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MeFi post:
Day Without an Immigrant
How depraved Arrest them all. No amnesty!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 4:12 PM on May 1, 2006
Kick as many out as possible; build a better wall, and let some additional immigrants in legally--to do otherwise is national suicide.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:36 AM on May 2, 2006
Ask post:
Reusing postage stamps
"Whenever a company sends me an obviously used stamp, I avoid doing business with them."
Just curious how you would know this....
posted to Ask Metafilter by ParisParamus
at 9:10 PM on May 1, 2006
MeFi post:
Tunnel Runners
I watched about 1/3rd of the video and didn't see any tunnels--sham!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 8:13 PM on May 1, 2006
"It's not rich people....it's the English. They definitely do some weird, somewhat autism-flavored activities. Trains spotting and plane spotting for example."
LOL!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:00 PM on May 1, 2006
MeFi post:
Truthiness to Power
O'Really? O'Reilly? I like the first better.
The one thing I don't get about these events is that people other than journalists who supposedly don't like the President attend. That makes their dislike into somewhat of a joke. It you really don't like someone (or think their policies are bad), you don't socialize with them.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 10:09 AM on April 30, 2006
He is very funny. Makes me want to buy a tv....
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 8:08 PM on May 1, 2006
MeFi post:
World's biggest windfarms
Those people who are railing against wind arrays far behind their back yards should really be shot. Or denied energy. Or something.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 10:02 AM on April 30, 2006
MeFi post:
Cyber-funeral
I think this is in bad taste, but it's not really fodder for all you I HAVE BUSH people.
PS: I also think going to Central Park for a classical concert you wind up hearing over loudspeakers is stupid...whatever...
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:15 AM on April 30, 2006
HATE
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:16 AM on April 30, 2006
MeFi post:
pieoverdone, star hustler
Nice post. Unfortunately, I can't help but remember Mr. Kennedy at Suffern High School. We had a planetarium, and weeks of earth science devoted to astronomy. And Mr. Kennedy tried to teach us/me the constellations, but try as I may, only the most famous ones were retainable. And this is the first time I felt really stupid and inferior.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 5:36 PM on April 29, 2006
MeFi post:
Freedom of the Seas
G-d, she was annoying. Did the casting person say a "Teri Hatcher-ish" woman?
I think there are two kinds of people in the world: those who think taking a cruise is desirable, and those who think it is HELL. And I cannot imagine falling in love with someone who wants to go on a cruise.
God, I hate the idea of a cruise!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:40 AM on April 29, 2006
Freedom of the Seas? FloatingHell. WaterPrison. SeaHell....come on, I have an idea for a thread!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:44 AM on April 29, 2006
TheMallBoat.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:55 AM on April 29, 2006
The HMS BiggestShipO'Fools.
I kid you not: as long as there are large numbers of people who think "cruising" is desirerable, don't expect the world's problems to improve much. To allocate so much money and resources in this manner is just depraved.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 12:25 PM on April 29, 2006
MeFi post:
Rush in, then out
Let me get this straight. You're getting on RB's case because he had back surgery and wound up with a drug problem? How many people in that situation are in jail? Or are you conflating that kind of addiction with just being a loser heroin addict?
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 8:27 AM on April 29, 2006
I think Rush is extremely talented, although I don't listen to him very often. But does he really get on people's cases morally that often? hypocrisy, yes, but morality? There's a difference.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 8:35 AM on April 29, 2006
MeFi post:
web 2 point OH NO!!!11
what happens when the Copyright Police start going after YT?
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 7:14 PM on April 28, 2006
Well as long as that REM/Muppets video remains, I'm happy!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 7:21 PM on April 28, 2006
What I really mean is, how much of YouTube's appeal (content) is copyrighted video that shouldn't be there? And what happens when things get a bit less lenient? How much of the content is legally there, and how much is just the law lagging behind the web?
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 7:24 PM on April 28, 2006
MeFi post:
Dishonor, Blood and Treasure - By The Numbers
"The worst President in US history. He really is. I don't know how you would spin it that he wasn't."
He wasn't. And isn't. One of the better ones, I think.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 2:30 PM on April 27, 2006
"There are untold numbers of honest, hard working decent people in the ranks but there are also no damn shortage of psychopaths who get a real kick out of the killing part of the job."
