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#392137
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Baseball question for Warbler - (or anyone else who may be following it)
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and would we have played well enough to get selected to those 12 All-Star games without the juice?   we will never know.  That is why he shouldn't go to the hall.   He cheated and his whole career is tainted.    I don't care that they were all doing it.   If they truly all were doing it, then no one from that era of baseball deserves to get in.    

Why is it cheating doesn't get you a lifetime ban, but gambling does?

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#391979
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Avatar and Politics in general (mild spoilers)
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ferris209 said:



Nanner Split said:


ferris209 said:


Warbler said:


ferris209 said:I happen to think that Palin is exactly what America needs right now, a real person who wasn't brought up in a rich family or subjected to years of ------><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ELITE</span><------ college instruction.


you're not saying there's something wrong with candidate having a College Education are you. Imo, there would be something wrong with a candidate not having a college education.


I've done a little work on te sentence to hopefully help you along with that one.


I've seen that word/phrase thrown around a lot, and I have to ask, what on earth does that even mean? What's the difference between a regular college education and an ELITE!!!!11!1!1one!!1! college education? Is that a separate box you have to check on your application?


Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale.

It's not that I necessarily have anything against those who go to those schools, but they seem to have an issue with the likes of me. They seem to think that someone who attended a community college is inferior or under their level. Most everyone in Washington graduated from one of the above Colleges. Those folks are also referred to as "Ivy League".


didn't Bush graduate from one of those schools? What's so wrong with those schools?

ferris209 said:


if they run what you believe to be a true Conservative, Obama would have won in even more of a landslide.



I disagree, if the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980">past</a> tells us anything, the people of the United States elect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan">true conservatives</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980#Results">landslides</a>.


apples and oranges. 2008 is not 1980. There is no way America would have elected a true Conservative after 8 years of Bush. Granted, he may not be real conservative, too many voters would have associated the two. I am not saying the a true Conservative could never win the White House, I just saying he/she couldn't do it in 2008. I also don't see it happening in 2012. 2016? Its too far away to say.



ferris209 said:


I did that as to draw attention that they are portrayed as villans. Besides, <a href="http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2010/01/marine_avatar_010810w/">I'm not the only one who got idea</a>. The Marines seem to feel the same.

one thing to keep in mind here, that at least Jake was actually an ex-marine. So it should surprise no one that he would act like a marine. I don't know if the whether others were ex-marines or not, but they were taking part in a military exercise. There is no reason they shouldn't look like the military. In you quote the Marines are complaining that Avatar is an allegory to Iraq. I think Avatar is more of an allegory to what happened with the Native Americans. The Na-vi, clearly resembled the Native Americans more than they do Iraqis.


ferris209 said:


Whatever, but to me when 40% of the United States identify themselves as Conservative and just 36% call themselves Moderate and a scant 21% are liberal, then Conservatives are the plurality. I am using majority loosely since they do outnumber the Moderates alone and Liberals alone. All a decent Conservative would have to do is siphon 11% of the Moderate vote in the next election and Obama will hopefully be sent packing. However, by that time, even a half assed Conservative should get 65% of the vote when the people see what a disaster Obama has been.


you used the term majority too loosely. 40% is not a majority period. end. of. sentence. to have a majority you must have >50%. No way is a half assed or even a real conservative going to win the White House anytime soon. People are not going to forget about Bush that easily. Again, I know you don't believe him to be a real conservative and maybe he isn't one, but too many Americans would associate him with a real conservative for one to get elected.

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#391753
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Avatar and Politics in general (mild spoilers)
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xhonzi said:

Having seen the movie this morning... he's flat out lying.  There are parts of this movie that are so oriented as to specifically evoke political controversy surrounding President George W. Bush and the current conflict in Middle East.

hmm,   I see as much reference to Bush as I did to our handling of the Native Americans.

ferris209 said:

 I disagree, I think the Republican Party has rejected its Conservative foundation. The Republicans tried to run a "liberal light" candidate last election and it failed.

if they run what you believe to be a true Conservative, Obama would have won in even more of a landslide.

ferris209 said:I happen to think that Palin is exactly what America needs right now, a real person who wasn't brought up in a rich family or subjected to years of eilite college instruction.

you're not saying there's something wrong with candidate having a College Education are you.  Imo,  there would be something wrong with a candidate not having a college education.

ferris209 said:

I don't necessarily dislike Avatar just because of the politics, but they do help me to hate it. I do not like that they portray the "villainous" army to be "Marines" who happen to dress, look, and act like our U.S. Marine Corp. Put on top of it that it is pretty much "Dances in Wolves in Space".

they were supposed to be military force how would how have them look?

also the way you put quotes around the word villainous,  do you mean imply that they weren't the villain?

ferris209 said:

 Despite the fact that conservatives are the clear majority in the United States

we had the discussion in "another realm" disagreed with this then, and I disagree with it now.   Back then the statistics you quoted said the Conservatives were not in the majority.  They showed there were more non-conservatives than conservatives.    

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#391746
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AVATAR and 3D in general....
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I saw Avatar and 3D last night.  I have to say I really liked it.   Some of the scenery was absolutely beautiful to me.   The 3D was very neat.  Clearly the story is referencing our treatment of the Native Americans.   Never having seen Pocahontas, I can't say how similar they are.  I can say I really enjoyed the movie and was thoroughly entertained for two hours.  I give it two thumbs up.