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Post by Leo H on Aug 3, 2015 20:06:05 GMT -5
Happy Birthday o unstoppablexd and Leo H.... -M Thanks!
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Post by Leo H on Jun 25, 2015 11:21:11 GMT -5
Furthermore, 79% of Hispanics also support this. Fascinating. For what it's worth, I don't think shops and small areas that don't primarily utilize English is a threat to the larger culture. Past history shows that most immigrant waves establish neighborhoods that are rich with their own culture and often exclusively utilize their own language, but that their children unfailingly migrate towards the larger society and the more dominant language. My grandparents experienced this when they immigrated as Ukranian Jews in the 1920s.i Oh, I definitely don't consider it a "threat" to anything. I don't even really have a strong opinion on English as the official language. Overall, I'd say I'm pretty moderate on the immigration issue.
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Post by Leo H on Jun 25, 2015 11:00:43 GMT -5
I didn't expect my first comment here in months to be about immigration, but here we go Happy to have you back in the discussion, regardless of topic I'd be very curious to see how that poll was conducted. For example, if the poll was conducted in English, that's going to have a very significant impact on the data. Also, it was a poll conducted by phone, which means that most respondents had to be home or at least free to answer their phones and engage in a survey for several minutes. Assuming the majority of non-English speaking citizens are legal or illegal immigrants, and assuming most legal and illegal immigrants don't have the same opportunity to seek more desirable occupations, and assuming that most desirable occupations offer better and/or shorter working hours than the less desirable ones, it stands to reason that many non-English speakers were out working while these polls were conducted. I'm not sure of the methodology, but polls are pretty consistent about this. "The latest YouGove research shows, however, that the vast majority of the American public favor making English the official language of the United States, with 76% supporting English as the official language and only 15% opposing it becoming the official language. This even applies to people who regularly speak another language, of whom 72% support manking English the official language. Furthermore, 79% of Hispanics also support this."Multilingual Americans support English as official language
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Post by Leo H on Jun 25, 2015 10:16:23 GMT -5
I didn't expect my first comment here in months to be about immigration, but here we go I'm not saying I agree or disagree with manking English the official language of the U.S., but doing so is still pretty broadly popular today. 84% Still Support English As Official U.S. Language
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Post by Leo H on Aug 29, 2014 5:57:39 GMT -5
The last ten days I've been alone as my wife have for a month to tend to her mother in Macau. Since the middle of August I've been going to the gym every single day after doing it off and on for too long and not getting anywhere. I've also paid more attention to my nutrition. I'm around 215 and trying to get to around 200, maybe even 190 by November when I leave for Japan for a couple of weeks with my wife. The last ten days have been a struggle since she has been gone though as I've reverted back to my old eating habits: no structure and lots of junk food. I had to stop tonight and really ask myself what I was doing and was it worth all the progress I had made. Especially since my gym attendance has gone back to being sporadic in the last few days. Strange how quick one could go back in the opposite direction. If there was one wish I had it would be to not be lazy/have greatest work ethic in the world. I may have said this before, but there are days I might take my chances being an alcoholic or have a gambling problem instead of just being a super lazy individual. It's plagued my life for years. I know where you're coming from. I also have an unfortunate tendency towards laziness, procrastination, and lack of will power. There is hope though. After many false starts, I was able to finally get it together and lose 50 pounds. I did it by completely cutting out fast food and soda, which were my two biggest weaknesses. It was tough to stick to at first, but the thought of soda and most fast food honestly makes me sick now. The hardest part is always getting there.
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Post by Leo H on Aug 28, 2014 23:55:49 GMT -5
It was a tough vote for me. I went with the Avengers, mostly because they've featured in the most stories that I've enjoyed out of the characters listed. The Silver Surfer is my favorite single character of all of Kirby's creations though.
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Post by Leo H on Aug 27, 2014 7:30:16 GMT -5
It's interesting reading about everyone's personal favorites.
For me, it would be about 1975-1985. You had Chris Claremont & Cockrum/Byrne/Smith/JR Jr. on X-Men, Claremont on New Mutants, Byrne on Fantastic Four, Walt Simonson on Thor, Roger Stern & JR Jr. on Amazing Spider-Man, Wolfman & Perez on New Teen Titans, and Michelinie, Layton, & JR Jr. on Iron Man.
There was also a streak of classic Avengers stories by various creators, like the Shooter/Buscema Graviton story, the Grim Reaper trial story, Bride of Ultron, Count Nefaria, the Korvac Saga, & Knights of Wundagore lasting up until about issue #200. I even quite enjoy the Fall/Trial of Hank Pym stuff that runs from about #211-230.
Also, less heralded, but which I still want to mention are Bill Mantlo on Incredible Hulk & Spectacular Spider-Man, Denny O'Neil on Iron Man, and John Byrne on Incredible Hulk & Alpha Flight.
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Post by Leo H on Aug 27, 2014 6:02:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcomes!
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Post by Leo H on Aug 27, 2014 6:01:06 GMT -5
Incidentally, I'm always curious -- how did you find out about the CCF? I was browsing the CBR forums when I noticed that a poster had something that said "The New Classic Comics Forum" followed by this address under their user name. I'm sorry to say I can't remember their name, but I thank them for pointing me in this direction.
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Post by Leo H on Aug 27, 2014 4:12:56 GMT -5
Hello.
My name is Leo. I'm 29 years old and live just north of Boston, MA. I used to lurk on the old CBR classic comics forum, and just found out about this place. I'm glad to see the community is still going.
With the exception of a hiatus in the late 90s/early 00s, I've been reading comics since 1992. I'm mostly a fan of Bronze Age Marvel, but I also enjoy some DC, Vertigo, and Dark Horse comics. I know this is blasphemous for a classic comics fan to say, but I've never read most of the Silver Age classics like Lee/Kirby Spider-Man and Fantastic Four. I hope to remedy this soon. My favorite creators are George Perez, John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Bill Sienkiewicz, Roger Stern, Walt Simonson, and Peter David. My guilty pleasure is 90s X-Men comics (if I had an embarrassed emoticon I would use it here).
I hope I can contribute something to this forum.
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