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  1. DanG
    What does that link (EPA Administrator testifies on Capitol Hill) have to do with what I posted? - Dan G
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    Your article's conclusions are statistically, and common-sensically, flawed. The author is trying to compare an absolute increase in particulate matter (increase of 10 ppm) to a relative increase in mortality (0.26% vs. 1.0%). He makes the assumption that the two are linearly related, which is not at all what anyone, including the EPA, claims. - Dan G
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    Doubt it. You really don't help the cause by being so belligerent. - Dan G
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    Source, please. Generally, the scientific community is of the opinion that life exists in countless places in the known universe. I would say that the chances that all the factors will combine somewhere to produce life as we know it are exacly 1 in 1. Somewhere is here. - Dan G
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    That's just plain silly. Math is a language used to describe reality. Math exists just like English exists. "If you dont agree then what color is English? or how much doest it weigh?" - Dan G
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    Sure, if there were a creator, he could do anything he wanted, I suppose. Perhaps, I'm just saying that you haven't presented one yet. No, but if I saw miles of nearly uniform undulations in the sand, I would be fairly certain that the wind did, in fact, do that. For the entirety of the system, disorder will eventually prevail. Locally, within the system, there is no law that says things can't become more ordered. The Earth is quite a small locallity. No God required. - Dan G
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    Can't you see you're just moving the problem one step back? You're assuming that cause and effect have to stop somewhere. You have no reason to assume this, you're just taking it as a given. Then you're assuming that it stops with God. Again, you have no reason to assume this, you just take it as fact. Here's how I read your argument: Axioms: 1. Time, and therefore cause and effect started at the Big Bang. 2. There is some entity that does not require causation. 3. That entity is God. Logic: 1. Our universe requires a cause. 2. God must be that cause (see above). 3. God exists. QED - Dan G
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    So, to get this thread back on track, in your scenario, is Santorum pitching or catching? - Dan G
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    I don't think you took my meaning. You use as evidence (circumstantial, to be sure) the apparent lack of causation for the Big Bang. You use this evidence to help prove your case for an entity that doesn't require causation. But even in evoking this supposed evidence, you have to say, "if." In essence, you're saying, "if there is a creator, then He must have created the Big Bang." You're assuming your conclusion, not proving it. - Dan G
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    That one little word, "if," is the root of your problem. - Dan G
  11. DanG
    You are in desperate need of a blow job. - Dan G
  12. DanG
    Again, what garbage are you refering to? And what makes you think I constantly preconceive that people claim Obama was born outside the US? You must have me confused with someone else. - Dan G
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    What garbage? It was an interesting article regarding how modern information indexing is persistent. I suspect if it had focused on Obama's Kenyan Muslim problem instead of Santorum's anal discharge problem you wouldn't consider it garbage. - Dan G
  14. DanG
    You're an engineer, asshole. - Dan G
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    Which is different than an engine compartment fire in a gas car, how? - Dan G
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    We're you asleep lst Spring? Seems like Obama hit the nail on the head. - Dan G
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    Nope, you never claimed it, just strongly implied it. As usual, I expect you to start your usual "show me where I said that" dance, so I'm done responding to you. And since you've decided to revert to using words like "idiocy" to reference my thoughts, I'm double done responding to you. - Dan G
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    I'm talking about everyone going to the government and asking for the gold that backs up their dollars. If the government has a gram of gold (or whatever quantity you want to make it) for every dollar in the economy, there shouldn't be any problem cashing out greenbacks. In reality this means that no new wealth can be created, which translates into a stagnant economy. The lack of a gold standard is not the root cause of the current economic problems, and it certainly isn't the solution. - Dan G
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    Okay, I'll play along. What part of the Constitution requires our currency to be tied to gold or silver? Let me guess, you're going to go with Article 1, Section 9: Is the US Treasury a State? Hmm, didn't think so. How about Article 1, Section 8: Any comment? As far as the EPA goes, if they are "making laws" then they should be taken to court. What they are actually doing is enforcing laws passed by Congress. If you think otherwise, then all Executive departments, by promulgating rules to facilitate enforcement of laws, are "making laws" and should be banned as unconstitutional. Like I said, Ron Paul is completely out of touch with reality. - Dan G
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    Because people on both sides of the aisle were all fucked up, that makes being all fucked up okay? - Dan G
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    So do you agree that the only way the economy can grow is through deflation? - Dan G
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    I'll answer a question with a question: where did the gold come from to back the $10 that wasn't in the economy before? Or, in other words, if we all have more dollars in our pockets, what happens when we all try to cash them in at the same time? Either there is more gold there, or there isn't. The real answer, I suppose, was provided by diverborg, which is deflation. The number of dollars stays the same, but the value of each dollar in terms of what you can buy with it (except for gold) goes up. That sounds great, but why do we need gold to make that happen? Having things "backed by gold" only has value in reassuring people who don't really understand what money is. - Dan G
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    I agree with the goal, I just don't think the gold standard is the way to get there. - Dan G
  24. DanG
    This is the comment Sean Penn made that Alonzo was upset about. Please explain what's so offensive about this comment. - Dan G
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    Yeah, I understand that. Maybe I'm not thinking correctly about this, but I still fail to see how everyone can make more money, if there is no more money to be made. Let's say I loan you $100, and over time you pay me back $110. That's great, maybe you used the money to start a lemonade stand, and made $110, too. Sounds like economic growth. But what I don't understand is when I go to the government and ask for my 110 grams of gold, where did the new 10 grams come from? When dollars are just a medium of exchange, I have no problem with people making money. When you're forced to trade using physical objects, how is new wealth created? - Dan G