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@pres-elect,

Are we talking about different shooters?  The preliminary info about today's Clorado shooter is that he shot his former colleagues.  How true this account is I do not know.  If however the guy killed someome for the sake of ending abortions, then he is a terrorist, plain and simple.

This is not about spin, it is only common sense.  Someone who intends to make political changes through killing civilians and spreading fear while ignoring the ballot box is a terrorist, plain and simple.

@JeSoul,

Tayo, this is grossly unfair and insensitive of you . . . what did those poor pigs do to deserve such a thing?

Who exactly are you refering to as pigs?  The animals or the terrorists?  

@Ibime,

If we start excluding muslims from duties that they've sworn to uphold, when are we going to start excusing heterosexuals or homosexuals from combat simply because they do not want to kill people with similar sexual orientations?  Afterall, liberals have started  grouping people based on their sexual persuasions!

@pres-elect,

perhaps if it turns out that he is a muslim, his identity will change to terrorist.

One thing is common with ALL the people labelled terrorists.  They intend to use the medium of fear and death to effect political changes.  Driving those intentions are ideological persuasions.

I can no more call the Colorado gunman a terrorist than I can call a common criminal who kills to steal from another a terrorist.  The muslim officer who killed his colleagues did so to make a political point to pacify his ideological conscience.  The Colorado gunman probably commited that crime to settle a personal score.  Both men however should be hanged on a tree and fed to vultures.  Better still, the terrorists should be fed to pigs, after being injected with the swine flu of course. 

@topic,

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, political parties, nations and eras, it's the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche. Groups like Al Shabaab and their cronies make Friedrich look like a prophet.

@FBS,

You are a very wise man!

@Afam,

Well, unless you are referring to TayoD, Tayo-D or any other user ID because for dis forum people can surprise you with multiple user IDs.

I have a divine answer to your post. May God grant you the wisdom to respond appropriately. He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by. - Proverbs 26:17

By the way, I provided the Bible quote from the "Bible in Basic English" Translation. That way, you wouldn't say the English was too tough for you to understand.

@adconline,

the same media in which Rush is the greatest beneficiary. The same media that failed to ask serious questions about WMD in Iraq?

I'm not sure I understand your point here. However, you need to understand that Rush is not a journalist in the true sense of the word, he is a News Commentator. He gives his opinion on the finished product by journalists. I'm sure you can tell the difference.

And yes, he has used his God-given talent to better himself financially. Have a problem with that?

@Ikomi,

And to think that I agree with you 100% on the valid points you made regarding the women.

I will ignore your other outbursts for now. Let's run with what we agree upon on this forum. We both live to fight on another day on another topic. You know I'm always at home for you

As for those dissing the women, especially those of the male gender, please show some respect. Verbally abusing women who have done you no wrong might just be symptomatic of a much deeper problem. I hope you guys are no wife beaters.

@adconline,

There is no positive spin anywhere. He said McNabb is overated, and the only reason why is because the Press wants to see a Black Quarterback in the NFL. What is racist about that? Isn't it the truth? It is the same desire to see a Black man as President that gave us Obama, irrespective of accomplishment.

@pres-elect,

i'm really wondering when i called kobojunkie a sick puppy . . . ok, just realised he never made the accusation. sorry for the error
. . . . . .or any other person for that matter.

this ''sick puppy'' statement was actually an open one with no names attached. the only thing i attached to it was 'satisfactory delusion' . . .

Talk about satisfactory delusion. You responded directly to my analogy and while refering to "some dude" as "sick puppies". Everyone who can think understand that you were refering to me. Instead of owning what you said and show some form of courage and strength, you decided to dance around and bask in your delusion.

I have always excused your rants and abuses several times, but I will do so no more. If you want a debate and debate from the position of issues, you will find me a pleasant companion. If you choose not to, believe me, I am equal to the task.

@Ayatollah Ikomi,

See how you have shamed yourself again on the www. The person you were supporting is on the road to showing full remorse. Are you going to be man enough to acknowledge you are wrong again?

@Ikomi,

“If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut sometimes.” Albert Einstein

This is why I said earlier that it is not just about reading what others write, but using your head to think and cosider how it should be applied. If you had used your thinking faculty, you would have considered it best to avoid contributing to my exchange with pres-elect considering that you lack all the information necessary to make an informed decision.

