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advanR
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I believe not hitting shift does not show a lack of my english skills. It is just a lack of effort in the translation from brain to keyboard.
However, if a post has bad spelling and or very bad grammar, that is a display of the poster's brain power.
As in real life I cant forget to capatilize words when I am speaking to someone else. Capitilizing only pertains to written language. And in my case, some times I skip it, because of a lack of effort. So I'm lazy, ................... pffffff. Not stupid, or less intelligent.
As long as there is something to respond to, I will. It just seems like it isnt settled yet. If M5Power would recognize himself as wrong in my case, I would forget about it. But that isnt likely.
Say it M5Power. "When I saw your post in another thread I assumed you were less intelligent because you didnt capitilize letters. I then stated that thats what I thought to get a rise out of you and make my stance on the opinion at hand a little higher. I insulted your intelligence and I am sorry. I was wrong."
Haha, it feels like kindergarten again.
Besides, this is the "Opinions" section of the forum.
advanR
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Originally posted by milefile
I disagree. It at least shows how using the language correctly is not a priority to you. If you were stupid it'd at least be forgiveable because you can't really help that. But it's apparently just a lack of care. Tsk... tsk...
Exactly. In a forum I dont really care, hahaha. I'm not writing a college paper. I capitilize things when I care about what Im writing. Sometimes I do in forums, sometimes I dont.
You people have gotten me accustomed to capitilizing, so I do more often now, hahha.
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It depends on a lot of things. The president can veto anything. If the legislative branch doesn't like the president they can keep him from acting. But in a time of war, which is what everybody keeps saying, they don't dissent as much. That's why civil liberties in America are right down the toilet right now. Nobody has the balls the stand up.
The United States Senate (more so, the United States Congress) is the single most powerful body, group, etc. in American politics, however the way this country is run, its power is minute compared to that of the president.
For one, on major issues, the U.S. Senate needs a two-thirds majority to get something passed - meaning that when the Senate is controlled (as it is now) 51-49, only minor issues can pass with party-line votes, and everything else must be largely bipartisan.
Additionally, the Senate has over-ride power, rendering the president's veto power namely useless, however in most cases, if a president vetos something, Congress becomes scared to the extreme to over-ride the bill (go against the president?!) and it dies.
I'd still rather be a US Senator than the president.
advanR
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Im not defending laziness. Im pointing out the differences between using bad grammar and spelling (lack of knowledge), and no hitting shift (lazy). Call me lazy all you want. Im not trying to defend it. Im lazy, there.
BTW, I just broke my left wrist and it is in a splint, so hitting shift is more difficult. I hope you feel guilty that you have made me have to do it, hehehe.
advanR
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I will say something I think. Im not completely sure about everything, so point it out if im wrong.
This countries government was set up with the idea that if the government failed a new government could be set up in place of it. i dont think it should happen, but I couldnt possibly think of this ever happening today. The constitution is the all holy document. anyone who stands up to say anything about it is a traitor.
Democracy is great. but there are small things wrong with it.
the way the voting process works. people vote. but you know what? 50-70% of people are dumb. sure that means the majority of people get the people representing that they want, but the rest of us are stuck with shmucks.
also because people are selected by voting, only people with money or party support can win. if everyone believes only the main two parties can win in an election, there is no way enough people will vote for a third party member even if they are a better candidate. people are too afraid the republicans will win. and i am this way too. in the recent election for senator, i had to vote for mondale because he badly needed my vote (it was a very close race), even if the independent looked better(forgot his name!!!!).
because each of the two parties are so determined to beat the other party, they elect who they think has the best cahnce of winning the election. not who is actually a better candidate. example, jesus, look at bush. bush name, not much else.
politicians are just that, politicians. because they have to appear good to the public, because they elect them. they must always lie. and appear to be good people. when they are looking in your eyes, they only care about one thing, getting elected.
only people with money to advertise can win. we all know an alternative to the 2 parties will likely never win, but maybe they will get more votes if people knew of them and heard what they had to say. now all we see of the candidates is on tv or those annoying yard posts. also the ocassional debates, but they are not on tv in front of our eyes so often. and there is no way a person would want to sit through watching one on tv because they maybe think they are very boring. people dont actually see where the politicians stand on issues this way. I think people should attend a manditory thing where they have to sit and watch debates, and look at the platform of the candidates. otherwise these people are deported. so little people vote actually knowing what they are doing.
i forgot more, i will post later.
also, that thing m5power said before was very very true. one sided minded people always take office. and then we are screwed. they never consider the points of the people opposing them. bill frist is a moron!!!!
