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There are news bites coming out about Firefox everywhere you could possibly imagine.

Thanks, but we've already heard about Google News.

They already have, back in 2000:

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (on DVD and VHS, bypassed the theatrical release)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV show

Yeah, except the right wing is trying to torpedo Specter's chairmanship because he's a moderate on abortion. As quoted in the linked-to article Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) says a chairman is responsible to "the feelings, the beliefs, the values, the procedures that are held by the majority of that committee", which I find telling -- screw the feelings, beliefs, and values of the American people.

Condi will replace him.
This is no suprise, though. Powell has been talking about a one term job for a while. This isn't really too big of news, cabinet members very often only stay on for one term.

I'd suggest reading this, as it might (maybe) put your (and/or other people's) mind at ease a bit. It sounds like the director is really sticking as closely as possible to what DNA wanted.

In the books his colour was never given. However, I referred to the tv series. His colour was mentioned by the fact that he was visible on the screen. And he was quite definitely white. The book does mention him having ginger hair, or something like that. We'll see if Mos Def has ginger hair.

"I don't recall Trillian being described physically in the books"

She is quite definitely described. And she is quite definitely described as having dark hair.

As I mentioned in another thread, Douglas Adams wrote the early draft of the script. He had been working on this film for many years before his untimely death, and many of the people still working on it had worked closely with him while he was alive. For all any of us know, he may have personally sketched out the early prototypes of what he wanted this new Heart of Gold to look like. Yet, everything in this movie that isn't 100% identical to the book (or to whatever your particular preferred variation is) will immediately be jumped upon by everyone as "Disney ruining H2G2".

Personally, I intend to go to the movie and enjoy it for what it is, which is yet another incarnation of H2G2. Obviously, I expect that some things will be lifted straight from the books, radio play, tv series, records, stage productions, computer game, whatever. And, I expect that some things will be completely new.

And some of those new things will come from the minds of people other than Douglas Adams. And guess what... that's the way it would have been even if he was still alive. He let Steve Meretzky write some of the jokes for the H2G2 computer game. He had been collaborating with Jay Roach on the early drafts of the movie script. In short, he let other people have input into most (if not all) of his work.

Anyway, I recommend reading the interview with the director at the official movie site. I can respect this guy and what he has done to bring this movie to the screen. It can never be exactly what Douglas Adams wanted, because Douglas Adams didn't live to finish it. But it's going to be close enough, and that's good enough for me.

And I'm certainly not going to whine about the HOG not looking like a shoe.

There are no US Copyright Office boogeymen in black who run around arresting people either.

Looks like they'll be leaving that sort of stuff to Homeland Security.

Thank God we've rid the world of radical Muslims who want to destroy the US, so we can use the Blackhawk helicopters full of jackbooted thugs for the important things, like protecting the intellectual property of huge corporations.

Having admired the videos of Hammer & Tongs and see that they were suggested to direct by Spike Jones when Jay "Austin Powers" Roach couldn't commit, I am not too worried. Even if this is under the Disney banner, I don't think it is doomed. Just like Pixar films, don't suck (yet).

Are you kidding? I want homeland security on the case ASAP. I also want BSA to send threatening letters to all Microsoft departments and offices and force them to audit their licensed software and code copyrights - or else they'll break down the doors with the assistance of Secret Service and seize all their assets! You know, irresponsible IP thieves and pirates like these are the criminals that are forcing software industry to lose $50.7 trillion (or whatever number it is) per year.

Believe it or not, but a LOT of people like webmail, it keeps their mail centralized. This might be why they aren't offering IMAP ;)

(but then again, most users don't know how to use IMAP)

I agree that the media has a corporate bias. But I disagree that the media and entertainment industry are fundamentally "left of center"; on social issues, the American people tend to be fairly progressive.

If anything, the result of corporate-driven media is a bland, mainstream, offend-as-few-people-as-possible product.

Access to abortion (in at least some circumstances) and environmental protection laws are thoroughly mainstream "values", the results of the recent U.S. presidential election notwithstanding.

Indeed, the disconnect between the current administration's avowed legistlative agenda and the "values" of the average American is what makes this last election so... "interesting," to my mind.

Gonzalez to replace Ashcroft. This guy is a madman. He "fought with Congress to keep the details of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy commission meetings secret and defended the administration's right to detain terrorism suspects indefinitely without formal charges and to deny them access to counsel or to protection from the court system".

