Those are always classic. Making fun of Tom Cruise and Jeff Goldblum are always fun. Having Sean Connery as a repeat player 100% of the time is great too.
All electronics have a 15 day return policy at Best Buy. We ran into this problem wanting to return a Christmas item 20 days after Christmas (we were out of state when we received it)
Absolutely no way they'd let me exchange an unopened video recorder to buy a more expensive one.
So the clerk said. Walking up to any manager, however, quickly reveals that common sense prevails.
You are MUCH nicer than I am. I would have first told her I bought some yesterday and it worked, so please sell me some more %#&@(#@ RAM. Then, once RAM was in hand, I would have raised holy hell with her manager.
That was the first thought that came to my mind. I'm sure they had movies, like "Encino Bee", about cavebees unthawed into modern time. And much hilarity ensued.
Haha, I have to agree. Being an old timer, I had to look at around at blogging, and just be reminded of when everyone had their first, shaky HTML page.
95% of the blogs out there are these little high schoolers writing their journal online hoping someone will comment. Yet every one of them have "0 comments" day in and day out.
Anyway, whatever. No body here can't see the irony of CBS saying this.
That's a bunch of crap. Participation in ACT is based solely on schools students are trying to go to. Where I'm from, everyone took ACT's because that's the test the universities in that state needed. None of the teachers understood why I wanted to take the SAT's. It was because I wanted to go to MIT.
So you pulled your numbers out of your ass. But then again, this whole thing is stupid, because the original poster wanted to infer Bush=stupid and Kerry=smart. What it really came down to was rural=Bush, and city=Kerry. Even in states where Bush won, almost all the cities were Blue. And look at California. Awash with red, but blue in the metro areas.
I do appreciate your civil debate with me. I'd like to close by saying that I have no problems with Gays & Lesbians shooting for similar tax/political/civil rights under something called "Civil Union" or whatever.
If your concerns are truly about the erosion of the religious side of what "marriage" stands for, then I agree that this should be a political thing only.
I'm not an expert on the matter, but I thought they were not getting anywhere with that either, and thus matters were pushed into the realm of Marriage.
Since we have Freedom of Religion and we have (an attempt) of the separation of Church and State, 'marriage' is certainly one of those things that has breached both realms.
I guess what the government needs to do, is have a married couple sign yet another paper when they get married, that grants them a Civil Union with the United States. Then on our tax forms, instead of saying "single or married", it would mention Civil Union. Then then the government can go ahead and define what Civil Union is, without breaching any religious definitions.
All the gay couples I know about take their relationship as seriously as any heterosexual couple. They have lived with each other for decades, own homes together, and have been faithful to each other.
They are not mocking your sacred belief system at all.
You should make it illegal to get a divorce. Over 50% of ALL marriages in the US result in divorce or separation. Doesn't sound too dear to me.
And why isn't the crazy stuff that happens in Las Vegas illegal or a political topic? You want mockery of marriage, that's where you'll find people getting married after meeting each other after one hour,.... married by Elvis,... or in a room where 100 couples are married at the same time.
Your little list of reasons is a little shallow on logic for me to believe you. Your belief system seems a little shaky if you're so fervently defensive of it.
I have relatives that are and forever will be republican because they appose Abortion. What seems weird to me is that abortion is still legal, even through all the Republican presidencies.
For me, I like to look at bigger issues that affect the most people, the country, and are the biggest problems that affect day to day life. Get those in order, and THEN work on the other things to make life more perfect.
The Republicans have a laundry list of what they believe in, and they follow it no matter what. Democrats don't have that.
It's weird. I'm trying to understand both sides of the issue here. But how is it different than letting the slaves go free, then giving them the right to vote, then women the right to vote, then letting them ride the bus/go to schools with white children, and...recognizing the union between 2 gay people?
The bible's superstars owned slaves too, and preached eye-for-an-eye too. I truly believe people are hiding behind the bible, when in fact they are scared/ashamed/freaked about the thought of gay people.
You're looking at this the wrong way. I know it hurts to think that people's votes in cities are worth a little less than a rural person, but it has to be that way. Reason? The east & west coast would be the only ones with a voice in the election, and 80% of the rest of the land mass would have to do what they say.
The first thing that would happen is that we'd vote for food to be cheaper, and get rid of subsidizing the stupid farmers. After all, they're only a small percentage, and the consumers are a higher percentage.
Also, electorals actually 'merge' the value of voting between statehood and pure population:
Remember, there's an electoral for each senator and House of Representatives. That means 2 senators per state (ooh! How unfair) but a representative is completely based on population.
