Re: This group is full of morons



In article <9541293c-6d7d-46d7-939c-9790fb4e8063@m34g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Bill C <[email protected]> wrote:

> I agree with you on aolmost all of it, but I do think Spitzer was a
> perfectly justified target for his past behavior. he was one of those
> folks, proudly, ruining everyone else's life for the same **** he was
> doing secretly.

The cases that got him in the public eye were, for the most part, about corporate
scams and such. Not much in the way of prostitution.

> The double standard needs to go too. It's BS. As
> another example a perfectly good human being gets fired from Hillary's
> campaign for saying that some Americans might have a problem with
> Obama's drug use, and that's become a totally taboo issue while those
> same people are still saying and writing that bush is an alcoholic
> cokehead.

It was the way Shaheen brought it up that was dumb, namely saying that it
suggested that he may have dealt drugs. ANyway, Obama wrote about his early drug use
in his own book, while GWB has consistently denied coke use, in spite of some fairly
convincing evidence to the contrary.

> Shaheen was right, it will become an issue, and hypocrites come in
> all stripes. My question on the Spitzer thing is how much taxpayer
> money went to fund his little party?

Likely none. He's pretty wealthy already and the money that got him in trouble was
all coming out of his own accounts.

> This paralells the televangelist scum out there quite nicely.
> Seems pretty common that those crusading the loudest are the dirtiest
> in the end.

Not all that sure I agree with that. It is probably fairly common but far from the
majority.

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In article
<a8d7fe14-be34-4fd4-963a-2f2aca7e36bc@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
"Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mar 14, 9:56 am, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In article
> > <8b4e6457-a8ae-491f-ab61-789289ace...@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Mar 13, 9:06 pm, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > In article
> > > > <rcousine-8BCCD2.21032212032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,
> > > > Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > For that matter, I think NASCAR has a similar problem: extremely long,
> > > > > largely indecisive races that essentially come down to which of the
> > > > > drivers in the front 10 manages to be the cleverest during the final lap.
> >
> > > > I watched NASCAR races for many months not too long ago.
> > > > It was good enough, but they ruined it for me with the
> > > > yellow flags for hallucinations, and the Daytona gift
> > > > to Dale Earnhardt II the year after his dad died.
> > > > Too many decided outcomes.
> >
> > > Sounds like my NASCAR- Professional Wrestling comparison was more
> > > accurate than I realized. I was only referring to the buffoonery.
> >
> > So you criticized with very limited knowledge.
> > Suppose the entertainment value far outstripped
> > your limited understanding and criticisms?
> > It could happen.
>
> "you criticized with very limited knowledge." Fair enough. But it
> sounds like I need to point out to you that it was a relative
> comparison, NASCAR vs cycling, not strictly a criticism. It doesn't
> take a lot of knowledge to know that the TOC riders raced in the rain,
> while the NASCAR race was stopped; chain smoking fat guys can win
> NASCAR races, not a possibility in cycling. etc etc.
>
> "Suppose the entertainment value far outstripped your limited
> understanding and criticisms?"
> Uh... aren't you the guy who said "they ruined it for me"? It doesn't
> sound like "the entertainment value" you are deriving from NASCAR is
> doing much "outstripping", let alone "far outstripping". It sounds
> like in the end, you reached the same conclusion I did- "NASCAR ain't
> worth watching."

The supposition is that they have not gone all WWF on us.

>
> It's a relative thing- I'd rather watch NASCAR than, say bowling, but
> it's pretty low on my list. I'm not likely to run out of more
> interesting things to do with my time. Maybe you have fewer choices.

Do you think so?

A finite set of circles divides the plane into regions.
Show that we can color the plane with two colors so that
no two adjacent regions (with a common arc of non-zero
length forming part of each region's boundary) have the
same color.

> But I'm beginning to like this Tony Stewart. In looking up the
> condition of his friggin' foot for Le Curé I found this criticism of
> NASCAR:
>
> Tony Stewart, on his radio show in April, 2007:
> "I guess NASCAR thinks, 'Hey, wrestling worked, and it was for the
> most part staged, so I guess it's going to work in racing, too,." "I
> can't understand how long the fans are going to let NASCAR treat them
> like they're stupid before the fans finally turn on NASCAR. "I don't
> know that they've run a fair race all year."
>
> There, does that make you feel better? He criticized NASCAR with
> unlimited knowledge, and as luck would have it, he's comparing NASCAR
> to professional wrestling too. I didn't do half bad, considering I was
> criticizing "with very limited knowledge."

