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Started by mongers, February 12, 2013, 06:04:51 PM

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MadImmortalMan

#30
February 12, 2013, 07:28:43 PM
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

CountDeMoney

#31
February 12, 2013, 07:29:35 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 12, 2013, 07:27:45 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 12, 2013, 07:26:59 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 12, 2013, 07:25:32 PM
Ted and Brak will play Stranglehold.

derspiess is going to air guitar "Cat Scratch Fever" with his AR-15 in his camo tank top. 

Already there, friend.  PICS TO FOLLOW

I just bet.  With authentic beer stains as well, since I'm sure it's tough to drink your brew and breathe through your mouth at the same time.

Sheilbh

#32
February 12, 2013, 07:30:35 PM
God damn Woodrow Wilson <_<
Let's bomb Russia!

CountDeMoney

#33
February 12, 2013, 07:33:11 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 12, 2013, 07:30:35 PM
God damn Woodrow Wilson <_<

No shit.

Although considering the sheer lack of respect of the office this President gets from Congress, I give him kudos for doing anything more than wrapping it around a brick and tossing out the car window on his way to Andrews AFB.

Admiral Yi

#34
February 12, 2013, 07:33:41 PM
Best Nugent tune to air guitar is Great White Buffalo.

derspiess

#35
February 12, 2013, 07:36:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 12, 2013, 07:29:35 PM
I just bet.  With authentic beer stains as well, since I'm sure it's tough to drink your brew and breathe through your mouth at the same time.

Nah, not drinking tonight.  It's still Cincinnati Beer Week, but I gotta pace myself.  Imperial Stout tapping tomorrow :cheers:
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

derspiess

#36
February 12, 2013, 07:37:58 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 12, 2013, 07:33:11 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 12, 2013, 07:30:35 PM
God damn Woodrow Wilson <_<

No shit.

Although considering the sheer lack of respect of the office this President gets from Congress, I give him kudos for doing anything more than wrapping it around a brick and tossing out the car window on his way to Andrews AFB.

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

jimmy olsen

#37
February 12, 2013, 08:07:55 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 12, 2013, 07:28:43 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level

A bit unexpected that W's 2005 was the highest rated since Reagan's 1983, and not beaten unless you go back to Carter in 1981.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Neil

#38
February 12, 2013, 08:11:30 PM
Maybe Sandy Hook can be Obama's 9/11.  Sure, he didn't campaign on gun control, but it might be a good time to use the time to eliminate some of the more dangerous elements of American society.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

MadImmortalMan

#39
February 12, 2013, 08:15:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 12, 2013, 08:07:55 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 12, 2013, 07:28:43 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level

A bit unexpected that W's 2005 was the highest rated since Reagan's 1983, and not beaten unless you go back to Carter in 1981.

And nobody does worse than Lincoln's 1862 until Wilson.
"Stability is destabilizing." --Hyman Minsky

"Complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."
"We have nothing to fear but lack of fear itself." --Larry Summers

Sheilbh

#40
February 12, 2013, 08:22:27 PM
It's not better or worse. Personally I think expressing ideas in simple language is more impressive than indulging in florid prose.
Let's bomb Russia!

garbon

#41
February 12, 2013, 08:24:35 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 12, 2013, 08:22:27 PM
It's not better or worse. Personally I think expressing ideas in simple language is more impressive than indulging in florid prose.

I definitely disagree. What is this - some sort of gross populist forum?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Razgovory

#42
February 12, 2013, 08:27:13 PM
Would a "reading level" scale be useful if you used it to compare speeches over the course of 200 years?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#43
February 12, 2013, 08:28:48 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 12, 2013, 08:15:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 12, 2013, 08:07:55 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on February 12, 2013, 07:28:43 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/feb/12/state-of-the-union-reading-level

A bit unexpected that W's 2005 was the highest rated since Reagan's 1983, and not beaten unless you go back to Carter in 1981.

And nobody does worse than Lincoln's 1862 until Wilson.
Well, Lincoln had to rally the masses to the colors.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#44
February 12, 2013, 08:29:58 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 12, 2013, 08:24:35 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 12, 2013, 08:22:27 PM
It's not better or worse. Personally I think expressing ideas in simple language is more impressive than indulging in florid prose.

I definitely disagree. What is this - some sort of gross populist forum?
They're politicians operating in a representative republic with universal suffrage, so yes, yes it is.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point
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