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Title: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 7th, 2006, 9:36pm A man is dead in a desert with a rock lying beside him. There are no footprints leading to or away from him, nor have any been covered over. How did he die? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Noke Lieu on Dec 7th, 2006, 11:21pm presumably a broken neck, or internal complications. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Laudie on Dec 7th, 2006, 11:59pm He fell off of a cliff and a rock broke his fall. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by towr on Dec 8th, 2006, 1:07am Not by land and not by sea, so he must have come by air.. If there was also a trail of clothes leading up to him, it'd be a very wellknown riddle.. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Grimbal on Dec 8th, 2006, 5:18am Deserts can be quite rocky. You can go and leave without leaving footprints. There can be tracks of a bicycle arriving there and tracks of a heavy tank running over the guy and his bicycle. There can be a high rope running over the spot. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 8th, 2006, 7:34am Diabetes. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 8th, 2006, 2:27pm No to all. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by unsoundlogic on Dec 8th, 2006, 4:02pm He fell off a plane, and landed on a rock. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 9th, 2006, 1:38am He got too stoned. What a terrible joke. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 9th, 2006, 3:53pm "Fetche la vache!" ...mooooo Catapult, of course... |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 10th, 2006, 9:50pm lol, all wrong. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Grimbal on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:52am An archæological discovery? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:59am Rock Hudson?? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 9:05am Neither. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 9:21am on 12/07/06 at 21:36:00, flamingdragon wrote:
This really does not have to be important because of the wind. Is it important? ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 9:25am Yes, it is important. Assume that there is no wind. ;) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 9:34am He is at the beginning of the desert, not in the middle of the desert. ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 9:44am He is in the middle. BTW about the wind u don't have to pretend it doesn't exist as in the original riddle I posted it says none have been covered over. ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:45am Wind doesn't actually sweep footprints away, it just covers them with sand. Let's see...he got there by some mode of transportation (airplane, helicopter, etc) I'm guessing? Or it could've been a car, as that leads tracks, not footprints. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:47am He did not get there by any of those modes of transportation. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:48am Was it that darn time machine? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:49am lol, no, it was not that rediculous time machine. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:53am So no form of transportation.... Wasn't a [hide]mummy[/hide], was he? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 12:10pm Mummywasee was not a mummy. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 12:29pm on 12/11/06 at 11:48:41, cchris wrote:
on 12/11/06 at 11:49:58, flamingdragon wrote:
What does that mean?? ??? If someone mentions time machine once more I will leave and never come back. I am not kidding. Now where did I put my Icecalibur.. it has to be here somewhere.. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 1:07pm lol ...............time machine |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Icecalibur on Dec 11th, 2006, 1:11pm on 12/11/06 at 12:29:46, Iceman wrote:
Must be embarrassing, then, to have your own time machine -- er, I mean sword -- call your bluff... ;) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 1:14pm Iceman can't figure out the riddle b/c it is based in a desert instead of a snowy mountain. ;) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:07pm Guys I think we are missing two big clues. 1. The rock. Why would a rock be near him? Did he get banged on the head or something? 2. The no footprints. He had no transportation. He probably fell from the sky. Maybe someone hit him with the rock or maybe hmm.. Is this guy even normal? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:08pm You've heard this one b4 havent u. He is not a normal guy. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:11pm Hes an alien? i dont know. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:14pm It depends on how u define alien. He is not from earth if thats what u mean. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:17pm Does the area of the desert matter at all? Like is it in a certain desert or w/e? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:19pm Depends. :-/ |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:21pm He is an Englishman in New York desert. Big Apple may have rich blokes, but money sinks claws into you. 8) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:23pm No, nice try. