why that was nice

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

lies

 

[bballer123 10+ year member]

That's what u have when a dictator (pope) gives a demand or declaration

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

I understand why he might think that, but it's not as big of a deal as he is making it out to be.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

That's what u have when a dictator (pope) gives a demand or declaration

the pope isnt a dictator..

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif you dont have to be catholic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like someone is mad they barely kno how to answer the phone. People can't hang with technology advancement. Hell I'm on my phone now writing this

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Surprise: a message from the Catholic church that is low on facts and high on hyperbole.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Surprise: a message from the Catholic church that is low on facts and high on hyperbole.

hey now what sort of facts would you want him to include?

given the source, and subject matter, i'm not too surprised to see its not empirical

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

It would be difficult to demonstrate any causality, but at least present some correlative facts.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

It would be difficult to demonstrate any causality, but at least present some correlative facts.

i'm sure he'll do that when he publishes in a scholarly journal, but for his interview reported by yahoo he seems to have left that out.

 

[bballer123 10+ year member]

the pope isnt a dictator..
//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif you dont have to be catholic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Hypothetical situation: The pope declares that something is unholy and should not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES bw said or done. What happens from there? The Catholics follow that what he says...

Historical situation (not comparing the two): Hitler declares that anyone of Jewish descent should be killed. What happens from there? His followers do as he says.

Not saying the two are the same, but in both situations, you have someone that has an enormous say and what he says can force people to change their behavior based upon his own personal feelings.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Hypothetical situation: The pope declares that something is unholy and should not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES bw said or done. What happens from there? The Catholics follow that what he says...
Historical situation (not comparing the two): Hitler declares that anyone of Jewish descent should be killed. What happens from there? His followers do as he says.

Not saying the two are the same, but in both situations, you have someone that has an enormous say and what he says can force people to change their behavior based upon his own personal feelings.

its a poor analogy for so many reasons.

the pope isnt a dictator.

 

[bballer123 10+ year member]

very poor analogy, but i don't really feel like researching it. bottomline, the pope is not far from a dictator.

edit: is it against forum rules to talk about religion? jw

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

the pope is a LONG way from a dictator...

 

[phantom240 5,000+ posts]

You guys know what they do with the cars?

Their engines are drained of oil, filled with sodium silicate, and ran wide open til they die. Then, they're crushed.

This is what I see happening

1) Used car prices getting out of hand due to the shortage of them (cause they're crushed now)

2) Prices of used parts getting out of hand due to shortage, again.

3) People getting even further into debt because they bought a car they can't afford.

Good job, Democrats.

 

[cotjones 10+ year member]

the "cash for clunkers" sounds like a pretty good idea of stimulus to me. However i'd like to see it implemented in other ways that stimulate the economy more directly. Most of the money spent on cars ends up tied up in banks for a long time. Figure out a way to give incentives to those shopping for food, or smaller privately owned businesses. That money get's directly pocketed and emptied back into the economy.

Off topic, but somehow made me think of this: i came across an interesting program the other day about the economic effects of the ford motor company back in the 1920's. Ford's assembly lines required unheard of hard work and thus caused ford to double his wages to an amazing 5$ a day. This spured MASSIVE amounts of immigration so much that ford had his own school for teaching english.