Do not celebrate just yet. You may soon wish Ashcraft back.

Every time I think the world cannot get any more fucked, it does.

Unfortunately my health care costs have gone up more then $100 per month.

It was perfectly valid for Slashdot to point out the absence of Abu Ghirab photos in Google's image index, and to QUESTION if this was intentional censorship.

If anything, news sources viewed by large numbers of the public are too fearful in reporting stories that have any hint of conspiracy.

Understanding the world we live in, and the cause-effect relations between events, requires we form theories, and then test and modify these theories in the light of new evidence.

Sometimes the best theory is a conspiracy theory. You'll want some examples.

First, there are striking similarities between plans drawn up by a neo-conservative cabal in 1998, the events of 9/11, and America's subsequent invasion of Iraq. The story reported by ABC may have disappeared from the internet, but is still available from the internet archive . You can find tons of stories about this possible connection in the indy-media on the internet. Whether you buy it or not, I think it's worthwhile to keep this theory in mind, and evaluate its plausibility as new events either fit it or do not.

Secondly, it looks like there was systematic vote fraud in the 2004 election, in favor of the Republicans. This hasn't been reported by the mainstream media at all. Here is a summary and screenshots showing how the practice of "weighting" election exit poll data to match offical vote tallys changed the exit poll result in Ohio.

Conspiracy theories have been given an undeserved bad reputation. The term "conspiracy theorist" is being used in a campaign of name-calling to lower the discourse in public forums to the intellectual level of the nursery school playground. It is an attempt by powerful interest groups to keep the public uninformed.

Yeah, its Elastigirl. Go to the official site, click on heroes, and you'll see Elastigirl.

I'd say the worst is a tie between Wife Swap and He's a Lady. Both make me want to commit genocide equally.

I found it interesting that young voters seemed to favor Kerry in the most recent polls, but then just don't end up voting. Another way of looking at this: even though the polls support Kerry, the ones that actually end up voting favor Bush.
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=186261

Overall, this was the only age group in the entire population that favored Kerry over Bush according to the MSNBC ExitPolls.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5297138/

It seems to me that the young Kerry supporters are just plain lazy. I really pin it on the young population for this loss. We (notice I am a young voter, but I actually voted) could have taken this election because we were the ONLY age group to really favor Kerry. No other group would have been able to swing this. The lazyness of young voters has made them responsible for Kerry's loss. I think that most young people don't want to be held accountable for the way things end up. However, by saying NOTHING we only become more responsible for what happens.

I know that the Bush supporters are fine with this situation, but the young voter population favored Kerry. If we all would have voted, it could have made a big difference.

Responsible Youth (It's (not)? an oxymoron.)

• Improper storage of cocoa and marshmallows
• Posession with intent to distribute of a conterfeit Rubik's Cube
• Violation of a work visa (after the employer was ordered to fire him)
• Eating curry?
• Photographing Cheney's Hotel
• Finding sensors on public lan near area 51
• Bribing city officials to let customers touch topless dancers

If this was on SNL 4+ years ago it would have been some funny shit.

(Deep breath. I'm about to do something totally insane--try to present a rational, factual explanation of a political subject on SlashDot. Maybe its because I've been eating nothing but red M&Ms all day....)

IAMPAEO--BIHBO
I Am Not Presently An Election Official--But I Have Been One. And I can promise you, with all sincerity, that the margin of error is effectively zero. We count every single ballot, whether on the voting machines or in absentee ballots, regardless of how late we have to stay up to do it. The people in your county registrar's office total up all of the ballots from the polling places, and keep checking and re-checking until they have it right. The math is done in front of representatives from all political parties, as well as any candidate-appointed watchers that are present as well. When the election results are certified, the results are correct--with an error rate of zero.

Oh, c'mon. What about...
I have been an election official for more than fifteen years--and I have been involved in counting votes on Election night in heavily Democratic wards, and in heavily Republican wards. It does not matter--we get the vote total correct, and we turn it in to the county. Then the county re-checks our work--and they carefully preserve the voting machines until they're convinced we have done the work correctly. (One year, back in the 1980s, the county had questions about one of our voting machines and called the officials back in later in the week to make sure they understood what we'd done.)

