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- Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Spanair take-off crash Madrid
- Replies: 402
- Views: 115134
Re: Spanair take-off crash Madrid
Gabriel, any way you can narrow your point to five sentences or less? There is no way I'm reading all that, not when you're the author.
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:06 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
Indeed. As will other cities.Well, New York will always need janitors and cooks to support its wealth and the demographic growth projected in the next 25 years (1 million more in that tme).
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:05 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Canoe Trip
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10763
Re: Canoe Trip
Not like the Indians. That curry is some strong stuff.Yes, I have noticed that people do sometimes smell.
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:04 am
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
It was you who said it was impossible to refute flyboy's position. A position, you'll recall, that advocated allowing our inner cities to devolve into war zones. Is that not a form ethnic cleansing? Just one in which you can feel better because you didn't pull the trigger yourself. Not if the "...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:04 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
Really, while we're at it, since black people are so beyond any help, wouldn't it be cleaner if we just rounded them up and put them in ovens? No, that's too extreme. Recolonization has its appeal, though, right? Why round them up when they seem perfectly willing to wipe each other out? As for reco...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:06 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Canoe Trip
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10763
Re: Canoe Trip
Well, there's the smell.How are Indian families different from people?
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:26 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
Of course, they were enslaved just a few generations ago and legally treated as second-class citizens just two generations ago in this country, at least. So, I'm not ready to draw the conclusion that the results are attributable to genetic differences just yet. (I know your response will be, "...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:24 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
But, in both Summers case and yours, the better question is what if you/he are right? Then, what do we want to do about it as a society. Although clumsy and racially charged, what if you are right that you can't turn a turtle into a cheetah? Then what? What "we" do as a society is stop pr...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:14 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
Well, it seems to me that despite the black community's identical intelligence and work ethic, their results continue to be deplorable. Even Halfie would have a hard time arguing with that.spell it out further at least for me thanks...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:00 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
Actually, I'm not sure that I do. I understand that you believe there are some innate differences between the races. What I don't know is what you believe those differences to be and whether you believe they are genetic or cultural or a combination. Let's call it genetic, continuosly exacerbated by...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:55 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
I think you understand my opinion just fine.I'd still appreciate understanding your opinion better. What do you believe, exactly?
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:52 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
You're not stupid, Halfie. Look around.Is it fair to say that this means you equate black people to turtles and white people to cheetahs in terms of intelligence? Work ethic? Something else?
If not, please clarify.
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:43 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
And if the problem was only economic, tell me why 95% of African-Americans believed O.J. was innocent, even educated ones? You will say that it is because they have been persecuted for so long. Well, if that was the case then Jews would also be poor, right? And illegal hispanics would also be at a ...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
I'm sure you're right that it creates an small inherent disadvantage in the classroom , but on the plus side, she will come out fluent in two languages (a potential advantage in the job market - though Mandarin might be the best bet...). As you yourself implied, the kids 'immersed' only in their ho...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:56 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
- Replies: 167
- Views: 41482
Re: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
I don't know about Teller, he doesn't talk.Penn & Teller are more in touch with political realities than a majority of talking heads/pundits.
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:55 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
I do not know what the demographics are in NYC in regards to the Spanish speaking population so I will not comment. However, I can offer up this perspective: I live in a predominantly French societey. My oldest daughter attends an English school, but is in a French Immersion program where 90% of he...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
But that's only at a "number" of schools, as you say. I find this a digression from whether or not New York City schools are fairly sensible or not, which was the original proposition. In any case, as an aside, you always made much of your own linguistic skills. In the US today, given the...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:24 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
- Replies: 167
- Views: 41482
Re: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
"They believe in the free market for profit, but they want to socialize losses." Bill Maher . One of the greatest quotes on the current political arena. How clueless are you, sean? It's one thing to be a Kool-Aid(R) drinker, but getting your politics from a comedian would take some beatin...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
Yeah, he's about the only one I can think of. And I've seen dead cats with more influence in the black communtity than him.Oh, Bill Cosby.
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
It's up there for sure, though I still nominate the Canadians. What makes you say that about New York schools ? Well, unlike you, I actually spent some time in one. But seriously, this is the school district that has a number of so-called "Spanish Immersion" schools. Trouble is, 95% of th...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:34 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: Delta and Russian jets avoid collision by a minute
- Replies: 51
- Views: 17043
Re: Delta and Russian jets avoid collision by a minute
Thank you, Gabriel.I don't agree. It would have been worse. It was two passanger jets and I doubt one of them would have been as lucky as the Legacy.
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:33 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: New Orleans
- Replies: 97
- Views: 29151
Re: New Orleans
You mean like Sharpton, Jackson, Wright, Farrakhan, Nagin, etc?Before we dogpile P4P, it should be noted that in recent years, influential African-Americans have been decrying the cultural attitude of "it's not my fault."
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:30 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9730
Re: CERN: The Particle Accelerator Test
That comment is presently running a very tight race with Multiman's "Canadian airline industry" for the title of Oxymoron Of The Century.New York schools are fairly sensible...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:27 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
- Replies: 167
- Views: 41482
Re: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
2. IT industry is successful partially because the companies willingly focus on employee retention. Do you honestly believe that Boeing would only pay its employees $5 an hour it it were not unionized? If they did bet someone smarter would start their own aircraft company and snatch away employees ...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:16 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
- Replies: 167
- Views: 41482
Re: Boeing - Fire barrels and pickets. It's strike time.
Now your true ignorance to the labor situation comes out. SMART companies do not outsource just because they can get a lower wage. Here are some facts on outsourcing you may not now: 1. High tech companies tend to outsource the grunt work (paperwork, rememdial tasks, etc) overseas. Given the fact t...