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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 23:10:20 GMT -5
Someone brought to my attention a post Janet Wilson made a few weeks ago. She said I was not banned from her site, as I claimed I was. Just for kicks, I tried to post there tonight. I wasn't actually going to post but just wanted to see if I could. I logged on -- no problem. But when I tried to start a new thread, I got the following prompt: Sorry! You don't have permission to post topics.What did you do?
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 23:01:11 GMT -5
Call the dog a booby trap and see where that leads. Unless the dog has rabies the dog may be safe. Tsavodiner: since when does the law make sense? Or more importantly, when do those enforcing the law make sense? Duke, you must admit that it is sad that a victim is afraid to call the police. He is not afraid because the cops are going to beat his ass, but afraid of our litigious society. I don't know if you have a comparison, but our cops here are professional and mild compared to every other place I have been. Other parts of the criminal justice system are deeply flawed here, but the rank and file officers are good to go, second to none. If you have general complaints against police over-reaching or abusing their authority on a national level, then address it on a national level. Don't thow out the baby with the bath water.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 22:49:42 GMT -5
I passed by the home-base for Occupy Chattanooga early Saturday morning and it looked like a bunch of empy tents to me.
Was anyone actually occupying Chattanooga, or is it all a ruse?
If hippies can squat on the court's yard, can homeless people then squat in the unoccupied tents?
Would the occupy people be more likely to actually occupy if Widespread Panic gave a concert? Are their places to charge iPhones and Prisus near the courhouse?
Is the lack of interest due to not drawing the "outrage" they anticipated? You can't be an attention whore, if you are not drawing attention? No one is paying attention to their childish temper tantrum?
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 22:42:59 GMT -5
He could vow silence between now and election day and win again. It's just that bad; a President vile as this one DESERVES better opposition, and it's just not THERE on the other side this time. It wasn't there last time either. McCain, really? Maybe Romney can put on his big-boy pants and rise to the occasion. I would like to see a non-lethargic republican canidate for a change. Obama's base (Occupy people) are going to be burned out by the time the election rolls around. They manipulated their political base too soon.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 22:37:36 GMT -5
Fair enough. So, do you advocate returning to the days of Oklahoma City, the Centennial Park and Birmingham bombings, the WTC truck bombings, and the Christian Identity movement? DHS monitors not only the world scene, but a plethora of domestic threats, which for my money are more dire than the foreign ones. How many successfully delivered attacks are acceptable? I think for major events like these the local and state police are far more effective for intel and arrests than larger police organizations. The guy who arrested Eric Robert Rudolph was a rookie with one week's experience for pete's sake. Nothing beats or replaces police work. With that said, when the arrest of Eric Robert Rudolph was made, then what? Does east-bumble fuck North Carolina have the resources to detain and prosecute someone like Rudolph? Does Pinal/Yuma County Arizona have the resources to police millions of acres of international border? Should every police department be expected to have a state-of-the art forensics, drug, explosive, fingerprint (etc.) lab?
