I will need to look this up but apparently the heritage foundation did a study and found the avg income and educational level in our armed forces is higher than the general population.
/shrug
I will need to look this up but apparently the heritage foundation did a study and found the avg income and educational level in our armed forces is higher than the general population.
/shrug
Sounds like he said that if people did have intelligence, they would not join the military in the first place. However, it did not stop him from joining the military. This must mean he is suffering from his ignorance.
JD50
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I was pointing out the hypocracy by many on this board. Do you and senseamp go and call everyone that responds to most of the conservative posters with deragatory remarks a troll? Go look at almost any of ProfJohns threads, or posts in which pabster responds to, you will see many posts that "added nothing to discussion". Where are you there? How about almost any of Dave's posts, nope not there either.
One quick example, posted by tab in http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=52&threadid=1952138&enterthread=y
"Maybe he had a bad trip"
That took me about 30 seconds of searching, and nope, I don't see either of you there calling Tab a troll.
so the right wing nutjobs are grasping at straws (cant really blame them but i dont think this will help them much).
kinda funny the party of GWB making fun of someone who stuck his foot in his mouth. it was just a bad joke gone wrong.
nothing to see hear move along.
kinda funny the party of GWB making fun of someone who stuck his foot in his mouth. it was just a bad joke gone wrong.
nothing to see hear move along.
This has got to be the first thread in which I've ever called someone a troll directly. This is nothing against you personally and I am well aware that there are many posters from all areas of the political spectrum that act in this way as well. I'm not exactly sure how to respond to this, or exactly what you expect of me. I don't read every thread and I don't read every post in every thread. I generally only post in threads in which I have some knowledge of the topic.
That being said, "others do it too" is a pretty childish way to go about things don't you think?
Edit: It would be an absolute waste to call the likes of Pabster a troll every time he's acting like a troll. I responded to you specifically because you've demonstrated that you can add value to the forum and I'd rather read what you actually think on the issue, than some generic response aimed at pissing off a certain group on this board.
Granted, you could say I'm not adding something to this thread by posting this, but that's kinda like an argument where someone calls someone a bigot and then someone else refers to that person as a bigot for calling someone else a bigot. If someone IS a bigot, then calling them a bigot shouldn't make you one as well.
Note: My bigot example had nothing to do with you (I absolutely do not think you are a bigot or have ever considered this), it's just an example of a pattern I've noticed on the forums.
You certainly could've done without the bolded part. There are plenty of conservative posters who add value to this board and it's always important to have many viewpoints.
JD50
Lifer
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I wasn't saying "others do it too", I was saying the liberals on this board do it and don't get called on it, yet the conservatives get hounded for everything they say. My original post was pointing out the hypocracy that many of the liberal members of this board exhibhit, which was then proven by senseamp calling me a troll. If I chimed in with a "you liberals are nuts" then yes I would be a troll. Since I was making a point, I would not consider my self a troll.
You will see many of the liberals on this board call conservatives a troll in one post, then in the very next post they will be high fiving each other when they start insulting other conservative posts, with absolutely nothing added to the conversation.
edit- way too many quotes in there
JD50
Lifer
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Because I enjoy the debates that go on here, and I like seeing the other side of the argument. For some reason many of you liberals are intent on running anyone with opposing views off of this board. I would be board to death reading and posting in a message board where everyone agrees.
theeedude
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It is what it is. Noone ever advertised this board as being conservative, liberal, balanced or anything. If you like it, post here, if you don't, don't. Noone is going to change for you.
If you got something to say, say it, but stop whining that this board is liberal just because you are in a minority.
I agree with you to an extent. Like I said in my edit in my previous post, there are some posters on this board that are simply not worthy of responding to or calling a troll because they have NEVER added anything of substance to this board. So there are those people, and then there are those who troll very often, yet also contribute to the board. That doesn't excuse them being a troll the other half of the time though.
Also, while I won't say this board "tilts to the left" (I would find this to be inaccurate because the majority of americans don't approve of the administration), there are more people against the administration on this board than for them. In that sense, this is something that is unfortunate for you, but you will have to deal with.
That being said, I still think your response was trollish, regardless of what anyone else has done. You are more valuable to this forum than others I would call trolls, so I felt the need to point it out. I'm sorry if you were offended.
JD50
Lifer
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Heh, no need for the apology, if I got offended that easily I would have stopped reading this board long ago, but thanks.
I am not really for this administration anymore either, but I do get tired of the hypocracy and the needless bashing of anything the right does, while the left gets a free pass, I guess that was my point.
Even as a person who would be considered a liberal, I can understand where you're coming from. :beer:
Joining the military in Iraq to get free education doesn't make sense...
You might as well fill out a FASFA form and take the subsidized loans to go with it.
You might as well fill out a FASFA form and take the subsidized loans to go with it.
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I think it's pretty clear in the context of where he was and the subjects he was speaking to what was said as well as implied.
The remark was directed at Bush and his record of arrogance, ignorance, and 'special treatment' as a coddled student.
If this is all the GOP shills have to grasp as an issue, they are deeply in trouble and desparate.
A whole bunch of ignorant potential GOP voters are going to be really baffled when they get to the poll
and can't find Kerry on the ballot to vote against, not Bush listed to vote for.
If all the GOP has going for them this time is to hope that the Gay Abortion, Partial-Birth Marriage, Border Molesting,
and No Immigrant Left Behind will draw enough Fruitcakes to the polls to save them, they are indeed a clueless bunch.
Divide and conquer - they have in fact used fear as a weapon, and declared their war on Democracy and the American people.
The remark was directed at Bush and his record of arrogance, ignorance, and 'special treatment' as a coddled student.
If this is all the GOP shills have to grasp as an issue, they are deeply in trouble and desparate.
A whole bunch of ignorant potential GOP voters are going to be really baffled when they get to the poll
and can't find Kerry on the ballot to vote against, not Bush listed to vote for.
If all the GOP has going for them this time is to hope that the Gay Abortion, Partial-Birth Marriage, Border Molesting,
and No Immigrant Left Behind will draw enough Fruitcakes to the polls to save them, they are indeed a clueless bunch.
Divide and conquer - they have in fact used fear as a weapon, and declared their war on Democracy and the American people.
Wow Kerry, realize that your 15 minutes are up. You lost a presidential race more or less handed to you (which was a sad excuse for a candidate). Sorry you lose 
palehorse
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lol.. ya, when in doubt or for lack of any decent rebuttal, go with the "Question Integrity Approach."
It fits your Elitist mentality to the letter. GG!
I'm sorry for this OT post folks, but this guy seriously needs a wakeup call.. The arrogance in his posts is smelling up my screen! Then he went and called all of our enlisted troops "stupid" to boot!
bah... whatever... /ignore.
If that is actually the case, why didn't he say Mcdonald's? Surely more "dumb" people work for McDonald's, right?
Why can't y'all just admit he f'd up?
theeedude
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I think pretty much everyone admits he f'd up the joke. He should have made it more clear he was talking about Bush and not the troops. On the other hand, I think if GOP wants to use this to make this election about Iraq, Dems should let them. That's what they've been trying to do this whole year, so they should take yes for an answer.
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