Don't confuse the results announced on TV with the certified election
I have also done consulting work with the Elections Unit of a major TV network. They have an entirely different agenda: their goal is to "call" the election for one candidate or the other before any other media outlet. They are basing their "calls" on exit-polling data ("pardon me, ma'am, but could you tell me who you voted for?") in a handful of selected precincts across a state. They will report preliminary totals ("And we now see Governor Bloviate leading with 1,424,325 votes with 21% of precincts reporting...") without explaining the context (are those Bloviate's strong precincts? Who says the numbers are correct?) They're out to report fast, accuracy be damned. (Sorry, Charlie, but that's the way it really is.)

The real story, the real vote total, comes when the election is certified. And the "chaos" that we all saw in Florida was the actual process of certifying an election. There were flaws (the biggest: they hadn't defined any rules for how to count votes)--but they eventually arrived at a standard, and used that standard to count votes. They ended up with a total. That's the final number.

All that said....
The total vote count will be determined with a level of error of zero. What will not be determined--and what I fear will be rampant in this election, on both sides--is how many votes were fraudulent, due to duplicate registrations, absentee ballot fraud, etc.

ABC News has a continuously-updated list of irregularities from around the country.

On the radio this morning, I heard something about a couple thousand votes already present on some electronic voting machines in Philadelphia before the poll workers arrived in the morning. But I can't find any stories about it online. Does anyone have any more information on this?

Slashdot is slashdotted, so I can't tell if this was posted correctly before:

Facts you should know before you vote:

If you truly love your country, you will not just enjoy the advantages, you will be there for your country when there are problems.

100 Facts and 1 Opinion -- The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration

See The CIA trained Osama bin Laden and other Arabs in the techniques of terrorism.

Government data compares Democrat and Republican economics.

Most media exists to make money. Advertisers are understandably careful not to alienate anyone. It is not possible to develop an accurate opinion of government activities only by listening to the carefully crafted phrases from media employees who would lose their jobs if they seemed to indicate a preference for one policy over another. Books are the major media that are not ad-supported. Here are reviews of 3 movies and 35 books that discuss the corruption of the Bush administration: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government.

Bush's education improvements were at least partly fraud.

I recommend a new book, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty. Don't expect any author to be perfect. However, this book is an excellent overview of the Bush family, and the best book by this author. Here is a quote which shows just one more fact about the chronic lying of George Herbert Walker Bush and his son George W. Bush: "The official family tree provided by the Bush archivists does not include the two mentally retarded daughters of John M. Walker, and lists only two of James Smith Bush's wives, not all four of them; one of Ray Walker's two wives is omitted, and George Herbert Walker III is listed with only two, instead of three, wives."

Before, Saddam was killing. Now, the U.S. government is killing and destabilizing, and you pay. Improvement?

15 of the nineteen 9/11 attackers were Saudis. Many don't like the U.S. Gov. influence on their country.

Did you see the network footage of George W. Bush holding hands with a Saudi man the Bush family knows as "Bandar Bush"? Since it was Saudis who attacked on 9/11, why did Bush invade Iraq? Was it a smokescreen to get attention away from the Saudis?

Bush borrows money to kill Iraqis. 140 billion borrowed. With interest, you pay 200 billion. When Saudis attack, invade Iraq?

Is Bush drinking NOW?

George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes and using government influence to make money. Family values? Neil Bush is different from other relatives of presidents like Billy Carter; he is heavily involved with government corruption and he does his corruption with the help of his family.

The U.S. government has fought 24 wars since World War II. The system of violence works by creating fear so rich people can profit.

Facts you should know before you vote:

If you truly love your country, you will not just enjoy the advantages, you will be there for your country when there are problems.

100 Facts and 1 Opinion -- The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration

See The CIA trained Osama bin Laden and other Arabs in the techniques of terrorism.

Government data compares Democrat and Republican economics.

Most media exists to make money. Advertisers are understandably careful not to alienate anyone. It is not possible to develop an accurate opinion of government activities only by listening to the carefully crafted phrases from media employees who would lose their jobs if they seemed to indicate a preference for one policy over another. Books are the major media that are not ad-supported. Here are reviews of 3 movies and 35 books that discuss the corruption of the Bush administration: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government.

Bush's education improvements were at least partly fraud.

