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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
...Well...Personally, I'd vote the Century Ferret for pres, Knight for secretary of defense, and Deus as vice president. :D
Dunno where to put everyone else. :rotfl: |
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Beetle Eater ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 ![]() |
Why isn't Ghostwalker running?
On a more serious note, I'd vote for whoever wants to kick Saito out of San Fran and back to Japan. |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
Ghostwalker isn't running because the #*#&$ poll thing only had room for ten entries and I forgot to put an 'Other' option. Because I am a dumbass. :dead: Sorry...
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Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,545 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gloomy Boise Idaho Member No.: 2,006 ![]() |
I don't know what hole you have been living in, but Dunk is dead my friend....
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 5,935 ![]() |
Deus as VP sounds like a good way to get whoever's president killed.
Knight as secretary of defense...totally. |
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And they're all fictional characters. So? |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
*sigh* This is a joke thread involving who we'd put on this year's election ballots. It's NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CANON OR SERIOUS. *thwap of senselessness +3* |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 302 Joined: 20-October 03 Member No.: 5,740 ![]() |
Think we could get him to run Republican? |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
LMFAO @ k1tsune. :rotfl:
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
Deus already runs Washingotn DC. Oh wait, that's Cheney. :P
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 24-January 04 Member No.: 6,013 ![]() |
And besides. Dunkie may be dead, but I remember a line Captain Chaos shot off once.
"Vote for Dunklezhan in 2064! The best President is a dead President!" |
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
BTW, long live Damien Knight, puppetmaster extraordinaire.
Deus would still make a fine VP. ;) |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 5,935 ![]() |
I voted for Fastjack because he's knowledgable, direct, and willing to get in there and fix the problem.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 5,935 ![]() |
Which reminds me. What is going on in the 2064 elections? |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 24-January 04 Member No.: 6,013 ![]() |
No idea. But I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that our old friend Braukhaven is planning to make another run for the big seat.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
I shouldn't have put three legendary deckers as nominees...Makes things one-sided.
...Why the hell can't we have legendary riggers, anyway? Hatchetman is close enough to being a legendary sam, but WHY NO RIGGERS?! |
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Great Dragon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 ![]() |
I'm voting for me.
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
Dragons can be elected, but monkeys can't, AH. :P
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Earthdawn-era immortal monkies can.
I voted Deus, but I have to reuse a joke: Vote Darke: for when you're sick of choosing the lesser of two evils. ~J |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 1-July 02 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,921 ![]() |
Rat-Tail is fairly legendary, as is Josie Cruise. For riggers. They need to keep a lower profile for the most part, since they deal in the real world. Deckers can be famous without stepping outside their house. |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Tinkerbell also has a bit of a reputation, IIRC.
~J |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 30-May 03 From: Tulsa, OK Member No.: 4,652 ![]() |
Plus, he'd be about 5 years old, so he'd fit right in in Washington! |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Santa Cruz Member No.: 5,500 ![]() |
DK,as no corp,would beable to bribe him.....
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 917 Joined: 5-September 03 From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Member No.: 5,585 ![]() |
Vote FastJack - then he can sick that litte proggy he scammed from Dunkie's Will on Deus.
"Yeah, you want a little Virus big-boy? Vintage '29, Old School baby!" L; |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 12-August 03 From: Sulphur, Louisiana Member No.: 5,418 ![]() |
Well, if we're going to have a gun toting maniacal Texan for president, I'd rather he wasn't a former cokehead to boot..
My vote will go for Damien Knight. |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Why all the hate for Deus?
Besides, the crash entity would never let it get out. ~J |
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
I hear she's well-known as a Rigger as well. ;) |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Near Norwich, GB Member No.: 1,659 ![]() |
For me it's got to be the Century Ferret - why? well what else has it done recently? It's got to be planning somthing!!
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 26-February 02 From: In the shadows of the SK Arcology Essen, ADL Member No.: 1,934 ![]() |
I voted for Hatchetman.
