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Voting for a US President in 2008: - Adam Barger

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:14:42 -0600

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8 HOURS A DAY - A Rant on My Weakness and Failure - Kego

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:03:27 -0500

You always seem to miss a lot of points - but then again so do I - it always takes a third party to point them out.

Your friend seems to only think of relationships as sex. If that's the case, then he should never be in one - he is correct. There is so much more to relationships than YOU. YOU feeling whole. YOU being secure. YOU getting laid.

Relationships are about sharing. Friendships, children, family, community, and caring. Its about putting others before yourself. Its about being responsible. Its about being there when others need help, and its about others being there for you when you need help.

I do realize that having kids and families doesn't mean for sure these things will happen - some people should never have kids. But for the most part, it's true. Its realizing the importance of giving instead of taking.

Your friend is very selfish. Being selfish is easy... all you have to do is look out for #1.

Abandoning the 20 definitive steps - Kego

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:29:58 -0500

Thank God ;).

Saliva, the new Drug? - Kego

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:11:14 -0500

Yeah! What you said! Bastards!

The Mindless Generation - Dale J.

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:27:32 -0500

Kego, I have to go with M.G. here. I'm a programmer too. You'd be very surprised to find how B. Russell's logic structures still surpass anything found in code today. All code is built upon the foundation he laid. On a number of occasions, I've taken quantum leaps in my programming by going back to the past. The point is that the old days and books still have the knowledge upon which all the modern technology is built. I challenge you to read Principia Mathematica without changing your current opinion.

The Mindless Generation - Kego

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:21:25 -0500

No, I have never have heard of Bertrand Russell, but I don't think that has anything to do with how well I program.

Times change - and so does our culture. In the old days, books were the way to go - keeping in touch with our past was a way to educate yourself about your future. In today's society, we are overloaded with information from the web, TV, radio, etc. There is sooo much information about whats going on NOW that reviewing information about our past seems to take a back seat.

The Suffering US Economy - Kego

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:26 -0600

I never understood how people can justify living beyond their means and having huge credit card debt. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if ONE thing goes wrong - like giant hospital bill, or you get sued, etc., your whole way of life will crumble.

I think most Americans live Paycheck-To-Paycheck. They all run into that ONE thing eventually and spiral into poverty.

Proof of God, or the Question of It - Kego

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:34:53 -0600

Indeed Cheezeburger, you are correct. Think of all the other universes, star systems, and galaxies that we know exist – and then think of the infinity of those we don’t know about. To say that a ‘God’ chose our tiny little planet, in our little solar system, in our little galaxy, to focus on and have is children on seems so – incredibly naive. Kind of sounds like the way people used to think the sun revolved around the earth…

The Sinner - Kego

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:22:36 -0600

I think most people are sheep - they have to have something or someone to tell them what to do. It's easier that way. If someone can tell you whats right or wrong, then you don't have to figure it out for yourself.

The Talisman - The Radies Man

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:16:28 -0600

Perhaps I misread the above passage, but i always believed that the power of the mind is the only factor that matters. A champion does not need a sword to be devastatingly effective. A branch or a twig will do.

A true talent does not need physical object to express his thoughts. When there was no keyboard, no pen, no pencil, and no paint, what was left for one to pass the wisdom down the ages? Look at how the Upanishads was born.

Are you, my friend, so weak as to seek shelter in the physical?

Rise up, man, to rage against the hobgoblin that's clouding your mind. Everything physical is just a tool for your mind to accomplish its noble mission.

True talent endures, even after death.

Proof of God, or the Question of It - Ida

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:03:47 -0600

Cheezeburger -- Your post makes tremendous sense. Nothing superstitious about it, just cold, hard facts. Nice to see someone post something intelligent about religion/god for a change.

Proof of God, or the Question of It - Cheezeburger

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:15:58 -0600

Unless you need God to justify your own existence, then it's all just pointless.

From a physics point of view it's simple. Any object that is in motion, must have been set into motion. Our universe is in motion so there must be a prime mover. That prime mover created everything in our universe, including time, therefore it exists outside of our space and time. So this prime mover does not see our universe as a sequence of events, it's omnipotent, and sees everything at once.

To think that this prime mover, or God, looks like us, thinks like us, or even cares about us is ridiculous to me. It created everything in our universe, including emotions, which are just a side effect of our consciousness.

Proof of God, or the Question of It - Kego

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:05:46 -0600

The quandary with faith vs. logic is that faith is blind, while logic must be seen. Faith says you must disprove it, while logic says you must prove it. By default, Faith is the easy way out, no work involved, just blindly believe what you are told, unless unequivocally proven otherwise. With logic, it must be unequivocally proven first before it is accepted.

There are plenty of things that we determine to be truths by logic – the grass is green, the sky is blue, the earth rotates around the sun, etc. Here logic is accepted by almost everyone worldwide. But when it comes to religion, logic is amazingly thrown out the window – replaced with ‘blind faith’. As we advance more in technology and science world wide, logic starts to bleed into the boundaries of faith. And while faith does require its followers to be blind, the inevitability of logic will eventually supersede over the masses – something that a single religion will never be able to do.

It is only a matter of time before science disproves most of what faith requires us to blindly believe. There are always those that will fight it kicking and screaming till the end, but I will be inevitable. I always laugh at how religious organization play ‘catch up’ trying explain why scientific evidence starts to points to the contrary of what their holy books say. How now, for instance, Christian institutions depict Adam and Eve in the Holy Garden with a Tyrannosaurs Rex behind them (I thought it was a lion and a lamb?).

Ignorance is the companion to blind faith, and as we as a people world wide become less ignorant and more educated, religion will falter more and more. This is why, in my humble opinion, extremist religious organizations resort to terror and killing – to cripple order and civility and replace it with chaos and fear is to keep the people ignorant. This is the only way to keep religion alive.

Training the School Shooter - Kego

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:09:33 -0600

It's called 'the grind' - and it's a rare trick now days to be able to pull yourself out of it. This can simply be done by re-prioritizing your life. Instead of focusing on a big house, nice car, or other things that might be out your reach, you should live by your means, stay out of dept, and focus on those things that really are the most important to you - friends, family, children, etc.

I don't know if this is what really contributes to peeps going on shooting rampages though. It probably does contribute to neglect of children to a certain degree - but I think there is much more to it than this.

The Most Effective Diet - Cheezeburger

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:56:58 -0600

Yeah, I'm overweight, and I know exactly why. I love to eat, and I hate to exercise, it's that simple. When I get on the treadmill, and stop eating junk food, it goes away.

However, my problem is that my life is so busy, a couple bad days get me out of the good habits and back into the bad ones. I can run everyday for three weeks, then one day it's over. I know it's not a good excuse, I just need to find a way to stay on track.

But yeah, when you see a woman, and the fat on her arms folds over her elbows, and she's piling 10 strips of bacon on her plate, you've got to know something is wrong.

The Most Effective Diet - Kego

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:19:03 -0600

I couldn't agree more - America is a society of 'blame everyone/everything else but me for my problems'. Hey, I put on 30 pounds this last year. It's not because of my family genes, or that my mother didn't love me as a child or that because McDonalds makes me eat crappy food. It’s because I chose to eat like shit and didn’t exercise. Period.

I went on a diet and lost 20lb – still got 10 more to go. I plan on getting back into my workout routine in a few weeks.

It's nobody’s fault but my own that I got fat! It was me that got me into this mess – and its me that’s getting me out!

Voting for a US President in 2008: - Ben

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:38:40 -0600

I've been supporting Obama from the beginning for one simple reason, he inspires people. We don't need a boss, we need a leader. Someone that gets us off our ass to do things for ourselves.

Not only that be he stands against the same old Washington politics that is ruining our country. Hillary would probably make things a little better, but she's not going to get anything done when she's already waist deep in the game.

I know there's a possibility that Obama will get in there and change is tune, it's certainly possible. But for once it's nice to have a little hope that things will change.

Regardless of the outcome, this race has really opened my eyes to how bad things really are in this country.

Voting for a US President in 2008: - Kego

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:03:14 -0600

It's not that naive at all really... America has been compared to the Roman Empire many times - there are lots of similarities. And I do agree… electing Hillary is picking from the ‘good old boy’ network. Obama looks to be a more viable candidate to me…

Voting for a US President in 2008: - Dale J.

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:36:43 -0600

Who are you? This is the most naive political comment I've ever heard. Hillary will give us free health care and end the war in Iraq.