Re:our mottos were not original
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Politicizing Science
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This is precisely why I hate that "one nation, under god" was added in the 50's to the pledge, and also the mottos on our money. Many people these days don't realize that it wasn't always that way and use that as an argument for thinking we are a nation built on religion. Even if our forefathers had faith, they realized how important it is to be left up the individual instead of dictating who's right and who's wrong.
Just don't get caught carrying too much cash. If you get caught with more than a hundred or two, you're suddenly a drug suspect, and your cash can be seized by someone like Amtrack (who splits it with the DEA). There's a push away from using cash, because Big Brother can't watch where your money's going. Incidently, because these things bother me, I specifically try to avoid using cards and always try to use cash instead.
Could you put up another in portrait shape so that the bottom of the cloak isn't cut off? I like the collar/lapels, but I want to see how long it is... thanks.:)
----- 'Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.' 'All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary...' - George Orwell http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/19 84/ http://www.buzzflash.net/
All we need to do is spend 40 million of our tax dollars to get him into court and start asking questions. Sooner or later, he will lie under oath and then be impeached. Let's get started people!:)
Bush's amount of insider trading was 4 times more than what Martha Stewart is being crucified for.
If filing those forms late isn't a big deal, then how come it usually means the person gets jail time for it? It must be a big deal. Also, I don't think it could "get lost" four different times!! The SEC didn't choose to go forward because the head of the SEC was appointed by Bush #41.
As for Cheney, well, look at this link:
Dick Cheney's brilliant career http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe rver?GXH C_gx_session_id_=fbac502409f0f2c3&pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=102614 3695396
Excellent! I've been using the original version...
"First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionist, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me." - Pastor Martin Niemoller (victim of the Nazis)
According to Business Week in the 1990s the ratio between a chief executive's salary, and the takehome pay of the typical, feckless, whining grunt on the shopfloor rose from 85:1 to 475:1. (In the UK, which is seeing a vigorous popular backlash against "fat cat" pay packets, the ratio is 24:1).
Ugh! That's the part that made me switch the station! It was about an hour into it, and it just seemed so cliched & obnoxious. I thought it would be better.
--- 'Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.' 'All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary...' - George Orwell http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/19 84/ http://www.buzzflash.net/ ---
'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls
the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And
yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been
altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to
everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an
unending series of victories over your own memory. 'Reality
control', they called it: in Newspeak, 'doublethink'
- George Orwell's "1984" http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
Should History Record the Unvarnished Bush? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articl es/A565 56-2002Apr15.html
By Dana Milbank Tuesday, April 16, 2002; Page A17
Last Tuesday was one for the presidential blooper reel.
At a speech in Bridgeport, Conn., President Bush declared that he wanted each American to volunteer for "4,000 years," a variation of his usual call for "4,000 hours" that produced guffaws in the audience. Later, at a fundraiser, Bush bestowed a new name on Connecticut's lieutenant governor, Jodi Rell. "I appreciate Lieutenant Governor Judi Kell for being here," he said. "Great to see you again, Judi."
Whatever, says Cathleen Hinsch, a spokeswoman for Rell. "You don't correct the president."
But the White House does. Both goofs, and accompanying laughter, were stricken from the record -- deus ex machina -- in the official White House transcripts.
A similar sanitizing occurred the day before, in Knoxville, Tenn., when Bush was interrupted by hecklers shouting about Enron and the counterterrorism campaign -- an unusual occurrence noted in news accounts of the speech. Federal News Service, a private organization, transcribed the boos, shouts and cheers, along with the president's struggle to deliver his lines:
[PRESIDENT BUSH]: I've come to highlight what works, so others around the country, if they're interested in --
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested --
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested in doing what is right to encourage your citizens to become involved -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- and so I want to thank the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, for showing Americans -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- for showing Americans how best to help their communities. (Cheers, applause.)
The official White House transcript made no mention of the hecklers or Bush's false starts.
The opposition sees a Soviet-style move to airbrush infelicitous phrases. "These transcripts are done for near-term history as well as long-term history and it's a real problem if they start rewriting them," said Joe Lockhart, a former press secretary for President Bill Clinton. "The White House is rewriting history."
