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Think that's bad, Watch Jesus Camp the documentary, and be scared.

Night Ninja said:

I'm told that this round is Obama's to lose.

+1 faith in humanity.

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I'm pretty sure he has the "I killed Osama" trait. That adds a pretty significant modifier to the roll. I doubt the other candidates have enough of a CHA or INT modifier to counter it.

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BattleOfValmy said:

But he disavows the newsletters, says he didn't write them, and he's a pretty honest guy.

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They were published in his newsletter, in his name, with his blessing, and to his profit. Unless he's truly naive and incompetent, he's not terribly honest. If he is naive and incompetent, then I don't see him as electable material. And that still doesn't account why he's keeping the money he made off of them.

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No of course Ron Paul isn't directly related to this newsletter at all /sarcasm.

There's no official paper trail that's been handed out yet, but His Wife and Daughter were officers of the Newsletter company and foundation. So yeah, Paul obviously had no involvement and had never even heard of this at all /sarcasm.

Yep, that's what I meant. Though I left out any sort of context. Though by that definition I'm pretty sure the news site nailed it in such a terrifically accurate way which only Pavlov has the means in which to describe how pleasing it was to hear.

FrisianDude said:

Mage246 said:

Is it just me, or has this part of the forum been unusually active with racists, fascists, and ultra-nationalist nutjobs for the past 6 months? Are the asylums all shutting down? or have they just been hiding?

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No tonly here, in 'real' politics as well. Unhinged loons abound, I say.

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Similar to how some animals, such as cats, begin to go crazy after they realize that their environment changes.

Eogan said:

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MadocComadrin said:

Though if I remember correctly there is no correct definition of conservatism, just a definition which fits the best at the time. but I could be wrong

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That could be said for pretty much every "ism" out there.

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Not Liberalism, that's fairly clear.

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I demand an explanation at once Mister! *shakes fist*
No but seriously, how is liberalism, coming from Classical Liberalism, not a definition of liberalism? Not talking about liberal being used as slang for. "Democrat" because the term liberal can be applied in some sense, to both parties.

-sent from my SGH (insert some ****ing numbers) phone using the internet browser. Fan-****ing-Tastic.

MadocComadrin said:

Resistance to change hardly has to be simplified. (And change itself isn't always that complex or well thought-out, as noted in one of the paragraph).

Though if I remember correctly there is no correct definition of conservatism, just a definition which fits the best at the time. but I could be wrong

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That could be said for pretty much every "ism" out there.

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Not Liberalism, that's fairly clear.

Though you're right. They're resistant to changes which are not a long the lines of the "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" (or the capitalist caste system) traditional ideology. Bigger Military, definitely we need fightin men. Welfare? No! those poor people need to work harder and those homeless people need to grow a pair and get a job. Or you know? you are where you are because you've "earned" it. Couldn't possibly be because you're trapped due to socioeconomic boundaries. Why should we expect the government to pay for their laziness? Because it'll help them and the economy out? Bull****!

MadocComadrin said:

Well, the news article isn't that good-mainly by using the media's definition of conservatism.

Conservatism, as in resistance to change, really isn't to blame here. Looking at the abstract and a quick scan of the study, the qualities connected to low IQ use "conservatism" as their means to an end.

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Dr. Gordon Hodson, a professor of psychology at the university and the study's lead author, said the finding represented evidence of a vicious cycle: People of low intelligence gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, which stress resistance to change and, in turn, prejudice, he told LiveScience.

Why might less intelligent people be drawn to conservative ideologies? Because such ideologies feature "structure and order" that make it easier to comprehend a complicated world, Dodson said. "Unfortunately, many of these features can also contribute to prejudice," he added.

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How does a resistance to change and a simplified hierarchical thinking not explain Conservatism? Though if I remember correctly there is no correct definition of conservatism, just a definition which fits the best at the time. but I could be wrong, its been almost 2 years since I took those credit hours.

Saving Ryan's Private

Archonsod said:

In other news, it was announced last week that there is a link between conservatism and low IQ.

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I just posted that in another thread too.

Magorian Aximand said:

I'm not arguing that finding such a document wouldn't be convincing to your average conspiracy theorist. I'm pointing out that there's no real reason to think that he legally changed his name. Could you provide a source for that document? I've seen Obama's birth certificate from Kenya too, and I think we can both agree that it's bogus.

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I dunno, I did hear, from a ninth party source, that the certificate was from the government.

Your computer's performance is going to be affected by how fast the industries hardware standards increase as well as any running processes you have at any given point in time. Don't really give a **** how fast your computer is, I'll turn it into a Compaq Evo N800c with one dell installation CD.

On a more serious note though, Kevlar, the "Bloat", if you will, on your secondary HD is going to affect your computers performance the same as if it were all on one (With regards to your HD speed, once that's reached it then does matter). The reason being is because, any "Bloat" will still take up system resources. Unless you have that taken care of (By proper maintenance of course), then you'd still fall subject to bloat.

Kevlar said:

What I was saying that since Android is not limited by the constraints apple has (of only making limited number of phone models, ie : 1,2,3,4) they can produce better and faster phones for cheaper since there is more competition in their markets.

Basically, buying a newer android phone will be faster then any of the ios equivalents.

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Or will it? I know my Infuse 4G with the 1.2 Ghz processor is significantly faster than that of the iPhone 3. However, considering the Infuse 4G was like the **** when it came out and the iPhone 4S was only a few months away and features a dual core 1.0 ghz A9, I can't really go along with any newer android phone will be faster. Though 'newer' is relevant here. Considering the software alone will be more optimized for the iPhone, I can't completely agree that your statement will be true. In raw power, yes, Samsung, and now with Intel's introduction into the phone processor market with a 1.6Ghz processor, will lead various mobile industries into new levels. However, there is still something Mac has that Android doesn't. It's the fact that Mac just works, and does so with great optimizations. It's not just me, but every Android I've gotten has had some error in it that made it unusable unless I use some Custom ROM, which in the process of that I can brick my phone. And even then, the Custom ROM might not be any better/just doesn't work for some unknown reason so then you have to try again.

Basically, while I"m not much of a Mac fan, I don't give too much of a **** about Android as well. They have their goods and bads.

Is this like the thing where you take the name of your first pet and add on the name of your first address? If so, Milo Moby ****