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The Bar => Introductions & Subsequent Welcomes => Topic started by: Comet on July 06, 2012, 02:04:25 AM
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Greetings, Earthlings. I am your newest member and anticipate meeting each and every one of you.
Some background on me. I am almost sixty-four, born and raised in Iowa, have a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, a recent widow, have five beautiful children and fifteen wonderful grandchildren and root for the Vikings, Twins, Celtics, Blackhawks and Hawkeyes. Music-wise, I love classical, jazz, blues and classic rock. I also am a lover of film, including film noirs. I also enjoy reading, politics and learning.
Pleased to be here. I have a regular forum, but wanted to post with a different genre of members. I tried DU, but was banned in less than ten posts. Last I remember I stated the one million dollar bond for Zimmerman was a tad too high, Susan Martinez was a good governor for New Mexico and Obama would be wise to become a more proficient leader if he would cease blaming Bush and others for the problems of today. Next thing I know, my posting privileges were revoked.
Politically, I was a Democrat for over forty years. In the last five, I grew tired of my party for numerous reasons and am now a registered Libertarian. I have voted in ten presidential elections. The breakdown goes four Democrats, four Libertarians/Independents and two Republicans. I hold mostly liberal views, but hold many Libertarian and conservative positions as well. I feel both sides have done their fair share to have us in this current hole we are in and both need to come together with logic, common sense, compromise and an open mind.
Take care and look forward to seeing you on the boards.
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Quick...DO YOU HAVE THE FLUX CAPACITOR!? Needed here soonest.
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Welcome, Comet!
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about the Higgs boson. If you'd be so inclined, please open a thread on that.
Personally, I have a hard time understanding how this kind of theory explains much, but my wife calls me too much of a pragmatist to latch onto such ideas. I keep trying, though.
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See there's this string quartet, and they're not quite on the same page (but since it's Vivaldi it doesn't matter so much)...
Jiggs finished a while ago...
Figgs and Miggs have just come to the end...
But, being somewhere in the middle of the page, Higgs bows on...
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Welcome Comet, enjoy your stay. Since we are an "official" outlet for the VRWC, you may experience a few bumps along the way so, proceed with caution.
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See there's this string quartet, and they're not quite on the same page (but since it's Vivaldi it doesn't matter so much)...
Jiggs finished a while ago...
Figgs and Miggs have just come to the end...
But, being somewhere in the middle of the page, Higgs bows on...
h5 for creativity. Mrs E, a card-carrying violist and violinist, would appreciate the effort.
Vivaldi spent too much time writing concerti. He was weird like that.
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Welcome, Comet!
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts about the Higgs boson. If you'd be so inclined, please open a thread on that.
Personally, I have a hard time understanding how this kind of theory explains much, but my wife calls me too much of a pragmatist to latch onto such ideas. I keep trying, though.
Took almost 50 years to find it, The God Particle. Now will it take 50 years to figure out what to do with it?
Still say they should have finished the super collider in Texas instead of putting twice the billions in a tunnel under Boston. I guess letting Yankees collide in a tunnel was the Massive-2-shits idea of a super collider.
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Took almost 50 years to find it, The God Particle. Now will it take 50 years to figure out what to do with it?
Still say they should have finished the super collider in Texas instead of putting twice the billions in a tunnel under Boston. I guess letting Yankees collide in a tunnel was the Massive-2-shits idea of a super collider.
As a result of CERN in Switzerland, Fermilab in Chicagoland is pretty much obsolete.
And yeah, it'll take at least 50 years to figure out what to do with the Higgs boson. And untold trillions. :whatever:
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Welcome!!!! :cheersmate:
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Welcome, Comet. I hope you enjoy it here. :cheersmate:
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Welcome! I have a feeler that you and vesta are going to be bff's!
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Welcome! I have a feeler that you and vesta are going to be bff's!
Well, that is until Vesta realizes that Comet might actually know what he is talking about. :lmao:
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Well, that is until Vesta realizes that Comet might actually know what he is talking about. :lmao:
Comet's a she.
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Comet's a she.
:thatsright: :banghead:
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A welcome H5 to you Comet - enjoy your stay. :cheersmate:
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Welcome! :cheersmate:
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See there's this string quartet, and they're not quite on the same page (but since it's Vivaldi it doesn't matter so much)...
Jiggs finished a while ago...
Figgs and Miggs have just come to the end...
But, being somewhere in the middle of the page, Higgs bows on...
Awesome! :cheersmate:
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Welcome Comet from DownEast Maine!!!
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Comet's a she.
Last I checked, still have male plumbing.
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Last I checked, still have male plumbing.
Great Scott!
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Last I checked, still have male plumbing.
So I was right then!
I think the confusion was when you said you are a widow. I think a male is a widower? I could be wrong of course.
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Great Scott!
Talk about yer fox paws.
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Welcome!
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Thank you very much for your warm welcome. I must say you folks are much more tolerant and accepting than DU. I lasted less than ten posts there. The funny thing is I am probably more liberal and been a Democrat longer than almost everyone there.
Guess I am not extreme enough for their tastes or use my own brain or my Obama shrine was not big enough. Who knows.
As for me, I have been disappointed with a laundry list of issues concerning Obama's presidency. I did not even vote for him in 08. Instead, I went with Barr. This year, I did not feel Obama did enough to deserve another term and that I would vote Republican if Paul, Cain or Huntsman won the GOP nomination. Sadly, none of them did and there is no way I am voting for Romney. I was fully prepared to go ahead and cast my vote for Obama at that point, despite his many failures, but my final straw was just recently when he praised Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
So, seeing I am a registered Libertarian and Huntsman will most likely be representing them on the ballot this election year, he will be receiving my vote.
