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"The rich can't survive without the poor" Without the rich everybody would everybody be poor? Without the poor would everybody be rich? How about if everybody had the exact same amount of earthly goods. Would that appease? So, let's see how we can do that. How about we tear down some people...

So now aliens are spiritual beings? mmm, K. Since when did any of God's angels or demons need spacecraft? Ok, so since there seems to be a comparison being tossed out there then how do you, yourself, compare to an angel? You're physical and the thread is dealing with physical aliens. Unless one...

How rich did Bill Gates have to be to start Microsoft?

Fascinating. Aliens must exist by probability therefore the probability of visitation. Basing one probability on another isn't scientific. Science simply provides data, the stars are there, they are some distance away, many have planets and there are a lot of them. Science provides no...

"Don't really care about either until one is knocking on my door for a joy ride under the sea or to do donuts around mars." Ah, a plea for some real, solid, indisputable, irrevocable evidence. SETI has been listening for 50 years now for anything that resembles intelligent transmission of any...

Do I believe in Aliens ? What if one were to live during the 1600's or even as late as the 1800's and ask if people believed in witches? Their technology as it was would have allowed that. Alchemy was pursued, the earth was flat (scientifically proven by the simple observation that water...

"and I suspect you might be as well" Yeah, pretty much. I honestly wish Occupy would stop telling people they represent me. It's just not true. They do not speak for me, thank you. :grumpy I have a daughter and son-in-law that have made welfare a lifestyle. They have 3 girls. One turned 18 in...

In order to support the claim of unfairness one must uplift past circumstances as being good. The good 'ol days where life was beautiful all the time and if it wasn't well, it really wasn't as bad as it is today anyway. Once that idea of the past is concluded then it's a simply step toward...

Yes of course. That's why I used the word "chooses". I know how my mind works. If I'm exposed to a new idea a question that idea in my mind for a while. But as the days progress, the weeks pass I soon become so used to the idea that the newness of it wears off making the idea seem like it's...

I never thought I'd be debating about working for a living against ... what? Something's missing. :chin OK, if you choose not to work for a living because of the injustice of it all what then is the alternative?

Farmers did nothing at all really during the summer and winter (particularly winter)? You're are kidding me right? :confused: Just plant the corn in the spring, lounge out on the porch all summer watching it grow, harvest in the autumn and sit by the fire all winter making cornbread and babies...

Nobody on their death bed ever said they should have worked more. And I've never seen a U-Haul following a hearse. I understand that. Our so-called "fast paced" work ethic being tooted here as something new because of the modern age isn't. I work 40 hrs a week like most people employed in the...

There was very little "employment" if any at all back then or even 100 years ago. People eeked out a living with a trade demanding even more than only 50 hours a week in most cases working from sunup to sundown. Many last names originated by the trade one did and more often than not the sons...

This trend toward "Working is the enemy because of this or that" is not good. Working hard is the key yes, but that doesn't mean effort toward improving one's value in the workplace, learning from failure and working smart should be ignored. There is and always will be failure. Nobody on this...

Look back at the turn of the century over a 100 years ago and you'll find the majority engaged in small business rather than working for someone else. It wasn't until the Industrial Age that people turned to factories/industry for income. But those small businesses still required hours of work...

Re: Do you see "paper" books/materials going extinct in the next few decades? Yeah, and we were supposed to be a paperless society when the Personal Computer became popular. :lol Been there, heard that. :D When I want to search for something on my desk I have to file an archeological dig...

I'm trying out NoScript. After allowing certain scripts to run on the sites I visit most by option I'm beginning to like it. It's a discipline though. Takes a little getting used to. I have 11 other addons including Adblock Plus. You can't really get rid of IE altogether when running Windows...

As I recall the Jews asked for a king. I don't remember the entire story but I think there was something well, not quite right with the request. Anyway, We don't want a king. We declared and fought for our independence from King George III in the first place.

Internet Explorer is still around? Why? :D

Submitting to the law of the land is one thing. Objecting to it through our right of free speech or voting against it is another. Submission doesn't mean I have to shut up about it or stop supporting change. I also have the rights to object and vote against a bill/proposal before being made...