{"article":{"id":68716,"heading":"THE GUANTLET HAS BEEN THROWN","author":"everyone","created":"2003-07-01 19:22:25","modified":"2003-07-10 12:00:48","last_modified":"Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:00:48","article":"

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Diogenes - Ah yes, when you can't refute a piece of information then disparage it in the hopes that people will not look, or if they do grant it any credence.

I have never asserted, despite attempts by the shills to claim so, that anyone accept anything I or anyone else posts as true unless it aligns with other things you already know to be true - such as observation or experience.

Those who would control you by selecting for you what you know do not want you to become aware of the manipulation of public perceptions through the manipulation of what you know.

Decide for yourself.

Think for yourself.

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The People - \"I have never asserted, despite attempts by the shills to claim so, that anyone accept anything I or anyone else posts as true unless it aligns with other things you already know to be true - such as observation or experience.\"

BS!! Been here too long to fall for that. I've seen you do it. You've done it to me.

Let's be real clear on who can't \"handle\" disagreement. That someone is you. You cannot conceive that someone can have examined the same \"evidence\" as you and yet have reached an entirely different conclusion. You can't begin to understand that. That's been your problem since day one. If you could ever learn to accept that, you'd do a lot better here. To date, you haven't. If someone has examined the same \"evidence\" as you and has reached a different conclusion, you immediately deride and belittle them as being stupid. Dale Carneige's method, I believe. Very convincing there. That's gonna make 'em want to examine the \"evidence\" more closely, isn't it?

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Diogenes - There is a difference between forcibly defending your point of view and demanding that other people accept it.

I can and do forcibly defend my positions.

I do not demand that you accept it.

Although if you were reasoable you would.

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The People - \"Although if you were reasoable you would.\"

Arrogant to the core.

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Diogenes - Gosh, gee whilikers, one of the shills think humble little me is arrogant.

I guess it' s a Cross I'll have to bear.

I would rather though that people think for themselves.

If I present a challenge to your accustomed thought patterns well, good.

That's one of my objectives - provoke people into thinking for themselves.

Now that you have thrown your insult why don't you try filling up a post with Reason?

Listen to the Mockingbird, listen to the mockingbird....

If the Press is actively manipulating your opinion through misinformation then how do you counter it?

Think for yourself.

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The People - \"I would rather though that people think for themselves.

If I present a challenge to your accustomed thought patterns well, good.

That's one of my objectives - provoke people into thinking for themselves.\"

Agreed. The pendalum swings both ways.

And in that case, if you were reasonable, you would agree with my positions. So, that's the attitude I'll take.

The judge and jury will be who can actually have those positions to which he desires go forward in the political arena. The winner (as has always been the case) is the one who gets his political agenda implemented.

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And, so we see clearly.

If Diogenes and his political positions are forwarded and implemted by the elected representatives of the USA, then he wins.

If The People and their political positions are forwarded and implemented by the elected representatives of the USA, they they win.

Let the games begin!!

