LONG LIVE RED CHINA (Would you like your troll mein with soft or crispy noodles?)

12/26/05 | C.L. Gartman

[the_red_anedote]

China will never go down, and don't think you can banish communism. Because the people won't let it. They know they are the last standing, they are the only ones left. America is in a decline while China's climaxing, America will go down. We are just done with our prime, if anything, we were going into a depression since 1992 (and don't say you don't know that year). Communism is the American's medias' worst nightmare, because of censorship. I hope we all have to read one newspaper and wipe my butt with one brand of tiolet paper. I hope we all die for our next generations to wear the red armband. We deserved 9/11, and they enjoyed it. You probably hate me now, I know, you just still think like its 1945, well too bad its 2005. We only stand to fall.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Civ3 was not worth the money. It has some nice concepts but the graphics are lame. I bought one expansion pack but not the second. It was not worth it.

Civ4 looks nice and feels nice. Your workers can do so much more then just "irrigate, mine, road, repeat" and the religion concept is quite clever. You can build a missionary and convert your neighbors on the theory that if you have religion in common you have values in common and so you are much more likely to be allies.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

history of technology, history of ideas, social history and their interplay are a special interest area of mine, so this game was a no-brainer that I would like it.

[Das Outsider]

history of technology, history of ideas, social history and their interplay are a special interest area of mine, so this game was a no-brainer that I would like it.

It was as if Sid Meier and Co. had done a complete personality assessment of me and developed a game around it. ;)

[Knitting A Conundrum]

exactly here too.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Fall asleep at the computer...so that's why my fever snuck back...you went to sleep and it felt safe to come out and play....

[Das Outsider]

You can build a missionary and convert your neighbors on the theory that if you have religion in common you have values in common and so you are much more likely to be allies.

And that is true, but the linguistic affinities are lacking, aren't they? There is so much to be said for cultures that share that precious bond.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Nighty night, and sweet dreams.

[tuliptree76]

Are you around?

I am now.

[redhead]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA (GASP!) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[King Prout]

re: tonight's Battlestar Galactica

oh.
my.
GOD.

[King Prout]

welcome to the party, redhead!

[Victoria Delsoul]

OK. :-)

[tuliptree76]

If I'm not mistaken you do have another graduate degree, is it a doctoral?

I have two other graduate degrees. A Masters degree and a juris doctorate (law) degree. So you can technically call me "Doctor" now, even though no one else (not even my students) does. ;-)

[King Prout]

the writers have never pulled any punches, but they have definitely gotten mean this season.

[scott7278]

Hello, tuliptree!

[Victoria Delsoul]

I see. May I ask who the writers are?

[Baraonda]

OK, Dr. Tulip it will then be.

[tuliptree76]

Hi Das. Not much going on here.

[King Prout]

dunno, but they're good

[tuliptree76]

I don't think I look like a "Doctor."