Heres an example why I won't vote for one canidate
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First off, let me say that both parties lie. They lie to their base for their votes so much so that it makes me sick. Before I start this post let me just say I would vote Peroutka if he was on the ballot in my state.
Ok... I'm going to use Bush because... well.. "THAT'S MY BUSH!!" and he's been the latest thing, so I feel justified in using him as a "bad" example.
In appealing to your voters, you may tell them you are going to try to do certain things. Bush did this in a little more.. uh... "promising" sort of the nature of things. He promised his base (the christian conservatives) that he was going to ban gay marriage and abortions.
Well.. thats fine, but HE KNEW long ahead of time it was never going to happen. Its not hard to ask the whips in congress what people are going to vote on such an issue, so he KNEW DAMN WELL that neither of these had a chance.
So, what did he do? Give false hope to the right wing'ed extremists who show very little tolerance outside anything of their norms. And what will he get for it? Quite a few of their votes.
Knowing that... along with countless other things bush has done... EXAMPLE
Never in US history has a president tried to limit the rights of people. But in came GW Bush. He tried to limit the rights of gay people to get married. First president ever to try to limit someone's rights.
I think when a president starts limiting rights you had better raise an eyebrow.
what was that movie... it was made by nintendo in the late 80's... had some "rainman" type kid who kicked ass at all the video games... pretty amusingly (stupid).
Actually, it has been known about for a while in caucsians... It seems that people that survived the black plague who produced offspring, in some cases, provided them with a sort of immunity to AIDS/HIV in which allowed them to live with the virus. Thats about all I know without referencing anything.
if you examine countries that we've conquered, like oh lets say JAPAN, you will notice their Constitution basically mirrors the US's. just an intresting fact to take into mind when you start talking about countries in which the US has had a strong influence.
Some people might want to mod their xbox's for the highly illegal factor. Say, for instance, a person wanted to try out the game Fable - which was very hyped up, and excited a lot of people. And then say, none of their friends had the game so as the person could try it out first hand. But, what if the person had a mod'ed xbox and downloaded a "trial" version from the internet, played the game for a couple hours and decided that the lack-luster storylines, hack and slash bordom, and horendous loading times - even when loaded from the hard drive - as a "trial version" would be loaded, were just too intolerable for said person to actually justify paying 50 dollars for?
Oh wait a second... I was saying why "some people" mod their xbox. For... uh... someone I know, its much more of a value factor than a cool factor, especially.. uh... when the person I know doesn't know anyone else with xbox's.
AND SO WHAT IF I'VE GIVEN MY XBOX A CUSTOM PAINT JOB??!?!?! ITS ONE OF A KIND DANGIT AND ITS COOL!!!!!!;)
Final Fantasy fans (FFF's!) unite against slashdot in using the spoony bard and the crazy wizard as an icon for something as.... different as The Sims.;)
Unless you have a CPU that needs multithreading, there is no reason - besides..... - that you need XP. And ESPECIALLY if you are reading slashdot, you should be able to work win2k.
we need to stop making all these spin-off's. TNG was great. It had the whole star trek spirit, but things like Voyager make me want to puke. Endless encounters with the borg, and no general mission besides "making it home." Can the borg win for once and just blow them up?:)
KNOW where your "lesser of two evils" stands on issues that matter to you.
Obligitory warning - heavy liberal stuff ahead
I choose NOT to vote for the republicans this time around becuase they have been unconstitutional since day 1 in office. And even before office. What is the first thing you do when you decide to run for president (besides start thinking off who's votes you can buy)? You choose your running mate.
Cheney is from the same state (although he "claims" residence in Wyoming he is a resident of texas) that bush is from. BIG NO NO when running for president. This is a givin. People from the same state will probably have the same intrests in mine.
Secondly, I don't like the big business tactics that have been put in place. I remember a time when I could call Dell, or god forbid Compaq and actually speak to a representitive that knew what they were talking about if I was having a computer issue. Not so now. I'm not talking down upon people from india, but i've yet had one resolve any sort of problem i've had - well, there has only been one regarding a canon printer that I actually broke down and called tech support... later a friend told me the solution (it was deleting a key in the registry). I talked to their reps for ages... all they told me to do was uninstall the drivers and try again.
Third, I don't like an Administration whos key intrest is business. Does anyone remember the 60 scientists, 20 of whom were nobel lauriets, who came together to protest what was going on with the Bush Admininstration EPA? If not, just search for it.
I could go on, but I need to go to zoology and learn what species are going to be extinct becuase of people like cheney who are looking out for number one.
