Rep. Dennis Kucinich says Bush Admin Let 911 Happen

[seemslikeadream]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUD4MG7kw44


I want to call to the attention of the House the juxtaposition of two news stories. One <..> relating to 9/11 911 9-11. It says 'Federal officials where repeatedly warned in the months before the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that Osama bin Laden and Al-Queda were planning aircraft hijacking suicide attempts according to a new report that the Bush administration had been repressing'. And this from the front page of the Washington post, 'a newly leaked video recording the high level government deliberation the day before Katrina hit shows disaster officials infatically warning President bush that the storm posed a catastrophic threat to new Orleans and the gulf coast, and a grim faced bush personally assuring state leaders that his administration was fully prepared <..> to help'.

Do we see a pattern here? 9-11? Katrina? They knew something was going to happen and they didn't act. They knew that if they went into Iraq that we were looking at a disaster, that there was no way we were going to be able to run that country. They know that global climate change poses a threat to the entire planet, nothing is being done, a pattern of recklessness, indifference, callousness. The implications are deadly for the people of the United States.

[SDuderstadt]

1. infatically ??

Wtf? How in the world can someone think "emphatically" is spelled "infatically"?? Jesus.

[seemslikeadream]

2. You know what I am not the spelling police

Take your criticism of the posters "inadequesies" to him.

[SDuderstadt]

3. As usual, you miss the point....

how seriously are we supposed to take someone who spells so atrociously? They're not even in the ballpark.

[Andre II]

4. How seriously are we supposed to take somebody

who has claimed months ago that he knows of several ways of how to positively identify the alleged hijackers besides matching their DNA...?
And after repeated requests to present his wisdom the very person drowned in silence ....

[SDuderstadt]

8. No offense, Andre...

but I usually don't respond to you because your posts are largely incoherent. I hope there are no hard feelings.

[Andre II]

59. There is only one incoherence here

somebody pretending to have several different ways of positively identifying the alleged hijackers and when asked to present them ducking away and babbling of incoherent posts.
You do know as much as I know that there is only ONE way of positive identification.

[SDuderstadt]

66. Like I said, Andre...

I'm just not bothering with you. Let me know when you've solved the riddle. I'm sure the world is waiting with bated breath.

[Name removed]

110. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Make7]

119. Is it just me, or is your post slightly sexist? ( n/t )

[Ghost in the Machine]

134. It's just you... n/t

[Make7]

138. I felt there was the implication that women are less able to defend themsleves...

... than men based on what you posted.

[Ghost in the Machine]

140. No, it's just a fact, as established by the posting pattern of the person I replied to..

You can look back through *many* of the OP's posts and see this stalking, harassing pattern for yourself... it's been going on for months now... always with the maniacal rantings and ravings about anything and everything... *except* what the content of the post is about...

I'd pipe in if someone was doing that to you, too...

:hi:

[Make7]

157. So you believe the reason this keeps happening is because the OP is a woman?

I doubt you can establish that as a fact based on the interaction of that DU member and the OP. Is there no other possible explanation that you can think of?

[Grateful for Hope]

158. What keeps happening, Make7?

What is "This"?

If you mean the consistent derailment of threads because of grammar or spelling errors, then we (including, I assume, Ghost) are on the same page.

If, however, you mean something else, then please let us know.

in respect to "spelling/grammar errors", as far as I know, SLaD is the only one who has been subjected to the constant "corrections". She is a woman, so, I can see how Ghost might see this as "stalking a woman".

However, we do have at least one "OCT'er" who consistently misspells, and, this poster is not "corrected" (and, I am glad that this is so). So, I suspect this has more to do with the 9/11 position of a poster, rather than a poster's gender.

On edit: As far as I know, SLaD has never been subjected to the "corrections" in GD that she receives in this forum. She posts a lot in GD, and, from what I have seen (and, let's face it -- the audience is MUCH larger there) her threads are generally positively received. I think this says a lot about this forum.

[seemslikeadream]

161. I have never once been corrected for a spelling mistake in GD and......

that is where I have done the majority of my 32,000 posts and spent most of my 6 YEARS here at DU.

on edit:

There may have been one time when SD followed me there but I really can't remember any as of now


plus I have NEVER been told my posts were not "correct" or that I have abused my editing privileges

[Grateful for Hope]

162. Thank you for validating what I have observed

SLaD...:thumbsup:

[Ghost in the Machine]

159. Yep....

and it's already established as fact... he's too cowardly to act like that to anyone else.. why, he's so fucking brave and manly that he put me on ignore because I proved him wrong on two occasions and punked him out...

There is no other possible explanation to me... can *you* think of one? Please feel free to point out and link to any posts where he does this to a man... just ONE will suffice..


Thanks,


Ghost

[Grateful for Hope]

160. Ghost

looks like I was wrong about why I thought you came to the conclusion you have.

Please accept my apology.

[Ghost in the Machine]

164. Hi Hope,

No, I think we're on the same page after I just read your reply to Make7... SDud is using classic nuisance/distraction trying to derail the conversation. He's too transparent in his attempts at this.

"in respect to "spelling/grammar errors", as far as I know, SLaD is the only one who has been subjected to the constant "corrections". She is a woman, so, I can see how Ghost might see this as "stalking a woman"."

That is *exactly* how I see it... and SDud is a classic internet stalker & bully towards women. Even with the anonymity of the internet, he's too cowardly to act like that towards another man. Oh, he's made a feeble attempt to act like that, but got smacked down quickly. His response was to place me on ignore because he *knew* he couldn't get away with that BS. His incessant, maniacal rantings aimed at SLAD prove he isn't fit for anything but a padded room in a looney bin somewhere.... he reminds me of the classic cowardly drunk who gets runs his smart mouth in a bar, gets punked by a man, then runs home and beats his wife and/or kids so he can feel brave and manly again... I've seen it too many times before.

** Steps down off soapbox **

[Make7]

163. You may believe that, but it doesn't necessarily make it true.

Saying something is established as fact is not quite the same as actually demonstrating that to be the case.

I would be interested to know what reason a woman would be at a disadvantage to a man in an online discussion - in your opinion, of course.

[Ghost in the Machine]

165. Ummm... there is no reason why a woman would be at a disadvantage..

.. but try telling that to a chauvanist who doesn't see it that way.

There are plenty of manpigs out there who perceive women as 'weak' or less intelligent than them. I believe.. no, wait.. I *KNOW* SLAD is MUCH more intelligent than her stalker here...

Where's that link I asked you for? You know, one with the poster in question ranting manically at a male member on this board. Couldn't you find one?

[Make7]

169. SLAD seems more than willing to make post, after post, after post...

... in her own threads about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the thread and are generally completely unimportant relative to anything at all. She does this time and time again. In your opinion, why would she continue to do such a thing?

-Make7

[seemslikeadream]

170. That is not exactly true -Make7

Make7 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-17-08 04:29 PM
Response to Reply #165
169. SLAD seems more than willing to make post, after post, after post...
... in her own threads about things that have absolutely nothing to do with the subject of the thread and are generally completely unimportant relative to anything at all. She does this time and time again. In your opinion, why would she continue to do such a thing?

-Make7

The only reason that happens is because I will not let SD or LARED or greyl or Sid bullshitting in my threads without a response.

Please show me where I have ever posted bullshit when not replying to them.


Maybe if you were on the other side of this relentless harassment you'd feel differently



And just so you know I NEVER GET THIS CRAP IN GD UNLESS OF COURSE THE ABOVE MENTIONED FOLLOW ME THERE

[Make7]

174. Based on this thread, your way of responding appears rather ineffective.

This thread has over 170 replies - and not a single one of them is discussing the subject of the opening post. Over one-third of those replies are from you. If you believe SDuderstadt only posts to "detract from the OP", your responses would appear to make you a willing, or perhaps unwitting, accomplice.

Perhaps it is time to rethink your inclination to reply to pretty much any criticism - especially if it is unimportant and/or irrelevant to the topic.

[seemslikeadream]

175. ineffective?

I think not


You have no idea how many messages I get about the way I am treated here

[Make7]

309. SLAD, I meant ineffective if you actually view this as harassment...

... and wish it would end, or at least be greatly reduced.

Of course, if that is not the case, please continue clogging up your own threads with pointless debates about spelling, grammar, pronunciation, etc.

[Grateful for Hope]

177. Surprising that you don't have anything to publicly say

to SDuderstadt. Your post sounds a lot like "blaming the victim". It's like telling a person who was raped that he or she shouldn't have dressed the way they did (this is, of course, on a much smaller scale).

It isn't how SLaD responds that is the problem, although I agree that ignoring the bullies would tend to decrease the number of posts devoted to a particular derailment attempt. However, the fact that the derailment (and bullying) happens at all is the real problem.

[seemslikeadream]

178. There ya go Hope, tellin' it like it is "BLAME THE VICTIM"

and that rape thing, yea I posted about it Friday night but I think it went over SD head
Post #146



Don’t want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her
Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 11:10 PM by seemslikeadream
How much is it all worth to you?






Hard Day on the Planet - Loudon Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9htLZr7DcU


The dollar went down and the President said
“Who’s in charge, now?” I don’t know, take your pick.
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back
Things are looking kind of gray, like they’re going to black

Don’t turn on the TV, don’t show me the paper
don’t want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her
I want to go on vacation ‘till the pressure lets up
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It’s hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
It’s evil out there, man that state is always on fire.

Everyone has a system, but they can’t seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there’s gonna be warfare up there in outer space

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

I’ve got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
A roof over my head and something to eat
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive
You know, it’s amazing but sometimes I think I’ll survive

I’ve got all of my fingers and all of my toes
I’m pretty well off I guess, I suppose
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain’t an island—John Dunn wasn’t lying

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It’s business as usual; some things never change
It’s unfair, it’s tough, unkind and it’s strange
We don’t seem to learn; we can’t seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop

You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took
And it all would be over, finito, the end
Until the survivers started up all over again

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

[Grateful for Hope]

179. I hadn't seen that

but, to tell someone not to react to the tactics I see in this thread (lest one be an unwilling or unwitting accomplice) is way over the top, as far as I am concerned.

Another example of misplaced blame might be the schoolyard bully scenario where the teacher tells the kid being bullied to "stop crying" since this makes the bully do it more, instead of dealing with the bully and his behavior.

[Make7]

311. Hope2006, I would appreciate it if you would quote me correctly.

 

I said:
If you [seemslikeadream] believe SDuderstadt only posts to "detract from the OP", your responses would appear to make you a willing, or perhaps unwitting, accomplice.

By continuing to reply, she is enabling the very detraction from the OP she seems to be complaining about.

seemslikeadream wrote:
My intention was to get more people to watch that video and they have because of you [Snarkturian Clone] and your friend [SDuderstadt] causing such a fuss, more than I ever could imagine. Thanks so much you've done more for that video than I could have ever accomplished


3049 views to this thread alone

You guys don't even realize how much you have help

[Grateful for Hope]

314. Nowhere did I quote you

I paraphrased...which is quite different. I still disagree with your assessment. And, I still do not see a post from you condemning the behavior of the poster who started the discord in this thread.

[AZCat]

315. Why should we be condemning his behavior?

You seem to think that because you perceive his behavior as harassment, we should be condemning it. Some of us don't necessarily agree with your assessment.

