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by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 7:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush and the Budget, Part 1
Replies: 8
Views: 1954

Will, you have no idea how much respect I have for you. For 99% of the population, their political (and probably all major viewpoints) are solidified at around the age of 25 and barely change (maybe drifting from dem to repub at an extreme, which is really not much). But you sir, challenge yourself ...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: America Security is top notch, indeed.
Replies: 22
Views: 4183

DC, no need for name calling.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush and the Budget, Part 1
Replies: 8
Views: 1954

"it basically says every single one of the Democratic candidates' platforms would be fiscally worse than Bush's"

From what I gleamed, it just said all Dems would raise the budget. I didn't see anything about a comparison to Bush's plan.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:49 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Anyone live near West Hollywood, CA? Help
Replies: 17
Views: 2468

Anyone live near West Hollywood, CA? Help

I buy and sell music equipment over the internet. Looks like I have been scammed. Seems to happen to me about once a year but I make enough money from home for schooling that its still worth it. This time though the scam was huge, 2,000 dollars. About 1/12 of what I make a year. ****. Heh. I don't w...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:01 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: w00t for me...
Replies: 22
Views: 2375

She know her pix on an internet BB?
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush and the Budget, Part 1
Replies: 8
Views: 1954

Bush and the Budget, Part 1

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004579 Any republicans care to comment on this? This seems opposite historic republican ideals. http://www.calpundit.com/archives/003096.html Interesting inconsistencies in Bush's budget proposal. Would anyone care to clarify the bush econo...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:53 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Awesome will!
Index, great post, if you don't mind I am going to start a new thread for that article.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: disproving evolution
Replies: 285
Views: 36865

Meat, I don't think that it was darwin's grandfather. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/nameof/ Looks like his cousin was in favor of eugenics, but prove me wrong on this one. You are referring to Social Darwinism, which has no connection with charles darwin's theories. I would also say that ...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:12 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: disproving evolution
Replies: 285
Views: 36865

Having personally done DMT, I can say it is nothing similar to the prayer lothar describes.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: disproving evolution
Replies: 285
Views: 36865

"But Evolution says there is no God, and we don't need that ability, so why do we have it?" Huh? When did evolution say there was no god? AFAIK god could be the creator of evolution. Evolution and God are not conflicting. If you want to read a really interesting book on DMT, I would read D...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 12:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Will and I have always pretty much agreed on the government waste and budget-balancing. Unfortunately, he voted for bush who doesn't seem to be balancing the budget (increased the debt ceiling to a new record) or cutting out government waste. I, on the other hand voted for a libertarian, who actuall...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 3:51 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: America Security is top notch, indeed.
Replies: 22
Views: 4183

If somene says they have a bomb, they go to jail. Simple.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:26 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Birthdays and Happy Chink's New year
Replies: 7
Views: 1239

Happy chink day
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:11 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Chip, I'm glad you love gay magazines, but you didn't answer my question about the half of america that doesn't pay taxes
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Wesley Clark...Pretty in Pink
Replies: 7
Views: 2115

Or, maybe, ya know since we have an increasingly foreign financed 7 trillion dollar debt http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/wink.gif Good move by clark. The democrats need the gays. Bush scares them away, dems eat 'em up. Never heard of the magazine. Had no idea you were a regular reader, wood http://www....
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:41 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rican
Replies: 22
Views: 3895

I agree. I can't count the number of times I quit arguing in a thread because rican destroyed it. ESPECIALLY if he was on my 'side' like in the evolution threads...
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 8:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Ded, like I said, I didn't agree with every point. If you didn't gain amusement from the thread, I sincerely apologize and wish you discontinue viewing it. ""$23,920: Amount of each US citizen's share of the national debt as of 19 January 2004" Just another way of massaging the data f...
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Ok Dedman, I expect you to be fully engaged in my national debt debate when I post
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

No real facts (meaning supported with academic journals or something) in the post, so I'm taking this a little light hearted, not too seriously. On economics I've posted well thought out reasons why I think bush's policies blow. I know the surplus was just projected, but part of bush's own reasoning...
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: MeltUp
Replies: 6
Views: 1991

Dean will take the next non-caucus election.
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: What changes?
Replies: 16
Views: 3506

I don't necessarily like Dean but among the democrats, what the hell else is there? Wesley clark looked decent, but unfortunately he's not really in it. The rest are bush copies.

Not that I'll be voting for a dem, or anything.
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:14 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Sure, I didn't agree with all the facts listed, but at least half are true. Easier though for you to just ignore them all when you read a few bad lines. I'll select a few: $127 billion: Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001 $374 billion: Amount of US budget defic...
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:05 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Microsoft takes on highschool student
Replies: 16
Views: 2233

If he makes $4000 a year or less he doesn't have to declare anything.
Or, if he made over 4K but had enough write-offs such as a computer to stay under 4K, he's ok.
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:45 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Bush Bashing
Replies: 51
Views: 7322

Bush Bashing

It'll be called "Bush Bashing" but i liked reading this http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/smile.gif http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=482947 George W Bush and the real state of the Union Today the President gives his annual address. As the election battle begins, how ...
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:11 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rican
Replies: 22
Views: 3895

Maybe some day I will have as much time as I did last year. Now I work 2 jobs on top of school
by Birdseye
Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rican
Replies: 22
Views: 3895

I agree, Drak. He pretty much ruined (well, the thread collapse did too) a great debate you me and loth were having on evolution.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:59 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Cali Fest 2k4 Is Set! Register Online!
Replies: 205
Views: 22288

Done
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:56 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Framecap
Replies: 23
Views: 3433

If you dont buy powerstrip the 20 second nag countdown made me uninstall it.
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:07 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Good bye Wildcards.
Replies: 26
Views: 8248

Kali Klans! So wildcards formerly shut its gates or what?
Unfortunately, The Asylum is still older than MS Image
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Happy Anniversary California
Replies: 4
Views: 1363

How true.
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:09 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: At Last ,A Pres. That Gets It
Replies: 33
Views: 3552

Dcrazy, I think he is referring to the fact that we already have enough warheads to blow up the entire earth, yet more are still built.
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 6:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Terror of Almanacs
Replies: 13
Views: 3019

It just seems like a complete waste of time and resources.
by Birdseye
Fri Jan 09, 2004 11:44 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: At Last ,A Pres. That Gets It
Replies: 33
Views: 3552

Gets what? How to spend money with no plan of repaying it? http://www.descentbb.net/ubb/wink.gif 1 trillion dollar mission to mars 500 billion dollar space station on the moon National Debt: About 7 trillion currently The estimated population of the United States is 292,989,799 so each citizen's sha...
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:22 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Insomnia
Replies: 25
Views: 3303

Time for Medical Marijuana.
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:21 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: disproving evolution
Replies: 285
Views: 36865

"it's currently thought to come about through the two mechanisms of natural selection and mutation "

...and genetic drift, and migration

There are four basic mechanisms. Or weren't you paying attention the last debate? Image
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:16 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Best thing Bush has done as president.
Replies: 8
Views: 2470

Unfortunately will, I think I would have agreed with you 5 years ago on this issue Image
by Birdseye
Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:01 am
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Major LAN in Chicago!
Replies: 183
Views: 22922

Two months buffer sounds like plenty.
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:25 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Laptops that can do Firewire Bus power
Replies: 3
Views: 1618

Bubba, thank you, if you find out ANY info on this topic of firewire bus power, I would greatly appreciate it.

Unfortunately anything I have found, including the gateway, is too pricey for me. My max is around $1200.
by Birdseye
Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Best thing Bush has done as president.
Replies: 8
Views: 2470

For once, I completely agree with Will Image