His choices are either raise taxes or continue deficit spending through stimulus programs. The Obama administration put themselves in this position. There's something wrong with economists who believe consumer spending is all that matters.
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Erh hum, I just Reread Eragon and ordered Eldest and Brisingr, I enjoy the books the movie and game just made it look terrible.
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The thing is that a book can be enjoyable without it being good. There are entire wikis devoted to poking fun at Paolini's atrocious writing, but I still like the stories he's trying to tell.
The word you wrongly used there was 'trying' he tells the stories and tells them well.
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He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
Leave the scene lookin' like Vietnam
Might as well call him "Matt Atom Bomb"
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And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Quadruple post is BAD. No I don't think his writing his good. He tells the story well, just badly. It's like listening to a gypsy with a speech impediment.
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He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
Leave the scene lookin' like Vietnam
Might as well call him "Matt Atom Bomb"
Like his name suggests, he's quite atomic
And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Edit: See I edit my posts and check out my user Profile
__________________ Every time this fool be come along
He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
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Like his name suggests, he's quite atomic
And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Last edited by mattatom on Nov 3rd, 2009 at 09:36 PM
Fictional novels are defined by the stories they tell, not the writing that presents it. The writing is simply the "window" into the story; the story is why the book exists - its purpose. The writing is fundamentally a means to an end; the story is the end. In fiction, the writing serves no purpose without the story; it owes its existence to the story that it's telling. And Dan Brown tells a far better story than any other novelist out there. Not that his writing's that bad anyway. It's certainly not bad enough that it has a negative impact on the reader's interpretation of the storyline, and I would imagine that those mentioned linguists are mostly bitter that they lack the creativity to tell a storyline even remotely comparable to any of Dan's works.
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You want to call Brown's work "creative?"
It is the most formulaic, homogeneous claptrap I've ever read.
1. Smart-ish wunderkind scientist
2. Elaborate problem that only their specific specialty can solve.
3. Outlandish conspiracy theory spoonfed to their less-intelligent opposite-sex partner.
4. Bad guy introduced, ostensibly as an ally.
5. Moar consirzys.
6. Betrayal of some sort.
7. Mystery was true all along.
Angels and Demons follows the same path as Da Vinci does. Digital Fortress would be identical, but the mystery was actually yet another Xanatos Gambit. As was Deception Point.
After reading Da Vinci I read all of his other books. After finishing Deception Point I was not surprised by the track of his story. As in, ever.
Srsly Neb, everything you like is terrible. And most are objectively terrible.
Tbh Red, I like the plot's and the details just not the repetetiveness.
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He gots you noobs cryin' out fo' mom
Leave the scene lookin' like Vietnam
Might as well call him "Matt Atom Bomb"
Like his name suggests, he's quite atomic
And this fool - he likes DC Comics
Two energy swords make up his symbol
And trust me, dawg, this homie's nimble
Lol at the last part (which is totally off-topic):
"• Another measure in Maine, which easily won approval, will allow dispensaries to supply marijuana to patients for medicinal purposes. It is a follow-up to a 1999 measure that legalized medical marijuana but did not set up a distribution system.
• The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge voted overwhelmingly to allow adults to legally possess small amounts of marijuana."
EDIT: So the US is being more pro marijuana and contra gay marriage.
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Last edited by Slash_KMC on Nov 4th, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Nov 3rd, 2009 12:54 PM
for your gypsy analogy.
