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Maybe he's dyslexic (sp).
What about the guy on his hands and knees by the desk?...and this guy whats to be our President?
It's 3am and he has been up for 24hrs?
Photo shop work.
Mike
Mike
quote:What about the guy on his hands and knees by the desk?...and this guy whats to be our President?
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT...
What about the people that believe this stuff and pass it on?
P H O T O S H O P
Now say it out loud ...photoshop.
Phone - reference to photoshopped photo with GW holding the book upside down.
Clock - reference to Hillary's comment about who will be there taking 3 a.m. phone calls.
Man under desk - reference to Monica.
We have just a few important issues in this election cycle - things like the economy, the war, the environment, immigration, education.
If this country is to somehow manage to survive another 200 years, it will take intelligent, thinking, questioning voters who don't fall for lie-filled verbal attacks and photoshopped pictures that any 16 year old could create in his school's computer science classroom.
Come on people. Wake up and smell the coffee. This country is in trouble and you're taking photos like this seriously?????
GEEESH!!!!!
Larry
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:quote:What about the guy on his hands and knees by the desk?...and this guy whats to be our President?
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT...
What about the people that believe this stuff and pass it on?
P H O T O S H O P
Now say it out loud ...photoshop.
Phone - reference to photoshopped photo with GW holding the book upside down.
Clock - reference to Hillary's comment about who will be there taking 3 a.m. phone calls.
Man under desk - reference to Monica.
We have just a few important issues in this election cycle - things like the economy, the war, the environment, immigration, education.
If this country is to somehow manage to survive another 200 years, it will take intelligent, thinking, questioning voters who don't fall for lie-filled verbal attacks and photoshopped pictures that any 16 year old could create in his school's computer science classroom.
Come on people. Wake up and smell the coffee. This country is in trouble and you're taking photos like this seriously?????
GEEESH!!!!!
Larry
I too was goin to make a snide remark Larry. I don't know what came over me. Thank you for setting me straight.
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
Come on people. Wake up and smell the coffee. This country is in trouble and you're taking photos like this seriously?????
GEEESH!!!!!
Larry
All the more reason to have fun with it........
quote:All the more reason to have fun with it........
Using photoshop to create lies, distortion and mis-information in connection with an election COULD be fun....but there are far too many people out there that do not have the intellectual skills to figure out what is plausible and what is faked.
Thus, they come to believe something that isn't true, and then spread it around to others that manage to come to the same un-informed conclusions.
We need facts, not folly, to save this country.
Larry
Harmless fun with photoshop is something like this -
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First you don't need photoshop to "create lies, distortion, and mis-information"....most politicians only need open their mouths for that to happen.
Second if the majority of the American people are not intelligent enough to figure the merits, or lack thereof, of this photo on their own then there is a bigger issue than the circulation of a bogus photo.
That's it for my commentary on this topic......
Second if the majority of the American people are not intelligent enough to figure the merits, or lack thereof, of this photo on their own then there is a bigger issue than the circulation of a bogus photo.
That's it for my commentary on this topic......
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
[QUOTE]All the more reason to have fun with it........
there are far too many people out there that do not have the intellectual skills to figure out what is plausible and what is faked.
Larry
Wow. Why am I getting beat up today?
Now I don't know who to vote for. Help me Larry.
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
Come on people. Wake up and smell the coffee. This country is in trouble and you're taking photos like this seriously?????
GEEESH!!!!!
Larry
Just having a little fun with the picture but your right the country is in serious trouble
Miles how do you eat with that lip ring?
You're the man.. Larry. You speak the truth.
PD
Well you know soup is a little difficult but everyone has to make sacrifices......
(for those who think the Obama photo is real my avitar isn't me)
Well you know soup is a little difficult but everyone has to make sacrifices......
(for those who think the Obama photo is real my avitar isn't me)
I'll be glad when this damn election is over so you guys can stop turning every joke & every news bit (like global warming) into a political debate.
Anything that divides people with common interests, instead of bringing them together, is counter-productive, a diversion of our energy and thoughts. It doesn't matter if we vote conservative or liberal, republican or democrat, the large multi-national corporations are the winners.
