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Post by professorx on Mar 20, 2013 21:55:38 GMT -5
Split from: 5%2B+Shootings+in+Chattanooga+Overnight%3FI dropped my membership decades ago over the NRA's support of 'cop-killer' ammo. What exactly is "cop killer" ammo? I've always thought it was something vague, like "assault weapon". One minute it was hollow point ammo, then "Teflon" ( ) coated bullets. Eventually the dreaded black talons were banned... or re-named Ranger a more politically correct name. If it is hollow point bullets, why should non-police be barred from using them? Them seem less likely to pass though a ballistic vest than a full metal jacket.... But I am not a ballistics expert. Why should civilians use full metal jacket (military style shudder) ammunition?
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Post by professorx on Feb 25, 2013 23:18:35 GMT -5
Bay Area Law Enforcement Encourages Fighting Back Against Active Shooters February 21, 2013 SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – Law enforcement agencies have begun adopting a new policy on so-called “active shooters,” encouraging civilians to take safety into their own hands and take down gunmen who threaten them at work or school. This approach is gaining momentum in the wake of tragic incidents in Newtown, Connecticut and the Oikos University shooting in Oakland. At San Jose Evergreen Community College, police have trained teachers, staff and students to follow specific guidelines during this kind of emergency. The campus police chief credits this training for their coordinated response last December when a gunman was thought to have entered one of their buildings. “Some folks even said I know now whether it is time to hide or the right time to fight back,” said Chief Raymund Aguirre. Read more: san francisco.cbsWould this be possible in San Francisco, San Jose, or any place in California? The whole "stand your ground" policy isn't very popular right now. How exactly are they supposed to "fight back" against an active shooter on a California campus?
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Post by professorx on Feb 25, 2013 23:13:13 GMT -5
Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup If these same bands were on the Riverbend lineup people would complain the bands were dated, obscure or not worthy. BUT since it is Bonnaroo, it's cool. Some of the bands are cool, but receive zero airplay here. Paul Paul McCartney, Billy Idol, ZZ Top, Weird Al... Is there a Coca Cola stage at Bonnaroo?
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Post by professorx on Dec 19, 2012 21:45:11 GMT -5
Yeah, cheap snipe at a time of tragedy. I can't imagine the horror of the parents and community. ASIDE from the gun control issue, the REAL crisis is in our culture's mentality. As the occurrence of violence is daily, and NOT just limited to some who are diagnostically whacked, the questions are: What is wrong with us as a society that we have such a culture of violence? How can THAT be addressed? What does it say about us as family/community/society that those with demonstrable mental health impairments go un/under treated? It's facile to debate gun issues (I support ownership and registration) and guns DO kill people, but only in the hands of other people. Wow, I agree. I will add a controversial element. Can the people who want to use these horrific events for their own political gain at least wait a little while to exploit the events? When the people were shot in Tucson, the police chief was railing about right wing nuts before the last person was loaded into the ambulance. The people killed in CT were not even buried when the cries were literally "Let Politicize this to our advantage". news.yahoo.com/why-we-should-politicize-the-newtown-school-shooting--starting-right-now-182303106.htmlThis is a complex problem, there are no simple solutions. To cite only one portion (guns, crazy people, movies, video games, drugs, etc) does us all no good. Anyway, I agree with your sentiment.
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Post by professorx on Nov 28, 2012 22:45:56 GMT -5
Barley?
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Post by professorx on Oct 15, 2012 22:19:53 GMT -5
As far as the license plate readers go, I have no problem with their use as long as license plates that don't match up with any reported stolen cars or with as belonging to someone with a warrant out for them are not stored any longer than it takes to check them against the database. I would be troubled if all tags along with the location and time they were recorded were kept for any length of time. What would be the the point of spending money to gather information only to destroy the gathered information? IE A crime is comitted. A witness says "I saw a grey toyota leave at a high rate of speed from that area". The cops check the databases from that day and only one grey toyota shows up. They call the DMV, who provides them photos. The cops show the photos to the witness and he says "That's the guy!!!" Why shouldn't more science and technolgy be interjected into law enforcement? If we want a higher degree of certainity of who is convicted, then why not?
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Post by professorx on Oct 15, 2012 21:18:39 GMT -5
When did I ever claim to be a libertarian? What irks you more, being accused of having an identifiable and understandable point of view or being labeled a libertarian?
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Post by professorx on Oct 15, 2012 21:14:45 GMT -5
Just like Scott Dejarlais add some coacaine abuse and you got a seat for life in Tennessee... You peaked with "his website must have burned down".