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 22:17:39 GMT -5
Rick Perry admitted to "stepping in it" last night when he said he would eliminate three cabinet level departments and then could only name two that he would eliminate. He's not a candidate I could endorse but he did bring up something I'd like to discuss. I've actually only eliminated Homeland Security, combining several of them in the name or just moving the department out of the cabinet and under another department. Maybe DHS needs to be kept but I really don't think the terrorist threat to this country is so great that a cabinet level department needs to exist for the problem. I think that by moving certain departments into subdepartments of another you take much of the political competition out of the management of those functions. For instance, commerce and labor places both on an even keel where decisions between the two can be worked out without the politics of being competing departments in the cabinet. How would you do this? Would you leave things as they are, make similar cuts or would you expand the cabinet and if so, how? DHS is diverse from Border Patrol to the Secret Service to Customs (ICE). There is no real overlap or competition. The agencies in my opinion are so specialized there couldn't be overlap. If you took a Border Patrol agent and tried to teach him money laundering detection skills, it would fail. If you took a Secret Service agent and tried to teach him to interrogate a human trafficker for two hours in spanish, it would fail. If the agencies people are specialized, the their management also needs to be specialized. As more sub-agencies grow, they will split off. As agencies are no longer needed they will go away (rare, I know). The need is there for all these groups and sub-groups. There is more need for human resources (officers and agents) because there is more bureacratic and legal red-tape.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:46:46 GMT -5
Not quite writing Cain out yet, but I think they could certainly narrow the field down for the next debate. And on a sidenote: I think Huntsman has some good ideas too... just isn't easy to listen to/watch. When I see a person like him the only words I expect are "What can I do to get you into a new car today?" He, like Ron Paul, are joke canidates. They are dead wood that need to extricate themselves from the race. Newt, probably the smartest of all the canidates (smart doesn't mean that I agree with him) is too volitile, too controversial, and has too much baggage. Plus the media hates him 10 times more than Palin. Perry cracks me up, but we've already had a president like him. Herman is great, but he is not a politician and is combative with the media. He'd never make it though 4 years in politics and the media. Romney has the charisma of jello and about as interesting as paper bag. He'll likely be the default nominee and has a 50/50 chance of winning. He is about as exciting as McCain or Bob Dole.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:39:11 GMT -5
A friend made this observation about the Republican candidates yesterday: The smart ones are unelectable and the electable ones are idiots. (And then there's Romney, who's smart &electable but a conceptual vacuum.) I tend to agree with him. Couldn't this be said of all national canidates? It is more-or-less a popularity contest, with whoever looks the best on television winning. The only difference between Carter and Obama is that Obama is charismatic, and therefore very likely to win again. The odd thing is the same people to be most negatively affected by Obama will be the same people voting for him. When has the poor and underclass suffered more in our lifetime?
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:27:42 GMT -5
Not a bad idea, but which specific judge issued this very lenient sentence? Besides the judges, wouldn't a district attorney also have to agree to a plea agreement? Who specifically is responsible for this?
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:22:34 GMT -5
If someone breaks into your house and your dog attacks them would the dog be taken and put down as a dangerous animal? Tell me this is not happening...
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:18:01 GMT -5
It seems like the Culture of Violence can be tied to people lying about the police. This video comes to mind from a story local to Atlanta: Anti-Cop Rant and lies about the police trying to run people over with a motorcycle youtu.be/4fS00StvHfsUnedited Video of Event youtu.be/B9HV1orKydQTo me this is a really interesting comparison of actuality and the manufactured anger the left has against the police. While the anti-cop crowd will act as if cops are afraid of cameras, the cameras vindicate the cops almost every time.
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Post by professorx on Nov 14, 2011 21:07:28 GMT -5
[/quote] How does the "Little Ice Age" period factor in with this graph?
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Post by professorx on Nov 6, 2011 21:16:29 GMT -5
He admits to riding bikes and even racing, so I'm betting he fits his own description for cyclists. Sadly, yes to some of it. I would never critique something I knew nothing about. 1. Owns a bicycle that costs more than most cars. No. 2. Often falls down in traffic because they are not experienced in cycling. No. I took off the clipless pedals. 3. Gets winded walking up a flight of stairs, although they claimed to have just completed a "century" ride with their peleton the day before. 4. Look like a busted can of frozen biscuits in their cycling uniform. Neither of these fit, but I thought I put in "20 pounds overweight". I carry it well though.
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Post by professorx on Nov 6, 2011 21:13:31 GMT -5
Creamemulsion, Batperson! It's AmAzing how wrong you are! (But not surprising.) Senior (pre-boomer), brew my own, no Wi-Fi (barely computer literate), check CMF about as often as I piss, and I'm not diabetic. Further: have voted in every election for which I was eligible, am kind to animals, give to charity and have done pro bono professional work, have worked retail and wholesale, reported for the draft, believe conservatives are capable of genuine concern, intelligence and intellectual honesty, have served jury duty twice, practice what I belive, support women's reproductive rights and the death penalty, engage in civil discourse, have a sense of humor, am right-handed, a Spinozaian Deist, a Social Democrat and am tired of this. And you? Senior (pre-boomer). Not that old. brew my own, - I wish I could. no Wi-Fi (barely computer literate) - Family members set mine up. I am too ADD to fool with computers. check CMF about as often as I piss. I like the forum, but it requires more time than I have. and I'm not diabetic. Good. Further: have voted in every election for which I was eligible - Not me. I couldn't vote for anyone in the last presidential election. am kind to animals, give to charity and have done pro bono professional work, have worked retail and wholesale, reported for the draft, believe conservatives are capable of genuine concern, intelligence and intellectual honesty, have served jury duty twice, practice what I belive, support women's reproductive rights and the death penalty, engage in civil discourse, have a sense of humor, am right-handed, a Spinozaian Deist, a Social Democrat and am tired of this. All very enlightening, and I appreciated it, but my original post was meant solely as humor.
