Why was OP modded troll? It's quite true. Governments, US included, maintain power by scaring the living shit out of everyone. Wars are started at least in part as a way for governments to expand their own power and keep the populace subservient. Remember at the end of the Cold War, the US government was at a loss for a while for an enemy. So, the Chinese began to fill that roll. Then, 9/11 happened and we had a more direct enemy, namely the terrorists.
Has everyone forgotten that, before 9/11, "news" organizations like Fox were banging the war drums against China. Then, when 9/11 happened, that all magically got put on the back burner. China was suddenly not such an immediate threat. Oh, and Pakistan was now our ally. Pakistan had *always* been our ally. Now, I guess people aren't as scared shitless of the terrorists as they were 8 years ago, so they have to bring up the China threat again.
Now, go back to bed America. Watch your mindless television and shut up. Your government is in control.
Well, that's why they say there is a "link" rather than saying that it is the cause. In other words, the two correlate, but they are silent as to the cause. Personally, I think both boredom and heart disease tend to have a common cause, such as sitting on your fat ass and drinking too much.
They're not that bad when fully shaved.
After all, they evolved from hairy Greek women.;)
Adrian Cronauer: Oh, Edward, Edward, you don't understand. I've been on a small Greek island with a lotta women who look like Zorba. I never thought I'd find women attractive ever again, and now that I do you won't even turn the car around? [scoffs] Thanks a lot.
The two attempts thus far have been failures to my mind. Lynch's movie had the "feel" of Dune, but as far as the script goes, it sucked really bad (which is strange, considering Herbert had substantial influence over the final product). The miniseries stuck more closely to the story, but the acting was bloody wooden. If you could have mixed Lynch's visuals and actors with the miniseries script, I think you would have had Dune down pat.
As far as the David Lynch version goes, it depends on whether you are talking about the 2-hour version that he tried to disown or the nearly 4-hour version that he originally made. The extended version is actually quite good and was the only one I had watched for years. Someone convinced me to watch the two-hour version just for shits and giggles, and I turned to the worthless bastard when it was over and asked "What the hell was that???!!!"
You're right about the mini-series, though. Casting William Hurt as Duke Leto was probably the worst casting decision since Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (or anything else, for that matter). But you're certainly right. If we could simply have had the cast of David Lynch's version play the mini-series, we would have had a kick-ass version of Dune.
What do you think Cap and Trade is about? He's not trying to limit Greenhouse gases. He's trying to spread out his depression so he doesn't feel so bad.
He left Calvin & Hobbes while it was still good and he had something meaningful to say. He didn't do what a lot of people do and drag it out so he could suck out every last possible penny. He left a meaningful corpus of work that we can all appreciate.
If you notice now that the demos have lost the 60 vote lock, they are suddenly able to talk about health care and environmental reform with the republicans again. They just didn't bother before which left only one recourse for the republicans. I am glad the republicans finally stepped up to the plate and took a stand. They do better as a party when they do this (as opposed to working to keep that moderate label with "moderate" being defines by the liberal democrats.)
And yet, when Democrats did this to a razor-thin Republican majority who didn't want to deal with Democrats at all, they were called "obstructionists" who were refusing to give and up-or-down vote. But I guess it's okay when your side does it.
And those of us that, all along, tried pointing out his ignorance and lack of experience were called racists and every other name in the book.
Actually, lots of people disagreed with Obama's policy proposals during the campaign, or at least suggested that he would never be able to get them through. The people who were called racists can be split up into:
(1) Blatant racists (of which there were/are plenty)
(2) "Birthers" and other such nuts
(3) People who kept emphasizing his middle name, as if it were somehow important
(4) People who kept making a big deal about who his mother married (first a Nigerian and then an Indonesian)
(5) People like Ann Coulter, Andy Schlafly, Glenn Beck and others, who are their particular type of scum (and do things like troll for assassins)
You see, believe it or not, there were plenty of people who said Obama's mantra of "Change" was meaningless and didn't believe he would actually implement the policies he was suggesting. And they were not called racists. The people who were called racists were the ones chanting (and probably still chanting) "Where's the birth certificate!" "He's actually an Arab!" "His middle name is Hussein!" "He's actually lived in foreign countries!" "He's a mixed-race abomination!" "Shoot him!"
Michael Geist is like the skinny short Brunette in all the Slasher flicks from the 90's. He's always shouting "YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS" but everyone else is like the dumb Jock who isn't afraid of a guy with a knife and ends up getting diced into french fries.
Interesting analogy, but couldn't you at least come up with one involving cars? Perhaps I should try.
Michael Geist is like the guy who knows Pintos will shoot fire at you if you so much as bump the front bumper, but everyone else just decides to drive the damn things and get their fat scorched all over the car after being burned alive.
Hey, your bias against the small but extremely loud minority of fundamentalists is showing!
FTFY. But then, you probably don't consider Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, and so on to be *Real* Christians.
You must be a liberal. You know, tolerant of everything, except for the things you aren't.
I think you'll find liberals aren't very "tolerant" of Nazis, either. Conservatives, however, will tend to point and make fun of people who look different than they do or do "absurd" things like use chopsticks. Perhaps you have no idea of what tolerance means.
