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http://www.xkcd.com/494/ onwards
What the *hell* has Randal been smoking?! o_O
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Invisible escreveu:
> http://www.xkcd.com/494/ onwards
>
> What the *hell* has Randal been smoking?! o_O
politics don't quite mix with geek humor... :P
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:15:34 -0200, nemesis wrote:
> Invisible escreveu:
>> http://www.xkcd.com/494/ onwards
>>
>> What the *hell* has Randal been smoking?! o_O
>
> politics don't quite mix with geek humor... :P
Oh, I don't know, I found the whole series to be very entertaining. :-)
Jim
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>> politics don't quite mix with geek humor... :P
>
> Oh, I don't know, I found the whole series to be very entertaining. :-)
Oh, it's *definitely* entertaining. I just have _no clue_ what the hell
they're on about... :-}
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:46:17 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> politics don't quite mix with geek humor... :P
>>
>> Oh, I don't know, I found the whole series to be very entertaining. :-)
>
> Oh, it's *definitely* entertaining. I just have _no clue_ what the hell
> they're on about... :-}
The politics of the 'net in the US was my read. It helps to know that
Ron Paul was on the Republican ticket and is still running for president
but with a different party.
Jim
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>> Oh, it's *definitely* entertaining. I just have _no clue_ what the hell
>> they're on about... :-}
>
> The politics of the 'net in the US was my read. It helps to know that
> Ron Paul was on the Republican ticket and is still running for president
> but with a different party.
...then I'm guessing it also helps to know what a "republican" is too.
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 01-Nov-08 19:51, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Oh, it's *definitely* entertaining. I just have _no clue_ what the hell
>>> they're on about... :-}
>>
>> The politics of the 'net in the US was my read. It helps to know that
>> Ron Paul was on the Republican ticket and is still running for
>> president but with a different party.
>
> ...then I'm guessing it also helps to know what a "republican" is too.
>
I had a problem remembering who was who too. What helps for me is that
democrats put the need of the people first (or at least they suggest
that) while republicans put the need of the nation first (assuming that
the interest of themselves coincides with the interest of the nation).
From this it is not hard to infer that Clinton and Obama are democrats
whereas the Bushes, Reagan and McCain are republicans. I hope that helps.
Disclaimer: IANAUSC, opinions expressed here may be influenced by a
heavy European bias in the news. Also note that I don't claim this is in
any way true, just that it helps keeping the two major US parties apart.
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:37:22 +0100, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
>On 01-Nov-08 19:51, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> ...then I'm guessing it also helps to know what a "republican" is too.
>>
>I had a problem remembering who was who too
I use a simpler method. Being a socialist I remember the difference by saying
"Rabid Republicans and Decent Democrats". Although by my lights even the
Democrats are mostly more right wing than our Conservatives.
I hope that, that's not too offensive but it serves to remind me. You could say
"Right on Republicans and Decadent Democrats" if you want ;)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:51:35 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Oh, it's *definitely* entertaining. I just have _no clue_ what the
>>> hell they're on about... :-}
>>
>> The politics of the 'net in the US was my read. It helps to know that
>> Ron Paul was on the Republican ticket and is still running for
>> president but with a different party.
>
> ...then I'm guessing it also helps to know what a "republican" is too.
Wikipedia is your friend. ;-)
Jim
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:37:22 +0100, andrel wrote:
> What helps for me is that
> democrats put the need of the people first (or at least they suggest
> that) while republicans put the need of the nation first (assuming that
> the interest of themselves coincides with the interest of the nation).
That's an interesting perspective - but it implies that the Democrats do
not put the needs of the nation first; I think you could sum the ideology
up by saying that the Democrats put the needs of the nation first, but
define the nation as the sum of its people. The Republicans put the
needs of the nation first, but (at least economically) the belief there
is that if they take care of the upper class, the rest will take care of
itself. (But I know that'll draw some flack from people in that party
over that definition as well).
Jim
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