This countries government was set up with the idea that if the government failed a new government could be set up in place of it. i dont think it should happen, but I couldnt possibly think of this ever happening today. The constitution is the all holy document. anyone who stands up to say anything about it is a traitor.
Democracy is great. but there are small things wrong with it.
the way the voting process works. people vote. but you know what? 50-70% of people are dumb. sure that means the majority of people get the people representing that they want, but the rest of us are stuck with shmucks.
also because people are selected by voting, only people with money or party support can win. if everyone believes only the main two parties can win in an election, there is no way enough people will vote for a third party member even if they are a better candidate. people are too afraid the republicans will win. and i am this way too. in the recent election for senator, i had to vote for mondale because he badly needed my vote (it was a very close race), even if the independent looked better(forgot his name!!!!).
because each of the two parties are so determined to beat the other party, they elect who they think has the best cahnce of winning the election. not who is actually a better candidate. example, jesus, look at bush. bush name, not much else.
politicians are just that, politicians. because they have to appear good to the public, because they elect them. they must always lie. and appear to be good people. when they are looking in your eyes, they only care about one thing, getting elected.
only people with money to advertise can win. we all know an alternative to the 2 parties will likely never win, but maybe they will get more votes if people knew of them and heard what they had to say. now all we see of the candidates is on tv or those annoying yard posts. also the ocassional debates, but they are not on tv in front of our eyes so often. and there is no way a person would want to sit through watching one on tv because they maybe think they are very boring. people dont actually see where the politicians stand on issues this way. I think people should attend a manditory thing where they have to sit and watch debates, and look at the platform of the candidates. otherwise these people are deported. so little people vote actually knowing what they are doing.
i forgot more, i will post later.
also, that thing m5power said before was very very true. one sided minded people always take office. and then we are screwed. they never consider the points of the people opposing them. bill frist is a moron!!!!
advanR
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about the one sidedness, I will point out a few examples I remember from just watching some interviews on a cable news channel a few weeks ago.
a republican said that the people protesting against a war on Iraq were just doing what liberals always do. he didnt make any distinction between a democrat and a liberal democrat. he then went on to say that these people protesting would still be protesting if Florida was attacked by Iraq. he said they would say "we didnt like florida anyways, who needs it(for some reason i dont remember). let the inspections continue!". that was infuriating. completely ignoring the fact that people were protesting the war because they were waiting for more information about hidden weapons to come out. waiting for more evidence to justify war. meanwhile let inspections go on. if a person didnt agree completely with bush they were crazy liberals that would protest war even after hard proof for war was made.
something bill frist said. after making a bunch of weak points for why we should go to war, he started talking about how democrats always want to continue spending. he said, "democrats always want to increase spending. if its not education, its this. if its not this, its that" really? a war costs nothing? all democrats are the same, okay. how can you criticize people for wanting to spend more when you want to spend much more than that on a war? If theres no imediate threat from iraq. let the inspections continue and spend money where it is needed, i say. at home.
"your either with us or with the terrorists." another quote by you know who. oh really? so if someone is disagreeing with you for a good reason you dont care? they are still a terrorist? okay.
Im sorry m5power. all of these examples are of republicans. I know democrats are like that also. Im just naming examples from memory. this is from just sitting for a few bored minutes watching cnn or something else in a hotel.
Oh yea. they had arianna huffington on talking about her suv terrorist ads. (i think she is very wrong for doing this crap. if someone is going to not purchase an suv, it should be for different reasons, not fake ones that she is creating). someone that was debating against her was comparing a toyota prius to a suburban, saying the prius is a small POS and couldnt fit the same number of people as a suburban. He didnt compare the suburban to a larger vehicle. Just one that he could use to make the point that the suburban has much more room in it. ms. huffington of course didnt make this point of mine and said something else instead. I was almost yelling at the screen. "comeback saying this you idiot!! make him look like a fool!!" she went on talking about some other crap.