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:36pm Did he have bruises or anything with the rock. Was the rock jabbed in him? Was it just near him? Or did the rock not matter at all? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Iceman on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:45pm Do you have another river riddle? I seem to be struggling with this one. :-[ |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:52pm lol, no more river riddles. The rock was just lying on the ground next to him. And yes, it is important. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Noke Lieu on Dec 11th, 2006, 2:53pm You know what, I don't see any evidence that contradicts the original answers that towr and grimbal (although LOVED the archaelogy answer) were getting at. In fact, rereading the thread, I reckon that it is the expected answer, but we've been sneaking in under FD's radar.... It's not the fall that kills you.... |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:04pm OH I GOT IT. But I wont post it. Think not of a human but a special type.. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:17pm Since it hasn't been explicitly stated yet that I am aware of, he wasn't riding a hot air balloon was he? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:22pm Umm.........No |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:49pm Is the rock glowing green? :o |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by TheNumberScott on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:51pm on 12/11/06 at 15:49:36, raven wrote:
Is it just me, or is that a super solution? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:53pm --or better yet-- The desert has years since been filled with water--a basin or inland sea--and the man is tied to the rock by his foot! ;D Poor fellow was an illegal alien and got on the wrong side of the mob boss... :'( |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 11th, 2006, 3:54pm on 12/11/06 at 15:51:49, TheNumberScott wrote:
It would be if I didn't like my second answer as being more interesting. ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by koonie32 on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:02pm Yup you guys are right about the green rock. Good job :0. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:05pm koonie32 are you sure? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:07pm Well the rock wasn't glowing green, it just was green. :P |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:06pm So an [hide]ape[/hide] or [hide]neanderthal[/hide]? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Sir Col on Dec 12th, 2006, 12:29am on 12/11/06 at 23:06:01, cchris wrote:
I was thinking the same... did George Bush seat himself, king Canute style, at the edge of a desert region one day earlier to demonstrate to the rest of the world that America's carbon emissions are having absolutely no impact on global warming or the expansion of desert areas? And is the rock a subtle metaphor for his former right hand man, Donald Rumsfeld? (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/midterms2006/story/0,,1942974,00.html). |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by grungy on Dec 12th, 2006, 1:02am I know.. hang on a sec, I'll post soon, but Clark is calling me... |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by grungy on Dec 12th, 2006, 1:03am I'm back! That was quick. Time to turn up my 'Three Doors Down' song... 'If I crazy then will you be there and holding my hand, na na na na na na na na na na na na na!' OK, that was a huge hint... sorry if I gave it away too much, Dragon. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 12th, 2006, 3:41pm You gave away the answer. ::) But I don't care, most people had it anyways. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 13th, 2006, 5:30am Or perhaps it was one of The Munsters. And so Senator John 'Herman' Kerry used a rock to hit himself in the head so he could get rid of his alter ego, the source of his lies and reversing of words. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 13th, 2006, 7:02am Hmm, I guess that would work. ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 13th, 2006, 4:18pm on 12/13/06 at 05:30:58, cchris wrote:
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 13th, 2006, 4:23pm The polls must have been rigged. ::) Or America is far stupider than I thought. :-/ |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 13th, 2006, 7:24pm on 12/13/06 at 16:23:33, flamingdragon wrote:
on 12/12/06 at 00:29:10, Sir Col wrote:
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 13th, 2006, 7:47pm on 12/13/06 at 19:24:38, raven wrote:
LOL, u can't answer the second one as u have no idea how stupid I think Americans are. ;) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 13th, 2006, 8:23pm Doesn't matter. I'm sure we're worse. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 13th, 2006, 8:25pm on 12/13/06 at 20:23:29, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 13th, 2006, 8:30pm Americans. :-/ |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 13th, 2006, 8:38pm LOL edit: oops, I misunderstood your other original post :-/ that's smart! |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 14th, 2006, 12:26am Well I'm quite glad you think Americans are stupid, as I tend to not generalize and stereotype groups of people. But if I should really mention that England could use some dentists, and the women in France should try shaving underneath their arms... -edit- Ironically, look at the URL for this site. Berkeley, that's a university where the dumb Americans go to school... |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by raven on Dec 14th, 2006, 8:28am on 12/13/06 at 16:23:33, flamingdragon wrote:
Which brings me to my theory that "Humans' level of discernment and lucid thought, when self-identifying with the masses [nationalism], is reduced to the lowest common denominator. And, it doesn't really matter which nationality they are--observe any country at some point in history to substantiate this claim. Furthermore; America was, semi-recently, first exposed to a type of fear already known to most other nations, and fear is often used as a tool to engender mob mentality, by the politically conservative, to control the masses." Observe the mainstream media, e.g. American newspapers use a standard 6th grade vocabulary, (and) which is largely syndicated by conservative interests. So Americans are stupid, as a frightened unified entity, but not necessarily as individuals. As individuals, they fall on the curve--across the spectrum--of intelligence and humanitarian interests, just like any other person of any other nationality. --oh yeah, and-- Rats, when under scientific observation, develop cancer. ;-) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 15th, 2006, 3:42pm Again, we can generalize. Automotive-wise, take for example the tweel. It's a wheel/tire combination that uses deforming spokes to absorb impact, but remains rigid. This would virtually eliminate needing to replace tires frequently, and if you just watch the videos online, you can get a look at how it handles on a car. It's being made by Michelin, a French-owned company. But take a walk down to the mechanical engineering building here, and you can see one being developed by M.E. students here. Well, being tested/improved. To add to that, Americans, as a whole, are fat. As well as Mexicans as a whole being short. Asians being skinny, etc. Aside from physical characteristics, I'm sure you could find countries with a "dumber" population than America. As it's a matter of personal opinion, really, may I ask who really was smarter in the Revolutionary War? Americans weren't the ones wearing bright red coats, standing in straight lines shoulder to shoulder, and shooting and reloading with no cover. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 15th, 2006, 3:52pm They did at first, and they only changed most likely because of just one smart American. I'm not saying Americans are dumb, I'm saying most people in America are dumb. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Icarus on Dec 15th, 2006, 4:38pm And I say that when you start judging other people as "dumb", you are in dire risk of joining them. Why is that everyone assumes that their side is based on clear-headed individual thinking, while the other side is obviously ignorant group-think? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 15th, 2006, 5:02pm I can't speak for everyone else but I'm American myself. I assume that my side, America, is not capable of clear-headed individual thinking on the whole. We have spent the last few years in a terribly ignorant group-think mentality. To be honest, I do believe Americans are dumb. Sure there are people like you, Icarus, who are obviously not in any way unintelligent. but on the whole I agree that Americans have one of the least intelligent views of the world. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Icarus on Dec 15th, 2006, 5:15pm When I said your side, I was not refering to your country, but rather, those whose share your political views, and this comment on 12/15/06 at 17:02:50, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
clearly shows that you fall into the point I was making. You consider your own positions to be reasoned (I'm sure you do, as I've never met anyone who didn't), but view those who take other positions to be guilty of group-think. I assure you, those whom you consider to be guilty of this are looking at you and thinking exactly the same thing! |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 15th, 2006, 9:41pm Prove it! :P And if Americans are not dumb, then how could ol' dubya have been elected twice? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 15th, 2006, 10:39pm Again, your opinion. Fact is, my SAT score was not as high as Bush, does that make me really dumb? To be honest with you, judging solely on the way I talk, the tone I use when speaking/writing, and where I live, you'd probably put me on the scale of something non-human, consider me to me "completely stupid." I live in the south, and if you notice everyone with a southern accent is portrayed as "dumb". Of course, this comes from the fact that the states that are shown as the opposite are also some of the healthiest/cleanest states - Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, etc. Primarily white elite states. When there's no minorities and you have plenty of money to go around, you can sit around and look down on everyone else. None of what I'm writing really makes sense, see I've been up for 4 days studying for finals, since I'm not one of those people that doesn't have to study. I'm not really the smartest person, but I work my a** off to keep up. And personally, I don't care if you consider me stupid. The best people I've met in this world aren't the ones who put themselves on a mountain to be worshipped for their IQ level. They're the ones who care more about others than trying to show everyone how smart they are. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 15th, 2006, 11:25pm Wow, touchy. Who would think ur not smart? I certainly didn't. And u can care about others AND show how smart u are. ::) And if every one knew all the facts, Bush is a bad president. It is not just an opinion, he started an unneccesary war, he probly didn't do it for the oil, but nevertheless the war could have been avoided, theres no way around that as explained by this pic: http://indymedia.all2all.org/uploads/nowar27b.jpg Or this one: http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/bush_war.jpg Or he's just plain thinking this: http://www.adamnieman.co.uk/posters/unclebush.jpg I got plenty more where that came from. ;) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 16th, 2006, 12:56am I like the last one, about oil profits. So what percentage of the oil imported into the US comes from Iraq? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 16th, 2006, 9:21am Yep, u focused on the least important one. ::) |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Icarus on Dec 16th, 2006, 10:17am on 12/15/06 at 23:25:03, flamingdragon wrote:
That the war was unnecessary is your opinion. That starting an unnecessary war makes Bush a bad president is also your opinion. That Bush cost more lives than Bin Laden is also only your opinion. (I'm sure you are disagreeing with this because these are "real numbers", but think about it - maybe you can figure out why this is still an opinion. Quite frankly, it's not even a well-informed opinion.) I don't say this in defense of Bush in any way, but rather because you are mistaking opinions for fact (and slogans for reasoning). And now here is my opinion: The war in Iraq was a serious mistake on our part, but the war in Afghanistan was entered into because Afghanistan committed acts of war against the USA, not the other way around. Afghanistan chose to harbor and support Bin Laden during and after his attacks. This is a clear act of war. Blaming the US for its outcome is simply ridiculous. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Grimbal on Dec 16th, 2006, 10:22am Isn't W also the presumed leader? |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 16th, 2006, 10:30am on 12/16/06 at 10:17:22, Icarus wrote:
I knew you were going to make that argument, which is why I prepared this counter-response: Thats just your opinion. :P |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 16th, 2006, 10:48am This has really taken off since the last time I checked in. Let me just say I actually feel quite indifferent about who is leading our country (although I did think Clinton was a cool guy). Bush did make some mistakes, but he was helped along in those mistakes by the rest of the U.S. government. None of us can say that a different president would have done any better or worse. The problem I have with our system is the way in which our governments actions are communicated to the common people. The talk shows and stilted news reports are the reason I call Americans stupid. To name names, I despise people like Rush Limbaugh who, in my own opinion, have no soul and nothing between the ears. According to Wikipedia 13.5 million people listen to this guy. I sincerely hope those numbers are inflated. Two cents deposited, do with them as you will. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 16th, 2006, 10:57am I think I'll steal the 2 cents and put them in my pocket. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by cchris on Dec 17th, 2006, 7:54pm Icarus summed it up. There's a huge difference between fact and opinion. Let's take two statements... George W. Bush is the President of the United States. George W. Bush is the worst President of the United States. Fact: Bush IS the president, this is undisputed. If you say "he didn't win", you'd be saying that Al Gore or John Kerry won. But as neither has been regarded as "President" or has been recorded in any history book as the president, they are not. Opinion: Bush may be the worst president, but as there has been no study done to compare how moral or immoral any president has been, it can't be said. Some former presidents owned slaves, does that make them worse? Maybe not in your opinion, but since there is no accredited "scale of morality", it remains just what I've said - your opinion. |
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Title: Re: A man is dead in a desert... Post by flamingdragon on Dec 17th, 2006, 9:38pm I did not say he is the worst president (Although it is likely), I merely stated he is a bad president. |
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