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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 274 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
You must have access to a special secret definition of "ironic" of which I am as yet unaware.
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Shield Member (Idle past 2852 days) Posts: 482 Joined: |
Deleted, misposted.
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Shield Member (Idle past 2852 days) Posts: 482 Joined: |
Wheres the irony? Are you sure you know what irony is?
I do not get your point... Edited by rbp, : No reason given.
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saab93f Member (Idle past 1385 days) Posts: 265 From: Finland Joined: |
Mr Perrys inability to form coherent answers regarding the teen pregnancy issue was just baffling. I mean he is not that smart but come on...he seemed like genuine dimwit (apologies to any dimwit who the comparison might insult).
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Wounded King Member Posts: 4149 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Joined:
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Clearly Artemis is using the Alanis Morrisette brand of 'irony', which as any fule kno is almost wholly antithetical to the classical definition of irony.
That it was Morrisette irony was signalled by his use of the the phrase 'a lil bit ironic, dontcha think?' which is of course a lyric from Miss. Morrisette's ironically entitled song 'Ironic'. TTFN, WK
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9053 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4 |
Clearly Artemis is using the Alanis Morrisette brand of 'irony', which as any fule kno is almost wholly antithetical to the classical definition of irony. I think Arties ID must have been hacked, because he is very much a stickler for the correct use of all terms.
Message 40Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
Theodoric writes: ...he is very much a stickler for the correct use of all terms. Perhaps it's time for yet another "irony" v. "sarcasm" discussion.
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New Cat's Eye Inactive Member |
Perhaps it's time for yet another "irony" v. "sarcasm" discussion Please no... these internets are littered with those discussions. Enough to last another hundred years, so no, its not time yet. And words are defined by how people use them...
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Theodoric Member Posts: 9053 From: Northwest, WI, USA Joined: Member Rating: 3.4 |
And words are defined by how people use them... Even if they are blatantly wrong? When I say blatantly I mean obviously, by which I mean easily seen. I don't mean a little wrong. If I meant that I would have used a word like barley, or slightly.Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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1.61803 Member (Idle past 1494 days) Posts: 2928 From: Lone Star State USA Joined: |
"I'm a passionate likable guy to those who know me."
"I care deeply for America" "I believe Obama is ruining the country" " I can get America back on track, create good jobs" "I know how to govern." Pull the string on his back and hear him for yourself. Edited by 1.61803, : No reason given.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4219 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
whatever you say Dr. Pedanditc.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4219 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
yes.
what would you call this?
would you use the blatantly wrong term of "buffalo"?
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jar Member (Idle past 384 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Yes, that is a buffalo.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : No reason given.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
As a life-long Buffalonian, that IS a buffalo.
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DBlevins Member (Idle past 3766 days) Posts: 652 From: Puyallup, WA. Joined: |
IF: Newt Gingrich, John Huntsman, and Ron Paul get the nomination, Obama is in trouble because: I thought only one individual could get the nomination?
- Gingrich has balanced the budget and worked with Dems, despite all the skeletons in his closet. Actually there are a couple things wrong with this. He, along with all of his fellow Republicans, actually opposed the 1993 budget (OBRA) which helped balance the budget at the time by raising taxes on the wealthy among other things. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which Gingrich claims is the reason for the surplus of 1998, actually increased the deficit by $21 Billion for that year. He has enough skeletons in his closet to corner the market on organic soil supplements.
- Huntsman is liberal enough to scoop in a good portion of Dems and GOP's The fact that he worked for the Obama administration for two year's makes his nomination unlikely, especially since Huntsman has only made half-hearted attempts to pander to the far right to get any shot at the nomination. Denying climate change for a day and then flipping back to accepting it isn't going to win votes on either side. You look uncertain, confused or at worse, like a panderer. He isn't going to get enough Dems or Independents because he also wants to overhaul Medicare by voting for the Ryan plan or by block-granting it, which is opposed by the vast majority of Americans.
- Ron Paul will find out he has alot more supporters than first though because none of them believed he can win until now. Ron Paul has too many skeletons in his closet (some even racist). There are people out there who might appreciate his isolationist stances on non-intervention and the wars and a few might appreciate his stance on the Fed, but there are certainly not enough Dems or independents crazy enough to hand him any wins. I doubt his conspiracy-mindedness will become catchy enough to win anything but a few states toward a nomination, and virtually none against Obama. at best he would be a spoiler, a la Nader. Addendum: Ron Paul thinks just about everything is unconstitutional including: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the National Labor Relations Board, the Federal Reserve, income taxes, the dollar bill (paper money), and the Departments of: Education, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and labor. Edited by DBlevins, : addendum
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