[Make7]

319. Okay, then you paraphrased me incorrectly Hope2006.

Hope2006 paraphrased:
... to tell someone not to react to the tactics I see in this thread (lest one be an unwilling or unwitting accomplice) is way over the top, as far as I am concerned.

The point I was trying to convey was that if seemslikeadream believes the purpose of someone's responses are to derail the thread, by repeatedly replying to them she is helping them to do just that. Is it possible to hijack a thread if no one replies? I did not tell seemslikeadream not to react, I suggested she might want to rethink replying to practically every single critical post, no matter how stupid or inconsequential.

Hope2006, was it not you that said, "ignore is your friend"? What exactly would be your reasoning for suggesting that seemslikeadream ignore the "tactics" in this thread?

What I would really like to know is how not responding to a post that basically does nothing other than point out some insignificant spelling mistake makes one a victim of anything. I think everyone is on the same page regarding responding to significant criticism or the maligning of one's character. (Although going on and on for multiple dozens of posts in a single thread is probably importing greater significance to it than it deserves.) I am not suggesting not responding to anything, simply not responding to irrelevant sidetracking.

Every single post seemslikeadream makes is a conscious decision. (Unless she is being forced against her will to hit the 'Post message' button.) She has stated that nothing that the people in question post is of any significance to her whatsoever; yet she spends time doing google searches, looking up definitions in dictionaries, and finding audio of how to pronounce words online and then proceeds to make many multiple posts about her findings.

It just seems to me that what she says appears at odds with her actions. Why would someone spend time refuting irrelevant criticism that they deem insignificant? Why would someone claim that they are being subjected to "relentless harassment" and then thank the person they claim is responsible?

-Make7

[SDuderstadt]

187. Another totally incoherent post from SLAD.....n/t

[SDuderstadt]

185. Bullies?

I thought we were badgers.

[seemslikeadream]

188. Badger Bullies with Badges

[seemslikeadream]

181. Please don't pretend to tell me how to handle my threads

or how to defend myself. Why don't YOU start a thread explain to the world how to deal with bullies and cyber rape

[SDuderstadt]

184. Jesus, SLAD....

you post bullshit all the time. It's kinda silly to claim you only do it in response to "relentless harassment". People asking you to explain your incoherent posts isn't harassment.

[seemslikeadream]

186. People? People? How many people SD? Now I've asked you three times now

NAME THE PEOPLE

[SDuderstadt]

189. SLAD....sift through your posts....

notice the number of times the respondent asks you wtf you are talking about. Another telling exercise would be to count the number of your posts that never attract a single reply for days. Why do you think that is?

[seemslikeadream]

191. 4 people? 4 people? SD it's the usual suspects and they don't count

and neither do you

[SDuderstadt]

192. If we don't count, then why....

do you waste so much time responding to us? You sound like you're coming unhinged again.

BTW, I have a great idea. Have you ever seen the Batman movies where Gotham needed help and they would summon Batman by projecting an image of a bat into the night sky? When YOU need help, why don't you project an image of a badger into the night sky? I'll give you that one at no charge.

[Name removed]

193. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[SDuderstadt]

194. Help me! Help me! I'm being badgered in the 9/11 forum!

[seemslikeadream]

195. ................

[SDuderstadt]

196. This should help you keep the badgers out!

[seemslikeadream]

197. .................

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

198. Now for some variety...

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/footy.html

http://www.jamesh.id.au/photos/2005-04-UbuntuDownUnder/imgp0585.html

:D

[Ghost in the Machine]

171. If she's the OP, she can take her *own thread* in any direction she wishes to...

... *you*, however, *can't* because that's derailing the conversation... what part of *that* don't you understand?

It's funny though, that you're employing derailing tactics right now. This conversation was about SLAD's stalker/harasser, *not* about SLAD...

I'm still waiting for that link, too... so thanks for playing....


Ghost

[Make7]

172. ... and then complain about it being derailed by someone else?

I thought this conversation was about why this appears to be an such an issue particularly in SLAD's threads - you appear unable to think past your "stalker/chauvanist" conclusion.

I once read somewhere that the San Francisco Police Department suggests that if a stalker gets a hold of someone's phone number, that person should promptly return any messages left on their answering machine by said stalker. No, wait... that doesn't sound quite right...

[seemslikeadream]

173. IT IS ONLY 3 PEOPLE HERE THAT DO THIS TO ME

AND IT IS ONLY IN THE DUNGEON


I DON'T START THE DERAILING I ONLY RESPOND TO IT BECAUSE I WILL NOT LET IT GO UNCHALLENGED

[seemslikeadream]

176. such an issue particularly in SLAD's threads?

Why don't you use your head and figure it out?


It is not rocket science


and now you are doing it also, WHY??

[SDuderstadt]

190. Because your posts are incoherent, SLAD....

I told you so.

[Ghost in the Machine]

180. I see you're part of the nuisance/distraction brigade...

are you SDud's official sock puppet now? I'm still waiting for that link...

"I once read somewhere that the San Francisco Police Department suggests that if a stalker gets a hold of someone's phone number, that person should promptly return any messages left on their answering machine by said stalker. No, wait... that doesn't sound quite right..."

Yes, some of us refuse to be bullied and refuse to be victims... deal with it..

[seemslikeadream]

182. McCain fundraiser: Women "might as well lie back and enjoy" rape

http://www.feministing.com/archives/009411.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY3mWJ1Cd0Y


Ann reported in our Weekly Feminist Reader that John McCain canceled a Texas fundraiser to be given by Clayton Williams after it was revealed that Williams, during his 1990 campaign for governor of Texas, compared rape to the weather: “As long as it’s inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

After canceling the fundraiser, McCain's campaign said that they would be keeping the money raised by Williams - more than $300,000. (Various bloggers suggested, and I agree, that McCain should donate the money to an organization that works to combat rape.)

But the latest, and perhaps most egregious news, is that the fundraiser is back on! Because what's the big deal about rape, right? This is completely unacceptable. You can contact McCain's campaign here to let them know what you think.

Some choice quotes from Williams, including the rape remark, are highlighted in the video above.

UPDATE: I was remiss in not mentioning that Williams will be not be hosting the revived rundraiser. I didn't realize that was the case. I still think this whole situation is fucked, and that the money should be given to an organization working against rape.

[Make7]

312. SLAD, tell me you are not comparing pointless debates about spelling to rape.

Someone forcing another human being to have sex against their will is vastly different than your willing participation in endless discussions about word usage, spelling, pronunciation, etc.

I think such a comparison trivializes a tremendous, ongoing problem that traumatizes and destroys the lives of countless people every day.

[AZCat]

316. Exactly.

Although I don't think SLAD was the first to use this horrible analogy (IIRC).

[Make7]

310. But Ghost, I was answering a question that you asked me.

If answering your questions are a nuisance/distraction, why do you ask them?

Ghost in the Machine said:
There is no other possible explanation to me... can *you* think of one?

I was offering another possible explanation. One that seems to be more consistent with the facts than your own.

The post of yours that I originally replied to advanced your theory of why you believe this continues to occur. I think you are mistaken in your conclusion and thought we could discuss possible reasons to explain what has been happening.

There are quite a few reasons seemslikeadream might respond to meaningless arguments - she may be trying to increase the number of views, or perhaps she simply likes to debate people no matter what the subject is, etc., etc.

I had actually hoped that you had more to support your own theory other than SDuderstadt finds you annoying and seemslikeadream is a woman. Perhaps you do, but just haven't outlined it effectively.

-Make7

[seemslikeadream]

139. No Ghost is a REAL sweetheart and I love him dearly

He calls 'em as he sees 'em

[Ghost in the Machine]

141. :-)

:hug:

I *know* you can hold your own here, but it's just the way I was raised...

[seemslikeadream]

5. As usual, you miss the point....

your faux outrage brought on by a spelling mistake HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS

Rep. Dennis Kucinich says Bush Admin Let 911 Happen



your faux outrage brought on by a spelling mistake


IS JUST AN IMBECILIC REMARK OF OBTUSENESS











.

[SDuderstadt]

6. Are you seriously claiming that someone who thinks "emphatically" is spelled....

"infatically" is an educated person? Are you seriously suggesting that egregious misspelling does not give us clues as to the potential credibility of a writer? Did you happen to see the story about the government official who claimed an honorary degree from Oxford, only to arouse suspicion upon the presentation of the degree due to numerous spelling and grammatical errors? Were the authorities being too harsh with him by subjecting his claims to scrutiny?

[seemslikeadream]

7. What was written about the vid has NOTHING to do with what Dennis said

[SDuderstadt]

9. I'm talking about the poster....

duh! Is it your writing? As usual, your post is incoherent, so it's hard to tell.

[seemslikeadream]

10. NO IT IS NOT MY WRITING!! DUH DUH DUH

follow the link DUH

See that "THING" I posted **ABOVE** all the other stuff in the post. It is a link to what I had posted. Try and keep up SD, it's really not that hard. I'm not going to fix a posters remarks so to please your Royal Highness.

[SDuderstadt]

11. How in the hell is someone supposed to know it is someone else's writing...

and not yours, SLAD. That's what I mean when I describe your posts as incoherent, ampng other things. Try writing a little more clearly and maybe you wouldn't be setting a new world record for posts to which no one responds. Would you like me to point them out to everyone?

[seemslikeadream]

12. Because of the fcking link at the top GET A CLUE

anything below that is attributed to the link, God bless how long have you been posting and NOT KNOW THAT! DUH

[SDuderstadt]

13. How would a link to a YouTube video....

tell us whose writing is in YOUR post, SLAD? It's hysterical how you think everyone around you needs to "get a clue" because YOUR writing/posting is unclear.

[seemslikeadream]

14. DENSE MUCH??

Look at the remarks next to the video, you got time SD to catch up with the internet tubes maybe you will be able in time to teach McGrumpy a thing or two :rofl:

[SDuderstadt]

15. As usual, you resort to namecalling......

why am I not surprised? Why don't you do us all a favor and try writing more clearly? What's funny is you try to transcribe Kucinich's words from the video, so it's obvious it's you who thinks "emphatically" is spelled "infatically". Why do you try to pretend we're talking about someone other than you?

[seemslikeadream]

16. Let's try this lesson just one more time

1. open the link

2. look to the side of the video where people put their comments about the video


3. read what the comments say

4. do they sound familiar?

5. look at the date on the video

6. look at the date on my post

7. do you see that the video was posted before I posted it here?

8. do you understand that means that that person wrote those words BEFORE me?



GOOD LUCK SD

[SDuderstadt]

17. Are you seriously claiming someone else transcribed it?

What difference does it make what the date on the video is? It's fair to assume that the transcription occurred AFTER Kucinich spoke, so I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here. Why don't you simply own up to your egregious misspelling instead of trying to lay it off on someone else?

[seemslikeadream]

18. This is not rocket science SD

it's all right there can't you see it?

[SDuderstadt]

19. Slad....

Unfortunately for you, I've attached a link below to ALL 195 comments to the YouTube video. As you can see, not ONE of those comments is a transcription like you cited, so it's obvious the transcription is yours, which you dishonestly denied when you claimed the "writing" was not yours. Unless Kucinich wrote your post for you, it's pretty clear that it's your "writing" of Kucinich's "words". I don't know why in the world you insist on making yourself look sillier in this matter.

