That reminds me of how Fox News is constantly discussing crazy online rumors as if they were credible facts.
'Reports say that Obama has a taste for kittens! What a devastating blow to his campaign! Surely he will lose ground in the animal rights voting bloc. We'll cover this next on our 3 hour special "Barack-uriosity Killed the Cat."'
Hannity comes in: "So is the cat out of the bag on the Obama campaign? MySpace reports....." and so on and so forth
Except we don't always vote for the lesser evil, and haven't in the past two elections, and are suffering for it.
If we continually vote for the less evil candidate, the other candidates will become less evil to try and get votes.
This is how system works, for better or worse, by slogging through the trenches.
If Obama isn't elected, far worse will occur in terms of civil liberties than if he wins. Obama has a chance to be real progressive in office, even if he plays it safe during the election months. McCain will just pardon the Bush administration and stay in Iraq for 100 years etc.
I mean, if you say Obama's lost your vote because of this, then you're being selfish, because the sad truth is that he's still the best feasible option. We need to consolidate our power or we'll never get anything accomplished.
Getting offended by things like this are also why the democrats always fail. Politicians can not be idealists. Write an angry letter, but get over it.
After reading Obama's explanation it looks like he wants to show he can compromise with the rightwing, and probably appear more moderate to the on-the-fence voters.
It's truly unfortunate our prison system is so bad. A prison could be a neutral place to end your days separated from society, or if you are going to be released possibly reform in a peaceful environment, but unfortunately it is dangerous and usually disturbs the mind more than it rectifies it.
This is probably bad because the pro-torture/punishment fight reform every inch of the way...and there are plenty of other problems in the world of course.
The firefox update pops up whenever it feels like, actually, kinda likes iTunes.
I agree it's not quite as bad as windows rebooting your computer while your out of the office and making you remember what you were doing when you last locked the screen.
Some children don't have the tools or time to test parabolic shots...in this case watching animations is better than looking at pictures in a textbook.
I would say a mix of methods is probably the healthiest.
Most biofuel proponents are agricultural giants trying to increase demand for their product. They tend to sweettalk a lot of 'greens' though, which is clever of them.
Sure there's a cycle, it just takes millions of years.
Once our trash enters a magma pool the elements will sort themselves out under extreme heat and pressure, and then be spewed back out, as they always do.
3) And you can always rent, which is much cheaper than a 30 year mortgage. If you want, save the difference and invest in CDs (the financial kind!) or another safe investment. In 30 years, just buy the property outright (or pretty close to outright).
Uh, this isn't necessarily true. If you put down enough capital and have good credit you can easily get a mortgage payment less than monthly rent, at least in a metropolitan area.
Rent is a black hole, you might as well put that money into something substantial.
High school is where I did my first critical thinking, thanks to teachers who cared enough to show me that I had been spoonfed 'facts' since childhood.
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That reminds me of how Fox News is constantly discussing crazy online rumors as if they were credible facts.
'Reports say that Obama has a taste for kittens! What a devastating blow to his campaign! Surely he will lose ground in the animal rights voting bloc. We'll cover this next on our 3 hour special "Barack-uriosity Killed the Cat."'
Hannity comes in: "So is the cat out of the bag on the Obama campaign? MySpace reports....." and so on and so forth
Amazon woman: 'He good at snoo snoo.'
Rest of Fry's lovers: 'Meh.'
that's no moon, it's a broom!
Frankly Qhartb, I'm surprised.
Except we don't always vote for the lesser evil, and haven't in the past two elections, and are suffering for it.
If we continually vote for the less evil candidate, the other candidates will become less evil to try and get votes.
This is how system works, for better or worse, by slogging through the trenches.
If Obama isn't elected, far worse will occur in terms of civil liberties than if he wins. Obama has a chance to be real progressive in office, even if he plays it safe during the election months. McCain will just pardon the Bush administration and stay in Iraq for 100 years etc.
I mean, if you say Obama's lost your vote because of this, then you're being selfish, because the sad truth is that he's still the best feasible option. We need to consolidate our power or we'll never get anything accomplished.
Getting offended by things like this are also why the democrats always fail. Politicians can not be idealists. Write an angry letter, but get over it.
After reading Obama's explanation it looks like he wants to show he can compromise with the rightwing, and probably appear more moderate to the on-the-fence voters.
Every single damn republican voted yea. Well, those who bothered to show up.
So a WTF to Obama, but at least half of the democrats stood by their people.
It's also a way for the Court to quelch critics who would still be saying 'where's the body! She could be in Russia!'
Don't worry, he'll dig up the ending to that sentence in a few months.
It's truly unfortunate our prison system is so bad. A prison could be a neutral place to end your days separated from society, or if you are going to be released possibly reform in a peaceful environment, but unfortunately it is dangerous and usually disturbs the mind more than it rectifies it.
This is probably bad because the pro-torture/punishment fight reform every inch of the way...and there are plenty of other problems in the world of course.
You're possibly confusing luck with karma?
Keep the mods out of this!
The firefox update pops up whenever it feels like, actually, kinda likes iTunes.
I agree it's not quite as bad as windows rebooting your computer while your out of the office and making you remember what you were doing when you last locked the screen.
Nuke them from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Some children don't have the tools or time to test parabolic shots...in this case watching animations is better than looking at pictures in a textbook.
I would say a mix of methods is probably the healthiest.
It's like curing Schizophrenia the backwards way!
The elections are anonymous.
I could sell my vote for a million dollars, and still vote however I liked, and you would be none the wiser.
We must convert the dial-up heathens!
Send more broadband missionaries!
I'm pretty sure you can watch some of that stuff for free without giving Viacom money.
So long as you don't buy dvds I would think, or fill out Nielsen ratings.
Most biofuel proponents are agricultural giants trying to increase demand for their product. They tend to sweettalk a lot of 'greens' though, which is clever of them.
And nothing of value was lost
Well said.
I'm a liberal, and in my mind the mantra is this:
Do what you will to yourself. Harm no others.
Sure there's a cycle, it just takes millions of years.
Once our trash enters a magma pool the elements will sort themselves out under extreme heat and pressure, and then be spewed back out, as they always do.
People with CS degrees solve the computing problem and then implement it themselves to test their work in real life situations.
Even people with Math degrees should know basic programming.
3) And you can always rent, which is much cheaper than a 30 year mortgage. If you want, save the difference and invest in CDs (the financial kind!) or another safe investment. In 30 years, just buy the property outright (or pretty close to outright).
Uh, this isn't necessarily true. If you put down enough capital and have good credit you can easily get a mortgage payment less than monthly rent, at least in a metropolitan area.
Rent is a black hole, you might as well put that money into something substantial.
High school is where I did my first critical thinking, thanks to teachers who cared enough to show me that I had been spoonfed 'facts' since childhood.