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Post by professorx on Oct 15, 2012 21:13:39 GMT -5
Yeah, I keep being called a libertarian and I don't see it. Some of my views are compatible with libertarianism but I also like government supplying police and fire protection, education and a certain degree of welfare services. I was genuinely curious just how many actually view me as a libertarian. I am surprised at the results. I am "uniquely qualified" to thow labels around in this topic. Who else has read your messages for as long as I have? [l]ibertarian it is! I think your reasonable nature naturally wants to eschew your libertarian leanings, but you are still attracted to the hipster Gary Johnson types so you can feel superior and smug toward your fellow electorate. :-)
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Post by professorx on Oct 9, 2012 21:41:07 GMT -5
I have no problem with Broun's belief system. I have a problem with him holding these beliefs while being Chairman of a subcommittee involved in funding projects of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. If he doesn't believe in science he shouldn't be involved in funding science programs. How does this jibe with your libertarianism? If you do hold libertarian beliefs, then why should it matter what he believes? After all, why should libertarians support public education, committees, subcommittees, publically supporting science or technology? Aren't libertarians against all of this? You say this doctor does not believe in science. He may or may not believe in science. Just because you and him may disagree does not mean he does not believe in science. Seeing how he has spent a great deal of his life as a doctor, he probaby has a strong science background. It goes back to what I wrote, how much purging? Is he representing his constitutents? Probably so. Do you live in Athens or Clark County. Do you have kids in his school. Is he screening the books to see that they fit his narrow view of creationism or cosmology? Again, did you post the video of Hank Johnson trying to dictate law and policy when he said that Guam would tip over? It seems like some of you all are very selective. Are we going to follow all of our politicans around in their public lives, to transcribe what they say to churches. Screen their religious beliefs? Did you post any of Biden's recent gaffes? Are you a Johnson supporter, a proud libertarian, above the the great unwashed? Have you brought up the video that Obama gaven in church? I must have missed your critique. "I know our economy is in the shitter, but this guy believes in creationism. Get rid of him!" It seems like you all are easily fooled by smoke and mirrors." "Never mind the economy sucks, what about Big Bird." "Can you believe this guy has the nerve to say something I do not agree with?!?!" If our country is off the tracks, how could we address any secondary issues? It astounds me that in this time where record numbers of people are falling off the radar that people are worried about petty crap. You all can get back to railing against Chick-Fil-A and how they should be shut down because the guy does not tow the party line... I'll make it simple. Should we be focused on anything but the economy right now?
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Post by professorx on Oct 9, 2012 18:44:29 GMT -5
Ridiculing belief systems? Good Nazi strategy. Obama would be proud. The scary thing is according to some his religious beliefs disqualify him from holding his position. In the video, which was famous in the Atlanta area, Johnson is asking the military guy how many troops could Guam hold before it tipped over... He was reelected of course.
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Post by professorx on Oct 9, 2012 18:42:46 GMT -5
You can't run against that level of ingrained ignorance. It's baked in at this point. You using "baked" and ignorance in the same sentence, there's a joke in there somewhere....
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Post by professorx on Oct 9, 2012 18:41:42 GMT -5
I have no problem with Broun's belief system. I have a problem with him holding these beliefs while being Chairman of a subcommittee involved in funding projects of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. If he doesn't believe in science he shouldn't be involved in funding science programs. You've provided examples of his personal beliefs given at church. How has this effected his work? Johnson and Biden were both trying to use their wacky beliefs to influence policy and politics. If this guy's beliefs bar him from holding a public position, where would people like you and Blackfox end the purges? The guy believes the big bang theory and evolution are incorrect, so if I went to Athens would all the science books be purged of references to the big bang theory and evolution? I guess that only one side really does all the purging... We could ask the Chick Fil A guy about his stores in metro Chicago.
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Post by professorx on Oct 8, 2012 22:38:25 GMT -5
It is hard to top this one:
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Post by professorx on Aug 22, 2012 22:34:50 GMT -5
I haven't been in there since they moved. Living out of town prevents me from eating in the Chattanooga establishments that I love very often but I've got this to say about Old Saigon, it's just a good place to eat. Forget about what kind of restaurant it is this is one of those places that makes you forget about the type of cuisine and just think about good food. I've never had anything but a good meal there and I've never felt anything but relaxed and at home when eating there. It is no where near as good as the 500 Vietnamese restaurants on Pleasant Hill Rd. "What the Pho" (tee hee) is half the price and 4 times better. For 6 bucks you can get a 5 gallon mega-bowl of Vietnamese Pho noodle soup. They customize the spicy-ness of the for you from 1-10. From "I don't like hot food" to "Will remove paint and cause you to projectile shit blood". I tried to order spicy level three and the lady said "No whitey, it would kill you". Good stuff.
