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SilentScope001

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Posted in: Russia Claims North Pole...
  SilentScope001
08-01-2007, 4:45 PM
#1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070801/ap_on_re_eu/russia_arctic_grab;_ylt=AtKEA5QUs5ULjcqdXi_2yHZn.3 QA Russia is sending in an exhibition to claim the North Pole for Russia. Its scientists has found evidence that proves that the North Pole is connect...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Second Amendment
  SilentScope001
08-02-2007, 2:20 AM
#11
To better explain the Founding Fathers' view: The Electoral College exist because we don't want the President to be elected by the mob. Otherwise, the mob will be capatived by a demogague and it would turn into a democracy, with all its terrible fla...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Second Amendment
  SilentScope001
08-01-2007, 4:27 PM
#2
It means that the US Government is able to go and establish militas to protect itself. Such as, say, the National Guard. So, in other words, the US Government is not allowed to ban weapon sales to its own military forces. It is allowed to ban weapo...  [Read More]
Posted in: When does media sensationalism go too far?
  SilentScope001
08-03-2007, 2:00 AM
#16
I don't believe that there is such thing as media sensationalism. I think all news is, well, valid. It is news after all. A common subscription is "If a dog bite a man, it's not news. If a man bites a dog, it's news." We don't hear about p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-29-2007, 2:07 AM
#42
I use "fascism" to describe any repressive, corrupt government, regardless of its political leaning. It originally referred to the political systems in Italy and Germany during WWII, I know, but it has a new meaning now. At least I think so...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-23-2007, 1:42 PM
#37
Importing is exactly how trade works. America needs to export. But they also need to export. Having a postive trade balance means that we don't actually benieft as much as if we had a zero trade balance, equally trading with other nations. The USA n...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-23-2007, 12:21 PM
#35
I think people are forgetting something about the free market. The Free Market claims that if one country specializes in something, and another country specializes in something else, and they both trade with each other, then both countries prosper....  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-23-2007, 2:17 AM
#29
China is not fascist! It's Maoist! Maoist! They are quite left-wing....  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-22-2007, 10:24 PM
#24
It wouldn't have anything to do with who makes the products at all would it? Sweat shops? Forced labour? Slavery? Nah. Present proof, please?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-21-2007, 10:12 PM
#12
If we go and regulate trade with China, then some other country will start dumping exports. Why can't we just deal with China becoming economically succesful and focus on innovation and technology...or at least on being a military superpower? :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Wal Mart: The Evil Empire
  SilentScope001
07-21-2007, 2:32 PM
#5
We need a new Wal Mart! If there are two "Wal-Mart"-style chain stores running around competiting against each other, it will only lead to better profits for us, and lower profits for the two companies....  [Read More]
Posted in: What If The World Ended Yesterday?
  SilentScope001
07-17-2007, 2:17 PM
#1
Let me explain such a belief. In many religions, they take about a proposed savior of the people who would come and defeat evil. But what if said event already happened? For all intents and purposes, the world has ended, since the savior of the peo...  [Read More]
Posted in: Should the Chambers and the Corner be merged?
  SilentScope001
07-16-2007, 1:06 PM
#2
I say No. Kavar's Corner is a bit more laid back than the Senate, and possibly might avoid the same pitfalls as a Debate Forum (even so Kavar's Corner is slowly turning into one, at least some humor here and there lightens up the mood). Many people l...  [Read More]
Posted in: Heightism, does it exist?
  SilentScope001
07-15-2007, 11:22 PM
#3
You know, you're right. I can easily tell you that Heightism plays a huge role in sports. Many capable basketball players has been prevented from being hired by the NBA due to them being of short stature while people who are very, very tall are welco...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rebuilding America: The Democratic Strategy
  SilentScope001
07-17-2007, 2:23 PM
#16
If it was Rebuilding America: The Republican Strategy it would be how to invade some other third world country for power and profits (we are still waiting on the profits to kick in.) Or, more accurately, it would be "Bush is awesome", repe...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rebuilding America: The Democratic Strategy
  SilentScope001
07-17-2007, 1:55 PM
#13
My theory: It was written by a Republican. :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Rebuilding America: The Democratic Strategy
  SilentScope001
07-16-2007, 12:24 PM
#9
Assuming that the pages are in fact blank (I haven't seen this book myself obviously), how much do they actually expect people to pay for it? I took the blank pages comment to be little more than sarcasm, but publishing can be pretty weird sometimes....  [Read More]
Posted in: Rebuilding America: The Democratic Strategy
  SilentScope001
07-14-2007, 11:06 AM
#1
Best. Book. Ever. (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2007/7/13/a-very-brief-guidebook-for-democrats.html) Forget your political views here, you gotta thank these people for injecting some humor and philisophical discussion into this lively debat...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dungeon Maker game...uh, what's it is called?
  SilentScope001
08-03-2007, 2:09 AM
#7
Evil Genius does seem to play very well to Dunegon Keeper though. It's like you are running your own secret underground lair (hm...sounds familar), with interrogation chambers and an avatar that gets to order building stuff in exactly the same way as...  [Read More]
Posted in: Smoking Banned in England
  SilentScope001
07-21-2007, 10:19 PM
#92
Sorry for reviving a dead thread. Still, this may serve as some useful commentary (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29141) on the smoking issue....  [Read More]
Posted in: Do actors/athletes/musicians/celebrities deserve what they are payed?
  SilentScope001
07-21-2007, 1:54 AM
#55
You know, a nuclear apoc might come in handy to fix the imbalance. Nobody is going to watch Paris Hilton while their city is aflame and the mobs start forming. Actually, never mind. Athletes would be paid the big bucks to be in militas....  [Read More]
Posted in: Do actors/athletes/musicians/celebrities deserve what they are payed?
  SilentScope001
07-19-2007, 1:39 PM
#48
Who would you rather pay more for some one who saved your life, which will last the rest of your life, or someone who plays a sport on TV and it only leaves you happy for a little while after the match. Technically, I pay less already. To get the s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mira Versus Bastila
  SilentScope001
07-22-2007, 10:20 PM
#108
Did you know that after episode 6 Luke legalized the attachment rule? Supposedly Luke got a wife, and Han & Leia got a child. Food for thought. And did you know that many Jedi fell to the DS because of that rule and that Luke's cousin ended up b...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  SilentScope001
07-19-2007, 1:36 PM
#233
The "knowledge" of the earth as centre of the universe was not entirely idiocy. In fact, it was for a long time (and as long as it could not be testified) the best explanation humans had for the movement of the sun. Try to find a better sol...  [Read More]
Posted in: The Theism/Atheism Discussion
  SilentScope001
07-18-2007, 8:02 PM
#231
You...I don't mean you directly, this is for everybody...you can have every PhD, doctorette, whatever under the sun. That means squat without a little common sense. Common sense is so overrated. When you study something far too much, you end up havi...  [Read More]
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