OT: Man was Created in God's Image "GCA"
RussGe...@aol.com
is shot down on Earth and aliens with three arms and face like Razz0's
are seen?
Would it be in the USA best interest to hide an alien craft, as has
been rumred in Area 51? What would an alien craft arriving, crashing,
being shot down do to the religious beliefs or our planet?
Food for thought. Space is infinate. Basically the enough monkeys,
enough typewriters, enough time bit. Do people actually believe Earth
has the only intelligent life.
I watched a show on TV the other night called the Power of 10. On one
of the polls, the question was: What percentage of Americans think
they are living the American Dream? The answer to that poll was 47%.
Being a cynic, I would think that poll was taken in IRAQ, cause I
can't possibly believe it was taken in the US.
If that's the case close to 50% of RGP is living the American Dream.
So why the hell aren't close to 50% playing the Main Event in the
WSOP? It's most RGPers dream, and in the polling theory, 47% of you
have no money worries so 10K is but a drop in the proverbial bucket.
Russ Georgiev
dougmanct
wrote:
The interesting extension to the question you pose comes from the
evolution, or perhaps more appropriate, de-evolution of American
society in terms of herd mentality and sadly, acceptance of lunatic
value systems.
I think if we shared guesses on how the introduction of alien life
forms into our society (in such a way that there was no rational way
to deny their authenticity) would impact the religious fabric of said
society, we'd have really different guesses than if we had same
discussion say, twenty years ago.
This country has been just saturated with extreme, hate-filled fanatic
people in roles of government and mainstream media hijacking the
concept of organized religion/religious beliefs and perverting them
into a culture of hatred, and inevitably, violence against those that
aren't identical to them. The preponderance of mass media/internet has
empowered this sad phenomenon.
I think if an alien craft, a real, legitimate alien craft crashes/gets
shot down/lands voluntarily in the middle of a major US city and
extraterrestrial biological entities emerge, our society will have
demonized them and declared war on them within 1 news cycle before
bothering to even try and figure out whether they come in peace or
not. The mainstream talking heads representing religion will tell us
they're a test from the devil of our faith, or some such hooey.
Twenty years ago, I think it would have legitimately shook a lot of
people's faith to the core, and there would at least be a really
interesting debate in society as to how to deal with this new addition
to what the people collectively know about the universe.
Me, I'd reserve judgement on how well they think/reason until I've had
a chance to play a few thousand hands of O8 with them. Foxwoods isn't
too picky on who they let in their poker room.
RussGe...@aol.com
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To me, this is a very realistic, well thought out response, with a
high degree of accuracy.
John_Brian_K
Never mind prolly not.
As far as the American dream. A subjective question. I believe I am
doing ok, but no way could I justify dropping 10k on the main event,
or on anything for that matter shit I do not even have 10k! I do own
my own home (just recently), have a decent paying job, have a GF that
cares about me and takes care of me, own my car and vacation
frequently. American Dream? Maybe maybe not, but it is working for
me.
Michael K
your philosophy.
Living the American dream does not equate to chasing a pipe dream.
Deadmoney Walking
Wow, 2 replies to Russ in a day...
Do any of you know what the American Dream is? Hint, Donny Deustch
does not.
KilgoreTrout
I find the "vacation frequently" point interesting, cuz of this article I
read a couple weeks ago.
I'm going completely by memory here, but the gist was that there are
several of these Western European countries where they are working 35 hour
work weeks, and are still getting something like 4-6 weeks more off, on
average, than American workers.
Of course, they all live in socialist democracies. So, they probably
spend all that extra time waiting around in bread lines.
Meanwhile, I've also recently read in PopMech that the mining operations
have cut their workforces dramatically, and are producing 6x what they
were, cuz of new tech and innovation.
All hail the mighty, mighty paper-pusher! Save me, Jeebus, I'm drowning
in bureaucracy!
Cheers.
PS: Having said all that, Gods Blessings to America, and, yes, I do
consider myself to be living the American Dream. I'm just selfish and
want more.more.more!
Time Magazine's Person of the Year - 2006
Principal's List -1991
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RussGe...@aol.com
I'm just polling for the Power of 10. It's a simple question, with a
simple answer. YES or NO
Steve Austin
they were stuffed and mounted and on display in some bar.
RussGe...@aol.com
wrote:
Can't answer a YES or NO question? You must be living the American
Dream:) Dream on
RussGe...@aol.com
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I know a guy who klled a barr when he was only three, Davey, Davey
Crockett, King of the wild frontier.
John_Brian_K
> Dream:) Dream on
It's not a Yes or NO question until you define American Dream. WTF is
an; or the, American Dream?
You define it to your terms for your question and I will answer with a
yes or no.
Michael K
the power of 10, the answer is NO.