His speeches will be great. >>>Fellows, that are my plans for the future......*silence, because he got lost in details* :D :rotfl: :grinbig: |
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Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 ![]() |
What!? No horrors?
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 806 ![]() |
You don't vote the party you know, you vote the candidate: Darke. :) |
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What? But why should i vote for Mr.Darke, he's just the vice president? Verjigorm for president! |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Ysrthgrthe for president!
~J |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 ![]() |
Damien Knight!
It's time for the real ruler to step in the limelight. And better than having to pull a politico from your a.... whenever you stop too suddenly! On the other hand, why bother with voting. Re-Unite with the Brits, kick out those lazzy butts in Parliament and get yourself a nice monarchie! Michael |
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Avatar of Mediocrity ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 ![]() |
Deus for pres, Ysrthgrthe for vp. Deus has the vision, and Ysrth has the people skills. Artificer for Secretary of Defense. :)
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Tempter and Giftbringer for Supreme Court Justices!
What do we appoint Chantrel's Horror to, though? ~J |
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Avatar of Mediocrity ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 ![]() |
Health and Human Services, I'd guess. 8) Alternately the Surgeon General.
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
That's actually what I was thinking in terms of...
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Glasgow, UK Member No.: 246 ![]() |
I would assume Artificer has that one sown up. |
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Avatar of Mediocrity ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 ![]() |
...not if he's the secretary of defense. :) Anyway, C's H is always described as whittlin' the critter hanging within it into new and exciting forms, sounds like surgery to me.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 5,935 ![]() |
So why is Capt Chaos beating out everyone so soundly?
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
He cheated by decking the poll!?!? |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 25-January 04 From: somewhere Member No.: 6,015 ![]() |
...more than likely...
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
LoseAsDirected:
With all due respect, you are mistaken. It is former President (thank God, or the deity or higher power of your choice or particular religious denomination) WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON who is, to use your phrase, a "former cokehead" (according to his own brother, Roger Clinton, a reputed former drug dealer who, on at least one occasion, described his elder sibling as having "...a nose like a vacuum cleaner..."), NOT George Walker Bush. Also, while he IS pro-gun, as well as being a native Texan, President Bush is NOT, as far as I know, a gun-toting maniac, to paraphrase what you said earlier. While he, as the Commander-In-Chief of the combined Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard) of the United States, probably has the authority to carry a weapon, to the best of my knowledge, President Bush chooses not to do so. For the record, the last President known to carry a weapon while in office was Theodore Roosevelt, who began carrying a concealed handgun following the assassination of his predecessor in office, William McKinley, in September of 1901. President Bush may not be a Rhodes Scholar, like Clinton is, but I'd rather have a mildly intellectually (or at least socially) challenged HONORABLE man who commits social or linguistic faux pas-es once in a while running the country than an adulterous, womanizing, drug-addicted sociopathic patholigical liar like Clinton. (The man may also be a murderer. Did you ever notice how people who pose a threat to this man have a nasty habit of turning up dead (Ron Brown and Vincent Foster are but two examples), or simply disappear, never to be heard from again? The only reason that he was EVER elected to