Heh, if the worst thing I ever did was lie about my age, well... I'm not sure what would happen... but the point is a lot of us have done a lot worse. Admitting you fibbed shows character that most adults lack. You have a long way to go before you break the JoeU Lying Record (Lightweight Division) curr
Answer the question please. How old are you?
Maybe I should go harass people who have nice cars and demand they pay higher taxes. It is pretty much what he is doing. Telling us what we better do when none of us are really in the position to to it, and we have no voting options that would accomplish it. Hey, Dave!! I demand you go settle the conflict in the MIddle Eas
When George Bush became president, the budget was in surplus. One reason why is because a Democrat in the White House raised taxes to realistic levels in order to clean up the mess left by Reagan ($200 billion annual defecits to create an illusion of prosperity) and Bush I (No new taxes). Brad and Samurai have claimed that the deficit is no big deal. It is a big deal. Today's deficit is tomorrow's taxe hike. And the implications of
This piechart actually helps prove my thesis. Notice how Welfare and Medicaid spending is equal to Defense spending....wait, that's not true...I just read that Bush hiked military spending last year alone by 17%, so this four year old data is inaccurate. But close enough for the sake of discussion. Anyhoo, I posted data from 2003, you posted useless data from 1996 and somewhat less useless data from 2000, and you have the nerve to acc
It totally removes Social Security spending, Medicaid spending, Medicare spending, and interest on the debt spending (except for admin costs). It's propaganda. Yes Brad, it does remove those items. That's why it says in big letters discretionary spending . So it is not highly misleading, the fi
That's not very good advice since of he looks at these two things he is just gonna get confused. More personal attacks, completely unhelpful, uncalled for, and irrelevent to the debate. I'd expect more from a propellorhead. But sometimes I forget not all progammers studied Poli Sci and Economi
Still waiting for a rebuttal.......
America has really low taxes, they aren't "high" by any comparison As proven by the post above, American tax rates are a mirage, a smokescreen if you will. They do not reflect actual govenment spending and cannot be realistically sustained. Today's deficit is tomorrow's tax hike. Did you read this
Great post. I predict The Geeks are going to start getting more political, and when they do they're going to kick the snot out of the lawyers who dominate politics, and effect some real change.
Um....I don't see a rebuttal here. Perhaps you are intimidated because the numbers favour my position so solidly? Read the article, it's a good one. And please, try to take a stab at rebutting my argument. If you're going to post here I'd prefer meaningful posts germane to the discussion at hand, rather than whining about how I'm being mean to you.
People see stuff like this as what it is, propaganda Exactly. Logical posts with *accurate* data from this millenium are considered 'propaganda' here at JoeU. Vitriolic posts with data from another decade seems more to your taste. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColo
Nobody appears willing or able to challenge my assertion. Good. Come November, please remember that a vote for Bush is a vote for higher spending, higher taxes, bad fiscal policy, and hyperinflation.
The term "multiculturalism" originates from Canada during the 1960s And one might plausibly argue and even earlier date, namely the Quebec Act of 1774, guaranteeing religious and language rights to the newly conquered inhabitants of New France. This was a first in the British Empire. The "Two Nations" doctri
Some people have short memories. They forget what happened the last time a VitriolBot badgered me for data to support my thesis. Part one of this post was inspired in part by Brad whining about taxes. It was also inspired by the Point Whores who have been attacking the less fortunate in order to score cheap points on the JoeUser board. I posited that American taxes are not nearly as low as they should be, partially on account of military spending. Military spending has increased be
Reply #18 By: Sir Peter Maxwell - 7/4/2004 1:41:03 PM I notice I am the only person defending Madpoet from the despicable bullying he is being subjected to, truly shameful! Ahem. See my post defending MadPoet, timestamped an hour before your above quote.
Yesterday I read a really great article here on JoeUser. I left a short comment "great post and great article", partly because the author has previously complained about not getting enough feedback, but mostly because it was a really great article. A few hours later the same poster suggested in reply to one of my posts that Canadians should be pissed on. Nice. That's why I don't leave nice comments on people's blogs. <br
Way too many errors and irrelevant stuff in your latest attempt (immigration as indicator of diversity is 'patently false', Canada was founded by the Pilgrims and not the French, etc.) to even bother correcting. I'm still waiting for proof that Canada is somehow more "multi-cultural" than the US... I'
You are comparing two different years, and only one year out of 200. Reading comprehension. You are confusing 'annual immigration rate' with 'percentage of foreign born citizens'. It's not like the number of foreign born citizens is going to change drastically from year to year, so argument #1 fails
In the face of that, though, you say Canada is more diverse. "There were 28.4 million foreign-born US residents in March 2000, making immigrants 10 percent of US residents." Link "New data from the 2001 Census show that the pr
Does anyone else find David's above statement bizarre? So 8 million Canadians define themselves as Canadian. And this discredits what? You claimed that Australia wasn't the most diverse nation on the planet because Canada was. I've provided evidence that certainly puts that claim in doubt. I don't see how the "fact" that 8 mi
1. What's your favorite Alcoholic beverage? If can't or don't drink, what do you like to drink thats not alcoholic? Corona with lime. Tastes like a ray of sunshine. 2. Do you wear glasses? Rarely. I wear contacts. As a professional poker player, I reserve the right to wear sunglasses anytime I want. 3. What kind of home do you have? Share a home with 9 roommates. 4. Do you like birds at 6 a.m. outside your window? Yeah.
David: What links to data did you provide? None. This is another lie. I provided two links to relevant, accurate information supporting my argument. Information = data, you know that. So to say I provided no links to support my hypothesis is another lie. Arguing that Canada is one of the least mult
Sounds more like to me that people got caught making bold statements about RACIAL diversity, and now they are trying to twist it to mean CULTURAL diversity. Sounds to me like Brad got caught arguing that Canada is "one of the LEAST multicultural nations". Notice how he switched the topic to "Racial
typical mindless America bashing. And this is typical "I lost the debate, and my country can't take any criticism" baloney. Geez, at least you didn't accuse me of penis envy. It's been a hell of a lot of fun arguing with America's best and brightest today. But I have other things to do and t
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