Gavin

The dude in the flannel only drinks microbrews and all of his friends have handle bar mustaches. He's just that cool.

Mother Nature: THE milf

Mother Nature: THE milf

My biggest problem with this thread is the blanket statements about Muslims. When I traveled to Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Muslim population rates, I felt more than welcomed. In fact, many people wanted to take pictures with me and were extremely nice to me.
I do think that largely had to do with the development of the country itself. Indonesia is by no means a first world country but Jakarta and a few of the other major cities are much more developed and therefore refined. As an example, for anyone who saw or read Lone Survivor he gave a map to one of the villagers who then WALKED it to the military base. Many of these countries are hundreds of years behind us in many aspects of life.
I'm sure the rebuttal will be something to the effect of, "religion is the major cause of this gap." That could be absolutely true. Look at the Dark Ages in the past for another example of religion getting in the way progress of a society. With that being said these countries have had "leaders" forced down their throats for decades. It would be hard to say that a lot of these dictators acted in the best interest of the country as a whole.
I'm fed up with the generalizations. I do think religion, every religion, has caused rifts and sometimes conflict throughout history. It's one of the reasons why I'm not the biggest fan of organized religion. There are, however, other factors here besides religion that have caused these groups to appear. Arch touched on ISIS. I would defer to the, most likely, only member here who actually lives in the Middle East.

My biggest problem with this thread is the blanket statements about Muslims. When I traveled to Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Muslim population rates, I felt more than welcomed. In fact, many people wanted to take pictures with me and were extremely nice to me.
I do think that largely had to do with the development of the country itself. Indonesia is by no means a first world country but Jakarta and a few of the other major cities are much more developed and therefore refined. As an example, for anyone who saw or read Lone Survivor he gave a map to one of the villagers who then WALKED it to the military base. Many of these countries are hundreds of years behind us in many aspects of life.
I'm sure the rebuttal will be something to the effect of, "religion is the major cause of this gap." That could be absolutely true. Look at the Dark Ages in the past for another example of religion getting in the way progress of a society. With that being said these countries have had "leaders" forced down their throats for decades. It would be hard to say that a lot of these dictators acted in the best interest of the country as a whole.
I'm fed up with the generalizations. I do think religion, every religion, has caused rifts and sometimes conflict throughout history. It's one of the reasons why I'm not the biggest fan of organized religion. There are, however, other factors here besides religion that have caused these groups to appear. Arch touched on ISIS. I would defer to the, most likely, only member here who actually lives in the Middle East.

My biggest problem with this thread is the blanket statements about Muslims. When I traveled to Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Muslim population rates, I felt more than welcomed. In fact, many people wanted to take pictures with me and were extremely nice to me.
I do think that largely had to do with the development of the country itself. Indonesia is by no means a first world country but Jakarta and a few of the other major cities are much more developed and therefore refined. As an example, for anyone who saw or read Lone Survivor he gave a map to one of the villagers who then WALKED it to the military base. Many of these countries are hundreds of years behind us in many aspects of life.
I'm sure the rebuttal will be something to the effect of, "religion is the major cause of this gap." That could be absolutely true. Look at the Dark Ages in the past for another example of religion getting in the way progress of a society. With that being said these countries have had "leaders" forced down their throats for decades. It would be hard to say that a lot of these dictators acted in the best interest of the country as a whole.
I'm fed up with the generalizations. I do think religion, every religion, has caused rifts and sometimes conflict throughout history. It's one of the reasons why I'm not the biggest fan of organized religion. There are, however, other factors here besides religion that have caused these groups to appear. Arch touched on ISIS. I would defer to the, most likely, only member here who actually lives in the Middle East.

My biggest problem with this thread is the blanket statements about Muslims. When I traveled to Indonesia, a country with one of the highest Muslim population rates, I felt more than welcomed. In fact, many people wanted to take pictures with me and were extremely nice to me.
I do think that largely had to do with the development of the country itself. Indonesia is by no means a first world country but Jakarta and a few of the other major cities are much more developed and therefore refined. As an example, for anyone who saw or read Lone Survivor he gave a map to one of the villagers who then WALKED it to the military base. Many of these countries are hundreds of years behind us in many aspects of life.
I'm sure the rebuttal will be something to the effect of, "religion is the major cause of this gap." That could be absolutely true. Look at the Dark Ages in the past for another example of religion getting in the way progress of a society. With that being said these countries have had "leaders" forced down their throats for decades. It would be hard to say that a lot of these dictators acted in the best interest of the country as a whole.
I'm fed up with the generalizations. I do think religion, every religion, has caused rifts and sometimes conflict throughout history. It's one of the reasons why I'm not the biggest fan of organized religion. There are, however, other factors here besides religion that have caused these groups to appear. Arch touched on ISIS. I would defer to the, most likely, only member here who actually lives in the Middle East.

I really don't want to read this article.

WebMD says it is either a major heart attack or malaria. 
 
F*CK

I have no bone to pick here. Yes, I do own Apple products, but I couldn't care less about this Apple vs. Samsung fight. Who cares what other people like, or for that matter write, when it comes to Apple products?

This is more proof that cats suck.

I'm genuinely curious; did Apple shit in your cereal? Your Apple hate is bordering comical.

My grandfather was in the first wave. He only talked about the war once with my grandma. I can't imagine what he saw.

My father was career military. Fortunately he was not in the D-Day invasion. A man in his Air National Guard unit (where he served after WW II and Korea) was. He could barely bring himself to talk about it. About all that he would say was that it was horrific beyond description, seeing men dying all around you and wondering if you were next.

My grandfather was in the first wave. He only talked about the war once with my grandma. I can't imagine what he saw.

When did AO take over Cory's account?

You mean every time he takes a dive?

It's ridiculous what he gets away with.

Oh, you mean classy like when the Kings fans booed Andersen when he went down with an injury?

What did he say? I didn't see any of the interviews, but I love that he called out Reed.

“Learning to be a good dad, learning to be a better husband, it takes time on you, it takes energy,” Watson said. “And then learning how to refocus, repractice, get back to the level that I think I should be at ... top-25 player in the world. Not going to say top-five player in the world. Sorry, Patrick Reed.”

Look at last night's post game interviews for the NCAA championship. No one can say those guys are students, first, and athletes second. Their grammar made a 1st grade English teacher cringe, let alone a college professor.

Look at last night's post game interviews for the NCAA championship. No one can say those guys are students, first, and athletes second. Their grammar made a 1st grade English teacher cringe, let alone a college professor.

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