the Presidency in the first place is because he is, in the words of (then-current, now-former) Nebraska Senator (and, incidentally, fellow Democrat) Bob Kerrey, "...an unusually good liar....". While campaigning in both 1992 and 1996, he made a lot of promises he didn't EVER intend to keep, and people fell for it both times. And let's not forget all of those pardons he issued on the eve of leaving office, or the Puerto Rican terrorists he freed from prison and pardoned in order to help the Missus, Hillary, get elected to the Senate. In spite of this Clinton, along with his supporters, seems to think, because the U.S. Senate couldn't muster enough votes to convict him at the trial following his impeachment (a two-thirds majority is required to dismiss a serving President), that it means that he was (A) not impeached, or (B) acquitted. Impeachment is only the preparatory stage. Clinton WAS impeached. The House voted 258-176-1 (the last was a "Not Voting", which I guess is an abstention, cast by a Republican; and by the way, 31 of those who voted IN FAVOR OF impeachment were some of Clinton's fellow Democrats; 1 Independent voted with the 175 Democrats who voted AGAINST impeachment) to impeach him, and passed two of the four Articles of Impeachment (Article 1, by a vote of 228 (5 of whom were Democrats) to 206 (200 of whom were Democrats, with 1 Independent voting with the Democrats and one "NV" vote, cast by a Democrat)), and Article 3, by a vote of 221 (5 of whom were Democrats) to 212 (12 Republicans, 199 Democrats, and 1 Independent, with 2 "NV" votes being cast by Democrats). It was at the subsequent trial that they failed to muster the necessary number of votes to remove him from office (the vote on Article 1 was 45 "Guilty", 55 "Not Guilty", and on Article 2 (the former Article 3 of the original 4-Article Articles of Impeachment), the vote was an even split--50 "Guilty", 50 "Not Guilty"). There is NO SUCH THING as an acquittal at a Senate trial--either they CONVICT the President of the crimes with which he has been charged, or they DON'T. Just because they couldn't muster enough votes to convict the man doesn't mean that he was innocent--only that he got away with it. You are entitled to your opinion. Just check your facts before stating your case, and be prepared to defend your position. And for the record, I hate what Clinton represents about as much as LoseAsDirected seems to hate President Bush--in my case, I don't hate the man personally; rather, I hate what happened to my country as a result of his being in office. This includes the September 11, 2001 attacks, which occurred at least partially because of Clinton-era degradation of our military and intelligence network. I also am not overly fond of his designated successor, Gore who, among other transgressions, has somehow managed to convince a lot of people that President Bush stole the 2000 Presidential election from *HIM*, when everybody with a grain of common sense knows that it was Gore who tried to steal the election, by interfering with the electoral process in Florida. End of rant. :) My apologies to the other posters here. Some things just get my dander up, and anything involving Messrs. Clinton and Gore is on that list. :) --Foreigner |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
...*tries to read all that while hyper and very ADHD. dies as a result. info overloadwe0tj8w4896yu923776t57r776%#^&#%$#%^#^4r*
***Exit User: Phaeton (e9wy9t347989&8&&*) |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 24-August 02 Member No.: 3,168 ![]() |
Glad to see someone who's willing to do something other than bash George W. all day, the guy isn't doing that bad a job!
However, you have to admire big Bill's cheek! :) |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 654 ![]() |
If you look at nativeness (is that a word?) as being what state you were born in GWB is from Conn.
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
*Barely passes Willpower check to resist flamewar initiation*
*Fails test to prevent telling everyone about it, however* ~J |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 14-April 03 Member No.: 4,450 ![]() |
Hey, at least Clinton won in Kosovo. Not to mention Somalia. 16 dead American's there versus.... **checks michaelmoore.com**... 525 so far in Iraq.