My first contribution to this topic was to ask a question. Pres-elect responded in a typical manner by calling me a "sick puppy." To think that you will add to that discourse by ignoring who first started the name-calling when I rightly responded in kind only goes to show that you are always on the wrong side of the fact.

Learn from what Einstein said and always shut your mouth when you are ill-informed.

@Ayhatollah Ikomi,

TayoD when would you learn some sence, why dont you listen to the likes of bawomolo and morpheus24 it would be to you greatest advantage beyond your wildest dreams.

Your understanding of sense is to listen to other people and not use your own brain? Please spare me such 'learning'. Is that what you were taught in school?

Instead of always trying to ram in your baseless, non-coherent arguments with insults. And on top of it you would say you are thinking out of the box.

I reserve the right to return insults with insults. But of course, you reserve the right to continue to misinform people on nairaland. I revealed your folly earlier showing how you jumped into this argument with blatant disregard for facts. Now you are back here to continue doing what you know to do best - misinform.

If actually thinking out of the box is the expression that explains your views, please start thinking within the box.

At least I ma thinking. I wish you'll do same.

Infact your case is becoming pathethic.

Coming from you, I will not lose any sleep.

@adconline,

NFL is not interested in politics, Rush made some racial comments about McNabb, so you can put a positive spin on it. Being on radio 25 yrs does not guarantee him the right to buy into any NFL franchise. NFL may not allow any of its teams to be based in Las Vegas becuase of Casinos. Time to have a different look on Rush and his power. If he could not muscle his way through, then he is not as powerful as he seems. Remember he never endorsed McCain and he won the primaries.

NFL not interested in politics? Why is it then that the same Players' Rep at the center of this saga has threatened to involve the White House in the coming negotiations of the Players and the Team owners? Do you know of his ties to the Obama administration? Besides, are all the Team owners without political convictions?

That Rush said Donovan McNabb is overated is grounds for accusing him of racism? See what the Leftists have turned America into. A fan of the game cannot even have an opinion about one of the most visible players. What is so racist about the statement?

davidylan:
good ol' Tayo . . . back in business.

Don't mind that hypocrite called pres-elect. If only he will look in the mirror and examine his own actions before accusing other people. He's such a joke.

@pres-elect,

You just don't know how to make analogies do you? The beauty queen and Rush were denied based on politics. Can you tell us how politics played a role in the decision of the JP?

Again you are here calling millions of people bufons. The JP's decision directly affected two people, and your statement maligned millions. You have taken on the role of the biggest hypocrite on nairaland.

@pres-elect,

lol . . . . one of the first signs of lack of argumentative ability is cursing

well, when i'm a victim, i dont hesitate to repay . . . . . tayo is a coward. . . . yep, i said it , Tayo D, you are a coward

Are you deluded or just plain stupid? So calling people "sick puppies" is a compliment in your deranged mind?

That I hit you back twice as hard is now reason for you to claim a victim mentality! Don't start what you can't finish. I have no time for hypocrites like you!

@Ayhatollah Ikomi,

I can see you are back here to spread your usual misinformation. In addressing the issue of me calling pres-elect a coward, you conveniently left out a very important point - he started the name calling. But of course, the truth here is an irritating inconvenience to your assumed position. That explains why you chose to ignore it altogether.

May your reign as the Ayatollah of misinformation on nairaland know no end!

@adconline,

take it easy. its called free country where majority caries the day. Rush has got the right to buy into any NFL franchise, but he has to find a willing seller. transaction is established when a seller aggrees to sell at a price and buyer agrees to buy at that same price. So in the case, the transaction never took place. I guess his past statements came back to hurt him. He was judged by the same standard he would use to judge others who might have different political inclinations. If he minded his political business without tongue lashing black players, it would not have been an issue after all RAMS are not doing good anyway.
Mark Cuban's utterances came back to hurt him when he wanted to buy Chicago Cubs. Mind you that Mark Cuban said things about NBA and officiating not about race or some other disparaging statements about a group of people.