Lockhart said the Clinton administration never cleaned up transcripts except to correct spelling, but veteran correspondents recall the practice occurring in both Democratic and GOP administrations. Lockhart's predecessor, Mike McCurry, said he gave White House stenographers "some leeway" to repair verbal abuses, including the task of "restoring 'g' to the English language" when Clinton's accent deleted the sound.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers routinely "revise and extend" their remarks in the Congressional Record.
Still, lawmakers do not benefit from the sort of real-time foot-noting available to a president. In Missouri last month, Bush expressed his desire for "making the death tax permanent." The White House transcript placed an asterisk next to the blooper and a footnote saying "should read 'death tax repeal.' "
In February, Bush baffled some listeners when he said he had spoken with the Japanese prime minister about "the devaluation issue" and told Japan's parliament the United States and Japan had been allies "for a century and a half." Asterisks in the official transcript indicated Bush meant to say "deflation" and "half a century."
The most public allegation of transcript sanitizing was last September, when White House press secretary Ari Fleischer warned that Americans "need to watch what they say." The phrase did not at first appear in the White House transcript.
The White House stenographers are respected professionals employed by a private contractor. Marshall Jorpeland of the National Court Reporters Association said the stenographers would not independently veer from verbatim. "When people hire us they expect a word-for-word account," he said. "In terms of cleaning it up on their own, I don't think they'd do that without that being the guidance."
So are Bush aides providing "guidance"?
White House spokeswoman Anne Womack noted that the transcripts have at times included hecklers and Bush-coined words such as "misunderestimated." "We view the transcripts as a historical record of the presidency," she said. "We expect accuracy and commend the stenographers for their excellent work."
Cleaning quotes can be hazardous. Recently, a White House transcript had Bush talking about stock options that "earn the money," when in fact the president had correctly used the Wall Street jargon "in the money." The confusion prompted an incorrect news report that Bush was shifting policy. In this case, Bush was better left unscrubbed.
I don't have time to explain all of it, but look into IRQ assignments. Motherboards are all different, but there are some common traits.
To explain a little bit, usually slots 3 & 6 are shared, and also 4 & 5. Also, if you have an AGP card, don't use the first PCI slot since that's usually shared with the AGP. Look in the BIOS, maybe that'll shed some light.
Some cards can share IRQs with others, and some can't. XP takes care of the problem on newer boards with PCI steering, so that's why you can't change them in the device manager if you installed using ACPI.
When you change cards around, be prepared to re-install them. Win2000 & XP remember the slot it's in.
"WHAT really alarms me about President Bush's "war on terrorism" is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder."
"Imagine if Bush had said: "We're going to bomb murder wherever it lurks. We are going to seek out the murderers and the would-be murderers, and bomb any government that harbours murderers."" ...
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
A slowly beating heart means that he's not getting as much oxygen to his brain as healthy people, right? Could this partly be the reason his intelligence suffers? :)
Another great printout to tape on SUV windows...
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This cartoon is a great one to print out & tape on SUV windows to cleary show the driver one of the problems with them...
The Miami Herald's Jim Morin
10-28-2001
"That's a touching display of patriotism you've got there.." - man pointing to flag displayed on SUV while pig driver is filling up gas & the money is going to the Saudis, who are handing bags of $$ to Bin Laden.
So the enemy takes off the tape that was caught on their submarine when they get back to base, they wind it back up again, pour some Coca-Cola on it to get rid of any rust, and see what kind of data recovery they can manage. Hey, it could happen! I saw something similar in an old GI Joe cartoon where they took a broken floppy disk & salvaged something important from it! TV wouldn't lie to me, would it?
:)
It sure was expected. Al Gore's commission gave the warning report to the Bush administration in January, and they chose to ignore it. It stated that something had to be done about airline security NOW! Our president still thinks that missle defense and tax cuts are more important than defense against more realistic attacks. How will a defense shield protect us from a briefcase bomb or biological threats, esp. from the meat industry (esp. since Bush has taken away more food protections & inspections)? I hope we have some money left to fill in the other holes in our security that are so lacking.
(PS: I voted for Nader partly because I thought he could help change our national image from the one that's so hated by so much of the world. Not only that, but it's obvious how corrupt both the Republicans and Democrats are.)
I was at work (with 50 employees), and most of us went into the conference room where there was a TV to watch the verdict. After they announced it, I could see that everybody looked stunned. I let out a loud "Argh! I can't believe it!" It was then that I realized very clearly that the courts do not run the way they should. I lost faith that day. At least it prepared me for the horrible events known as the DMCA and the partisan selecting of our president.
