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mimartin

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Posted in: How do you feel about Monkey Island 2: Special Edition?
  mimartin
03-22-2010, 3:04 PM
#3
Angry! Why are LucasArts spending time on these old games when they should be redoing the old games I love like TIE Fighter, X-Wing, Dark Forces.... Fixed...  [Read More]
Posted in: Health Care Bill Passed by the House, 219-212
  mimartin
03-22-2010, 10:03 PM
#19
So, they still refuse to give up? One of the reasons why I've lost respect for these Republicans - they just refuse to accept they've been defeated. http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0907/never-give-up-never-surrender-galaxy-...  [Read More]
Posted in: Health Care Bill Passed by the House, 219-212
  mimartin
03-22-2010, 12:55 PM
#11
Yes, yes, we've already got the albatross of close to $100 Trillion of unfunded mandates hanging around our necks Leave the Defense Budget out of this....  [Read More]
Posted in: Health Care Bill Passed by the House, 219-212
  mimartin
03-22-2010, 11:09 AM
#7
Pelosi: Let's pass it first, then we will tell you, the people, what's in the bill. :D... I would have liked that version better than the one they actually used, “Let’s negotiate and get the other side’s input to come up with a bipa...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-21-2010, 10:49 PM
#69
I would like to see which changes actually went through, versus what was proposed.Then you will have to wait until May when their decision is due. I’m not optimistic as these are the same people that put non-science into science textbooks....  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-20-2010, 5:45 PM
#66
Texas affecting textbooks for the rest of the country? Texas like larger states California, New York, Florida... These larger markets can force book manufactures to include stupid material like this into their books. Then smaller markets with less in...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-18-2010, 1:25 PM
#55
I’m against forcing anything useless down the throats of our students in the name of a political agenda. Making teachers waste their and their students’ time on meaningless drivel to push forth any political agenda is ludicrous. Not elimi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-18-2010, 9:12 AM
#53
This is not a new tactic in Texas; these people are trying to introduce their bias agenda through the classroom. Before you say they are already that they are only doing the same thing as the liberals go back to my first point. This is Texas, even wh...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-18-2010, 12:14 AM
#51
Fair enough, but since textbooks aren't formed on the back of a napkin or matchcover during cocktail hour, and there's this great "new" research tool called the internet (where you can find knowledge and accredited takes on said knowledge),...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-17-2010, 6:18 PM
#49
but a degree doesn't necessarily make an individual any wiser or competent than his fellow citizens.You are correct it does not make them any wiser or more competent than his/her fellow citizens. However, it usually does make them more knowledgeable...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-16-2010, 12:58 PM
#41
Keynsian economics is a bust, so if it's going to be taught, there's no reason the kids shouldn't be taught about Freidman as well and the "free-enterprise" system. "Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it." While I agr...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-14-2010, 6:01 PM
#34
Atheists DO have faith that God does not exist, as the very definition of faith is a belief in something that cannot be proven. Need to turn back the clock in Kavars about a year. You want to post that in the Senate? :xp: I disagree, but I also don'...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-14-2010, 3:03 PM
#31
Religion does lead to evil acts. Look at all the extremists who hate and terrorize in the name of religion. Then there's these people on the school board. If there was no religion, the world would be much better off.Religion can lead to evil acts, ju...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-14-2010, 4:19 AM
#29
They just don't have a basis in absolute truth, which logically leads to "I can do whatever I want".By the same logic, you could say religion can lead to evil acts because they believe are doing it in the name of their God. (Personally, I d...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-13-2010, 10:58 PM
#25
Yea, 'cuz obviously, having a percentage of the people in America believe that there is absolute truth, set morals, and God is horrible. You can be a moral person and not believe in God, just as you can believe in God and be a immoral person. The two...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-13-2010, 3:01 PM
#11
Do you honestly think the curriculum wasn't presenting an unbalanced treatment of your history already? All governments - local or national - edit history curricula to their own advantage. Or attempt to. Sorry. True, it would not be that bad if it...  [Read More]
Posted in: Texas Revises Curriculum
  mimartin
03-13-2010, 2:51 PM
#9
All the things you mention are already in Texas schoolbooks. And do to the size and number of students/schools in Texas, Texas requirements force Textbook publishers to include this information in their Textbooks and that means what is in Texas Text...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-20-2010, 10:23 PM
#96
Where are you'll buying games? I paid $65.00 USDs for a preorder Collectors Edition and that included 2 day shipping....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-19-2010, 5:38 PM
#81
I don't understand how Thane's glasses are sticking to his head, he has no ears. Mass Effect field :carms:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-04-2010, 8:24 PM
#38
She does, and the best way to describe it is hold your arm out straight and then pinch together the skin at your elbow, now plant 2-4 eyes, maybe a few noses and a mouth on there and you got Tali.I did that and Tali doesn't look that bad. http://med...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-04-2010, 1:30 PM
#33
So did Tali reveal her face yet? Only after you romance Morinth. :dev14:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-04-2010, 12:19 PM
#30
The only time I got told I made an excellent choice(by Miranda) was when I picked Samara to lead the fire team. Miranda and Jacob are just full of good advise. At least good advise on how to get you, your team and the crew dead. I think all her brain...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-04-2010, 11:01 AM
#27
Just finished my game last nite (1st run) and man was it end-of-your-seat affair :D I don't know how I did it (well, actually with over a 40 hour playtime, I do) but I managed to get an "Now one left behind" achievement? :confused: Wasn't r...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-03-2010, 4:49 PM
#18
While Miranda's pixel-perfect-posterior always seems to be front and center.I went Miranda first as a male Shepard. 2nd playthrough my female Shepard stayed loyal to Liara. 3rd playthrough went with Tali, was going for Tali on first playthrough, but...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect 2 [thread contains spoilers]
  mimartin
03-03-2010, 3:38 PM
#14
Had to cut that loose end real quick lest I lost Tali.. so now Jack will only tell me to "Fornicate Off" anytime I try to talk to her :¬: ahh well.... at least she's still loyal to the mission. Jack does that even if you don't cut her off....  [Read More]
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