Doing the math, here's how many electorals my vote was worth in WI vs. CA.:
0.000001827 of an electoral. (Wisconsin)
0.000001549 of an electoral. (California)
I knew this would be brought up. Your idea on how the math works on this is incorrect.
Running around to 5 or 6 swings states after already securing the few larger states, is MUCH different than only needing to win the fewer large states.
"The electoral college assures that each candidate will visit every state, not just the ones needed to win."
--But they don't. At all.
I agree with you 100% there!
Umm, Bush *did* also win the popular vote this time, you know.
What you have to remember is, that yes, Bush won the popular vote. But, to win back the popular vote, all Kerry would have to do is campaign in California to win some of the rest of the 30% that voted for Bush. Since even California's remaining 30% is such a huge population, we're talking about effectively wiping out the whole Mountain States that went for Bush. Campaign in New York to get the rest of those votes, and you've wiped out the effectiveness of the many southern Bush states.
You have to agree that campaigning does affect voter turn out. If it was only popular vote that decided, the candidates would have campaigned differently. And they would have campaigned in only the big states. Every time.
You're looking at this in a ridiculously backwards way.
The only reason it SEEMS 8% of the population is overlordnig over the affairs of the rest is because their decision is coming in last.. The other 92% played in EVERY factor in getting us to this end, where it turned out that 8% made the difference.
Well, it wasn't Gore who directed the show, it was the lawyers and Democratic party being desperate.
And I won't bring up how Republicans only tried to disenfranhise the poor, black Democratic counties by supressing their vote during election day, because then we'd just fight.
You are right, Bush should have had a full state recount... afterall, what's good for the goose...
Sadly, I am sure the Democrats would have repeated the process if it was closer in Ohio this year. But the Republicans could have easily called a recall in states like Wisconsin where the diffrence was close to 1/2% !
Moving speech. A little harsh I think, and no one deserved to get attacked again.
It is very true about people's minds being clouded by the terrorism ALERT system we have, and kickin ass in SandTown, Iraq. Yet don't blame Bush at all for the deficit, rising health care, lost jobs, and econoy.
The ban on Gay Marriage has got to be the main swing issue that no one is talking about. I am absolutely positive that that is small budge needed to get hateful Christians to stand fast on their conservatism.
My sister is in Ohio right now, crying that she will be on food stamps because their Dept. of Disabled Kids will go bankrupt and all the medical costs will fall on her lap. She's in in OHIO... the land of the lost jobs, and huge unemployment. She can't understand how people living in that state voted the way they do.
However, vote they did. And that's what it's all about. If you don't like it, do something about it, because 51% voted for Bush.
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I wouldn't know. My foot long beard has covered my acne for 20 years now.
"I'll take Famous Titties for 100"
"That's, Famous Titles."
To be fair, though, I went to the returns section and talked to their tallest pimply faced manager.
I'm not suppose to download from NG all day long?
Absolutely no way they'd let me exchange an unopened video recorder to buy a more expensive one.
So the clerk said. Walking up to any manager, however, quickly reveals that common sense prevails.
You are MUCH nicer than I am. I would have first told her I bought some yesterday and it worked, so please sell me some more %#&@(#@ RAM. Then, once RAM was in hand, I would have raised holy hell with her manager.
That was the first thought that came to my mind. I'm sure they had movies, like "Encino Bee", about cavebees unthawed into modern time. And much hilarity ensued.
95% of the blogs out there are these little high schoolers writing their journal online hoping someone will comment. Yet every one of them have "0 comments" day in and day out.
Anyway, whatever. No body here can't see the irony of CBS saying this.
So you pulled your numbers out of your ass. But then again, this whole thing is stupid, because the original poster wanted to infer Bush=stupid and Kerry=smart. What it really came down to was rural=Bush, and city=Kerry. Even in states where Bush won, almost all the cities were Blue. And look at California. Awash with red, but blue in the metro areas.
They had another map with all kinds of colors (yellow, white, blue, etc) that showed what type of ballot system they had.
So to reiterate, I saw that Ohio was almost completely a chad-ballot system. How is Diebold to blame for Ohio, then?
I realize now that I am a progressive & a liberal, and always easier to think that way in my ivory tower.
If your concerns are truly about the erosion of the religious side of what "marriage" stands for, then I agree that this should be a political thing only.
I'm not an expert on the matter, but I thought they were not getting anywhere with that either, and thus matters were pushed into the realm of Marriage.
Since we have Freedom of Religion and we have (an attempt) of the separation of Church and State, 'marriage' is certainly one of those things that has breached both realms.