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Post by professorx on Aug 3, 2012 15:32:27 GMT -5
Google image results for "Christian Food Bank" 35,600,000 results "Christian Homeless Shelter" 2,320,000 You're only response is a borrowed photo. Pithy as it may be, it is factually incorrect. It must suck to have to rely on Fark, Reddit, and the Daily Kos for your facts... I think that Chick-Fil-A has received a lot of support because both sides of the political spectrum hate the way the man's opinion has been twisted in an attempt to block his businesses in Boston, Chicago, etc. I had to pass a CFA and there were plenty of people in line that had Obama stickers... He has not said "we refuse service to gays", we refuse to hire gays, or we discriminate in any way... He only gave his opinion based on his religion. I am not sure why you all need the opinion of a private individual to validate your worldview. When the political pendulum swings back, I will not agree if the right wants to shut down liberal businesses because they do not agree with the politics of the right.
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Post by professorx on Jul 31, 2012 17:13:05 GMT -5
Comparing the net incomes of two different nations is as racist as comparing the soil quality of two different nations. Hate is an ugly thing to behold. LR, Romney is just not fit to be president. If you don't want another four years of Obama your only alternative to something worse is Gary Johnson. Who is he? I always wonder about the odd-ball voters. "I'm above the electable candidates. I have to be odd an unusual and vote for someone that has no chance to win" type people. This election is about one thing, "for the current president" or not. Johnson will get a small number of votes, probably whatever could be attributed to the margin of voter error., You Johnson voters can feel smug and superior to the rest of the populace who voted for actual candidates, but most people have learned from the whole Perot debacle. :-) If you want to be really cool why don't you vote for Basil Marceaux. He's really obscure and cool. Why don't you save gas and write "Basil Marceaux" on a paper airplane and throw it out the window and hope someone from the election commission will find and tabulate it. You could be his running mate, that'd be super-cool. Basil and Thyme 2012? "The Herb party", since weed is the only thing Libertarians are about anyway. :-)
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Post by professorx on Jul 18, 2012 21:21:38 GMT -5
Professorx, Please explain, you post is very interesting. The shooting quote was from Aceman in a different thread. If he saw someone shot, he may be rattled.
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Post by professorx on Jul 18, 2012 17:57:24 GMT -5
Where is Aceman? Is he done? There are simply more questions, than answers. After yesterday, he done went missing. All posts are deleted. If you know the where-a-bouts of Aceman, my favorite poty mouth, please advise. We miss him. Maybe a paradigm shift after a traumatic incident? "I watched first hand live in person a Bradley County Deputy shoot this man. He deserved it and I would hate to have to make that decision. The shit on streets is for real."
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Post by professorx on Jul 6, 2012 1:07:19 GMT -5
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Post by professorx on Jun 10, 2012 16:06:51 GMT -5
He just got replaced by Herman Cain, too. I hadn't listened to him in years, the one day I do listen he is announcing his retirement. Honestly, I like Cain better. Back to food. I don't believe that Colony Collapase (bees) was caused by genetic foods, nor do I believe genetic foods have created allergies. Science does not support either argument. I thought it was supposed to conservatives that were afraid of science and scientific advances. There are no more important scientific advances than those made in food. The short version "Bees die off because of bee plaugues (viral)" and many of the nut allergies are caused by "Hygiene hypothesis". Our food supply is too clean. :-)
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Post by professorx on Jun 10, 2012 16:00:47 GMT -5
He also had almost no national debt to worry about. Why wasn't there a huge national debt less than 20 years after the greatest war the world had ever known? Did you bother to read the quote? Start here "Our true choice is not between tax reduction, on the one hand, and the avoidance of large Federal deficits on the other." Former President Clinton also said something along the same lines last week before he sarcastically (IMO) withdrew it. Email someone at the Huffington Post and have them email you the talking points.
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Post by professorx on Jun 10, 2012 15:55:39 GMT -5
Second hand smoke has never led to death of anyone. Don't want smoking that's fine just quit lying. But the powers to be love to spend that tobacco tax money. Reading this story with all the facts they supposedly have why isn't tobacco banned? The pussification continues The "pussification" you mean the greater involvment of the nanny state? How about second hand cola ingestion. The banning of McDonald's Happy meals? You say "But the republicans war on women shows they want invovment..." Not buying condoms or paying for abortions is a far cry that "You cannot smoke/drink/eat with your own money" How does this "pussification" of american jibe with your own yellow dog political beliefs. Your online personal "Aceman" stole this "pussification" business from the other Aceman (Adam Carolla) whose political ideology is very critical of your's. You are more Bill Maher than Adam Carolla. :-)
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Post by professorx on Jun 3, 2012 12:40:12 GMT -5
No, just as Jesus would be kicked out of most churches today. Jesus was controversial in his day, so the public opinion then would match public opinion now. Also, people have changed a lot in 2000 years. With JFK there has been very little time that has passed on a historical scale... 50 years compared to 2000 years with Jesus.
