CE&P social thread: why do the people I disagree with hate freedom so much?

[Escher's Waterfall]

Pffft.

 

[L2R]

hahaha awesome. you named her after a silent but deadly fart. .... wise call, man.

 

[Care]

Taking 4 poli-sci and an antropology class on human evolution this semester, should be interesting. Saved about 350$ ordering older versions of books on amazon.com compared to the bookstore today.

My theory class this semester focuses on Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, the professor in this class is a great lecturer, should be a fun one. No idea what prof as bright as this guy is doing at Fresno State... seems like he could easily teach anywhere he wanted, but ill take it.

Im taking a Public Administration Budgeting class..... sounds really boring but I think ill be ok with it.

Taking Advanced Comparative Politics, also excited about this one as it seems to be interesting and easy for me.

Public Policy could be fun.... we're going to focus on the Federal government and the nuts and bolts of how Policy is made on a national level.

And finally the evolutionary anthropology class. I live in a bible belt region, so its always fun to see students squirm when my (very liberal) professors talk about climate change, evolution and stuff like that. My professor looks like the dr. from back to the future.

Im taking 15 units this semester all crammed into 2 days a week, marathon status. But I should be ok as long as I keep up with the reading. Im going to have 2 relatively lax semesters after this one, my plan is to start prepping early for the LSAT during that time so I can pwn it and get into a good law school. My GPA is about 3.25 atm, if i can keep it around there and ace the LSAT I should be good to go.

 

[L2R]

american public policy is superbly summarised in this long winded book title "Implementation: How Great Expectations In Washington Are Dashed In Oakland: Or, Why It's Amazing That Federal Programs Work At All, This Being A Saga Of The Economic Development Administration As Told By Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek To Build Morals On A Foundation Of Ruined Hopes" by pressman and wildavsky

yes, that is the actual title.

yes i had to look it up

 

[Care]

I can even imagine how long-winded the book is.

 

[Bardeaux]

Another one bites the dust

 

[Bardeaux]

A statewide poll by the nonpartisan Justice at Stake Campaign found 7 percent of Republican-leaning voters saying they would definitely vote for Colbert in Saturday's primary if his name were on the ballot.

Article

 

[MyFinalRest]

I hit my 1000 posts mark today!

 

[L2R]

took your time

 

[alasdairm]

I hit my 1000 posts mark today!

1000 * 0 = 0



alasdair

 

[MyFinalRest]

^
~31,996 * 0 = 0

So, I'm still doing better than you in a sense.

 

[Escher's Waterfall]

32768 * 0 = 0 would be far cooler.

Or even 32767 * 0 = 0.

 

[MyFinalRest]

^why? what's the meaning behind these numbers? You're not dabbling in numerology are you?

 

[Escher's Waterfall]

It's when a signed short or int rolls over, depending on the architecture and the implementation.

 

[L2R]

who's the biggest zero can haz the rest of my virginities

 

[MyFinalRest]

Inmates in Vermont made these police cruiser decals.
The inmates cleverly hid a "reference" to an animal that pigs, umm...I mean cops don't like to be referred to. Can you spot it? :D

 

[L2R]

it took a bit of time, but i see it. well played... and played well.

 

[qwe]

that sharia law thread... feel free to move the personal discussion over to this thread. js.

 

[MyFinalRest]

Hey L2R, you know how Americans revere "political heroes" like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln etc. and the UK has its share of them too, but who are Australia's political heroes, if any?

 

[L2R]

some would say menzies, others gough, and others still would say hawke or howard. australia is like a microcosm of world politics, one man's hero is another's monster.