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Consider the following article: Iran and US are buddies![^]
According to Iran one minute the USA is the great Satan and must be destroyed and the next minute the USA isn't doing enough to help stabilize the Middle East.
According to the USA one minute Iran is an unstable dictatorship seeking to cause the destruction of the world and the next minute it is a possible ally in the fight against ISIS.
Both accuse each other of arming ISIS.
It isn't even a question of believing either government - there isn't a coherent story out there to believe. To call these guys liars is premature on my part because the story they tell is so ethereal, insubstantial, and ridiculous that elevating it to a lie gives it more credit than it is worth. At best, these politicians aren't liars, they're coked up alcoholics covered in leaves and piss mumbling to themselves in the park.
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You can't believe the government, you can't believe the media so who's left?
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Mike Hankey wrote: so who's left?
Me?
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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You seem like a pretty honest fella that I can trust.
You ain't running for office are you? 
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Well, I tried running away from Office (especially after they added the Ribbon) but that didn't work... 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Very good !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Yeah, but if you run for public office, you cant hide from it (meaning after work hours).
The pressure is so immense that you would have to ditch the cat and wife, and replace this with a goldfish and a lover. If the wife doesn't agree, get a motorcycle and a unique helmet and drive to her each night. That way your wife can make a fortune on books about you, and you can then break off the arrangement, and get an even younger lover. There are of course several variations of this, as you might opt in for a surprise visit to her in Argentine, but here it's really just up to your imagination. (And being in politics where daily dealings with the press and your public opinion bureau is a must, your imagination should be quite substantial as the years move on.)
No, best not to get involved into politics 
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The media have always been biased, they are either too left, too right or too centre ground. I have discovered that I need to read as many views from as many angles as I can to get something nearing the truth, with all its own inherent complexity, of news stories.
One of my own favourite sources is Private Eye which has managed to get itself sued a number of times due to the habit of shamelessly treading on the toes of the rich and powerful.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Satire is the only place where you can find the real truth.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mike?
THESE PEOPLE REALLY BOTHER ME!! How can they know what you should do without knowing what you want done?!?!
-- C++ FQA Lite
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Actors and pop stars?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Take it to the Soapbox.
I don't take it to the soapbox because the purpose of the post isn't to have a serious discussion.
The purpose of the post is to spawn jokes.
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Liars is not the right term. "Agendaists" -- people who say things based on their agenda, which may be true or false (mostly false though)
Marc
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MehGerbil wrote: I wish they were liars.
They are. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Iran has nothing to do with "Isis".
Only John McCain's hairdresser knows for sure.
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You're missing the key point. Both govts are made up of politicians; meaning they're liars by definition. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It's actually fairly simple. It depends on the issue at hand:
1) Islam vs Not-Islam - USA and Iran are not friendly
2) Arabs behaving badly - USA and Iran are friendly
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GenJerDan wrote: Arabs behaving badly - USA and Iran are friendly
This is where I get lost as I thought Iran was Arabs gone wild.
Disclaimer: This story has modified to fit the politician's needs.
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Oh my. Iran is not Arab. Persian, if you will, though that really only accounted for one province and the Greeks messed up the name, anyway.
Think calling all of Great Britain "England".
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I am looking for a freeware package that will let me create my own UML diagrams.
Checking SnapFiles, FreewareHome, and MajorGeeks, as well as asking Google, Yahoo, and Bing for their suggestions, these were my quick results...
- "Dia" Looks like the best
- "Altova" - Did not like it
- "Visual Paradigm" - Did not like it
- "Violet" - Looked interesting.
Is "Dia" the best freeware UML generator for the time being ?
I welcome feedback from those who really know UML well
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"UML Expert" is an oxymoron.
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harold aptroot wrote: "UML Expert" is an oxymoron
Thank you for bringing a smile to my face.
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The problem is, a product with good features is not always free. 
You have to adjust with available products.
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There's always the venerable StarUML[^].
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