User:Baka42

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About 200,000 years ago, modern man developed. 35,000 years ago, Homo Sapiens fully replace Neanderthals in Europe. 2,000 years ago, the Pax Romana was in full swing. 100 years ago, people were all like, 'Dude! Powered flight! Awesome!' 25 years ago, I was born in Buffalo, New York, being the Queen City of the Lake. I grew up (sort of), got a B.A. in History, somehow wound up in DC, and found myself typing this little mini-autobiography and futzing around with it while trying to get the little templates to work. :^)

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This user is of Alsatian ancestry.

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Yuhtaro sina ná maite hanyo quenyanen.

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Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

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This user is a Buffalo Sabres fan.

1 Ed-u-ma-cation
2 Stuff
3 Wikipedia and Me
- 3.1 Articles I've Written
- 3.2 Articles I've Contributed To (Minor Edits Not Included)
4 Cool and/or Random Things I've Done
5 Interests
6 Other Stuff
7 Quotes

[edit] Ed-u-ma-cation

Education

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This user studies at, or is an alumnus of, a Christian Brother (de La Salle) school.

SJ	This user studies at, or is an alumnus of, a Jesuit school.

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This user's favourite subject is History.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

This user graduated from Canisius College.

M	This editor is a member of Mensa.

Alrighty, I went to St. Joseph's Colleigate Institute in Buffalo for High Schoolage. Some notable things about that time period include my formation of the school’s Monty Python Club, the birth of my interest in History and Political Science, my learning to dislike Unions, the beginning of about an eight year stint volunteering at the Buffalo Museum of Science, got a 3 on the AP European History exam without taking the course, and my mild addiction to Steamers (Steamed Milk). Other than that, I was really dull in High School.

College…was like High School for me. I went to Canisius College, a small Jesuit school also in Buffalo. I was a little more active, I was Secretary, Treasurer, VP and President of the school’s History Club, and I had fringe attachment to all sorts of other clubs. I didn’t hang around much there. I learned to get more involved in current events and politics, which helped when a bunch of dumbasses decided one day to crash planes into several buildings one Fall morning in 2001 and my classmates majoring in other subjects had know idea why.

After graduating with a B.A. in History in 2002, I had intended to get my NY Teaching Certificate and become a History/Government teacher. I decided to attend a small local public college for this. Coincidently, around this time, the Coalition ousted Saddam Hussein. I supported them and made my opinions known in classes. This led to my ostracism from many of my classmates, who were of such a mind that even if President Bush were to cure every disease and eliminate poverty, he would still be evil. Later that year, I opposed members of the faculty who would only say nasty things about the administration, and never mention anything positive towards the Right or negative to the Left. After that semester, the faculty decided teaching wasn’t for me.

[edit] Stuff

Stuff

This user advocates democracy.

This user is interested in Roman Catholicism.

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This user is a member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

This user believes it is every citizen's duty to vote.

This user supports the independence of Taiwan and a Republic of Taiwan.

This user supports the independence of Tibet.

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This user does not support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

This user supports the conservation movement.

This user finds censorship offensive.

This user is a Capitalist. |}

I don’t belong to any Party, but I consider myself a Conservative. I’ve been accused of belonging to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, and being a ‘Yankee Imperialist Running Dog Capitalist,’ which both amuse me. I believe it’s everyone’s civic duty to vote, and you should vote for who best represents you, not just a particular Party, or voting for a Republican or Democrat because you don’t believe Third Parties can win.

I believe Upstate New York should break away from New York City/Albany, an Independent Taiwan, a Free Tibet, and a peaceful co-existence between Arabs and Israelis. In my opinion, the UN is a useless body that is only good for condoning the bad things people do. I'd also like to see Alsace-Lorraine Break away from France.

I’m against groups like PETA, the Earth Liberation Front, Greenpeace, and similar groups who are violent and malicious in their protesting. If you have something toI am also a huge pussy.say, there are better ways of doing it than by assaulting people or burning down their homes.

I’m for Freedom of Speech, and I abhor people or groups who won’t let other people they speak their minds (assuming they have something intelligent and well-thought out to say. Not just ‘So-and-so is a moron'). I am also not politically correct. It comes from years of being attacked based on my ethnicities, religion, and politics.

