""b00ks" Hah! If you've ever read the bible you'd know that you were wrong! It's the original book. If your going to believe any book, the bible is the one to believe!" - Michael Mink
"Exactly! These idiots are the same people that think that evolution is true! ... What idiots! I can produce countless evidence and they just stick to the same wrong headed "evidence". It drives me nuts!" - Michael Mink
"If one drove a very small car they could park right next to the vehicle on the drivers side. One could also take a picture so that if they scratch the car one could call the police and give them a picture. Not only do they get nailed by the insurance company but they also get fined for leaving the scene." - Michael Mink
"I agree, I am a bit of an optimist, and these changes are going to take a lot of time. At least the online communities are the communities more likely to vote, more likely to fund/help a campaign and more generally likely to produce information for the rest of the population. There are also parallels with the church's political power. Those are also small groups that are able to control far more than their numbers would indicate. I also hold hope that small internet communities are more apt to come to a more educated result. I always hated the political power of evangelical Christians because they rarely if ever heard the other side of the debate. "Abortion is wrong... it says so in the bible." I know heavily moderated discussion forums are the same way on the internet but it's so much easier now for the members of that group to find outside information. Basically I'm an optimist. I can only hope for the future, but I certainly liked Ron Paul and Obama far better than the standard..." - Michael Mink
"The US government prints and borrows much of the money it spends. Last year it was around 15% of the budget. I don't see why they couldn't just print and borrow more. You aren't changing any of the players, they'll just pass laws to make it easier to take your assets if you don't pay. I don't see how it actually changes anything." - Michael Mink
"No really. What do you think would happen when say 40% of Americans stop paying taxes? You seem to think it would do something, I'd like to know what?" - Michael Mink
"Isn't that what the shakers did? It seems to be tried every few years with mixed success... it just never seems to last past a generation." - Michael Mink
"I wonder who had to paint over it and what they thought of it... if, in fact, they did read it. I also wonder who voted you down. This is the first time I've gotten to see a follow up. I find it more interesting than the original graffiti." - Michael Mink
"Yeah, I'm over in arcadia. It was a mushy sway, nothing moved on the walls though the building creaked a lot. It was the perfect earthquake. No mess to clean up, just long enough to really enjoy it and try to get an experiment set up. More aftershocks would have been nice, but the single 3.5 we got was fun. I had my pendulum swing set up by then!" - Michael Mink
"To be honest: >Myth: Can you build a jet pack from plans on the Internet? It didn't look to me like the martin jetpack was built for $10k from plans on the internet. There are actually working jet packs, but most if not all use a rocket design instead of trying to use a propeller." - Michael Mink
"If you like american burritos eat at chipotle. Mexican burritos aren't really that good compared to other mexican food. I don't really understand why people are thinking that an american style burrito can be better made by mexicans in mexico... it makes no sense. Or that an authentic mexican restaurant is going to make a good american burrito." - Michael Mink
">There is a swell of national sentiment spreading across the country as the majority of Mexicans wish to retain control of one of their last symbols of sovereignty. Seriously "one of their last symbols?" That's some serious bullshit. I would hope that mexicans have stronger symbols of their sovereignty than a poorly run national gas company. That's like saying if we don't have government take over of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac we would be losing a great symbol of our sovereignty. Yeah, exactly. Bullshit." - Michael Mink
">More than a hundred students marched to the State House to protest tuition hikes. One student told Ventura he should walk a while in her shoes. Governor Ventura then lectured the single mother about responsibility. A shouting match erupted, forcing the governor to walk off amidst a cloud of boo's. Twenty students later went to Ventura's office to offer their apologies, but Ventura stuck to his opinion that "if you're smart enough to go to college you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it." agree or disagree I really like a politician that actually talks to protesters and explains his position. I don't agree with him on a lot of items but I admire his straight forward approach to governing." - Michael Mink
