Cults

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by DAII

Admin is lost as long as Praxeas has control of that little red button that Obama has brainwashed him to ultimately push as part of his Vulcan cult training.

During the 20th-century's Cold War, the "Big Red Button" (sometimes just "The Button") referred to a device used to launch nuclear weapons. A person in charge may be referred to as "having his/her finger on The Button". The disastrous consequences of a full-out nuclear war made the Big Red Button a symbol of the annihilation of humanity.

Because of this potential doomsday use, Cold-War-era fiction often featured a BRB as the final trigger for a self-destruct process. It could also represent a "nuclear" or radical solution to a problem, much like "cutting the Gordian knot", and likely lead to the BRB's use as a reset button.

Once contemporary definitions of the BRB gained popularity as a plot device in Looney Tunes, the button became a running gag. A character would at some point be warned, "Whatever you do, do not press the red button." By the end of the cartoon someone would invariably press it, usually resulting in a large explosion. This attached a level of temptation to the button itself, and is often used in religious or philosophical allegory, a parallel to Adam and Eve's consumption of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.

Praxeas gets to practice with the little red button until he graduates from SEU.

Are you sure it's red? How can you be sure? Is this something like the Staples Easy Button?

[DAII]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Are you sure it's red? How can you be sure? Is this something like the Staples Easy Button?

More evidence Admin is clueless and that some guy named Ferd is behind the curtain.

[DaffyDuck]

Originally Posted by DAII

More evidence Admin is clueless and that some guy named Ferd is behind the curtain.

You mean Ferdinand Marcos or his wife that had all the shoes?

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

You mean Ferdinand Marcos or his wife that had all the shoes?

Shoes? I love shoes!

[DaffyDuck]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Shoes? I love shoes!

Is your name Imelda? I think she took over when Ferd died. Maybe you could auction shoes at a conference! Oh, who will preach to the lost?

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

Is your name Imelda? I think she took over when Ferd died. Maybe you could auction shoes at a conference! Oh, who will preach to the lost?

I work as a statistician and U.S. Consumption Overall, the U.S. footwear market slowed in 2007. U.S. consumption of footwear declined 0.4 percent, from 2.403 billion pairs in 2006 to 2.393 billion pairs in 2007.

Growth in U.S. consumption of men’s work shoes was robust but slowed somewhat during the second half of the year, increasing by 37.4 percent in 2007 after having registered a startling 62.9 percent increase during the first half. In contrast, U.S. consumption of women’s footwear (nonrubber), the largest footwear category by far, only increased a modest 0.8 percent in 2007 to 952.173 million pairs. U.S. consumption of athletic shoes fell 10.1 percent to 334 million pairs and U.S. consumption of slippers fell 9.3 percent to 119 million pairs.

[DaffyDuck]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I work as a statistician and U.S. Consumption Overall, the U.S. footwear market slowed in 2007. U.S. consumption of footwear declined 0.4 percent, from 2.403 billion pairs in 2006 to 2.393 billion pairs in 2007.

Growth in U.S. consumption of men’s work shoes was robust but slowed somewhat during the second half of the year, increasing by 37.4 percent in 2007 after having registered a startling 62.9 percent increase during the first half. In contrast, U.S. consumption of women’s footwear (nonrubber), the largest footwear category by far, only increased a modest 0.8 percent in 2007 to 952.173 million pairs. U.S. consumption of athletic shoes fell 10.1 percent to 334 million pairs and U.S. consumption of slippers fell 9.3 percent to 119 million pairs.

Hmmm, interesting. I never considered this. So do you think this helps or hurts Sarah Palin's chances in '12 and how will the shoe market impact the intense email argument that Todd Palin recently had with the governor of Alaska?

[canam]

Originally Posted by DAII

More evidence Admin is clueless and that some guy named Ferd is behind the curtain.

Ferd is behnd the curtain ? i thought heshe was in the closet ,who puts curtains in a closet ?