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Post by professorx on Nov 6, 2011 18:00:25 GMT -5
You want some too? :-) Your profile. A middle aged guy sitting in a Starbucks sucking up free wi-fi while responding to "The Chattanooga Message Forum" hours on end while only drinking a cheap (by starbuck's standards), coffee. Bazinga!
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Post by professorx on Nov 6, 2011 17:57:45 GMT -5
Oh, I thought you were talking about a construction worker. My husband fits your description. I guess a lot of people fit these descriptions. Construction workers are pretty diverse though... It would be harder to spot an off-duty construction worker than a cop... You'd never spot a cyclist around here or know the person got anywhere near execise equipment if he was not wearing his exercise clown costume. Dirty liberal douches are never off-duty, sadly. (Look, I am waving the bloody shit. Wheee...)
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:18:15 GMT -5
Felix has read all three! They are good! I had the book in my hands tonight (before I read your message) and put it back down. There was a giant stack of them at the checkout at B&N. I figured that was a "red flag" indicative of pulp fiction. Sadly, the last two books I have read were "Blood Meridian" and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time". Blood Merdian was at its core a good story, but a difficult read. The Curious Incident book was excellent, about a autistic boy solving the murder of a poodle. :-) I also read "The Road" and did not like it, but enjoyed "No Country for Old Men" (before it was considered for a movie, I am very snotty). Since I read all day at work, it is hard to enjoy reading. I will buy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ASAP. Thanks for the heads up.
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:09:29 GMT -5
I am POSITIVE that EVERY politician is a liar. I would agree with you, but it would tarnish my positivity thread.
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:08:05 GMT -5
PM's Pic dude's belly looks like his ass, and his ass looks like his belly. a visual definition of ass backwards.[/quote] It was the result of a horrible accident. The skinny cop lost his entire lower body and the only donor was a fat cop.
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:06:38 GMT -5
Just because he's a liberal doesn't mean he isn't F.O.S. Did someone hack SSMYNKINT's account?
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:05:46 GMT -5
The truth has a well known liberal bias. Another tired hack quote? No picture this time?
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:04:12 GMT -5
Michael Moore's politics don't even matter. He makes movies pointing out hypocrisy on the right. Regardless of his own hypocrisy the hypocrisy he points out is still there. The difference is that him being a hypocrite affects no one, those he point out as hypocrites do affect us. The problem is that he incorrectly edits his films to fit his preconceived point of view. When called on the dishonesty he says his films are entertainment, not documentaries.
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:02:42 GMT -5
What does Michael Moore's girth have to do with his politics? Tsavodiner's pic What's the matter Duke, you don't like a little jiggle in your jello?
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:01:41 GMT -5
This line makes me laugh everytime.
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 23:00:50 GMT -5
Are most of the shit-stirrers hypocrites? Baldwin, Sean Penn, etc.? A recent new story showed the multitude of protesters arrested lived in very afflulent neighborhoods. Its not about money, its about anarchy man!