Not to get off topic (Okay, that's a lie), but Clinton might have been dirty, really dirty, but that doesn't make "president" Bush and his handlers any less evil. Merriam-Webster defines evil as.... 1 a : morally reprehensible : SINFUL, WICKED <an evil impulse> b : arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct <a man of evil reputation> Well... a drug using, adulterizing, womanizing, (insert your own verb here)ing, president certainly fits this description, so I guess I can't defend Clinton too well. But, I'd also define deceiving 235 million people in order to start a war that, coincedently, stands to make you, your closest associates, and those who paid to appoint you to office (Not elect. Gore won the popular vote, this isn't an arguable fact. The only arguement is in whether or not the electoral system should override what many people see as, essentially, the heart of the democratic system.), a HELL of a lot of money. Not to mention not attending a single funeral for the 525 soldiers who have died so far, while simultaniously cutting benefits to their widows and families. Oh, and of course our "friend of the common man", wants to get rid of overtime laws too. Yeah, that'll really show those CEO's with their 32 hour work weeks. And, just for the record, Bill Clinton spent more money on the military than ANY president since Lincoln. Under Clinton's term our military became not just the most technologically advanced in the world, but the best trained. Ever wonder why we won in Afghanistan so quickly, while American's are still dying at a rate of 1.6 a day a year after we "won" in Iraq? Because the Bush-Cheny junta didn't have much trouble winning a war with, essentially, Bill Clinton and Wesley Clark's military. And it's not like this is a Republican problem. Hell, for all his problems George Bush 1 won the first Gulf War against a better trained and better equipped Iraqi force in a matter of months, and did a wonderful job doing it. Meanwhile, we're still getting absolutely victimized in Iraq by a bunch of arrogant, power-hungry, terrorists who hate our way of life. Oh, and I hear there's some of those outside of the White House too. |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
Ok. This is a SILLY thread. Not a flamewar battlezone. BACK. TO. TOPIC.
... CENTURY FERRET IN 2004!!!!!!!111oneone |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Century Ferret is cute.
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Great Dragon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 ![]() |
Deus is far cuter.
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
That goes without saying.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
Century Ferret > All.
And...Thank you. :D |
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
We won in Afghanistan? :eek:
Might be a good idea to let those soldiers still fighting and dying over there in on that little tidbit. |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
...*merciless death to the thread*
Bah...I give up...Maybe this thread was a bad idea... |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
It wasn't a bad idea! Look! Deus is only one vote behind right now!
GO DEUS!!! ~J |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
Dr Komuso:
We did NOT win in Somalia. We got our a$$es handed to us by a bunch of street thugs. Our stated objective was to capture Mohammed Farah Aidid, and we FAILED to do so because then-President Clinton didn't authorize the use of enough troops or equipment to get the job done properly. Same problem in Kosovo. We never should have sent troops there, either. It wasn't any of our business. But because then-President Clinton was trying to make points with his friends at the U.N., he sent American troops into a situation they couldn't possibly win. I'm not saying that the war with Iraq was entirely justifiable. However, we went there with at least 2 objectives in mind. The first was the removal of Saddam Hussein's government and the Ba'ath party from power, and the second was the restoration of a normal way of life for the average Iraqi. We have accomplished the first objective, but the second remains elusive. And, if we abandon Iraq now, it will be a very short time before some of Hussein's former cronies (the ones who haven't been captured or killed), or others like them, take over the country. --Foreigner |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
@ Kagetenshi: Ah, true. Just pray he doesn't get ticked off at anything. Is it a good idea to piss off an AI running three nuke reactors? ;)
@ Foreigner: Ah, there...Nice and civilized again. Continue, chummers. |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
No we didn't. The war was justified on the principle of preemptive self-defense, that Iraq was a significant and immediate threat to the safety and security of the United States and/or its citizens. One stated goal, unachieved and increasingly appearing to be unachievable due to the nonexistance of the conditions claimed as a "threat". How is this relevant to the thread? Because storming the Arcology was done with much the same justification, only Deus really did have the drones and reactors. Deus, however, is cool. ~J |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 14-April 03 Member No.: 4,450 ![]() |
Deus is awesome. Still, I vote Darke. After all, the devil you know, and all that.
Plus it'd be a cool Jason Wynn style return to power from apparent death :) Side Note: Freedoms are what make this country great. I'm free to team up with all my bleeding heart liberal buddies and bitch all day about what an evil SOB I think Bush and his cronies are, and those who disagree with us are free to sit around and bitch all day about how we're a bunch of bleeding heart liberals who wouldn't know a decent days work if it bit us in the ass. Agree or not, we all get to say whatever we want, and that's what's important.. America is wonderful :D I think Deus would have loftier goals than simply the presidency of the UCAS. Perhaps the UN (What's left of it), the NAN, or.... gasp.... the Corporate Court. Deus in control of ZO..... resistance is futile. :cyber: F'in A, finally found an excuse to use the cyber smiley. |
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Together we will administrate the world.