If, as you claim, it's not you who thinks "emphatically" is spelled "infatically", then kindly show us who it is and stop these charades. Wouldn't it just be a lot simpler to admit you don't know how to spell "emphatically" rather than attempt to blame it on someone else? Jesus Christ. Pathetic.


http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=ZUD4MG7kw44&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DZUD4MG7kw44

[Name removed]

21. Deleted message

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[SDuderstadt]

22. Of course, on my screen, it doesn't look like that....

so, my apologies. I'd challenge any other reader to click on that link and see if their screen looks just like your screencap. But, why didn't you simply point that out? Even in the link to all 195 comments, it doesn't appear like that. Why didn't you simply and clearly cite Omarhani as the "transcriber" and save all this trouble? Better yet, why don't you simply take a little time and properly attribute things in all your posts instead of simply making the reader guess? Would that be so hard? It would also help if you lay off the namecalling, but I'm not holding my breath.

[seemslikeadream]

23. Of course, you post only to detract from the OP

You little appearance here was only to pin a misspelling on me, not to discuss the thoughts of Dennis.

[SDuderstadt]

24. No, Slad....

I happened to read your "post" and was trying to evaluate how seriously to take the "poster" (not Kucinich). In your case, the post is usually so incoherent that I tend to dismiss the "post" or "poster" out of hand (irrespective of the subject matter). If you don't believe me, take a look at the latest batch of OP's you've dumped here and note the rather large percentage to which no one bothers to respond.

[Desertrose]

25. SLAD...incoherent? Too funny....

SLAD's one of the best researched posters on DU. I've never found them incoherent at all.


Seriously...incoherent? ...and this from someone ranting about spelling and not able to follow a link?
:shrug:

[SDuderstadt]

27. Umm, I did follow the link....

of course, when one lands there, it doesn't quite look like Slad claimed it did, but I apologized nonetheless. What's really funny is how you think supposedly "not being able to follow a link" has anything to do with incoherence. As far as Slad being one "of the best researched posters on DU", for the life of me, I don't know why anyone would consider posting ponderously long, incoherent posts or endless links to YouTube videos with no real comment attached to be "well-researched".

[seemslikeadream]

29. if you perused GD once in awhile and got out of the dungeon

you might notice but I guess you're only worried about spelling mistakes in the dungeon

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3797835&mesg_id=3798051

BBC Q&A on South Otsettia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3757959

I am EXTREMELY worried about this Georgia-Russia conflict
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755805

This sudden crisis of Russian aggression.......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755491
Hey, did anyone hear that Russia invaded the country of Georgia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3754790

War-meeting during the Olympics. Who the f**k is that!!?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755858

Who the FUCK do we think we are, asking for a cease-fire from Russia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755213

Georgia: Russia has invaded and we are under attack; 1,400 reported dead.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753363

Was South Ossetia’s Fate Sealed In Kosovo?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756273

Well, looks like today's events have pushed the....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755746

Oh, P.S. Russia......on the opening day of the Olympics, no less?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755653

Well it looks like all the chickens are coming home to roost....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756144


Georgia is the #3 contributor of troops to the Iraq "coalition"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756079

A First Glimpse of the Third World War
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755034

*yawn* So, did I miss anything?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3754808

Russia Warns NATO Against Further Support of Georgia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753406

US Backs Georgia Territory Integrity; Sends Envoy
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752721

WJ: Zeyno Baran discussing Russia Georgia conflict. Fascinating
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762026

Putin Says `War Has Started' as Georgia Claims Russian Invasion
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751069

BBC: Separatists estimate that 1,400 civilians have died
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755074

Georgia to Impose Martial Law, Port Bombed-Official
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755262

Georgia Reports New Air Attack Near Capital; 2nd Night of Fighting
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756297

Russia has just invaded Georgia.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751753

Russia v Georgia; Don't worry Condi is on the Job!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755945

8/8/08 - Two significant events.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3761579

Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran The intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756171

U.S. Aircraft Carriers Head For The Gulf (Kuwait News)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755233

REAL BACKGROUND on the Georgian war, courtesy of MSNBC video...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756945

Russian jets have attacked oil port of Poti!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756319

Russian Warplanes Target Sites Near Georgian Capital
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3758703

What will be the outcome of the Georgian-Ossetian war?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3758030

Most important news story of the week ending 08-08-2008
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756038

Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3764646

No Two Countries with McDonald's Have Ever Gone to War!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3764229

List of ships heading to Iran anybody else hear about this
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3763125

Anyone know a good source of news coming out of Georgia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3763442

Obama, McCain On South Ossetia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762547

Georgian Athletes Withdraw from Olympics
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3763846

Don't worry: George Bush is on the ball with the Georgia situation.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3760360

Georgia Parliament Approves Martial Law for 15 Days
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762842

We're in the midst of a diplomatic crisis--where's Princess Condi?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3757135

Today the U.S. ceased to be the world's sole superpower....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3760917

Israel supplied Georgia with drones, weapons, military advisors
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3763094

Abkhaz separatists strike disputed Georgia gorge; Opening Second Front
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762759

Russian troops raid Georgian town; scores dead
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762448

How the Caucasus Erupted - Der Spiegel
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3761954

South Ossetia: Oil and nationalism - a troubled history
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762662


In Georgia's outsourced justice system, a traffic ticket can land you deep in the hole.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3760017

Georgia's president seeks martial law as violence continues
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3762427

The Russian Conflict In Georgia Could Make War With Iran More Probable
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3765882

Russia snubs George W Bush's call to pull troops out - 2,000 dead 30,000 refugees
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3765543

Georgia hoped US would intervene on their behalf, as a favor for Iraq support
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766863

Massive U.S. Naval Armada Heads for Iran PLUS some scary stuff!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766365

In Georgia Clash, a Lesson on U.S. Need for Russia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766541

Kevin Rudd witnessed a heated discussion between US President George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766653

The irony of Bush's warning to Russia concerning Georgia attack!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766669

Death toll in South Ossetia reaches 2000
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766576

BBC News - Moscow saying it has "liberated" Tskhinvali, conflict spreading to Abkhazia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3763651

Azerbaijan halts oil exports via Georgia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3766427

1,400 are feared killed Georgians shell rebels Russian troops move in IT'S WAR
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3761536

Biden calls on U.N. Security Council to get involved in South Otsettia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3757026

Caught off guard, Britain and US try to broker peace
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3765760

'"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars,It's impossible to count them"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3756196








http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3797835&mesg_id=3798011

Yet another Oil War starts.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751916

US military trainers not involved in Georgia conflict: military
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751906

So, while we were all wringing our hands over war with Iran...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751456

Oil Watch:BP Confirms 500,000 Barrel/Day Cut On Pipe Shut in Azeri Feilds.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751397

Meanwhile, there's a war brewing in the former U.S.S.R.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751300

Georgia Pulls Out Troops from Iraq amid ‘Russian Aggression’
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751255

Russia invades Georgia while Chimp attends Olympic Games
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751187

What's going on in Georgia (the country)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3748614

War is brewing in Georgia over oil and gas. Our next disaster?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3746395

What moral authority does the U.S. and mccain tell Russia to stop the war on Georgia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752159

What's more important?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3755121

There's a brand new war coming to a theatre near you
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3754350

The tin foil is getting a work out this week, no?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752963

McCain Foreign Policy Advisor, Scheunemann, Recent Paid Lobbyist for Georgian Govmt.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3754035

The world could blow up now,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753599
Georgia on my Mind...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752285

CAPTION - Shrub** and his Soul Mate
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752762

So, basically this whole Russo/Georgia war is our fault and is really no big surprise.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753380

Russia’s Market Collapsed on War in South Ossetia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753393

Seriously, why the hell isn't the news covering the situation in Georgia?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752781

Analysis: energy pipeline that supplies West threatened by war Georgia conflict
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3753136

South Ossettia Leader Says 1,400 Killed in Conflict

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752711

Fellow DU'ers can you explain or help me understand
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751334

Russian planes destroy combat planes at Georgian base!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752033
McCain heading to Atlanta -- Heard Russia invaded Georgia!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3751904

BBC: In Pictures: Unrest in Georgia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752832

Oil now below $116, other energies down as well.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752328

Statement from Medvedev:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752428

Help me understand....Russia invades Georgia and oil prices tumble?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752267

Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752252

Doesn't look like the Russia v. Georgia conflict is scaring
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3752161


America is no longer the nation that can "fix anything"....that has changed now.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3786996

Malloy: The Shoe Lady Speaks...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3786044

Scrubbed From CNBC... Before Georgian/Russian Conflict..US Participated In Georgian War Games
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3782030

It's time to say it
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785474

This is not news. This is propaganda, pure and simple.-By Dave Lindorff
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3782961

03-Bush Was In Trouble-"Bring in some nuclear material from Soviet Union & pretend they are Iraqi"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3782771

This Georgian issue has me spinning
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3786756

I have truly and completely had it with "Nationalism."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3782233

Want a real eye-opener on the Georgia mess?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3779273

Analysis of the Georgian-Russian Conflict STRATFOR and ORLOV
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3786156

Bush: Why don’t you shut up? (Russia Pravda)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3786292

I don't get the Neocons problem with Russia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785373

How the U.S. Invited a War in South Ossetia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784680

Product Placement? (Georgia President quotes John McShame)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785324

CEASEFIRE IN GEORGIA; Putin Outmaneuvers the West
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785561

Fox: John McCain Has Known Georgia's Pres. "For 25 Years" - Since Saakashvili as 16 yrs old?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785606
Rice: Russia must halt operations in Georgia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785512

It was Georgia that struck first in South Ossetia, not Russia!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3771245

April 1, 2008: "Bush stirs controversy over (Georgian) NATO membership"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784959

Quick. Who's the Secretary of State?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784950

Robert Parry: Neocons Now Love International Law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3783999

Meet McCain's bro --- Mikheil Saakashvili, the man who lost it all
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785348

NYT Re McCain and Neocons - So, McCain Is Extra Strength Bush?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785439

Russia/Georgia war another bush foriegn policy failure
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785420

What a wonder job CNN is doing covering the "Russian atrocities" in Georgia. To bad they don't
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785093

She's back: Condi Rice ends vacation to tackle Georgia (OH, dear GOD, NO! She ended her VACATION?)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3785104

Georgian Conflict Leaves West Reeling And Russia Walking Tall
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3783639

So, McCain says he's "speaking for all Americans". . now.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784804


Did Georgia commit genocide?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784717

McCain: We Are All Georgians Now. ....Really?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=3784052

[SDuderstadt]

33. Unfuckingbelievable....

when you're challenged on your ponderously long, incoherent posts, you respond by posting a ponderously long, incoherent list of links to, undoubtedly, ponderously long, incoherent posts. I should get paid to do this.

[seemslikeadream]

35. Do you get paid for BACK PEDDLING?

http://www.ehow.com/how_2210324_back-peddle-football-defense.html

[Grateful for Hope]

31. Absolutely, Desertrose

SLaD is held in high regard by very many here.

This is classic thread derailment. It is also, IMO, personal.

Fortunately, those who read this thread will be able to easily see what is going on.