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The guantlet has been thrown. The winners are the one's who have their political agendas advanced and implemented.","numcomment":52,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/07\/68716.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":68717,"heading":"Get a life","article":"No one cares about this tempest in a tea pot. \r\nThis is a news and comment board, not some pissing match. \r\n'the people' aka gauntlet so fuck off with your idiot mind games. \r\n","author":"Do me a favor","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 19:25:03","modified":"2003-07-01 19:25:03","fileurl":""},{"id":68718,"heading":"Oh, really....","article":"Don't be so sure that no one cares. Some people that regular this site have a hard time understanding what VICTORY consists of and what WINNING is all about. It's time they come to grips that unless the things they advance are actually implemented, they have done nothing but spin their wheels. This thread is the perfect place to bring that realization to their attention and shove it right in their face.\r\n","author":"gauntlet","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 19:25:11","modified":"2003-07-01 19:25:11","fileurl":""},{"id":68722,"heading":"Oh, oh !","article":"Gauntlet needs a change of diapers again. Whenever he gets excited he makes a big stinky.","author":"Gauntlets Mom","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 19:43:17","modified":"2003-07-01 19:43:17","fileurl":""},{"id":68727,"heading":"I agree","article":"As someone who has been active for change for years now, I admit that I would rather have results. Results is something that has been too far and few between for the activists community and it is often difficult to continue knowing the odds are stacked against us. Because of that, I have chosen to concentrate my efforts towards one or two things I think we have a better chance at reaching more people and creating a concensus. But it's true, victory is achieved by advancing your cause. To simply raise the issue time and time again hoping it will walk on its own does not get us anywhere. Some issues will never go any further than the activists community. We would all be better off if we would recognize when this is taking place and to then redirect our efforts towards those things that people are paying more attention to.","author":"Brian","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 20:03:49","modified":"2003-07-01 20:03:49","fileurl":""},{"id":68740,"heading":"Of all the thigs that this place is","article":""This is a news and comment board, "\r\n\r\n\r\nThis ain't one of them. Get your head outa your ass NG.\r\nThis is simply a place for nuts like dio to jerk off and be ridiculed at.","author":"fresca","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 20:31:46","modified":"2003-07-01 20:31:46","fileurl":""},{"id":68747,"heading":"circle","article":""This is simply a place for nuts like dio to jerk off and be ridiculed at."\r\n\r\n"Some people that regular this site (dio) have a hard time understanding what VICTORY consists of and what WINNING is all about. It's time they (dio) come to grips that unless the things they advance are actually implemented, they have done nothing but spin their wheels. This thread is the perfect place to bring that realization to their (dio's) attention and shove it right in their face.\r\n\r\nExactly!!\r\ndio's comments are a:\r\ncircle\r\ncircle going nowhere\r\ncircle stuck in neutral\r\n","author":"sphere","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 20:38:35","modified":"2003-07-01 20:38:35","fileurl":""},{"id":68813,"heading":"Let's see who is next on the list","article":"1: Shut down the US govt under Clinton\r\n\r\n2: Impeach Clinton for minor sexual peccadillo\r\n\r\n3: Steal the last presidential election, disenfranchising thousands of AfricanAmerican voters and subverting the will of the American people\r\n\r\n4: Ripoff millions of ratepayers thru energy price fixing and collusion\r\n\r\n5: Wage unjust wars in two soveriegn nations, killing thousands and disposing of nuclear waste thru DU weapons while securing resource extraction contracts for right wing multinational corps.\r\n\r\n6: Dismantle the Bill of Rights\r\n\r\n7: Get rich ex criminal to fund effort to remove California's governor\r\n\r\n8: Shut down California state govt in midst of budget crisis instigated by ultraconservative forces\r\n\r\nYour victory sounds like a putsch to me. \r\n\r\nWhat is next ... martial law and theocracy?\r\n\r\n","author":"Bladder control","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 21:48:35","modified":"2003-07-01 21:48:35","fileurl":""},{"id":68816,"heading":"circle","article":""Your victory sounds like a putsch to me. \r\nWhat is next ... martial law and theocracy?"