Obama gets peace prize for not being Bush!

[Ex-SD]

Obama was photographed running with a football in his hands while being chased by his dog on the White House lawn today so I suspect that we’ll see him being the recipient of the Heisman Trophy very, very soon.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dan: Oh, grow up. You get thumped a couple of times and all of sudden, its just not so funny.

Give me a break, Dan. You’re just irked at being exposed for throwing out some pointless faux intellectualism. “Megalomania is immature power sharing”. Really?

Let me guess. You were one of those guys that had the Che shirt, smoked Djarums and kept a copy of Camus’ “The Stranger” in the back pocket of his 501s, right?

Being accused of dullness by an unthinking member of the intelligentsia isn’t an insult, its a validation.

I would never joke about someone’s lost loved one, so don’t even stoop to making an accusation like that. I was clearly unaware and you have my sympathy.[/quote]

The only accurate part here is that I did smoke djarums in high school.

I really don’t think you can make (or believe) the claim that I am unthinking. But, like I said, you have underwhelmed me a lot recently.

Whether or not you agree with my views on dictatorship (or think them faux) is really immaterial. You are entitled to your views on that.

If it seemed somehow condescending or elitist that was not my intention.

My point is just that your arguments are noticeably less stimulating than they used to be.

That’s my opinion.

If I was to guess, I would say it is because they seem less focused in having fun with the subject and more about advocacy of some arbitrary polemic.

But again, the real point is that they are just less interesting.

Incidentally, here are the two dudes who primarily influence my understanding of power distribution (sharing, accretion, consolidation, etc.) in the modern and post modern period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arend_Lijphart
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/magagna.html

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dan: Oh, grow up. You get thumped a couple of times and all of sudden, its just not so funny.

Give me a break, Dan. You’re just irked at being exposed for throwing out some pointless faux intellectualism. “Megalomania is immature power sharing”. Really?

Let me guess. You were one of those guys that had the Che shirt, smoked Djarums and kept a copy of Camus’ “The Stranger” in the back pocket of his 501s, right?

Being accused of dullness by an unthinking member of the intelligentsia isn’t an insult, its a validation.

I would never joke about someone’s lost loved one, so don’t even stoop to making an accusation like that. I was clearly unaware and you have my sympathy.[/quote]

The only accurate part here is that I did smoke djarums in high school.

I really don’t think you can make (or believe) the claim that I am unthinking. But, like I said, you have underwhelmed me a lot recently.

Whether or not you agree with my views on dictatorship (or think them faux) is really immaterial. You are entitled to your views on that.

If it seemed somehow condescending or elitist that was not my intention.

My point is just that your arguments are noticeably less stimulating than they used to be.

That’s my opinion.

If I was to guess, I would say it is because they seem less focused in having fun with the subject and more about advocacy of some arbitrary polemic.

But again, the real point is that they are just less interesting.

Incidentally, here are the two dudes who primarily influence my understanding of power distribution (sharing, accretion, consolidation, etc.) in the modern and post modern period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arend_Lijphart
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/magagna.html

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dan: Oh, grow up. You get thumped a couple of times and all of sudden, its just not so funny.

Give me a break, Dan. You’re just irked at being exposed for throwing out some pointless faux intellectualism. “Megalomania is immature power sharing”. Really?

Let me guess. You were one of those guys that had the Che shirt, smoked Djarums and kept a copy of Camus’ “The Stranger” in the back pocket of his 501s, right?

Being accused of dullness by an unthinking member of the intelligentsia isn’t an insult, its a validation.

I would never joke about someone’s lost loved one, so don’t even stoop to making an accusation like that. I was clearly unaware and you have my sympathy.[/quote]

The only accurate part here is that I did smoke djarums in high school.

I really don’t think you can make (or believe) the claim that I am unthinking. But, like I said, you have underwhelmed me a lot recently.

Whether or not you agree with my views on dictatorship (or think them faux) is really immaterial. You are entitled to your views on that.

If it seemed somehow condescending or elitist that was not my intention.

My point is just that your arguments are noticeably less stimulating than they used to be.

That’s my opinion.

If I was to guess, I would say it is because they seem less focused in having fun with the subject and more about advocacy of some arbitrary polemic.

