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Old 10-26-2008, 08:39 PM
 
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No offense, but any person with an average IQ would think NASCAR is pretty lame, left turn, left turn, left turn, lap #345..left turn left turn left
turn, lap #480, left turn, left turn, left turn. Have not met many Ph'Ds who are NASCAR fans

So thugs can build an engine to 1/1000th of an inch tolerance? I don't watch NASCAR once the Ravens losing season starts but I DO appreciate the roar of piston muscle be it going down a straight away or climbing at 4,000' per minute. Truth is I doubt you know many PH'Ds to begin with not that that matters a hill of beans.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:41 PM
 
Location: southern california
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[quote=Mike from back east;5865615]Yep.

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carry a cross.... Sinclair Lewis

The GOP under Bush and the evango-fascist far right would like to take us back to the Berlin of the latter 1930's - all white and all pure. In the past 8 years we've
what a fantastic post sinclair lewis, rep comin asap.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:42 PM
 
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We're certainly wandering far off topic ...

Maybe you NASCAR/aviation junkies ("not that there's anything wrong with that") should find a room somewhere.
You're right but some Bozo needed to claim that certain groups wouldn't be found in a MENSA meeting, I differ with that ignorant opinion.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:45 PM
 
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Yep.

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carry a cross.... Sinclair Lewis

The GOP under Bush and the evango-fascist far right would like to take us back to the Berlin of the latter 1930's - all white and all pure. In the past 8 years we've
what a fantastic post sinclair lewis, rep comin asap.

Didn't he die of alcoholism?
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:46 PM
 
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As for common sense...well, that is the typical anti-elitist argument. What exactly IS a person without 'common sense'?
I'm glad you brought that up. It really is funny to me that there are people who pride their 'common sense' over everyone else's fancy college degrees.

The funny thing about common sense, is that it was never really intended as a good thing. Back when the term was coined, 'common' referred to all things boorish and backwards. As such, 'common sense' refers to reality dumbed down to a level of simplicity that the layman can grasp.

About the NASCAR thing, I can't do it. I simply can't watch it. It's so, monotonous to me. Especially considering that I'm a person who can't even watch a whole baseball or football game. The only sport dynamic enough for me is basketball. I also watch the Olympic running competitons, but for god's sake, those don't take hours.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:48 PM
 
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But you did not answer my simple question:

Do you think that being a "real American" should be a philosophical/political standard?

Historical example --- in Nazi Germany: Jews, Gypsies, left-leaning socialists, and non-Aryans were not "real Germans".

Didn't like being called a chauvinist huh? I understand.

My answer is not invalidated simply because you don't like it.

Now, answer me this - when did you stop beating your wife and children?
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:50 PM
 
Location: southern california
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a great evil of the 21st century has been the redefinition of "american" by the hard right.
looks like berlin 1938.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:55 PM
 
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Didn't like being called a chauvinist huh? I understand.

My answer is not invalidated simply because you don't like it.

Now, answer me this - when did you stop beating your wife and children?
Same old, same old from the right:

name-calling, evasion, misdirection, and just silliness.

C'mon, even you can do better than that.

Do you think that being a "real American" should be a philosophical/political standard? YES or NO ?
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:55 PM
 
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I'm glad you brought that up. It really is funny to me that there are people who pride their 'common sense' over everyone else's fancy college degrees.

The funny thing about common sense, is that it was never really intended as a good thing. Back when the term was coined, 'common' referred to all things boorish and backwards. As such, 'common sense' refers to reality dumbed down to a level of simplicity that the layman can grasp.

About the NASCAR thing, I can't do it. I simply can't watch it. It's so, monotonous to me. Especially considering that I'm a person who can't even watch a whole baseball or football game. The only sport dynamic enough for me is basketball. I also watch the Olympic running competitons, but for god's sake, those don't take hours.
Really? There are these things called "marathons", common sense says that.
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:58 PM
 
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here is a great article regarding this issue:

GOP pays for giving up on America's elite | PressDemocrat.com | The Press Democrat | Santa Rosa, CA
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