TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Oct 29, 2009 13:53:00 GMT -5
i also got the troop numbers question wrong, just like the unemployment and DJIA questions that i did get right, i think these are trivia and show no knowledge of anything. as someone else said above they should have asked if DJIA had rebounded, if unemployment had gone up, and given broad ranges for troops since that is the knowledge that is important and still shows you understand what is going on in the world I got the troop question wrong as well. I underestimated the number of troops, since I know that there isn't enough troops there at the moment |
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Post by Boz on Oct 29, 2009 14:00:07 GMT -5
I may have gotten the quiz questions right, but it doesn't mean I'm smart. For instance, it took me about 15 minutes to figure out what the uproar was about this letter: Governator to CA Assembly: "F*** You" ;D |
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Post by theexorcist on Oct 29, 2009 14:08:18 GMT -5
i also got the troop numbers question wrong, just like the unemployment and DJIA questions that i did get right, i think these are trivia and show no knowledge of anything. as someone else said above they should have asked if DJIA had rebounded, if unemployment had gone up, and given broad ranges for troops since that is the knowledge that is important and still shows you understand what is going on in the world I got the troop question wrong as well. I underestimated the number of troops, since I know that there isn't enough troops there at the moment It's still a small number of troops, when you consider that Afghanistan is bigger than Iraq and that the majority of the population is rural, not urban, so you have to spread troops out. It's also less than most theories for success in counterinsurgency would require. |
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 29, 2009 14:16:20 GMT -5
I may have gotten the quiz questions right, but it doesn't mean I'm smart. For instance, it took me about 15 minutes to figure out what the uproar was about this letter: Governator to CA Assembly: "F*** You" ;D I've generally been supportive of Arnold, but its things like these that make me re-realize what giant asses the vast majority of people running our country are. Massive egos playing kids games with our money and lives. It's good times. |
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Post by Boz on Oct 29, 2009 14:35:21 GMT -5
Don't forget that this "coded message" follows on Ca. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano telling the Governor to "kiss my gay ass."
Indeed, good times in The Golden State. Good times.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Oct 29, 2009 14:41:54 GMT -5
Don't forget that this "coded message" follows on Ca. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano telling the Governor to "kiss my gay ass." Indeed, good times in The Golden State. Good times. Oh, no doubt. Though if you know Tom Ammiano, you just kind of expect it. When he was running for Mayor of San Francisco as more or less the gay candidate against Gavin Newsome and Matt Gonzalez (who was the Green Party candidate who barely lost to Newsome), I did like him. Not for his politics, but because when one of the local parties called up each of the candidates and interviewed them using the Turing Test questions from bladerunner, I believe he was the only one who caught on. Voight-Kampff TestThe article determines that Newsome is indeed a replicant. |
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Oct 29, 2009 14:53:48 GMT -5
Nice.
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Post by kchoya on Oct 29, 2009 17:19:00 GMT -5
What the
High and mighty
Arnold
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About a
Bunch of
Obstinate
Unscrupulous lawmakers
That pontificate
From the
Assembly in Sacramento
Could hardly be more
Irrelevant to the
Longstanding
Issues
That should occupy the hearts and
Imaginations
Every member of this
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Oct 29, 2009 17:51:05 GMT -5
What the High and mighty Arnold Thinks About a Bunch of Obstinate Unscrupulous lawmakers That pontificate From the Assembly in Sacramento Could hardly be more Irrelevant to the Longstanding Issues That should occupy the hearts and Imaginations Every member of this Stellar message board You guys are on fire tonight. |
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Post by Bando on Oct 29, 2009 18:38:37 GMT -5
Don't forget that this "coded message" follows on Ca. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano telling the Governor to "kiss my gay ass." Indeed, good times in The Golden State. Good times. Oh, no doubt. Though if you know Tom Ammiano, you just kind of expect it. When he was running for Mayor of San Francisco as more or less the gay candidate against Gavin Newsome and Matt Gonzalez (who was the Green Party candidate who barely lost to Newsome), I did like him. Not for his politics, but because when one of the local parties called up each of the candidates and interviewed them using the Turing Test questions from bladerunner, I believe he was the only one who caught on. Voight-Kampff TestThe article determines that Newsome is indeed a replicant. Now this is the hard-hitting journalism this country needs. How did no one repeat this during the presidential election? |
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Oct 29, 2009 19:58:15 GMT -5
What the High and mighty Arnold Thinks About a Bunch of Obstinate Unscrupulous lawmakers That pontificate From the Assembly in Sacramento Could hardly be more Irrelevant to the Longstanding Issues That should occupy the hearts and Imaginations Every member of this Stellar message board Surefire nominee for post of the year. Well done kc. |
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