But again, the real point is that they are just less interesting.

Incidentally, here are the two dudes who primarily influence my understanding of power distribution (sharing, accretion, consolidation, etc.) in the modern and post modern period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arend_Lijphart
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/magagna.html

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dan: Oh, grow up. You get thumped a couple of times and all of sudden, its just not so funny.

Give me a break, Dan. You’re just irked at being exposed for throwing out some pointless faux intellectualism. “Megalomania is immature power sharing”. Really?

Let me guess. You were one of those guys that had the Che shirt, smoked Djarums and kept a copy of Camus’ “The Stranger” in the back pocket of his 501s, right?

Being accused of dullness by an unthinking member of the intelligentsia isn’t an insult, its a validation.

I would never joke about someone’s lost loved one, so don’t even stoop to making an accusation like that. I was clearly unaware and you have my sympathy.[/quote]

The only accurate part here is that I did smoke djarums in high school.

I really don’t think you can make (or believe) the claim that I am unthinking. But, like I said, you have underwhelmed me a lot recently.

Whether or not you agree with my views on dictatorship (or think them faux) is really immaterial. You are entitled to your views on that.

If it seemed somehow condescending or elitist that was not my intention.

My point is just that your arguments are noticeably less stimulating than they used to be.

That’s my opinion.

If I was to guess, I would say it is because they seem less focused in having fun with the subject and more about advocacy of some arbitrary polemic.

But again, the real point is that they are just less interesting.

Incidentally, here are the two dudes who primarily influence my understanding of power distribution (sharing, accretion, consolidation, etc.) in the modern and post modern period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arend_Lijphart
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/magagna.html

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]Dan: Oh, grow up. You get thumped a couple of times and all of sudden, its just not so funny.

Give me a break, Dan. You’re just irked at being exposed for throwing out some pointless faux intellectualism. “Megalomania is immature power sharing”. Really?

Let me guess. You were one of those guys that had the Che shirt, smoked Djarums and kept a copy of Camus’ “The Stranger” in the back pocket of his 501s, right?

Being accused of dullness by an unthinking member of the intelligentsia isn’t an insult, its a validation.

I would never joke about someone’s lost loved one, so don’t even stoop to making an accusation like that. I was clearly unaware and you have my sympathy.[/quote]

The only accurate part here is that I did smoke djarums in high school.

I really don’t think you can make (or believe) the claim that I am unthinking. But, like I said, you have underwhelmed me a lot recently.

Whether or not you agree with my views on dictatorship (or think them faux) is really immaterial. You are entitled to your views on that.

If it seemed somehow condescending or elitist that was not my intention.

My point is just that your arguments are noticeably less stimulating than they used to be.

That’s my opinion.

If I was to guess, I would say it is because they seem less focused in having fun with the subject and more about advocacy of some arbitrary polemic.

But again, the real point is that they are just less interesting.

Incidentally, here are the two dudes who primarily influence my understanding of power distribution (sharing, accretion, consolidation, etc.) in the modern and post modern period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arend_Lijphart
http://polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/magagna.html

[ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..

[ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..

[ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..

[ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..

[ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..[/quote]

Its almost as if something else were occupying his time in late 2007 through 2008.

Wacky.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..[/quote]

Its almost as if something else were occupying his time in late 2007 through 2008.

Wacky.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..[/quote]

Its almost as if something else were occupying his time in late 2007 through 2008.

Wacky.

[urbanrealtor]

[quote=ucodegen]

What he has done – really nothing (voted present most of the time while in the senate)

That is factually incorrect, and a distortion of the facts.

Here is Obama’s voting record.

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/votes/

Surprising number of not-votings.. though there is a surprising correlation. Before 2007, and including some of 2007, Obama voted more consistently. 2008 has many ‘Not-Voting’s. So lets see.. his record starts with 2005-2006 voting consistently, started consistently through first quarter 2007.. but then mostly ‘Non-Voting’ from start of 2Q 2007 through and including 2008. That comes to 2.25yrs worth of real voting and 1.75yrs worth of mostly ‘Not-Voting’..[/quote]

Its almost as if something else were occupying his time in late 2007 through 2008.

Wacky.

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