\r\n\r\ncircle\r\ncircle going nowhere\r\ncircle stuck in neutral \r\n","author":"sphere","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 21:51:21","modified":"2003-07-01 21:51:21","fileurl":""},{"id":68819,"heading":"Circle = Brigg = PsyOps","article":"The whole point of the "Circle" Posts showing up are PsyOps. The point is to frustrate and demoralize you. Recognize it for what it is a counterattack against people freely and openly discussing, and forwarding, information which lifts the veil.\r\n\r\nIn a way it is a complement as we are important enough to try to disrupt and destroy.\r\n\r\nBUSH LIED, AND PEOPLE DIED, AND DIED, AND DIED, AND DIED, AND ARE STILL DYING. It really is that evil.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-01 21:58:48","modified":"2003-07-01 21:58:48","fileurl":""},{"id":68962,"heading":"sphere","article":"This is all I have:\r\n\r\ncircle \r\ncircle going nowhere \r\ncircle stuck in neutral\r\n\r\nI'm a conservative.\r\n","author":"circle","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-02 14:46:53","modified":"2003-07-02 14:46:53","fileurl":""},{"id":69435,"heading":"bump","article":"back to the top","author":"bump","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-03 22:47:23","modified":"2003-07-03 22:47:23","fileurl":""},{"id":69436,"heading":"In Your Face, You Leftists","article":"Some people that regular this site have a hard time understanding what VICTORY consists of and what WINNING is all about. It's time they come to grips that unless the things they advance are actually implemented, they have done nothing but spin their wheels. This thread is the perfect place to bring that realization to their attention and SHOVE IT RIGHT IN THEIR FACE!!!! \r\n","author":"meaning of VICTORY","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-03 22:50:06","modified":"2003-07-03 22:50:06","fileurl":""},{"id":69600,"heading":"Please!","article":"Would somebody please shove their shlong in my face?","author":"smashtheleft.","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 13:58:12","modified":"2003-07-04 13:58:12","fileurl":""},{"id":69603,"heading":"(wheeze!) cough cough (gasp!)","article":"The activist community is dying!\r\nOrganize!\r\nOrganize!\r\n","author":"smashtheleft.","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 14:00:25","modified":"2003-07-04 14:00:25","fileurl":""},{"id":69632,"heading":"Help!","article":""This thread is the perfect place to bring that realization to their attention and SHOVE IT RIGHT IN THEIR FACE!!!!"\r\n\r\nPlease don't do that. We are very fragile and emotional creatures. Besides that, most of us are still hung-over from last nights pot-party.\r\n\r\nSomeday we might try and implement something we've discussed, but at this point it would take effort, something we are not fond of attempting. We'd rather just talk about things and discuss what SHOULD happen and it makes us all FEEL so much better. To actually implement something? No way. We are too incompetent to even attempt something like that. I couldn't name for you something we've actually cuased to have implemented anytime recently and neither can anyone else or we would. We'll just stay here at Indymedia and talk. Yeah, that's what we'll do.","author":"activist community","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 14:26:57","modified":"2003-07-04 14:26:57","fileurl":""},{"id":69691,"heading":"Thank You","article":"Thank you for all you are doing, reminding us that we couldn't organize a bake-sale, much less something political in nature. All we have is talk, and we are limited by our inferior intellect in doing anything worth noting when it comes to that. You do seem to be driving some of our regular left-wing posters crazy, and we wish you would stop. This is a message board for what we consider to be serious discussions, because that's all we can do. Actually trying to implement our agenda's is something we just can't grasp, and it's very frustrating for us. So stop mocking us. Leave us alone.","author":"activist community","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 15:09:00","modified":"2003-07-04 15:09:00","fileurl":""},{"id":69697,"heading":"I'm a deranged idiot.","article":"I can't name anything we've done other than talk either. In fact, I won't even attempt to try, because there is nothing and I don't want to appear any more foolish than I already am. But once we do accomplish something and some issue of ours is actually implemented, I'll let you know. If we do. And I'm not placing any odds on that happening.\r\n\r\nWe'll just continue to talk right here at ole LA-IMC just like we are really doing something to change the world, and I'll feel all better at the end of the day. In the meanwhile, all the things I rant and rave about are still going on day after day after day. And I continue to say the same things day after day after day. It's all I got.