[SDuderstadt]

36. It's funny how Slad draws this out when all she had to do was...

either make it clear who she was quoting (if it wasn't her writing) or make it clear soon thereafter. Unfuckingbelievable.

[seemslikeadream]

40. It appears you do not follow football either huh?

BACK PEDDLE VIDEO

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/2410_advanced-football-back-peddling.htm

[SDuderstadt]

41. It isn't "back peddle", SLAD....

finding other examples of people who spell as badly as you is not particularly convincing.

[vincent_vega_lives]

61. Absolutely

If you consider research as posting inane oversize pictures and random song lyrics.

:rofl:

[seemslikeadream]

68. And this crap about spelling mistakes?

Give me a break


Tactics of KKKarl Rove


THERE ARE NO SPELLING MISTAKES **BACK PEDDLE**

[SDuderstadt]

89. It's not a spelling mistake, SLAD.....

you don't know the difference between "peddle" and "pedal". There is no such word or phrase as "backpeddle" except in your mind and that of those who aren't any better with words than you are. It should be obvious to you that it's "backpedal", rather than "backpeddle" since "pedal" is about motion and "peddle" is about selling. The fact that you can't grasp this means it's time to end it here, before you make yourself look even sillier by trying to defend something you're obviously dead wrong about.

[BeachBaby]

263. Not sure if anyone cares at this point.....

being that this thread is wrecked beyond recognition - but if I could chime in here - as a decently educated English major - I can assure everybody that someone is using "back peddle"/"backpeddle"/"backpedal"/"back-pedal" incorrectly.

I don't want to publicly call out or embarrass anyone here, but this subthread has gone on for too long - agreed?

If you trust my education and care to know the correct spelling, usage and context, send me a pm.

[seemslikeadream]

267. SD seems to think you are talking about me well I'll tell you exactly what I have repeatly told SD

I posted it that way this is my reasoning and I stand by it. NO ONE is going to come into my thread and purposely destroy it by harassment I will defend my post the way it was written and that's where it stands.


This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD


ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate

[BeachBaby]

271. Ummm.....I didn't mean to offend, SLaD.

It just appears that both you and SD are equally passionate about this off-topic topic.....and being that I was educated in the specialized field of English, I thought I could settle the score - if anyone was interested.

That's all. :)

[seemslikeadream]

272. You must realize this whole thing is not about that phrase, don't you?

It has nothing at all to do with those two words. You must also agree I have every right in the world to uses words the way I so choose, as long as they are spelled correctly ;). Let me remind you this is not an Ivy League discussion group here, this is the dungeon, a lot of crap goes on down here that would be not acceptable in "proper" society. Why should I be held to some strange rules by SD. Who left him in charge of this forum and the keeper of the Queens English, pray tell?


No offense taken.

I just get another opportunity to let everyone know I have every right in the world to use any English word the way I want to, here in the dungeon.

[SDuderstadt]

281. Umm, SLAD....it DOES have to do with those two words....

if you can just use any English word the way you want to, then how are people supposed to tell what you mean? Do you even remotely see how silly that is? Your attempts to bail your way out of this are becoming absurd. I didn't invent any "strange rules" anymore than you could plead guilty to a charge in a court of law, then claim "guilty" means innocent. Communication depends partly upon agreed upon standards and definitions of what words and phrases mean.

If you continue to "uses words the way (you) so choose" (sic), then don't express shock when people routinely ask you to explain exactly wtf you're talking about. All you're doing with this line of argument is attacking your own rapidly diminishing credibility.

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

287. Using your rules....

I used thirty to mean zero.

[seemslikeadream]

273. In short, if it seems wordish, use it. No apologies necessary.

no offense

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/03/chillax/

But if all these words look wordish, sound wordish, and act wordish, why are they all hedged about with the namby-pamby "I know it's not a real word" disclaimers? (Note: wordish is a perfectly good word.) We all know that there are words that no one can complain about (when was the last time you heard a grammar rant about apple or Tuesday or fair?) and words that almost everyone finds offensive (no need to print them in a newspaper). What we don't have a firm grasp on is the acceptability of a wide range of other words, especially words we've hung affixes on. Redness is OK, but what about grossness? Heroism is fine, but what about thespianism? We have similar problems with words that have undergone a shift in function or part of speech ("shopping at thrift store" becoming thrifting, anonymous becoming verbed as anonymize), nonstandard forms (funner, huger, interestinger), and, of course, any slang words someone hasn't personally heard or used (chillaxing, wackaloon). What does a word have to do to be a "real word"?

Being in a dictionary isn't enough (since territorialism, dancey, noirish, anonymized, bestest, and yes, wordish are all in the Oxford English Dictionary). Does it have to be recognized by your spellchecker? Mine was happy with territorialism, delegator, and, surprisingly, huger. Being frequent isn't enough: funner is slightly more frequent in a two-billion-word corpus of web English than interrobang, and no one says interrobang (a combination of the exclamation point and the question mark) isn't a "real word." Being standard isn't enough: anonymized is a perfectly reasonable way to say "made anonymous," and has been for at least a quarter-century. In a printed book? All of the words in the above list are in printed works. (Some of them are even in the titles of printed works.)

Whenever I see "not a real word" used to stigmatize what is (usually) a perfectly cromulent word, I wonder why the writer felt the need to hang a big sign reading "I am not confident about my writing" on it. What do they imagine the penalty is for using an "unreal" word? A ticket from the Dictionary Police? The revocation (as the joke goes) of your poetic license? A public shaming by William Safire? The irony is that most of these words, without the disclaimer, would pass unnoticed by the majority of readers. (In case you noticed cromulent, that was invented in the 1990s for "The Simpsons.") Writers who hedge their use of unfamiliar, infrequent, or informal words with "I know that's not a real word," hoping to distance themselves from criticism, run the risk of creating doubt where perhaps none would have naturally arisen.

Furthermore, those same writers are giving up one of their inalienable rights as English speakers: the right to create new words as they see fit. Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that fetch is now the word I want to use to mean "cool." By the same token, readers and listeners can decide to adopt or ignore any of these uses or forms.

So, please, leave off the "not a real word" apologia. A far better (and dare I say, funner) technique is to jump in with both feet and use whatever word strikes your fancy. Instead of being defensive, demand that any who dare to quibble over your use prove that your word is, in fact, not a word.

[SDuderstadt]

279. I don't think JerseyGirlDem is talking about you....

I know she's talking about you because you mean "backpedal", no matter what silly verbal gymnastics you employ. The problem is you just can't bring yourself to admit you're wrong about anything. It's truly comical. Your after-the-fact explanation just makes it that much more silly, as evidenced by the way you phrased the post, claiming any combination of the definitions makes sense. It's also apparent because you could have explained it thus much earlier in the thread, but it's obvious you were desperately casting about for a way out of your silliness. It didn't work.

[seemslikeadream]

280. No I was letting you hang yourself

And you did quite nicely, thank you. You have no authority to tell me what I mean when I post something.


and why oh why do you not feel the need to correct Sid's spelling mistakes, I thought you were the spelling police around here?

I'm pretty sure that anyone who knows the meaning of the prhase... SidDithers Aug-18-08 02:54 PM

[Snarkturian Clone]

282. I thought you said you weren't going to post on this thread anymore?

Way to add feul to the fire.

[seemslikeadream]

284. Good bye to you also

[Snarkturian Clone]

286. You're such a renegrade!!! nt

[seemslikeadream]

293. Next time I would rather break than bend

[SDuderstadt]

289. In SLADspeak....

"wasn't" actually means "will". I ought to follow up on authoring a SLAD-to-English dictionary. I could make a fortune.

[Snarkturian Clone]

292. You would make a fortune because she would

buy all the copies and deny it exists... then post screenshots of stuff.

[seemslikeadream]

294. stuff

[Snarkturian Clone]

295. Thought you weren't gonna post anymore ??? NT

[seemslikeadream]

270. Excuse me but I have done that already I have posted the definitions of both words and my reasons

That's it


Are these definitions wrong? Do I not have every right in the world to use words as I see fit?

BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate

[BeachBaby]

276. I'm not saying that anybody is "wrong".

Like I said, since there was so much controversy over the term, its definition, and in the context it was used, I thought I could be of help.

I figured that since this thread is supposed to be about Dennis' findings, I could maybe help get it back on track. :)

[seemslikeadream]

277. lol Hey the JerseyGirlDem no problem at all

:hug:

but this thread is WAY beyond, way off the track, it can never recover, my thanks to you for trying.

[SidDithers]

278. I'm pretty sure that anyone who knows the meaning of the prhase...

also knows the proper spelling.

But all the shrieking has been quite entertaining.

Sid

[seemslikeadream]

26. Please don't lay the blame with me when you are the one that doesn't

understand Youtube video format and because of that you are now trying to back peddle You were posting in this thread, the only reason being is a spelling mistake by me (you thought). If there had been no spelling mistake you would have no reason to post now would you?

[SDuderstadt]

28. It's "backpedal"....duh!

This justs gets goofier and goofier.

[seemslikeadream]

34. "How to Back Peddle in Football Defense "....duh!

http://www.ehow.com/how_2210324_back-peddle-football-defense.html

yes it is getting more ridiculous by the minute

[SDuderstadt]

39. What's silly is you cite an "article" by someone who doesn't know how to spell....

any better than you as proof that your misspelling is actually correct. Unfuckingbelievable. For the record, it's "backpedal". From Dictionary.com:

There are no dictionary entries for back peddle, but back, peddle are spelled correctly.


http://www.reference.com/search?q=back%20peddle&r=d&db=web

[seemslikeadream]

42. SHALL WE SAY 50? WILL 50 BE ENOUGH FOR YOU? 100? 200?

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AND ON AND ON AND ON

[SDuderstadt]

44. Jesus, SLAD....

Do you know the difference between "peddle" and "pedal"? Do you "peddle" your bike? Do you "pedal" your wares? Do you honestly think finding numerous examples of misspellings somehow vindicates you? Do you even know what to "back pedal" or "backpedal" means? Since peddle means to sell something, what, exactly, would "back peddle" mean? To buy something back?

Why can't you simply admit you got it wrong instead of making yourself look sillier? Is this some sort of obsession with you? Never admit that you're wrong about anything, even when it's blatantly obvious you are? If "back peddle" is correct, why isn't it listed in any dictionary, yet "back pedal" and "backpedal" are? Do you think if enough people commonly misspell something that makes it right?


What's really funny is, if you would bother to actually read the "examples" you've provided, at least several are pointing out that "back peddle" is a misspelling of "back pedal". Try this, SLAD. Type "backpeddle" into Google and search. Of course, you'll get this:

Did you mean: backpedal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/searchresults.html?q=backpeddle&sitesearch=&domains=democraticunderground.com&client=pub-7805397860504090&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en

Maybe you should write to Google and tell them they got it wrong. I'm certain they'll find your countless examples of other people not knowing how to spell any better than you quite convincing. Duh.

[SidDithers]

313. eh ben voyons...nt

Sid

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

45. Umm...

Is a spelling error of all that much consequence when the actual video is provided? :shrug:

[Grateful for Hope]

46. Of course it isn't.

n/t

[seemslikeadream]

47. Good Evening Bleeding Cubbie Blue

and welcome to the play pen :hi:

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

54. Hey slad

:hi:

Just glad I could be here to witness the monumental academic prowess displayed while refuting Rep. Kucinich. Brilliant!