">More than a hundred students marched to the State House to protest tuition hikes. One student told Ventura he should walk a while in her shoes. Governor Ventura then lectured the single mother about responsibility. A shouting match erupted, forcing the governor to walk off amidst a cloud of boo's. Twenty students later went to Ventura's office to offer their apologies, but Ventura stuck to his opinion that "if you're smart enough to go to college you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it." agree or disagree I really like a politician that actually talks to protesters and explains his position. I don't agree with him on a lot of items but I admire his straight forward approach to governing." - Michael Mink
">More than a hundred students marched to the State House to protest tuition hikes. One student told Ventura he should walk a while in her shoes. Governor Ventura then lectured the single mother about responsibility. A shouting match erupted, forcing the governor to walk off amidst a cloud of boo's. Twenty students later went to Ventura's office to offer their apologies, but Ventura stuck to his opinion that "if you're smart enough to go to college you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it." agree or disagree I really like a politician that actually talks to protesters and explains his position. I don't agree with him on a lot of items but I admire his straight forward approach to governing." - Michael Mink
"It's actually more about his policy and outspoken nature than about his physical self. There are some great stories from when he was in Minn. He would often go talk to the protesters to find out exactly what the grievance was. You should get beyond his WWF years." - Michael Mink
"Great, just what we need, more Americans voting. As soon as we have a more intelligent population I'll be all for trying to get more people to vote." - Michael Mink
">My point is that those creationists that know what they're talking about would laugh at this list and probably be able to counter all of them with a logic other than "God did it." Actually no, they use either logic on par with "God did it" or use 1/2 truths or outright false statements they know to be untrue. People that only have a passing knowledge of science just need to be educated, the "creationists that know what they are talking about" are the ones that are responsible for spreading this idiocy." - Michael Mink
"That title underrates the content by at least a couple orders of magnitude. Not sure if he is a dumbass or not but that is the most incredible crash video I've seen in a while. It has all the magic: Ignorance? Check. Truck? Check. Crash? Check. Possible death? Check. Unexpected total catastrophe? Check. Could I have been that dumb? Check." - Michael Mink
"That title underrates the content by at least a couple orders of magnitude. Not sure if he is a dumbass or not but that is the most incredible crash video I've seen in a while. It has all the magic: Ignorance? Check. Truck? Check. Crash? Check. Possible death? Check. Unexpected total catastrophe? Check. Could I have been that dumb? Check." - Michael Mink
"That title underrates the content by at least a couple orders of magnitude. Not sure if he is a dumbass or not but that is the most incredible crash video I've seen in a while. It has all the magic: Ignorance? Check. Truck? Check. Crash? Check. Possible death? Check. Unexpected total catastrophe? Check. Could I have been that dumb? Check." - Michael Mink
">"It is hurtful," said Father Migeul Gonzalez with the Diocese. "Imagine if they kidnapped somebody and you make a plea for that individual to please return that loved one to the family." But allowing child abuse and pedophilia is perfectly fine." - Michael Mink
">"It is hurtful," said Father Migeul Gonzalez with the Diocese. "Imagine if they kidnapped somebody and you make a plea for that individual to please return that loved one to the family." But allowing child abuse and pedophilia is perfectly fine." - Michael Mink
">"It is hurtful," said Father Migeul Gonzalez with the Diocese. "Imagine if they kidnapped somebody and you make a plea for that individual to please return that loved one to the family." But allowing child abuse and pedophilia is perfectly fine." - Michael Mink
"I wonder if this started by parents not wanting to spend more money on electricity so they just told their kids it was because it might kill them. The kids grew up believing their parents and the myth continues." - Michael Mink
Why does the headline get cut in half on the second line? I guess it does look more visually appealing. I can't help but think 3/4 of the line would have been better. - Michael Mink
"hold on while i just compile a bunch of crap off the internet and paste it as a comment. Certainly if I paste a bunch of crap it'll convince you! The more shit I compile the more convincing! I'll not even try to format it because I don't want to convince you, I just want to post a crap ton of crap." - Michael Mink