\r\n\r\nBut I HATE this asshole reminding me that my side isn't making any headway. STOP IT!!! STOP IT I SAY!!! What goes on in the real world doesn't really matter. It's what happens here that matters. In here, in this safe little room, we have solved all the world's problems, if only they would listen.","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 15:22:03","modified":"2003-07-04 15:22:03","fileurl":""},{"id":69699,"heading":"Diogenes","article":""But once we do accomplish something and some issue of ours is actually implemented, I'll let you know."\r\n\r\nThank You. We'll be waiting to hear from you.\r\n\r\nand waiting.........\r\n\r\nand waiting.........\r\n\r\nand waiting.........\r\n\r\nand waiting.........\r\n\r\nand waiting.........\r\n\r\nand waiting...........................................\r\n\r\n","author":"the people","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 15:26:30","modified":"2003-07-04 15:26:30","fileurl":""},{"id":69777,"heading":"I am an activist caught in my own trap","article":"Why hasnt there ever been an anarchist nation on Earth anytime in history? Why doi I have to be embarassed every day of my miserable live by having to face reality? I have so many protest signs that The "Save the Tree" people might actually say that I have contributed to the death of the forests. Woe is me...","author":"Foolish Anarchist","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 22:14:34","modified":"2003-07-04 22:14:34","fileurl":""},{"id":69781,"heading":"Why?","article":"Why do I find the taste of bull semen irresistible?","author":"Ignatius","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-04 22:25:47","modified":"2003-07-04 22:25:47","fileurl":""},{"id":69826,"heading":"Please hold your breath.","article":"Thhhhhhhhhpppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!","author":"Diogenes","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 02:06:29","modified":"2003-07-05 02:06:29","fileurl":""},{"id":69830,"heading":"what a stupid thread","article":"What makes it all the more moronic is that it's totally\r\nwrong. Consider what's happened already. Bush and \r\nhis gang of traitorous babykillers wanted this war. We \r\nsaid fuck this war. He said, no, I really, really want this \r\nwar. So we replied in kind. And this cycle repeated \r\nitself, many times over and over again. Like this circle \r\nMs. Sphere likes to mention so much, but more like a \r\nspiral, increasing in amplitude each cycle. And \r\neventually, and here's where we actually did \r\nsomething, bush started trying to justify his actions \r\nwith sketchy-at-best "evidence". And yet we still did not \r\nwant this dumb fucking slaughter commited in our \r\nname. And so the "proof" continued to get more and \r\nmore blatantly fraudulent, and screamed louder and \r\nlouder by an increasingly desperate administration.\r\n\r\nAnd then the war began, and ended. Thousands of \r\ninnocent lives, gone, just like that.\r\n\r\nAnd then we arrive at the present day. And we look \r\nback at all this fraudulent "evidence" as the blatant lies \r\nwe always knew they were to begin with. And bush \r\ncontinues to feel the heat rise, and that will not change \r\nany time soon. And eventually, we will have justice, or \r\nsome semblance of it anyways. Our 'political agenda' \r\nas you put it (the rest of us just call it 'justice') will be \r\nfurthered, and by your rules, we will rightly be able to \r\nclaim victory. But I doubt you'll see many of us \r\ncelebrating... The damage is done, the lives have \r\nbeen taken and there is no way to undo that.\r\n\r\nMoral of the story is, don't count your chickens before \r\nthey're hatched, we're far from done. We've meerly \r\nentered a stage of the game where there is nothing \r\nwe could do to make you assholes look any worse \r\nthan what you are doing yourself. So by all means, \r\ncontinue to trip all over your little two inch dicks. But \r\ntake care claiming victory so soon, you may find those \r\nare some particularly tough words to chew on. In fact, \r\nI'd count on it, but I don't expect you have the \r\nintelligence or foresight to recognize the inevitable. \r\nHow could you, you think you've already 'won'.","author":"matt","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 03:16:01","modified":"2003-07-05 03:16:01","fileurl":""},{"id":69904,"heading":"matt","article":"Whatever.\r\nYou clueless dimwit.","author":"Pissed Off In Iowa","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 19:28:31","modified":"2003-07-05 19:28:31","fileurl":""},{"id":69908,"heading":"oh god!","article":"ow. the pain.\r\n\r\n'Pissed Off in Iowa'? Haha how flattering that the cointel types have deemed i'm enough of a risk to warrant trying to dilute my impact on the readers here. Keyword there is 'trying'. Perhaps its just a coincedence but I doubt it.