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Posted in: FEMA Fails Again
  toms
04-20-2006, 1:32 PM
#15
This thread isn't really about the failure of the New Orleans officials, etc., I wanted to discuss the issue of FEMA spending over a billion dollars on mobile homes that are not being used, and will not be used. Again, that seems down to a lack of c...  [Read More]
Posted in: FEMA Fails Again
  toms
04-19-2006, 1:58 PM
#13
The Democratic party generally advocates raising taxes. Where as Republicans usually run on a platform that is against raising taxes. And there is the core of american politics right there. And when you look at it you realise how empty and pointle...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patriotism- Does the U.S. still have It?
  toms
04-17-2006, 6:26 PM
#27
Patriotism is mainly national pride - which when you think about it is a very strange concept. Why shoul I be proud because I happened to be born in the same country as someone who did something impressive, or invented something clever? Lest we forge...  [Read More]
Posted in: Patriotism- Does the U.S. still have It?
  toms
04-16-2006, 2:20 PM
#11
I think you're half right. Yes, there's a major loss of patriotism in the U.S. But the reason why is because the country is more divided than ever. Remember how united we were after 9/11? Well, a few years later with thousands upon thousands of Ameri...  [Read More]
Posted in: For Christians, why is incest taboo...
  toms
04-16-2006, 2:16 PM
#15
Shhh, don't tell anyone in middle america that!!!! :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let's start a Nuclear War
  toms
04-17-2006, 11:40 AM
#81
When it comes to governments and leaders you have to be careful to distinguish between the things that they say and mean, and the things that they say because they feel they are expected. Statements about attacking israel are likely the expected thi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let's start a Nuclear War
  toms
04-16-2006, 1:44 PM
#74
Sure there's the Zarqawi types (Good Sir Knight posted an article that the al-Qaeda in Iraq might actually be calling it quits which is a major victory for the U.S. and for Iraq if it's true) Indeed. That article seems fishy to me though: partly beca...  [Read More]
Posted in: Let's start a Nuclear War
  toms
04-12-2006, 11:48 AM
#43
You will always end up annoying some people... but life would go a lot easier if you only annoyed people when you needed to, and not at every opportunity just to show that you can. imho....  [Read More]
Posted in: Let's start a Nuclear War
  toms
04-10-2006, 9:24 AM
#37
Here's hoping this is one of those staged leaks in order to threaten Iran while maintatining deniability.... because if its true then the US has just lost any chance of any sort of international coalition against Iran....  [Read More]
Posted in: Cynthia McKinney
  toms
04-06-2006, 4:07 PM
#10
The Georgia Democrat, appearing on CBS's "The Early Show" Wednesday, recently dropped her trademark cornrows in favor of a curly brown afro. Well, maybe that is a good reason she wasn't recognised. ?? Now it may possibly be true that ther...  [Read More]
Posted in: Cynthia McKinney
  toms
04-06-2006, 11:03 AM
#7
I'm with you on this one. Mind you i've never heard of her so i don't know how famous she is in the US. But then, if as she claims she is so famous, does she think that they DID recognise her, but stopped her anyway because she was black? Cos the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rallies against immigration reform
  toms
04-07-2006, 9:47 AM
#43
It would be in the US's interest to help mexico develop a stronger economy. Just a thought but what about some form of free trade zone between mexico and the US where companies could get tax breaks or something and also use the cheap labour of mexico...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rallies against immigration reform
  toms
04-06-2006, 11:10 AM
#40
But I haven't heard of any European nations having to deal with millions of illegal immigrants entering their nations every year and mooching off of their social services without paying their taxes... I have no figures to base it on, but i'd be will...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rallies against immigration reform
  toms
04-04-2006, 7:51 PM
#27
MOst countries in the world have unguarded borders. I'd have thought its dead easy to walk from the top of europe to the bottom across dozens of borders without once seeing any sort of border guard (and it would have been exactly the same 10 or 20 ye...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rallies against immigration reform
  toms
04-04-2006, 11:48 AM
#21
How would a better fence on the mexican border have made the slightest difference to US security in the last 10 years? It wouldn't. Oklahoma bomber was a US citizen using freely available materials within the US. 9/11 lot all entered the country lega...  [Read More]
Posted in: I guess that whole "liberating Afghanistan" thing didn't turn out too well.
  toms
04-12-2006, 11:17 AM
#31
Its not going well because it never could go well. These things don't. It doesn't matter if there are liberal or conservative politics involved, or if the full might or just a small percentage is brought to bear. It doesn't even really matter in the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  toms
04-13-2006, 11:45 AM
#104
No, in order to date something to that age you simply need to know the rate of decay in certain radioactive elements. Uranium-235, for example, decays into Lead-207. Uranium-235 has a half-life of 704 million years, so any rock that contains an even...  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  toms
04-12-2006, 11:41 AM
#88
You are right about the purpose of this thread - the topic should give it away. Since every few months a creationist vs evolution thread flairs up it seems sensible to have a thread ocntaining evidence supporting the evolution side of the argument....  [Read More]
Posted in: Evolution - and how we know it's right
  toms
04-06-2006, 12:28 PM
#61
Another bit of evolution filled in: Scientists have made one of the most important fossil finds in history: a missing link between fish and land animals, showing how creatures first walked out of the water and on to dry land more than 375m years ago...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-18-2006, 11:18 AM
#812
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000BLBZL6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg All four series of farscape in one super long box set the length of my arm! Ordered it from amazon because they had it super cheap and i assumed it was a mis-price.. it disappeared an...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-17-2006, 12:30 PM
#810
http://www.worldcomics.com/watchmen-hc-lg.jpg Got flu. Buts thats not a good thing. Does mean i've had a lot of spare time and got to finally read this even though i got it for xmas. Excellent.. best graphic novel i've read. I want a Tales fromt he...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-13-2006, 10:34 AM
#795
Nice, now you need to Rasterbate it! :p He should probably get it laminated first... for easy wipe-cleanability ;) So she nicked your picture? :(...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-11-2006, 8:24 AM
#791
Where'd you get a flash cart for 50 bucks? I've always wanted one for games I already own and for homebrew stuff. Ebay of course... though i guess Ј50 works out more like $75ish. Its only a 256mb cart, and it can be a bit tempermental on transferi...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-10-2006, 9:48 AM
#781
[center]http://www.toysnjoys.com/gameboymicro/jgbmicro_black.jpg Wheeeeeee :D I'm livin' the dream, I just bought myself a Micro (black, with black faceplate) and I'm using it as a keychain lol. To be honest I would've rather gotten the 20th anniver...  [Read More]
Posted in: Very good things! *keep it clean* (big images)
  toms
04-05-2006, 9:08 AM
#761
I'm not at all clear on the situation in the US. As far as i know all the LAWS about selling adult games to minors have been overturned... so 2 and 3 seem unlikely. I thought that the rating were purely an voluntary industry initiative that a lot o...  [Read More]
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