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Which Are You?
FW357
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Seems like the people here on Gunbroker break down into two camps.
Camp 1 seems to think that 90% of what is in the newspaper and on the news is lies, that there are numerous conspiracies, that there are powerful forces at work behind the scenes that can not be fully known or understood, and that truth (or something very close to it) can rarely be known.
Camp 2 seems to think that 90% of what is in the newspaper and on the news is truth (or something very close to it), that most people usually to do things for the reasons they state, and that truth (or something very close to it) usually does come out, if perhaps after a delay.
I see myself in Camp 2. Which camp are you in?
Camp 1 seems to think that 90% of what is in the newspaper and on the news is lies, that there are numerous conspiracies, that there are powerful forces at work behind the scenes that can not be fully known or understood, and that truth (or something very close to it) can rarely be known.
Camp 2 seems to think that 90% of what is in the newspaper and on the news is truth (or something very close to it), that most people usually to do things for the reasons they state, and that truth (or something very close to it) usually does come out, if perhaps after a delay.
I see myself in Camp 2. Which camp are you in?
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Do you post just to be posting ?
Do you post your true feelings?
Do you post just to stir things?
Do you post to help someone?
Do you post just to appear, and add nothing to the discussion?
(Like, here I am, look at me, Got nothing to say to contribute to the post, but here I am anyway"
Do you post to correct people and to show everyone in the forum just how smart you are?
Do you post just to gripe?
Do you post to air your dirty laundry in public?
Do you post just to add to your ego?
Do you post what you think the other people would like to hear just to stay on the goodie two shoes side of everyone?
Do you post with several names (alter Ego) ?
And yes I am a little of all them, look into yourself for the answer, not at anyone else.
I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. Magnum Force
Posted on: 5:58 am, September 26, 2013, by KFOR-TV and KFOR-TV and A. Edwards, updated on: 07:36am, September 26, 2013
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United States of Shame
What is the "most screwed up thing" about Oklahoma?
We now know thanks to the University of Alabama.
They have complied a list and each of the 50 states are at the bottom of the list in some cringe-worthy or unsavory category.
The university's rankings list the Sooner State as the one with the highest rate of female incarceration and we tied with Alabama for the most strokes.
Imprisoning the most women is not something to be proud of, however, other states on the list have offenses many would consider far more shameful.
For example, Mississippi; according to the study, they rank poorly in the most number of categories including highest rate of child poverty, infant mortality, lowest median household income, highest teen birth rate and highest overall rate of STDs
Louisiana scored the highest rate of gonorrhea, Nevada takes top honors for the highest rate of violent crime and Washington's claim to fame is the highest bestiality rate.
Rationale and statistics:
Most stats taken from America's Health Rankings and the U.S. Census unless otherwise noted. (Note - data varries and is not based on 2013 numbers)
1. Alabama: highest rate of stroke (3.8%) (tied with Oklahoma)
2. Alaska: highest suicide rate (23.6 suicides per 100,000 people in 2004)
3. Arizona: highest rate of alcoholism
4. Arkansas: worst average credit score (636) Source.
5. California: most air pollution (15.2 micrograms per cubic meter)
6. Colorado: highest rate of cocaine use per capita (3.9% total population)
7. Connecticut: highest rate of breast cancer Source.
8. Delaware: highest abortion rate (27 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44)
9. Florida: highest rate of identity theft (122.3 reports per 100,000 people)
10. Georgia: sickly based on highest rate of influenza
11. Hawaii -highest cost of living (tied with California) Source.
12. Idaho - lowest level of Congressional clout Source.
13. Illinois: highest rate of robbery (284.7 incidences per 100,000 people)
14. Indiana: rated the most environmentally unfriendly by NMI solutions Source.
15. Iowa: highest percentage of people age 85 and older (1.8 percent) (tied with three other states) Source.
16. Kansas: poorest health based on highest average number of limited activity days per month (3.5 days) Source.
17. Kentucky: most cancer deaths (227 per 100,000 people) (BONUS fact: Kentucky also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers - 25.6%)