Damn, I could really go for some Portillos... ;-)

[seemslikeadream]

55. Did you have to bring that up?

Now I got to get my shoes on and go out!

[seemslikeadream]

20. OK SD I got my glasses out again maybe they will help you see what

EVERYONE ELSE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH CAN SEE

[Grateful for Hope]

LOL!!!

:rofl:

[Grateful for Hope]

30. SLaD....ignore is your friend

This is classic thread derailing. Anyone who reads this thread will be able to see what is really going on.

It's funny, but when people like RealityHack make spelling mistakes, nothing is said. To me, this says a lot.

Thanks for posting this, my friend.

[seemslikeadream]

37. Oh my Hope

sometimes it is just too easy

[Grateful for Hope]

43. True

but things are just so gosh-darned more peaceful when one ignores the noise (and, the obvious attempts at derailment).

I wish I had your talent for posting pics that illustrate what I mean...you are good, SLaD!

[Grateful for Hope]

48. Just wanted to add, SLaD

lest we let untruths go unchallenged.

Realityhack has posted that he objected to the practice of going after a poster for spelling mistakes because he acknowledged that he is not a great speller himself.

I have been glad to see that no one has done so. But, I did see an explanation of why certain posters have not challenged Realityhack, and, from what I can see, the spirit of Realityhack's posts on this subject were deliberately misrepresented.

[SDuderstadt]

49. Look at your own post....

Realityhack has posted that he objected to the practice of going after a poster for spelling mistakes because he acknowledged that he is not a great speller himself.

In other words, RealityHack does not make himself look silly by trying to defend an egregious misspelling, unlike our friend SLAD. Instead, she just digs herself in deeper after she is shown to be utterly wrong

[Ghost in the Machine]

88. The non-existence of your comprehension skills was just proven beyond the shadow of a doubt....

Simply. Fucking. Amazing.

How in the *hell* do you get:

"RealityHack does not make himself look silly by trying to defend an egregious misspelling,"

out of:

"Realityhack has posted that he objected to the practice of going after a poster for spelling mistakes because he acknowledged that he is not a great speller himself."


What RealityHack is saying is that *he* wouldn't say anything to *anyone else* about *their* spelling because *he* can't spell very good himself. So, instead of making himself look like a strak raving lunatic and a complete and total ass, he overlooks spelling errors made by others and sticks to the content of the post. Comprende, amigo?

How in the world do you expect anyone to take you seriously when your reading comprehension skills are on par with those of a 1st Grader?

Another scenario has you completely understanding exactly what RealityHack meant, but you chose to try to twist and spin his words to fit your own agenda, which is to distract and/or derail a conversation.

Which is it, dude... do you just lack the proper comprehension skills, or is it your intent to only distract/derail? We can all see who's doing the digging here, dude... and it's *not* SLAD...

[seemslikeadream]

113. Ask him to speak in French I hear he is fluent

maybe we'll all be able to understand him then :rofl:

[SDuderstadt]

117. Well, at least I'm not the one who claimed....

"bien" is pronounced "ben". Thanks for reminding folks of more of your inanity.

[seemslikeadream]

122. no comprende, amigo.

[SDuderstadt]

136. I couldn't have said it better myself

Thanks for the self-admission.

[Ghost in the Machine]

135. Heh! I'll just bet he is!

However, we *do* know that he's fluent in "distraction", don't we?

:hug:

[Grateful for Hope]

53. It's funny SLaD

But, one does not need to defend when one is not attacked.

The lack of coherent thought in this thread is pretty mind-boggling.

[SDuderstadt]

38. Of course, Realityhack acknowledges his...

spelling mistakes and doesn't resort to verbal gymnastics trying to deny he's wrong.

[MrMickeysMom]

50. Nice distraction SDud!

Now, everyone reading this thread will never have gotten to discuss the Bush administration's fiddling while 9/11 burned.

Hey, way to go! Woo-hoo! :D

[SDuderstadt]

51. I'm not the one who claims "backpedal" is spelled....

"backpeddle" and defending it by citing other people misspelling it. It's pretty silly on Slad's part.

[Name removed]

60. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[SDuderstadt]

63. I'm glad to see you know the difference between....

"peddling" and "pedaling". Perhaps you could explain it to SLAD. I'm being gracious by referring to it as misspelling. It's confusing one word with another.


Now, if we could just do something about your insults. SLAD's too. It doesn't speak too highly for your "side".

[seemslikeadream]

75. I STAND BY MY PHRASE ** BACK PEDDLE** EACH WORD SPELLED CORRECTLY

My sock draw and my sons are now organized, maybe I will paint something now and watch it dry while arguing with you some more I really don't know as of yet

[SDuderstadt]

91. No one is saying either word is misspelled, SLAD.....

duh. The discussion is about why you insist it's "backpeddle" or "back peddle" when neither makes any sense. The fact that you can't see this just reinforces my conclusion it's a waste of time to try to educate you.

[seemslikeadream]

108. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or condition

[SDuderstadt]

115. In case you forgot....

YOU accused ME of "back peddling" in this thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=218912&mesg_id=218948

It's pretty obvious that you meant "backpedal" (to everyone except, of course, you) and you stupidly keep trying more and more contortions trying to weasel out of your obvious mistake. In fact, ironically, it's a classic example of a "backpedal". Of course, you'll waste more space trying to misrepresent your misrepresentation of what you actually said. The funniest thing is how you're trying to retroactively invent a phrase (which makes zero sense) to cover your ass. Pathetic.

[seemslikeadream]

116. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[SDuderstadt]

118. Slad....it makes no difference if you use one word or two....

it still makes no sense and it's obviously not what you meant. You meant that I was reversing course which, of course, is to "backpedal". No amount of contortions will save your ass here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=218912&mesg_id=218948

[seemslikeadream]

123. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[Bryan Sacks]

77. I don't find you intelligent, Duderstadt

I don't mean that to be insulting or cruel, just a statement of position.

You were attempting to humiliate someone, and picked a (typically) ridiculous issue to do so. Not intelligent.

[seemslikeadream]

80. What is that word for when some one keeps doing the same thing over and over again?

and expects different results but keeps getting the same results? HUM...........

[SDuderstadt]

92. I have to admit that trying to educate you....

would try anyone's sanity, not to mention, patience.

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

90. Ask me if I care, Bryan....

I don't. Let us know when you've solved the 9/11 riddle. Hopefully you will still have somewhat of a reputation left.

[Bryan Sacks]

142. You don't even understand the significance of your admission

I can only conclude from that last statement that you live in fear of soiling your own reputation, so much so that you seek to denigrate good people just to make sure no one of your own timid ilk mistakes you for one of 'them'.

Being reputable among cowards and the excessively credulous shouldn't be all that tempting. But when it's all you have, or at least when it means as much to you as it seemingly does, I guess it's hard to give up, eh?

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

145. Did you forget to post some song lyrics?

I always find those so impressive.

[seemslikeadream]

146. Don’t want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her

How much is it all worth to you?

Hard Day on the Planet - Loudon Wainwright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9htLZr7DcU


The dollar went down and the President said
“Who’s in charge, now?” I don’t know, take your pick.
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back
Things are looking kind of gray, like they’re going to black

Don’t turn on the TV, don’t show me the paper
don’t want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her
I want to go on vacation ‘till the pressure lets up
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It’s hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
It’s evil out there, man that state is always on fire.

Everyone has a system, but they can’t seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there’s gonna be warfare up there in outer space

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

I’ve got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
A roof over my head and something to eat
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive
You know, it’s amazing but sometimes I think I’ll survive

I’ve got all of my fingers and all of my toes
I’m pretty well off I guess, I suppose
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain’t an island—John Dunn wasn’t lying

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It’s business as usual; some things never change
It’s unfair, it’s tough, unkind and it’s strange
We don’t seem to learn; we can’t seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop

You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took
And it all would be over, finito, the end
Until the survivers started up all over again

It’s been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It’s getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

[SDuderstadt]

147. You never fail to disappoint, SLAD

Now, if we could just figure out WTF you're babbling about most of the time, we might get somewhere.

[seemslikeadream]

148. Who claims that no man is an island?

Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhDPgRvSaU

"Ship Of Fools"


On waves of love my heart is breaking
And stranger still my self control I can't rely on anymore
New tides surprise - my world it's changing
Within this frame an ocean swells - behind this smile I know it well

Beneath a lover's moon I'm waiting
I am the pilot of the storm - adrift in pleasure I may drown
I built this ship - it is my making
And furthermore my self control I can't rely on anymore
I know why - I know why
Crazy on a ship of fools
Crazy on a ship of fools
Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground

Who claims that no man is an island
While I land up in jeopardy - more distant from you by degrees
I walk this shore in isolation
And at my feet eternity draws ever sweeter plans for me
I know why - I know why
Crazy on a ship of fools
Crazy on a ship of fools
Turn this boat around - back to my loving ground
Oh no, oh no - ship of fools --

[SDuderstadt]

144. WTF?

Are you serious? I "live in fear of soiling (my) own reputation, so much so that (I) seek to denigrate good people just to make sure no one of (my) own timid ilk mistakes (me) for one of them"?

You've got to be kidding, right? Do you honestly think the "9/11 Truth" movement is sweeping the country? It's been nearly 7 years. Where is the alternate hypothesis? Do you honestly think one has to be a "coward and (the) excessively credulous" to realize that you guys just don't have it? Do you think because we call the "9/11 Truth Movement" on theis obvious bullshit that we are somehow administration shills?

Face it, Bryan. You guys are wandering around in the wilderness and few Americans take you seriously. I suspect it has mostly to do with the "no-planers" and those silly enough to claim the buildings were brought down by CD, as well as those who claim it was "an inside job" as to why the "9/11 Truth Movement" is basically sucking. Ask yourself a question. If there is a grain of truth in the claims, why is no one of note signing on? Have you approached Seymour Hersh? Surely he'd love to bust this story wide open. Maybe you should call him. Hint: there's no concrete evidence for your claims. Further hint: recycling roundly debunked claims over and over isn't helping your case.

I prefer to judge things on actual evidence. I call bullshit on those who make claims, yet can't back them up with convincing proof. Too bad it sits so poorly with you.

[MrMickeysMom]

70. No,no,no,no..

"silly" is the conversation I'm having with this reply.

I will now go do something with more meaning- I've been putting off the re-arrangement within my sock drawer FAR too long!

:P

[seemslikeadream]

73. That is exactly what i do when this happens with SD

I always save up my sock drawer for just for an occasion like this :hi:



Both take about the same intellectual capacity although white socks are a bit more trouble

[MrMickeysMom]

76. Yup, heard that...

.. yet, it's such a wonder- what would he/she/its' brain look like, had they been interested enough to examine bestsellers that have been out there more than 6 years asking questions and obtaining some hard information and time lines on "the issue" to which we dare not post... you know, the one that the mouth breathers don't want to ponder/examine/think about.

Hang in there. :-)

[SDuderstadt]

96. This is unintended irony, right?

If you had the requisite intellectual capacity, you wouldn't keep defending "back peddle" or dredge up countless examples of others who are as clueless as you about the proper use of words. Good luck with the sock drawer.

