Author Topic: This could be the final blow for they Kerry election campaign (Read 1943 times)

Nash · « **Reply #75 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:21:33 PM »

Heh, I learned tonight that it was a meteor (landing in Mexico?) that caused alla them to die. I always thought it was the ice age.

So okay... Cavemen fighting over crispy dinosaur remains.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #76 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:21:38 PM »

BTW you cant vote LMAO

Nash · « **Reply #77 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:25:57 PM »

Yeah I'm excited... I'm an excitable guy. Sue me.

And like, you go ahead and continue to try and not pay too close attention to things. They may bum you out.

Instead, throw pre-fabricated grade four rhetoric at me and tell me I can't vote, and breath easy in a job well done.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #78 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:26:37 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Heh, I learned tonight that it was a meteor (landing in Mexico?) that caused alla them to die. I always thought it was the ice age.

So okay... Cavemen fighting over crispy dinosaur remains.

thats on of several theories yes.
Least thats the most popular one these days

Had the Benifit of living downstairs from a Paleantologist years ago. We became quite friendly.
Facinating person really.
Had alot of different interests and had a pretty in depth knowedge of alot of things including WWII
Kinda surprised I havent run into him here

I remember a few years ago there was one going around where they thought they might have actually farted themselves to death.
the idea was that all that gas built up in the atmosphere and evenually killed em all off

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #79 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:27:43 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Yeah I'm excited... I'm an excitable guy. Sue me.

And like, you go ahead and continue to try and not pay too close attention to things. They may bum you out.

Instead, throw pre-fabricated grade four rhetoric at me and tell me I can't vote, and breath easy in a job well done.

Relax kid Im just hav'n some fun with ya.
dont take it too seriously

Nash · « **Reply #80 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:28:56 PM »

A methane gas ozone kinda thing?

Nash · « **Reply #81 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:29:30 PM »

yeah yeah yeah.

rpm · « **Reply #82 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:37:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
They hire independent auditors because new Federal regulations and most corporate bylaws require independent auditors to protect shareholders.

CBS News has a reputation for "creating news" (remember the exploding pickup truck fabrication?). If they had the same standards in their financial reporting, the feds would be doing the audit.

My regards,

Widewing

You might want to do a fact check. The exploding truck was a Dateline NBC "exclusive", not CBS. But feel free to rewrite history how you like to fit your arguement.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #83 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:38:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Nash
A methane gas ozone kinda thing?

if memory serves correct I beleive the idea was they basically gassed themselves.

so much methane built up in the atmosphere that the air basically became unbreathable.

Its an unlikely theory but I remember it was floating around
A more likely theory is the meteor or a rapidly spreading disease or possibly a combination of the two

Nash · « **Reply #84 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:43:24 PM »

Geeze...

And to think that before thanksgiving dinner I thought cavemen were all busy dodging restless dinosaurs until a glacier rolled over them.

I forget the details, but the folks describing the meteor seemed pretty convinced of it.

However, based on your new information, I like the idea of dinosaurs choking on their own farts much better.

I'm going with that.

rpm · « **Reply #85 on:** October 11, 2004, 11:45:14 PM »

Gives a whole new meaning to "silent but deadly".

Gunslinger · « **Reply #86 on:** October 12, 2004, 12:07:26 AM »

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Originally posted by Nash
I think this Sinclair story is going to become a pretty huge deal.

Lots of outraged folks out there because of it.

This was the same buncha guys that banned Koppel's reading of the war dead episode on its stations because it was "political".

Now they demand that their local stations (25% of the TVs in the US) air an extended swift boat ad a few days before the election?

It's an outrageous and completely over the top abuse of the media in an election.

I think honestly that the media's role in a democracy is going to be becoming under extreme scrutiny. More than just the right's calling all mainstream (meaning anything but Fox) media biased to the left.

It's quite the opposite. And the mainstream media is fast becoming a joke in it's pandering to its corporate stewards. In going to outrageous lengths in trying to find something "balanced" and "fair" to say about things where no balance can possibly be found. To in effect, create balance in the most damning of stories.

Democracy in the US is fast becoming a sham. If the media isn't an example now, the lawsuits in Novemember sure will be.

The way I see it, a Bush victory would bring certain doom to the dying dream of authentic democracy whereas a Kerry victory would bring continued uncertainty.

Uhm... yeah that's what I think.

Getting into the thread late....I'd actually be changing the subject with the post I was gonna make so I'll just start a new thread.

Widewing · « **Reply #87 on:** October 12, 2004, 12:14:22 AM »

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Originally posted by rpm
You might want to do a fact check. The exploding truck was a Dateline NBC "exclusive", not CBS. But feel free to rewrite history how you like to fit your arguement.

You are correct, my error.

But, let's not think that CBS doesn't fabricate stories:

5/10/99: CBS' 60 Minutes Apologizes for False Report on U.S. Customs' Memo...

10/3/04: And an Internet flurry about a "CBS Evening News" story last week on the prospects of a military draft showed how quickly critics can mobilize.

A Philadelphia woman who expressed worry for her two grown sons was interviewed for a story about the possibility of reinstating a military draft. Ratherbiased.com (motto: "Watching CBS News so you don't have to") found evidence that the woman was active in an anti-draft organization dominated by Democrats.

1980: In 1980, Rather and CBS were hauled into court when a California doctor named Carl Galloway claimed that a Rather report on 60 Minutes wrongfully implicated him in an insurance fraud sceme. CBS was eventually forced to retract the implication and make a formal apology. Their source, who named Galloway, admitted he lied once confronted.

There are other examples, if you wish to take the time to dig them up.

My regards,

Widewing

Mighty1 · « **Reply #88 on:** October 12, 2004, 08:14:31 AM »

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Originally posted by Nash
Well... There are many many many examples where speech isn't free.

Kerry can't walk into a church and say "vote for me!" - one out of thousands of examples of the limits on it. You can't yell fire in a theater and you can't say bomb in an airport.

Don't act as if it's some free for all.

But he did just that this past weekend with Sharpten and Jackson.

Nash · « **Reply #89 on:** October 12, 2004, 08:18:43 AM »

He said "vote for me" or anything like that? Source?