If we want to send a message to Washington & corporate America that we are fed up with them selling off America & screwing Americans, then we should not give our votes to the democratics OR republicans. We should vote third party. Any third party.
cowboy from hell
Anything that divides people with common interests, instead of bringing them together, is counter-productive, a diversion of our energy and thoughts. It doesn't matter if we vote conservative or liberal, republican or democrat, the large multi-national corporations are the winners.
If we want to send a message to Washington & corporate America that we are fed up with them selling off America & screwing Americans, then we should not give our votes to the democratics OR republicans. We should vote third party. Any third party.
cowboy from hell
It is THE most important election in decades. It isn't a joke but is there really an alternative here?
The Republicans represent continuing Bush policies and Clinton or Obama suggest radical change but in the end if the Democrats get in they do shit like Congress did the last time.
If they don't they create a scandal like Spitzer or Clinton did with Lewinski.
I didn't move to Canada because of Vietnam but I wish it wans't so cold there now. I like those driving roads you guys posted but I can't skate and don't play hockey. How is global warming effecting it. Is it above -30F in the winter in Montreal yet?
I think we are all screwed and dead to rights and just don't know enough to fall down yet.
This is the era of the third world immigrant. I only speak English. I need so much more the $10 an hour to surrvive. Don't ask how much. It is embarrising. Man am I screwed.
Maybe I'll be able to afford to put gas in my Pantera and go somewhere this year?
Just my stupid opinion, sorry, you started the venting.
...and how are we supposted to know they are Photoshop pictures? I don't know that. You are claiming that. It could have been a joke with a caption like "hello, hello?".
Why would one presume that I would make a decision on who to vote for on a picture like that?
The Republicans represent continuing Bush policies and Clinton or Obama suggest radical change but in the end if the Democrats get in they do shit like Congress did the last time.
If they don't they create a scandal like Spitzer or Clinton did with Lewinski.
I didn't move to Canada because of Vietnam but I wish it wans't so cold there now. I like those driving roads you guys posted but I can't skate and don't play hockey. How is global warming effecting it. Is it above -30F in the winter in Montreal yet?
I think we are all screwed and dead to rights and just don't know enough to fall down yet.
This is the era of the third world immigrant. I only speak English. I need so much more the $10 an hour to surrvive. Don't ask how much. It is embarrising. Man am I screwed.
Maybe I'll be able to afford to put gas in my Pantera and go somewhere this year?
Just my stupid opinion, sorry, you started the venting.
...and how are we supposted to know they are Photoshop pictures? I don't know that. You are claiming that. It could have been a joke with a caption like "hello, hello?".
Why would one presume that I would make a decision on who to vote for on a picture like that?
quote:I'll be glad when this damn election is over so you guys can stop turning every joke & every news bit (like global warming) into a political debate.
The photo was not posted as a joke. It was not acknowledged or implied that the poster even thought it was fake. And at least one reply surely didn't manage to see it as a fake, either.
THAT is what pissed me off. As I wrote, we need intelligent, thinking, questioning voters. We don't need more crap - above what the parties themselves interject - added to this, or any, election.
This is too important to ignore.
And too important to throw your vote away on a third party, too, George. There are huge differences in philosophy between McCain and Obama. Even a little between McCain/Clinton. And none between McCain/Bush. Voters need to make their choices based on facts, not photoshop.
If I see additional crap, faked photos, or outright lies posted as someone's style of a "joke", you can expect me to react just the same.
Larry
I'll be back after November. I get more than enough from both sides on the networks.
ciao
ciao
quote:Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:... And too important to throw your vote away on a third party, too, George ...
That is your opinion Larry, and while your opinion is certainly as valid as mine, it is not more valid. We are all adults here, capable of drawing our own conclusions. There's no reason for anyone to be lecturing another member. That's where I have to draw the line, because this is not a debate forum.
cowboy from hell
George,
It might be a good time for the PI website to adapt the rules that many other forums have. See example below from the RC Universe. The hot ones are; using threads, language, flaming, copyright, posting links to other websites, posting links to other websites that require registration and political stuff. I hope you will consider adopting some of these. It will make life so much easier and everyone will know what is OK and what is not.
Mike
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It might be a good time for the PI website to adapt the rules that many other forums have. See example below from the RC Universe. The hot ones are; using threads, language, flaming, copyright, posting links to other websites, posting links to other websites that require registration and political stuff. I hope you will consider adopting some of these. It will make life so much easier and everyone will know what is OK and what is not.
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Mike
Your off topic
Thats as far down as I read
Your off topic
Thats as far down as I read
Hi Mike,
The forums do have rules. To find them click on & read the "terms of service" found at the bottom of any page.
The terms say politics & religion are forbidden, but I & Mark allow it so long as the guys behave themselves. Politics is seldom a problem, but this is a presidential election year, so things are heating up.
Rather than lock up a thread when a debate begins, my first course of action (if I get there soon enough) is to step in and encourage members to respect one another before I have no other recourse than to lock the thread up. This has been all that is required so far.
This is a good bunch of guys, these forums require very little moderation.
take care, George
The forums do have rules. To find them click on & read the "terms of service" found at the bottom of any page.
The terms say politics & religion are forbidden, but I & Mark allow it so long as the guys behave themselves. Politics is seldom a problem, but this is a presidential election year, so things are heating up.
Rather than lock up a thread when a debate begins, my first course of action (if I get there soon enough) is to step in and encourage members to respect one another before I have no other recourse than to lock the thread up. This has been all that is required so far.
This is a good bunch of guys, these forums require very little moderation.
take care, George
Thanks for the response George. I was thinking about more detailed information like I posted.
Mike
Mike
I help run a political forum on Delphi. If you guys want to go and vent your spleen there, about politics or pretty much anything else, feel free to do so there. You create an account, but it is free, or you can pay for premium service, but you get to say pretty much whatever you want to. So go to this link,
http://forums.delphiforums.com/opinion_forum/start
and start your rant and get down and dirty. But please, lets be brothers here.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/opinion_forum/start
and start your rant and get down and dirty. But please, lets be brothers here.
Gee . . . my apologies. I posted this not a political attack or taking any political position, just as humorous entertainment as most things posted here are meant to be. I'll be more selective on what I post in the future or not post anything non Detomaoso related
quote:Originally posted by 4NFORD:
or not post anything non Detomaoso related
Now that would be a shame as I, and I'm sure many others, find your posts entertaining.
Dennis don't stop posting non Detomaso content, I think the PI site should be both informative and entertaining.
Dennis,
Please keep the posting as you have been. I always look forward to opening one of your posts. You've had some really funny and or interesting things to say. Keep it up.
John
Please keep the posting as you have been. I always look forward to opening one of your posts. You've had some really funny and or interesting things to say. Keep it up.
John
As stated above, Dennis, don't stop because a few people got excited. That's what Pantera ownership is all about in the first place!
Mark
Mark
In my humble opinion, things are really mellow here and for the most part most get along well. I have been on boards that became really bad. Its sad when grown men cannot regulate themselves and rules and policies have to be enforced. This often causes people to be " turned off" and leave. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but to drag on a war here is pointless. Maybe if everyone regulated themselves . . . I always looked to this section as my relaxation place, Humor and light heartedness. If I don't agree, have interest in topic, or like a post, I simply pass it by and ignore it. No sense in getting into a pissing match for nothing. For what its worth, I think that this is a hell of a board with a bunch of great guys . . . even if we all don't agree 100% of the time!
I thought the picture was funny. It gave me a laugh.
I don't understand why anyone would get upset in any form or way about it.
Forgedaboudit!
I don't understand why anyone would get upset in any form or way about it.
Forgedaboudit!
quote:Originally posted by 4NFORD:
In my humble opinion, things are really mellow here and for the most part most get along well. I have been on boards that became really bad. Its sad when grown men cannot regulate themselves and rules and policies have to be enforced. This often causes people to be " turned off" and leave. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but to drag on a war here is pointless. Maybe if everyone regulated themselves . . . I always looked to this section as my relaxation place, Humor and light heartedness. If I don't agree, have interest in topic, or like a post, I simply pass it by and ignore it. No sense in getting into a pissing match for nothing. For what its worth, I think that this is a hell of a board with a bunch of great guys . . . even if we all don't agree 100% of the time!
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