[SDuderstadt]

93. Good luck with that.....

thankfully it doesn't take a great dela of critical thinking skills.

[seemslikeadream]

71. Quit lying about this SD I POSTED THE TWO WORDS BACK PEDDLE

SPELLED CORRECTLY

THAT'S WHAT I MEANT THAT IS WHAT I POSTED QUIT LYING

[SDuderstadt]

94. And, again, you miss the point.....

"back peddle" makes no more sense than "backpeddle". You mean "backpedal" but you're so stubborn, you'll never admit it.

[Grateful for Hope]

52. Exactly. n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

56. Can you ever, EVER, *EVER* stick to the subject of a post?

No? I didn't think so.

Your asinine attempts at derailing a thread or changing the subject are so fucking transparent that it's not *even* funny. If you can't stick strictly to the subject of the post, you should keep your little fingers off of the fucking keyboard and keep your piehole shut. You serve absolutely NO purpose on this board, and your insane fucking ramblings are an embarrassment to yourself and this site, not to mention your fellow "debunkers" :rofl: (sorry, I bust out laughing every time I type that word in conjunction with you and some others of your ilk)

In case you hadn't noticed, the subject of this thread is about Dennis Kucinich saying the Bush misadministration let 9-11 happen, it's NOT about how to spell "emphatically", or any other word for that matter.

Please stick to the subject matter of the OP and nothing more... if you don't have anything relevant or intelligent to add to a conversation maybe you should consider not posting anything...

[seemslikeadream]

57. and I even went to the trouble of posting a picture with an arrow and everything!!

:hug:

[Ghost in the Machine]

58. Well now I see the problem... the picture had "words" on it... it confuses them..

:hug:

:hi:

[SDuderstadt]

62. And I apologized for it....

even though it did not show on my screen like that. You're beating a dead horse.

[seemslikeadream]

64. You're beating a dead horse from a

[SDuderstadt]

65. Another incoherent post from you....

why am I not surprised? BTW, do you still insist that backpeddle is a word?

[seemslikeadream]

67. The words I used were back peddle and I can give you another 100 examples

YES THEY ARE WORDS

[Bolo Boffin]

78. But the phrase is "backpedal"

As in you were pedaling forward, and then you start to pedal backwards to avoid something.

[seemslikeadream]

81. IT IS NOT THE PHRASE I USED

I USED THIS PHRASE AND I MEANT IT THE WORDS WERE NOT SPELLED WRONG I USED THOSE SPECIFIC WORDS AND I MEANT THEM JUST THE WAY I POSTED THEM QUIT TRYING TO TELL ME WHAT I MEANT

BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


It is a perfect phrase to illustrate exactly what I meant. I chose my words very carefully.

[SDuderstadt]

97. SLAD.....stop while you're ahead....

this is getting sillier by the moment.

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

95. Christ, SLAD

Do you honestly think I'm taking issue with "back" and "peddle"? Unfuckingbelievable. Simple point: you mean "backpedal" or "back pedal". "Back peddle" makes absolutely no sense.

[seemslikeadream]

112. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[SDuderstadt]

120. SLAD....do you honestly think anyone believes you on this?

Why not simply admit that you were wrong? Wouldn't that be a lot easier? Or would it irreparably damage your reputation with the "truth community"?

[seemslikeadream]

125. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[SDuderstadt]

128. How many fucking times are you going to post the exact same post?

Do you think it's more convincing or something?

[seemslikeadream]

129. ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[FormerOstrich]

149. Google returns

1,150 English pages with the spelling "infatically".

fyi....

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

155. Which means that there are 1,110 english pages in which....

someone does not know how to spell "emphatically".

[seemslikeadream]

156. Well then GET TO WORK SD!

SO MANY MISTAKES SO LITTLE TIME, GET THEE TO THE INTERNETS FAST

[SDuderstadt]

166. It's funny how you kept it going...

by posting so unclearly (it would have been nice if you set the excerpt off some way so it did not appear to be your writing or make that clear within the first response or two instead of drawing it out).

As far as the "back peddle" remark, it's silly to claim you were corrected for spelling, when it's more the case that you have trouble with homophones. What was really silly was the time you wasted posting that you actually meant to use "back peddle" and providing a strained definition, when it's clear you meant "backpedal". Anything to save your face, I suppose.


P.S. Please do us a favor and have the last word if you want, but spare us the ponderously long, incoherent, psychedelic graphics or oblique song lyric posts.

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[Make7]

87. Can you ever, EVER, *EVER* stick to the subject of a post?

No? I didn't think so.

Your asinine attempts at derailing a thread or changing the subject are so fucking transparent that it's not *even* funny. If you can't stick strictly to the subject of the post, you should keep your little fingers digits off of the fucking keyboard and keep your piehole shut. You serve absolutely NO purpose on this board, and your insane fucking ramblings are an embarrassment to yourself and this site...
THIS POST IS A JOKE

[William Seger]

137. LOL! (n/t)

[seemslikeadream]

69. ATTENTION FOLKS WHO ARE READING THIS THREAD I WILL ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE

Take your pick


I stand by my statement and I DID spell the words correctly, TWO WORDS SD back - peddle


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle

peddle
One entry found.

peddle

Main Entry: ped·dle
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ped·dled; ped·dling \ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology: back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date: 1532
intransitive verb
1: to travel about with wares for sale; broadly :
2: to be busy with trifles
transitive verb
1: to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk; broadly :
2: to deal out or seek to disseminate
3: to offer or promote as valuable




Take your pick here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/back
back
Noun
1. the rear part of the human body, from the neck to the pelvis
2. the spinal column
3. the part or side of an object opposite the front
4. the part of anything less often seen or used
5. Ball games a defensive player or position
6. not in one's conscious thoughts
7. behind someone's back secretly or deceitfully
8. put or get someone's back up to annoy someone
9. turn one's back on someone to refuse to help someone
Verb
1. to move or cause to move backwards
2. to provide money for (a person or enterprise)
3. to bet on the success of: to back a horse
4. to provide (a pop singer) with a musical accompaniment
5. (foll. by on, onto)to have the back facing (towards): his garden backs onto a school
6. (of the wind) to change direction anticlockwise
Adjective
1. situated behind: back garden
2. owing from an earlier date: back rent
3. remote: a back road
Adverb
1. at, to, or towards the rear
2. to or towards the original starting point or condition:
3. in reply or retaliation: to hit someone back
4. in concealment or reserve: to keep something back
5. back and forth to and fro
6. back to front
a. in reverse
b. in disorder

[MrMickeysMom]

72. Hiya, SLAD!

Nice to know I can join in the fun once in a while (which is my rate of getting into DU these days).

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

74. Hi MrMickeysMom

:hi: check out my response to you up thread

[seemslikeadream]

79. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or condition

[Bolo Boffin]

82. So that's what you're doing?

Getting your back up to annoy someone by being busy with trifles?

That is what you are doing, so you made up a phrase to describe it?

OK.

[seemslikeadream]

84. I am responding to the accusations made by SD and if you think I will let him get away with lying

you are sadly mistaken, it is not me who started this fucking bullshit and I will never get tired of calling the bullshit when I see bullshit

[SDuderstadt]

100. Yeah, you'd much rather come unhinged than admit....

you made a simple mistake.

[seemslikeadream]

102. YOU MADE THE STUPID MISTAKE SD

[SDuderstadt]

104. It's simple, SLAD....

it's "backpedal" or even "back pedal", not "back peddle". You're just stupidly making yourself look even sillier with all of these contortions. I'm done.

[seemslikeadream]

106. ATTENTION FOLKS WHO ARE READING THIS THREAD I WILL ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE

Take your pick


I stand by my statement and I DID spell the words correctly, TWO WORDS SD back - peddle


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peddle

peddle
One entry found.

peddle

Main Entry: ped·dle
Pronunciation: \ˈpe-dəl\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ped·dled; ped·dling \ˈped-liŋ, ˈpe-dəl-iŋ\
Etymology: back-formation from peddler, from Middle English pedlere, alteration of pedder peddler
Date: 1532
intransitive verb
1: to travel about with wares for sale; broadly :
2: to be busy with trifles
transitive verb
1: to sell or offer for sale from place to place : hawk; broadly :
2: to deal out or seek to disseminate
3: to offer or promote as valuable




Take your pick here

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/back
back
Noun
1. the rear part of the human body, from the neck to the pelvis
2. the spinal column
3. the part or side of an object opposite the front
4. the part of anything less often seen or used
5. Ball games a defensive player or position
6. not in one's conscious thoughts
7. behind someone's back secretly or deceitfully
8. put or get someone's back up to annoy someone
9. turn one's back on someone to refuse to help someone
Verb
1. to move or cause to move backwards
2. to provide money for (a person or enterprise)
3. to bet on the success of: to back a horse
4. to provide (a pop singer) with a musical accompaniment
5. (foll. by on, onto)to have the back facing (towards): his garden backs onto a school
6. (of the wind) to change direction anticlockwise
Adjective
1. situated behind: back garden
2. owing from an earlier date: back rent
3. remote: a back road
Adverb
1. at, to, or towards the rear
2. to or towards the original starting point or condition:
3. in reply or retaliation: to hit someone back
4. in concealment or reserve: to keep something back
5. back and forth to and fro
6. back to front
a. in reverse
b. in disorder

[SDuderstadt]

124. Try this SLAD.....

Put in "back peddle" and see what you get. Of course, if you enter "back pedal" or "backpedal", you'll find it's an actual word/phrase, unlike your invented phrase.

[seemslikeadream]

126. ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[SDuderstadt]

130. This is hysterical....

you're spamming your own OP.

[seemslikeadream]

131. You apparently have to hear it over and over and over again

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[Name removed]

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[seemslikeadream]

107. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or condition

[Make7]

83. The most important issue? Isn't this thread about what Dennis Kucinich said? ( n/t )

This thread is too funny. All you had to do was ignore the first response.

[seemslikeadream]

86. Well it is supposed to be but you know how it goes around here

[Desertrose]

99. I see things haven't really changed here....

...pretty much the same old tricks...some old familiar names and maybe some new ones..... but the tactics don't change at all really.


Great thread about Dennis. *cough*

:hi: SLAD
DR

[Name removed]

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[SDuderstadt]

121. Then you'd better get busy and stop....

trying to reinvent what you said and meant.

P.S. Are socks less expensive if you buy them by the ton?

[seemslikeadream]

127. ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[Desertrose]

133. OMG...how hard is it to get the meaning of the word "peddle"

I mean all the definitions can apply quite well here.....
:rofl:


You said it right when you mentioned welcome to the playpen.....
(I swear this place has taken the place of the good ol' Meeting Room.) :popcorn:

[SDuderstadt]

98. This is getting funnier by the moment.....

Now you're trying to make us believe that you didn't mean "backpedal" when it's obvious that you did. This is EXACTLY what I was talking about when I referred to your inability to simply admit an error.

[seemslikeadream]

109. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

85. 83 replies (and counting)...

...yet virtually no comment on (or discussion of) Kucinich and/or the video. Outstanding! :thumbsup:



:eyes:

[SDuderstadt]

101. Next you'll claim we're keeping people from responding rather than realize....

that this is just another one of SLAD's typical posts to which hardly anyone responds to the subject matter.

