GD is a hot zone tonight...

[solinvictus]

wear asbestos.

[pres2032]

1. yikes, lot of support the troops are getting tonight

:eyes:

[JohnKleeb]

2. whats happening?

back to normal for now btw.

[pres2032]

4. read the thread entitled "war is turning our soldiers into psychopaths"

[JohnKleeb]

7. I will not go in to GD man

[Radical Activist]

12. DU is turning people into psychopaths

At least a few people. Or maybe they were like that before they got here.

[JohnKleeb]

15. There is a link between going to GD And being psychopathic

:).

[pres2032]

18. i agree with that

or rather, being on an anonymous forum turns people into psychopaths.

[Radical Activist]

22. Yes the anonymous part does

have an impact. I certainly type some things I wouldn't say to friends I know.

[pres2032]

26. yeah, i'm usually a quiet person

but for some reason i'm able to translate my thoughts better in written form than spoken. and yes, i am more open too.

[JohnKleeb]

23. yep

[ElectroPrincess]

47. Beautiful Pup, Sweet Smile :-)

[Withywindle]

3. The Hot Zone?

Wasn't that a book about the Ebola virus?


Is it kind of like that?

[pres2032]

5. that's an awsome book

I've read it several times.

[Withywindle]

6. I wanted to but...

I'm really squeamish about gross medical stuff.

[pres2032]

9. it's not as bad as you think

in regards to gross details. the last chapters, however, will scare the crap out of you, no lie. that's when he goes into the horrific future in store for us with viruses.

[JohnKleeb]

8. Reston, the town featured is my neighboring town, I never read it tho

[pres2032]

10. cool........i guess...

here's a quote from the book: "one change in it's (ebola reston) genetic code and it could turn into a cough and take out the human race." :scared:

[JohnKleeb]

11. its a neat little town, I went to elementary school there becaus I live

closee

[pres2032]

13. cool, it does sound like a cool town.

[JohnKleeb]

14. yep its great

[pres2032]

16. plus, how many towns have a virus named after it?

[JohnKleeb]

19. I actually didnt know that until my friend told me whos from Minnesota

[Dukkha]

17. This should be GDs entrance

General Discussion

[pres2032]

20. haha, that's great!

[JohnKleeb]

21. it is but that hurt my ears

[pres2032]

24. heh, that's what the volume control is for

[JohnKleeb]

25. I have no volume control sigh, better than no sound at all I guess

[pres2032]

27. yeah, that sucks

but it is defintely better to have loud sound than no sound at all.

[Radical Activist]

28. This isn't an argument. You're just contradicting me!

So like GD.

[Borgnine]

29. GD is the DU equivalent of cable punditry shows.

Too much screaming, not enough substantial debate.

"What? You have a Clark avatar? But I'm a Dean supporter! I won't agree with you on anything!"

"You have a Dean avatar? But I'm a Frost supporter! You, sir, obviously must rape babies!"

[JohnKleeb]

30. You mean they have Frost supporters in GD?

I am being silly on that, I'd be most shocked if you told me they had Roemer supporters.

[pres2032]

31. GD also represents the far-left wing of the democratic party

and don't you dare go there if you're even an inch to the right of howard dean.

[JohnKleeb]

32. yeah but I am a far leftist too but I dont go threaten to go green

like some of those jokers.

[pres2032]

34. or even red

as i'm sure i recall some of them saying they were full-blooded communists. I'm a solid democrat to be sure, but am still relatively moderate along the lines of Clinton.

[JohnKleeb]

36. I am quite left man but I am a yellow dog and pragmatic

You come from a red state like I do and you're bound to be. I gasp actually like John Kerry too, heh, I like mostly all dems.

[Borgnine]

33. Oh, I know.

I'm pretty damn liberal, but not the extremist level that some of these people operate on. There's also the extremly PC bunch (remember those novel-sized debates over the use of a certain word that rhymes with 'witch?') that will lynch you over the most innocent of remarks. There's zero sense of humor with some of these people.

What's really pissing me off at the moment... the bitter feelings still residing in some people from the primaries. The election has long since ended, and there's no real reason for "Deaniacs", "Clarkies," and, uh... "Sharpies" to be feuding.

[JohnKleeb]

35. We have to be united as a party

I just wish people in GD got htat.

[pres2032]

37. yeah, that's why i hang out here

to be with the people with the humor. I'd love for some of them to hear Carlos Mencia's stand-up routine on being PC and the importance of having humor and taking a joke.

[JohnKleeb]

38. And we all know the shit I do now for laughs

Even if it does make me look like something I am not. :)

[drumwolf]

39. that may be the case now

but during the election they were engaged in absolutely mindless cheerleading for Kerry, to the point where they would shout down anyone who dared to even hint that it was possible for Kerry and Edwards to lose the election.

That, more than anything else, is what drove me out of there.

[JohnKleeb]

40. and now they're terrible to Kerry

typical.

[pres2032]

41. yeah, really shows there true colors

heh, shows who the REAL flip-floppers are

[JohnKleeb]

43. remember part of my sigline

as we eat our own, we gradually become extinct.

[SmileyBoy]

42. I'm a pretty mainstream liberal (not extremist whatsoever).

And I haven't been there in a LOOOOOONG time.

[JohnKleeb]

44. its wise you not

[pres2032]

45. yeah, i haven't been there since the election

i'm glad i missed the primaries. :scared:

i'm definitely a mainstream liberal too, with some conservative leanings due to my religion (i'm pro-life, pro-gay rights, pro-faith based initiative, pro-school vouchers)

[JohnKleeb]

46. take it you oppose the death penalty too

I like the idea of faith based intiatives, I am pro choice, and my real beef with school vouchers is that they from what I know violate church and state but I think they and faith based intiatives are good intentioned.

[pres2032]

48. yup, deeply oppose the death penalty

i'm biased towards vouchers because i spent 13 years in catholic schools and loved it. I think public schools are great and absolutely essential, but i'm defintely choosing a private school for my kids. and i think people should have every opportunity to go to private school as i had.

[JohnKleeb]

49. Yeah, hey Catholic girls are great

:D. Yeah, well I am sending my kids to a public one, I am not that outwardly religious honest.

[pres2032]

50. yeah, that's cool

to each his own, i definitely respect that.


anyways, time for bed. goodnight!

[JohnKleeb]

51. yep good night