It's a free country alright, and freedom is supposed to make rational people seek the truth and not otherwise. The dangerous thing here is that it signifies a trend that portends danger for the United States. Recently, a conservative wad denied the crown for Miss America and maligned on national TV because of her views. Now another prominent conservative is being told he cannot buy a franchise basically because of his politics. What next, we will start employin people based on their political affiliation? If you can be denied your right to trade in the market based on your politics, who knows whether you will be denied access to needed operation when the Govt is in charge of healcare. We are on a very dangerous slope right now.

Rush never said anything racist about Black players. Infact, he adores the game and the players. This is a guy who has been on the air, 3 hours every week day for 25 years and the statement used to deny him his fundamental right to enter into a contract was cooked up. Doesn't that show that accusations of racism against him are totally bogus. There is nothing that I hate more than race-baiting and this is something the Left in this country does regularly. Becuase of this saga, many conservatives have determined to opt out of their subscription for the NFL ticket on cable or Dish. I would have done same if I had a subsription. If my politics is not acceptable to you, why should my money be? We are on a very slippery slope.

@topic,

I can see that the truth is just an inconvenience to all the Rush haters and Race baiters on this forum. Only Liberals rejoice when lies prevail over the truth.

@pres-elect,

Why am I not surprised you don't read to understand issues nor are you patient enough to take the time to know and verify sources before spitting out your putrid statements. Its very typical of mind numb robots like you.

I can see that you have wisely for once side-stepped the other issues I mentioned because you have no clue. Please keep it that way. An ignoramus is sometimes taken to be informed if he keeps quiet.

@pres-elect,

and some dude here is maing an analogy with church marrying gays . . church is a religious organisation, and freedom of religion guarantees them the right to wed those they deem fit. and church is not a public organisation, i.e it is independent of govt.

I'm the only one on the forum so far who has made such an analogy. I can see that you are not only misinformed but you are a coward.

You obviously have no clue what US laws are regarding issues like this,. It would have been wise to keep quiet rather than reveal your ignorance. If this was a matter of law, can you please tell us what law the guy has broken? Why isn't he being sued? Use your head for once and stop depending on junk news websites that support your misinformed and biased notions.

If you have the ability to use your head, you will know that a religious organization can lose its tax-free status if discrimination can be proven, in this case racial discrimination or as in the hypothetical case I mentioned, sexual orientation discrimination.

And another thing for you to think of. Would the JP be right to refuse to preside over any marriage on the basis of religious conviction even though the law permits such relationships? Is religious freedom limited only to religious organizations or valid for personal cases too? Let's see how well you think here.

@topic,

I scored 11 out of 12. The questions are easy enough and I can't seem to figure out which of the questions that I missed.

@topic,

I scored 11 out of 12.  The questions are easy and I can't figure out which question I missed.


Find out how your score compares with other Americans who took the test in our national telephone survey:

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1. Can you tell me who is the newest justice to join the Supreme Court? Sonia Sotomayor Correct 65  
2. Do you happen to know who Glenn Beck is? A television and radio talk show host Correct 40  
3. Do you happen to know which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? Democrats Correct 75  
4. Does the so-called "public option" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Health care Correct 56  
5. Can you tell me who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee, which is working on a bill to reform the health care system? Max Baucus Correct 18  
6. Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board? Ben Bernanke Correct 33  
7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border? No, they do not Correct 42  
8. Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to: 10% Correct 53  
9. Do you happen to know if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently closer to: 10,000 Correct 33  
10. Is health care spending per person in the U.S. higher, lower, or about the same as in most major European nations? Higher in U.S. Correct 61  
11. Does the so-called "cap and trade" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Energy and environment  Correct 23  
12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: 70,000 Incorrect 28  
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 Gender Education Age
Your Responses Male Female High School
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Graduate Ages 18-29 Ages 30-49 Ages 50+

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This shows how many questions you answered correctly, compared with the average number of correct answers for different demographic groups. For example, men answered an average of 5.9 questions correctly.          
11 5.9 4.7 4.2 5.3 7.1 4.0 5.4 5.8

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Percent answering correctly
1. Can you tell me who is the newest justice to join the Supreme Court? Correct 67 64 55 64 84 46 68 73
2. Do you happen to know who Glenn Beck is? Correct 45 37 29 40 59 31 40 45
3. Do you happen to know which political party has a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? Correct 78 72 66 78 87 65 74 80
4. Does the so-called "public option" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Correct 59 53 46 54 74 40 59 61
5. Can you tell me who is the chairman of the Senate finance committee, which is working on a bill to reform the health care system? Correct 23 12 9 18 32 11 18 20
6. Do you happen to know who is chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board? Correct 41 26 23 31 50 18 32 41
7. Do you happen to know if Iran and Israel do or do not share a border? Correct 54 31 32 41 60 39 41 45
8. Do you happen to know if the national unemployment rate is currently closer to: Correct 62 45 41 56 69 38 54 58
9. Do you happen to know if the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently closer to: Correct 44 23 25 32 48 18 34 39
10. Is health care spending per person in the U.S. higher, lower, or about the same as in most major European nations? Correct 59 63 55 64 70 57 67 59
11. Does the so-called "cap and trade" legislation being discussed in Congress deal with, Correct 29 17 14 21 39 13 24 28
12. About how many U.S. military personnel are currently in Afghanistan: Incorrect 32 24 22 33 34 21 27 31
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@topic,

Just a question. If the law is all that matters, would priests be asked to marry gay couples in States that permit such even though their conscience and faith dictate otherwise?

@topic,

The absurdity of this award was alluded to recently even in the world of sports. Can you imagine Capello comparing an undeserved award bestowed on David Beckham to Obama receiving the Noble Peace Prize? "One newspaper columnist later described the decision as "grotesque'', while England boss Fabio Capello likened it to Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace prize just months into his term as American president." - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=685992&sec=england&cc=5901

Barack Hussein Obama is now the laughing stock of the rest of the world! What a shame!

@pres-elect,

I'm glad that you or anybody else for that matter cannot single out one racist comment he made against Blacks.  You are accusing an innocent man based on hearsays.  You've never listened to him nor do you know what he stands for. Even when I pointed out to you that the statement attributed to him is false, you chose to continue in the error of your ways.  That speaks volumes about the kind of person you are.

You know who is psychotic? It's obvious its you! Believing a lie fed to you by your left wing cooks. Keep living in delusions based on lies.

@bawomolo,

Tayo-D doesn't support socialists

You betcha. Just as I love sinners even though I hate sin; I love socialists even though I hate socialism.  Why should I support people who stand for what I hate? I don't hate the 'playa', just the game!

@Aloy.Emeka,

Liar liar apata afaya. Why didn't you become Obama's fan because of the numerous lies Rush Limbaugh and McCain's campaign accused him of?.

All these accusations without proof. Can you please share with us just one, only one lie about Obama that Rush uttered. And by the way, no made-up stories this time around.

And by the way, I never said anything about McCain's or Obama's twisting of the truth with respect to campaign ads. Both were guilty of exageration and/or misrepresentation. However, I think it is noteworthy when a politician running for the presidency spends millions of dollars on national TV to spread absoulute lies (not even a shade of the truth) about a private citizen. That is what Obama did, and I lost total faith in him afterwards.

@topic,

It's even coming to light now that a majority of the panel were strongly against giving the award to Obama. It appears they were arm-twisted by the chairman of the group into succumbing to the choice.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091015/ts_nm/us_nobel_jury

@pres-elect,

nothing can be an over-reaction to oppose someone who says slavery was a good thing by keeping the streets safe after dark and building the south.

It says a lot about you people when you have to manufacture a bold-face lie to discredit someone who has been talking on the radio almost erveryday for the last 25 years or so.

The above statement you and your fellow race-baiters attribute to Rush is nothing but a made-up story.  That CNN, MSNBC and co rely on an anonynous wikipedia entry and fed to gullible souls like you as news reveals the depth of depravity you guys have sunk to.  Rush never uttered those statements or anything close to it.  Like I said, if Rush is racist, then you won't have to manufacture a lie to discredit him.  This says more about the credibility, or lack thereof of the Left than it does about Rush.

By the way, I see this working out for Rush's good.  I remember that I started listening to Rush after the erroneous campaign AD that Obama played all over the country during the campaign. I decided to find out more about the man who apparently was racist and found out that Obama and co actually made up the things they accused him of.  I have been a fan of him since then and I anticipate he will get himself more fans after this.

@bawomolo,

Kurdish minorities do not count unless they are oppressed by Jews of course!