18. Louisiana: highest rate of gonorrhea (264.4 reported cases per 100,000 people) Source.
19. Maine: dumbest state claim based on lowest average SAT score (1389) Source.
20. Maryland: highest rate of AIDS diagnosis (27.6 people per 100,000 people) Source.
21. Massachusetts: worst drivers claim based on highest rate of auto accidents Source.
22. Michigan: highest unemployment rate (13.6%)
23. Minnesota: highest number of reported tornadoes (123 in 2010) Source.
24. Mississippi: highest rate of obesity (35.3% of total population)
BONUS facts: Mississippi ranks poorly in the most number of categories. These include highest rate of child poverty (31.9%), highest rate of infant mortality (1.01%), lowest median household income ($35,078), highest teen birth rate (71.9 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19) and highest overall rate of STDs.
25. Missouri: highest rate of bankruptcy (700 out of every 100,000 people) Source.
26. Montana: highest rate of drunk driving deaths (1.12 deaths per 100 million miles driven) Source.
27. Nebraska: Map creator does not provide a source.
28. Nevada: highest rate violent crime (702.2 offenses per 100,000 people). BONUS fact: Nevada also has the highest rate of foreclosure (one in 99 houses).
29. New Hampshire: highest rate of corporate taxes Source.
30. New Jersey: highest rate of citizen taxation (11.8%) Source.
31. New Mexico: antisocial claim based on lowest ranking in social heath policies Source.
32. New York: longest average daily commute (30.6 minutes) Source.
33. North Carolina: among the lowest average teacher salary Source.
34. North Dakota: ranked last in ugliest residents report as chosen by The Daily Beast. Source.
35. Ohio: nerdiest state claim based on highest number of library visits per capita (6.9) Source.
36. Oklahoma: highest rate of female incarceration
37. Oregon: highest rate of long-term homeless people
38. Pennsylvania: highest rate of arson deaths (55.56 annually) Source.
39. Rhode Island: highest rate of illicit drug use (12.5% of population) Source.
40. South Carolina: highest percentage of mobile homes (18.8%) Source.
41. South Dakota: highest rate of forcible rape 76.5 per 100,000
42. Tennessee: chosen most corrupt state by The Daily Beast. Source.
43. Texas: lowest high school graduation rate (78.3%) Source.
44. Utah: highest rate of of online porn subscriptions Source.
45. Vermont: infertility claim based on lowest birth rate of any state (10.6 births per 1,000) (tied with Maine) Source.
46. Virginia: highest number of alcohol-related motorcyle deaths Source.
47. Washington: most cases of bestiality (4 reported in 2010) Source.
48. West Virginia: highest rate of heart attack (6.5 percent of population)
49. Wisconsin: highest rate of binge drinking (23.2 percent of population)
50. Wyoming: highest rate of deadly car crashes (24.6 deaths per 100,000) Source.
Information from Jeff Wysaski with the Cartographic Research Lab at the University of Alabama
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When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am grown, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
As you probably know, I have been in and out of this forum for a while now, and noticed several types of posters. Which type are you?
Do you post just to be posting ?
Do you post your true feelings?
Do you post just to stir things?
Do you post to help someone?
Do you post just to appear, and add nothing to the discussion?
(Like, here I am, look at me, Got nothing to say to contribute to the post, but here I am anyway"
Do you post to correct people and to show everyone in the forum just how smart you are?
Do you post just to gripe?
Do you post to air your dirty laundry in public?
Do you post just to add to your ego?
Do you post what you think the other people would like to hear just to stay on the goodie two shoes side of everyone?
Do you post with several names (alter Ego) ?
And yes I am a little of all them, look into yourself for the answer, not at anyone else.
I may not always be right, but I am never wrong. Magnum Force
I post just to be posting ?
I post MY true feelings?
I post just to stir things?
I post to help someone?
I post just to appear, and add nothing to the discussion?
(Like, here I am, look at me, Got nothing to say to contribute to the post, but here I am anyway"
I post to correct people and to show everyone in the forum just how smart I AM?
I post just to gripe?
I post to air 'Pa's dirty laundry in public?
I post just to add to MY ego?
I post what I think the other people would like to hear just to stay on the goodie two shoes side of everyone?
When you wrestle a 'gator, there ain't no good end!!
"Molon Labe!" Spartan General-King Leonidas
"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
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IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
PowderSmoke, dont forget there are those of us in here that really know you>>[:o)][:p][}:)]
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[}:)][V]Oh geez! Tell everyone why don'cha'. There goes my Obscure man of mystery persona'.[:(!] Just let everyone know what kinda' 'DWEEB' I really am.[8][8]
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When you wrestle a 'gator, there ain't no good end!!
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"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
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Ego!, wish I had a mind to have an ego, a little hair would also help.
I spend most weekdays from 830am to 5pm just crusing this board, all day long.... a little work in between...but they have to find me first!
Reading about 90% of everything posted.
I respond to people I like, dont like & just plain old BS to kill the boredom.
On some topics, I have learnt to get my alligator mouth shut on, guess old age does make you smarter (sometimes).
Now you know
Walte
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Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my gun has!
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I don't call it stirring the pot so much as engaging a topic for lively debate. A passionate yet civil exchange of views is good for the soul. Besides, a good debate never killed anyone... except maybe Alexander Hamilton.
I do try to help others with my posts. Unfortunately, not too many folks seem to need advice on comic books, video games or Star Trek.
I don't post just to appear. That would be like showing up to a party you weren't invited to just to use the bathroom... and once was enough for me, thank you very much.
I don't post to show people how smart I am. I post to show off how fast I can type.
I've been known to gripe, but never without good reason... unless I'm in a lousy mood that day.
I try not to air my dirty laundry in public lest other folks get an idea of how truly slovenly I am.
I don't post to boost my ego. And anyone who says otherwise is just jealous of how smart I am.
I never post just to pander. It's shallow and demeaning. I do, however, send presents and cards if I think you have something I want.
No alter ego. I can barely keep track of this one.
Do you post just to stir things?
People need to be stirred sometimes. We don't want to get too comfortable. [;)]
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"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants and the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt (1783)
Politicians are like diapers, every so often you need to change them, for obvious reasons.
Do you post your true feelings? Almost always, sometimes I bite my tongue if what I might say is very vulgar or downright mean, sometimes I slip and post it anyway[:D]
Do you post just to stir things? From time to time
Do you post to help someone? When I have information or an opinion that may be of some use to somebody and it already hasn't been posted by somebody else.
Do you post just to appear, and add nothing to the discussion?
(Like, here I am, look at me, Got nothing to say to contribute to the post, but here I am anyway"? Depends on the topic of discussion on a peticular thread, so, yea sometimes.
Do you post to correct people and to show everyone in the forum just how smart you are? I never claimed I had intelligence
Do you post just to gripe? Sometimes, yea
Do you post to air your dirty laundry in public? Have been known to do so
Do you post just to add to your ego? Um....what means this word..."ego"?
Do you post what you think the other people would like to hear just to stay on the goodie two shoes side of everyone? Me? Nah.
Do you post with several names (alter Ego) ? no
I read most posts. Not most of Josies because in my morning routine, I have usually read all of the news that Josie posts on other sites.
I answer some posts because they interest me.
I post sometimes to try to help someone.
I post to give kudos.
I post to give prayers.
I post to give thanks.
Sometimes I post stuff about me, my recent experience or my friends.
I post stuff to share with my friends.
I post to ask questions. There are a lot of very knowledgeable people here.
I post to answer questions like this one.
Most of the people here have me addicted to this forum. Its not the forum, its the people and their thoughts. They cover so many different subjects with experience and its such a refreshing breeze.
Sometimes I post to make some of you laugh. Sometimes we need that.
I know I do.
Also, this is a place where I can go to talk with folks that have the same interests that I have. In today's society, that is not to easy.
I was introduced to this forum last year by a member, got addicted, since then met another member and got a new member signed in.
Hope to meet some more members as time goes on.
Many folks here make this forum like a family. I feel a need to meet and shake the hands of more and more of them. Already planning on going to Pabooger's get together with another member after we get some logistics put together.
Pa, I'll bring some butt kickin ribs. Tell me how many pounds.
FW357,
Now, why do you post?
The gene pool needs chlorine.