I guess what the government needs to do, is have a married couple sign yet another paper when they get married, that grants them a Civil Union with the United States. Then on our tax forms, instead of saying "single or married", it would mention Civil Union. Then then the government can go ahead and define what Civil Union is, without breaching any religious definitions.
They are not mocking your sacred belief system at all.
You should make it illegal to get a divorce. Over 50% of ALL marriages in the US result in divorce or separation. Doesn't sound too dear to me.
And why isn't the crazy stuff that happens in Las Vegas illegal or a political topic? You want mockery of marriage, that's where you'll find people getting married after meeting each other after one hour,.... married by Elvis,... or in a room where 100 couples are married at the same time.
Your little list of reasons is a little shallow on logic for me to believe you. Your belief system seems a little shaky if you're so fervently defensive of it.
Or just 50% of the electronic votes that were tampered by Diebold in Columbus.
Well, it's possible. I guess we just don't know wihtout a paper trail. And THAT is all i care about.
Whoops. Columbus is a city of course, and is "IN" one of those few counties.
I have relatives that are and forever will be republican because they appose Abortion. What seems weird to me is that abortion is still legal, even through all the Republican presidencies.
For me, I like to look at bigger issues that affect the most people, the country, and are the biggest problems that affect day to day life. Get those in order, and THEN work on the other things to make life more perfect.
The Republicans have a laundry list of what they believe in, and they follow it no matter what. Democrats don't have that.
The bible's superstars owned slaves too, and preached eye-for-an-eye too. I truly believe people are hiding behind the bible, when in fact they are scared/ashamed/freaked about the thought of gay people.
Columbus was one of those "FEW" counties. A huge population there, so take your skewed statistics and come back with a better one.
The first thing that would happen is that we'd vote for food to be cheaper, and get rid of subsidizing the stupid farmers. After all, they're only a small percentage, and the consumers are a higher percentage.
Also, electorals actually 'merge' the value of voting between statehood and pure population:
Remember, there's an electoral for each senator and House of Representatives. That means 2 senators per state (ooh! How unfair) but a representative is completely based on population.
Doing the math, here's how many electorals my vote was worth in WI vs. CA.:
0.000001827 of an electoral. (Wisconsin)
0.000001549 of an electoral. (California)
Running around to 5 or 6 swings states after already securing the few larger states, is MUCH different than only needing to win the fewer large states.
"The electoral college assures that each candidate will visit every state, not just the ones needed to win."
--But they don't. At all.
I agree with you 100% there!
Umm, Bush *did* also win the popular vote this time, you know.
What you have to remember is, that yes, Bush won the popular vote. But, to win back the popular vote, all Kerry would have to do is campaign in California to win some of the rest of the 30% that voted for Bush. Since even California's remaining 30% is such a huge population, we're talking about effectively wiping out the whole Mountain States that went for Bush. Campaign in New York to get the rest of those votes, and you've wiped out the effectiveness of the many southern Bush states.
You have to agree that campaigning does affect voter turn out. If it was only popular vote that decided, the candidates would have campaigned differently. And they would have campaigned in only the big states. Every time.
You would end up with results resembling something more like straight popular voting. Candidates would then only visit major cities throughout the US.
The only reason it SEEMS 8% of the population is overlordnig over the affairs of the rest is because their decision is coming in last.. The other 92% played in EVERY factor in getting us to this end, where it turned out that 8% made the difference.
Well, it wasn't Gore who directed the show, it was the lawyers and Democratic party being desperate.
And I won't bring up how Republicans only tried to disenfranhise the poor, black Democratic counties by supressing their vote during election day, because then we'd just fight.
You are right, Bush should have had a full state recount... afterall, what's good for the goose...
Sadly, I am sure the Democrats would have repeated the process if it was closer in Ohio this year. But the Republicans could have easily called a recall in states like Wisconsin where the diffrence was close to 1/2% !
It is very true about people's minds being clouded by the terrorism ALERT system we have, and kickin ass in SandTown, Iraq. Yet don't blame Bush at all for the deficit, rising health care, lost jobs, and econoy.
The ban on Gay Marriage has got to be the main swing issue that no one is talking about. I am absolutely positive that that is small budge needed to get hateful Christians to stand fast on their conservatism.
My sister is in Ohio right now, crying that she will be on food stamps because their Dept. of Disabled Kids will go bankrupt and all the medical costs will fall on her lap. She's in in OHIO... the land of the lost jobs, and huge unemployment. She can't understand how people living in that state voted the way they do.
However, vote they did. And that's what it's all about. If you don't like it, do something about it, because 51% voted for Bush.