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  1. jakee
    It's interesting looking at the list of amendments and picking out which ones are obviously responses to certain situations. The aftermath of the Civil War, Roosevelt getting elected over and over again, Kennedy being shot... Anyway, surely the biggest freakin' deal (and it really is a pretty big deal) should be getting Puerto Rico (and Guam, American Samoa et al) their own 23rd amendment. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  2. jakee
    Then you get something like the Mosquito. Still had an 1800kg bomb load, was as much as 170mph faster than a B-17 and was equally capable of low level precision attacks (like, blowing up the wall of a prison in Paris) as high altitude bombing runs. Didn't have as long a range as a true heavy bomber, but the concept certainly could have been enlarged. "Mosquitos were widely used by the RAF Pathfinder Force, marking targets for the main night-time strategic bombing force, as well as flying "nuisance raids" in which Mosquitos often dropped 4,000 lb "Cookies". Despite an initially high loss rate, the Mosquito ended the war with the lowest losses of any aircraft in RAF Bomber Command service. Post war, the RAF found that when finally applied to bombing, in terms of useful damage done, the Mosquito had proved 4.95 times cheaper than the Lancaster." Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  3. jakee
    Well, if you call being anti-hypocrisy a radical idea... Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  4. jakee
    So are you going to tell everyone about it so we can keep talking or do you want to keep it to yourself in which case we all have to shut up? (Oh BTW, I'm curious - how much do you know about the relevant history of everyone else in this thread? Did you send everyone PMs to ask what their personal stake was before you jumped in with your opinion? I'm going to guess that no, of course you didn't) Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  5. jakee
    Actually the standard payload of the B-17 vs He 111 was almost identical. Due to it's huge defensive armament the B-17 carried a very small payload for its size. The reason they did so much damage was because there were so many of them. The Lancaster or the Halifax on the other hand - those things carried some big bombs. The biggest factor in the BoB may well have been the RAF's august 1940 raid on Berlin. Hitler's pride was so damaged he shifted the Luftwaffe's focus from RAF airfields and military defences to the blitz on London, Coventry and other cities. Some historians estimate the RAF would have been effectively grounded, giving Germany total air superiority, if the original plan had been followed for another week to two weeks. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  6. jakee
    By venting and being angry at liberals. Which obviously doesn't reflect badly on you at all because you're just playing a game, whereas you know that everyone else is taking it seriously. Ok Ron. Whatever you say Ron Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  7. jakee
    Yeah, you can say it but it doesn't make it true. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  8. jakee
    You have a time machine? I'd like to know what is going to be said in post 397. Also some winning lottery numbers. Thanks. #379. Obvious to see it was a typo if you even tried to have an honest discussion. Yes, obviously it was a typo. But as a numerical typo, unlike misspelling a word, it was impossible to know what you meant. It could have been any number, so why not have a little fun with it? It's hardly a reflection on honesty. Anyway, why #397? Because you were still being a dick even though he'd already said what you were bashing him for not saying? Seems like one of the few places where "WOOOSH" actually fits. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  9. jakee
    Zing! Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  10. jakee
    You too While I'm pretty sure Norms has indeed lied at some point, I doubt the consequences were anywhere near as serious. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  11. jakee
    Who knows? Hopefully you'll be discussing an issue by then, and won't still be trying to bash Kallend for not saying something he's already said. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  12. jakee
    Hey Anvil, before you get too high and mighty you might want to check back to post #367 where Kallend said "I don't quote Gore because he's clearly biased". Isn't that exactly what you wanted from him? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  13. jakee
    No, not taken alone I'm not sure that you're a sociopath, but I do think that you view the world with such an intense tribalism that you don't view people outside of your circles (national, political, religious, ethnic) as fully human, and therefore they are unworthy of any compassion or consideration. The way a sociopath looks at everyone. Avoidable innocent Iraqi casualties? Who cares, they're not Americans. Unjustly tortured and imprisoned Muslim suspects? Who cares, they're not Christians. It's what enables your wholehearted support of some seriously evil deeds. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  14. jakee
    So Obama won twice. Get over it already. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  15. jakee
    Normiss, they have a point, it sounded like you were saying the cops were one of the two rival groups, not an additional group. Everyone: the semantic horse has been beaten to death, could we get back to talking about other stuff? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  16. jakee
    And how in this case are my views inconsistent? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  17. jakee
    You really don't. They're both bad things. But are they the worst things? No, they're not. As what? Someone who thinks tax fraud should be punished to some degree? Yeah bro, you got me. But what does it have to do with what we're talking about? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  18. jakee
    Capone was sentenced to 11 years and served 8 before being released - after effectively stealing a vastly greater sum of money from the government than this chump ever did. They came down hard on him but it wasn't obscene. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  19. jakee
    So what's my straw man? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  20. jakee
    Yes, do. Seriously. Anyone in there on a four strikes sentence, anyone with a mandatory minimum drugs sentence, turn them loose and see what happens! I think you'd be surprised. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  21. jakee
    Yes, I do. Do you? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  22. jakee
    I'm curious, what's the straw man from my position? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  23. jakee
    'Common' isn't the same as 'accepted'. It can be both. Like fuck it does. Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  24. jakee
    So you agree with the courts when they say it's technically legal but you disagree when they say it's morally ridiculous? You disagree with the warden of Angola prison who says it's an insane policy? You think that because it's technically constitutional that's the same as it being morally justified, useful or effective? Once more to try and wrap your brain around it, attacking a system that sends petty criminals to prison forever is not the same as defending criminals ***You sound like a career politician trying to defend all your perks from being taken away. You sound like the antagonist in a Kafka novel. You realise that 'The Trial' wasn't a how to guide, right? Do you want to have an ideagasm?
  25. jakee
    Please explain? Do you want to have an ideagasm?