\r\n\r\nFor those not aware of what i'm talking about, I was signing as 'Pissed Off in Ohio' for a long time but have since decided to just go by my first name. I'd use my full name but i expect some vindictive little gov employees would try to bring repurcussions down on my families head, which they don't deserve.\r\n\r\nWhat the hell do you have to be pissed about anyways? Is the slaughter of the Iraqi people \/ country \/ heritage not proceeding at an acceptable pace for you? Just can't wait to get some of that cheap iraqi oil for your suv? Or are you just furious that your little poster boy resident and the gop now control basically the entire US government? You shills are so fucking stupid it defies all logic.","author":"matt","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 19:39:34","modified":"2003-07-05 19:39:34","fileurl":""},{"id":69914,"heading":"matt","article":"Yeah, I'm all worried.\r\nOooooooooo.\r\nBoy, am I worried.\r\nAnd furious.\r\nOooooooooo.","author":"Pissed Off In Utah","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 19:44:42","modified":"2003-07-05 19:44:42","fileurl":""},{"id":69916,"heading":"BA you're so obvious","article":"I'm beginning to agree with sheepdog, maybe you're just some creation of IMC to illustrate the supreme ignorance of the neocon chicken hawks.\r\n\r\nIt'd be funny as hell if it wasn't for the, well, thousands of dead bodies.","author":"matt","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 19:47:08","modified":"2003-07-05 19:47:08","fileurl":""},{"id":69918,"heading":"matt","article":"I'm not Bush Admirer.\r\n\r\nTo humor you, I'll go over some of your things point by point, since you're sorta new here, and not too bright.\r\n\r\n>Haha how flattering that the cointel types have deemed i'm enough of a risk to warrant trying to dilute my impact on the readers here.\r\n\r\nThe only person you're flattering is yourself. I could care less if you're here or not or what you have to say. We're here for the fun, to make fun of you lefties. The sooner you comprehend that, the better. But if you never believe it, we don't really care.\r\n\r\n>Keyword there is 'trying'.\r\n\r\nWhatever. There may be, and that's a big MAY, 10 people who regularly read and post here.\r\n\r\nMAY.\r\n\r\n>I'd use my full name but i expect some vindictive little gov employees would try to bring repurcussions down on my families head, which they don't deserve. \r\n\r\nIf there's any box in LA that has a sniffer on it, it's LA-IMC. They probably already know the names and addresses of everyone of us that post here. That doesn't bother me. If it does you, that's your problem. If you don't believe the LA-IMC box has a sniffer, dial up a guy named "nessie" at SF-IMC. He's the local anarchist editor in SF and he'll fill you in.\r\n\r\n>What the hell do you have to be pissed about anyways?\r\n\r\nI don't. It was just in fun.\r\n\r\n> Just can't wait to get some of that cheap iraqi oil for your suv?\r\n\r\nI don't own a SUV.\r\n\r\n>Or are you just furious that your little poster boy (p)resident and the gop now control basically the entire US government?\r\n\r\nWhy would that make me furious?\r\n\r\nThere.","author":"Pissed Off In Montana","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:01:28","modified":"2003-07-05 20:01:28","fileurl":""},{"id":69924,"heading":".","article":"wow. You are one dumb fucker. Ok lets see here.\r\n\r\n"I'm not Bush Admirer." - sure.\r\n\r\n"The only person you're flattering is yourself. I could care less if you're here or not or what you have to say. We're here for the fun, to make fun of you lefties. The sooner you comprehend that, the better. But if you never believe it, we don't really care."\r\n\r\nGet a life. If attempting to belittle political activists is your definition of fun, hell the full scale invasion of some near-defensless thirdworld nation must be a fucking holiday eh? You suck. Nor do i believe you anyways. No one puts in as many hours with so little thought or content as ba or daveman or psymon or any of you other little two bit shills without drawing a paycheck for it.\r\n\r\n"Whatever. There may be, and that's a big MAY, 10 people who regularly read and post here."\r\n\r\nHaha you dumbfuck there's more than that reading this site, regularly, from my apartment complex in the middle of fucking ohio. I'm willing to be 1 out of 10 internet users along the west coast has heard of la\/sf\/portland imc, visited one or all of them and returned at least once. I'd say its entirely possible that at least a quarter of them come back regularly to keep up on whats going on. The regulars do the posting, and shoot down your half baked little attempts at debate, and the rest sit back and watch, happy not to get their hands dirty dealing with little fuckwits like yourself. I took my turn on the back burner for a couple monthes as i recovered from our darkest day (the day the invasion kicked off), now i'm back in a more proactive role. Be sure that there are plenty more to take my place when i've had enough.