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Originally posted here by pwaring
The thing is that DVD was probably produced by people who were against the war in the first place, therefore it will be no more or less biased than the general American press and the Bush Administration.
True, most documentaries that are made about politics that have some sort of bias, but this one backs it up with peoples testimony who were out there doing something in Iraq or were in the intelligence community. I thought they did a decent job of proving their point.
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Originally posted here by Negative
Nah, I was talking about Von Goethe, the German poet and writer, who is thought to have had an IQ of 210, making him the smartest man ever. Other people in his category are Swedenborg (Swedish writer with an IQ of 205), von Leibniz (German philosopher/mathematician with an IQ of 205), John Stuart Mill (English economist, IQ of 200), Blaise Pascal (French philosopher with an IQ of 195). First American would be Bobby Fisher (the chessplayer) with an IQ of 187.
Here's a nice list with the explanation.
Stephen Hawking, using the same scale, would have an IQ of "only" 165, being surpassed by (amongst others) unbelievable but true Norman Schwarzkopf.
Most intelligent presidents of the last century areWoodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
There's lots of interesting stuff on that site :)
Ahh i see our discrpenacy then..i never put much stock into IQ's and consider most people who presue poetry or philospaphy prety low on the inteligence ladder. :)
Now for iraq...can any one tell us why we think srounding a masqe and the nassumaingly storming it while the defenders hold at least a 2 - 1 advantage in man power over us is a good idea? it looks like thats what we are preping to do...that will help win the harts and minds of the populace.......things are going to get much uglyer...popular revolt and general upriseing in other countries ugly if we do this insanity. Are the dopes who pulled offf mogadisu in command of felid ops for the army again, this is that level of military incompitance.
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Originally posted here by Negative
Nah, I was talking about Von Goethe, the German poet and writer, who is thought to have had an IQ of 210, making him the smartest man ever. Other people in his category are Swedenborg (Swedish writer with an IQ of 205), von Leibniz (German philosopher/mathematician with an IQ of 205), John Stuart Mill (English economist, IQ of 200), Blaise Pascal (French philosopher with an IQ of 195). First American would be Bobby Fisher (the chessplayer) with an IQ of 187.
Here's a nice list with the explanation.
Stephen Hawking, using the same scale, would have an IQ of "only" 165, being surpassed by (amongst others) unbelievable but true Norman Schwarzkopf.
Most intelligent presidents of the last century areWoodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.
There's lots of interesting stuff on that site :)
Ahh i see our discrpenacy then..i never put much stock into IQ's and consider most people who presue poetry or philospaphy prety low on the inteligence ladder. :)
Now for iraq...can any one tell us why we think srounding a masqe and the nassumaingly storming it while the defenders hold at least a 2 - 1 advantage in man power over us is a good idea? it looks like thats what we are preping to do...that will help win the harts and minds of the populace.......things are going to get much uglyer...popular revolt and general upriseing in other countries ugly if we do this insanity. Are the dopes who pulled offf mogadisu in command of felid ops for the army again, this is that level of military incompitance.
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I see neg is taking nicely to his new country - commercials and all! Soon those sound bites will get to you though and you'll pine for the old lands.
Try to watch something other than the networks if you want to keep your edge.
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OK, I'm confused. I like the topic, I came to share my 2 cents and then I just noticed how we went from Iraq, to tv commercials, to credit scores and nobody mentioned Janet Jackson's boob. Who cares about them WMD? Did you see that boob? Holy crap, you'd think that with all the money that woman has, she could've gotten a boob lift.
BTW Neg, there are 2 credit card companies that you can start your credit history with, one of them is called providian , the other capital one ( this one charges annual fees). Basically, if you can breath, they 'll give you credit. So stablish a nice little account with them and watch you make history.
On another unrelated topic, did anyone see how Jennifer Lopez mom got 3 million dollars? I was so pissed. Why does money have to go to money? Couldn't it be me???
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Do Capital One charge annual fees for their cards, even the lowest ones? You should have stayed in Belgium Neg - the European branch offers free cards starting with a £200 credit limit if I recall correctly. Basically you say how much you think you earn, they send you a letter, you send it back with your signature and they send you a card.
amnesiac: No, I didn't see that footage - but then we don't have the Superbowl over here (I guess you could say that Wimbledon/tennis is our big sporting event).
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Amnesiac > I don't even have a social security number yet, so it's kinda hard to start a credit history right now ;)
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Gee, that sucks. How long does it take to get a social? I don't mean to be intrusive, but how do you work w/o one?
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We filed all the paperwork (and it's a bunch, trust me... not to mention the legal fees). The first thing they'll give me (didn't get it yet) is a taxpayer ID (figures... first the taxes, then the good stuff). Then in about a month or so I should get my social. Right now, I'm not allowed to leave the country (welp... I'm allowed to leave, but not to come back) - I'll need a travel permission for that (should have that in three months or so). And then in about a year, me and Melissa will have to go take an interview and prove that we got married out of love, and not because I'm a communist trying to infiltrate the American establishment. And then in like three years or so, I'll be an American citizen.
I wonder how they are going to rate my credit... does everybody start with the same credit rate?
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Neg, yes (I worked in the loan dept at a bank for several years) everyone starts w/ a 450. If you get one or two little credit cards and pay them off in a timely manner, it won't take long for you to hit the 500's, and then when you get in the 650-700 range you start qualifying for really good rates on stuff. If you manage to break 700 (takes awhile of absolutely perfect credit, not even 1 day late on any credit payments and to prove that your credit rating isn't a 'fluke') you start qualifying for the 0% interest on cars ;) It isn't that hard to do, as long as you are extremely diligent with your payments.