I recommend a new book, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty. Don't expect any author to be perfect. However, this book is an excellent overview of the Bush family, and the best book by this author. Here is a quote which shows just one more fact about the chronic lying of George Herbert Walker Bush and his son George W. Bush: "The official family tree provided by the Bush archivists does not include the two mentally retarded daughters of John M. Walker, and lists only two of James Smith Bush's wives, not all four of them; one of Ray Walker's two wives is omitted, and George Herbert Walker III is listed with only two, instead of three, wives."

Before, Saddam was killing. Now, the U.S. government is killing and destabilizing, and you pay. Improvement?

15 of the nineteen 9/11 attackers were Saudis. Many don't like the U.S. Gov. influence on their country.

Did you see the network footage of George W. Bush holding hands with a Saudi man the Bush family knows as "Bandar Bush"? Since it was Saudis who attacked on 9/11, why did Bush invade Iraq? Was it a smokescreen to get attention away from the Saudis?

Bush borrows money to kill Iraqis. 140 billion borrowed. With interest, you pay 200 billion. When Saudis attack, invade Iraq?

George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes and using government influence to make money. Family values? Neil Bush is different from other relatives of presidents like Billy Carter; he is heavily involved with government corruption and he does his corruption with the help of his family.

The U.S. government has fought 24 wars since World War II. The system of violence works by creating fear so rich people can profit.

The Neil Bush link didn't work, but this one should. He sounds even worse than George.

First, it is not "we". If the U.S. government decided that you were a threat to the desires of the rich and powerful, you would be killed. It's that simple.

Second, the U.S. interest in Afghanistan is due to wanting to build an oil pipeline from central Asia to Pakistan. If they are successful, they will give you exactly none of the money.

Bush borrows money to try to make his administration look good. You must pay it back. Are you getting some of the $? No, your responsibility is to pay, not receive.

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George W. Bush's brother was on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes. Family values?

Speaking as a lifelong Christian, I'd have to say things like this are fantastic. Why? Well, there's two kinds of things in the bible, things that are meant to be taken literally

Unfortunately, there exists a significant fraction of the population that disagrees with you, and believes [1] that everything in the Bible is absolutely, literally true.

Sixty percent of Americans believe that God created the world in six days, that Moses parted the Red Sea, and the Noah's Flood actually occured.

It's cognitive dissonance. No matter how much evidence you can accumulate, hard-line Creationists will still claim that the Earth is 6000 years old, and that God created man exactly as he is today. They are not willing to entertain any idea that will contradict their beliefs.

[1] A friend of mine often says that people like to say they take the Bible literally, but no one really does. To say that you believe the Bible is the unquestionable Word of God, to be interpreted word-for-word literally makes one sound much more devout than those silly liberal Christians that think parts of it are metaphor and allegory.

If those scandals are as they have been reported by some sources (and not all sources agree on this), then you might be correct with respect to France, Russia, and China. However, I don't believe anyone has made those allegations against Germany. (I could be wronge, and if so, please provide links.) Not surprisingly, France disputes these allegations, and we may never know the whole truth. I do find it difficult to believe that the French president would have been actively supporting Saddam Hussein. Of course, I also found it very difficult to believe (before we invaded Iraq) that we wouldn't find those WMD's shortly after invading. After all, the USA couldn't risk the embarrassment of being wrong on such a pivotal issue, could we?

Even if the French government (and Russian, etc.) were covertly supporting Saddam's regime, they were covertly supporting it. This means we could have used clever diplomatic strategies that would have made it hard for them to not support us. One possibility would have been saying, "OK, you want to give Saddam another chance. We'll compromise on this issue if you agree, in very explicit terms that this is his last chance. If (i.e., when) he violates the terms of this last chance, you will agree with us to launch a full-scale attack on Iraq." Sure, this is not full-proof, but had we gone that extra mile, it would have been much harder to paint us as being over-bearing. And sure, it's possible that Saddam then would have complied with arms inspectors every last request. However, these are some diplomatic paths that could have been explored, but that were not.

My guess is that you have not read even one of the books about corruption.

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George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes and using government influence to make money. Family values?

Not to legitimize this discussion at all, but ESPN just ran a feature detailing this streak. Over the last 17 elections, this "phenomenon" has held true regarding the incumbent party, not the incumbent candidate. So it's 17 for 17 so far, not just 5 or 9 as you imply...