The point is that NASCAR was an could be a much better spectacle
than you are making it out to be.

--
Michael Press
 
On Mar 15, 2:56 pm, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article
> <a8d7fe14-be34-4fd4-963a-2f2aca7e3...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>  "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 14, 9:56 am, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <8b4e6457-a8ae-491f-ab61-789289ace...@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> > >  "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > On Mar 13, 9:06 pm, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > In article
> > > > > <rcousine-8BCCD2.21032212032008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]>,
> > > > >  Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > For that matter, I think NASCAR has a similar problem: extremelylong,
> > > > > > largely indecisive races that essentially come down to which of the
> > > > > > drivers in the front 10 manages to be the cleverest during the final lap.
>
> > > > > I watched NASCAR races for many months not too long ago.
> > > > > It was good enough, but they ruined it for me with the
> > > > > yellow flags for hallucinations, and the Daytona gift
> > > > > to Dale Earnhardt II the year after his dad died.
> > > > > Too many decided outcomes.
>
> > > > Sounds like my NASCAR- Professional Wrestling comparison was more
> > > > accurate than I realized. I was only referring to the buffoonery.
>
> > > So you criticized with very limited knowledge.
> > > Suppose the entertainment value far outstripped
> > > your limited understanding and criticisms?
> > > It could happen.
>
> > "you criticized with very limited knowledge."  Fair enough. But it
> > sounds like I need to point out to you that it was a relative
> > comparison, NASCAR vs cycling, not strictly a criticism. It doesn't
> > take a lot of knowledge to know that the TOC riders raced in the rain,
> > while the NASCAR race was stopped; chain smoking fat guys can win
> > NASCAR races, not a possibility in cycling. etc etc.
>
> > "Suppose the entertainment value far outstripped your limited
> > understanding and criticisms?"
> > Uh... aren't you the guy who said "they ruined it for me"?  It doesn't
> > sound like "the entertainment value" you are deriving from NASCAR is
> > doing much "outstripping", let alone "far outstripping".  It sounds
> > like in the end, you reached the same conclusion I did- "NASCAR ain't
> > worth watching."
>
> The supposition is that they have not gone all WWF on us.
>
>
>
> > It's a relative thing- I'd rather watch NASCAR than, say bowling, but
> > it's pretty low on my list. I'm not likely to run out of more
> > interesting things to do with my time. Maybe you have fewer choices.
>
> Do you think so?
>
> A finite set of circles divides the plane into regions.
> Show that we can color the plane with two colors so that
> no two adjacent regions (with a common arc of non-zero
> length forming part of each region's boundary) have the
> same color.
>
> > But I'm beginning to like this Tony Stewart. In looking up the
> > condition of his friggin' foot for Le Curé I found this criticism of
> > NASCAR:
>
> > Tony Stewart, on his radio show in  April, 2007:
> > "I guess NASCAR thinks, 'Hey, wrestling worked, and it was for the
> > most part staged, so I guess it's going to work in racing, too,."  "I
> > can't understand how long the fans are going to let NASCAR treat them
> > like they're stupid before the fans finally turn on NASCAR. "I don't
> > know that they've run a fair race all year."
>
> > There, does that make you feel better? He criticized NASCAR with
> > unlimited knowledge, and as luck would have it, he's comparing NASCAR
> > to professional wrestling too. I didn't do half bad, considering I was
> > criticizing "with very limited knowledge."
>
> The point is that NASCAR was an could be a much better spectacle
> than you are making it out to be.
>
> --
> Michael Press- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Them boy's be racing Bristol this weekend, and there is
NO bigger spectacle anywhere than Bristol.

I'm very concerned about the **** rubber that Goodyear is
supplying them at this time, Tony Stewart has a right to
be mouthing off at Goodyear like he is.
 
In article
<30167a43-a916-4ae3-b061-94d90a5ae73d@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
Fabrizio Mazzoleni <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mar 15, 2:56 pm, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:


[...]

> > The point is that NASCAR was an could be a much better spectacle
> > than you are making it out to be.
>
> Them boy's be racing Bristol this weekend, and there is
> NO bigger spectacle anywhere than Bristol.
>
> I'm very concerned about the **** rubber that Goodyear is
> supplying them at this time, Tony Stewart has a right to
> be mouthing off at Goodyear like he is.