By checking that checkbox, it only pertains to that session. If you reboot, you will need to checkmark it again if you need to install it again (which usually happens when the next version of IE comes out).
Really? You don't need to turn off your Linux machine to actually put the hardware in there? Wow, that's cool. Linux can bend the physics of electricity!;)
I know I must be uncommon, but I actually have to have a little respect for who I'm listening to if I want to really enjoy the music. First, I notice the music and how the voice sounds and what feeling this gives me. Then, I try to figure out the lyrics. If they're bad, or if I see interviews with the artist and they're an idiot, I lose a lot of respect for the music. (But I never liked Metallica in the first place.) If you thought Charles Manson's music was actually decent, would you still listen to it based on who he is?:)
BTW, I used to buy a LOT of CDs (close to 1,000). I saw that during the Napster period, record sales went UP!!! After seeing how the RIAA acted, I'm still protesting by not buying new stuff nearly as much unless it's my favorite band and I NEED it. I suspect this is a major reason why their sales are hurting. Who wants to buy from a bully?
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This is precisely why I hate that "one nation, under god" was added in the 50's to the pledge, and also the mottos on our money. Many people these days don't realize that it wasn't always that way and use that as an argument for thinking we are a nation built on religion. Even if our forefathers had faith, they realized how important it is to be left up the individual instead of dictating who's right and who's wrong.
Just don't get caught carrying too much cash. If you get caught with more than a hundred or two, you're suddenly a drug suspect, and your cash can be seized by someone like Amtrack (who splits it with the DEA). There's a push away from using cash, because Big Brother can't watch where your money's going. Incidently, because these things bother me, I specifically try to avoid using cards and always try to use cash instead.
If only Bush would sacrifice Cheney to save the day... (or vice versa) ;)
Well, that would give an answer to this site:
http://www.bushorchimp.com
Could you put up another in portrait shape so that the bottom of the cloak isn't cut off? I like the collar/lapels, but I want to see how long it is... thanks. :)
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'Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.'
'All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary...'
- George Orwell
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1
http://www.buzzflash.net/
Bush has lied many, many times.
:)
All we need to do is spend 40 million of our tax dollars to get him into court and start asking questions. Sooner or later, he will lie under oath and then be impeached. Let's get started people!
Bush's amount of insider trading was 4 times more than what Martha Stewart is being crucified for.
e rver?GXH C_gx_session_id_=fbac502409f0f2c3&pagename=thestar /Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=102614 3695396
If filing those forms late isn't a big deal, then how come it usually means the person gets jail time for it? It must be a big deal. Also, I don't think it could "get lost" four different times!! The SEC didn't choose to go forward because the head of the SEC was appointed by Bush #41.
As for Cheney, well, look at this link:
Dick Cheney's brilliant career
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentS
Hitler was also very religious. Just goes to show ya how dangerous the cult of religion can be.
Excellent! I've been using the original version...
"First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionist, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me."
- Pastor Martin Niemoller (victim of the Nazis)
According to Business Week in the 1990s the ratio between a chief executive's salary, and the takehome pay of the typical, feckless, whining grunt on the shopfloor rose from 85:1 to 475:1. (In the UK, which is seeing a vigorous popular backlash against "fat cat" pay packets, the ratio is 24:1).
Why is George Lucas peddling an elitist, anti-democratic agenda under the guise of escapist fun?
/ 15 / rin_main/
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/1999/06
But I can still enjoy Star Wars on a shallow level...
Ugh! That's the part that made me switch the station! It was about an hour into it, and it just seemed so cliched & obnoxious. I thought it would be better.
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'Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.'
'All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary...'
- George Orwell
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1
http://www.buzzflash.net/
---
'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls
l es/A565 56-2002Apr15.html
the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And
yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been
altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to
everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an
unending series of victories over your own memory. 'Reality
control', they called it: in Newspeak, 'doublethink'
- George Orwell's "1984" http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
Should History Record the Unvarnished Bush?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic
By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, April 16, 2002; Page A17
Last Tuesday was one for the presidential blooper reel.
At a speech in Bridgeport, Conn., President Bush declared that he wanted each American to volunteer for "4,000 years," a variation of his usual call for "4,000 hours" that produced guffaws in the audience. Later, at a fundraiser, Bush bestowed a new name on Connecticut's lieutenant governor, Jodi Rell. "I appreciate Lieutenant Governor Judi Kell for being here," he said. "Great to see you again, Judi."