Oh yea... I won't vote for Bush becuase this is the first time in HISTORY (yes EVER) that a country has gone to war and gave a tax relief - plunging the national debt down the whole. And who will pay for that? Well, probably me, right around the time I get out of college, and if bush gets relected, my kids will most likely be paying for this crap of a war that has made 1% of the people in this country even richer.
Aristotle once said "A vibrant middle class makes for a wonderful democracy." As our middle class shrinks and our upper and lower grows, you will see our liberties and freedoms deminish more than they have already.
And I pitty the fool who might mod this down as I gave the obligitory liberal warning before I started this rant. (which could go on for ages, slamming bush politics)
Or perhaps Kevin Smith just decided to make it more of a prestige film. If you havn't seen Jersey Girl, its a great CHICK FLICK so your gf, providing you have one, will love it. But it does lack Jay and Silent Bob, which was a disapointment, but hey, at least we get a second dose of Clerks - Smiths best work, right next to Dogma IMHO. Mall Rats was good, but had some B movie qualities in it. I wonder if Clerks 2 will be in black and white.... I would only imagine so.
can figments of my imagination compete? Perhaps the gaming market is just my subconscious's way of dealing with the bordom from the release of Doom3 and HL2.
being hairy, getting a needle in a spot that has gotten stuck a lot, which causes scar tissue, and other things, like being right on a a nerve can be really painful and annoying.
If the creator of this thing reads this, tell him to do something about these 3 things becuase since I have to give myself home infusions for a certain condition, I know all about it.
i've been using stuff like voicecomm in games for years. I believe the first thing used was a little utility called battlecomm... which was also in the era of roger wilco, which was a little more popular - probably only becuase of the name.
And what about voice comm in Half Life? Personally, I think all online multiplayer games that don't have voicecomm are just plain inferior. And I may be striking a chord here with some of the "gamers" who play MMOPRS, but really... what are you doing the whole time? Are you dodging rockets or typing to people on your keyboard? No faimbait intended - whatever game tickles you pink is fine with me. A game that doesn't utilize the latest in technology - a way to save yourself a little carpal tunnel, but still, to each his own.
intresting... I have hemophelia, and through blood transfusions, aquired Hep C. Now... A liver transplant cures hemophelia, and would definatly help out with my torn up liver by the hep C.
I wonder if I could pull of something like this.... or possibly we could just go somewhere with the whole stem cell thing and make me a liver that wouldn't be rejected by my immune system.
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Ok... I'm going to use Bush because... well.. "THAT'S MY BUSH!!" and he's been the latest thing, so I feel justified in using him as a "bad" example.
In appealing to your voters, you may tell them you are going to try to do certain things. Bush did this in a little more.. uh... "promising" sort of the nature of things. He promised his base (the christian conservatives) that he was going to ban gay marriage and abortions.
Well.. thats fine, but HE KNEW long ahead of time it was never going to happen. Its not hard to ask the whips in congress what people are going to vote on such an issue, so he KNEW DAMN WELL that neither of these had a chance.
So, what did he do? Give false hope to the right wing'ed extremists who show very little tolerance outside anything of their norms. And what will he get for it? Quite a few of their votes.
Knowing that... along with countless other things bush has done... EXAMPLE
Never in US history has a president tried to limit the rights of people. But in came GW Bush. He tried to limit the rights of gay people to get married. First president ever to try to limit someone's rights.
I think when a president starts limiting rights you had better raise an eyebrow.
But on to the real topic, GJ FIREFOX!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
Now be a good little browser and thank your friends, family, and god - even if you don't believe in one.
does... How nice. My "media center" cost me 50 bucks and a little bit of time to solder some wires.
what was that movie... it was made by nintendo in the late 80's... had some "rainman" type kid who kicked ass at all the video games... pretty amusingly (stupid).
Actually, it has been known about for a while in caucsians... It seems that people that survived the black plague who produced offspring, in some cases, provided them with a sort of immunity to AIDS/HIV in which allowed them to live with the virus. Thats about all I know without referencing anything.
if you examine countries that we've conquered, like oh lets say JAPAN, you will notice their Constitution basically mirrors the US's. just an intresting fact to take into mind when you start talking about countries in which the US has had a strong influence.
i'll be happy... Also, It would be a shame if pizza the hut didn't get .... excrimented by himself - because after all, he did eat himself to death.
Oh wait a second... I was saying why "some people" mod their xbox. For... uh... someone I know, its much more of a value factor than a cool factor, especially.. uh... when the person I know doesn't know anyone else with xbox's.