\r\n\r\n"If there's any box in LA that has a sniffer on it, it's LA-IMC. They probably already know the names and addresses of everyone of us that post here. That doesn't bother me. If it does you, that's your problem. If you don't believe the LA-IMC box has a sniffer, dial up a guy named "nessie" at SF-IMC. He's the local anarchist editor in SF and he'll fill you in. "\r\n\r\nOf course any spook that wants my full name can have it, but they can't take outright action against my family as a repurcussion for my actions as they are not supposed to have that info in the first place. I'm fine with the spooks knowing who i am, all they can do is come kill me. And maybe they will. Whatever.\r\n\r\n"What the hell do you have to be pissed about anyways?\r\nI don't. It was just in fun. " \r\n\r\nAgain, get a life you little shit. Go get laid, find something better to do. Of course, that statement was made under the assumption that you aren't full of shit when you say this is just a hobby for you, when of course we both know thats a complete crock. And to think, you tell us to go get a job. Look at what pays your bills. Ugh how disgusting.\r\n\r\n\r\n"> Just can't wait to get some of that cheap iraqi oil for your suv? \r\n\r\nI don't own a SUV. \r\n\r\n>Or are you just furious that your little poster boy (p)resident and the gop now control basically the entire US government? \r\n\r\nWhy would that make me furious?"\r\n\r\nEARTH TO DUMBFUCK - COME IN DUMBFUCK. I was pointing out the idiocy of you even pretending to be pissed off about anything in the world today. I bet you jerk off to CNN, you must love the state of the world today so much.\r\n\r\nI'll not be replying to any more of your infantile bullshit. Furthermore, if you persist with this nonsense, i will begin taking aggressive anti-bullshit measures against you. How's that you say? Little wonder called the DOM, through the miracle of DHTML i can make you and yours completely disappear off this site for anyone who would prefer that you didn't exist. I would rather leave that task up to the editors around here but if you piss me off much more i will do it.\r\n\r\nHell if it comes down to it i'll put you all in a PHP-death-headlock. Won't even require javascript for the end user.\r\n\r\nSo anyways, fuck you. Our day will come.","author":"matt","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:27:35","modified":"2003-07-05 20:27:35","fileurl":""},{"id":69926,"heading":"all for one","article":"nah, there isn't enough brain power to put all ten of us to sleep. But if you keep trying I'll send you some peanuts.","author":"all ten of us (Sheepdog)","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:32:47","modified":"2003-07-05 20:32:47","fileurl":""},{"id":69929,"heading":"mat","article":">I'm willing to be 1 out of 10 internet users along the west coast has heard of la\/sf\/portland imc, visited one or all of them and returned at least once.\r\n\r\nDid you obtain that piece of documented evidence from the same place you got this little jewel?:\r\n\r\n"BTW: I know people who conduct those surveys for clearchannel. I know they're corrupt and self serving and I know for a fact he does not enjoy nearly 60% approval rating. The numbers they call are only people who they think agree with them. So more accurately your statement should read '68 (actually 61)% of the people we thought loved bush actually still support him'. In all reality he enjoys maybe 20% approval and about 30% 'tolerance'. Meaning about 1 out of 2 americans totally fucking hates him." \r\n\r\n>Little wonder called the DOM, through the miracle of DHTML i can make you and yours completely disappear off this site for anyone who would prefer that you didn't exist. I would rather leave that task up to the editors around here but if you piss me off much more i will do it. \r\n\r\nOooooo. I'm all worried.\r\n\r\nAnd if our arguments aren't that strong, then they shouldn't bother you we are here, should it? Ah, but it does.\r\n\r\n>Our day will come.\r\n\r\nYou wouldn't recognize if it if did.","author":"Pissed Off In Michigan","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:39:44","modified":"2003-07-05 20:39:44","fileurl":""},{"id":69934,"heading":"fascist matt","article":"doesnt like censoring\r\nbut willing to do it\r\nto shut people up\r\nhe doesnt agree with\r\n\r\nwelcome to the world of fascist matt","author":"censor","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:45:46","modified":"2003-07-05 20:45:46","fileurl":""},{"id":69936,"heading":"yes","article":"In much the same way I have no love for violence or misery but if thats what it takes to end this bullshit then SO BE IT. If a cop was smacking me in the face, I would damn sure hit him back.