Whatever, says Cathleen Hinsch, a spokeswoman for Rell. "You don't correct the president."
But the White House does. Both goofs, and accompanying laughter, were stricken from the record -- deus ex machina -- in the official White House transcripts.
A similar sanitizing occurred the day before, in Knoxville, Tenn., when Bush was interrupted by hecklers shouting about Enron and the counterterrorism campaign -- an unusual occurrence noted in news accounts of the speech. Federal News Service, a private organization, transcribed the boos, shouts and cheers, along with the president's struggle to deliver his lines:
[PRESIDENT BUSH]: I've come to highlight what works, so others around the country, if they're interested in --
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested --
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE: (Chanting.) (Inaudible.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: -- if you're interested in doing what is right to encourage your citizens to become involved -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- and so I want to thank the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, for showing Americans -- (chanting continues from the audience) -- for showing Americans how best to help their communities. (Cheers, applause.)
The official White House transcript made no mention of the hecklers or Bush's false starts.
The opposition sees a Soviet-style move to airbrush infelicitous phrases. "These transcripts are done for near-term history as well as long-term history and it's a real problem if they start rewriting them," said Joe Lockhart, a former press secretary for President Bill Clinton. "The White House is rewriting history."
Lockhart said the Clinton administration never cleaned up transcripts except to correct spelling, but veteran correspondents recall the practice occurring in both Democratic and GOP administrations. Lockhart's predecessor, Mike McCurry, said he gave White House stenographers "some leeway" to repair verbal abuses, including the task of "restoring 'g' to the English language" when Clinton's accent deleted the sound.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers routinely "revise and extend" their remarks in the Congressional Record.
Still, lawmakers do not benefit from the sort of real-time foot-noting available to a president. In Missouri last month, Bush expressed his desire for "making the death tax permanent." The White House transcript placed an asterisk next to the blooper and a footnote saying "should read 'death tax repeal.' "
In February, Bush baffled some listeners when he said he had spoken with the Japanese prime minister about "the devaluation issue" and told Japan's parliament the United States and Japan had been allies "for a century and a half." Asterisks in the official transcript indicated Bush meant to say "deflation" and "half a century."
The most public allegation of transcript sanitizing was last September, when White House press secretary Ari Fleischer warned that Americans "need to watch what they say." The phrase did not at first appear in the White House transcript.
The White House stenographers are respected professionals employed by a private contractor. Marshall Jorpeland of the National Court Reporters Association said the stenographers would not independently veer from verbatim. "When people hire us they expect a word-for-word account," he said. "In terms of cleaning it up on their own, I don't think they'd do that without that being the guidance."
So are Bush aides providing "guidance"?
White House spokeswoman Anne Womack noted that the transcripts have at times included hecklers and Bush-coined words such as "misunderestimated." "We view the transcripts as a historical record of the presidency," she said. "We expect accuracy and commend the stenographers for their excellent work."
Cleaning quotes can be hazardous. Recently, a White House transcript had Bush talking about stock options that "earn the money," when in fact the president had correctly used the Wall Street jargon "in the money." The confusion prompted an incorrect news report that Bush was shifting policy. In this case, Bush was better left unscrubbed.
© 2002 The Washington Post Company
I don't have time to explain all of it, but look into IRQ assignments. Motherboards are all different, but there are some common traits.
To explain a little bit, usually slots 3 & 6 are shared, and also 4 & 5. Also, if you have an AGP card, don't use the first PCI slot since that's usually shared with the AGP. Look in the BIOS, maybe that'll shed some light.
Some cards can share IRQs with others, and some can't. XP takes care of the problem on newer boards with PCI steering, so that's why you can't change them in the device manager if you installed using ACPI.
When you change cards around, be prepared to re-install them. Win2000 & XP remember the slot it's in.
Why grammar is the first casualty of war
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:)
"WHAT really alarms me about President Bush's "war on terrorism" is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder."
"Imagine if Bush had said: "We're going to bomb murder wherever it lurks. We are going to seek out the murderers and the would-be murderers, and bomb any government that harbours murderers.""