I've had really bad experiences with early Silicon Image based controllers. Those Koutech controllers use Silicon Image chipsets. Is Silicon Image better now?

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George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes and using government influence to make money. Family values?

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weird news

Distilled and actually interesting NPR

News from the world

Who should I believe about Osama bin Laden's ideas and intentions? You or Osama bin Laden?

Who should I believe about Arab feelings? You or the foreign minister of Iran and the King of Jordon, who both agreed with OBL about Arab concerns during recent interviews on the Charlie Rose show?

It's not a video game. Arabs don't like being killed. They will retaliate, and try to kill you, actually kill you, not just make you lose points.

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George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 talking about his prostitutes and using government influence to make money. Family values?

...and the moon became as blood!

Spin, spin, spin...

ABC News: Explosives Disappeared After U.S. Took Control

I recall back in 2000 a news story about how the sales of Halloween masks for the presidential candidates predicted the election outcome (candidate whose mask sold more won the election).

Found this site keeping tabs on sales this year. W is in the lead right now (though I expect their numbers to be somewhat less than scientific).

In a similar vein, Washington Redskins home game wins have correlated with the outcomes of presidential elections. This has held true sine 1936! When they loose their last home game before the election, the challenging party wins the election. This year: Green Bay is favored to win in Washington this Sunday.

Unfortunately, the popular vote has proven to not be an accurate predictor of who wins the election...

How many of his own people Saddam killed. And how many of those deaths are due to terrorists trying to recapture his legacy.

BS. The AP article makes it clear that the estimate takes the pre-war death rate into account.

' ... 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 months since the U.S.-led invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war .

it was much cheaper to make discrete replacements to complaining customers, than formally announce a recall.

But apparantly, if you ask nicely, Microsoft will fix them for you for free, even out of warranty. And I'll bet the guy who filed the lawsuit knew this when he did so. My guess is he wants more than to just get his X-Box fixed.

The hockey player?
The perl guy?
The dead guy?
The author?
The VP of Iomega?
The musician?

I guess with the NHL Lockout Sean Burke of the Philadelphia Flyers had to find some hockey to play. When it comes to hockey I guess the XBOX delivers with NHL2k5 :) With nothing better to do he probably had his XBOX turned on 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the last few months. Any Microsoft System is doomed to failure with uptime like that!

• There is no official figure for the number of Iraqis killed since the conflict began
  
• some non-governmental estimates range from 10,000 to 30,000.
  
• concede that the data they based their projections on were of "limited precision,"
  
• quality of the information depends on the accuracy of the household interviews used for the study
  
• report was released just days before the U.S. presidential election, and the lead researcher said he wanted it that way.
  
• possible that they may have zoned in on hotspots that might not be representative of the death toll across Iraq
  
• more household clusters would have improved the precision of the report
  

The IAEA verified the existence and location of the explosives in January 2003, not 18 months before the invasion.

Dead, flat WRONG.

They verified the presence of the seals they had placed on 3 tons (not 377 tons, or 380 tons, or 400 tons) of explosives in January. They also noted, according to ABC news, that it was possible to bypass the seals, and that therefore the 3 tons of stuff might not even have been there.

Everything you're basing your statements on is proven bald-faced lies. I will pretend to wonder if this revelation is going to change your mind.

No need to mod you.

You might want to investigate before commenting. You will look less silly next time.

Gotta love embedded journalists. Thank God for the media.

ABC News: Explosives Disappeared After U.S. Took Control

I can't wait for November 2nd. I love a good barbeque.

And according to the US army unit commander the facility was locked down when they were there on April 10th. They left it as is, as they weren't ordered to do anything with it. The Iraqi's noted it had been looted some months later.

During the 2000 election, Irving Schlossberg was found with a voting machine in the trunk of his car. He was not charged, as per Theresa LaPore, the head of elections for Palm Beach County. Oh, and both were Democrats.

Link to story on ABC's site

Even better, it is not only part of the title of the ABC News article, but it also appears in the titles of the BBC and National Geographic articles also.

From the CNET story headline:

"The fastest Mac supercomputer has gotten faster, thanks to an Xserve makeover." (http://news.com.com/Virginia+Tech+beefs+up+Mac+su percomputer/2100-1016_3-5426091.html?tag=nefd.top)

Was that neurotic TLC-to-ABC crossover Ty Pennington (http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/bios/ty_pe nnington.html) onsite to help with the installation upgrades?

