This person speaks the truth. It's clear that Gore should have won Florida had every district been counted, but the real tragedy is that election should never have been that close. He made too many strategic errors -- keeping Clinton at bay, trying to come off as a "centrist," ignoring his home state, etc. -- and on top of it he came across in public appearances as a humorless wonk. And he had a right-wing douchebag as a running mate. He took progressive votes for granted; it's no wonder so many voted for Nader. In the end the blame for Gore losing the election lies squarely with Al Gore. That doesn't make the eight years of Bush any more palatable, but still, there it is.
Probably true but Joe Lieberman, Gore's VP choice, was pushing for an invasion of Iraq since 1998, and he's been a cheerleader for the invasion (and for much of the Bush policies on everything, in fact). Who knows whether he would have influenced President Gore to take the opportunity to invade Iraq. Remember, Gore thought there were WMD there too, and Lieberman thought Saddam was working with al Qaeda. I think a Gore presidency would have been much less irrational and abusive than the Bush one, but I'm not sure it would have kept the US out of Iraq.
I spent all my money over the last 6 months on alcohol and parties, secure in the knowledge that the world would come to an end this October when the LHC came up to full power.
Yeah me too. You'd think I would have learned my lesson when I did the same thing in late 1999 preparing for Y2K...
If you want to do it on the cheap, well... that's why recording studios exist.
On the cheap? You haven't priced recording studio time recently, have you?
How often do you hear about recording studios going bankrupt and having an unsuccessful business model? They don't.
Actually, you do hear about this, but it often has more to do with drugs and incompetence than any judgment about the business model. (I wish I were kidding). But while I think there will be specialized needs for recording studios for quite some time, by and large the laptop recording artist will pose a similar challenge to studios as online distribution is posing to the RIAA. It's a changing world.
I just wasted my mod points for this article on a dumb joke, but the above post is on target. The idea that the RIAA is necessary for artists is a myth. Sure, for those who make multi-millions the RIAA is great, probably essential -- their stranglehold on distribution (which still exists despite ten+ years of downloading), their suppression of competition, and their predatory marketing strategies -- these things can turn mediocre artists into household names. And they are expensive -- an independent label can't compete, and in spite of a few myspace stars we are still far from the day when we see artists gaining superstardom from the internet alone. That day is probably coming eventually, but the RIAA has been doing everything they can over the past decade to forestall it. But who says we need multimillion dollar acts anyway?
You're the first "libertarian" OR "centrist" I've ever heard of that advocates rape, torture, and murder as legitimate tools of a modern day penal system.
I'm intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
How the heck was it right only 78% of the time? I would think a human being could pick out people trying to look suspicious more frequently than that. Either it's terrible at finding people who are *trying* to look suspicious, or those people just aren't trying hard enough.
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That explains having a web browser in your pants, but not a web server.
they are usually against homosexuality, not homosexuals the people.
Is that sort of like being against blackness, but not against black people?
This person speaks the truth. It's clear that Gore should have won Florida had every district been counted, but the real tragedy is that election should never have been that close. He made too many strategic errors -- keeping Clinton at bay, trying to come off as a "centrist," ignoring his home state, etc. -- and on top of it he came across in public appearances as a humorless wonk. And he had a right-wing douchebag as a running mate. He took progressive votes for granted; it's no wonder so many voted for Nader. In the end the blame for Gore losing the election lies squarely with Al Gore. That doesn't make the eight years of Bush any more palatable, but still, there it is.
Probably true but Joe Lieberman, Gore's VP choice, was pushing for an invasion of Iraq since 1998, and he's been a cheerleader for the invasion (and for much of the Bush policies on everything, in fact). Who knows whether he would have influenced President Gore to take the opportunity to invade Iraq. Remember, Gore thought there were WMD there too, and Lieberman thought Saddam was working with al Qaeda. I think a Gore presidency would have been much less irrational and abusive than the Bush one, but I'm not sure it would have kept the US out of Iraq.
Of course, you gotta throw in extra for the water blocks and pump, and tubes, and reservoir and such,
does it need tubes so you can get the internet on it?
It's a choice - spend big and get great performance, or spend small and get shitty performance.
Not like it's fucking rocket science.
Let me get this straight -- in rocket science, you can spend small and get great performance?
True, it's the Limited Edition Dong, but for another $50 you can get the full monty.
Such conversations are often scripted. Armstrong's "one small step", for instance, was scripted before they ever left Earth.
That's because they never left earth!!
They went back in time to make it the "first post" on this article, but it got modded "Troll"
The same happened here. The "faked" dialogue was nothing more than dummy text.
The Chinese never heard of lorem ipsum??
You should see how many things in the U.S. are named after Ronald Reagan!
I spent all my money over the last 6 months on alcohol and parties, secure in the knowledge that the world would come to an end this October when the LHC came up to full power.
Yeah me too. You'd think I would have learned my lesson when I did the same thing in late 1999 preparing for Y2K...
wouldn't that mean it's a bad thing then?
If you want to do it on the cheap, well... that's why recording studios exist.
On the cheap? You haven't priced recording studio time recently, have you?
How often do you hear about recording studios going bankrupt and having an unsuccessful business model? They don't.
Actually, you do hear about this, but it often has more to do with drugs and incompetence than any judgment about the business model. (I wish I were kidding). But while I think there will be specialized needs for recording studios for quite some time, by and large the laptop recording artist will pose a similar challenge to studios as online distribution is posing to the RIAA. It's a changing world.
The rest of your points I totally agree with.
I just wasted my mod points for this article on a dumb joke, but the above post is on target. The idea that the RIAA is necessary for artists is a myth. Sure, for those who make multi-millions the RIAA is great, probably essential -- their stranglehold on distribution (which still exists despite ten+ years of downloading), their suppression of competition, and their predatory marketing strategies -- these things can turn mediocre artists into household names. And they are expensive -- an independent label can't compete, and in spite of a few myspace stars we are still far from the day when we see artists gaining superstardom from the internet alone. That day is probably coming eventually, but the RIAA has been doing everything they can over the past decade to forestall it. But who says we need multimillion dollar acts anyway?
What makes musicians so special and whiney?
The groupies?
Actually it does show Palin was violating the law. But apart from that, I think you mean "Democratic," not "Democrat." The latter is a noun.
You're the first "libertarian" OR "centrist" I've ever heard of that advocates rape, torture, and murder as legitimate tools of a modern day penal system.
I'm intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Same goes for a zip code (12345 anyone?).
That's the zip code for 123 Fake Street in Springfield!
Furthermore, since this cracker is the son of a Democrat, he would have known what to look for.
Because those blasted sons-of-Democrats know everything! Even if he was too stupid to post anonymously when bragging about his crimes.
This kid was very into servicing the community
Good! Tell him to get me a beer.
When they want to have sex in the parks
Well then they're "parkosexual" rather than "homosexual."
scientists have discovered there may be old people in Korea as well.
Well, 78% perfectly, anyway....
How the heck was it right only 78% of the time? I would think a human being could pick out people trying to look suspicious more frequently than that. Either it's terrible at finding people who are *trying* to look suspicious, or those people just aren't trying hard enough.