I tuned in the race this minute. Now they have this mutant
called `competition yellow' where the cars roll around
the track at (relatively) low speed because the track
is not safe to run full speed. Heavy rains [We
interrupt for a newsflash: Full speed racing and Robbie
Gordon spins out] Heavy rains last night washed all the
rubber build up on the track, rendering the track
difficult to run at full speed. Gordon had just been in
the pit because his car was too tight. Apparently they
over-compensated. No, the spin out was not because the
car was too loose, but because he cut off Schader, and
Schrader bumped him. -oo-

--
Michael Press
 
Michael Press wrote:
> I tuned in the race this minute. Now they have this mutant called
> `competition yellow' where the cars roll around the track at (relatively)
> low speed because the track is not safe to run full speed. Heavy rains [We
> interrupt for a newsflash: Full speed racing and Robbie Gordon spins out]
> Heavy rains last night washed all the rubber build up on the track,
> rendering the track difficult to run at full speed. Gordon had just been
> in the pit because his car was too tight. Apparently they
> over-compensated. No, the spin out was not because the car was too loose,
> but because he cut off Schader, and Schrader bumped him. -oo-

I hope Schrader threw his water bottle at Gordon.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
Donald Munro <[email protected]> wrote:

> Michael Press wrote:
> > I tuned in the race this minute. Now they have this mutant called
> > `competition yellow' where the cars roll around the track at (relatively)
> > low speed because the track is not safe to run full speed. Heavy rains [We
> > interrupt for a newsflash: Full speed racing and Robbie Gordon spins out]
> > Heavy rains last night washed all the rubber build up on the track,
> > rendering the track difficult to run at full speed. Gordon had just been
> > in the pit because his car was too tight. Apparently they
> > over-compensated. No, the spin out was not because the car was too loose,
> > but because he cut off Schader, and Schrader bumped him. -oo-
>
> I hope Schrader threw his water bottle at Gordon.

The NASCAR tradition is to throw helmets.

--
Ryan Cousineau [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."
 
Donald Munro wrote:
>> I hope Schrader threw his water bottle at Gordon.

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> The NASCAR tradition is to throw helmets.

Perhaps that one NASCAR tradition that cyclists should adopt.
 
On Mar 15, 1:56 pm, Michael Press <[email protected]> wrote:

> The point is that NASCAR was an could be a much better spectacle
> than you are making it out to be.
> --
> Michael Press

Now you're talkin! The good old days of NASCAR:
http://www.dvdbreakdown.com/pix/11_screenshots/benhur_comparison1.jpg

or the new, improved NASCAR:
http://www.lastinterceptor.com/lastinterceptor/images/today6/CRW_1999.jpg
http://www.hollywood-diecast.com/road warrior pic.jpg

Now THAT would be a spectacle, and greatly broaden the appeal.
YEEEEEEEEEHAW!
Regarding your "finite set of circles", color points inside an odd
number of circles blue and points inside an even number of circles
red. Then you change color whenever you cross a circle. (Not that I
have a clue what that's about.)

But a more interesting question is why you would wonder about the
purpose of the nut that holds a presta valve stem in place. I should
think its purpose would have become obvious the first time you tried
to inflate a tube without it.
-Paul
 
On Mar 17, 11:01 am, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:

> But a more interesting question is why you would wonder about the
> purpose of the nut that holds a presta valve stem in place. I should
> think its purpose would have become obvious the first time you tried
> to inflate a tube without it.

I had some ideas, but now I think the nut's main purpose is to show
you don't understand how a presta valve functions.

Starbucks -- 5:45 PM -- I'm in purple. I will kick your ass all the
way to El Cajon!
 
SLAVE of THE STATE wrote:
> Starbucks -- 5:45 PM -- I'm in purple. I will kick your ass all the way
> to El Cajon!

Who does the leading out in the team purple, you or Papai ?
 
On Mar 17, 11:30 am, SLAVE of THE STATE <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 17, 11:01 am, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > But a more interesting question is why you would wonder about the
> > purpose of the nut that holds a presta valve stem in place. I should
> > think its purpose would have become obvious the first time you tried
> > to inflate a tube without it.
>
> I had some ideas, but now I think the nut's main purpose is to show
> you don't understand how a presta valve functions.
>
> Starbucks -- 5:45 PM -- I'm in purple. I will kick your ass all the
> way to El Cajon!

