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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Redneck vs. Hillbilly |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2011, 4:11 pm
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| Incidentally, the citations do not support JasonGone's suggestion about the origin. The Battle of Blair Mountain took place in 1921. The earliest citation of the term in the OED is dated 1830 from Southern Tour by A.Royall, which predates the Battle of Blair Mountain by some 91 years. There are thr... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Redneck vs. Hillbilly |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2011, 3:15 am
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| the myth about the term redneck coming from the sun burning one's neck is one of those that is widely held and believed, but wrong. the term was first used by journalist covering the battle of blair mountain ( wiki page about the battle ), where the union supporting, and proud west virginian hillbil... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are the possible ramifications of the shooting in AZ? |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2011, 2:43 pm
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| german internment camps during WWI and WWII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_internment A small number of non-citizens, meaning foreign-born people who could and often did still have allegience to a country that declared war on us? And not even nearly all of those were arrested. Suspici... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are the possible ramifications of the shooting in AZ? |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2011, 1:24 pm
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Replies: 90
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Atlas Shrugged |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2010, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 123
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| The postal service has certain powers because they are delivering the mail. Granted the postal service rarely uses those powers, but part of those powers are in place to protect the safety of their workers. UPS could deliver the mail (better and cheaper). FedEx could deliver the mail (better and ch... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Atlas Shrugged |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 4:39 am
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| i never picked up fountainhead and after reading half of atlas shrugged , i didn't want to finish it. i felt like they were far too pushy. as if i were being told what to think. that being said, i really enjoyed we the living . i think it was because it was the first novel written by a young person ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Have most world leaders throughout history been sociopaths? |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 4:24 am
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i have always thought most "leaders" dictators and politicians come of as simply narcissistic.
my impression. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 4:17 am
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Replies: 47
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| No offense. I was just imagining other possibilities. There will probably soon be coming on the market extremely small LEDs and other luminescents that could be powered by body heat and implanted just as the current dyes are now done and glow in the dark tattoos could emerge as an interesting varia... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 3:23 am
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| No offense. I was just imagining other possibilities. There will probably soon be coming on the market extremely small LEDs and other luminescents that could be powered by body heat and implanted just as the current dyes are now done and glow in the dark tattoos could emerge as an interesting varia... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 2:43 am
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| the above poster reminds me that there are some good reason for having tattoos. The process of mildly mutilating the body for decorative possibilities by injecting subcutaneous colors has been variously useful beyond mere cosmetics. The Nazis used it to effect in permanent identification of their c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
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Posted: 26 Dec 2010, 1:13 am
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| the above poster reminds me that there are some good reason for having tattoos. The process of mildly mutilating the body for decorative possibilities by injecting subcutaneous colors has been variously useful beyond mere cosmetics. The Nazis used it to effect in permanent identification of their c... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010, 1:58 am
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| This is a poem explaining how I feel about tattoos: Take my word and leave your temple clean, or let the world destroy it with images obscene. For it is a place where your soul is stored, and a tattoo just means that it is ignored. Your body is amazing, and if you can't see, that it works its best ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Fox news makes you stupid |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 52
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Tattoos...how do you feel |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010, 1:19 pm
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Raymond_Fawkes wrote: Great poem ! I'm against tattoos too. I know people who've gotten diseases by getting tattoos.
what diseases? in what situation were they tattooed? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: post your psychic predictions for 2011 |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 08 Nov 2010, 5:20 pm
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Replies: 103
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The most ridiculous thing about humans |
| JasonGone |
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010, 2:41 pm
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Replies: 36
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i liked joe's take on it
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyc12-neTjM[/youtube] |
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