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LoTR Takes 4 Oscars
E1ven writes "The Lord of The Rings: The fellowship of the ring won four awards, including Cinematography, Makeup, Music (Score), and Visual Effects. "
At least they have 2 more chances for Best Picture or Best Director. They
definitely deserved the ones they got.
The head of the Galactic
Confederation (76 planets around
larger stars visible from here)
(founded 95,000,000 yrs ago, very space opera)
solved overpopulation (250 billion
or so per planet) -- 178 billion
average) by mass implanting.
He caused people to be brought to
Teegeeack (Earth) and put an H Bomb
on the principal volcanoes (Incident 2)
and then the Pacific area ones
were taken in boxes to Hawaii
and the Atlantic Area ones to
Las Palmas and there "packaged."
His name was Xenu. He used
renegades. Various misleading
data by means of circuits etc.
were placed in the implants.
When through with his crime Loyal Officers
(to the people) captured him
after 6 years of battle
and put him in an electronic
mountain trap where he still
is. "They" are gone. The place (Confed.)
has since been a desert.
I don't understand how an award ceremony where the winners are decided by politicking counts as either "News for Nerds" or "Stuff that Matters."
It's nothing more than a semi-fixed election, or if you prefer, a professional wrestling match, where the outcome is already known by those involved, and the actors just have to increase the drama for the viewing public, to keep the ratings up.
I suppose my comment could easily have been taken out of context. I have been to foreign countries and i have read their newspapers, and i know there is a lot more and better content. I am well aware that most american media whether television or newspaper have been and will continue to censor the news. Frankly, I find it horrible despicable and i think the United States is already eroding its own liberties and freedoms.
A rabbit in the hand is worth 4 in the cage
We can't suddenly start censoring reality because something horribly happened.
From today's Washington Post, in reference to a new "anti-terror" bill being passed in Maryland:
"I realize that this bill basically says you can tap someone's phone for jaywalking, and normally I would say, 'No way,' " said Del. Dana Lee Dembrow (D-Montgomery). "But after what happened on September 11th, I say screw 'em."
If that freedom is taken away then all is lost, the initials U-S-A mean nothing, the terrorists will have won.
The terrorists don't give a damn one way or the other about American freedoms, they want the U.S. out of the Middle East.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Of course you won't get modded down, you said you would...
Heheh
N.B. I like your comment, I'm not trying to discredit you in anyway, just the tendancy that people who say they'll be modded have to get modded up. I find it ironic.
"Democracy is alive and well outside the USA."
Psst. The USA is a Republic.
"I realize that this bill basically says you can tap someone's phone for jaywalking, and normally I would say, 'No way,' " said Del. Dana Lee Dembrow (D-Montgomery). "But after what happened on September 11th, I say screw 'em."
Translation (and mind you, this is coming from an elected official): "Becase some terrorists hijaaked planes and ran them into the WTC last year, we should be able to tap your phone if you jaywalk - because everyone knows jaywalkers are as criminal as terrorists!"
+1 Scary
...it's the...SMELL...