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 22:58:52 GMT -5
On my first house the bank would only make a loan if the payments were going to be 25% or less of my monthly income. Twenty-five years later I qualified for a loan that would have pushed my payments to over 50% of my monthly income. Think about that. With a two income family, considering both incomes are roughly the same, if one person loses their job that's 100% of the family income going toward house payments. Who would agree to such a loan? I guess a person could say, "I have to have this house, I will get a second job if I have to". It is still the lender's obligation. Now, add onto this the fact that the banks began taking on riskier and riskier people as customers. The drive was to make loans and suddenly they didn't really care how low your credit score might be. If the numbers didn't work out right the loan officers were encouraged to work with you on massaging the numbers so they did work out and the numbers to work had become a lot lower than they had ever been. Rstewart expained this one. Why would a bank want to write a bad loan, because they were psychic and knew there would be a bail out? So were the banks really verifying credit? Not really. Yeah, they were running your numbers but they were also helping you "cook your books" so the numbers would come out like they needed to to get the loan. This would be bank fraud, and I am not sure too many people would risk time in a federal prision to make sure Joe Nobody got a home loan. No, they weren't psychic. They were bundling up these loans and selling them as securities. They weren't keeping these loans. It wasn't going to be their money that was lost, it was going to be th
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Post by professorx on Nov 5, 2011 22:08:59 GMT -5
How to spot an off-duty cop a large funny-shaped glass in his hand filled with orange liquid and capped with an umbrella and an oversized straw. chattanooga pulse A cop would not be caught dead with a orange drink, a drink with an umbrella, straw, nevermind a combination of all three. Here is a real example: Cop 1. Keys hanging on belt or sticking out of his pocket. 2. 511 pants, or some kind of 511 gear. The best clothes are free cloths. 3. Oakleys of some kind. Old, scratched. Should be replaced. 4. About 20 pounds over weight 5. Short hair or bald. 6. Folding Knife clipped in his right pocket with the clip visible. Gun, you'll never see the gun, but it is there. It is well hidden. Hippie Douche Liberal 1. Considers himself very intelligent, despite only completing the 1rst year of community college or less... yet owes 80 thousand dollars in student debt. 2. Dirty hair, dirty cloths. Looks like they got off a meth bender. 3. "Supports the military" yet only talks about military abuses like Abu Graib, Guantanamo, Mai Lai, PTSD. 4. Hates corporations, and consumerism yet owns a shit ton of Apple products, electronic gadgets... Buys 5$ coffee fair trade coffee. Chattanooga Cyclist :-) 1. Owns a bicycle that costs more than most cars. 2. Often falls down in traffic because they are not experienced in cycling. 3. Gets winded walking up a flight of stairs, although they claimed to have just completed a "century" ride with their peleton the day before. 4. Look like a busted can of frozen biscuits in their cycling uniform. (This one is classic, you all should write it down and re-use it.)
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Post by professorx on Nov 3, 2011 6:00:34 GMT -5
I used to read weird essays like this in college. At the end of each essay there would be a short biography on the author. More often than not the authors of the wild tales received their academic accredation while incarcerated. I would wager this author is in jail now, or has a criminal record.
I have seen a lot of bad advice regarding legal matters in the last year "Hey, man. The cops cannot arrest you unless they are in a marked vehicle..." "Hey man, the cops cannot arrest you unless they have a warrant signed by a judge..."
Here are some quotes at the author's website:
"CrimethInc. is the black market where we trade in this precious contraband. Here, the secret worlds of shoplifters, rioters, dropouts, deserters, adulterers, vandals, daydreamers—that is to say, of all of us, in those moments when, wanting more, we indulge in little revolts—converge to form gateways to new worlds where theft, cheating, warfare, boredom, and so on are simply obsolete."
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Post by professorx on Nov 2, 2011 23:00:51 GMT -5
Split from: The+Greeksthis from the guy who never says a positive thing about anything. Things I like in no particular order (not all inclusive): 1. Chattanooga 2. The South East in general. 3. Most music. 4. The great outdoors. 5. Most beer 6. Running 7. Mountain Biking 8. Family activities. 9. Working 10. Sleep 11. Travel 12. Most food I hate types of people, but not specific people. There is no one I hate or dislike on this message center. There is no one that I hate in real life. Most of my vitriol here is for entertainment and dramatics only.
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Post by professorx on Nov 2, 2011 22:55:24 GMT -5
There seems to be an inherent self destructive nature in both the left and the right. I seem to know about as many conservatives sporting tattoos, involved in substance abuse and other risky behavior as I do liberals. Anarchism has resulted from both left and right wing movements and I'm listening to the news about some very right wing people looking to poison Atlanta with ricin. In their weird mind the militia were not being destructive, but restoring something. They were trying to restore the US to their warped idealized version of the way things "should be". The ages of these people was the shocker... All very old, too old to be a typical terrorist. Their ages also guarantee they will all receive life sentences. BUT, there are some fucked up individuals on the right, but they do not have the self-destructive, self-hate mentality.
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