AND SO WHAT IF I'VE GIVEN MY XBOX A CUSTOM PAINT JOB??!?!?! ITS ONE OF A KIND DANGIT AND ITS COOL!!!!!! ;)
Final Fantasy fans (FFF's!) unite against slashdot in using the spoony bard and the crazy wizard as an icon for something as .... different as The Sims. ;)
Unless you have a CPU that needs multithreading, there is no reason - besides ..... - that you need XP. And ESPECIALLY if you are reading slashdot, you should be able to work win2k.
is this modd'ed up? I mean really... I will stop there
Fox lying to us, do we have anything (besides our beloved /.) to bring us the news?
we need to stop making all these spin-off's. TNG was great. It had the whole star trek spirit, but things like Voyager make me want to puke. Endless encounters with the borg, and no general mission besides "making it home." Can the borg win for once and just blow them up? :)
Obligitory warning - heavy liberal stuff ahead
I choose NOT to vote for the republicans this time around becuase they have been unconstitutional since day 1 in office. And even before office. What is the first thing you do when you decide to run for president (besides start thinking off who's votes you can buy)? You choose your running mate.
Cheney is from the same state (although he "claims" residence in Wyoming he is a resident of texas) that bush is from. BIG NO NO when running for president. This is a givin. People from the same state will probably have the same intrests in mine. Secondly, I don't like the big business tactics that have been put in place. I remember a time when I could call Dell, or god forbid Compaq and actually speak to a representitive that knew what they were talking about if I was having a computer issue. Not so now. I'm not talking down upon people from india, but i've yet had one resolve any sort of problem i've had - well, there has only been one regarding a canon printer that I actually broke down and called tech support... later a friend told me the solution (it was deleting a key in the registry). I talked to their reps for ages... all they told me to do was uninstall the drivers and try again.
Third, I don't like an Administration whos key intrest is business. Does anyone remember the 60 scientists, 20 of whom were nobel lauriets, who came together to protest what was going on with the Bush Admininstration EPA? If not, just search for it.
I could go on, but I need to go to zoology and learn what species are going to be extinct becuase of people like cheney who are looking out for number one.
Oh yea... I won't vote for Bush becuase this is the first time in HISTORY (yes EVER) that a country has gone to war and gave a tax relief - plunging the national debt down the whole. And who will pay for that? Well, probably me, right around the time I get out of college, and if bush gets relected, my kids will most likely be paying for this crap of a war that has made 1% of the people in this country even richer.
Aristotle once said "A vibrant middle class makes for a wonderful democracy." As our middle class shrinks and our upper and lower grows, you will see our liberties and freedoms deminish more than they have already.
And I pitty the fool who might mod this down as I gave the obligitory liberal warning before I started this rant. (which could go on for ages, slamming bush politics)
just make XanaxOTC!!
Or perhaps Kevin Smith just decided to make it more of a prestige film. If you havn't seen Jersey Girl, its a great CHICK FLICK so your gf, providing you have one, will love it. But it does lack Jay and Silent Bob, which was a disapointment, but hey, at least we get a second dose of Clerks - Smiths best work, right next to Dogma IMHO. Mall Rats was good, but had some B movie qualities in it. I wonder if Clerks 2 will be in black and white.... I would only imagine so.
What the heck??? You mean Turkey Puncher 3000 isn't an ad for an up-and-comming iD game? I'm... depressed.
It doesn't matter how thin the paper, or how big the sheet, you just can't do it. Have fun proving me wrong :)
can figments of my imagination compete? Perhaps the gaming market is just my subconscious's way of dealing with the bordom from the release of Doom3 and HL2.
If the creator of this thing reads this, tell him to do something about these 3 things becuase since I have to give myself home infusions for a certain condition, I know all about it.
And what about voice comm in Half Life? Personally, I think all online multiplayer games that don't have voicecomm are just plain inferior. And I may be striking a chord here with some of the "gamers" who play MMOPRS, but really... what are you doing the whole time? Are you dodging rockets or typing to people on your keyboard? No faimbait intended - whatever game tickles you pink is fine with me. A game that doesn't utilize the latest in technology - a way to save yourself a little carpal tunnel, but still, to each his own.
why can't we just leave the last unclamined "land" in this world alone?
I wonder if I could pull of something like this.... or possibly we could just go somewhere with the whole stem cell thing and make me a liver that wouldn't be rejected by my immune system.
That was just too obligitory to resist... sorry for the horrible joke.