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Introduce Yourself / Re: Heyall
« on: March 27, 2012, 01:27:40 am »
Welcome to the community,
Its always nice to see new faces ^_^
Its always nice to see new faces ^_^
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Politics / Re: 2012 GOP Primaries
« on: March 09, 2012, 03:05:47 am »
Realistically Romney gets the nomination at this point. While not the best out of the candidates he wasn't the worst either.
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Politics / Re: Shame on the Rich
« on: February 29, 2012, 06:45:01 pm »I probably should've figured that if this was in Politics, it would take that perspective and not one of Psychology. :cI actually wouldn't mind discussing this topic (or a similar one) in the science section without the political spin on it. Honestly I'm quite interested in the "Prius" effect in the last experiment, I know that often times when doing something nice I've even said something along the lines of "well that’s my good deed for the insert proper amount of time here"
As far as the experiement as a whole I have a lot of unanswered questions, definitions, and distinctions I would like cleared up but alas without finding another article on this, or perhaps the study itself I'm not going to have any luck
This thread at least from my perspective started to get derailed by the initial jab at republicans as now that generalization is an issue in contention.
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Politics / Re: Shame on the Rich
« on: February 29, 2012, 04:56:01 pm »And yes, I'm grossly overgeneralizing and I know it. Cope.Nope, not on this one
Let’s take a look at some prominent Democrats right now and compare them to Mitt Romney the “Big Bad Republican businessman” shall we?
Romney gave more than 16% of his total income to charity last year (and the year before that…), and when coupled with the amount he paid in taxes that year, 3.2 million, it was roughly 42% of his total income.
This would have covered:
- Food stamps for about 24,000 people
- Educating 302 elementary students
- The salary of 178 army privates
- 636 Medicare dependents
In comparison though 200-2004 the Obama family did not even give 1% of their earnings to charity In 2005 and 2006 in preparation for the elections they raised their giving just enough to hit the 5% mark in order to gain a more favorable light.
How about Joe Biden, can he help restore the Democrats giving image for the Obama campaign? Sadly no, He and his wife average under $400 a year which amounts to under .5% of their total income. After becoming the VP the jumped it up to ~$5,000 a year placing their charitable donations at under 1.5% of their income
Well since this administration is out the window, let’s try the last Democratic Party in office, the Clinton. Oh Oh Oh we have a winner their donations average between 8% and 12% of their total income. While much higher than the current administration, I would like to point out that it still falls just a bit short of Romney’s yearly donation, and I thought republicans were supposed to be the heartless ones…
Now before you fly off the handle and state “well that’s only one republican” I’ll go ahead and throw out the numbers for Romney’s main competition in the primaries, Newt Gingrich. Gingrich donated a measly 2.6 %. However, that’s still higher than both Obama and Biden, and let’s face it Gingrich, unlike many democrats, has never once proclaimed to be a champion of the poor.
All in all, while democrats tend to be more generous with money it tends to be the tax payers money, yours and mine, and not their own.
* The numbers here have come from both Investors Business Daily and the Huffington Post.
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Politics / Re: Shame on the Rich
« on: February 28, 2012, 07:45:43 pm »Pretty much explains the entire non-religious side of the US Republican Party.Now that seems like a fairly poor and highly biased generalization.
With that aside the survey and its results are quite interesting. Personally I find the candy jar and online die test more reliable than the real world driving test as there are other factors that come into play with the cars - How many of the older cheaper cars are driven by people who can't afford better insurance, and thus have more to lose from an accident? How many middle class people over extend their means for nicer cars? how many "richer" people drive older cars? Among other potential influencing factors, although I did find the Prius part very believable as is.
What I find the most interesting is what the candy test showed. In my opinion the results showed it was the persons individual perception of themselves and their own status that caused the greedy result not the actual wealth itself.
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Religion / Re: What did you give up for Lent?
« on: February 24, 2012, 01:51:38 am »Please stop with the jokes, I am seriously just curious about what people gave up for Lent.Expect jokes when asking this question.
A lot of people don't recognize lent, and even of those who do a lot of people out of laziness or lack of willpower don't give anything up for it. While not religious myself upon asking one of my Catholic friends this question last year I got the "I gave up lent for lent" response.
With that being said despite not being religious I tend to play around with religious holidays from various faiths - This year I'm going without bread (sliced/tortillas/pizza crust/ect) ... should be "interesting"
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Politics / Re: Suits, Speeches, and Sincerity: A long road to become a Politician
« on: February 21, 2012, 07:19:59 pm »
I would love to help you on your chosen path as it doesn't sound much different from some of my past struggles. Unfortunately there are two issues, First and foremost while I have quite a bit of experience in the matter it ONLY pertains to the United States political system which may or may not be applicable. Secondly with the information provided here I am unable to give any answers beyond "general" advice.