[seemslikeadream]

114. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD)

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate
to or toward the original starting point or

[biermeister]

151. thanks, SLaD for the post

too bad the discussion of the OP was sidetracked. I hope sidetracked is a real word and that I spelled it correctly or there could be another 100 posts sidetracking the OP :)

[seemslikeadream]

152. Nice to see you biermeister misspell away my friend this thread has now become

:hi:

and

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

153. A thread Overview...

For those who would prefer a condensed, visual overview of what this entire thread is about:

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

:D

[seemslikeadream]

154. OMG

Thank you so very very much, you have made my day Bleeding Cubbie Blue!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKH8hL55YE

[Ghost in the Machine]

167. I think you nailed it....

:spray:

Welcome to DU (and the dungeon), Bleeding Cubbie Blue

[Bleeding Cubbie Blue]

168. Hey Ghost

Thanks for the welcome, but I do feel compelled to point out that "The Dungeon" is supposed to be capitalized. But hey, at least you spelled it right, so I'll cut you some slack. :silly:

:D

[Ghost in the Machine]

183. Please forgive me?

I've chastised myself nearly all day now....

:hi:

[seemslikeadream]

199. OMG OMG OMG OMG Tilghman of TalkingPointsMemo is about to get thrashing from BADGER!! OH NOOS

FBI Agrees To Release More Details From Anthrax Probe, Backpeddles On Key Elements

Take care my dear heart Josh and your contributing writer it's a cruel cruel world out there, beware of the Badged Badger Bullies out there!!


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/fbi_agrees_to_release.php


By Andrew Tilghman - August 18, 2008, 10:20AM
Remember when the FBI told us that military microbiologist Bruce Ivins gave investigators a bogus sample of the anthrax from his lab in 2002 -- suggesting an effort to mislead and cover up his own connection to the 2001 anthrax attacks?

Well, that might not be true, according to the New York Times. Ivins did give investigators a sample of his own anthrax -- which allegedly matched the strain used in the attacks -- but the FBI botched the testing process.

But F.B.I. officials acknowledged at the closed-door briefing, according to people who were there, that the sample Dr. Ivins gave them in 2002 did in fact come from the same strain used in the attacks, but, because of limitations in the bureau's testing methods and Dr. Ivins's failure to provide the sample in the format requested, the F.B.I. did not realize that it was a correct match until three years later.
That closed-door briefing came as the FBI has agreed to begin providing more details about the science underpinning its case against Ivins.

The bureau is coming forward with more information at least partly in response to the experts who have publicly expressed skepticism about the FBI's case, which concluded that Ivins was the one and only person involved in the attacks.

Last week the Department of Justice gave a private briefing to Congress and this week the DOJ plans to make the new details public, the Times reports.

According to those who attended last week's briefing, the FBI appears to be backpeddling on some initial components of its case against Ivins.

In addition to the new version regarding the anthrax sample Ivins provided in 2002, investigators now say the evelopes used in the mail attacks were more widely available than initially suggested.

Investigators said two weeks ago that the envelopes were unique and easily traced back to the Maryland post office near Ivins' home. But reports from the close-door session say that is not the case.

Many scientists are looking forward to hearing details of the investigation, but do not expect the science to persuade all the skeptics.

"I expect people to be dazzled by the science. I am worried that people will confuse solid science (and I expect the science to be very good) with a solid case," Gigi Gonvall, a senior associate at the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburge Medical Center, told TPMmuckraker this morning.

"The science will only take you so far."





Oh and btw back peddles is in the Democraticunderground spell check, who knew?? Shall we all jump on this grievous miscarriage of justice??

[SDuderstadt]

200. Did you happen to see how they referred to it on the homepage?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

You'll notice in the link to the article it reads, "Reports: FBI backpedals on case against Ivins".


I suspect they'll ocrrect the headline of the actual article at some point. Maybe you should write them and take them to task for their spelling of "backpedal".

[seemslikeadream]

201. Ask the DU admins

get right on them for that spell checker mistake

[SDuderstadt]

202. SLAD...I don't know why you insist on making yourself look foolish....

No one is saying that "back" and "peddle" are misspelled. I've noted before that you're using "back peddle" when you mean "backpedal", but you just can't admit you got it wrong. Instead, you accentuate your silliness by inventing a meaning for "back peddle" that is truly goofy. What's remarkable is that you participate so willingly in making yourself look even more foolish. I'd stop if I were you.

[seemslikeadream]

204. Well you are not me and never could reach the level of enlightenment

That is one thing I have come to realize from all your idiotic ramblings here

[SDuderstadt]

207. This is unintended irony, right?

Why can't you simply admit that you used "back peddle" when you meant "backpedal".

[seemslikeadream]

214. If you can not take the time to read my definition and proof of what I meant

then there is no reason to continue any discussion with you ever again, you have just proved beyond a doubt that you are only doing this to harass me and it will stop.

[SDuderstadt]

221. SLAD....

It's real simple. Anyone reading your previous post to me can easily see that you meant "backpedal" simply from the context. Instead, you wrote it as "back peddle". Now you're casting about to try to invent some definition that doesn't even make sense and claiming that's what you meant all along. You should really stop spamming and derailing your own OP.

[seemslikeadream]

223. Do you deny the meanings of these words?

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate

[SDuderstadt]

225. SLAD....

Do you seriously think you can take any definition for two words, combine them together and they will always make sense as a phrase? Again, when you can find a legitimate dictionary definition for "back peddle", I'm all ears.

[seemslikeadream]

226. I DID A VERY LONG TIME AGO NOW QUIT THIS HARASSMENT NOW

[SDuderstadt]

227. Read the sequence of posts from today and....

it's clear that YOU resurrected this dispute. Then you turn around and claim you're being "harassed"? Give me a break, SLAD

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[SDuderstadt]

229. SLAD.....

Did you or did you not refer me to posts and other things where people had spelled it as one word? If you deny that you did, click on the link below. Why in the world would you then be surprised that I would reference it as both "back peddle" and "backpeddle". I will also politely remind you that it violates DU rules to claim someone has lied.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=218912&mesg_id=218968

[seemslikeadream]

231. Not if I have proof that you did

[SDuderstadt]

235. Can you even read?

1. It's a response to a post from Hope.
2. I am poking fun at her suggesting that we ask you about how many PM's you get in response to how you're "treated".
3. I ended with "silly post".

I'm done. You need to let this go before you become even more unhinged. Further, your claim that you are being "harassed" is undercut by your constant replies here. I'd wise up if I were you.

[seemslikeadream]

238. Yes blame the victim

[SDuderstadt]

243. Playing the victim is what you do best n/t

[seemslikeadream]

248. Queue the reinforcements WHO have publicly admitted to fucking with me?

[Snarkturian Clone]

253. It's "cue".

"Queue" means a lineup.

[seemslikeadream]

255. It's a line up alright that is EXACTLY what I meant

[Snarkturian Clone]

259. Ok, fair enough, but what is a "Renegrade"? NT

[seemslikeadream]

260. Listen to some music once in awhile, God in heaven where have you been?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN7QjW2KJkM
This is a stunning live performance by Warren Zevon of his song "Renegade." It was done in 1993 in Atlanta and features an exquisite violin accompaniment. Probably the only time I have seen this done live and the greatest acoustical performance of this song ever. Sorry for the shaky camera; I think you'll think it is worth it. To read the story behind the song go here: http://tinyurl.com/5zrrkn and read the 4th story from the top entitled "Zevon Is A Rugby Player." It shows the heart behind the song. I do not own it I only wish to share the man and his music with the world.

[Snarkturian Clone]

262. There's something called a "Renegrade"???

Do you just mean renegade?

[Snarkturian Clone]

213. "you are not me and never could reach the level of enlightenment"

I simply don't understand how you type so many messages while wearing that straight jacket. Must be voice-recognition software or something.... and you're STILL trying to claim that "back peddle" is a real expression? :rofl:

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[Snarkturian Clone]

216. sexual harassment will get you nowhere. NT

For the record, your statement in that thread after your first edit was "fuck off you asshole ass".

[seemslikeadream]

217. prove it liar

[Snarkturian Clone]

218. I can't... you edited to post.

The only proof is that you deleted the whole thing. So why would I respond to a blank post?

[seemslikeadream]

219. Why?? You have no idea?? Please spare me

[Snarkturian Clone]

222. So you deny that your post read "fuck off"

and then was edited to say "fuck off you asshole ass"?

[seemslikeadream]

205. What is YOUR definition of back peddle

[SDuderstadt]

208. I'm done, SLAD

It's really stupid to look up the definition of two separate words, then try to cobble them into a definition of a phrase". You meant "backpedal" as is clear from the context. Why you insist on digging in your heels and making yourself look uneducated is beyond me, oh, "enlightened" one.

[seemslikeadream]

211. I ALREADY DID THAT FOR YOU DAYS AGO IT'S IN THIS THREAD!!~

HOW SHORT OF AN ATTENTION SPAN DO YOU HAVE???

[seemslikeadream]

212. 69. ATTENTION FOLKS WHO ARE READING THIS THREAD I WILL ADDRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE

Remember this up thread?? Your answer sir, no need to take up your precious time

[seemslikeadream]

220. This is exactly what I meant by the phrase (TWO WORDS SD) NOT ONE WORD

ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE BUT I ESPECIALLY LIKE THESE TWO VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND VERY ACCURATE IN MY OPINION


BACK(put or get some one's back up to annoy someone)PEDDLE (to be busy with trifles)


BACK
in reply or retaliation
to change direction anticlockwise
put or get some one's back up to annoy someone
to move or cause to move back wards
Ball games a defensive player or position





PEDDLE
to travel about with wares for sale
to be busy with trifles
to sell or offer for sale from place to place
to deal out or seek to disseminate

[SDuderstadt]

224. If it's "exactly what (you) meant.....

then why do you lead with "ANY AND ALL COMBINATION OF THESE PHRASES WILL SUFFICE"? Even that makes no sense, as combining the first two definitions together would result in "to travel about with wares for sale" "in reply or retaliation". That makes no sense at all, except to someone like you.

[Snarkturian Clone]

230. Didn't you know that replying 3 times to the same post

is how you become correct about something?

[seemslikeadream]

232. Didn't you know that a Snark is a snark?

[Snarkturian Clone]

233. As usual you are barely coherent NT

[seemslikeadream]

234. Oh excuse me let me spell it out for you a "Snark"turian Clone is a snark

self named are you not?

[SDuderstadt]

236. Let's invoke the "SLAD rule" here....

he can define "snarkturian clone" to mean anything he wants, right?

[seemslikeadream]

239. Sure let him explain his name if he wants

[Snarkturian Clone]

242. My profile picture is a picture of a Snarkturian Clone.

Read a book.

[seemslikeadream]

244. Quit trying to fuck with me and here is your admission that is exactly what you are doing PROOF

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3766085&mesg_id=3766085

[Snarkturian Clone]

245. What are you babbling about?

Don't "back peddle" so "infatically".

[seemslikeadream]

246. Would you like a screen shot?? That's before it was deleted

[Snarkturian Clone]

247. What does that have to do with this thread?? NT

[seemslikeadream]

249. You have publicy admitted to fucking with me and that is your only intention here

[Snarkturian Clone]

251. This is another day and another thread.

You've chosen to fill this thread with nonsense, not me. You could have ignored SD's post #1 and went along the business of the subject of the thread, but instead you decided to go on and on about something stupid... causing nothing but amusement from your obvious anger issues.

