"Minds Eye" Google Group

Re: We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-22T04:24:43Z

My guess is that its good consumers like Don that help keep our
military-industrial complex going. Otherwise, he couldn't keep his gas
guzzler topped off!
Those in Europe who don't drive SUVs have no excuse for listening to
the neo-cons...including 'W'...and wasting so much money and so many
lives. A few days in Iraq would pay for those who need health care.

Favorite Political Quotes

2010-03-22T03:23:55Z

Let it all hang out. Marx and Stalin and Mao quotes welcome. Paine
and Jefferson quotes appreciated.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot
survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves

Re: what do you believe is true?

2010-03-22T02:13:25Z

I always post at the end Fidd, not confusing you with SD. I don't
think the falsification notions are well understood outside science
practice, or the role they play in getting us to models we believe are
valid in representing the reality we are trying to understand and
change. We are, at some point, trying to prove something is right or

Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: what do you believe is true?

2010-03-21T23:22:03Z

Every Age presents atleast one that knows and shares the truth of all
matters. The problem is that civilization tends to rule out their
message by such techniques as deductions and observations that are
themselves flawed.
I have read posts here on ME that accused one of having poor language
skills and trying to share some knowledge and wisdom that he must have

Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T22:48:33Z

What's the difference between heaven & hell?
heaven-
the chefs are all French
the cops are all British
the mechanics are all German
hell-
the chefs are all British
the mechanics are all French
the cops are all German
Just havin' a little stereo-typical fun. Plus I found something the
Brits are good at. They make fine coppers. Eh wot?

Re: [Mind's Eye] We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:50:53Z

I had to crow at that last sentence. I do indeed have cup holders for
the back seat passengers and my car(2006 Nissan Maxima) does indeed
have difficulty making sharp turns. I call it The Battleship.
Awesome road trip car, however. For such a large sedan it gets
surprisingly good gas mileage.
I agree with the part about seeing through the beer. I hated the

Re: We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:35:58Z

* laughing * Don, only in England do they drink their beer warm
(although Guinness shouldn't be drunk too cold, either). The rest of
Europe has it cold ... but generally a bit stronger than you US
Americans seem to be able to stomach. We shower regularly and use deo,
too (oh yes, and most of the women shave their armpits as well ;-)).

Re: [Mind's Eye] We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:21:47Z

Ale is beer for REAL men, none of this piss-weak pseudo-beer that you serve
in the states! If you can see light through it, it's a girl's drink. Fact.
Unless it's something Belgian and 12% proof, but that stuff should probably
be illegal anyway.
I do have a car. I'd guess it's a lot like your car, except it has less cup

Re: [Mind's Eye] We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:14:31Z

Yeah, cheers right back at ya. Think of my misery while tossing back
that swill ya'll call ale this evening down at the pub. Which you had
to walk to 'cause ya ain't got no car. In the rain. And cold. ;-)
Did I mention how gorgeous it is in sunny Houston today?
dj

Re: [Mind's Eye] We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:04:22Z

I wish we were all socialists now. This oligarchical endorsement of a
corporate owned state is a far cry from a well run socialist program.

Re: [Mind's Eye] We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T21:01:00Z

Any time a right wing loon gets this upset, something wonderful must have
happened. Even if the bill isn't what Obama hoped for, your reaction...
priceless.
Ian

We Are All Socialists Now.

2010-03-21T20:28:51Z

Greetings comrades! Another great leap towards loss of personal and
financial freedom. We're going so Euro pretty soon I'm going to stop
taking a shower every day and give up on deodorant. Maybe try some
warm beer as well just for solidarity.
Seriously, I'm a bit sad today. One bright spot was seeing my brother

Re: what do you believe is true?

2010-03-21T06:33:31Z

...uuumm...I'm not slip archy...
but yes, I agree. Fifty creationists do not equal two biologists. A
creationist spends their life lying and denying reality. Any scientist
worth the name spends their life attempting to falsify their own
ideas.

Re: what do you believe is true?

2010-03-21T05:11:40Z

[link]
Evaluation of the social does get some attention Slip. 'Fair play' is
the target in the link above, eventually suggesting some link with
world religions as a possibly progressive force in bringing it about,
which might not withstand our 'peer review'. Of course, a bunch of

Re: what do you believe is true?

2010-03-21T02:21:11Z

I have no idea how i missed this thread, but WTF? NOTHING is true if
you can't prove it. A truly great mind finds a truth and then spends
the rest of their life proving it. It doesn't matter what diderot
called it, he was a theist of the worst sort. He believed that any
action we take to avoid death or injury was in conflict with his