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Post by professorx on Jun 3, 2012 0:48:39 GMT -5
Genetically altered grains is my theory. I can't say I'm celiacs, I've not been tested. I can say that I KNOW I'm gluten intolerant and I really wish I wasn't. However, I really thing a lot of these food sensitivities have gotten worse as companies like Monsanto have tinkered with their dna. We're not talking dna tampering the old fashioned way, by selective breeding. We're talking adding dna using a virus binder. In 1996 animal testing proved danger from gene spliced soybeans and brazil nuts, but in 1994 the US government decided that a GMO tomato performed so well that no further testing on GMO products was needed. It was Japan that found the problem in '96 with that one product, after people were exposed. The problem? It was proven that a percentage of the animals developed a severe allergy that caused anaphalaxys and death. Sound familiar? What's the alternative to modified seeds? Famine and starvation, at the least food shortages and higher prices. The same with pesticides. A while back companies wanted to radiate food to prevent food poisoning. Because it was so "scary" the idea never was implemented. How many people die or suffer because of food poisoning? A lot of this is marketing. Whole Foods, etc make a bundle off of organic and healtier foods. Truth be told, I'd probably try a gluten free pizza even if it cost more. I wouldn't make a habit of gluten free due to the lower fiber content and the increased risk that is associated with lower fiber diets.
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Post by professorx on Jun 3, 2012 0:23:17 GMT -5
Interesting quote by a famous American president: "Our true choice is not between tax reduction, on the one hand, and the avoidance of large Federal deficits on the other. It is increasingly clear that no matter what party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough revenues to balance our budget just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits… In short, it is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now." www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkeconomicclubaddress.htmlWould this prominent poltician be welcomed by the modern radicalized version of his political party?
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Post by professorx on Jun 1, 2012 23:50:20 GMT -5
What would YOU have people do who absolutely CANNOT participate in the banking system because of their credit status? No one said they should be abolished, but what's wrong with regulating them a little. I mean 400% interest!!? That's not helping the poor you seem to suddenly care so much about. It's usury. Do you understand how these things work? Small amount + Short Term + High Risk = High Interest. If they loaned a person $1000 bucks at 20 percent, they would quickly go out of business. If they lowered the interest rate they'd have to be more selective on who they loaned to. How risky would it be to make a financial agreement with a person that has to borrow $1000 for an emergency? This is not a value or judgment call, just from a business point of view. We've all been up shit creek, again it is not a judgmental thing. You are loaning a total stranger a relatively small amount of money to pay for something they cannot afford (medical emergency, funeral, etc.), but somehow they can afford it a few weeks later. If they default, you cannot sue them, they do not have any money. That's a huge risk. Make it riskier and the loans would stop. I am not in the banking or finance industry, but this stuff is basic money management. This stuff used to be required in schools. What happened to basic education? Do you also go to a resturant and ask "Why are you marking this dough, sauce and cheese up 400%? Food should be regulated!" Regulate resturants or loans and the services will cease to exist. No one would be willing to take the huge risk to make loans or pizza. I guess one party's ignorance of economics is why our economy is in sad shape today.
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Post by professorx on Jun 1, 2012 21:21:19 GMT -5
How come so many people have celliac disease lately? :-) I heard Neal Boortz today swearing by "gluten free". Really Neal, your body was not mean to process grain? Is is statistically impossible for this many people to have an unusual condition. When did we lose our robust immune systems. I am not saying people are lying attention seekers. Kids literally die from being around peanuts. Now wheat? Sodas have to be rationed in New York? Schools ban latex ballons. When did we turn into such delicate creatures?
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Post by professorx on Jun 1, 2012 21:08:11 GMT -5
Don't think the Chattanooga area is alone in corruption. At least we are catching ours for now. I'm wondering how many more on the county commission will be indicted, though.
[/blockquote][/quote] It has been downhill since they took down the "Success Lives Here" water tanks. Seriously, Gwinnett County is huge. If you have that many people, politicians, government workers some are bound to have problems. Politicians come from the same demographics as society at large, and have the same proportion of criminals.
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Post by professorx on Apr 23, 2012 20:32:47 GMT -5
Chattanooga business and home owners say graffiti is taking over and glorifying gangs throughout the city. Now city leaders have stepped in with a new program to paint over the graffiti for free. The Community Graffiti Initiative kicked off just a few days ago with volunteers and city workers taking on the taggers with a little elbow grease and a lot of paint. Now just three days later, the graffiti is already back. But, city leaders say that's ok and that it's all part of the plan. Charles Toney owns the barber shop Nappy Cuts in the Amnicola area. "This gang graffiti that's going up here in these neighborhoods just went up Thursday and last Sunday," Nappy Cuts owner Charles Toney said. www.wrcbtv.com/story/17653882/city-begins-free-service-to-paint-over-graffitiHow much graffitti would I have to paint on my own house to to be entitle to the free paint job?
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