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Reply to Congratulations Dems! in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]In a way it's very refreshing all the Bush haters will have to take a hard look in the mirror, especially if something goes wrong as they won't have their favorite whipping boy (along with Chenney) anymore.[/quote] You're wrong. There is nothing to gloat about, and no retrospective self-recriminating mirror-peering now - it's not like you're handing over the keys to the Ferrari, where only Obama's skill level would determine the smoothness of the ride. Republicans a

Reply to Congratulations Dems! in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]I think Americans, at least a majority, simply want the federal government to take care of them.[/quote] Or maybe they don't want the federal government to spend our last dollars destroying what remains of the hope, decency and inspiration that the United States used to represent.

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]cacto: "Money allows for greater opportunity and specialisation, which leads to a greater number of narrow, fairly discrete identities"[/quote] very true - these days, people are finding more and more niche groups to identify with - but these are still social identities (and not unique on the level of the individual). also, global economics, and the media attached in the sidecar, adds a new factor to financial identity: mobility. global econ and media bring the world to more pe

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Charles: "Well for starters English would become the national language. School education would change from the current system (which is in part based on Puerto Rican culture) to the US system. Things such as restaurants and street vendors will be subjected to the US standards which are much more stricter and even Tv and radio could change as US law becomes the new rule. In essence everything that makes Puerto Rico what it is today would little by little be replaced with an American culrtu

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

UPDATE: June 12, 2008 [B]Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40[/B] * [link="http://riddle.p4x.ch/start/"]START the P4X Riddle[/link] 31. path-breaking through the trees . . . 32. only a tabula rasa 33. where are those hidden questions? 34. empty brainy 35. classical information 36. track(?) this list 37. pax 38. there Is Something unOrthodox 39. screen view 40. sounds [B]Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 41 - 50

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]I tried putting 'nothing' as the answer and it says "No, even less than that!!" What do you mean by the 'mirror technique'? I already did that, or is there another one? How many total mirrorings are needed[/quote] you only need the mirror once - if you were to submit that sentence to your grammar teacher as homework, your teacher would turn it back and say, "hey agent, you are missing all the ______s!" taboo

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming Stardock Forums

yikes . . . don't you love it when the answer is so easy that when, hours into the problem, you solve the room and feel compelled to slam your hand in the car door as punishment for being so pathetic? erm. moved right along to number 37, and solved it fairly easily. my list looks like this now: Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40 * START the P4X Riddle <br

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]how many eggs have you found?[/quote] strike that one - obviously you are already there. i'd try the mirror technique, then run a spell check and see what happens . . . taboo

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]AgentSmith512 on Jun 11, 2008: Now I'm stuck on room 31: thisishowleonardodavinciusedtowritebtw theansweryouarelookingforisherebutitismissinginsomekindofway sowhatstheanswer?[/quote] how many eggs have you found? taboo

Reply to Living the High Life with Errol Morris in Misc Stardock Forums

and i feel compelled to add Errol Morris: Bounty

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]if you want another tough puzzle like that, try this one...[/quote] looks fun - maybe if i lose my marbles with p4x, i'll scrape my pride off the floor and recommit myself to deathball. taboo

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]I'd help but I'm stuck on #17 ...[/quote] seventeen took a while, but you can track down most of what you need by following the copyright . . .

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Partido Popular Democratico (PPD) - This party believes in basically keeping Puerto Rico the way it is, the best of both worlds. Not being part of the US yet having all the benefits and title (American) like every other American does. They want Puerto Rico to maintain it's culture while still adding and enjoying the US culture. Partido Nuevo Prograsista (PNP) - This party believes Puerto Rico should become State 51 of the US. Become party of the US to take 100% full benefits of t

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

LW: [quote]When do immigrants become full citizens? When they fill out the paperwork, pay their various fees, and take the vows of citizenship.[/quote] if this is true, then why do we have all these hyphenated identities? african-american, chinese-american, mexican-american, etcetera? if a married couple is mexican-american, for example, will they call their children "mexican-american"? what about the census bureau? what about you? charles says he's "ame-rican."<br

