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[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Well lets just deal with the present and leave out Mr. History.

Perfect!

Except how are a few here going to justify, distract and side track for lack of an argument.

[BlueStreak]

You're so right, Dan. What was I thinking? From here on out, I shall listen intently to your every word.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by MikeG22

Mid 1920's

I'm trying to figure it out. Lynchings?

Pete

[donquixote99]

As long as we're telling stories, here's one:

Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131; Persian: ‏غیاث ****الدین ابوالفتح عمر ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ‎, pronounced [xæjˈjɒːm]), commonly known as Omar Khayyám, was a Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, and Islamic theology.[3]

Born in Nishapur in North Eastern Iran, at a young age he moved to Samarkand and obtained his education there. Afterwards he moved to Bukhara and became established as one of the major mathematicians and astronomers of the medieval period. He is the author of one of the most important treatises on algebra written before modern times, the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, which includes a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle.[4] He contributed to a calendar reform.

His significance as a philosopher and teacher, and his few remaining philosophical works, have not received the same attention as his scientific and poetic writings. Al-Zamakhshari referred to him as “the philosopher of the world”. Many sources have testified that he taught for decades the philosophy of Avicenna in Nishapur where Khayyám was born and buried and where his mausoleum today remains a masterpiece of Iranian architecture visited by many people every year
...
Omar Khayyám's poems have been translated to many languages.[39] Many translations were made directly from Persian, more literal than the translation by Edward Fitzgerald.[39] The following samples are from FitzGerald's translation.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
 Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
 Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
 A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou,
Beside me singing in the Wilderness,
 And oh, Wilderness is Paradise enow.

And that inverted Bowl we call The Sky,
 Whereunder crawling coop’t we live and die,
Lift not thy hands to It for help—for It
 Rolls impotently on as Thou or I.

There are many, many stories.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

Perfect!

Except how are a few here going to justify, distract and side track for lack of an argument.

We'll always have you.

[MikeG22]

Your favorite history channel star Pete, and I'm not talking about the pawn shop guys.

[piece-itpete]

Gaaa! Herr Schicklgruber?

Dq Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fat Umar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī (Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fat Umar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī for short?) writes well. I understand the Persians really like poetry.

Pete

[djv8ga]

If another reporter's melon is chopped off, the media will climb so far up Obama's ass, he will be forced to react in a decisive fashion - IMO.

[piece-itpete]

I heard they have another reporter.

About all Obama can do it start bombing targets in Syria as well as Iraq and continue to arm the 'good' rebels. A day late and a dollar short.

Pete

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I heard they have another reporter.

About all Obama can do it start bombing targets in Syria as well as Iraq and continue to arm the 'good' rebels. A day late and a dollar short.

Pete

So you believe that we aren't going to put troops in? I don't think he can just stand by while these murders on youtube continue. The public will flip out.