\r\n\r\nHaha look at you little shits tremble. You suck.","author":"matt","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:52:28","modified":"2003-07-05 20:52:28","fileurl":""},{"id":69937,"heading":"dickweed XXXXXXXXXer","article":"talks tuff\r\nthinks he's king shit.\r\nblows chuncks.\r\nwe laugh.","author":"guess","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:53:08","modified":"2003-07-05 20:53:08","fileurl":""},{"id":69940,"heading":"mat","article":">I'll not be replying to any more of your bullshit.\r\n\r\nCan't keep a promise either, I see.","author":"Pissed Off In Indiana","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-05 20:56:13","modified":"2003-07-05 20:56:13","fileurl":""},{"id":70027,"heading":"In a thread of inanity","article":""I'm willing to be 1 out of 10 internet users along the west coast has heard of la\/sf\/portland imc, visited one or all of them and returned at least once. "\r\n\r\nSorry but I'm compelled to return to this.\r\n\r\nThis statement, and I can only hold out a remaining shred of hope that MAYBE it was a joke, is simple THEE most assinine assertion I have ever seen posted. \r\n\r\nMind you that's from a virtual cornucopia of nonsense, fantasies, delusions and outright lies regularly generated from a handful of paranoid leftist whiners.\r\n\r\nThink about it. Ten percent of the roughly 50 MILLION people who live on the west coast have heard of, visted and returned at least once to indy media. 5 MILLION people.\r\n\r\nWhoops. To be fair Matt said internet users, so I'll just cut those numbers in half for the sake of argument.\r\n2.5 Million visitors. Hmmm.\r\n\r\nExcuse me for a second while I swoon at the sheer magnitude of delusion here................................\r\n\r\n\r\nOkay I'm back.\r\n\r\nAll I'm saying is this. It's statements like these which regularly pepper a few peoples' posts which tend to discredit and raise a red flag of disbelief on everything they say.\r\n\r\nMatt\/POIO or whatever the hell you're calling yourself now, welcome back. I hope that your recovery from this awful war wasn't too emotionally draining for you and that you'll have alot more stunners like this one for us very soon.\r\n\r\nI fear you may have shot you wad though. This one will be hard to beat.\r\n\r\nThat said, I'll take your bet. I'd put the number at a bit more conservative 1 out of every 1 million. At Best.","author":"fresca","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-06 12:37:25","modified":"2003-07-06 12:37:25","fileurl":""},{"id":70064,"heading":""Pissed Off In Montana"(smashtheleft."","article":""We're here for the fun, to make fun of you lefties."\r\n\r\nWhy are you so against left-handed people? Idiot.\r\n\r\n","author":"Scottie","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-06 14:22:00","modified":"2003-07-06 14:22:00","fileurl":""},{"id":70068,"heading":"I swoon","article":"stop swooning or you'll get the vapors, miss fresca.","author":"I swoon","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-06 14:32:17","modified":"2003-07-06 14:32:17","fileurl":""},{"id":70233,"heading":"to scottie","article":"we are also here to make fun of retards who dont understand words like "left" and who are too unimaginative to think up their own names ","author":"Scottie","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-07 02:42:54","modified":"2003-07-07 02:42:54","fileurl":""},{"id":70528,"heading":"Scottie","article":"Do you enjoy having conversations with yourself?","author":"Ted","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-08 11:29:45","modified":"2003-07-08 11:29:45","fileurl":""},{"id":70852,"heading":"Ted","article":"No other Ted's in the world eh?\r\nDid you kill them?","author":"Scottie","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-09 04:50:36","modified":"2003-07-09 04:50:36","fileurl":""},{"id":70916,"heading":"Scottie","article":"In addition to having conversations with yourself, I see that you're also fond of the non sequitur. Idiot.","author":"Ted","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-09 14:33:04","modified":"2003-07-09 14:33:04","fileurl":""},{"id":71022,"heading":"Ted","article":"Talking to another person who calls themselves scottie is not talking to yourself. \r\npretending that it is IS A "non sequitur".\r\nBy the way my post was posed as a question which was sarcasm and comparison to absurdity - unlike you I was not attempting to produce a "sequitur". so to say that it doesnt follow is irrelevant.\r\nI think you should go back to school.","author":"Ted","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-10 05:32:54","modified":"2003-07-10 05:32:54","fileurl":""},{"id":71056,"heading":"Ted","article":"Do you enjoy having conversations with yourself? Idiot.\r\n\r\n","author":"Scottie","parent_id":68716,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-07-10 12:00:49","modified":"2003-07-10 12:00:49","fileurl":""}]}