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Bush Family Values Photo Album
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Book: U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba
In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
Bush and Ashcroft are making laws to keep this kind of revealing information from ever being released. The Freedom of Information Act was created after Nixon's antics, and it is being withdrawn for the wrong reasons. We need to keep gov't checks and balances, as this article clearly proves.
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An article about Gulf War propaganda, outlining how the 'Babies Torn from Incubators by Iraqi Soldiers' was manufactured and used by Bush to instill war fever. 2 minute read.
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More gov't lies - Trumped up terrorism numbers
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I think I figured out the reason the White House covered up Bush's condition!
FACT 1)
REPORT: President Bush Has A Heart Arrhythmia; White House Did Not Disclose After Pretzel Incident That Mr. Bush Has Sinus Bradycardia
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FACT 2)
Arrhythmias Causes and Risks:
[...]
Arrhythmias are also caused by some drugs. These include antiarrhythmics, Beta blockers, caffeine , COCAINE , psychotropics, and sympathomimetics.
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GRAPH COMPARISON The EKG on the top shows normal sinus rhythm. The EKG at the bottom shows sinus bradycardia
A slowly beating heart means that he's not getting as much oxygen to his brain as healthy people, right? Could this partly be the reason his intelligence suffers?
This cartoon is a great one to print out & tape on SUV windows to cleary show the driver one of the problems with them...
http://www.miami.com/herald/special/opinion/car
The Miami Herald's Jim Morin
10-28-2001
"That's a touching display of patriotism you've got there.." - man pointing to flag displayed on SUV while pig driver is filling up gas & the money is going to the Saudis, who are handing bags of $$ to Bin Laden.
So the enemy takes off the tape that was caught on their submarine when they get back to base, they wind it back up again, pour some Coca-Cola on it to get rid of any rust, and see what kind of data recovery they can manage. Hey, it could happen! I saw something similar in an old GI Joe cartoon where they took a broken floppy disk & salvaged something important from it! TV wouldn't lie to me, would it?
:)
Commission warned Bush
But White House passed on recommendations by a bipartisan, Defense department-ordered commission on domestic terrorism.
It sure was expected. Al Gore's commission gave the warning report to the Bush administration in January, and they chose to ignore it. It stated that something had to be done about airline security NOW! Our president still thinks that missle defense and tax cuts are more important than defense against more realistic attacks. How will a defense shield protect us from a briefcase bomb or biological threats, esp. from the meat industry (esp. since Bush has taken away more food protections & inspections)? I hope we have some money left to fill in the other holes in our security that are so lacking.
2 /b ush/
(PS: I voted for Nader partly because I thought he could help change our national image from the one that's so hated by so much of the world. Not only that, but it's obvious how corrupt both the Republicans and Democrats are.)
Commission warned Bush
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/09/1
But White House passed on recommendations by a bipartisan, Defense department-ordered commission on domestic terrorism.
I was at work (with 50 employees), and most of us went into the conference room where there was a TV to watch the verdict. After they announced it, I could see that everybody looked stunned. I let out a loud "Argh! I can't believe it!" It was then that I realized very clearly that the courts do not run the way they should. I lost faith that day. At least it prepared me for the horrible events known as the DMCA and the partisan selecting of our president.
By checking that checkbox, it only pertains to that session. If you reboot, you will need to checkmark it again if you need to install it again (which usually happens when the next version of IE comes out).
Really? You don't need to turn off your Linux machine to actually put the hardware in there? Wow, that's cool. Linux can bend the physics of electricity! ;)
I know I must be uncommon, but I actually have to have a little respect for who I'm listening to if I want to really enjoy the music. First, I notice the music and how the voice sounds and what feeling this gives me. Then, I try to figure out the lyrics. If they're bad, or if I see interviews with the artist and they're an idiot, I lose a lot of respect for the music. (But I never liked Metallica in the first place.) If you thought Charles Manson's music was actually decent, would you still listen to it based on who he is? :)
BTW, I used to buy a LOT of CDs (close to 1,000). I saw that during the Napster period, record sales went UP!!! After seeing how the RIAA acted, I'm still protesting by not buying new stuff nearly as much unless it's my favorite band and I NEED it. I suspect this is a major reason why their sales are hurting. Who wants to buy from a bully?
I would NEVER watch a film with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 as pan-and-scan. You lose nearly half the film!!
You're probably thinking of The Abyss...
:)
I don't remember that in Altered States, but maybe you were in one? (just kidding)