Sorry -- this post was in honor of my wife, who tortures me with that damned show every Sunday night.

IronChefMorimoto

A few months ago, i saw this clip which had some folks at Good Morning America showing off a liquid that doesn't get things wet. they had a tank of this stuff and put some (powered) electronics in them (laptop, LCD TV) and they operated just fine underwater. They put a book in this stuff and none of the pages got wet as they pulled it out. Check it out

anyway, it would be cool to find out if you can just put your whole computer in this stuff. cooling problem solved, right?

Women undecideds in the next election might want to read the parent posting, and look at the link

Yes, they should definitely look at that link. One of the most deplorable people in this world wants Kerry to be president (no, not Jacque Chirac). As for basing their vote on a slashdot post... come on now. Should I be basing my views on gay black men based on the posts of GNAA?

Yes, folks, this is how your average Republican voter thinks of women

Give me a break. Way to tow the dem party line. "Republicans hate women!" - if that's the case, why do more Democrat women fake orgasms than republican women?

Of those involved in a committed relationship, who is very satisfied with their relationship?
Republicans -- 87 percent; Democrats -- 76 percent

Who is very satisfied with their sex life?
Republicans -- 56 percent; Democrats -- 47 percent

The poll analysis also reveals who has worn something sexy to enhance their sex life:
Republicans -- 72 percent; Democrats -- 62 percent

And how does my link say that I'm a Republican? Maybe I'm a palestinian and I respect Arafat and think that his support of Kerry is a good thing!

In Portland, Oregon, a friend mentioned that, before the last election, there were no signs in the yards in the wealthy area where he lives. Now there are seven Kerry/Edwards signs in the yards around his. There are no Bush signs.

I began looking for Bush signs as I drive around my area. I've seen none. There is at least one Kerry sign on each block, usually more.

I've heard that there are plenty of Bush signs in the rural areas of the state.

Many people in the U.S. know very, very little about the activities in their government. There are many very angry people. The ignorant and the angry are easily manipulated. To them, for example, bombing for democracy makes sense.

During the Clinton years, I read the books that were published about him. They said he was having sex with slutty women. They tried to find something wrong with his small losing investment called Whitewater. They said he may have, at some time during his being governor of Arkansas, associated with people who later turned out to be involved in questionable activities. I found the books interesting, but a little lame.

Now I've read the books about Bush. It's amazing. The information about Bush is about severe corruption of government.

The negative information about George W. Bush seems endless. Just when I think I know 10% of the corruption, I find more detail that shows I know less than 1% of it. For example, George W. Bush's brother was shown in a lawsuit deposition on 20/20 casually talking about his prostitutes and his use of government influence to make money. This is Neil Bush talking about himself.

George H.W. Bush was involved in the weapons business with a brother of Osama bin Laden. See House of Bush, House of Saud: The secret relationship between the world's two most powerful dynasties by Craig Unger, 2004, Scribner, New York, New York, USA. Reviews: Powell's Barnes & Noble Amazon

Most media exists to make money. Advertisers are understandably careful not to alienate anyone. It is not possible to develop an accurate opinion of government activities only by listening to the carefully crafted phrases from media employees who would lose their jobs if they seemed to indicate a preference for one policy over another. It's necessary to read books.

George Soros says, "President Bush is endangering our safety, hurting our vital interests, and undermining American values." If Dole had been elected instead of Clinton, the U.S. would have had sensible leadership. This election is different. It is not a matter of which candidate you like. If you vote for Bush, you are poorly informed. This is not a claim that Kerry and Edwards are perfect. They represent, at minimum, a needed change.

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Government data compares Democrat and Republican economics.

Republicans have better sex lives, maybe he does eat pussy.

Of those involved in a committed relationship, who is very satisfied with their relationship?
Republicans -- 87 percent; Democrats -- 76 percent

Who is very satisfied with their sex life?
Republicans -- 56 percent; Democrats -- 47 percent

The poll analysis also reveals who has worn something sexy to enhance their sex life:
Republicans -- 72 percent; Democrats -- 62 percent

When asked whether they had ever faked an orgasm, more Democrats (33 percent) than Republicans (26 percent) said they had.