Its time to repair our image abroad. We can always go back to bombing everyone in another four years if Obama doesnt do a good job.Originally Posted by Strike For The South
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Its time to repair our image abroad. We can always go back to bombing everyone in another four years if Obama doesnt do a good job.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
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Eh its not the time to debate but I must disagree my friend
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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Plus I'm a union man. I'm sick of seeing the fat cats walk away with millions while the average guy watches his pension and 401k sink with the company he slaved for.
Its time for the pendulum to swing back to the little man!
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
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100% agreed. We should've let them rot with there companies Well considering Im probably going to end up teaching chances are I may end up being in a union but I hate them. They are an old archaic institution. What happened on your sabbactial man? Views changE?
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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And I dont want hear one more damn word about race from anyone ever again. Especially uneducated idiots in trailer parks or in the ghetto.
This is a postracial generation!
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Einstein
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Hey, I represent that incineration!
Be well. Do good. Keep in touch.
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I was gonna say, why are you talking about my 100% white cousins in Ohio?!Especially uneducated idiots in trailer parks or in the ghetto.
Koga no Goshi
I give my Nihon Maru to TosaInu in tribute.
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Having watched McCain's concession speech, I cannot help but feel great regret that he had to be the one to lose to Obama. I wish it could have been someone else. McCain is a great man and I hope he realizes that his loss was not a repudiation of his person. It will be a dark day when he retires from leading our country.
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His campaign was more to blame than him personally.
Koga no Goshi
I give my Nihon Maru to TosaInu in tribute.
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And so it begins...
Congratulations to Barack Obama. Just seeing the reaction here at the Org, around the US and elsewhere is very encouraging. President-elect Obama will have a lot of good will in his corner when he starts his presidency. May he use it wisely.
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The exit polls say that the gay marriage ban will fail 52/48, but the exit polls aren't all that accurate and it is still within the MoE:
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008...polls/#CAI01p1
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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Very dignified and gracious concession speech by Senator McCain.
"If there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this one."
Albert Camus "Noces"
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My inner English nazi gave him +++ for saying "an historic campaign."Very dignified and gracious concession speech by Senator McCain.
Koga no Goshi
I give my Nihon Maru to TosaInu in tribute.
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My brother insisted on talking to me during the speech so I didn't hear itVery dignified and gracious concession speech by Senator McCain.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
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I can second Banquo's analysis. It was very gracious, very well done. Its moments like that which make me wonder how much the RNC hijacked the McCain campaign.My brother insisted on talking to me during the speech so I didn't hear it
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then, the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
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McCain's speech was a very good one, a slight shame some people in the crowd couldn't also be sensible about the situation. It is a shame McCain didn't stick to his centrist heart during the campaign, but still - a very good concession speech.
I take your point, and appreciate your enthusiasm. After all these years, do you not recognize american understatement? I know you haven't seen it very much here in the backroom, but believe me, it is prevalent in all communities here: black, white, brown; rich, poor; privileged, oppressed: it's just not polite to brag too hard.
GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.
Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit 1944
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