Living the High Life with Errol Morris in Misc JoeUser Forums

Inspired by a disgruntled foreigner (foreigner = someone not from Wisconsin = ParaTed2k) and his less than stellar Milwaukee experience, I've decided to focus today's discussion on something important to the pursuit of happiness, something near and dear to everyone (though you'll need to forgive me for suggesting that this nearness and dearness is more poignant for those of us who hail from Wisconsin). As if you did not know, I'm talking about beer. And not

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

[B]Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 31 - 40[/B] * START the P4X Riddle 31. path-breaking through the trees . . . 32. only a tabula rasa 33. where are those hidden questions? 34. empty brainy 35. classical information 36. ___ 37. ___ 38. ___ 39. ___ 40. ___

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

[B]Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 21 - 30[/B] * START the P4X Riddle 21. jigsaw 22. waving the flags 23. B ?!? 24. leaves, stair by stair 25. oh calculon 26. sound of the water 27. star-spangled banner 28. what's my name? 29. something . . . ? 30. DIBEH KLIZZIE

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

[B]Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 11 - 20[/B] * START the P4X Riddle 11. hole 12. path through many trees 13. broken GAMMA-ray 14. word search for one 15. what's my real name? 16. look for all the numbers 17. flipflop figures 18. where do you want to go today? 19. just do it 20. can you hear it?

Reply to The Maddening P4X Riddle in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Log Post (hints, but no spoilers), Rooms 1 - 10 * START the P4X Riddle 1. arrow 2. hmmm, what level now? 3. get to the river source 4. mooz 5. proper ties? 6. white 7. rocky shore 8. one of the eight 9. ferris - 101 10. hey tag

Reply to Lesson 101-Don't Lose It in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I obviously know the answer to this question. But honestly, teachers have to put up with that kind of stuff EVERY day. There's no excuse for this guy's behavior, but I can see how it could happen. Teaching is a high-stress, isolated job, with little to no direction or support from peers or administrators.[/quote] i'm not a teacher, but i have spent plenty of time in the classroom on all levels of academia. i know that if a teacher doesn't earn respect by day two or three, the

Reply to The search for gas savings continues in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]OK, here we go. Looking at it from an employer’s point of view or perspective, according to the story, would you be willing or able to: A) arrange work schedules so that employees could work 4 days/10 hour shifts? Obviously the arrangement would allow to always have a certain amount of employees everyday 5 or 7 days a week, depending on you business workdays and the necessary people to run the business while still working only 4 days a week.[/quote] as an employee,

Reply to Do Blacks really hate all Whites? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Mention you belong to it to your black interviewer and you'll still get the job. But a white person mentioning he's a KKK member to his white interviewer will not get the job. You can't put on your resume that you helped run the Klan's adopt a child program. Or maybe you can. I just don't feel like I could hate black people for no reason and be accepted anywhere outside of a racist group.[/quote] once again, people, please don't forget the difference between trinity united's dise

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events Stardock Forums

charles, [quote]Well, not really. See the only difference I can see between someone born and raised in the US and someone born and raised in Puerto Rico is the language. But then Spanish is becoming very common in the US and English is becoming very common in Puerto Rico. Over there, the lifestyle is almost the same, fast food, movies, sports, cars, house and even TV shows. They just are not so accustomed of seeing cars with different license plates, if you get what I mean. Only people

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events Stardock Forums

cacto: [quote]Not necessarily - my identity as a cynical Australian tertiary-educated public servant of mostly Angloceltic roots from a traditional family doesn't have any real impact on my politics.[/quote] granted, i don't know anything about aust. economics or politics; however, it sounds like your "self" identifies closely with your economic class . . . [quote]It's nearly always my personal views of the integrity and courage of the candidate that sways my votes, not t

Reply to What's Your Problem, White-Liberal-Jewish-Galician-American Boy? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Not sure what you are trying to say. Care to elaborate? Not sure if yo were being funny or serious. I just made that up, never actually noticed it before. Thought it was a bit funny since we have a word for an American Puerto Rican in Spanish, Ameriqueño which is American and Puertoriqueño together.[/quote] i'd never heard the word "ame-rican" before (not surprising, considering you made it up) and i thought it was pretty clever. the rest of it was serious. i w