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Happy New Year's folks.

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Hey guys,

Feeling nostalgic, visiting old threads.

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Here's the speedometer over a longer span: http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/CBO%20deficits.jpg http://taxfoundation.org/blog/deficits-person-expected-fall-then-rise-over-budget-window Amazing how the same statistics can be manipulated to support opposing sides of an argum...

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Problem with that chart is it stops at 2009.

If you saw that same statistic from 1990 to now?

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I think I'd be willing to give up tax deductions to help "raise revenue"

Drop my 3-child tax credits.
Surrender my mortgage interest deduction.
Maybe give up my tax free medical spending account status.

2 birds with one stone, raise taxes by simplifying the tax rules etc.

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Personally, Do you care about the US federal government spending more money than it brings in? We've been getting away with it for so long, many people don't even think about it anymore. Do you care? Would you personally be willing to give up a benefit program like social security, or an aircraft ca...

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! ghost

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Good to talk to you again Kyo. Its reassuring to know that some good memories thought lost can be repainted from time to time. I hope you're doing well, and I hope you find some comfort in knowing that my wife keeps my potential numbnutteries in check.

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Did you see were P. Obama got on stage and lectured the Supreme Court as to what their role should be?

I don't think that was smart.
Those guys are untouchable and probably have big egos.
Attempt to score media perception points at the risk of having your law overturned?

Amateur move?

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Yea I'm still alive. I'm primarily writing programs for a pipeline control room nowadays. Ironic that I would end up working for an *evil* oil company no? I have 2 kiddos now and a wife who does not understand gaming. So... that equates to about 4 hours a month to sit down and actually play somethin...

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How are you folks? I hope you're doing well.

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due what?

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I miss this.

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Well first I got Married to someone who doesn't understand the concept of gaming.
Second I had a child who requires a TON of time.
Third my job demands exhaust me by the end of the day.

I'd like to keep up with you guys but damn,

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Board posting was easier when I was in college.

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I miss vampire taps. Cranking down on that coax provided an odd sense of pleasure.

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I'm stuck with the sense that its wrong, but I can't express the harm or wrong, thus I shouldn't out respect for other's freedom oppose it. An thus I'm supposed to vote for a thing that would encourage what I believe to be a harmful wrong. Great! I've *reasoned* myself into an uncomfortable knot. I ...

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I agree. There's lots of flak out there that seems to distract from the base issue. How are homosexual acts harmful? How do they apply to society? If one can't spell these things out, why do we pass laws that handicap that freedom? There is a theme through history where homosexuality is frowned upon...

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Ah so you do have conditions for the family before you'd feel comfortable providing a child to their care.

How are your conditions better than the next guys?

How do you hit that moving target?

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Does having a family of any type, better than having a family formed by being in a state system? Would you give a child to a family that's out in the hills waiting for the next nuclear war while homeschooling and cutting themselves off from society? There's a good chance for harm there but maybe tha...

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I don't know. Is it harmful? Does it hurt people?

The questions I'm asking help me decide this.

So far I've not been able to answer them.

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We don't answer these questions, and then we go vote our what we feel is right.

Its almost as if you can't come to agreement on something, majority rules.

right and wrong, morality by majority. scary.

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I think *a* fear of anti-gay marriage folk is the idea that the child brought into a gay family will be taught gay accepting culture set. But that could be said of a muslim family not wanting their children to marry outside of their faith. A different culture set might be taught in the child's non-m...

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I've got culture deviance marked down.

That is waning factor nowadays.

What else?

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One government benefit of heterosexual marriage is having kids. If a country's culture degrades to a point where people decide not to build families, it hurts the tax base, the army ranks, the culture transfer etc. Sex for the motherland: Russian youths encouraged to procreate at camp http://www.dai...

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Child or one step removed,

How does two gay folks getting married harm society?

How does two heterosexual folks getting married help society?