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And just try bringing him up on charges of monopoly.
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...Deus vs. Bill Gates...
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Deus would have difficulty at first due to being unable to run on horribly-buggy software. Eventually he'd learn to install some version of Linux and reboot systems before invading, making everything much easier.
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...And I am suddenly reminded of my Agent Smith vs. Deus thread. :dead: Yay! I'm a complete looney at last!
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Dues as president would be an awful idea. Once he's in and running on EVERY GOVERNMENT COMPUTER do you really think there would be any way to have a fair election, or in any way remove him from office?
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Once Deus is president, you no longer need elections.
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There you happy now? i voted. Deus is winning.
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Yay!
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I beg your pardon but ... who's Century Ferret?
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
Dr Komuso:
I agree on one point. You're correct about the freedoms part. I believe that it was Voltaire who said, "I disagree with WHAT you say, but I will DEFEND UNTO DEATH your RIGHT to say it!" [Emphasis mine.] Kagetenshi: With all due respect, just because we haven't found the Weapons of Mass Distruction doesn't mean that they either don't exist now, or never existed in the first place. Don't forget, Saddam and Co. had almost 5 years to hide their stash of forbidden weapons after then-President Clinton didn't do anything more than lodge a complaint with the United Nations following the expulsion from Iraq (in 1998) of all of the U.N. inspectors whose very presence they had agreed to as a condition of the cease-fire which ended the 1991 Gulf War, allegedly (according to the Iraqis, anyway) because they were all C.I.A. agents. Said cease-fire also gave any of the so-called "Coalition" nations involved in the War--not just the United States, but also Great Britain, France, Kuwait, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, among others-- the right to use MILITARY FORCE to ensure Iraqi compliance with the provisions of the cease-fire agreement, in the event that other forms of coercion were unsuccessful. Under the provisions of the 1991 cease-fire, President Clinton had the authority, if not the obligation, to use military force to ensure the safe return of the U.N. inspectors to Iraq, and also to ensure that they were allowed unrestricted access to all suspected weapons sites--yet, as we all know, he chose not to do so, leaving yet another mess for his successor to clean up. --Foreigner |
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The first awakened beasties. Ferrets, yet more than ferrets. |
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The Gulf War demonstrated that the international community was not going to brook aggression by Iraq. Between that and the Clinton-era bombing of anything vaguely approaching infrastructure in Iraq (one of the various things Clinton did that I don't agree with), even if Iraq had N/B/C weapons filling the country hip-deep, they still would not have been a threat to the US. They didn't, and it would have made no sense for them to have had any. Since they could not have used them against their neighbors (Gulf War, as previously mentioned, let them know that their current borders would not be growing) and could not use them within their borders (the aforementioned cease-fire provisions, doing so would alert the world to their presence and be tantamount to suicide). In other words, they had NO USE for these weapons, and their existence could only serve as a liability. That and the inspectors who got kicked out were all but conclusively demonstrated to have been conducting espionage... ~J |
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With Deus in office, you don't even need a constituency. :eek:
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
<SIGH>
Why do I even bother? There is an old saying to the effect of "...there is no arguing with a closed mind...", Kagetenshi, and you, LoseAsDirected, and the good Dr Komuso have just proven it to be accurate. As I seem unable to convince you three to accept my point of view, and it's probably equally unlikely that I'll come around to yours (I'm a registered Republican, and proud of it! :D), I think that the four of us had better just "agree to disagree", as the saying goes, before this discussion degenerates any further and we end up saying something that we might regret later. Besides, as Dr Komuso said, freedom to express one's opinion (I believe that is specifically the one to which the good Dr was referring) is one of the freedoms which make this country great. Okay by you gentlemen and/or ladies? (BTW: Sorry for the all-inclusive phrase, but it's often difficult to tell what the person behind an Internet alias is really like--which, I suppose, is the reason for them in the first place. :)) --Foreigner |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Perfectly acceptable, though I'd just like to mention that my mind isn't so much closed as filled with sufficient volume of information as to make changing my mind on this subject a difficult process involving rather a lot of counterevidence, all of which is best left for some other board (if at all).