I support Dubya, and for what it's worth, I'm quite fond of Blair, Harper, Howard, and Merkel.

I'm not a big fan of Unions. My hometown has been saddled with them for too long, and now the (Unions) are a big reason that Buffalo is in decline (incompetent leadership, and a citizenry that keeps voting for them along Party Lines is another main reason).

I try not to force my politics on people, and I hope they don't on me. :^)

[edit] Wikipedia and Me

Wikipedia

This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

'	This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.

This user removes personal attacks because it's the right thing to do.

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This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

This user is a member of WikiProject Catholicism.

I'm all about factual info. Even if it's something I don't like. On the other hand, I don't condone people attacking groups or people unjustly.

I tend to be a grammar and spelling fascist, but sometimes I mistype or don't always pay full attention. Feel free to copyedit my edits and articles. You won't make me feel bad. :^)

[edit] Articles I've Written

-Republic of Alsace-Lorraine

-HSBC Building, Buffalo, New York

[edit] Articles I've Contributed To (Minor Edits Not Included)

-List of extinct states

-Münster Rebellion

-Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

-United States Color-coded War Plans

[edit] Cool and/or Random Things I've Done

Interests

11	This user has set foot in 11 countries of the world.

Flown a plane.
Visited Normandy, the Vatican, Rome, Florence, Naples, Pompeii, Barcelona, Malta, Monaco, Chartres, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Nazareth, the West Bank.
Sailed through Scylla and Charybdis (the Straits of Messina).
Worked on a Presidential Campaign and gone to a Presidential Victory Party.
Met Ken Mehlman (Chairman of the RNC).
Saw an inauguration of a President.
Met John Cleese and asked him if he liked Spam.
Applied for Dual-Citizenship with the Vatican.

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Interests

This user is interested in history research.

This user is interested in his or her local history.

This user is interested in politics.

This user's favourite colour is blue.

This user is against the colorization of black and white movies.

This user loves silent movies.

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This user is a moderate fan of anime.

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This user sometimes reads Manga.

This user is a bibliophile.

This user is interested in maps.

This user wishes to fly and hopes to become an aircraft pilot.

This user reads webcomics.

This user prefers to play games on a PC.

This user still plays games on the NES.

This user plays retro games.

Music: Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, They Might Be Giants, Seatbelts
Films: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Sabrina, Steamboy, To Have or Have Not, Star Wars Episodes II-VI
Television: Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Exo Squad, The Kids in the Hall, Monty Python's Flying Circus
Books: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Henry V, Julius Ceaser,
Webcomics: Blue and Blond, Digital Purgatory, Megatokyo, Order of the Stick, Penny-Arcade, Filibuster Cartoons, VGCats, PVP
Miscellaneous:

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Misc

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.

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This user was born in the year of the Monkey.

This user supports the
Galactic Empire.

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This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

This user prefers cold weather.

This user attends, has attended, or hopes to attend Starfleet Academy.

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This user is a viewer of WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo.

This user is a mad scientist.

You may know me from such places as:

[edit] AtS TrekMUSH:

-Professor Kiri Arzin, Prime Minister of Trill

-hru'Kiith Kirin ir-Kento tr'Suibhne, hru'Kiith of the Rihannsu Stelam Shiar

[edit] Star Trek's Early Years (STEY) MUSH:

-Captain Gabriel Suibhne of the Earth Starship USS Resolute

-Baka, Theme Wizard

[edit] United Space Federation (USF)

-Captain Hobbes, Commanding Officer of Outpost Phoenix

[edit] Quotes

'The things love can drive a man to -- the ecstasies, the miseries, the broken rules, the desperate chances, the glorious failures and the glorious victories.' -Dr. Leonard McCoy

'If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you oughtta go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but it's not for the timid.' -Q

'I did have a test today. That wasn't bullshit. It's on European socialism. I mean, really, what's the point? I'm not European. I don't plan on being European, so who gives a crap if they're socialists? They could be fascist anarchists - that still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car. Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, 'I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.' Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people.' -Ferris Bueller

'Son, don't miss the wonders that surround you because every tree, every rock, every anthill, every star is filled with the wonders of nature. Have you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after coming through a long dark tunnel? Well, always try to see life around ya as if you'd just come out of a tunnel.' -Jefferson Smith

'You don't know the power of the Dark Side.' -Darth Vader