But all video games can bring out the worst in me.. even playing monopoly online:). When someone routinely lands on the luxury tax square instead of my hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place.. I start dropping F-bombs like they are going out of style! I've been known to throw a pen accross the room also...
I agree that Obama is going to instantly increase the reputation of the US around the world.. but seriously, the guy has been playing lip service for the past 6 months.. if he can deliver even 10% of his campaign promises I'll be surprised.
What I'm really concerned about is if the Democrats get the fillibuster proof majority and Obama gets elected... One party in complete control of everything... bye bye remnants of democracy...
and replace it with the Democrat party which will bring more failure, dishonorable behavior, and fraud.
Obama may be a breath of fresh air, but as long as the same career politicians keep getting elected to congress, they will keep acting on their own benefit and not the people.
Too bad Obama didn't redistribute some of the $600 million he's raised instead of giving most of it to the big broadcasting companies. I think candidates should have to pay tax on money raised for election purposes...
Let's say at age 35 you go on the greatest adventure ever, and the rest of your life is spent talking about it.. You start to realize that your life is nothing but downhill from there.... How do you top going to space and walking on the moon??!?!? Not only that, but you have to relive it every day for the rest of your life. And you share that experience with people who will never be there, only a handful of people on the planet know what you're talking about.
Why should I tolerate the abusive behavior of some pimpled 13-year-old virgin online when I can have a good time playing with someone I genuinely like?
So you tolerate the behavior of a bunch of 30 year old virgins on/. instead?:)
I'm 29 now and have been gaming for about 25 years. Now it's a struggle for me to sit down at my computer and play a game for more than an hour at a time... or I'll buy a Wii game, play it for a few days, then completely lose all interest in it again. If I'm not LANing with a few friends or playing one of the party games on the Wii, I just don't have the desire to play games anymore.
I remember last year my caller ID would say "political call".... so of course I never answered it then. This year it seems the campaigns realized few people wanted political calls so now they are hiding them.
I'm not saying Obama is the only one doing it, I've had messages left on my machine from local and national politicians from both parties.. I just happened to pick up the phone during the Obama one because I thought it was a call from someone I actually knew.
I wonder if it's possible people are giving permission to campaigns to allow their phone to be used...? I'm sure it's a loophole in the law.
I've been receiving political calls through spoofed caller ID tags. All of the calls appear to come from residents in my town but end up being recordings. I don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the name.. but once I got a call from a guy I knew in high school that I randomly ran into 2 weeks prior.. ended up being a machine recording of Obama.
I'm about to cancel my phone all together, no point when it's 95% spam calls.
You're partially correct. The most likely thing to happen would be some of their assest would get sold off to rival companies or break off into completely new companies (Chevy being it's own company, for example). There are two problems. First, there are many assests that would still just get shut down completely. Part of problem for the Detroit automakers is they became way too fat, they are the farthest from lean manufacturing as you can get less than a decade ago. Even with a bunch of plant closures they are still top heavy. The second issue is economies of scale. The suppliers that relies on the Detroit behemoths can no longer run 3 shifts because there isn't enough demand for their parts. They drop 3rd shift, lay off 1,000 workers.. workers who then can no longer guy more GM cars. On top of that piece prices go up, which is added into the price of the car.
I think I wandered around a bit.. get distracted trying to do real work..:). My point is EVERYONE suffers if GM or Ford goes down.
I can't think of any start up companies receiving government assistance off the top of my head. Maybe if Tesla Motors provided a military vehicle they would get some government money....
I totally just got the urge to re-install Red Alert at home....
Tesla Motors struggling doesn't affect millions of Americans.
I work for Honda and I don't want to see GM or Ford go belly up because it would hurt us as well as Toyota. We've already had to deal with numerous suppliers shutting down due to GM/Ford plant closures. A good portion of our suppliers built parts for multiple OEMs. When the bigger ones go belly up, the ripple is felt throughout the supply chain.
GM or Ford going out of business might give us more sales, but considering how many suppliers would shut down, our business would suffer immensely. That doesn't even consider the number of people who lose their job and no longer afford buying the car.