Yes, and only the psychopaths support the war, right? Nice truism.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 2:31 PM on April 27, 2006
"If Bush is one of the best Presidents, then there has to be some accomplishment you could point to that was of benefit to most Americans.... right?"
Not necessarily, or obviously. First, he isn't a dictator (despite what you read here on Metafilter). Second, Ask the same question for as many other Presidents as you would like.
Third: I think the Iraq War is an accomplishment, as is dealing with the Taliban, as is generally... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 3:42 PM on April 27, 2006
PS: how many of your complaints about President Bush are as well directed, or better directed at your feckless Democrat Senators and Representatives, and/or state elected officials? It's just that, with a Republican in office, there's no disincentive to blame the President; remeber: there was a whole lot of Democratic support for the Iraq War. And John Kerry was yelling with all his politcal might about Iraqi WMDs--until he decided to run from President.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 3:55 PM on April 27, 2006
"You know, this discussion did bring about an interesting thought..
Despite his utter incompetence, he has accomplished one thing: Bush has somehow managed, through various methods of instilling fear, to tie a string to this country and toy with it like a puppet. The average Joe is but a consciousness dominated by this fear, and when confronted with the realities of today, can only manage to sputter the words of Dubbya's last speech...
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posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 3:58 PM on April 27, 2006
"I think in a year, you're not going to be quite so sanguine."
"It's just been more of the same stuff we started under Slick Willie.... the equivalent of methamphetamine to stimulate personal productivity. It works very well for awhile, possibly a long while, if you were very healthy when you started."
So, lets see. How many times has the US economy been just about to fall into depression because of economic policies you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 4:15 PM on April 27, 2006
"I am disturbed that I am no longer in the slightest bit surprised, shocked, or outraged by these allegations, but just see torture as a natural & normal part of the way that America does business."
LOL!
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:11 PM on April 27, 2006
So it's come to this. Some people are so jealous and unable to deal with the greatness and power of the United States that they attempt to negate such by attributing it all to torture--EXCELLENT.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:17 PM on April 27, 2006
No, but taking prisoners does.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 9:47 PM on April 27, 2006
You (some of you) just can't handle opinions that deviate from your own. Why do my opinions bother you so much? I don't think the Bush Administration is half-bad; I don't think the Iraq War is going poorly, especially considering the scope of what we are trying to do. I do think torture and abuse is an aberration.
There, said it all again.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 5:31 AM on April 28, 2006
YES.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:30 AM on April 28, 2006
Also, DUH.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 6:49 AM on April 28, 2006
"aeschenkarnos" The bottom line is that there aren't enough people here who aren't Bush Haters to have a serious dialog on the subject (at least not very often). So about the most I can do is state that I disagree. Saying so has value in itself.
And don't give me the "you don't site any facts" BS. That's BS. The bottom line is that I believe several thousand US soldier deaths are worth keeping the world out of the hands of Islamic monsters.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 10:07 AM on April 28, 2006
"There is no reason to be deliberately contrary simply because you are not politically aligned with someone on another topic."
But who said I am doing this? I am not being contrarian.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 11:50 AM on April 28, 2006
MeFi post:
Darfur: 400,000 dead, 2.5 million driven from their homes
"What can U.S. citizens do to help end this genocide?"
Well, one thing they can do is support the Bush Administration and its efforts to either reform the UN, or, if that doesn't work, get it the hell out of the US so that its stature is reduced to irrelevancy.
John Bolton is a great man, and he may be our last hope to fix the UN before its time to just get rid of it.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 3:55 PM on April 26, 2006
Do you have a great ass? I don't see the connection between your anatomy, and the need for a forceful leader at the UN. There was a smear campaign in the Senate against Bolton. He should have been confirmed, and his work at the UN since then only CONFIRMS this.
In any case, all you need is for Bolton to be better, smarter and have more integrity than the UN has without Bolton. If you seriously care about fixing the UN, you will see behind the petty politics of his... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 4:28 PM on April 26, 2006
I am not aware that "the Republicans" can't stand the man. But I really don't care. I ascribe to a politics of ideas; not party affiliation. There are fools and hacks from one side of the "political spectrum" to the other.
Bolton is a good man. He is pointing out and trying to reform the UN. There's so much work that it may never get done, and reform won't be obvious for years, but I challenge you to find a more suitable UN Ambassador.
posted to MetaFilter by ParisParamus
at 5:06 PM on April 26, 2006
