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Aren't you part of some claque or something??? nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #1
''Trolling is a art.'' -- SidDithers to zappaman Octafish Mar 2014 #50
You better believe it! zappaman Mar 2014 #52
Damn you BFEE!!...nt SidDithers Mar 2014 #53
Leaping to the defense of the warmongers and banksters of the BFEE. Octafish Mar 2014 #58
They're behind everything. Even crop circles... SidDithers Mar 2014 #59
Defending the BFEE is more suited to conservative websites. Octafish Mar 2014 #62
Defending the BFEE!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #63
No. But you have never posted anything to criticize them. Octafish Mar 2014 #82
I was very critical of Bush, when he was President... SidDithers Mar 2014 #87
Really? Name one time. Octafish Mar 2014 #90
Alright, here are a few... SidDithers Mar 2014 #103
LOL! ''I called him Bunnypants.'' Octafish Mar 2014 #107
Not to mention, you shook an astronaut's hand once! zappaman Mar 2014 #108
Move those goalposts!!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #109
Do you keep a spreadsheet, a Word doc or Excel? snooper2 Mar 2014 #78
kick & recommended. William769 Mar 2014 #2
The ultimate intellectual argument Fumesucker Mar 2014 #3
Yes, the ULTIMATE intellectual argument. jazzimov Mar 2014 #12
! Fumesucker Mar 2014 #14
Wow. Rex Mar 2014 #27
Alas... HuckleB Mar 2014 #30
Indeed! Rex Mar 2014 #35
Evidently you are unfamiliar with the most intellectual of all reasoned discourse, the ROFL smiley Fumesucker Mar 2014 #33
I feel so foolish now. Rex Mar 2014 #34
And don't forgot, "fuck Nader." Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #72
Fuck RON PAUL! zappaman Mar 2014 #73
People who think they know everything zeemike Mar 2014 #31
OMG, direct hit! CrawlingChaos Mar 2014 #86
Fumesucker is always worth reading. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #95
k&r tammywammy Mar 2014 #4
K&R for the Good Doctor n/t Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #5
Agreed Gothmog Mar 2014 #79
Don't the mechanics of democracy, at least US style democracy, work that way though? An ignorant kelly1mm Mar 2014 #6
That's why you need a good free education system in a democracy. bemildred Mar 2014 #17
Asimovdo - it's got what brains crave!! hatrack Mar 2014 #7
"Feigned ignorance can also mask knowing evilness." - GWB blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #8
Kick and Rec! sheshe2 Mar 2014 #9
OMFG he has the same hair as the ancient aliens guy Sid!!!! dionysus Mar 2014 #10
His HAIR?!?!?!?!?! jazzimov Mar 2014 #15
Lighten up, I have the same deal. My head looks like a testicle that my hair is afraid of. Throd Mar 2014 #24
That is just wrong whopis01 Mar 2014 #48
I don't know what that means. I'm AFRAID to know what that means. Number23 Mar 2014 #92
dude, it's a joke. i love The Foundation series. chillax man. dionysus Mar 2014 #26
K&R, nt. OldBoss Mar 2014 #11
I have a bare wall Half-Century Man Mar 2014 #13
I forget the actual number, but he wrote over 100 books IIRC. bemildred Mar 2014 #16
Well over two hundred. ChazInAz Mar 2014 #18
Closer to 500 according to some experts CBGLuthier Mar 2014 #43
including a great book on the diastrousness of a group--uh, making sure that its knowledge MisterP Mar 2014 #23
I read that a long time ago. Very apropos here, the "Platonic Guardians". bemildred Mar 2014 #41
and it's sorta become a DU punchline after Syria MisterP Mar 2014 #80
There you go. Perfect example. Damn shame I missed that thread. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #94
If Asimov would permit me to tinker with his statement, I would make it read: “… my ignorant SDjack Mar 2014 #19
His book on the bible covers that! fleabiscuit Mar 2014 #74
First thought - Sarah Palin. toby jo Mar 2014 #20
proof that teabaggerism is nothing new Skittles Mar 2014 #21
What are you? zappaman Mar 2014 #22
Long live the claque!... SidDithers Mar 2014 #25
I paid 1000 Lire defacto7 Mar 2014 #32
+1,000,000,000 .... 000 HuckleB Mar 2014 #29
Yup! And, yes, you are a curmudgeon looking for an anti-science DU bludgeon. HuckleB Mar 2014 #28
Spinning some folks into high dudgeon, and Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #38
Just flinging poo, or something... SidDithers Mar 2014 #45
Damn you sharp_stick Mar 2014 #76
Damn the harder evidence! zappaman Mar 2014 #77
I love a good patty throwing contest! HuckleB Mar 2014 #100
Brilliant of Isaac Asimov.. thank you, Sid~ nt Cha Mar 2014 #36
You're really gonna listen to a guy who is using his typewriter as a bong? Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #37
Just like his hairstyle... Blanks Mar 2014 #42
Here's one for Obama: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #39
Ouch. YoungDemCA Mar 2014 #40
That's my sig line. City Lights Mar 2014 #47
I'm guessing he never met one of our banksters. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #83
Funny how no one OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #44
^ Wilms Mar 2014 #46
+2 Octafish Mar 2014 #49
says the guy who is baffled by crop circles! zappaman Mar 2014 #54
Of course, that's not what I wrote. But coming from you, misrepresenting what I write is not new. Octafish Mar 2014 #60
Actually, what you wrote was... SidDithers Mar 2014 #70
Yeah, but most space aliens use base 12. tclambert Mar 2014 #71
They also use mac. zappaman Mar 2014 #81
I wonder if Asimov was baffled by crop circles? zappaman Mar 2014 #75
right pokerfan Mar 2014 #88
Haha! Reminds me of this: Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #96
Greatest video ever!!! zappaman Mar 2014 #99
+ 1000 SixString Mar 2014 #57
Evidently I was a bit too subtle.. Fumesucker Mar 2014 #65
Derp. OnyxCollie Mar 2014 #66
shhh Phlem Mar 2014 #89
In many ways, Isaac Asimov was my childhood MineralMan Mar 2014 #51
I "discovered" him later in life... SidDithers Mar 2014 #55
I continued reading him through high school. MineralMan Mar 2014 #56
Few things more perfectly encapsulate the whole false-equivalence canard. calimary Mar 2014 #61
Exactly... SidDithers Mar 2014 #64
I LOVED it! We set the video to record in case we missed it, but we didn't. calimary Mar 2014 #101
Nicely said. blackspade Mar 2014 #67
YES this quote is for real! alp227 Mar 2014 #68
Hehe... SidDithers Mar 2014 #69
Lot of truth in his fiction... jtuck004 Mar 2014 #84
One of the greats africanadian Mar 2014 #85
There is absolutely no excuse for anti-intellectualism in the Internet age. tridim Mar 2014 #91
Cool OP. And damn if it didn't bring out some of DU's "finest" in the process Number23 Mar 2014 #93
Par for the course, eh?... SidDithers Mar 2014 #104
Thanks very much for an important OP, IrishAyes Mar 2014 #97
Or, my lies deserve the same air time as your truths. DesertDiamond Mar 2014 #98
K&R SixString Mar 2014 #102
The irony is strong with this one. nt LWolf Mar 2014 #105
Yes it is. N/T. SixString Mar 2014 #106
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