Then when it was all over and done with, you brought it up AGAIN in a reply to your own OP, causing more nonsense, more attacks (from you), more ALL CAPS RESPONSES, more useless information.

[seemslikeadream]

252. I will not ignore bullshit

Take it somewhere else

[seemslikeadream]

250. AND you would have never admitted to it unless I had proof

when will you people ever learn

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[seemslikeadream]

256. When someone is fucking with me I WILL NOT IGNORE IT

[Snarkturian Clone]

257. So you admit you're part of the problem?

How about being part of the solution?

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[Snarkturian Clone]

261. But you're REALLY bad at defending yourself and are unable to turn the other cheek.

If you just ignored it, it would go away.

[seemslikeadream]

264. No it would not he never goes away

and now it seems neither will you

[SDuderstadt]

265. JerseyGirlDem offered you....

a lifeline. You might want to take her up on it.

[seemslikeadream]

266. No one is going to tell me what I meant I stand by what I posted

Quit trying to put your beliefs into my post. I've told you repeatedly what I meant and I will never back down from that

[SDuderstadt]

268. Take it up with JerseyGirlDem....

she's trying to be polite. You can't just make up phrases, SLAD and it's clear you're trying an ad hoc rationalization. It's not working.

[seemslikeadream]

269. Is that anything like your "sarcasm" rationalization? Is that a NEW DU rule?

I can make up any phrase I want to, just as long as I spell it correctly Sir...!

[seemslikeadream]

274. In short, if it seems wordish, use it. No apologies necessary.

From the Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/03/chillax/

But if all these words look wordish, sound wordish, and act wordish, why are they all hedged about with the namby-pamby "I know it's not a real word" disclaimers? (Note: wordish is a perfectly good word.) We all know that there are words that no one can complain about (when was the last time you heard a grammar rant about apple or Tuesday or fair?) and words that almost everyone finds offensive (no need to print them in a newspaper). What we don't have a firm grasp on is the acceptability of a wide range of other words, especially words we've hung affixes on. Redness is OK, but what about grossness? Heroism is fine, but what about thespianism? We have similar problems with words that have undergone a shift in function or part of speech ("shopping at thrift store" becoming thrifting, anonymous becoming verbed as anonymize), nonstandard forms (funner, huger, interestinger), and, of course, any slang words someone hasn't personally heard or used (chillaxing, wackaloon). What does a word have to do to be a "real word"?

Being in a dictionary isn't enough (since territorialism, dancey, noirish, anonymized, bestest, and yes, wordish are all in the Oxford English Dictionary). Does it have to be recognized by your spellchecker? Mine was happy with territorialism, delegator, and, surprisingly, huger. Being frequent isn't enough: funner is slightly more frequent in a two-billion-word corpus of web English than interrobang, and no one says interrobang (a combination of the exclamation point and the question mark) isn't a "real word." Being standard isn't enough: anonymized is a perfectly reasonable way to say "made anonymous," and has been for at least a quarter-century. In a printed book? All of the words in the above list are in printed works. (Some of them are even in the titles of printed works.)

Whenever I see "not a real word" used to stigmatize what is (usually) a perfectly cromulent word, I wonder why the writer felt the need to hang a big sign reading "I am not confident about my writing" on it. What do they imagine the penalty is for using an "unreal" word? A ticket from the Dictionary Police? The revocation (as the joke goes) of your poetic license? A public shaming by William Safire? The irony is that most of these words, without the disclaimer, would pass unnoticed by the majority of readers. (In case you noticed cromulent, that was invented in the 1990s for "The Simpsons.") Writers who hedge their use of unfamiliar, infrequent, or informal words with "I know that's not a real word," hoping to distance themselves from criticism, run the risk of creating doubt where perhaps none would have naturally arisen.

Furthermore, those same writers are giving up one of their inalienable rights as English speakers: the right to create new words as they see fit. Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that fetch is now the word I want to use to mean "cool." By the same token, readers and listeners can decide to adopt or ignore any of these uses or forms.

So, please, leave off the "not a real word" apologia. A far better (and dare I say, funner) technique is to jump in with both feet and use whatever word strikes your fancy. Instead of being defensive, demand that any who dare to quibble over your use prove that your word is, in fact, not a word.

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[Snarkturian Clone]

237. Today is Monday, and "mon" is a stereotype for how Jamaicans

say "Man"... therefore Monday is a racist term.

That little sentence is at about the same level of logic as most of your posts.

[seemslikeadream]

241. yea right you are a laugh and a half

[seemslikeadream]

203. back peddle spell check screen shot

backpeddle

You know what is really hysterical YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SPELLED IT WRONG!!!! :rofl:

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[SDuderstadt]

210. Be careful what you wish for....

you referred me to numerous posts in which it was spelled that way. The latest example was the TPM article. You argue about the stupidest stuff.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=218912&mesg_id=218968

[seemslikeadream]

275. Funner. Impactful. Blowiest. Territorialism. Multifunctionality. Dialoguey. Dancey. Thrifting. Chill

This will be my last post in this thread. I have defended my position to my satisfaction and I will end on this from the Boston Globe, 2 weeks ago!!


I just hope we just can remember where we are here and it is not Harvard English Class! It is a dungeon...period.


http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/03/chillax/

By Erin McKean
August 3, 2008

Funner. Impactful. Blowiest. Territorialism. Multifunctionality. Dialoguey. Dancey. Thrifting. Chillaxing. Anonymized. Interestinger. Wackaloon. Updatelette. Noirish. Huger. Domainless. Delegator. Photocentric. Relationshippy. Bestest. Zoomable.


..........


But if all these words look wordish, sound wordish, and act wordish, why are they all hedged about with the namby-pamby "I know it's not a real word" disclaimers? (Note: wordish is a perfectly good word.) We all know that there are words that no one can complain about (when was the last time you heard a grammar rant about apple or Tuesday or fair?) and words that almost everyone finds offensive (no need to print them in a newspaper). What we don't have a firm grasp on is the acceptability of a wide range of other words, especially words we've hung affixes on. Redness is OK, but what about grossness? Heroism is fine, but what about thespianism? We have similar problems with words that have undergone a shift in function or part of speech ("shopping at thrift store" becoming thrifting, anonymous becoming verbed as anonymize), nonstandard forms (funner, huger, interestinger), and, of course, any slang words someone hasn't personally heard or used (chillaxing, wackaloon). What does a word have to do to be a "real word"?

Being in a dictionary isn't enough (since territorialism, dancey, noirish, anonymized, bestest, and yes, wordish are all in the Oxford English Dictionary). Does it have to be recognized by your spellchecker? Mine was happy with territorialism, delegator, and, surprisingly, huger. Being frequent isn't enough: funner is slightly more frequent in a two-billion-word corpus of web English than interrobang, and no one says interrobang (a combination of the exclamation point and the question mark) isn't a "real word." Being standard isn't enough: anonymized is a perfectly reasonable way to say "made anonymous," and has been for at least a quarter-century. In a printed book? All of the words in the above list are in printed works. (Some of them are even in the titles of printed works.)

Whenever I see "not a real word" used to stigmatize what is (usually) a perfectly cromulent word, I wonder why the writer felt the need to hang a big sign reading "I am not confident about my writing" on it. What do they imagine the penalty is for using an "unreal" word? A ticket from the Dictionary Police? The revocation (as the joke goes) of your poetic license? A public shaming by William Safire? The irony is that most of these words, without the disclaimer, would pass unnoticed by the majority of readers. (In case you noticed cromulent, that was invented in the 1990s for "The Simpsons.") Writers who hedge their use of unfamiliar, infrequent, or informal words with "I know that's not a real word," hoping to distance themselves from criticism, run the risk of creating doubt where perhaps none would have naturally arisen.

Furthermore, those same writers are giving up one of their inalienable rights as English speakers: the right to create new words as they see fit. Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can say that I'm vitamining myself to stave off a cold, I can complain that someone is the smilingest person I've ever seen, and I can decide, out of the blue, that fetch is now the word I want to use to mean "cool." By the same token, readers and listeners can decide to adopt or ignore any of these uses or forms.

So, please, leave off the "not a real word" apologia. A far better (and dare I say, funner) technique is to jump in with both feet and use whatever word strikes your fancy. Instead of being defensive, demand that any who dare to quibble over your use prove that your word is, in fact, not a word.

In short, if it seems wordish, use it. No apologies necessary.



NO APOLOGIES GIVEN

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[SDuderstadt]

296. That's our SLAD! n/t

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[Snarkturian Clone]

298. "This will be my last post in this thread. " -SLAD

Way to lie your ass off.


Stop pretending that people care about that stupid truther video.

[SDuderstadt]

300. In SLADspeak....

"last" means "there are many more to come".

[seemslikeadream]

318. "there are many more to come"

and the views keep going up Thank you so very much SD I could have never done this without you :hi:

...from my friend Stuart


http://www.youtube.com/user/spiritualstu

I wish to walk my spiritual pathway, and share that walk with others who feel the same.

I am a Spiritualist.
I am a Lightworker.
I am aware of Spirit.
I believe in Angels....because i've seen one!


I embrace ALL faiths, beliefs & religions!! In my opinion, there is no right, and there is no wrong. there just "is."

" The ancient tree has many leaves, but all are fed by the same root."


Sometimes, walking a spiritual path is not easy.
I often feel like a drunk man, falling into the thorn bushes by the side of the road, cursing, getting up again, taking 3 steps backwards and 1 step forward, falling into the thorns again, shaking my fist at the heavens, getting up, brushing myself down and THEN...looking back down the path and seeing just how far i have come...I LOVE IT :0))

I know that Spirit are around us always and Angels really do exist. I hope that someday, in this life, everyone can experience this truth.

So....i'm not your stereotypical Truck driver :0)

Love & Light to ALL.

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

http://www.spiraloflight.com/images/flower.html

...from my friend Ludmila

Enlightenment is for the brave. You must wake up. Each conscious seeker must be ready to accept this challenge! Only those, who want to achieve awakening, will taste freedom."ZANKO

[SDuderstadt]

299. How do you know they even watched the video?

Another silly post.

[Snarkturian Clone]

301. I'll use the 301st post in this thread to say

It's slad. What did you expect?

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[SDuderstadt]

304. Ummm, SLAD.....

the counter on the video includes ALL viewers, not just from your post. Duh. Since just over 3,000 DU members have viewed this OP, yet the video records over 19,000 views, it's kinda stupid to claim the OP has driven the viewing of the video. Maybe you should study the logical fallacy known as "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc".

[Snarkturian Clone]

306. YOU FUCKING LIAR!!!!

IT'S THE TRUFE!!


Sorry, thought I was SLAD for a second.

[SDuderstadt]

307. This reminds me of the two psychiatrists who passed each other in the hall...

as they passed by, one said to the other, "Hello". As the other psychiatrist continued down the hallway, he wondered aloud, "Hmmm, I wonder what he meant by that?".

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[seemslikeadream]

317. Well while the cats away the mice will play

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE GOOD DAY TO YOU ALL

I FEEL REALLY GREAT TODAY AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA