Old Threads and Posts at FOFC

[John Galt]

When I was looking at old threads for my post in the Downing Street Memo thread, I ran across some odd posts. Sometimes, it is better to leave the past buried. :p

This post was at the end of a thread that I was part of, but never saw because I never went back to the thread for one reason or another. mrskippy said: "John Galt ... your tag says you live in Manhatten ... I dread the day a dirty bomb is blasted near your office building and you end up with cancer."

In another thread, I made this bad prediction (and I'm very happy I was wrong): "No, while I've done my share of protesting, I support our troops because as fellow humans, I hope they don't die in this foolish mission in Iraq. I also hope that those of us in NYC survive what are sure to be the inevitable attacks here."

Sadly, in one of my first debates with CamEdwards, he said what many seemed to say to me on this board around the early stages of the Iraq war: "You might disagree with how we're going about waging the war on terror, and that's fine. That's your right as an American. But when you say you won't take sides, may I politely suggest you find another place to live?"

I saw this classic Fritz post at the end of a thread that I had also left behind (directed to Subby): "God also told you to stuff an Almond Joy in your ear, smother your chest in vapor rub and cloves, and walk around in a grass skirt and bunny slippers. Medication my friend, you must take your pills."

And then I ran across this old thread: http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?t=8498&page=4&pp=50
I had forgotten that mrs kippy actually started a thread protesting the banning of HM. It is full of classic stuff including this theAfoci gem:

"I still believe that no one will truly understand HM without experiencing it. He was like Jordan in his prime, except a jackass."

So, reading the last thread made it worthwhile. :)

[Franklinnoble]

Troll.

[Honolulu_Blue]

John Galt, the Midwest is making you a sentimental sap. First the apology thread and now this whimsical walk down memory lane. I can see you now, sitting in some rustic diner in Nowhere, Iowa, decked out in your flannel, while clutching your beat up copy of "Bridges of Madison County" and staring longingly out into the corn fields.

You can never go back to New York. It'd eat you alive...

[John Galt]

John Galt, the Midwest is making you a sentimental sap. First the apology thread and now this whimsical walk down memory lane. I can see you now, sitting in some rustic diner in Nowhere, Iowa, decked out in your flannel, while clutching your beat up copy of "Bridges of Madison County" and staring longingly out into the corn fields.

You can never go back to New York. It'd eat you alive...

Alas, I'm still in an office building typing away. But you are right, I could never go back to NYC. It was never for me.

[John Galt]

Troll.

Are you still bitter about the QotM? :p

[Franklinnoble]

Are you still bitter about the QotM? :p
Are the Jews still bitter about the holocaust? Are the Arabs still bitter about the Jews? Is the South still bitter about the Civil War? Are blacks still bitter about slavery? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Why? I have been wronged. I have been denied a basic freedom. I have been slighted, and I have had my pursuit of happiness impeded. I have suffered a great loss, and I will not rest until restitution is made.

[Lathum]

How far back can you see your posts?

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

With that said it would be great if we can read classic dynasties from FOFC past (circa 1998-2005).

[Blackadar]

God, I forgot that it was my post that finally got him suspended and banned. I wish I knew what it was...

..but it was a happy day. :)

[John Galt]

How far back can you see your posts?

Only until the beginning of this board. I also did some searching via the waybackmachine.org, but sadly their backups are few and I couldn't get more than a few pages to load. :(

[Lathum]

It appears I can only view 500

[John Galt]

It appears I can only view 500

I did it by search terms and then looked through threads. Originally, I was looking for "Iraq," but later I tried looking up various things including "Galt." With that, I see posts from the beginning of the board.

[kcchief19]

Interesting ... this made me think about a post I made about the run up to war where I spelled out my thoughts about the situation and my prognosis. I knew I had made one error based on "faulty intelligence" -- I firmly believed that an invasion of Iraq would lead to a wider conflict when Iraq attacked Israel in response to a US invasion. Except, of course, that apparently Iraq was incapable of launching an attack against anything except conventional wisdom.

I still believe everything else I said. I'm sure there are some other threads out there with incorrect assumptions and prognostications about future events, but my core thoughts at the beginning remain the same.

[John Galt]

Interesting ... this made me think about a post I made about the run up to war where I spelled out my thoughts about the situation and my prognosis. I knew I had made one error based on "faulty intelligence" -- I firmly believed that an invasion of Iraq would lead to a wider conflict when Iraq attacked Israel in response to a US invasion. Except, of course, that apparently Iraq was incapable of launching an attack against anything except conventional wisdom.

I still believe everything else I said. I'm sure there are some other threads out there with incorrect assumptions and prognostications about future events, but my core thoughts at the beginning remain the same.

Yeah, after I read Arles's ridiculous contradiction that I posted in the Downing Street Memo thread, I decided to go back and look at my predictions. I too, thought the conflict would expand into the rest of the Middle East (and it still may), but I didn't find many quotes on that where I was really off base (other than the one I posted in this thread). I did smile though when I saw my quote above and was glad I was wrong about inevitable attacks in New York (*knocking on wood*). It is interesting to go back in time to see what we have said in the past. There are many threads where I know I intended something very different than how I read it now (chiefly the "raising the bar" thread I started). It is a hard thing to look at the past sometimes.

[CamEdwards]

heh. what's funny is that since I wrote that, you have indeed found another place to live.

New York's loss (or gain) is Iowa's gain (or loss) I guess. :)

[Senator]

and just because I don't want ANYONE to ever forget...

WHEN COCKY AND FUNNY SLIPPED UP (http://cflfb.com/Horns2.html)

[Kodos]

Good old Horns. What a fool.

[Poli]

Are the Jews still bitter about the holocaust? Are the Arabs still bitter about the Jews? Is the South still bitter about the Civil War? Are blacks still bitter about slavery? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Why? I have been wronged. I have been denied a basic freedom. I have been slighted, and I have had my pursuit of happiness impeded. I have suffered a great loss, and I will not rest until restitution is made.

Remember tomorrow.

[Franklinnoble]

Remember tomorrow.
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