"hold on while i just compile a bunch of crap off the internet and paste it as a comment. Certainly if I paste a bunch of crap it'll convince you! The more shit I compile the more convincing! I'll not even try to format it because I don't want to convince you, I just want to post a crap ton of crap." - Michael Mink
"hold on while i just compile a bunch of crap off the internet and paste it as a comment. Certainly if I paste a bunch of crap it'll convince you! The more shit I compile the more convincing! I'll not even try to format it because I don't want to convince you, I just want to post a crap ton of crap." - Michael Mink
"I agree, it's the only defence they have. Even if true they lose credibility. Losing priceless hostages for a few million? Not very smart. Being seen as sellouts is not going to improve moral. Why are we getting downmodded?" - Michael Mink
"I bet FARK tries to substaniate this and push the story. I wouldn't be too surprised if it was true, not like we havn't done stuff like this before. Still I'll hold judgement till there is actual evidence." - Michael Mink
"I bet FARK tries to substaniate this and push the story. I wouldn't be too surprised if it was true, not like we havn't done stuff like this before. Still I'll hold judgement till there is actual evidence." - Michael Mink
"I bet FARK tries to substaniate this and push the story. I wouldn't be too surprised if it was true, not like we havn't done stuff like this before. Still I'll hold judgement till there is actual evidence." - Michael Mink
">You are obviously guessing at what the answers are, so I'll be saying "Good-bye, now. Actually I'm not guessing at the answers. If you had a little objectivity and weren't so emotionally involved in your theory you'd have an easier time understanding what happened on 9/11. BTW, If anyone is interested in the ATC control tape his is refering to you should read the NYtimes article on the matter. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05..." - Michael Mink
">You are obviously guessing at what the answers are, so I'll be saying "Good-bye, now. Actually I'm not guessing at the answers. If you had a little objectivity and weren't so emotionally involved in your theory you'd have an easier time understanding what happened on 9/11. BTW, If anyone is interested in the ATC control tape his is refering to you should read the NYtimes article on the matter. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05..." - Michael Mink
">You are obviously guessing at what the answers are, so I'll be saying "Good-bye, now. Actually I'm not guessing at the answers. If you had a little objectivity and weren't so emotionally involved in your theory you'd have an easier time understanding what happened on 9/11. BTW, If anyone is interested in the ATC control tape his is refering to you should read the NYtimes article on the matter. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05..." - Michael Mink
"Maybe you don't. I've used it before during sex meaning pretty much the same thing. I don't want the pussy to explode, I just don't want my little guys to be in there." - Michael Mink
"I don't see anything that "allowed" the events of 9/11 to go unfettered. My question to you is what YOU see that the government did to allow the 2nd and 3rd planes to hit?" - Michael Mink
""pull it" as in pull the fire fighting operation. If he was going to blow up the building why would he have waited? It just doesn't make any sense to think he meant pull as in 'blow it up'." - Michael Mink
"Yes, i've watched the video and have done a lot of research on it. Everything points to the fact that he was talking about putting an end to the firefighters efforts to put out the fire. I really don't see how you can leap to the conclusion he's talking about blowing up the building." - Michael Mink
"It's not just the commenter. It's all the people reading it. Unless they see some actual facts and discussion they will believe this BS." - Michael Mink
"They are working on the big earthquake in California right now! It may take a few years for them to make it happen, but mark my words they will make it happen sooner or later." - Michael Mink
">I consider Giuliani's testimony on page 23 of this document to be more credible Ok, sure, FEMA had a drill planned on the dock for 9/12. Call me under whelmed. I thought you were talking about FEMA sending people to NY to be there specifically for 9/11. I'd imagine there were fire fighter drills planned on 9/12 and Police counter terrorism drills planned on 9/12 too. >About the insider trading thing, have a look at this: I think the gist of that accusation is that he might have had connections to the terrorists. I don't see how that implicates the government. Lots of people knew about what was going to happen on 9/11, but I haven't seen any proof that the government did. >Concerning Silverstein, it worries me how this man bought the towers 2 months in advance, while they belonged to the government for decades before, ever since they were build. He bought them in July and in 1998 plans were approved by the Port Authority to privatize the World Trade Center. Considering that..." - Michael Mink