I don't like the bail out, the Detroit automakers had poor vision and now are suffering for it, but it's bad for the industry if they don't survive.
I can take a few horror stories from any country in the world and come up with the same view. I'm not saying there's isn't come fucked up shit going on, I just don't think it's as widespread as everyone makes it sound. My personal dealings in the past year have led me to meet with people from multiple European and Asian countries, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil... and none of them have had any issues traveling around the US.
If your visa is valid and if you have a trip itinerary I think you're going to be fine.
So what's your experience with the US and French judicial systems? I'm interested in hearing your first-hand account of your experiences dealing with both.
I live in Ohio, I know both parties do stuff like this, but to me it feels like buying votes.
I'm also sick of the 20-25 year old Obamites annoying me at every public event I go to. I was a fan of Obama a few months ago, I was part of the masses that believed he could deliver change. Now I just get the vibe he's no different from every other lifetime politician we're left to deal with.. another "lesser of two evils" election.. that's saddens me.
I just can't force myself to vote for someone who can't stay above the attacks while providing concrete answers to the tough questions this nation faces. Neither McCain or Obama has done that, and neither will receive my vote next month.
I think it has more to do with living in smaller towns than religion. I live in a town with about 20-25k people in Ohio, I just turned 29 and all of my friends are married.
I think being in smaller town there are less people to meet, and those you do know you see more often. I think the environment here is more conducive for people meeting and marrying at an earlier age.
For the most part that is how I feel as well.. But you know, having ANYTHING you like about a candidate is an improvement over what we've had in the past 4-5 elections (from what I remember, I'm 29).
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But all video games can bring out the worst in me.. even playing monopoly online :). When someone routinely lands on the luxury tax square instead of my hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place.. I start dropping F-bombs like they are going out of style! I've been known to throw a pen accross the room also...
;)
Maybe I should seek help
I agree that Obama is going to instantly increase the reputation of the US around the world.. but seriously, the guy has been playing lip service for the past 6 months.. if he can deliver even 10% of his campaign promises I'll be surprised.
What I'm really concerned about is if the Democrats get the fillibuster proof majority and Obama gets elected... One party in complete control of everything... bye bye remnants of democracy...
and replace it with the Democrat party which will bring more failure, dishonorable behavior, and fraud.
Obama may be a breath of fresh air, but as long as the same career politicians keep getting elected to congress, they will keep acting on their own benefit and not the people.
I think once the US pulls out that more Iraqi civilians will die from secretarian fights than civilians that were killed by US soldiers.
Too bad Obama didn't redistribute some of the $600 million he's raised instead of giving most of it to the big broadcasting companies. I think candidates should have to pay tax on money raised for election purposes...
I know it's not exactly a scientific hoax, but there have been many scientists who have wasted a lot of time and resources to prove nothing...
Let's say at age 35 you go on the greatest adventure ever, and the rest of your life is spent talking about it.. You start to realize that your life is nothing but downhill from there.... How do you top going to space and walking on the moon??!?!? Not only that, but you have to relive it every day for the rest of your life. And you share that experience with people who will never be there, only a handful of people on the planet know what you're talking about.
That would depress me to some extent.
Why should I tolerate the abusive behavior of some pimpled 13-year-old virgin online when I can have a good time playing with someone I genuinely like?
/. instead? :)
So you tolerate the behavior of a bunch of 30 year old virgins on
I'm 29 now and have been gaming for about 25 years. Now it's a struggle for me to sit down at my computer and play a game for more than an hour at a time... or I'll buy a Wii game, play it for a few days, then completely lose all interest in it again. If I'm not LANing with a few friends or playing one of the party games on the Wii, I just don't have the desire to play games anymore.
I remember last year my caller ID would say "political call".... so of course I never answered it then. This year it seems the campaigns realized few people wanted political calls so now they are hiding them.
I'm not saying Obama is the only one doing it, I've had messages left on my machine from local and national politicians from both parties.. I just happened to pick up the phone during the Obama one because I thought it was a call from someone I actually knew.
I wonder if it's possible people are giving permission to campaigns to allow their phone to be used...? I'm sure it's a loophole in the law.
I've been receiving political calls through spoofed caller ID tags. All of the calls appear to come from residents in my town but end up being recordings. I don't answer the phone if I don't recognize the name.. but once I got a call from a guy I knew in high school that I randomly ran into 2 weeks prior.. ended up being a machine recording of Obama.
I'm about to cancel my phone all together, no point when it's 95% spam calls.
How the fuck are all the responses to the GP post "off topic" but the GP itself is insightful? Looks like we have one over zealous moderator.
adding the word 'and' completely removes the dramatic pause needed... because it's a BATTLE.
You're partially correct. The most likely thing to happen would be some of their assest would get sold off to rival companies or break off into completely new companies (Chevy being it's own company, for example). There are two problems. First, there are many assests that would still just get shut down completely. Part of problem for the Detroit automakers is they became way too fat, they are the farthest from lean manufacturing as you can get less than a decade ago. Even with a bunch of plant closures they are still top heavy. The second issue is economies of scale. The suppliers that relies on the Detroit behemoths can no longer run 3 shifts because there isn't enough demand for their parts. They drop 3rd shift, lay off 1,000 workers.. workers who then can no longer guy more GM cars. On top of that piece prices go up, which is added into the price of the car.
:). My point is EVERYONE suffers if GM or Ford goes down.
I think I wandered around a bit.. get distracted trying to do real work..
I can't think of any start up companies receiving government assistance off the top of my head. Maybe if Tesla Motors provided a military vehicle they would get some government money....
I totally just got the urge to re-install Red Alert at home....
Tesla Motors struggling doesn't affect millions of Americans.
I work for Honda and I don't want to see GM or Ford go belly up because it would hurt us as well as Toyota. We've already had to deal with numerous suppliers shutting down due to GM/Ford plant closures. A good portion of our suppliers built parts for multiple OEMs. When the bigger ones go belly up, the ripple is felt throughout the supply chain.
GM or Ford going out of business might give us more sales, but considering how many suppliers would shut down, our business would suffer immensely. That doesn't even consider the number of people who lose their job and no longer afford buying the car.
I don't like the bail out, the Detroit automakers had poor vision and now are suffering for it, but it's bad for the industry if they don't survive.
Well that's the point. The few times nerds do score the chance of fertilization is much higher.
The 1980's called, they'd like their haircut and sunglasses back.
I can take a few horror stories from any country in the world and come up with the same view. I'm not saying there's isn't come fucked up shit going on, I just don't think it's as widespread as everyone makes it sound. My personal dealings in the past year have led me to meet with people from multiple European and Asian countries, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil... and none of them have had any issues traveling around the US.
If your visa is valid and if you have a trip itinerary I think you're going to be fine.
So what's your experience with the US and French judicial systems? I'm interested in hearing your first-hand account of your experiences dealing with both.
I live in Ohio, I know both parties do stuff like this, but to me it feels like buying votes.
I'm also sick of the 20-25 year old Obamites annoying me at every public event I go to. I was a fan of Obama a few months ago, I was part of the masses that believed he could deliver change. Now I just get the vibe he's no different from every other lifetime politician we're left to deal with.. another "lesser of two evils" election.. that's saddens me.
I just can't force myself to vote for someone who can't stay above the attacks while providing concrete answers to the tough questions this nation faces. Neither McCain or Obama has done that, and neither will receive my vote next month.
I think it has more to do with living in smaller towns than religion. I live in a town with about 20-25k people in Ohio, I just turned 29 and all of my friends are married.
I think being in smaller town there are less people to meet, and those you do know you see more often. I think the environment here is more conducive for people meeting and marrying at an earlier age.
Wow, so how long have you been testing the DSi? I wish I could get hooked up and have Nintendo give me unreleased hardware to mess around with.
My 08 accord with Navi has this feature and I'll admit it does lead me towards some mild "hypermiling" techniques while driving.
For the most part that is how I feel as well.. But you know, having ANYTHING you like about a candidate is an improvement over what we've had in the past 4-5 elections (from what I remember, I'm 29).