I'd make fun of your beliefs but you dont really have any.
Ah, the old "they aren't a fundie like me, so they must be atheist" routine. I get that from you fundie Pat Robertson loving nutjobs even after I've made it abundantly clear that I am *not* an atheist.
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If you are working on ACTA or trying to internationalize intellectual property ... Kill yourself!
Has everyone forgotten that, before 9/11, "news" organizations like Fox were banging the war drums against China. Then, when 9/11 happened, that all magically got put on the back burner. China was suddenly not such an immediate threat. Oh, and Pakistan was now our ally. Pakistan had *always* been our ally. Now, I guess people aren't as scared shitless of the terrorists as they were 8 years ago, so they have to bring up the China threat again.
Now, go back to bed America. Watch your mindless television and shut up. Your government is in control.
In Communist China, spy sentences YOU!
-1 Doesn't get "A Few Good Men" reference.
Well, that's why they say there is a "link" rather than saying that it is the cause. In other words, the two correlate, but they are silent as to the cause. Personally, I think both boredom and heart disease tend to have a common cause, such as sitting on your fat ass and drinking too much.
Does Microsoft have a war room? And, is fighting allowed in there? Perhaps this is the reasons innovation is hampered there.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Sigh. There you go and ruin a perfectly good opportunity. It should be "No one expects the Palin Inquisition!"
Adrian Cronauer: Oh, Edward, Edward, you don't understand. I've been on a small Greek island with a lotta women who look like Zorba. I never thought I'd find women attractive ever again, and now that I do you won't even turn the car around? [scoffs] Thanks a lot.
This would actually be a good idea. Kind of like how Jobs and Wozniak made the original Apple computer cost $666. Fuck the fundie psychos!
As far as the David Lynch version goes, it depends on whether you are talking about the 2-hour version that he tried to disown or the nearly 4-hour version that he originally made. The extended version is actually quite good and was the only one I had watched for years. Someone convinced me to watch the two-hour version just for shits and giggles, and I turned to the worthless bastard when it was over and asked "What the hell was that???!!!"
You're right about the mini-series, though. Casting William Hurt as Duke Leto was probably the worst casting decision since Keanu Reeves played the Buddha (or anything else, for that matter). But you're certainly right. If we could simply have had the cast of David Lynch's version play the mini-series, we would have had a kick-ass version of Dune.
What do you think Cap and Trade is about? He's not trying to limit Greenhouse gases. He's trying to spread out his depression so he doesn't feel so bad.
He left Calvin & Hobbes while it was still good and he had something meaningful to say. He didn't do what a lot of people do and drag it out so he could suck out every last possible penny. He left a meaningful corpus of work that we can all appreciate.
FTFY. There is a lot that I like about Deutschland. Comedy, however, is *not* one of them.
Yes, I can see their collections agent accosting them saying, "I want my two dollars!"
So, basically, van Jones was right. Republicans are assholes.
I don't think he ever promised that. A lot of his *supporters* wanted this, but I think his attitude has always been to let bygones be bygones.
And yet, when Democrats did this to a razor-thin Republican majority who didn't want to deal with Democrats at all, they were called "obstructionists" who were refusing to give and up-or-down vote. But I guess it's okay when your side does it.
Actually, lots of people disagreed with Obama's policy proposals during the campaign, or at least suggested that he would never be able to get them through. The people who were called racists can be split up into:
(1) Blatant racists (of which there were/are plenty)
(2) "Birthers" and other such nuts
(3) People who kept emphasizing his middle name, as if it were somehow important
(4) People who kept making a big deal about who his mother married (first a Nigerian and then an Indonesian)
(5) People like Ann Coulter, Andy Schlafly, Glenn Beck and others, who are their particular type of scum (and do things like troll for assassins)
You see, believe it or not, there were plenty of people who said Obama's mantra of "Change" was meaningless and didn't believe he would actually implement the policies he was suggesting. And they were not called racists. The people who were called racists were the ones chanting (and probably still chanting) "Where's the birth certificate!" "He's actually an Arab!" "His middle name is Hussein!" "He's actually lived in foreign countries!" "He's a mixed-race abomination!" "Shoot him!"
Oh no, that's just German. It means "the Bart, the!"
Call me Pakistani!!! [fires away with sub-machine gun]
Interesting analogy, but couldn't you at least come up with one involving cars? Perhaps I should try.
Michael Geist is like the guy who knows Pintos will shoot fire at you if you so much as bump the front bumper, but everyone else just decides to drive the damn things and get their fat scorched all over the car after being burned alive.
FTFY. But then, you probably don't consider Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans, and so on to be *Real* Christians.
I think you'll find liberals aren't very "tolerant" of Nazis, either. Conservatives, however, will tend to point and make fun of people who look different than they do or do "absurd" things like use chopsticks. Perhaps you have no idea of what tolerance means.
Ah, the old "they aren't a fundie like me, so they must be atheist" routine. I get that from you fundie Pat Robertson loving nutjobs even after I've made it abundantly clear that I am *not* an atheist.
I think you mean "Dispensation" unless you are talking about some kind of creepy Pez-like dispenser they are issued.