That was an in-joke you wouldn't understand. However, that said,
presta tubes have up to 3 nuts, and I know the purpose of all of them.
I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally hot:
http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce

-Paul
 
On Mar 18, 7:55 am, SLAVE of THE STATE <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 17, 5:16 pm, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally
> > hot:http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce(http://blog.canoe.ca/mediam/madonna_01.jpg)
>
> Ah yes -- one of my low-bmi photos. Now where did I put that fishnet?

I dunno about the rest of the Sausalito Starbucks gang, though. They
don't look that tough to me:
http://static.flickr.com/54/128682456_68592ccd16_o.jpg

-Paul
 
Paul G. wrote:

> On Mar 18, 7:55 am, SLAVE of THE STATE <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mar 17, 5:16 pm, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally
>> > hot:http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce(http://blog.canoe.ca/mediam/madonna_01
>> > .jpg)
>>
>> Ah yes -- one of my low-bmi photos. Now where did I put that
>> fishnet?
>
> I dunno about the rest of the Sausalito Starbucks gang, though. They
> don't look that tough to me:
> http://static.flickr.com/54/128682456_68592ccd16_o.jpg
>
> -Paul
>

You start out all cocky fighting them, but then soon realize your standard
technique of kneeing them in the balls is spectacularly ineffective, and
things go downhill from there. They find you face down in the gutter with
a purple feather and a red feather stole shoved up your ass.

--
Bill Asher
 
Paul G. wrote:
> On Mar 18, 7:55 am, SLAVE of THE STATE wrote:
>> On Mar 17, 5:16 pm, "Paul G." wrote:
>>> I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally
>>> hot:http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce(http://blog.canoe.ca/mediam/madonna_01.jpg)
>> Ah yes -- one of my low-bmi photos. Now where did I put that fishnet?
>
> I dunno about the rest of the Sausalito Starbucks gang, though. They
> don't look that tough to me:
> http://static.flickr.com/54/128682456_68592ccd16_o.jpg

They don't? Here's the rest of the posse
http://www.dianesabba.com/Photography/5 Long Beach Marathon, California 2004/10 Women in Purple.jpg
 
On Mar 18, 9:45 am, William Asher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul G. wrote:
> > On Mar 18, 7:55 am, SLAVE of THE STATE <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Mar 17, 5:16 pm, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally
> >> > hot:http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce(http://blog.canoe.ca/mediam/madonna_01
> >> > .jpg)
>
> >> Ah yes -- one of my low-bmi photos. Now where did I put that
> >> fishnet?
>
> > I dunno about the rest of the Sausalito Starbucks gang, though. They
> > don't look that tough to me:
> >http://static.flickr.com/54/128682456_68592ccd16_o.jpg
>
> > -Paul
>
> You start out all cocky fighting them, but then soon realize your standard
> technique of kneeing them in the balls is spectacularly ineffective, and
> things go downhill from there. They find you face down in the gutter with
> a purple feather and a red feather stole shoved up your ass.
>
> --
> Bill Asher

Nah, I knee most people in the teeth- it's a geometry thing. Your
purple feather suggestion is at least physically possible. The feather
boa would be a terrific visual, but very difficult to implement.
Those strings of beads have possibilities, though...
-Paul
 
In article <[email protected]>, William Asher <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Paul G. wrote:
>
> > On Mar 18, 7:55 am, SLAVE of THE STATE <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Mar 17, 5:16 pm, "Paul G." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm really sorry I keep missing you at Starbucks, you are totally
> >> > hot:http://tinyurl.com/32e2ce(http://blog.canoe.ca/mediam/madonna_01
> >> > .jpg)
> >>
> >> Ah yes -- one of my low-bmi photos. Now where did I put that
> >> fishnet?
> >
> > I dunno about the rest of the Sausalito Starbucks gang, though. They
> > don't look that tough to me:
> > http://static.flickr.com/54/128682456_68592ccd16_o.jpg
> >
> > -Paul
> >
>
> You start out all cocky fighting them, but then soon realize your standard
> technique of kneeing them in the balls is spectacularly ineffective, and
> things go downhill from there. They find you face down in the gutter with
> a purple feather and a red feather stole shoved up your ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygy7UDADXDg

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Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.

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