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  1. Re:I thought Google was evil now? on Google Asks Court Not To Enjoin ReDigi · · Score: 1

    You seem to like the music they produce.

  2. Re:Too little too late on 3,500 Year Old Florida Tree Dies of Natural Causes · · Score: 2, Funny

    I live halfway up the US coast in North Carolina. I too could have thrown a rock at the tree.

    Wouldn't have hit it, but....

    8*)

  3. Re:He likely has no case. on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    More likely than not, he's registered with BMI or ASCAP. You can purchase global rights through those agencies. I'm fairly certain Gingrinch's campaign has dotted that 'i' and crossed that 't'.

    If he hasn't then by all means tear him up - I hate the guy myself. But his is likely a case of a composer wanting to distance themselves from the politician who likes their music. That's not exactly a new phenomena by any stretch of the imagination.

    He failed to get on the ballot in Virginia or DC. Why would you think his campaign is competent?

  4. Re:Dear Liberal/Leftist Artists ... on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    ...who are so deeply offended by the use of "their" music by the "wrong" people:

    Probably the same reason they and actors make political statements that anger people, and then are surprised that those same people are not longer entertained by them (FU Jane Fonda and all you Dixie Chicks)....they're idiots.

  5. Re:My guess on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    Never heard the Republican candidates talk about building a high fence with wide gates did you?

  6. Re:Yes it is on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    Yes - of course. But, let's not forget that the natives had spent millenia killing each other too.

    Kind of like the European tribes kept doing even after they started invading this country. What's this mentality that seems to think that the Native Americans were less civilized than the Europeans, because they were not a united nation across the continent? That's stupid.

  7. Re:One minor hurdle to overcome still.... on Building the Bionic Man · · Score: 1

    No. The real sticking point is being able to power them for any reasonable amount of time.

  8. Re:Education on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    "My Guy" didn't hire a legal team to keep it hidden, though. "My Guy" wasn't lauded as the second coming because of an illustrious college career. Go figure your own self.

  9. Re:TSA should not chose on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Most large airports are considered federal property.

  10. Re:What does her degree have to do with it? on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Unless you work in for Hollywood, defense, telecom, get old, join a union, buy a gun, fly an private airplane, etc.

  11. Re:Too late... on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    The scanners also stop the elephant stampedes.
    You haven't heard of any elephant stampedes since the scanners went in, have you?

  12. Whiskey rebellion all over again on Jailbreaking the Internet For Freedom's Sake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And yet we have people running covert operations to let corn rot and then distill the runoffs. They have to hideout in the woods to perform one of the simplest operations you can do with fire and liquid. The laws are justified and sold, claiming that they protect people from bad alcohol, when we all know it is about tax revenue.

    In 1914, the federal government went on record outlawing a weed that covered the banks of the Potomac. A huge cadre of policemen have since been converted to an army to prevent people from talking stupid and getting the munchies. The claim is that marijuana is a "gateway" drug, when we all know that the taxed alcohol the authorities allow is the real gateway drug.

    Anyone that calls these regimes into question is labeled with an outlaw, rebel, or some other less than "proper society" title. Any politician that claims that it is a matter of personal liberty is called "bat shit crazy" when they aren't being completely ignored.

    Why, oh why, would anyone think that the powers that be would allow an alternative internet? "If you're on the alternative internet, it must be because of child pornography!!! Or you might be a terrorist! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!" The excuse to bust down doors to lock people up for talking in chatrooms is prepared already, and the people have been conditioned to swallow it already.

  13. Re:Watching Obama Destroy Gingritch on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 0

    Because Obama has such an excellent record to tell the American people about? Right. That's why his campaign is all about race baiting and class warfare.

  14. Re:Gotta love the fiscally conservative Republican on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    I was "whining" about the debt that Bush and the Republican Congress was running up with undeclared wars and drug benefits to buy votes just like the Democrats do. The people controlling the Republican party are the same power grabbing sociopaths that are controlling the Democrats. If a candidate dares to mention how we should REALLY cut spending they are shunned and shouted down. The party mouthpieces have gotten themselves in a complete tizzy shouting down Ron Paul. They have treated the guy like a pariah from the very start.

    Newt and Romney are both as full of shit as Obama, who:
    1) Was negotiating to keep our troops in Iraq longer than the deadline set by Bush
    2) In his latest SOTU address, restated once again that he was going to set up a task force to investigate wrongdoings of the CEOs of the companies that he voted to bail out. A claim he made immediately after getting elected.
    3) Has consistently run away from having to take any political heat for cutting ANY government program.

  15. Re:Bigger governmnet on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    The bottom half of the income earners pay NO taxes. Zero. Nada. Fair would mean that everyone pays equally. Why should the GOP consent to taxing the wealthy so the Dems can buy more votes from people with no skin in the game?

  16. Re:What could a moonbase do? on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 1

    Your case is going to need some polishing. If I don't want to pay to send someone to the moon so that they can look at rocks under a microscope, why would I want to pay to send someone to the moon to set up a telescope of any kind to look out at places that we can't go?

  17. Re:USA has 11 aircraft carriers on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 2

    Why is that a minimum? Why do we need aircraft carriers patrolling all over the place? Do we need an aircraft carrier to take out a Somali pirate?

    Quit trying to be a bully to the world and we won't need to maintain all these resources.

  18. Re:USA has 11 aircraft carriers on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ummh? Ron Paul?

    Of course, the corporate media is doing the best they can to ignore him, and getting absolutely frantic when he makes a good showing...almost EXCLUSIVELY because he talks about military cuts.

  19. Re:Why the moon? on Russia Talks Moon Base With NASA, ESA · · Score: 1

    Are you saying the elevators will need therapists? Or that the space ships will try to kill their occupants?

  20. Re:Plan, or just study it to death? on Russia Talks Moon Base With NASA, ESA · · Score: 1

    Aluminum screen (really light) with an electro-static charge applied (to attract and hold the dust like powder coat).

  21. Re:Plan, or just study it to death? on Russia Talks Moon Base With NASA, ESA · · Score: 1

    The electro static charge actually makes it incredibly EASY to design for. The systems to do it are already designed and are so cheap you can buy them at your local Harbor Freight. They are used for painting metal parts of all things, in a process called powder coating.

  22. Re:doh. on Huge Freshwater Bulge In Arctic Ocean · · Score: 1

    But, don't those people in the oil industry and their families share the same planet, also?

  23. Re:Lobbying vs Bribery on White House Petition To Investigate Dodd For Bribery · · Score: 1

    And the regulators in Canada are omniscient because they get their financial data from God?

    The only regulation needed is that the banks need to keep enough cash reserves to protect depositors. Period. That will keep the banks small and enforce competition. Small banks will more likely have someone who knows about banking close to the helm. Competition will weed out the stupid ones.

  24. Re:Strong defender of civil liberties on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 2

    I don't really consider an abortion due to medical issues an abortion. It is more properly called "triage".

  25. Re:This is a Huge Violation of the Constitution on Senator Rand Paul Detained By the TSA · · Score: 1

    They just can't CALL it arrest.
    Try suing them for kidnapping you after they lock you in a room and see where that gets you.