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Resistance is futile in the hive. But if you resist too much, it's the Aston-Martin ejection seat for you from the oh so tolerant libs. As for the conservative cave, welcome. I hope you enjoy it here.
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Thank you very much for your warm welcome. I must say you folks are much more tolerant and accepting than DU. I lasted less than ten posts there. The funny thing is I am probably more liberal and been a Democrat longer than almost everyone there.
Guess I am not extreme enough for their tastes or use my own brain or my Obama shrine was not big enough. Who knows.
As for me, I have been disappointed with a laundry list of issues concerning Obama's presidency. I did not even vote for him in 08. Instead, I went with Barr. This year, I did not feel Obama did enough to deserve another term and that I would vote Republican if Paul, Cain or Huntsman won the GOP nomination. Sadly, none of them did and there is no way I am voting for Romney. I was fully prepared to go ahead and cast my vote for Obama at that point, despite his many failures, but my final straw was just recently when he praised Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
So, seeing I am a registered Libertarian and Huntsman will most likely be representing them on the ballot this election year, he will be receiving my vote.
IOW you are voting for Obama.
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Yeah, I'm pretty much a "defeat Obama" voter.
I wanted to vote for Palin, but she didn't run...
So I planned to vote for Cain (racist that I am :whatever: ), but he was slandered out of the race before my state's primary...
So I voted for Santorum...and then he dropped out.
So I've had my shot at picking my affirmative choice, and am left with only one goal...defeat Obama. My only realistic choice is the Republican nominee.
Looks like that's going to be Romney, though literally anything could happen.
Which puts me at odds with you.
But I don't take it personally, and so, welcome to the cave.
I do hope you brought the flux capacitor...
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Yeah, this is a year where you can't have a write in or some other. It has to be Obama or Romney. The main mission is to remove Obama, and the only way to do that is to vote for Romney. It is sad, and believe me, there are things I don't like about Romney, but I will just hold my nose and vote him to remove Obama. Besides, I don't think anyone can do as bad as Obama has. Of course we will soon find out.
On another note: I like your avatar, Comet. Back to the Future is my all time favorite movie. I can't wait until 2015 when they re-release it in 3D to the movie theaters.
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Last I checked, still have male plumbing.
Comette? :-)
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Last I checked, still have male plumbing.
Well, after you do your double check, might wanna take a look at what you wrote:
Greetings, Earthlings. I am your newest member and anticipate meeting each and every one of you.
Some background on me. I am almost sixty-four, born and raised in Iowa, have a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, a recent widow,...,
Where I come from, a widow is a female.
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On another note: I like your avatar, Comet. Back to the Future is my all time favorite movie. I can't wait until 2015 when they re-release it in 3D to the movie theaters.
REALLY??? :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
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REALLY??? :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
That is what they are saying. For the 30th anniversary, they want to re-release it in 3D. I think that movie would absolutely rock in 3D! Of course, we will have to wait and see.
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Realized I made a mistake. I stated I intend on voting for Libertarian Jon Huntsman. Meant to say Gary Johnson. Johnson is the Libertarian candidate this year.
I really like Johnson a lot. Really was wishing he would have won the GOP nomination, but sadly, never had a chance. He did phenomenal things as governor of New Mexico, and while I do not agree with him on all the issues, he possesses a great deal of logic and is grounded in common sense.
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Realized I made a mistake. I stated I intend on voting for Libertarian Jon Huntsman. Meant to say Gary Johnson. Johnson is the Libertarian candidate this year.
I really like Johnson a lot. Really was wishing he would have won the GOP nomination, but sadly, never had a chance. He did phenomenal things as governor of New Mexico, and while I do not agree with him on all the issues, he possesses a great deal of logic and is grounded in common sense.
A vote for Gary is also a vote for ABM.
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Realized I made a mistake. I stated I intend on voting for Libertarian Jon Huntsman. Meant to say Gary Johnson. Johnson is the Libertarian candidate this year.
I really like Johnson a lot. Really was wishing he would have won the GOP nomination, but sadly, never had a chance. He did phenomenal things as governor of New Mexico, and while I do not agree with him on all the issues, he possesses a great deal of logic and is grounded in common sense.
You don't seem to be aware the danger that a second owebuma team poses to the American way of life. But maybe you don't care very much about the American way of life.
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A vote for Gary is also a vote for ABM.
To be fair, that depends on the state Comet lives in. Romney is a lock here in Kansas; Obama is a lock in Massachusetts.
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To be fair, that depends on the state Comet lives in. Romney is a lock here in Kansas; Obama is a lock in Massachusetts.
Ordinarily I would agree, but Obama has been horrible, I would think there was a chance in a State that elected Brown to Kennedy's seat.
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Ordinarily I would agree, but Obama has been horrible, I would think there was a chance in a State that elected Brown to Kennedy's seat.
I tend to think that Massachusetts is already locked for Obama as well. But if by some strange miracle he would lose that state, I would be elated! A republican hasn't won that state since 1984 with Reagan. In fact, in the last ten elections it only went Republican twice. They were with Reagan on both of them. Seeing that they went Republican after Jimmy Carter, and Obama is the second coming of Jimmy Carter, it is very possible that Romney might get it this year. That would be awesome!
More info: http://www.270towin.com/states/Massachusetts