan and Scam
bad movies
nazis
al-qaida
sadam
Bigots
stupidity
arrogance
people that commit crimes in the name of god
ultra liberals
ultra conservatives
President Bush
Al Gore
the way that college football determines a national championship
greedy owners of sport franchises that move their teams to another city
greedy athletes who, already making zillions of dollars, decide to go out on strike to make zillions more.
whoever it was that came up with the idea of selling the naming rights of stadiums
whover it was that came up with the idea of selling seat lisences in adition to the already expensive ticket.
North Jersey

I'm sure there is move but that is all I can come up with for now


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Originally posted by: Warbler
things I hate
(in no particular order)

evil
Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dallas Cowboys
New York Giants
New York Yankees
New York Mets
LA Lakers
Larry Brown
New Jersey Devils
Tampa Bay Lightning
special edition OT
Widescreen movies shown in Pan and Scam
bad movies
nazis
al-qaida
sadam
Bigots
stupidity
arrogance
people that commit crimes in the name of god
ultra liberals
ultra conservatives
President Bush
Al Gore
the way that college football determines a national championship
greedy owners of sport franchises that move their teams to another city
greedy athletes who, already making zillions of dollars, decide to go out on strike to make zillions more.
whoever it was that came up with the idea of selling the naming rights of stadiums
whover it was that came up with the idea of selling seat lisences in adition to the already expensive ticket.
North Jersey

I'm sure there is move but that is all I can come up with for now


I'm glad to hear you hate evil. That's always a good sign.
You hate the NY Giants? But I'm a Giants fan (one of only a handful in the Midwest, I'm sure)!
Did you intend to misspell 'scan' in 'Pan and Scam,' because I actually think 'scam' is a good word for it!

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Widescreen movies shown in Pan and Scam

soo true!
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Things I Dislike (Hate is a strong word):

- When my PC starts acting weird for no apparent reason (Right now, my clock likes to jump around. I can be looking it see its fine, and 5 minutes later, its 5 hours off).

- The usual sports rivals (Bears, Vikings, Yankees, Reds, White Sox, Cleveland Cavaliers don't really have any "rivals"...maybe Denver)

- A general lack of acknowledgement from Lucasfilm to the existence of the original trilogy.

- A general lack of acknowledgement from the US national media to its bias (usually to the liberal side, but not always)

- A general lack of acknowledgement by the US media concerning the good being done in Iraq

- The general flip-flopping of John Kerry ("I voted for the $86 billion before I voted against it." and others. You notice that Kerry doesn't say much anymore.)

- If Michael Moore has a problem with the US...why doesn't he just leave?? No one is keeping him here that I am aware of. (His latest anti-American spout-off: "Why on earth would you do that to yourselves? Why would you want a society that looked like ours? What do you think is so remarkable about the way that we've structured our society, where we have a growing gap between rich and poor, where we have 40 million adult Americans who are functional illiterates because of our educational system? Why would you want to live in more fear as violence and crime increases? That to me makes absolutely no sense. It's like taking a piss on yourself. Why would you want to do that?")

- Rap (which I believe stands for Retards Attempting Poetry)

- People that think they know all about something, but don't. I used to meet these people a lot in high school. They were almost exclusively teachers on computers.

- Yahoo, but only because of its purchase/alliance with Launch.com (90% of the kids I meet here at my job are using the computers to watch music videos...what an utter waste of bandwidth. I'd probably get rid of 2/3 of them if their parents knew what they were listening to)

- My brother, but only when he gets it in his head that he is right (or that he is the center of the universe). Even proof about him being wrong usually isn't enough to get him to admit he's wrong.

- Extreme radicalism, whether its the Russians killing each other in Chechnia, Islamic terrorist groups, crazy Sarin-totting Japanese or E.L.F.

- The death of common sense.

- The removal of public punishment from US society. If you witnessed a public execution, would it deter you from murder?? It would me. I think punishment doesn't mean as much as it use to to people. People don't see it, so they think it doesn't happen or they just don't understand the consequences.
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Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker


I'm glad to hear you hate evil. That's always a good sign.

yes, it is

Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker


You hate the NY Giants? But I'm a Giants fan (one of only a handful in the Midwest, I'm sure)!


why would someone from the midwest be a Giants fan?


Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker


Did you intend to misspell 'scan' in 'Pan and Scam,' because I actually think 'scam' is a good word for it!


yes I did