Now, let's get back to flaming each other about the politics that really matter: DEUS FOR PRESIDENT!!! ~J |
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Pffft. Damien Knight is Deus' daddy. :P
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Damien Knight and Harlequin fell in love and had two beautiful children, Captain Chaos and Deus.
The Century Ferret performed the baptism. ~J |
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I think it's rather sad that people are so afraid of super-intelligent politicians, especially when they are in very high positions. Not every intelligent person in the world is a sadistic paranoid psycho who just wants to torture everyone. Many of them are far more empathic and caring than the idiots.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
Fine by me. :D
In that case, Kagetenshi, I'd like to nominate Ryan Mercury as a write-in candidate for President, and his good friend Nadja Daviar for Veep. :) Unless, of course, they've already tied the knot, in which case she'll have to settle for being First Lady--although that can be a rather powerful position in itself. :) --Foreigner |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Thanks :D
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 ![]() |
man, three way tie... I'm thinking we might need to have a runoff... One more vote and the computer wins!
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Avatar of Mediocrity ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 ![]() |
Everyone, vote early and often!
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Get involved! Vote! Elect Deus and you won't have to do it again!
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,359 Joined: 25-June 02 From: Vancouver, B.C., Canada (go Canucks!) Member No.: 2,904 ![]() |
I'm sick of corporations running rampant in the Shadowrun setting! Vote for Art Dankwalther! And Slamm-O for VP!
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 ![]() |
Fear not, fellow Dumpshockers, for coming soon is...
...The Shadowrun Presidency: Recounted (No offense meant to you, Foreigner. Just needed to give it a stupid title. :grinbig:)! |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 ![]() |
No problem, Phaeton.
As long as someone doesn't pull an AlGore and try to STEAL THE ELECTION, that is.... ;) --Foreigner |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Nah. The steal-the-election gig was 2000; once they do it successfully, doing it again just makes it get old.
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That's why the Democrats will have to try again in '04...they haven't actually done it successfully yet! |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
No no, the election was stolen quite successfully. Note that I'm not advocating popular vote over electoral college, rather stating an opinion of the results of a thorough recount. That's neither here nor there, however, nor will it be until 2056 and the Technocrats committing electoral fraud.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 2-December 03 Member No.: 5,871 ![]() |
Deus is winning?!?!?!
I knew it your all under his controll!!! your all slaves to DEUS!!! Must run away before I am ......... :D .....VOTE DEUS EVERYBODY... :D edited: Because Deus wanted it that way. |
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Compilation must be completed. Errors must be purged. Code must be pure.
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
Sheesh, what does a corporate CEO need to get elected? Nuke a city again?
"Knight 2064: The Gun-toting American Way of Life!" This ad was paid by the NRA |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Unit D5:82:11::F8:EA:D7:8A (BumsofTacoma) has been disinfected and debugged.
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You do realize that Deus is dead right? :D |
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
Nietzsche was referring to someone else when he said that.
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 ![]() |
Kagetenshi, it's more than probable that the Technocrats didn't rig the election, but that a certain dead wyrm did it. The TEchies were way ahead of every poll, but Dunkie needed them O-U-T.
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Manus Celer Dei ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,012 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 ![]() |
You've got an extremely good point, and that's entirely possible. I'd say it's a given except for the example of Nixon showing that politicians can indeed be paranoid enough to cheat while they're ahead.
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