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Maybe my consideration is too broad. Perhaps I should look at it from a freedom perspective? Mr. Government, I want to drink and drive. (Illegal! You might harm others or yourself) Mr. Government, I want to sell weapons tech to the North Koreans. (Illegal! You might harm others or yourself) Mr. Gove...

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Hey guys! I'm working from the house today, I can actually access this board. If I put on my secular hat for a moment, A government through laws can encourage a thing, be neutral towards a thing, or discourage a thing. A justified reason for a government to say different sex marriage is preferred wo...

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I miss the teamwork and the social networking necessary to get a good group together. I miss those rare times when everything was tuned and the group was burning through mobs. I miss those moments when a boss mob was beating down on me with crazy damage, and somehow staying alive because tons of hea...

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No No No, She went to arkansas and married Nost, an old OG druid. I quit EQ got my academic life together and finished my degree, married a friend from college and got a job as an automation engineer in Houston. My wife isn't big game player like me so, what time I have in the evenings nowadays I te...

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Link to Bizzarro Adex Please!

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Hey guys,

You didn't run me off. I just had a major change in my life.

I finally got out of college, got married, and my job right now doesn't give me many opportunities to follow up on message boards.

I wish I could check in more often. I enjoy it.

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Vlod sounded like a nice shadowknight kind of name.

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I play on Lucan as Adex, Adox, Adax, Adyx, and Vlod.

Heh yea I'm real original.

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It looks like it's been out a while, but they made a pretty big Dungeon Siege mod that captures the old Ultima 5 game.

Have any of you played it? Was it well put together?

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/wave

Hey guys,

I haven't checked in in a while. It's good to see you're still talking.

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May your investments rise 5% this week!

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I moved into the Katy area on the west side of Houston. I've only been here since June, but I can move couches and such if you need a hand.

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*shrug* I'm sure gay folk have adventuresome people in their ranks.

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Ok guys sorry for the delay. I found the files. I have them zipped up 300k. I have it saved in a series of downloaded HTML with picture directories. It includes 6 separate pages for the thread. How shall I get these to you? Sylvus your mouseover email address link doesn't have an option to be linkin...

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I'll tell you what busts you out of an overdone EQ/WOW habit,,,, a good woman. The one in my life reminded me that there is adventure outside pixilated constructs. Bless her heart

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I have it saved as a file.

I gotta find it in my nostalgia pile, and figure out a way to link it to you guys......

Any ideas?

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The wonderful women in my life tend to speak more to say less than I do.

Then again, my habit for concise speech has been considered rude by some.

As children, we are taught to communicate differently.

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I'm curious, do any of you want Israel wiped of the map or such?

In general, do any of you want every citizen of that country to be killed/deported somewhere else and return the land to pre-1948 boundaries?

I'm not trying to bait you for a fight or such, just what is your base stance on this ?

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The one theme I learned from the statistics classes I took in college was you can make ANYTHING look like you want with statistics.

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I rolled Adex July 99 for EQ1

I still play EQ2 some.

Since my career is so chaotic, I find it easier to play non online games like Oblivion where I can PAUSE the game and not spend my treasured hour a night LFG or such.

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Ah Kyo, I'm not trying to defend oil companies. They do what they do because the market allows them. Personally I kinda like higher gas prices. I like it because it spurs people into innovation. There is tons of energy in our world. We just need to be creative in harnessing it. High fuel costs provi...

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/wave Kyo

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Haha, Cocky Texans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMyjOAacyA&search=real%20men%20genius%20texas Though I must confess... I did know what the state lizard was. and... a shameless plug while I'm at it http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060725/ap_on_sc/wind_energy Neener Neener Neener California! :P

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5% profit on the gallon, triple the unit price, and drastically increase the demand for the item.

Poof! there's your billions of dollars of profits. They didn't really rachet anything up. They just kept the same profit margin and cashed in on the surge in demand.

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Did you guys know about the Ultima5 revamp via Dungeon Seige

I'm curious, do any of you want Israel wiped of the map?

Heh, New Bud Light radio commercial