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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:11 pm
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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kayrharris
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by kayrharris » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:15 pm
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
Benjamin Franklin
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:16 pm
kayrharris wrote:
You gonna buy it??
Snort, I didn't pick the right numbers last Saturday.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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by kayrharris » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:18 pm
I see, just window shopping. I'm OK with that.

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
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silvercamaro
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by silvercamaro » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:33 pm
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:kayrharris wrote:
You gonna buy it??
Snort, I didn't pick the right numbers last Saturday.
You should be able to get two of them with all the money that squirrel pays you.
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ulysses5019
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by ulysses5019 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:44 pm
silvercamaro wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:kayrharris wrote:
You gonna buy it??
Snort, I didn't pick the right numbers last Saturday.
You should be able to get two of them with all the money that squirrel pays you.
The squirrel already got his. In red no less.
I believe in the usefulness of useless information.
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jaybee
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by jaybee » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:23 pm
Sex on wheels.
They only made 177 of them, go figure.
Article I read said that they were all already sold.
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SportsFan68
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by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:09 pm
ulysses5019 wrote:
The squirrel already got his. In red no less.
Sometimes I love it when I find the avatar post. This is one of those times. Well done!
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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TheConfessor
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by TheConfessor » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:10 pm
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:That's a good looking car.
Maybe so, but no one in the photo is looking at it.
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by jaybee » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:59 pm
TheConfessor wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:That's a good looking car.
Maybe so, but no one in the photo is looking at it.
It's an auto show - no doubt there are one or two spandex clad silicon enhanced 'persons' riding one of those car merry-go-rounds somewhere over there behind the 177.
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:56 pm
jaybee wrote:TheConfessor wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:That's a good looking car.
Maybe so, but no one in the photo is looking at it.
It's an auto show - no doubt there are one or two spandex clad silicon enhanced 'persons' riding one of those car merry-go-rounds somewhere over there behind the 177.
Important journalistic coverage of the Geneva Auto Show
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:59 pm
Don't like the body style. Too squat in the center.
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silvercamaro
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by silvercamaro » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:10 pm
TheCalvinator24 wrote:Don't like the body style. Too squat in the center.
Are you talking about the automobile or the models at the Car Show?
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by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:23 pm
silvercamaro wrote:TheCalvinator24 wrote:Don't like the body style. Too squat in the center.
Are you talking about the automobile or the models at the Car Show?
The car.
I wasn't that impressed with the car show models, either.
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by silvercamaro » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:32 pm
TheCalvinator24 wrote:silvercamaro wrote:TheCalvinator24 wrote:Don't like the body style. Too squat in the center.
Are you talking about the automobile or the models at the Car Show?
The car.
I wasn't that impressed with the car show models, either.
I had to ask. It was part of my plan.
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by silvercamaro » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:32 pm
Most of my plans are unrelated, too.
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by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:43 pm
silvercamaro wrote:Most of my plans are unrelated, too.
Cut that out!

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore