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Here's some test at Google search
Enter the word 'failue' with or without quotes
Click "I'm Feeling Lucky" button
Guess what? It associates failure with the US president!!!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
Nice one Google!!!
by jardinier
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I'll make a challenge to you. You list all of the "top heavy gung-ho pro Bush Republicans" of whom you speak, and I'll make a list list of just the opposite.
I'd bet you a cold beverage that my list would be longer than yours.
by jessie
by nzbn
by jardinier
Most of the formerly pro-Bush Republicans withdrew from these miscellaneous threads around the middle of 2004 when even Blind Freddy could not deny that the invasion of Iraq was not going as smoothly as anticipated.
Of the small number of Republicans who continued to post, many expressed horror when Bush was re-elected.
So yes, quite possibly you are correct. Quite likely there is now a higher proportion of moderate or left-wing Americans who are continuing to post.
by absolutely
If "This website tends to be top heavy with gung-ho pro Bush Republicans," it's equally bottom heavy with bunghole pro bush-cultivating mystics.
If you were competent to form a rational argument to support your premises you would have done so. Instead, you support your claims only by characterizing the [b]personalities[/b] of people who disagree with you. Until you defend your [b]premises[/b], rational people don't consider them.
He's just p:ssed that nobody on either side of the Atlantic could be bothered to comment on his latest subject matter.
Except for one fan ot Ol' Ron, that is.
by jardinier
Well of course you are referring to me.
Can you explain how one person could make the website "bottom heavy?"
I invite you to defend your post with rational arguments.
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That's not what I said. I was talking about the people who post messages in these threads.
But you knew that, didn't you? And you decided to be cute, twist words, and say something stupid.
And Julian, you wonder why "disingenuous" is one of my favorite ways to describe people around here.
by jardinier
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But I just seem to have less and less patience for people trying to be "cute", twisting words, all for the sake of making some off-the-wall point. And it really violates, what I consider to be, the first and most important rule of successful communication. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. (Thank you Stephen Covey.) But I would probably do better to just ignore it. Besides, trying to change it is probably like pi$$ing into the wind.
by absolutely
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I guess that includes me.
In a different thread, one in which I "name-called", I said that there are times when I would prefer not to play "nice-nice". To much "nice-nice" makes me want to puke. And the people who always play "nice-nice" come across to me as aloof and arrogant snobs. Not to say that you are one, but there's a time and place for everything, and "name-calling", in my opinion, is no exception. Moreover, in some cases, it helps make a point in as few words as possible
Do you disagree?
by jardinier
You know what your intellectual capacity is just as I know what mine is. I seem to recall that you once said we would have a lot to talk about if ever we were to meet face to face.
I am not in the least bit concerned about what Absolutely thinks of my intellect. It has served me well enough for 64 years and hopefully will for many years to come.
by jardinier
But as they mostly differ from your own, you frequently take the easy option of insulting me instead of debunking my opinions with logical argument.
This very post is a prime example. As you obviously cannot argue by reason that a single person can make the website "bottom heavy," once again you insult me.
Wow ! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black !
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He and I share libertarian values to a large degree, and oftentimes we find ourselves allies in such discussions. And I must admit, he's a great guy to have on my side. He's smart, he's well-read, he's articulate, and he has a great way of presenting an argument. There are some issues, however, when I think he has his head planted in such a way that he could actually see the insides of his own eyeballs.
In another discussion, I compared him to Pat Robertson, but just the opposite.
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=183299&messageID=1882858
On balance, however I absolutely like discussing things with Absolutely. And I think he's probably a pretty good guy.
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.... where they are comfortable enough with themselves that they don't really care what others may or may not think about them (or at least we hope everyone does). And the sooner they reach that age, the better, don't you think?
by jaqui
this isn't news, it's been posted here before.
yahoo, same result.
msn you have to get to second page of results, but they do the same.
bush is a failure, so why would it be suprising?
by jardinier
Except for a certain proportion of today's younger generation who seem to have been born with awareness, it has been my observation that maturity is not likely to be reached until after the age of 40.
I have been at peace with myself and my ideas and opinions (which of course are subject to change according to new experiences or data) for well over a decade.
In real life (as distinct from the cyber life of TR) I am very easy to get on with, cheerful, witty and almost NEVER get into an argument.
I live in one of Australia's right-wing strongholds, but never find myself in an argument about politics.
Until a couple of years ago -- when the Internet took control of my life -- I used to regularly attend some church or other and never got into arguments about religion.
So I guess there is some mysterious quality in TR miscellaneous discussions which brings out the worst in me.
And now I will tell you another way that TR discussions have affected me.
Before I joined TR I had NO IDEA that as a foreigner I was required to dislike America and Americans.
I had always thought of America as the birthplace of jazz; the source of the best musicals ever made; the only country (apart from Australia which produced the first ever feature length movie) which continually churned out movies and certain TV series that didn't put me to sleep.
I also thought of America as the ally in WW II without which the Brits would all be speaking German and Australians would all be speaking Japanese.
I have never personally met an example of the so-called "ugly American." The Americans I have met have been polite, enthusiastic and altogether likeable.
The Mormons who occasionally knock on my door are always impeccably dressed and courteous.
So I guess that if I had never joined TR I would still be thinking of only the positive contributions of America and Americans.
by chinmoy1955
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....if I said (with slight differences, of course) the exact same thing you did, except concerning Australia and Australians? (As well as Canada and Canadians, I suppose.)
Looking at your comments and mine in a similar light, what does it mean?
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