a republican said that the people protesting against a war on Iraq were just doing what liberals always do. he didnt make any distinction between a democrat and a liberal democrat. he then went on to say that these people protesting would still be protesting if Florida was attacked by Iraq. he said they would say "we didnt like florida anyways, who needs it(for some reason i dont remember). let the inspections continue!". that was infuriating. completely ignoring the fact that people were protesting the war because they were waiting for more information about hidden weapons to come out. waiting for more evidence to justify war. meanwhile let inspections go on. if a person didnt agree completely with bush they were crazy liberals that would protest war even after hard proof for war was made.
something bill frist said. after making a bunch of weak points for why we should go to war, he started talking about how democrats always want to continue spending. he said, "democrats always want to increase spending. if its not education, its this. if its not this, its that" really? a war costs nothing? all democrats are the same, okay. how can you criticize people for wanting to spend more when you want to spend much more than that on a war? If theres no imediate threat from iraq. let the inspections continue and spend money where it is needed, i say. at home.
"your either with us or with the terrorists." another quote by you know who. oh really? so if someone is disagreeing with you for a good reason you dont care? they are still a terrorist? okay.
Im sorry m5power. all of these examples are of republicans. I know democrats are like that also. Im just naming examples from memory. this is from just sitting for a few bored minutes watching cnn or something else in a hotel.
Oh yea. they had arianna huffington on talking about her suv terrorist ads. (i think she is very wrong for doing this crap. if someone is going to not purchase an suv, it should be for different reasons, not fake ones that she is creating). someone that was debating against her was comparing a toyota prius to a suburban, saying the prius is a small POS and couldnt fit the same number of people as a suburban. He didnt compare the suburban to a larger vehicle. Just one that he could use to make the point that the suburban has much more room in it. ms. huffington of course didnt make this point of mine and said something else instead. I was almost yelling at the screen. "comeback saying this you idiot!! make him look like a fool!!" she went on talking about some other crap.
I wouldn't call anybody who is against the constitution a traitor - I know a lot of people with fair arguments about why the second amendment should be abolished - but it certainly does serve as a pristine example of why this country's survived as long as it has.
I agree - but we'll never be able to pinpoint the dumb ones. I find Libertarians, Greens, Socialists, etc. dumb voters simply because their votes don't count. Far-right Aryan Nation members may call Democrats dumb - which is why we'll never agree on who's dumb, and we'll never be able to kill them.
Fair point - but there's surely a reason why Dem/Rep candidates have the most money! Usually, candidates representing other parties focus their interest on issues in which they take a firm stance than only a few people care about. Radical environmentalists, for instance, probably would support a bill to make yoga the state sport of Illinois, or maybe it would be killing hunters. Meanwhile, although they have differing political views, Democrats and Republicans are muchly the same based on their across-the-board comparatively moderate (when compared to the Socialist Workers' Party) stances.
Fair point - but remember: in the primary, I voted for McCain.
Naah - many politicians are good people - but most aren't. Marion Berry (DC mayor caught smoking crack with a prostitute in his hotel room only to be re-elected) is a jackass idiot. Gray Davis (his state has a budget deficit larger than all other states'' combined) is a true politician. Even McCain, Kerry, Lieberman - good guys - do things to look better in the eyes of the public. But 'they must always lie' is overstepping.
Of what party is your state's governor?
You mean all of my posts?
Bill Frist is another that falls in the Gray Davis and Marion Berry category, but I believe Bill Frist is a bit different: Fristy is a guy who always dreamed of being a United States Senator from Tennessee. But you know what? He is better than that job. He's an extremely smart man, a talented surgeon... but he's gone through his life telling himself he should be a Senator from Tennessee! He's really lost what life should be about - he could be doing better things.
advanR
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i said will never likely win. ventura won. as you know, governer is the highest office ever held by someone other than a dmeocrat or republican.
our governer is now a republican. tim pawlenty. i voted for him. he seems like a good guy. I should have voted for the independent again. tim penny deserved to win IMO. I didnt really like moe. I think he ran a dirty campaign and didnt have much to offer. that was a case of when I wouldnt vote democrat.
our governer is now a republican. tim pawlenty. i voted for him. he seems like a good guy. I should have voted for the independent again. tim penny deserved to win IMO. I didnt really like moe. I think he ran a dirty campaign and didnt have much to offer. that was a case of when I wouldnt vote democrat.