1. To your first question without a bit more information the best advice I can give is the rehashed crap you have heard all your life "well roundedness" (a painfully vague term in and of itself); participation in school sanctioned sports - team sports are typically preferable to individual sports; Decent gpa, doesn't need to be stellar just don't be at the bottom of the barrel; Finally and most importantly volunteer work, with your interest in politics it doesn't need to be mundane work like a soup kitchen...get out there and support your party, if you contact them through the appropriate sources they are almost always willing to give you something to do and trust me they like younger supporters.
2. Attend local government meetings, try to get internships with politicians or lawyers as politics and law will always be intertwined. also community service I can not stress that enough
While at University I would push you towards a "pre-law" degree if you are dead set on politics. With that being said the actual pre-law degree that many places offer is complete garbage, personally I would advise you to take a degree in philosophy or political science and make sure you take every opportunity to improve your writing and speaking skills.
3. If you are doing work for your political party or manage to get an internship, start networking the contacts will come naturally
4. To be honest I can't give you any advice here without knowing precisely what you are concerned about, however, I understand that it's probably not something you want to post on an open forum.
In conclusion most of the above advice is very general and I'm sure you have heard it plenty of times before. As far as your financial and social background I can probably answer those questions more thoroughly if you wanted to PM me with specific questions. Finally, as aforementioned I only really have experience with the United States system so I won't really be of much use if the system and laws here aren't applicable. If you have any further questions don't hesitate to PM me or the like.
I look forward to hearing from you,
~Jacqueline
1. To your first question without a bit more information the best advice I can give is the rehashed crap you have heard all your life "well roundedness" (a painfully vague term in and of itself); participation in school sanctioned sports - team sports are typically preferable to individual sports; Decent gpa, doesn't need to be stellar just don't be at the bottom of the barrel; Finally and most importantly volunteer work, with your interest in politics it doesn't need to be mundane work like a soup kitchen...get out there and support your party, if you contact them through the appropriate sources they are almost always willing to give you something to do and trust me they like younger supporters.
2. Attend local government meetings, try to get internships with politicians or lawyers as politics and law will always be intertwined. also community service I can not stress that enough
While at University I would push you towards a "pre-law" degree if you are dead set on politics. With that being said the actual pre-law degree that many places offer is complete garbage, personally I would advise you to take a degree in philosophy or political science and make sure you take every opportunity to improve your writing and speaking skills.
3. If you are doing work for your political party or manage to get an internship, start networking the contacts will come naturally
4. To be honest I can't give you any advice here without knowing precisely what you are concerned about, however, I understand that it's probably not something you want to post on an open forum.
In conclusion most of the above advice is very general and I'm sure you have heard it plenty of times before. As far as your financial and social background I can probably answer those questions more thoroughly if you wanted to PM me with specific questions. Finally, as aforementioned I only really have experience with the United States system so I won't really be of much use if the system and laws here aren't applicable. If you have any further questions don't hesitate to PM me or the like.
I look forward to hearing from you,
~Jacqueline
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Music / Re: Rate the song above you
« on: February 13, 2012, 03:49:16 pm »
6/10
Reminded me a lot of "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Avenged Seven fold to be quite honest.
While I'm happy I listened to it, I doubt I would listen to it again, just not my cup of tea I suppose.
Reminded me a lot of "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Avenged Seven fold to be quite honest.
While I'm happy I listened to it, I doubt I would listen to it again, just not my cup of tea I suppose.
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Forum Game Archive / Re: Fanatics and Heretics 2 - by Kuroaitou
« on: February 12, 2012, 08:07:51 pm »Eye of Horus.Did you use Energy Spectrum last turn? the others would activate prior to the Energy Spectrum and therefore would still not be available...right?
Knightly Duel: UTAlan
Using Energy Spectrum, so all legal~
These gasses, they want to go boom~
This could become really fun.
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Forum Game Archive / Re: Fanatics and Heretics 2 - by Kuroaitou
« on: February 10, 2012, 06:18:28 pm »i got ruined in a single turn... he can do the same to all of you guys... beware and good luckOh oh oh, I wanna know I wanna know... who is this mysterious "he"
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Forum Game Archive / Re: Fanatics and Heretics 2 - by Kuroaitou
« on: February 10, 2012, 06:17:34 pm »
I'd like to suggest shorter days (perhaps 24 hours each), at this point in the game everyone seems very active and it would appear that people are getting their actions in fairly quick (no issues getting in passives and responding to them prior to that timer ending)
Just wanted to see what yall thought of as a whole about this, as I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels like they are constantly waiting.
Just wanted to see what yall thought of as a whole about this, as I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels like they are constantly waiting.
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Forum Game Archive / Re: Fanatics and Heretics 2 - by Kuroaitou
« on: February 09, 2012, 11:08:45 pm »Well I know for sure chase's actions were randomized. However, it was by someone who used Eye of Horus. Since I don't see anyone. And couldn't have been me, because I don't have the power.All "L" doesn't look too randomized, looks like the Knightly duel went though even though chase went to use fight/mend to prevent it.. I'm wondering if something blocked either the fight or mend to cause them all to drop 1 rank anyway
That's it for now...Sob Stories Xenocidius.