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  1. Re:Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    One little problem.
    There's a Republican House who got elected too, and on a platform of excluding this bill.
    There's also another little problem. According to law, the House holds the "money pouch". Not the Senate and not the Executive.
    So where does the Executive branch get off with changing the health law? It is the law, right? Only Congress can change the law. It's why they're called legislators! How many times has it been changed so far by the Executive branch?
    Can you count the times?

  2. Re:Backdoor for fairness doctrine on FCC To Propose Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    The Democrat party is all about silencing the opposition.

    Anyone who has paid any attention to politics in the past 9 years knows how ridiculous that statement is, and also knows how to correctly spell "the Democratic Party". But more importantly, even the fairness doctrine that conservatives dread so much (even though no one is trying to bring it back) was never about silencing opposition. It was about providing a balance of viewpoints -- you know, like Fox News claims to do.

    BTW, your second link requires paid registration. I'm amused that you're paying to hear conspiracy theories when there are already plenty online for free.

    You might want to go over to democrat.com and tell them they've got their own name incorrect. It could be your good deed of the day

  3. Re:Insert New Business Model Here on The State of Piracy and DRM In PC Gaming · · Score: 1

    Old for a gamer at 26? I've got almost everything that's current, along with what's come down the pike since the original Leisure Suit Larry, of which I still have the 720 floppy that it came on. And I still every once in a while play it (from my "play disk")just for kicks, along with Wolfenstein 3D, Blake Stone, Commander Keen etc., etc.. I'm 67.

  4. Re:The real problem on Nicotine Is the New Wonder Drug · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering what ulcerative colitis, the growth of new blood vessels, diabetes, the immune system, or even Parkinson's disease have to do with "psychological disorders" and "happy chemicals". Did you even read the articles?

  5. Re:An Utter Farce... on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    "Still, I guess it just goes to show that now, perjury is OK!"

    Well.........it all depends on what your meaning of "is", is.

  6. Re:loss - MOD CHIPS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! on Take Two Shelves Manhunt 2 · · Score: 1

    "Once I purchase a console it's mine, d@mn it! I should be able to play whatever games I purchase for it," Kinda like exercising your second amendment rights and then finding out there are limits on how you can use the damn thing.....oh wait......

  7. Re:Done Nothing? on Subpoenas Issued Over NSA Warrantless Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    "..........as long as he ... well, does nothing, really."

    If he's doing/done "nothing, really", then what's the problem?

  8. Re:Uh Oh... on Michael Moore's New Film Leaked To BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    I've never seen Moore's Bowling for Columbine, however this post caused me to think about the subject of the gun, and how it related to Canada.
    I spent most of my life in a large Ontario, Canadian city. (Toronto) You'd be a fool in Toronto to leave your car running while you hopped into a store, or left your house open when you went out - or stayed "inside" either! Many situations of home invasion and car theft from people doing just that. I'm now semi retired and have moved to one of the Canadian coasts. I'm now the subject of good-natured ridicule because I lock my car when getting out and lock my door when I go out of my house, or am inside. Something else I see here are guns sold out of a convenience store, something which would be certainly frowned upon where I moved from. Go in to buy a quart of milk and you see guns on display and being sold. Also many times you see people walking along the side of the road with a gun, and in casual conversation many times I've had the person want to show me some gun that they own.
    I'm attempting to break the habit of locking, but finding it difficult.
    However, what I conclude from this is, that it has nothing to do with "the gun", it has to do with "the people" who own the gun.
    If Michael Moore gave the impression in Bowling for Columbine that Canadians leave their doors open, whether they're out of the house, or "inside" the house, he certainly left out a few facts, and left a wrong impression. That just is not the case.
    Of course if he explained the whole truth, he wouldn't have a point would he.